1 00:00:29,283 --> 00:00:32,283 Provided by explosiveskull https://twitter.com/kaboomskull 2 00:01:09,168 --> 00:01:10,903 Vicious winds peeled 3 00:01:11,037 --> 00:01:13,840 the topsoil off the plains and prairies 4 00:01:13,974 --> 00:01:16,944 of the Texas Panhandle, creating a waking nightmare 5 00:01:17,075 --> 00:01:19,277 called the Dust Bowl. 6 00:01:19,412 --> 00:01:21,614 It's hard to remember which came first, 7 00:01:21,748 --> 00:01:24,650 the Dust Bowl or the Great Depression, 8 00:01:24,784 --> 00:01:28,555 but what followed made hell on earth look forgiving 9 00:01:28,688 --> 00:01:30,591 and would leave families broken, 10 00:01:30,724 --> 00:01:32,626 as thousands of children were orphaned 11 00:01:32,759 --> 00:01:36,829 across a nation clamoring for a sense of hope. 12 00:01:43,168 --> 00:01:46,772 What they didn't know was that hope was coming. 13 00:01:46,906 --> 00:01:49,977 But it wasn't coming in the form of rain. 14 00:01:50,109 --> 00:01:51,944 Here we go. Okay. 15 00:01:54,514 --> 00:01:56,783 - You wanna block? - You're gonna tell me to block? 16 00:01:56,917 --> 00:01:58,884 - We're losing because of you! - Hey! Hey! 17 00:01:59,019 --> 00:02:01,021 - You can't block or tackle! - Don't touch me! 18 00:02:01,153 --> 00:02:02,799 - You haven't done shit! - You need to help. 19 00:02:02,822 --> 00:02:05,692 Get your ass out there so I can hand it to you! 20 00:02:05,825 --> 00:02:08,294 - You want faster? - Maybe we ought to think 21 00:02:08,426 --> 00:02:10,262 about calling this game right now. 22 00:02:10,396 --> 00:02:11,965 Hardy ain't said a word. 23 00:02:12,098 --> 00:02:13,699 Think you've done a good job at tackling? 24 00:02:13,734 --> 00:02:15,300 Don't talk to him like that! 25 00:02:15,433 --> 00:02:17,370 - Shut up, A.P.! - Y'all need to do better! 26 00:02:17,503 --> 00:02:18,938 Run down the damn field! 27 00:02:36,990 --> 00:02:38,625 What now, coach? 28 00:02:51,469 --> 00:02:54,240 Let me assert my firm belief 29 00:02:54,372 --> 00:02:59,979 that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself. 30 00:03:01,681 --> 00:03:04,651 Daddy, what are all these people doing? 31 00:03:05,818 --> 00:03:09,789 - Rusty. Rusty. - Yes? 32 00:03:09,923 --> 00:03:13,192 Well, honey, they're finding a new place to live. 33 00:03:13,324 --> 00:03:14,728 I want to go back home. 34 00:03:14,860 --> 00:03:16,361 We have a new home now, 35 00:03:16,495 --> 00:03:19,665 and we should be very thankful. What do I always say? 36 00:03:19,800 --> 00:03:22,435 New adventures brave the heart and set the soul asail. 37 00:03:22,568 --> 00:03:25,072 - Isn't that right? - Yes, Daddy. 38 00:03:25,204 --> 00:03:28,542 This nation is asking for action, 39 00:03:28,675 --> 00:03:30,576 and action now. 40 00:03:33,478 --> 00:03:38,551 We humbly ask the blessing of God. 41 00:03:38,685 --> 00:03:42,923 May he protect each and every one of us. 42 00:03:56,168 --> 00:03:58,572 - Is that it? - Yup. 43 00:03:58,704 --> 00:04:02,776 Looks like a castle. I've never seen a building like that. 44 00:04:03,909 --> 00:04:05,078 Me neither. 45 00:04:06,680 --> 00:04:08,247 A castle perhaps, 46 00:04:08,379 --> 00:04:10,248 but this is no fairy tale. 47 00:04:10,382 --> 00:04:13,787 The Masonic Home was not full of imaginary beings 48 00:04:13,919 --> 00:04:15,521 but of children, forgotten 49 00:04:15,655 --> 00:04:18,389 during the harsh reality of these times. 50 00:04:20,160 --> 00:04:21,228 Half a mile out. 51 00:04:21,360 --> 00:04:22,762 Fancy? 52 00:04:22,896 --> 00:04:25,064 Nah, shitty, old Ford. 53 00:04:25,197 --> 00:04:26,733 Ah, hell, you can take them. 54 00:04:26,867 --> 00:04:28,735 Looking for a sugar mama myself. 55 00:04:28,869 --> 00:04:30,670 There's a lady in there, 56 00:04:30,803 --> 00:04:33,906 and, boy, does she look like a peach. 57 00:04:34,040 --> 00:04:35,441 Let me see that. 58 00:04:38,077 --> 00:04:40,411 Oh, Lordy, does she got a set on her. 59 00:04:40,547 --> 00:04:42,413 Here comes mama. 60 00:04:42,548 --> 00:04:44,316 You boys just save yourselves the heartache. 61 00:04:44,449 --> 00:04:47,220 One look at me, I'm out of this damn hoosegow. 62 00:04:47,353 --> 00:04:52,091 Who-who'd want a b-bag of bones l-like you, S-Snoggs? 63 00:04:52,225 --> 00:04:54,593 You're one to t-t-talk, DeWitt. 64 00:04:54,728 --> 00:04:57,463 Who's gonna adopt a grown man, you stuttering Sasquatch? 65 00:05:00,600 --> 00:05:02,101 It's what's inside that counts. 66 00:05:02,235 --> 00:05:05,704 Mommy, I don't like it here. 67 00:05:05,838 --> 00:05:09,776 The orphanage was seen as a cold, uncaring institution 68 00:05:09,910 --> 00:05:13,713 where children were to be pitied, if not feared. 69 00:05:13,846 --> 00:05:17,449 Are you picking up, or are you dropping off? 70 00:05:17,584 --> 00:05:19,786 - Aren't you the cutest thing. - I'm Rusty Russell, 71 00:05:19,920 --> 00:05:22,521 the new math, science teacher. This is my wife, Juanita. 72 00:05:22,656 --> 00:05:23,824 She's teaching English... 73 00:05:23,956 --> 00:05:25,658 - How do you do? - And music. 74 00:05:25,792 --> 00:05:28,562 - The football coach? Ha-ha-ha! - That's right. 75 00:05:28,694 --> 00:05:30,262 Yeah, I'm Frank Wynn. 76 00:05:30,396 --> 00:05:33,132 I run the day-to-day and keep the hooligans in line. 77 00:05:33,266 --> 00:05:35,302 - Welcome to the home. - Thank you very much. 78 00:05:35,433 --> 00:05:38,971 - We're pleased to be here and... - Let's get you settled. 79 00:05:39,105 --> 00:05:41,574 Boys, get down here and unload this car! 80 00:05:41,707 --> 00:05:43,043 That's not necessary. 81 00:05:43,175 --> 00:05:44,877 Thank you, I've got it. 82 00:05:45,011 --> 00:05:48,014 See, it's a little precarious there, the way I got it tied up. 83 00:05:50,817 --> 00:05:52,151 Afternoon, Frank. 84 00:05:52,284 --> 00:05:54,721 Got another stray for your stock. 85 00:05:54,855 --> 00:05:56,689 This old Hardy Brown's boy. 86 00:05:56,822 --> 00:05:58,959 Found him curled up next to his dead daddy. 87 00:05:59,091 --> 00:06:00,726 Smells like it too. 88 00:06:00,860 --> 00:06:03,362 - Could use a little scrubbing. - Yeah, we can handle that. 89 00:06:03,495 --> 00:06:05,798 Uh, meet the new football coach. 90 00:06:05,932 --> 00:06:08,268 This is Rusty Russell. This is Red Wright. 91 00:06:08,399 --> 00:06:10,136 - Sheriff. - Football, huh? 92 00:06:10,269 --> 00:06:13,206 - That's right. - You're a little south on talent. 93 00:06:13,339 --> 00:06:15,675 - Don't even have a field. - The field don't make the team. 94 00:06:15,809 --> 00:06:18,177 I'm gonna get my family inside. It's nice to meet you. 95 00:06:18,310 --> 00:06:20,547 Can you get the Brown boy up to Doc? 96 00:06:20,680 --> 00:06:23,082 - Yeah, I can do that. - Unload the car! 97 00:06:25,417 --> 00:06:28,822 Orphans were stigmatized as misfits and outcasts 98 00:06:28,954 --> 00:06:33,326 and often referred to not as orphans but as inmates. 99 00:06:33,459 --> 00:06:35,862 It didn't matter that they had done nothing wrong. 100 00:06:35,995 --> 00:06:39,798 Kids without parents were simply second-class citizens. 101 00:06:39,932 --> 00:06:42,134 How many orphans do you have? 102 00:06:42,269 --> 00:06:43,937 I got about 150 right now. 103 00:06:44,069 --> 00:06:46,238 I like to keep it manageable. 104 00:06:46,372 --> 00:06:48,040 Everything in order. 105 00:06:48,173 --> 00:06:51,543 I run a very tight ship, military style. 106 00:06:51,677 --> 00:06:54,480 Leon! Get to the back of the line! 107 00:06:54,613 --> 00:06:56,415 You can't trust those types. 108 00:06:56,548 --> 00:06:59,718 They'll steal your hat, then help you look for it. 109 00:07:01,254 --> 00:07:05,190 Help you look for it. Come on! 110 00:07:05,324 --> 00:07:08,028 You got jock itch, Snoggs. I don't want to scare you, 111 00:07:08,161 --> 00:07:10,062 but if you don't stop shucking your corn, 112 00:07:10,196 --> 00:07:12,632 - your cob's gonna fall off. - Oh, Doc, there's gotta be 113 00:07:12,766 --> 00:07:15,100 - something else we can do. - No cure for adolescence, 114 00:07:15,235 --> 00:07:17,036 but this might help the itching. 115 00:07:17,170 --> 00:07:19,906 - Good afternoon, Doc. - Sheriff. 116 00:07:20,040 --> 00:07:21,908 I got Hardy Brown here. 117 00:07:22,042 --> 00:07:24,076 Mr. Brown, I'm Doc Hall. 118 00:07:24,209 --> 00:07:25,577 You all right? 119 00:07:25,711 --> 00:07:28,281 Ah, he's all right. It's not his blood. 120 00:07:28,415 --> 00:07:30,817 I assume you can read and write, son. 121 00:07:33,819 --> 00:07:37,023 It's okay. You can fill this out later 122 00:07:37,156 --> 00:07:39,326 after you get cleaned up. How that'd be? 123 00:07:39,457 --> 00:07:41,795 Snoggs, maybe you can show Mr. Brown his new home. 124 00:07:41,927 --> 00:07:42,795 Yes, sir. 125 00:07:42,928 --> 00:07:44,965 I'll show you the shower. 126 00:07:49,970 --> 00:07:52,672 What in the tarnation are the Masons thinking, 127 00:07:52,805 --> 00:07:54,507 hiring a damn football coach? 