Undefeated Page #9

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I am very encouraged...

...to know that in this day

in time it is most important

that you get a good education.

On my way over to the

pre-game meal, drove by his house,

I said, "What is wrong, Money." I

said, "You know you're close."

And he said, before

he screamed at me,

and he just looked at me

and he had tears rolling

out of his eyes and he said,

"You know... Can you hug me?"

And he started

bawling like a child.

He feels like he's not

part of the team anymore.

You know he looked out on

the practice field on Thursday

and some freshman was wearing

54 practice jersey, he said,

"I couldn't help it,

it just, it killed me."

Hey guys.

Hey.

Tonight, you have a chance to

win a district championship.

You have a chance to secure a position

for our team, in the playoffs.

It's a huge game.

Let's get it done.

Coach, you got men...

Ahh, a Most Uncommon Man.

All right guys...

The Uncommon Man of the week,

very proud of this individual.

Um, I'll have to admit

at the beginning of the year

I had my doubts as to

whether he'd even be a part

of this football team. Um, but I'm going

to let Coach Bill finish this one.

Um...

The reason we're here, y'all,

is not just to win

football games,

but to reach your hearts

through something you love.

We wanna make you better.

And then, as individuals,

if you get better, then

you get better as a team,

you might start seeing that

if you do something for

somebody other than yourself,

that you might be better for it.

And every once in awhile,

problems come up.

Money.

Two things that mean most

anything to him in the world

is his father and football.

His dad's dead, and he's scared

to death his football's dead.

That's tough.

And we gotta make sure

we're there for him.

Uncommon Man of the game

was clearly Chavis.

He had an onside...

He had an onside kick recovery.

He had an interception

he should have scored on.

He was all of the

field on defense,

and he stepped up and led.

And Chavis has done some

stupid crap this year.

That stunt he pulled at

Bolivar was off the hook.

But, yeah, he was the

Uncommon Man of the game.

But, most importantly,

he's the Uncommon Man because

he has tried to put

a whole bunch of demons aside,

to be a part of something

bigger then himself.

So, Chavis, you're

the Uncommon Man.

I love you.

I love you.

There you go.

All right, y'all...

Let's beat Kingsbury tonight.

Bow your heads.

Father God, I lift up

this team to you.

I lift up tonight to you.

I'm gonna lift up

each of these kids to you.

Ease Money's pain.

Stay in Chavis's life.

Back in the E.H. Crump Stadium,

and we got a doozy

for you here tonight.

The Manassas Tigers taking

on the Kingsbury Falcons,

for the district title

and also for playoff

seeding as well,

so this should be

heck of a ball game.

Help us as men, Lord,

to continue to help these kids.

Open their ears and hearts, so

they listen to us and to you.

Give us strength tonight.

Win or lose, let us play

with discipline and heart

and put the team first.

Win or lose, keep us healthy.

Win or lose,

keep our heads right,

and let us know

that you've graced us

with another week, at least.

And as long as we do

what your will is,

you'll probably grace

us with another.

Teach us to

believe in a life of love,

to walk in honor,

and to serve you in truth,

in your son's name we pray.

- Amen.

- Amen.

The Manassas Tigers

have shown a valiant

second-half effort tonight

in this ball game. Final score,

Manassas 27, Kingsbury 16.

With the game, they win

the district championship.

And more importantly, probably,

they also have home-field

advantage during the playoffs.

"Thy kingdom

come, thy will be done,

on earth as it is in heaven.

Give us this day,

our daily bread...

...and forgive

us our trespasses...

Lead us not into temptation..."

Team first!

Now, let's go to

Coach Bill Courtney at Manassas.

Tell me about your playoff situation,

Coach, as much as you can.

Uh, who we picked up

in the playoffs?

Westview.

I'm on the way to trade

tapes with the coach.

I'm just going to go bury myself

somewhere in a hole with a VCR.

- How good are you?

- Oh, we're not very good.

Coach you just won

six straight...

Yeah, but look, we had

a tough first four games.

- And starting 0-4...

- You can "Aww, shucks" all you want,

but I'm scared to

death of you guys.

How do you feel

going into the playoffs?

I think we've got

the mentality, you know.

We're going to take

one day at a time and...

We can beat 'em,

but they can beat us.

I mean, you know,

it's playoffs.

How's the health

of your team going in?

Our right tackle

is out with a knee.

Um, we may or may not

be getting him back.

You know, I'll see him

Sunday night at 7:00

in the auditorium

at the school for film.

And we'll be on the

practice field Monday,

and we're gonna do our best

to try to represent

District 15 playoffs.

All right, listen up.

Everybody, listen up.

I did not spend the last

15 hours of my life,

driving to Westview

and doing this

for you to sit here

and not pay attention.

It's gonna take some time, and we're

gonna take all the time that it needs.

Because at 9:
00,

in Martin, Tennessee,

Westview High School shows up and

they go film from 9:00 to 12:00.

So, if they can do it,

we can do it.

I can remember four and five

years ago and them saying,

"Man... Manassas

in the playoffs?"

I mean, comments like, "I never

thought I'd see the day."

Now, Manassas not only

won a playoff game,

but a playoff game from

one of these schools...

You got to understand,

this school used to pay us

$3,000 to come up

there and get our asses beat.

Be their homecoming queen,

give us a check, some pizza,

and send us right back to

Memphis to where we came from.

How amazing would it be to

take one of those schools and

turn around and that be the first

team we beat in the playoffs?

Ever.

- Anybody seen Montrail?

- Yeah.

Where? Damn.

My bad.

Now look, there's going to

be limited contact today

- until we get the brace.

- OK, Coach.

- Hey, Coach!

- Hey!

Pick it up,

pick it up, pick it up!

Hut!

Hut! Hut!

That's amazing.

Is he serious?

Dead on. And he's a

multi-multi millionaire.

You know, he's probably

worth 30, 40 million.

Will he really do that?

Hey, Mike.

The minute they break,

I want first team spread

and pro huddled up.

Eleven on defense, and I'll

be there in a second.

Hey, this is Bill Courtney.

How're you doing, bud?

So, that's a bona fide,

tried and blue,

for-sure offer you just made.

Uh, tears are in my eyes.

I appreciate you very much.

OK. Bye.

- How about that?

- Um, wow.

I thought that was pretty cool.

Houston get in at right

tackle next time for Money.

- Dang, man. Damn.

- Come on, man.

You're goin' back in, man.

Don't worry about it.

Come here, Money.

You remember when you decided you

didn't want to go the physical therapy?

- Yeah.

- And I told you

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