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get in the playoffs,

and do our thing.

And let's surprise

everybody in Tennessee,

cause there's other folks

out east of here,

that don't think we belong.

- Y'all ready to get it done?

- Yes, sir.

Wiggle.

Coach Courtney,

we appreciate you callin'.

You guys are gettin' on a roll.

Is it fair to say that it's

an improvement week by week?

Yeah, it's real fair to say.

It's discipline,

it's coaching, it's teaching.

We're just trying to coach

them up a little bit.

# I got so much to do now #

# And a short time to do it #

# So much to do

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah #

# And a short time

to get it done #

# I realize... #

One of the premiere

players, number 77 O.C. Brown.

He's just vicious

any way you look at it.

# Got to get out and take it #

- # People have said #

- # Whoa ho ho ho #

# That a change

is soon gonna come #

- # Some people have to make some changes #

- Whoo!

# But I have yet to make one #

#...being down so low... #

# I got to raise myself

a little higher #

# And build

my faith up strong #

- # 'Cause #

- # Get that, get that #

- # Oh, baby #

- # We're making it better #

- # Oh, no, no, every day #

- # Get that, get that #

# We're making it better #

# Just keep on I wanna try #

- # Making it better #

- # A little bit harder... ##

Stay Smudge.

Stay. Stay...

You're a good boy.

Come on, big boy. I'm outside.

- Good mornin'.

- Good mornin'.

Which one of those big-booty

girls is your girlfriend now?

- Onika.

- Who?

- Onika, coach.

- O, what?

- Onika.

- Onika?

Yeah.

Onika.

You do?

- You wanna smell good for Onika?

- Yes, sir.

Oh, that's cute.

That's adorable.

You put on too much,

you're gonna stink

and nobody's gonna

wanna be around you.

One squirt... Look at me.

You put one squirt,

maybe two in your hands.

- Yeah?

- Rub 'em together.

And do like this...

And you'll smell good all day.

You'll have Onika and everybody else just

following you around in the hallway.

There you go...

Now you're going to

smell good... Yes.

Now you're runnin' hoes,

and slammin' Cadillac doors.

Set, hut!

Hut!

He's been doing this

for five, six, seven years now,

and, um...

I love it.

I love that what he's doing,

I love that the

children need him.

And, you know, honestly

he needs them too.

At the end of the

football season, yeah...

...I mean, honestly?

I'm, I'm tired.

You know? And he's tired.

And I'm ready

for him to be home.

Um... You know, 'cause

he has four children here

that need him as well.

They let us fake the dive.

It's the end who

caught the pass, I think.

No, he dropped it.

- Who was going...

- Shh.

Don't get on my

nerves right now.

I mean, I'm

exhausted all the damn time.

It's not a hobby to me.

I mean, it's a responsibility.

How the...

Those slots are...

- Shh.

- ...like wingbacks.

Shh.

What I give up

is emotional capital

that I can't spend

on my own family.

You know, it's 10:45

on Saturday night,

and I screamed at 'em two hours

ago to get out of the house.

It's a lot. My family

gives up a ton for this.

A ton.

Damn!

They say "We would

like to congratulate...

...congratulate you

for being nominated

for consideration to play in the 2010, U.S.

All-American Bowl.

We have completed our

roster, and unfortunately

you were not selected

to play in this year."

When all this happened,

it seemed like he might

get offered by everyone,

which that hadn't happened.

I think the word's

probably out.

In fact, the guy

from Colorado, he goes,

"Well we understand there's

some academic issues

and he may have a hard time doing

college work out here at Colorado,"

which is evidently

a pretty tough school.

Most of these kids think

they're going to

play college football.

Until, of course,

Saturday's over and they're

standing around with a 2.0 GPA

and a 14 on the ACT and no football

scholarship and nowhere to go.

And you watch them go

from playful little boys,

to very concerned young men

over the course of a month.

'Cause it all dawns on them,

what do I do next?

- Thank you. I'm fine.

- You got a smile on your face.

I know the first couple

of times you come in,

you weren't smiling too much.

But you can have a seat in here,

wherever is comfortable, and Dr. Wolfe

will be in in just a minute.

- OK.

- Thank you.

OK, now that feels

pretty solid right there.

Um, all right, you can

go ahead and sit up.

Let me grab a stool here.

I'm very pleased with your

progress, but I'm still...

I think it's not

appropriate to be playing.

- And...

- What if I just put a brace on it?

- Well, I agree 100 percent...

- 'Cause I'm not gonna, you know, do nothin' stupid.

- You know, I play smart.

- Right.

How much of your

season's left anyway?

It's the last game.

- The last game? That's it?

- Yeah. This Friday.

This Friday. That is it?

That's the end of the season?

- Yes, sir.

- Ah, jeez...

And I missed

every last one of 'em.

Well... I still,

I think it's too early to play.

Please, this is killing me.

You know I've been depressed?

- Sad...

- I know.

- I, look..

- Are you a senior, too?

Yes, this is my last year.

Close to being my last time...

I'm not going to play football in

college 'cause I'm too small anyway.

Right... I think I just do not

want you on the football field,

playing competitively.

I really don't.

It's just not

the right thing to do.

I'm sorry I didn't give

you the news you wanted.

- OK.

- OK.

Good to see ya.

- She'll be right with ya.

- OK.

All right.

I'm still gonna play.

Just get on my nerves.

Wasting my time.

- So, you saw him yesterday, right?

- Yeah.

What'd he say?

- Another two weeks.

- I think that's a good thing.

This way, you'll feel really confident

when you go back to playin'.

That's the thing.

Season's over with.

You know, it's either

you win or you don't.

- Yeah.

- You don't win, you're gone.

Well, make sure your team

wins that game, right? And then

you can play the next one.

All right. Get dressed.

I'll meet you out here.

- Hey man, I got a jersey.

- Ah, OK.

Let me see.

Seventy-one... I got a jersey,

man. Look good on you.

When did he say that?

Of all the losses,

I gotta hang onto

one or two pluses.

And...

...I gotta keep telling myself

that, to keep myself up,

because it does...

I mean...

...of all people to think that

Money is on the cusp of being

lost is...

You know, it kills me.

But, in the same respect...

If you had looked at Money

at the beginning of the season

and Chavis at the

beginning of the season,

if you had to put all your money

on who was going to blow up

and not handle it all,

would you believe Chavis

would be the one in here still

trying to get right, and Money

be the one not at school today

and not doing

what he's supposed to?

Perhaps

some of you are seniors.

Your goal is to graduate.

And once you graduate, you're going

to be going out into that big world.

And, we want you to know that.

In addition to that,

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