128 00:07:54,641 --> 00:07:57,509 He's not just a damn football coach, he's a damn good one. 129 00:07:57,644 --> 00:07:59,312 Took Temple to district three times. 130 00:07:59,446 --> 00:08:01,047 He must have a screw loose somewhere, 131 00:08:01,180 --> 00:08:02,480 signing on with this outfit. 132 00:08:02,615 --> 00:08:05,317 No offense, but this is no Poly High. 133 00:08:05,451 --> 00:08:08,454 Well, not yet. To the New Deal. 134 00:08:08,588 --> 00:08:10,356 Unh! All right, here we go. 135 00:08:10,488 --> 00:08:12,225 One, two. 136 00:08:16,028 --> 00:08:18,197 I'll get that fixed right away. 137 00:08:18,331 --> 00:08:19,733 Careful, careful. 138 00:08:19,865 --> 00:08:21,701 Watch out. 139 00:08:21,834 --> 00:08:24,069 Let's get you some air in here. That'll make it better. 140 00:08:25,771 --> 00:08:27,673 Already been unlocked. Hey! 141 00:08:27,807 --> 00:08:30,009 Come on, now. All right, okay. 142 00:08:43,155 --> 00:08:44,923 Didn't figure you had any soap, 143 00:08:45,057 --> 00:08:47,059 seeing as how you came in with the sheriff. 144 00:08:47,192 --> 00:08:48,961 Unless you got some stuffed somewhere, 145 00:08:49,095 --> 00:08:51,030 but who the hell'd have soap on them? 146 00:08:51,163 --> 00:08:52,865 So I brought you some. 147 00:09:06,379 --> 00:09:08,347 Fat-ass gets off on whupping our butts. 148 00:09:08,480 --> 00:09:11,051 Especially Snoggs' skinny ass. 149 00:09:11,183 --> 00:09:14,053 You can sleep here. Any questions? 150 00:09:15,321 --> 00:09:16,623 My mama will come for me. 151 00:09:18,390 --> 00:09:19,692 Only mamas that come here 152 00:09:19,826 --> 00:09:22,028 are the ones that give up their kids. 153 00:09:22,162 --> 00:09:24,063 You're an orphan now, Hardy Brown. 154 00:09:28,067 --> 00:09:29,503 It'll be all right. 155 00:09:48,556 --> 00:09:50,222 Don't worry, I'm gonna... 156 00:09:50,355 --> 00:09:52,292 I'm gonna get that patched and painted up, 157 00:09:52,424 --> 00:09:53,893 all of that. 158 00:09:54,027 --> 00:09:56,428 Oh, I'm not worried about the ceiling. 159 00:09:56,563 --> 00:09:58,097 I'm more concerned about the fact 160 00:09:58,230 --> 00:10:00,466 that we just adopted 150 kids. 161 00:10:02,235 --> 00:10:06,706 This is going to be even more work than you imagined. 162 00:10:06,840 --> 00:10:10,309 Juanita, we have a chance to make a real difference here. 163 00:10:10,442 --> 00:10:13,145 We were making a difference at Temple. 164 00:10:13,278 --> 00:10:15,548 We left everything for a place with nothing. 165 00:10:15,682 --> 00:10:17,649 That's exactly why we came here. 166 00:10:17,783 --> 00:10:19,586 We can do this together. 167 00:10:19,751 --> 00:10:22,556 I'm starting to question that for the first time in my life. 168 00:10:22,688 --> 00:10:24,823 This decision was not made together. 169 00:10:24,957 --> 00:10:26,158 You informed me. 170 00:10:26,292 --> 00:10:28,327 There is a big difference. 171 00:10:39,205 --> 00:10:41,542 Boy, you're gonna have to earn your keep. 172 00:10:41,673 --> 00:10:43,842 Mind your elders. 173 00:10:43,976 --> 00:10:46,346 God help you. 174 00:10:46,479 --> 00:10:48,947 George, look after Rusty. 175 00:10:49,081 --> 00:10:50,783 When things get better, I'll be back. 176 00:10:50,917 --> 00:10:53,219 I promise. I do. 177 00:10:53,352 --> 00:10:55,955 - Mom, please don't leave. - Let's go! 178 00:10:57,356 --> 00:10:59,459 Mommy! 179 00:11:17,844 --> 00:11:19,144 Not much to look at, is it? 180 00:11:20,446 --> 00:11:22,381 Matter of perspective, I guess. 181 00:11:22,515 --> 00:11:23,883 I like your optimism. 182 00:11:24,017 --> 00:11:26,052 We need more of that around here. 183 00:11:26,186 --> 00:11:28,488 I'm E.P. Hall. They call me Doc. 184 00:11:28,621 --> 00:11:30,222 Rusty Russell. I'm a new teacher... 185 00:11:30,355 --> 00:11:31,823 Oh, I know who you are. 186 00:11:31,957 --> 00:11:34,726 And I know what you can do with mediocre talent. 187 00:11:34,860 --> 00:11:36,062 I saw what you did 188 00:11:36,196 --> 00:11:38,096 - against Corsicana in '34. - Oh, yeah. 189 00:11:38,230 --> 00:11:40,533 That's why I recommended you for this job. 190 00:11:40,668 --> 00:11:42,434 - You did? - Yes, sir. 191 00:11:43,970 --> 00:11:46,639 - Why'd you do that, doctor? - Well, like I said, 192 00:11:46,773 --> 00:11:48,140 I like your optimism. 193 00:11:49,341 --> 00:11:51,043 Okay. 194 00:11:52,745 --> 00:11:54,413 This field used for anything? 195 00:11:54,548 --> 00:11:57,350 Mexican lad used to graze his goats up here a while back. 196 00:11:57,482 --> 00:11:59,351 Guess he quit the goat business. 197 00:11:59,485 --> 00:12:03,322 - Goat must've liked to eat rocks. - That's right. 198 00:12:03,456 --> 00:12:04,724 I grew up out in West Texas. 199 00:12:04,856 --> 00:12:06,426 I know goats don't need much grass, 200 00:12:06,559 --> 00:12:08,320 but I never knew one that liked to eat rocks. 201 00:12:08,394 --> 00:12:11,431 These were Fort Worth goats, coach. 202 00:12:11,565 --> 00:12:13,265 Fort Worth goats are different. 203 00:12:17,836 --> 00:12:19,404 - Heh, all right. - Fight! Fight! 204 00:12:19,539 --> 00:12:21,006 Fort Worth goats, huh? 205 00:12:21,139 --> 00:12:22,610 - Uh-oh! - Fight, fight, fight! 206 00:12:24,409 --> 00:12:26,745 - Kick his ass! - Get him! 207 00:12:26,879 --> 00:12:28,413 Hey! Hey. 208 00:12:28,548 --> 00:12:29,948 Stop that! 209 00:12:30,082 --> 00:12:31,783 Didn't take you long to make friends. 210 00:12:31,918 --> 00:12:33,786 Hey, calm down. Take it easy, son. 211 00:12:33,919 --> 00:12:35,922 - No, it's over. Hey. - Calm down. Calm down. 212 00:12:36,054 --> 00:12:37,956 Look at me. You all right? 213 00:12:39,592 --> 00:12:40,860 What is going on? 214 00:12:40,994 --> 00:12:42,928 Nothing to be concerned about, Frank. 215 00:12:43,062 --> 00:12:45,999 A little misunderstanding about who's gonna play what position 216 00:12:46,131 --> 00:12:48,601 on the new football team, right, lads? 217 00:12:48,735 --> 00:12:50,802 - That's right. - Sure. 218 00:12:50,937 --> 00:12:52,740 The rest of you should come out too. 219 00:12:54,540 --> 00:12:57,943 Well, the way I see it, you can either work the field 220 00:12:58,076 --> 00:12:59,479 or play the field. 221 00:13:01,080 --> 00:13:02,849 Hell, sounds good to me. I'm in. 222 00:13:02,981 --> 00:13:05,250 - See you on the field. - All right, good deal. 223 00:13:05,384 --> 00:13:07,553 - Might as well. - Okay. 224 00:13:07,687 --> 00:13:08,921 Here we go. 225 00:13:14,226 --> 00:13:16,995 Looks like there's gonna be some changes around here. 226 00:13:18,498 --> 00:13:20,832 Oh, nothing changes around here, Doc. 227 00:13:22,902 --> 00:13:25,171 You should know that more than anyone. 228 00:13:29,408 --> 00:13:33,178 Rusty knew that life inside the orphanage held little promise. 229 00:13:33,312 --> 00:13:35,315 Chicken, I'm putting a football team together. 230 00:13:35,447 --> 00:13:37,250 We could use a good athlete like yourself. 231 00:13:37,383 --> 00:13:40,385 Oh, thank you, sir, but I ain't never played football before. 232 00:13:40,520 --> 00:13:43,088 I ain't so good with balls, just mainly eggs. 233 00:13:43,221 --> 00:13:46,091 Boys, think about joining this team I'm putting together. 234 00:13:46,225 --> 00:13:49,195 He knew that football would inevitably bring 235 00:13:49,328 --> 00:13:51,029 self-respect to these boys. 236 00:13:51,163 --> 00:13:53,032 We teach survival here. 237 00:13:53,165 --> 00:13:55,501 If we don't, they'll never make it on the outside. 238 00:13:55,635 --> 00:13:57,870 Well, the Masonic board hired us 239 00:13:58,004 --> 00:14:00,506 to implement a curriculum and a football program 240 00:14:00,640 --> 00:14:03,241 that'll prepare these kids for new opportunities 241 00:14:03,375 --> 00:14:05,645 - beyond manual labor. - Right. 242 00:14:05,778 --> 00:14:07,846 I'm sure you're probably aware 243 00:14:07,980 --> 00:14:11,149 that the Interscholastic League has strict guidelines 244 00:14:11,283 --> 00:14:12,753 when it comes to admitting teams. 245 00:14:12,918 --> 00:14:14,486 - Yes, sir. - Convince them, 246 00:14:14,620 --> 00:14:17,190 then go ahead and have your football program. 247 00:14:17,322 --> 00:14:19,057 - Okay. - But it's very important 248 00:14:19,192 --> 00:14:22,294 that it does not interfere with the day-to-day at the home. 249 00:14:22,427 --> 00:14:24,697 What is it that you produce at the home, 250 00:14:24,831 --> 00:14:25,698 if I might ask? 251 00:14:25,832 --> 00:14:27,033 More paper! 252 00:14:27,166 --> 00:14:29,402 And get these rollers cleaned faster. 253 00:14:29,536 --> 00:14:33,606 You boys wouldn't last two days in the outside world. 254 00:14:33,740 --> 00:14:35,107 Hey! God! 255 00:14:35,240 --> 00:14:38,076 - These are two-dollar shoes! - It was just an accident. 256 00:14:38,211 --> 00:14:40,913 Do you have something to say for yourself? Do you? Huh? 257 00:14:41,047 --> 00:14:43,750 My brother ain't said more than four words since he was little. 