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Picked it up on

the 30-yard line.

Runs around the corner,

he's got some running room,

nobody's gonna be able

to get an angle on him

and going all the way

for a touchdown...

One thing and one person

will not bring this program down.

And we give and we bend,

and we give and we bend,

trying to bring folks right.

When folks don't get

right, that's that.

That's all.

He gets across the 15!

Across the ten!

Touchdown Manassas!

It will not be spoken of

and it will not be talked about.

The coaches will handle that.

You will handle yourselves.

We have a football game to win.

We have a season to

go kick everybody's butt.

Clock is just going to

run, as we enter the mercy rules.

Manassas with an easy win.

- Now, y'all ready to go play some football?

- Yes, sir!

Everybody knows why

we're in here and there's no need

to tippy-toe.

Quit dressin' and listen in.

Yesterday was not a good day.

Chavis failed us.

What you got to say?

I heard you mumbling twice.

Well, now you need to speak up.

I ain't got nothin' to say.

Chavis, you've got

nothin' to say?

Speak up.

I ain't got nothing to say.

Do you think

what you did was wrong?

Well, I guess it's

time to man up.

Does this team

mean anything to you?

You're lyin'!

Where would you be?

It was our judgment that

a long suspension was

better than a termination.

And the reason was,

we didn't want to lose him.

We felt like if

he didn't have football

that he would really

fall off the edge.

That he might transfer,

and if he transferred,

that would not be a good

thing for him at all.

I don't know when

enough is enough.

I mean, you care about

these kids a bunch, right?

So, consider... maybe not your

own family, but some people

that are very close to you.

And let's say

they're abusing drugs

and continue to get off drugs, get on

drugs, get off drugs, get off drugs.

You know, at what point

do you take someone you love

and care about that you

want to make better,

at what point do you

turn your back on them,

and say "I'm through screwing with you.

Goodbye. Lose my number"?

I mean, I don't know.

And I'll

tell you one last thing.

If you don't remember the past.

History will repeat itself.

And that passion you have right now

is going to become overwhelmed

by anger, hate...

and then you gonna snap.

But if you will allow it,

football will save your life.

Allow yourself to be coached.

Allow yourself to be criticized.

Allow yourself

to learn how to be a leader.

And then learn how to lead.

It's in you, but you got to

allow for that to happen.

When it's all said and done,

how do you want Chavis

to be remembered?

See you, O.C.!

Oh, I don't know

about gettin' him off.

Some people try to say

"Well, you know there's gotta

be something in it for them."

And I said, "Well, no,

I don't believe that."

I said, "They were doing

that to help O.C.,

because they wanted him keep

up with his football career."

Yes, ma'am. You worry about them.

And that's good.

Can you give her that

sheet that y'all showed me?

I'll bring that. I'll bring the

graduation rate stuff to you.

Any time

you're dealing with a story

that involves both races,

it can always be a lighting

rod here in this town.

Mrs. Hayes was about to

make him quit football before...

- No, it was me.

- Oh, it was you. That's right.

Yeah, it was Rachel.

That's kinda when we decided...

Mm-hm.

Gotta do somethin',

that's when y'all came to the

house and talked to us about it.

That story, when you

have this black kid...

going out and living

with this white family,

uh, when you read some

of the comments of what

people said afterwards

when they read it,

it was like, "Well, they wouldn't

be doing that for this black kid

if he didn't have

any athletic ability.

They only see dollar signs."

There's like 67 posts here.

"It's really a shame that it's

always the superstar athlete

everybody is after and

everyone is willing to help."

But, it just so happens

that I know a little something

about football, same with Bill.

If you see someone

that's really pretty good

and has a chance to do something,

yeah, you're gonna wanna help them.

It would be like if you were

going out there, giving them

piano lessons, and you saw that this guy

could be a concert pianist someday.

So I'm going to try to

help him get better at it.

Homecoming tickets are on sale.

Tell your mama, your daddy,

your grandma, your granddad,

aunt, uncle, sister,

brother and cousins

to buy your tickets from the

school and the school only.

Let's have a safe weekend and everybody's

planning on being at the game.

All right, listen up.

- Everybody paying attention?

- Yes, sir.

Everybody awake?

Thinkin'? Head's on.

Fellas?

We're going to talk

a lot about football,

but I'm going to take five minutes to

tell you something I want you to hear.

I purposely, until

we got past this game,

have not discussed the playoffs with you.

But now I'm going to.

If you win your district...

...we make the playoffs.

Now, you ready

for the good news?

You have an unbelievable,

that I couldn't

have even dreamed of,

opportunity in front of you.

Because this school,

was founded

in 1899, and has never

won a playoff game... ever.

And this group is going

to change all that.

110 years, folks.

Not one.

Seniors.

Don't let the last four years,

don't let everything we've worked

for slip through your fingers.

Does it mean that much to you?

Yes, sir.

It's what you've got

to be asking yourself right now.

Does it really mean something?

To win a playoff game,

just one playoff game,

I mean, it is big to me.

I just feel like, you know,

this is my last chance to do it.

Like, I don't want

to have no regrets.

Good job.

Good job.

Dexter, that's a pretty

sweet block right there.

Field goal!

Let's score here. Let's go.

22 right, motion right,

dart left.

Good job, D!

Money! Money! Let's

get it right here, come on!

First and ten, Tigers.

Redmond hands it off to Parker.

Parker scooting his way,

Parker still running,

Parker has a first down

as he gets inside of the 30

and is driven back.

And there's

a Manassas player down.

Can't tell

who that is right now.

That's not good.

The coaching staff

is coming out.

Talk to me, Money.

Talk to me, Money.

Money, talk to me.

Just talk.

Put your leg flat for us.

- It hurts.

- Put your leg flat.

Hurting?

Put your weight on this one.

Put your weight

on your right one.

Oh, you got it.

Just take your time,

you'll be all right.

Thanks.

God, I hope we didn't

just lose him.

Are you going

to put them up on there?

- Mm-hm.

- I get to see it?

- Mm-hm.

- OK.

Wow. Is that my brain?

- No, that's your leg.

- Ah... Oh.

- Montrail, how are you?

- All right.

- Good, good to see ya.

- So, you looked at the pictures already?

- Yeah, took a peek at them.

- Looks good?

Well... Let me sit down

and talk to you, here.

- OK.

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