Underdogs Page #7

Whoo!

You okay?

You don't look so hot.

Must've been something i ate.

I'll be ready, coach.

Welcome. Welcome.

Tomorrow is a big day

for aquinas.

And i hear

there's a football game.

We're here to give praise

and to ask for his blessings.

We all know struggle.

And some of us have struggled

more than others.

I'd like to read a passage

that i've been saving

For a special occasion

like this.

Taken from st. Paul's

first letter to the corinthians.

Be on your guard.

Stand firm in the faith.

Be courageous.

Be strong.

And...

Beat the pants

off the falcons.

I gotta say, coach,

I never thought

i'd see the day

That we were

in the state finals.

Yeah, i knew it

the whole time.

Think fast.

This is vince.

Mr. Napier,

is he any better?

Thanks for letting me know.

That was ben's dad.

Fever's up to 102. No go.

Well, i hope it's not

all through the locker room.

Hello?

Coach wilfork.

Hello?

Stomach flu? Oh, no.

10!

10, 22, blue, 11!

Blue, 11! Hut!

Go!

Time out, time out! Time out!

This is our last shot.

It's just they're tired out,

coach, you gotta put me in.

Justin, look at yourself.

You shouldn't even be here.

Get outta here.

This is it, bobby.

Got one more play.

Need seven, all right? Let's go!

I got this, coach.

Come on!

10!

Gold, 78! Gold, 78!

Hut!

No!

Don't hang your heads,

fellas.

Good work. Good job.

Good job. All right.

All right, good fight.

Good game.

Good work.

I didn't do it.

You left it on the field.

Good work.

God, i wish we could've

played hoover.

Yeah, man. Me too.

Now, despite half of their

team being out with the flu,

The knights almost pulled out

that state championship game.

Now, in the later game

yesterday,

The vikings rolled

to a 3110 victory.

Hold on, we have a caller

on the hotline.

It's coach vince deantonio

of st. Thomas aquinas.

Coach, sorry about your loss.

How you doing?

Well, that was a tough one.

I'm not gonna make any excuses.

But we still want hoover.

Well, it was supposed to be

A game of champions.

And we didn't take care of

business against alliance park,

I'll give you that.

But if hoover

wants a real football game,

They know where to find it.

Well, between the rumors

of a factory move

And the handon corp. Lawsuit,

This is one town

that is ready for a showdown.

This is a lovely place

you have here, bill.

Just lovely.

Would be a real shame

to lose it.

Look, bill, we both know

how this is gonna

Play out in court.

But it's not too late.

We can still

put this behind us.

All right, listen,

i'll tell you what.

You can have your old job back,

And i'll even give you

a piece of the heater sales.

No hard feelings.

All you have to do

is just sign our contract.

Mr. Ha

Handon.

I think you

You know my answer.

Well, you can't

say i didn't try.

I'll see you in court.

Good morning.

I have reviewed the evidence,

Including your ironclad

employment agreement.

That alone seems to make

my decision clearCut.

The defendant, mr. Burkett,

Has presented no evidence

to prove otherwise.

However,

upon closer inspection,

I looked at

one indisputable fact.

Bill burkett offered his heater

to the handon corporation first,

And you turned him down.

The court denies the plaintiff's

motion for an injunction.

Your honor, you can't

And the court rules

in favor of the defendant.

Your honor, there's

You are no longer entitled to

take advantage of your employees

Or this community.

This matter is concluded.

All rise.

You won.

This court is now adjourned.

bill...

Tell aquinas

to bring it on.

The big news today is that

Hoover has accepted

aquinas's challenge,

And the game of champions

is a full go.

Oh, boy. This is like getting

an early christmas present.

This whole town

cannot wait for saturday.

Hey, joe, it's vince d.

I'm good, good.

You know, living the dream.

Coaching high school

football.

Hey, listen, you said, uh,

if i ever need anything

Well, i kinda need a favor.

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Good evening, and welcome

to whbc's broadcast

For tonight's historic

charity game

Between division i

state champion

Herbert hoover high school

And crosstown division iv

saint thomas aquinas.

My name is sam bourquin,

and i'm alongside

My colleague tonight,

former stark county

Junior college placeKicker

mike "the motor mouth" mayhew.

Well, it's a perfect night

for football, sam.

I mean, the stadium is packed,

i'm smelling popcorn,

Hot dogs, testosterone.

While hoover has always had

a lot of community support,

There sure seems to be a lot

of black and gold in the stands.

Tonight's game is

being sponsored by

A generous contribution

from the handon corporation,

And tonight's winning team gets

a $100,000 donation.

i cannot wait

to crush aquinas

And put an end to this

foolishness once and for all.

Well, for me, sam,

they might as well

Just make that check out

to hoover right now.

I mean, this is kind of like

me against my exWife

In divorce court,

and i'm aquinas.

All right, fellas,

real quick, listen up.

You guys have all heard

the radio chatter,

You've read the papers.

Except you, kroger.

I don't think you can read yet,

can you?

Now, the experts say

we don't have a chance.

Right? Only one way

to shut everybody up... win.

That was your

best speech ever, coach.

Well, i got a friend here

who wants to say hello to you.

He knows a little bit

about beating the odds.

Joe.

No way.

Who's that dude?

That's broadway joe.

Joe namath.

All right, fellas,

i've been hearing

A lot about you guys.

Saint thomas aquinas,

underdogs, right?

Well, i tell you what.

I know a thing or two

about being an underdog.

In the biggest game

in the world for us,

We were 18Point underdogs.

18Point underdogs.

But looky here.

I tell you what, fellas.

If there's one thing

i ever learned from football,

It's that you never,

ever give up.

No matter what happens

out there tonight,

You don't give up.

Look at me, man.

I came from a small town,

Just like you guys are

coming from.

We won the world championship

The super bowl

Because we believed

in ourselves.

Don't give up.

Believe in yourselves,

And you can do it!

Yeah!

Yeah!

All right.

All right, guys,

let's bow our heads. Father?

Heavenly father,

watch over us,

Protect us from injury,

And give us strength.

Give me some points

on special teams.

Amen.

amen.

Coach deantonio did

a fantastic job this season,

But hoover's coach morlow

has six first team

AllConference players,

Including his stellar

quarterback, john handon iii.

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