258 00:14:43,883 --> 00:14:45,485 He's got a mouth, doesn't he? 259 00:14:45,619 --> 00:14:48,321 Are you dumb or are you just plain crazy? 260 00:14:48,453 --> 00:14:49,590 Listen here. He's clumsy. 261 00:14:49,722 --> 00:14:51,557 - He didn't mean to... - Who you talking to? 262 00:14:51,692 --> 00:14:53,426 Hug that pole! 263 00:14:53,559 --> 00:14:55,260 This should open his mouth. 264 00:14:55,394 --> 00:14:57,296 I have a lovely little prescription. 265 00:14:57,429 --> 00:15:00,265 Maybe this will open your mouth, huh? 266 00:15:00,399 --> 00:15:02,100 It's a little kiss of mercy! 267 00:15:02,235 --> 00:15:05,605 Yeah, that'll make you wide-mouthed, won't it, boy? 268 00:15:05,739 --> 00:15:07,472 - Whoo! - Ow! 269 00:15:07,607 --> 00:15:09,676 You gonna feel this one, boy! You gonna... 270 00:15:12,311 --> 00:15:14,046 Do not hit that boy. 271 00:15:14,179 --> 00:15:16,948 You understand? 272 00:15:17,082 --> 00:15:19,451 - I think you're making a mistake. - Yeah? 273 00:15:19,586 --> 00:15:23,791 And you, you don't have any authority here. 274 00:15:24,892 --> 00:15:27,393 It's my class. My rules apply. 275 00:15:27,528 --> 00:15:30,395 Actually, it's 9:20. 276 00:15:30,530 --> 00:15:34,433 These boys are due in my classroom at 9 a.m. 277 00:15:34,567 --> 00:15:37,437 Do not release them tardy again. 278 00:15:39,038 --> 00:15:42,442 See... See, those are my rules. 279 00:15:42,576 --> 00:15:43,644 All right? 280 00:15:44,912 --> 00:15:47,447 Let's go, gentlemen, right now. 281 00:15:47,581 --> 00:15:49,549 Let's go. Come on. 282 00:15:49,682 --> 00:15:54,253 My name's Harvey Nual Russell. But you can call me Mr. Russell. 283 00:15:54,386 --> 00:15:57,289 I grew up in Fredonia, Texas, 284 00:15:57,423 --> 00:16:00,493 and my father farmed and he drank. 285 00:16:00,626 --> 00:16:03,831 He's a better drinker than he was a farmer. 286 00:16:03,962 --> 00:16:05,498 Life's difficult, 287 00:16:05,631 --> 00:16:07,701 hard work leads to great beginnings, 288 00:16:07,835 --> 00:16:10,604 knowledge is power, and education... 289 00:16:13,105 --> 00:16:15,041 Boys, that's the key. 290 00:16:15,173 --> 00:16:17,543 So let's begin with a question. 291 00:16:17,677 --> 00:16:21,815 You got four apples and they're setting in a basket, 292 00:16:21,948 --> 00:16:24,317 and you gotta feed 16 people. 293 00:16:24,450 --> 00:16:27,821 How many baskets do you need? What do you think? 294 00:16:27,955 --> 00:16:29,755 Any of you. 295 00:16:29,889 --> 00:16:31,123 What about you, young man? 296 00:16:32,692 --> 00:16:35,995 Howdy, sir. My name is Leon gosh damn Pickett, 297 00:16:36,128 --> 00:16:38,698 and honestly I think the answer's none. 298 00:16:38,831 --> 00:16:40,868 Make everybody bring their own damn apples. 299 00:16:41,000 --> 00:16:43,669 Incorrect. 300 00:16:43,803 --> 00:16:46,072 And I don't appreciate the swearing, Mr. Pickett. 301 00:16:46,205 --> 00:16:47,524 - Sit down. - Yes, sir. Thank you. 302 00:16:47,640 --> 00:16:49,509 Take your hat off. You too. 303 00:16:49,643 --> 00:16:52,712 Get your head up off the desk. Get your hand out of your head. 304 00:16:52,846 --> 00:16:54,379 How about you, sir? 305 00:16:56,481 --> 00:16:57,750 Stand up. 306 00:17:01,187 --> 00:17:03,890 I-I-I'm not sure, s-s-sir. 307 00:17:04,022 --> 00:17:06,559 Four into 16. 308 00:17:06,692 --> 00:17:08,126 What do you think? 309 00:17:09,194 --> 00:17:11,531 It's all right. Sit down. 310 00:17:17,770 --> 00:17:19,673 Mr. Brown, what do you say? 311 00:17:19,806 --> 00:17:21,406 Four into 16. 312 00:17:25,478 --> 00:17:27,513 - Four. - Four. 313 00:17:27,647 --> 00:17:29,916 He's correct. Come on up to the board. 314 00:17:30,048 --> 00:17:33,085 Show everyone how you figured that out. Come on up, son. 315 00:17:35,822 --> 00:17:37,857 Go ahead. Just write it out. 316 00:17:41,059 --> 00:17:42,427 There you go. 317 00:17:47,667 --> 00:17:49,936 It's okay. Just show them how you figured it out. 318 00:17:50,068 --> 00:17:51,572 It's all right, son. 319 00:17:52,638 --> 00:17:54,607 You're the teacher. 320 00:17:54,740 --> 00:17:56,174 Figure it out yourself. 321 00:17:57,510 --> 00:17:58,778 Ooh! 322 00:18:02,414 --> 00:18:05,351 It's all right. We'll get to it. 323 00:18:05,483 --> 00:18:08,453 Now, who of you has played football before? 324 00:18:12,792 --> 00:18:16,829 How many of you actually held a football before today? 325 00:18:16,963 --> 00:18:19,464 Least we don't have to start from scratch. 326 00:18:23,234 --> 00:18:25,605 Doc, where are their shoes at? 327 00:18:25,739 --> 00:18:27,472 Well, sir, we have two seasons here, 328 00:18:27,607 --> 00:18:29,910 one with shoes and one without shoes. 329 00:18:30,042 --> 00:18:32,511 This here is the without shoes season. 330 00:18:32,645 --> 00:18:34,246 You need shoes to play football. 331 00:18:34,380 --> 00:18:36,950 And helmets and pads and jerseys. 332 00:18:37,084 --> 00:18:39,218 But you do have players. 333 00:18:39,352 --> 00:18:41,220 - Optimism. - Right. 334 00:18:41,354 --> 00:18:44,356 Okay, boys, one step at a time. 335 00:18:44,490 --> 00:18:47,094 Now, the more mass an object has, 336 00:18:47,226 --> 00:18:48,996 the greater its kinetic energy. 337 00:18:49,127 --> 00:18:50,763 Now, DeWitt's energy, 338 00:18:50,896 --> 00:18:53,099 it's clearly greater than old Snoggs over here 339 00:18:53,231 --> 00:18:54,835 because Snoggs is a little smaller. 340 00:18:54,968 --> 00:18:57,336 Snoggs' velocity can be reached quicker, 341 00:18:57,470 --> 00:19:00,205 and he can maneuver it to divert and transfer that energy 342 00:19:00,338 --> 00:19:01,942 in another direction, faster. 343 00:19:02,075 --> 00:19:04,143 Get down in defensive stance for me. 344 00:19:04,276 --> 00:19:06,144 Notice your opponent's knuckles. 345 00:19:06,278 --> 00:19:08,682 If they're white, he's leaning too far forward. 346 00:19:08,815 --> 00:19:11,150 You throw him off his feet. Balance is key. 347 00:19:11,282 --> 00:19:13,787 All right, let's line up. Eight-on-eight, right down here. 348 00:19:13,920 --> 00:19:15,453 Choose a partner, one-on-one. 349 00:19:15,588 --> 00:19:16,588 On one. 350 00:19:18,125 --> 00:19:19,526 Ready! 351 00:19:19,660 --> 00:19:20,660 Set! 352 00:19:20,693 --> 00:19:21,694 Hike! 353 00:19:25,665 --> 00:19:27,768 When you hear the word "hike," 354 00:19:27,901 --> 00:19:30,136 that means the ball has been centered 355 00:19:30,269 --> 00:19:32,072 and play may commence. 356 00:19:35,273 --> 00:19:39,444 Ready! Set! Hike! 357 00:19:42,516 --> 00:19:45,417 Come on, boys. You gotta use leverage. 358 00:19:45,551 --> 00:19:47,019 Drive with your lower body. 359 00:19:47,153 --> 00:19:49,855 You can't wrap up and put your opponent in a headlock. 360 00:19:49,990 --> 00:19:51,892 Looks like an Arthur Murray dance class. 361 00:19:52,025 --> 00:19:54,460 - It ain't funny. - And it ain't funny! 362 00:20:09,041 --> 00:20:10,241 Whoo! 363 00:20:11,678 --> 00:20:12,878 What the hell, Hardy? 364 00:20:14,114 --> 00:20:15,981 Whoa! 365 00:20:16,115 --> 00:20:19,118 - Should've been quicker. - You all right? You okay? 366 00:20:19,250 --> 00:20:22,855 - Hey, check him out. - I'm here. Don't move, Scott. 367 00:20:22,989 --> 00:20:25,558 - You just got your bell rung. - Now, here's what's gonna happen. 368 00:20:25,692 --> 00:20:29,563 Mr. Brown gonna run to the water tower and back 369 00:20:29,695 --> 00:20:32,364 till I say stop or you drop. 370 00:20:33,499 --> 00:20:34,534 - You got it? - Yeah. 371 00:20:34,667 --> 00:20:36,036 What? 372 00:20:36,169 --> 00:20:37,971 - Yes, sir. - That's right. 373 00:20:38,105 --> 00:20:40,338 - Now, hit it. - Move. 374 00:20:45,177 --> 00:20:46,579 God dog. 375 00:20:46,712 --> 00:20:48,314 Sumbitch is still running. 376 00:20:48,447 --> 00:20:50,116 Toughest old mule I ever saw. 377 00:20:50,249 --> 00:20:52,152 - He ain't so tough. - If he ain't tough, 378 00:20:52,284 --> 00:20:53,586 then you're a little flower, 379 00:20:53,720 --> 00:20:56,021 because he tossed you around like a rag doll. 380 00:20:59,424 --> 00:21:00,961 My old man used to say 381 00:21:01,094 --> 00:21:03,096 the best horses are always the hardest to break. 382 00:21:03,230 --> 00:21:04,430 Yeah. 383 00:21:04,564 --> 00:21:06,900 Every horse wants to be ridden. 384 00:21:07,032 --> 00:21:09,736 Some are just particular about when and how. 385 00:21:09,869 --> 00:21:10,936 I'll drink to that. 386 00:21:12,672 --> 00:21:14,272 - Here you go. - No, no. 387 00:21:14,405 --> 00:21:17,442 Juanita'd have my hide. 388 00:21:17,576 --> 00:21:19,813 Funny the things you miss about a woman. 389 00:21:19,945 --> 00:21:22,915 - Even the henpecking, no offense. - You ever been married, Doc? 390 00:21:24,651 --> 00:21:25,852 Yes, sir. 391 00:21:28,121 --> 00:21:29,421 Agnes. 392 00:21:31,390 --> 00:21:33,660 Lost her and the baby in childbirth. 393 00:21:33,794 --> 00:21:34,961 Long time ago. 394 00:21:36,461 --> 00:21:38,765 These kids are my family now. 395 00:21:38,898 --> 00:21:42,102 Kind of strange, because that's what she always wanted. 396 00:21:42,234 --> 00:21:43,970 Lots of kids. 397 00:21:44,104 --> 00:21:46,506 I'm sorry, Doc. I didn't know that. 398 00:21:46,640 --> 00:21:48,942 I know these boys think the world of you. 399 00:21:49,075 --> 00:21:50,844 That's for sure. 400 00:21:50,977 --> 00:21:52,945 It true you don't take a paycheck up here? 401 00:21:53,078 --> 00:21:55,115 I don't know where you heard that story. 402 00:21:55,248 --> 00:21:56,950 - Is that true? - Well, sir, 403 00:21:57,083 --> 00:21:59,853 I know damn well you're not here for the do-re-mi. 404 00:21:59,986 --> 00:22:03,489 ♪ You ain't got The do-re-mi, boy ♪ 405 00:22:03,623 --> 00:22:05,324 ♪ If you ain't got That do-re-mi... ♪ 406 00:22:08,194 --> 00:22:11,030 Think you might be too hard on that boy? 407 00:22:11,163 --> 00:22:12,632 I'll go check on him. 408 00:22:14,768 --> 00:22:15,969 That's enough. 409 00:22:16,102 --> 00:22:17,304 Hardy. 410 00:22:21,540 --> 00:22:24,144 Now, look, I understand that you don't want to be here, 411 00:22:24,277 --> 00:22:26,179 and I get that you're angry, 412 00:22:26,313 --> 00:22:28,515 but I want you to know something. Look at me. 413 00:22:29,615 --> 00:22:31,383 I'm here for you, son. 414 00:22:31,518 --> 00:22:33,052 I'm not your son. 415 00:22:33,185 --> 00:22:35,622 Look, you can make me play this little game of yours. 416 00:22:35,755 --> 00:22:37,355 Don't mean I gotta like you. 417 00:22:39,458 --> 00:22:41,560 We done here, coach? 418 00:22:41,694 --> 00:22:42,828 Go ahead. 419 00:22:47,099 --> 00:22:51,704 Every second that they're on the field, we're losing money. 420 00:22:51,837 --> 00:22:54,340 You make it sound like we're running a damn assembly line. 421 00:22:54,472 --> 00:22:56,343 - Yeah, well... - Just ease up 422 00:22:56,474 --> 00:22:58,111 on any new printing jobs 423 00:22:58,244 --> 00:23:00,079 till I figure this football program out. 424 00:23:00,212 --> 00:23:02,315 - Oh, Bill. - Hey, new rules, 425 00:23:02,448 --> 00:23:04,317 page 24, section C. 426 00:23:04,450 --> 00:23:06,484 It's gonna be real tough to field a team 427 00:23:06,619 --> 00:23:08,453 if most of these boys aren't able to pass 428 00:23:08,587 --> 00:23:11,023 - their standardized test. - Section C? 429 00:23:11,156 --> 00:23:13,192 - Mm-hm. - Watch where you're going. 430 00:23:13,326 --> 00:23:15,060 - Just keep it moving. - Speak of the devil. 431 00:23:15,194 --> 00:23:16,829 - To Mrs. Russell's room. - Mr. Russell? 432 00:23:16,962 --> 00:23:18,664 Y'all should be on opposite sides. 433 00:23:18,798 --> 00:23:21,000 - Yes, sir? - The Interscholastic League 434 00:23:21,134 --> 00:23:23,636 has agreed to hear your request for admittance. 435 00:23:23,769 --> 00:23:25,971 Oh, that's great news. I'm happy to hear that. 436 00:23:26,105 --> 00:23:28,473 However, new rules state 437 00:23:28,607 --> 00:23:32,545 that all players are required to take a basic aptitude test. 438 00:23:32,679 --> 00:23:35,281 - All right. - Rules are rules. 439 00:23:35,413 --> 00:23:40,119 Shame to come all this way and not even be able to play ball. 440 00:23:40,252 --> 00:23:42,221 Page 24, section C. 441 00:23:42,355 --> 00:23:44,758 Oh, thank you. 442 00:23:44,891 --> 00:23:46,326 You take that with you 443 00:23:46,458 --> 00:23:48,426 and let me know if you have any questions. 444 00:23:48,560 --> 00:23:50,429 - All right, then. - Thank you for your time. 445 00:23:52,598 --> 00:23:55,402 The sensational struggle for existence. 446 00:23:55,535 --> 00:23:59,239 The result of this is the formation of a new species, 447 00:23:59,372 --> 00:24:02,776 perhaps known as the great orphan football player. 448 00:24:02,909 --> 00:24:04,310 I kind of like that. 449 00:24:04,442 --> 00:24:06,246 It's science, gentlemen, it's evolution, 450 00:24:06,378 --> 00:24:08,147 and it's happening all around us. 451 00:24:08,280 --> 00:24:10,282 William, I do appreciate your time. 452 00:24:10,416 --> 00:24:11,984 Frank, it's always good to see you. 453 00:24:12,117 --> 00:24:14,520 I'm gonna get on to class. Thanks for the notebook. 454 00:24:20,961 --> 00:24:24,931 The survival of those who are better equipped for surviving. 455 00:24:25,065 --> 00:24:28,201 Some are heritable traits. That means they're inherited. 456 00:24:28,335 --> 00:24:30,869 Others are learned. That means you learn them. 457 00:24:31,003 --> 00:24:33,272 "Those," "these," "there," "that." 458 00:24:33,405 --> 00:24:37,277 "Those," "these," "there," "that." 459 00:24:37,410 --> 00:24:39,179 But our focus will be on learning 460 00:24:39,311 --> 00:24:42,281 through intense practice through repetition, 461 00:24:42,414 --> 00:24:44,284 so that we can pass this test together. 462 00:24:44,416 --> 00:24:46,385 Fumble! 463 00:24:47,820 --> 00:24:50,123 Come on, coach, that's horseshit. 464 00:24:50,256 --> 00:24:51,458 Horse excrement. 465 00:24:51,590 --> 00:24:53,692 I've never seen a more chaotic clamber 466 00:24:53,826 --> 00:24:55,327 for a football in my entire life! 467 00:24:55,461 --> 00:24:58,230 Most boys your age could pass this test blindfolded, 468 00:24:58,365 --> 00:25:00,200 but you're not most boys, are you? 469 00:25:00,333 --> 00:25:03,068 - You need to focus. - They had the fundamental idea. 470 00:25:03,202 --> 00:25:04,682 - Are you kidding? Come on. - No, sir. 471 00:25:04,804 --> 00:25:07,473 You're better than most boys. You're unique. 472 00:25:07,606 --> 00:25:11,176 You've dealt with hardship. Now you got something to prove, 473 00:25:11,310 --> 00:25:13,313 and that's called motivation. 474 00:25:13,445 --> 00:25:15,382 Is this test gonna cover female parts? 475 00:25:15,515 --> 00:25:18,384 Because I'm looking to get a little hands-on practice, 476 00:25:18,518 --> 00:25:21,653 you know, sharpen my skills. 477 00:25:21,788 --> 00:25:24,723 No, Snoggs, unfortunately for you, it won't. 478 00:25:24,857 --> 00:25:26,558 But the examination will cover 479 00:25:26,692 --> 00:25:28,595 reading, writing, science and arithmetic. 480 00:25:28,728 --> 00:25:30,230 Arithme-what? 481 00:25:30,363 --> 00:25:34,099 - Does that mean we gotta dance? - Coach, I-I don't dance. 482 00:25:34,233 --> 00:25:37,470 Everything that's donated to the home goes down here. 483 00:25:37,604 --> 00:25:39,538 All right, boys, this is from Dutch Meyer, 484 00:25:39,672 --> 00:25:41,974 Texas Christian University athletic department. 485 00:25:42,107 --> 00:25:43,942 Shoulder pads, helmets and cleats. 486 00:25:44,076 --> 00:25:46,712 Find cleats that fit you. Don't want you getting blisters. 487 00:25:46,846 --> 00:25:49,082 I'm gonna teach you how to become ladies. 488 00:25:49,214 --> 00:25:51,050 Come on, it'll be fun. Heh-heh! 489 00:25:51,183 --> 00:25:53,385 Yes! Yeah! 490 00:25:53,520 --> 00:25:54,753 What I tell you? 491 00:25:54,887 --> 00:25:56,021 What's that? 492 00:25:56,155 --> 00:25:57,155 "Tie-on." 493 00:25:57,190 --> 00:25:58,758 What do you think, coach? 494 00:25:58,892 --> 00:26:00,059 I think it looks good. 495 00:26:00,192 --> 00:26:01,594 You got those on backwards, Chicken. 496 00:26:01,728 --> 00:26:04,596 - Is a dozen six or 12? - I don't know. 497 00:26:06,865 --> 00:26:09,335 - "Block"? - That's right, Leon. 498 00:26:09,469 --> 00:26:11,388 - Thank you, sir. - Twenty percent off next time. 499 00:26:11,505 --> 00:26:13,272 Good doing business with you. Ha! 500 00:26:13,405 --> 00:26:15,607 That's where all life began, 501 00:26:15,741 --> 00:26:19,112 and I've always found it particularly fascinating that... 502 00:26:21,047 --> 00:26:22,082 Damn it, boys! 503 00:26:24,017 --> 00:26:25,553 All right, that's good. 504 00:26:28,153 --> 00:26:30,056 "Wild Saddle"? 505 00:26:30,190 --> 00:26:31,391 "Men's Club"? 506 00:26:31,525 --> 00:26:33,492 We're not here to practice our reading! 507 00:26:33,625 --> 00:26:35,494 Get to work! Now! 508 00:26:35,627 --> 00:26:39,398 Mr. Russell, you forgot the final valence electron. 509 00:26:39,532 --> 00:26:41,535 You're right. Thank you. 510 00:26:43,503 --> 00:26:47,606 You don't pass the test, you don't play football. 511 00:26:47,740 --> 00:26:50,577 So let's buck up and let's bear down 512 00:26:50,710 --> 00:26:52,444 and let's get back to work. 513 00:26:58,250 --> 00:26:59,586 Two minutes. 514 00:27:07,292 --> 00:27:09,261 - Time. - Pencils down. 515 00:27:13,133 --> 00:27:15,969 You'll have your results on Wednesday. 516 00:27:17,769 --> 00:27:20,173 Stack them neatly. 517 00:27:20,306 --> 00:27:21,473 Thank you. 518 00:27:39,791 --> 00:27:41,628 It's a good field. 519 00:27:43,962 --> 00:27:49,134 Well, I don't know if you can technically call it a field. 520 00:27:49,269 --> 00:27:51,538 Well, it doesn't have to be fancy 521 00:27:51,671 --> 00:27:53,405 to know what it represents. 522 00:27:53,540 --> 00:27:55,008 Yeah. 523 00:27:58,443 --> 00:28:01,446 Even if those boys don't pass, 524 00:28:01,582 --> 00:28:04,250 we have a purpose here that's greater than football. 525 00:28:07,520 --> 00:28:12,057 I ever tell you how attractive you are when you're optimistic? 526 00:28:12,192 --> 00:28:14,359 No, I don't believe you have. 527 00:28:17,430 --> 00:28:18,632 Well... 528 00:28:19,898 --> 00:28:21,669 maybe one day I will. 529 00:28:21,800 --> 00:28:24,538 - Oh, Rusty. - Hey. 530 00:28:33,346 --> 00:28:34,582 Hike! 531 00:28:35,981 --> 00:28:37,416 Whoa! Hold on! 532 00:28:37,550 --> 00:28:40,554 There's a penalty here! Carlos, you may not trip anyone! 533 00:28:42,721 --> 00:28:45,224 That's 15-yard penalty against the defense. 534 00:28:45,357 --> 00:28:47,528 - Let's move it back. - They only take the young ones. 535 00:28:47,661 --> 00:28:50,930 Be good, all right? Take care of your new mom and dad. 536 00:28:55,500 --> 00:28:57,971 I'm sure you boys are all chomping at the bit 537 00:28:58,104 --> 00:28:59,739 to hear about your test results. 538 00:28:59,872 --> 00:29:03,409 Miraculously, some of you pulled it off. 539 00:29:03,544 --> 00:29:07,747 Scott, Hal, Jerry, Daniel, step forward. 540 00:29:13,051 --> 00:29:16,388 I'm sorry, boys. Didn't pass. Better luck next time. 541 00:29:16,522 --> 00:29:19,125 Which means the remaining of you can play ball. 542 00:29:19,259 --> 00:29:23,895 That is, if Mr. Russell gets you all accepted into the district. 543 00:29:24,029 --> 00:29:26,567 Natural selection seems to have reduced our team 544 00:29:26,700 --> 00:29:28,334 to only 12 players. 545 00:29:28,468 --> 00:29:31,605 So let's consider that high-level evolutionary fitness 546 00:29:31,739 --> 00:29:33,972 will allow us to play both ways. 547 00:29:34,106 --> 00:29:35,974 Leon, you and Chicken 548 00:29:36,108 --> 00:29:38,243 gotta be ready to rotate in at various positions. 549 00:29:38,377 --> 00:29:40,445 Y'all think you can do that? 550 00:29:40,580 --> 00:29:42,315 It sounds like they're a lesser species. 551 00:29:42,448 --> 00:29:43,816 I should be the first string. 552 00:29:43,950 --> 00:29:46,251 I'm the fittest sumbitch out here. 553 00:29:49,322 --> 00:29:51,391 Pickett, you know that was our only football? 554 00:29:51,525 --> 00:29:54,359 - Sorry, coach. - All right, now hit the tower. 555 00:29:54,493 --> 00:29:56,596 Let's go. Hustle! 556 00:29:56,730 --> 00:29:59,332 They wear on me sometimes. I gotta be honest with you. 557 00:29:59,464 --> 00:30:01,567 At least one good thing came out of all that. 558 00:30:01,701 --> 00:30:04,570 - What's that? - We got ourselves a punter. 559 00:30:04,704 --> 00:30:07,140 That's true. Can you stitch that thing up? 560 00:30:07,272 --> 00:30:09,107 I'm not a veterinarian, but I'll try. 561 00:30:09,241 --> 00:30:10,510 - Let me get it. - All right. 562 00:30:18,917 --> 00:30:21,119 Well, girls, I hope this works. 563 00:30:22,722 --> 00:30:24,525 - Morning. - Morning. 564 00:30:29,362 --> 00:30:30,462 What's this? 565 00:30:30,596 --> 00:30:31,963 It's your new football. 566 00:30:32,097 --> 00:30:33,701 Is that right? 567 00:30:33,833 --> 00:30:35,602 We're making two, in case you pop one. 568 00:30:35,736 --> 00:30:38,505 Very fitting for these trying times. I like it. 569 00:30:39,740 --> 00:30:40,839 Scoot over. 570 00:30:44,009 --> 00:30:45,746 What's that? A science experiment? 571 00:30:45,877 --> 00:30:47,548 That's right, Snoggs, 572 00:30:47,681 --> 00:30:50,651 to see who wants to play and earn a real ball. 573 00:30:50,784 --> 00:30:53,885 If you don't want it, ain't no use in us being out here, 574 00:30:54,019 --> 00:30:56,255 sweating like a bunch of dirt farmers. 575 00:30:59,858 --> 00:31:01,326 Practice over already? 576 00:31:01,461 --> 00:31:03,730 I don't know, Doc. It's up to them. 577 00:31:03,863 --> 00:31:07,299 Six-on-six. Miller, A.P., Fairbanks, Snoggs, DeWitt, 578 00:31:07,432 --> 00:31:09,335 you're with me, and I'm playing tailback. 579 00:31:09,469 --> 00:31:12,337 - Why you get to play tailback? - Because I'm tall and handsome. 580 00:31:14,173 --> 00:31:16,174 I like your hands-on approach. 581 00:31:16,308 --> 00:31:18,111 In my business, we call it scouting. 582 00:31:18,243 --> 00:31:21,848 We get the ball first. Losers steal the grape juice. 583 00:31:21,980 --> 00:31:24,016 I'll be damned if Wheatie doesn't look 584 00:31:24,150 --> 00:31:26,519 - like a genuine leader. - Set. Hike! Oh! 585 00:31:31,057 --> 00:31:32,792 - Lineman, maybe? - I think you're getting 586 00:31:32,924 --> 00:31:34,126 this scouting thing down. 587 00:31:34,259 --> 00:31:35,828 Hike! 588 00:31:35,961 --> 00:31:37,765 - All right. - There's a runner! 589 00:31:37,896 --> 00:31:42,402 Talent in each of these boys. It's our job to find it. 590 00:31:42,536 --> 00:31:44,805 - Think you're up to the task? - What? 591 00:31:44,936 --> 00:31:48,541 I mean I need you to have your wits about you, Doc. 592 00:31:48,674 --> 00:31:51,109 Don't you worry about me. 593 00:31:51,243 --> 00:31:53,780 You know you're supposed to tackle him, right? 594 00:31:55,648 --> 00:31:57,016 Hike! 595 00:32:01,555 --> 00:32:02,623 Oh, my. 596 00:32:06,894 --> 00:32:08,461 - Oh! - Are you all right? 597 00:32:08,595 --> 00:32:10,962 It's just flour. We can wash it out. Hang on. 598 00:32:11,096 --> 00:32:13,132 Just get back to the game, boys. 599 00:32:13,266 --> 00:32:16,169 We can't. Hardy busted the ball. 600 00:32:16,301 --> 00:32:19,337 Well, don't just stand around scratching your nuts. 601 00:32:19,471 --> 00:32:21,775 Go on, hit the tower, all of you, pronto! 602 00:32:23,676 --> 00:32:24,676 I'm sorry. 603 00:32:24,778 --> 00:32:26,479 Sorry? 604 00:32:26,613 --> 00:32:29,615 No, I'm fine, Doc. I'm okay. I'm fine. 605 00:32:43,195 --> 00:32:46,164 Rusty, look at me. You're fine. 606 00:32:48,968 --> 00:32:50,537 Hey, it's time. 607 00:32:51,904 --> 00:32:54,508 We've got to spread out. 608 00:32:54,641 --> 00:32:56,275 George! 609 00:32:56,409 --> 00:32:57,677 Guys! 610 00:32:58,744 --> 00:33:00,378 Stay with me, George. 611 00:33:05,284 --> 00:33:07,820 I'm just hoping we got a quorum of coaches. 612 00:33:07,954 --> 00:33:10,088 Once we get in there, let me handle it, Doc. 613 00:33:10,222 --> 00:33:11,924 - How you feeling? - I'm good, thank you. 614 00:33:12,057 --> 00:33:13,259 This'll go great. 615 00:33:13,392 --> 00:33:15,695 - Rusty Russell. - Luther Scarborough. 616 00:33:15,828 --> 00:33:18,798 I heard you took a charity post over at the orphanage. 617 00:33:18,932 --> 00:33:22,335 I thought, surely I must be mistaken, but here you are. 618 00:33:22,468 --> 00:33:26,105 Luther, good to see you. Been since the '35 playoffs, right? 619 00:33:26,239 --> 00:33:28,808 - It was a close game. - Tough loss. For you. 620 00:33:28,942 --> 00:33:30,711 You did a good job down there. 621 00:33:30,844 --> 00:33:32,211 Yeah, it got me one of these. 622 00:33:32,345 --> 00:33:35,181 Oh, that's nice. Is that, what, topaz? 623 00:33:35,314 --> 00:33:40,988 Apparently, you boys are filing a request to join my district. 624 00:33:41,119 --> 00:33:43,690 That's correct, and I better get in there. Good to see you. 625 00:33:45,258 --> 00:33:46,792 Orphan football. 626 00:33:48,996 --> 00:33:51,731 That's as dumb as letting women vote. 627 00:33:51,865 --> 00:33:54,701 It's my belief that if we show faith in these boys, 628 00:33:54,835 --> 00:33:58,739 they'll prove themselves, much as David did against Goliath. 629 00:33:58,872 --> 00:34:01,307 All I ask is that you give these boys a chance 630 00:34:01,440 --> 00:34:04,912 - a chance to compete. - The Interscholastic League 631 00:34:05,044 --> 00:34:07,914 requires a minimum enrollment of 500 students 632 00:34:08,047 --> 00:34:09,882 to compete in Class A football. 633 00:34:10,016 --> 00:34:15,420 Your home has only 150 children. Your football team has only 12. 634 00:34:15,556 --> 00:34:19,090 - That's right, 12. - Motion is denied. 635 00:34:19,224 --> 00:34:21,427 All right, let's get back to why we're here today. 636 00:34:21,561 --> 00:34:23,362 Excuse me, Mr. Chairman. 637 00:34:23,496 --> 00:34:25,032 I would like to request 638 00:34:25,164 --> 00:34:27,465 a clarification from the committee, if I may. 639 00:34:27,601 --> 00:34:29,802 - And you are? - I'm Dr. E.P. Hall. 640 00:34:29,936 --> 00:34:33,072 I'm the Masonic Homes physician as well as the team medic. 641 00:34:33,204 --> 00:34:34,340 He's the assistant. 642 00:34:34,472 --> 00:34:36,043 He's a drunk. 643 00:34:36,175 --> 00:34:37,710 You're an assistant medic? 644 00:34:37,844 --> 00:34:40,378 Assistant coach. He's the head of the defense. 645 00:34:43,016 --> 00:34:45,585 Mr. Hall, do you or do you not have something to address? 646 00:34:45,719 --> 00:34:48,021 Yes, sir, indeed I do. If I may, 647 00:34:48,153 --> 00:34:51,157 I would like to direct your attention to page 27, 648 00:34:51,289 --> 00:34:55,293 paragraph two of the league rule book. It states and I quote: 649 00:34:55,427 --> 00:34:57,262 "Any school that does not meet 650 00:34:57,396 --> 00:34:59,967 the minimum enrollment of 500 students 651 00:35:00,099 --> 00:35:01,934 can be admitted with a majority vote 652 00:35:02,068 --> 00:35:05,539 of the coaches in the school's division," Unquote. 653 00:35:05,672 --> 00:35:09,275 Now, sir, I am a firm believer in doing things by the book, 654 00:35:09,407 --> 00:35:11,612 which in this case, Chairman Kidd, 655 00:35:11,744 --> 00:35:15,648 I do believe that you participated in its authorship. 656 00:35:15,782 --> 00:35:18,416 - Am I in the right? - That's a... 657 00:35:18,552 --> 00:35:21,088 That's a good job, doctor. Indeed, I did. 658 00:35:21,219 --> 00:35:23,690 Accordingly, sir, I would like to suggest 659 00:35:23,824 --> 00:35:26,927 that all of the coaches here from Division A 660 00:35:27,059 --> 00:35:30,463 vote on our admittance and we'll accept the results. 661 00:35:30,597 --> 00:35:32,632 How'd that be, gentlemen? 662 00:35:32,766 --> 00:35:33,967 Good to see all of y'all. 663 00:35:34,101 --> 00:35:35,467 Much obliged, Mr. Secretary. 664 00:35:35,601 --> 00:35:36,769 Is this a joke? 665 00:35:36,902 --> 00:35:38,336 Page 27, paragraph two. 666 00:35:38,471 --> 00:35:40,338 Read it and weep, Luther. 667 00:35:42,809 --> 00:35:44,945 Well, hell, let's vote. 668 00:35:45,077 --> 00:35:48,815 As requested from our doctor, assistant medic, 669 00:35:48,949 --> 00:35:50,983 all those in favor, raise your hand. 670 00:36:01,159 --> 00:36:02,829 Hey, guys, they're back. 671 00:36:04,463 --> 00:36:05,498 They don't look happy. 672 00:36:05,632 --> 00:36:07,333 Doc doesn't have his whiskey. 673 00:36:07,465 --> 00:36:10,302 Y'all are expecting someone to do something in favor of us? 674 00:36:10,436 --> 00:36:11,871 - It ain't gonna happen. - Hey. 675 00:36:12,005 --> 00:36:14,541 Why you always gotta be such a downer, Hardy? 676 00:36:14,675 --> 00:36:16,610 I'm just trying to tell y'all how it is. 677 00:36:16,742 --> 00:36:18,309 No one cares about us. 678 00:36:22,148 --> 00:36:23,550 How you doing, boys? 679 00:36:23,684 --> 00:36:26,152 Just go on, say it. 680 00:36:26,284 --> 00:36:28,155 We didn't get in. 681 00:36:28,286 --> 00:36:29,355 Go ahead. 682 00:36:33,126 --> 00:36:34,226 Well, sir... 683 00:36:36,896 --> 00:36:38,463 - I can't do it. - What? 684 00:36:38,597 --> 00:36:40,967 - You said you wanted to do it. - I said I might do it. 685 00:36:41,101 --> 00:36:42,869 You told me you were the elder statesman. 686 00:36:43,003 --> 00:36:45,237 - You're the head coach. - All right, I'm just gonna 687 00:36:45,371 --> 00:36:47,541 go ahead and tell it to you straight, boys. 688 00:36:48,842 --> 00:36:50,309 Bad news is... 689 00:36:52,179 --> 00:36:55,782 each one of you is gonna need to put on about 10 pounds 690 00:36:55,916 --> 00:36:57,248 because y'all gonna be playing 691 00:36:57,382 --> 00:36:59,885 Class A Texas high-school football. 692 00:37:00,019 --> 00:37:01,954 And I'll see you on the field. 693 00:37:02,088 --> 00:37:05,192 Good job, huh? Come on! 694 00:37:05,324 --> 00:37:07,425 Huh? 695 00:37:08,862 --> 00:37:10,831 Let's us show Poly and those city boys 696 00:37:10,963 --> 00:37:13,166 what we're made of! 697 00:37:18,804 --> 00:37:20,673 The Poly Parrots welcome Masonic Home 698 00:37:20,806 --> 00:37:21,942 in their first game ever. 699 00:37:22,074 --> 00:37:23,677 They gotta put their best 11 700 00:37:23,809 --> 00:37:25,045 up against our best 11. 701 00:37:25,177 --> 00:37:26,913 Their 11 looks a lot bigger. 702 00:37:27,047 --> 00:37:28,882 It's David versus Goliath, all right. 703 00:37:29,014 --> 00:37:31,217 This is gonna be entertaining. 704 00:37:33,619 --> 00:37:34,920 Chicken, you all right? 705 00:37:36,422 --> 00:37:38,625 I had to use 12-gauge baling wire on mine. 706 00:37:38,759 --> 00:37:40,893 Today, we're going up against a team 707 00:37:41,027 --> 00:37:43,130 that's won two state championships 708 00:37:43,262 --> 00:37:45,297 in the past five years, 709 00:37:45,431 --> 00:37:48,635 so you got everything to gain and nothing to lose, 710 00:37:48,768 --> 00:37:49,769 so play that way. 711 00:37:49,902 --> 00:37:51,369 And one more thing. 712 00:37:51,505 --> 00:37:54,074 We win today, we take home the game ball. 713 00:37:54,206 --> 00:37:55,608 So listen to me. 714 00:37:55,742 --> 00:37:59,079 Hit that field with heart, focus and conviction, 715 00:37:59,211 --> 00:38:01,947 and you will see good results. Let's get it done. 716 00:38:03,650 --> 00:38:06,786 Bribery. Now, there's a new motivation. 717 00:38:06,920 --> 00:38:08,954 - To the game ball. - Let's do it. 718 00:38:09,088 --> 00:38:12,925 Well, Mr. Hawk, I'm proud you got your football team out. 719 00:38:13,059 --> 00:38:15,393 - Yeah. - You only got 12 players. 720 00:38:15,528 --> 00:38:18,063 I mean, most of them look like horse jockeys. 721 00:38:18,197 --> 00:38:21,400 Y'all got some kind of weight restriction? 722 00:38:21,534 --> 00:38:24,469 Might as well call them the Mighty Mites. 723 00:38:24,603 --> 00:38:27,706 - Can I have that? - You got it. Yeah. 724 00:38:27,840 --> 00:38:29,474 Why not? You're the writer. 725 00:38:31,143 --> 00:38:32,545 - Pop. - Hey, Doc. 726 00:38:32,679 --> 00:38:35,014 - Give me a quote after the game. - I will, for sure. 727 00:38:35,148 --> 00:38:37,951 Mr. Hawk, we're delighted you're making our first game. 728 00:38:38,083 --> 00:38:39,820 - Good to see you. - After all the years 729 00:38:39,952 --> 00:38:42,722 and all the talk, we got a football team, thanks to you. 730 00:38:42,856 --> 00:38:45,324 Thanks to you for bringing this coach in and his wife. 731 00:38:45,456 --> 00:38:47,626 - How's he doing? - He's doing remarkable. 732 00:38:47,760 --> 00:38:49,762 You've met Juanita. They're great teachers, 733 00:38:49,896 --> 00:38:51,429 and he's a great football coach. 734 00:38:51,565 --> 00:38:52,865 We finally got a team. 735 00:38:52,998 --> 00:38:54,867 Finally got a team, thanks to you. 736 00:38:55,001 --> 00:38:57,469 - No, thanks to you. - Okay, heh. 737 00:38:57,603 --> 00:39:00,005 Only 12 players on the Orphan team, 738 00:39:00,139 --> 00:39:01,875 and not one can push 200 pounds. 739 00:39:02,007 --> 00:39:04,844 Folks, this is gonna get ugly pretty fast. 740 00:39:04,978 --> 00:39:07,246 Fellas, the visiting team will call it in the air. 741 00:39:07,378 --> 00:39:09,148 - Masonic Home... - Orphans. 742 00:39:09,282 --> 00:39:10,684 Orphans, what is your call? 743 00:39:10,817 --> 00:39:12,918 - Heads. - Heads. 744 00:39:13,052 --> 00:39:14,954 It's tails. Poly? 745 00:39:15,088 --> 00:39:16,655 - We'll receive. - Poly will receive. 746 00:39:16,789 --> 00:39:18,692 Y'all's parents couldn't find the stadium? 747 00:39:18,824 --> 00:39:21,161 Must be pretty stupid. 748 00:39:23,362 --> 00:39:25,231 A skirmish as Hardy Brown wallops... 749 00:39:25,364 --> 00:39:27,900 - Come on, Hardy! - Poly captain Percy Maywood. 750 00:39:28,034 --> 00:39:31,570 I wouldn't wanna be on the wrong side of that kid. 751 00:39:31,704 --> 00:39:33,572 - Who was that? - Hardy Brown. 752 00:39:33,706 --> 00:39:38,077 My daddy says he's the toughest sumbitch around. 753 00:39:38,210 --> 00:39:40,012 We're not supposed to repeat 754 00:39:40,146 --> 00:39:42,447 - what your father says at home. - Can I quote that? 755 00:39:42,581 --> 00:39:45,818 - Oh, no, sir, please don't. - We'll use "son of a gun." 756 00:39:45,952 --> 00:39:47,686 That is unnecessary roughness. 757 00:39:47,820 --> 00:39:50,257 Fifteen-yard penalty will be enforced on the kick. 758 00:39:50,389 --> 00:39:51,724 Hardy, you're out! Come on! 759 00:39:51,858 --> 00:39:53,492 Fairbanks, Wheatie, get in position. 760 00:39:53,626 --> 00:39:55,094 Chicken, you're in. 761 00:39:55,228 --> 00:39:56,929 It'll be all right, son. 762 00:39:57,063 --> 00:39:59,900 Leon, knock one down there. Keep them inside the 20. 763 00:40:00,032 --> 00:40:01,601 Line up. Come on, boys. 764 00:40:03,369 --> 00:40:05,972 - What are you thinking, son? - What are you thinking, son? 765 00:40:09,708 --> 00:40:11,610 And the Orphans pound the ball into the air 766 00:40:11,744 --> 00:40:13,579 as it twists in an ugly spiral, 767 00:40:13,713 --> 00:40:16,148 straight into the hands of Percy Maywood. 768 00:40:17,317 --> 00:40:18,184 Jesus. 769 00:40:18,318 --> 00:40:20,085 Get him. 770 00:40:20,219 --> 00:40:22,454 To the 40, the 30, the 20. 771 00:40:22,588 --> 00:40:24,958 And Maywood practically walks in for an easy score. 772 00:40:26,693 --> 00:40:28,594 What was Coach Russell thinking, 773 00:40:28,728 --> 00:40:30,963 leaving the district champion Temple Wildcats? 774 00:40:31,097 --> 00:40:32,298 We missed every tackle. 775 00:40:32,431 --> 00:40:34,134 That's all right. Keep going. 776 00:40:34,266 --> 00:40:35,568 I find it embarrassing. 777 00:40:35,702 --> 00:40:37,737 All right, A.P. Good snap, boys. 778 00:40:37,871 --> 00:40:40,438 Seems to me they have no place on this field. 779 00:40:40,572 --> 00:40:42,275 I hope none of them get hurt. 780 00:40:42,409 --> 00:40:44,344 Fumble! Get the... 781 00:40:44,476 --> 00:40:46,179 a fumble is scooped up by Poly 782 00:40:46,313 --> 00:40:47,947 and returned for a walk-in touchdown. 783 00:40:48,081 --> 00:40:50,884 My Lord, they're not doing too good, are they? 784 00:40:51,016 --> 00:40:53,385 Stay down in the dirt where you belong, loser orphan. 785 00:40:53,519 --> 00:40:57,123 - Hey, hey, hey, take it easy. - Hey, Fairbanks, cut that out! 786 00:40:57,257 --> 00:41:00,559 Come on, now, Frank, a little scrapping builds character. 787 00:41:00,693 --> 00:41:01,894 It's good for the boys. 788 00:41:02,027 --> 00:41:03,862 I don't think it does after every play. 789 00:41:03,996 --> 00:41:05,864 - My knee feels funny. - Can you walk it off? 790 00:41:05,998 --> 00:41:08,601 - No, let's have a look. - Doc, check it out. 791 00:41:08,735 --> 00:41:10,003 DeWitt! Come here. 792 00:41:10,135 --> 00:41:12,871 Cheer up, son! It's just the first game! 793 00:41:13,005 --> 00:41:15,775 I need you to take 42 and drive him back, son. 794 00:41:15,909 --> 00:41:17,677 - Yes, sir. - Don't let him drive you back. 795 00:41:17,811 --> 00:41:20,280 Get out there, boy. Hardy, you're in. 796 00:41:20,413 --> 00:41:22,248 You ready, son? These boys need you. 797 00:41:22,382 --> 00:41:24,184 Show them what you're made of. Get out there. 798 00:41:24,317 --> 00:41:26,152 Come on, boys, you got it! 799 00:41:27,554 --> 00:41:28,954 Glad you could join us, Hardy. 800 00:41:29,088 --> 00:41:30,489 Fairbanks, the ball's coming to you, 801 00:41:30,556 --> 00:41:31,757 to the left this time. 802 00:41:31,891 --> 00:41:34,360 By some miracle, can we please block? 803 00:41:34,492 --> 00:41:36,563 Just give me the damn ball. 804 00:41:36,695 --> 00:41:38,664 Okay, Hardy, you're getting the ball. 805 00:41:38,797 --> 00:41:41,333 - On one and... - Break! 806 00:41:41,467 --> 00:41:44,204 Come on. Good blocks now, boys. You got it. Come on! 807 00:41:44,336 --> 00:41:47,673 - Six-two-one! Hike! - And here's the snap. 808 00:41:47,806 --> 00:41:49,407 Brown gets the ball, sweeps to the right, 809 00:41:49,509 --> 00:41:51,177 mowing over a Poly defender. 810 00:41:51,311 --> 00:41:53,780 - Cuts back to the left... - Go! Go! 811 00:41:53,913 --> 00:41:57,282 And tries to bring life into the Orphan offense. 812 00:42:00,119 --> 00:42:01,653 Runs over his old pal Maywood 813 00:42:01,788 --> 00:42:04,023 and into the end zone on a magnificent run. 814 00:42:04,157 --> 00:42:06,025 - Touchdown, Brown. - We scored! Yes! 815 00:42:06,159 --> 00:42:08,061 Hold everything, folks. 816 00:42:08,193 --> 00:42:09,996 There's a penalty flag on the play. 817 00:42:10,130 --> 00:42:13,166 Clipping, number 40! No touchdown! 818 00:42:13,298 --> 00:42:16,101 - DeWitt, you dumb son of a bitch! - Hey, he made a mistake! 819 00:42:16,235 --> 00:42:18,438 He's always making mistakes and you're no better! 820 00:42:18,570 --> 00:42:20,273 - Hey! - Hey! 821 00:42:25,378 --> 00:42:27,079 - Get off him! - Boys! Boys! 822 00:42:28,380 --> 00:42:29,681 - Stop. - Break it up! 823 00:42:29,815 --> 00:42:31,550 - Stop that! - Stop it! Get off the field! 824 00:42:31,684 --> 00:42:33,318 - Just stop that. - Get off the field! 825 00:42:33,452 --> 00:42:35,221 - Get out of here! Go on! - Damn it. 826 00:42:35,355 --> 00:42:36,922 - Stop that! - Get off the field! 827 00:42:37,056 --> 00:42:39,527 What's the matter with you? Get out of here! 828 00:43:11,724 --> 00:43:14,327 What are you doing? Are you copying me? 829 00:43:17,063 --> 00:43:18,063 Let me see that. 830 00:43:20,400 --> 00:43:22,434 I put this one here. 831 00:43:22,570 --> 00:43:24,538 That's a funny formation. 832 00:43:24,670 --> 00:43:26,306 What are you two doing? 833 00:43:27,940 --> 00:43:29,476 Well, I think I might have found 834 00:43:29,608 --> 00:43:31,811 my new offensive coordinator. 835 00:43:31,945 --> 00:43:33,713 If I can even put an offense together. 836 00:43:33,847 --> 00:43:36,949 It doesn't sound like you're adapting to your environment. 837 00:43:37,083 --> 00:43:39,853 I once heard a wise old coach say something about 838 00:43:39,985 --> 00:43:42,621 helping his players see what they can become. 839 00:43:45,257 --> 00:43:46,960 You see how she tells me what to do? 840 00:43:47,092 --> 00:43:48,427 Mm-hm. 841 00:43:48,561 --> 00:43:50,295 You think that's funny? 842 00:43:50,429 --> 00:43:51,764 - No. - I don't either. 843 00:44:03,476 --> 00:44:05,177 ♪ The boogiewoogie shake ♪ 844 00:44:05,311 --> 00:44:09,583 ♪ Boogiewoogie shake Boogiewoogie shake ♪ 845 00:44:09,715 --> 00:44:11,518 Come on. Are we not gonna talk anymore 846 00:44:11,650 --> 00:44:13,094 just because we got our butts whupped? 847 00:44:13,119 --> 00:44:14,186 Exactly! 848 00:44:15,255 --> 00:44:16,255 All right. 849 00:44:17,690 --> 00:44:19,858 I want to see y'all down on the field. 850 00:44:19,992 --> 00:44:21,860 Let's go. Hustle. Come on. 851 00:44:27,000 --> 00:44:29,702 What are we doing, coach? 852 00:44:29,835 --> 00:44:32,672 All right, it's your new offense, Mr. Sealey. 853 00:44:32,804 --> 00:44:35,509 Here's the first change. A yard in between each man, 854 00:44:35,643 --> 00:44:38,177 all the way down the line. Okay, Fairbanks, 855 00:44:38,311 --> 00:44:41,380 you take it three yards back, get on the same line as Hardy. 856 00:44:41,514 --> 00:44:44,050 I'm gonna have you line up a quarter yard 857 00:44:44,184 --> 00:44:45,885 directly behind A.P. for the snap. 858 00:44:46,018 --> 00:44:47,420 Let me show you how. 859 00:44:47,554 --> 00:44:50,422 - What position does that make me? - Quarterback. 860 00:44:50,557 --> 00:44:52,192 Quarterback takes the snap. 861 00:44:52,324 --> 00:44:55,394 He's gonna pivot to his right. Halfback comes forward. 862 00:44:55,528 --> 00:44:58,797 Fake that handoff to Hardy. Fairbanks will roll right. 863 00:44:58,931 --> 00:45:02,034 I'm gonna pitch it to him, or if he gets too far out, 864 00:45:02,168 --> 00:45:05,137 fake the pitch, keep it yourself, take it downfield. 865 00:45:05,271 --> 00:45:07,806 Fairbanks becomes your primary blocker. 866 00:45:07,940 --> 00:45:10,076 You'll be my coach on the field. Make the decisions. 867 00:45:10,210 --> 00:45:12,579 This is how we'll beat the bigger teams. 868 00:45:12,711 --> 00:45:15,014 You gotta adapt if you're gonna be competitive. 869 00:45:15,148 --> 00:45:16,849 We don't have the size, 870 00:45:16,983 --> 00:45:19,452 so we gotta utilize what we do have, speed. 871 00:45:19,586 --> 00:45:22,855 Quick huddles, few time-outs. Catch them off guard. 872 00:45:22,989 --> 00:45:25,925 Wear their defense down. That's how we'll do it. 873 00:45:27,492 --> 00:45:29,161 What do y'all think so far? 874 00:45:29,295 --> 00:45:32,264 I think we'll get our asses kicked from here to El Paso. 875 00:45:32,398 --> 00:45:34,500 I don't think it matters what offense we run. 876 00:45:34,635 --> 00:45:35,934 Won't be good anyways. 877 00:45:37,369 --> 00:45:39,271 Mr. Brown, what do you think? 878 00:45:39,405 --> 00:45:42,775 We had no business playing Poly to begin with. 879 00:45:42,909 --> 00:45:45,244 We got outplayed and outcoached, coach. 880 00:45:49,114 --> 00:45:51,652 Mr. Brown's right. 881 00:45:51,784 --> 00:45:53,554 And I take full responsibility 882 00:45:53,686 --> 00:45:55,822 for what happened on that field today. 883 00:45:55,954 --> 00:45:57,090 Everything. 884 00:45:58,224 --> 00:46:00,760 But I did learn something. 885 00:46:00,893 --> 00:46:05,733 I told DeWitt to drive number 77 to hell and back. 886 00:46:05,864 --> 00:46:07,967 And I'm glad I did, 887 00:46:08,101 --> 00:46:10,536 because I got to see what he's really made of. 888 00:46:10,670 --> 00:46:14,974 And I believe in him. And now he better believe in himself. 889 00:46:15,108 --> 00:46:18,746 And I get it. It's tough to believe 890 00:46:18,878 --> 00:46:23,282 when all you've known is hurt and loss and abandonment. 891 00:46:23,416 --> 00:46:26,085 I know because I felt it my whole life. 892 00:46:29,422 --> 00:46:31,056 I'm an orphan. 893 00:46:32,559 --> 00:46:34,661 Just like all of y'all. 894 00:46:34,793 --> 00:46:38,331 I know what it feels like to not have a mother or a father 895 00:46:38,463 --> 00:46:41,333 cheering you on from the stands. 896 00:46:41,467 --> 00:46:43,101 I look at you boys, 897 00:46:43,235 --> 00:46:46,838 and I can honestly say I'm proud to be an orphan. 898 00:46:46,972 --> 00:46:50,342 I'm not ashamed, and I'm not worthless. 899 00:46:50,476 --> 00:46:52,545 I'm a mighty warrior. 900 00:46:52,679 --> 00:46:55,148 And you'll feel the same way 901 00:46:55,280 --> 00:46:59,385 if you can believe in yourselves and believe in each other. 902 00:46:59,519 --> 00:47:01,454 You do that, you'll be able to do 903 00:47:01,588 --> 00:47:04,824 what they all say is impossible. 904 00:47:04,956 --> 00:47:08,494 So say it with me. I am worthy. 905 00:47:08,628 --> 00:47:11,632 - I am worthy. - Believe it! 906 00:47:11,764 --> 00:47:14,833 - I am valuable. - I am valuable! 907 00:47:14,967 --> 00:47:18,403 - I'm a mighty warrior! - I'm a mighty warrior! 908 00:47:18,539 --> 00:47:21,373 - I'm a mighty orphan! - I'm a mighty orphan! 909 00:47:21,507 --> 00:47:23,909 Believe as I do. 910 00:47:24,043 --> 00:47:27,045 Because it's true. It's true. 911 00:47:30,784 --> 00:47:33,721 - Leon, break it down. - All right, get in here. 912 00:47:33,853 --> 00:47:35,521 Let's get a "Orphans" on three! 913 00:47:35,655 --> 00:47:37,523 One, two, three! 914 00:47:37,657 --> 00:47:38,657 Orphans! 915 00:47:47,132 --> 00:47:49,369 Mr. Hardy, let me have a word with you. 916 00:47:52,170 --> 00:47:53,873 I ain't gonna yell your stupid chant. 917 00:47:54,005 --> 00:47:56,108 And I'm not gonna make you. 918 00:47:57,909 --> 00:48:00,045 But you do need to make a choice. 919 00:48:02,047 --> 00:48:07,018 Now, I obligated you to be here. That was my mistake. 920 00:48:07,152 --> 00:48:10,222 You're free to leave anytime you want. 921 00:48:10,356 --> 00:48:12,659 That run of yours today, 922 00:48:12,793 --> 00:48:15,862 son, that was one of the best I've ever seen. 923 00:48:15,994 --> 00:48:18,498 And it's all natural instinct. 924 00:48:18,632 --> 00:48:20,432 Must've felt pretty good. 925 00:48:23,402 --> 00:48:25,103 Why don't you go warm up? 926 00:48:32,110 --> 00:48:34,947 So, what do you think about the new offense? 927 00:48:35,081 --> 00:48:38,851 Sir, I think you'll piss a lot of people off, but I like it. 928 00:48:38,985 --> 00:48:42,889 Now, if you excuse me, I'm freezing my nuts off. 929 00:48:43,021 --> 00:48:44,123 All right. 930 00:48:49,494 --> 00:48:51,431 Armed with Betty's drawing, 931 00:48:51,565 --> 00:48:55,268 Rusty was about to change the game of football forever. 932 00:48:55,400 --> 00:48:56,836 Shift! 933 00:48:56,969 --> 00:48:59,338 The Orphan offense has lined up 934 00:48:59,472 --> 00:49:01,173 in a formation I have never seen before. 935 00:49:01,306 --> 00:49:04,577 What the hell is he doing lining up behind the center like that? 936 00:49:04,710 --> 00:49:07,880 Appears to be some kind of new formation, coach. 937 00:49:08,014 --> 00:49:09,315 I got that. 938 00:49:11,518 --> 00:49:13,085 Looks like cheating to me. 939 00:49:13,219 --> 00:49:14,454 Six-two, split! 940 00:49:15,922 --> 00:49:17,623 - Hike! - Sealey takes the snap. 941 00:49:17,757 --> 00:49:20,159 Pitches it to the outside to Hardy Brown. 942 00:49:20,293 --> 00:49:22,494 He takes it up the sideline. 943 00:49:22,628 --> 00:49:25,364 Brown rumbles down the field like a locomotive. 944 00:49:25,498 --> 00:49:28,034 They fooled the entire defense on that play, folks. 945 00:49:28,166 --> 00:49:30,436 - I'll be damned. - Brown takes it all the way 946 00:49:30,570 --> 00:49:34,039 for an 80-yard touchdown. 947 00:49:34,172 --> 00:49:35,373 That's a good start. 948 00:49:37,710 --> 00:49:39,847 Gosh dang, he's fast, coach. 949 00:49:39,978 --> 00:49:42,682 He is. He's fast. You're observant. 950 00:49:42,815 --> 00:49:45,351 Everybody's got a gift. What's ours? 951 00:49:48,086 --> 00:49:49,255 Shift, shift! 952 00:49:49,387 --> 00:49:51,490 There's a shift. 953 00:49:53,259 --> 00:49:55,228 - We're not looking good, coach. - Dang it. 954 00:49:55,360 --> 00:49:57,230 - Thataway. Huddle. - Hike! 955 00:49:57,362 --> 00:49:59,565 These fellas have come out swinging tonight, 956 00:49:59,699 --> 00:50:03,369 - take no prisoners. - Sweep left! Sideline! 957 00:50:03,503 --> 00:50:05,237 The Orphans have fooled the Rams again. 958 00:50:05,371 --> 00:50:07,472 - Catch him! - Fairbanks runs in the end zone 959 00:50:07,608 --> 00:50:08,809 untouched and smiling. 960 00:50:08,942 --> 00:50:10,610 - Touchdown. - Oh, my. 961 00:50:10,744 --> 00:50:12,846 I'm thinking about shooting all the parents, 962 00:50:12,980 --> 00:50:16,481 starting my own orphanage. Maybe that'll motivate these boys. 963 00:50:16,617 --> 00:50:20,186 I want you to imagine your opponent is Mr. Wynn. 964 00:50:21,922 --> 00:50:23,322 Thanks, Doc. 965 00:50:23,456 --> 00:50:26,157 - That's a good analogy, Doc. - We'll see. 966 00:50:26,291 --> 00:50:27,326 Set. Hike! 967 00:50:30,295 --> 00:50:32,733 Speedy Leonard Roach leveling the halfback. 968 00:50:32,865 --> 00:50:34,065 Nice to meet you, fat-ass. 969 00:50:36,202 --> 00:50:37,838 Pardon my French, but The Rams 970 00:50:37,971 --> 00:50:39,806 are getting their butts handed to them. 971 00:50:39,940 --> 00:50:41,306 My God, Sealey has it. 972 00:50:41,440 --> 00:50:43,510 Sealey looks like a running duck 973 00:50:43,643 --> 00:50:45,311 as he hits the wide-open pastures. 974 00:50:45,443 --> 00:50:46,547 They're running outside. 975 00:50:46,679 --> 00:50:48,849 They are running to the outside. 976 00:50:48,981 --> 00:50:51,018 The five, and touchdown, Orphans. 977 00:50:57,891 --> 00:51:00,561 - Good job, boys. - That'll be the dagger there. 978 00:51:00,693 --> 00:51:03,228 And Coach Russell's underdog Orphans 979 00:51:03,362 --> 00:51:05,032 will get to take home the game ball. 980 00:51:06,532 --> 00:51:08,199 Nothing I admire more 981 00:51:08,333 --> 00:51:10,570 than a full-service football team. 982 00:51:10,704 --> 00:51:12,271 And they played a great game today. 983 00:51:12,405 --> 00:51:15,206 They played all right. Still room for improvement. 984 00:51:15,340 --> 00:51:19,612 Improvement? Didn't we just whup the tar out of General Mills? 985 00:51:19,746 --> 00:51:22,213 - You mean Mineral Wells? - You know that's who I meant. 986 00:51:22,347 --> 00:51:24,952 Hey, Doc, we had eight penalties for over 100 yards. 987 00:51:25,083 --> 00:51:27,485 We can't compete against real teams playing like this. 988 00:51:27,621 --> 00:51:29,255 We gotta get these boys refocused. 989 00:51:29,387 --> 00:51:31,958 We just win our first game with your new system, 990 00:51:32,090 --> 00:51:33,559 and suddenly, you're a pessimist. 991 00:51:33,693 --> 00:51:35,795 - I need another drink. - Oh, now you're mad, huh? 992 00:51:35,929 --> 00:51:38,731 - I'm not mad. I'm thirsty. - How's it looking, Leon? 993 00:51:38,864 --> 00:51:40,967 Try to turn her over, coach. 994 00:51:41,099 --> 00:51:44,302 I saw Claudette Colbert do this in a movie once. 995 00:51:44,436 --> 00:51:46,606 We're gonna be here all day. 996 00:51:48,541 --> 00:51:50,376 Shit. 997 00:51:50,510 --> 00:51:53,144 You orphans can change the oil in my car 998 00:51:53,278 --> 00:51:55,548 when you get done there. 999 00:51:55,681 --> 00:51:57,717 Get down here and say that to my face. 1000 00:51:57,851 --> 00:52:00,519 - I'm right here, boy. Come on. - Come on, boys. Let's go. 1001 00:52:00,653 --> 00:52:02,521 You just wait, I'll tear you up. 1002 00:52:02,655 --> 00:52:04,958 - You heard him. - You don't want this. 1003 00:52:05,092 --> 00:52:06,358 You boys need a lift? 1004 00:52:06,492 --> 00:52:08,327 No, we're good. How you doing? 1005 00:52:08,460 --> 00:52:11,429 Very well. Coach, you need to get yourself a nice bus 1006 00:52:11,565 --> 00:52:14,266 - like this for these boys. - Yeah, that's nice. 1007 00:52:14,400 --> 00:52:17,771 Fella on the radio said y'all got your first victory. 1008 00:52:17,903 --> 00:52:20,773 - We sure did. - Everyone beats Mineral Wells. 1009 00:52:22,141 --> 00:52:24,175 See you next season, coach. 1010 00:52:24,309 --> 00:52:25,646 If you survive this one. 1011 00:52:25,778 --> 00:52:27,681 I like them tiny cowboy boots. 1012 00:52:27,813 --> 00:52:30,016 I wanna get some for my daughter. Where you get those? 1013 00:52:32,150 --> 00:52:33,719 Y'all enjoy that fresh air. 1014 00:52:33,853 --> 00:52:35,121 Good to see you. 1015 00:52:40,626 --> 00:52:42,193 Doc, you shouldn't have done that. 1016 00:52:42,327 --> 00:52:44,764 - I know. It was half full. - That's not what I meant. 1017 00:52:44,898 --> 00:52:46,967 Come on, get in. Let's go. 1018 00:52:59,780 --> 00:53:02,581 Huh. Kid, you ought to come work for me 1019 00:53:02,715 --> 00:53:04,483 at the Star-Telegram. 1020 00:53:04,617 --> 00:53:06,018 You'll sell more papers. 1021 00:53:08,121 --> 00:53:10,891 You know what them Dallas girls say after a good poke? 1022 00:53:11,023 --> 00:53:12,858 - No, what? - "Get off me, Dad. 1023 00:53:12,992 --> 00:53:15,594 You're crushing my smokes." 1024 00:53:15,728 --> 00:53:18,898 The Highland Park Scots are one of the toughest teams 1025 00:53:19,032 --> 00:53:20,567 and a favorite in the district. 1026 00:53:20,701 --> 00:53:22,835 You still write fantasy for that rag of yours? 1027 00:53:22,969 --> 00:53:24,335 Amon Carter. 1028 00:53:24,469 --> 00:53:26,072 We ain't the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1029 00:53:26,204 --> 00:53:27,641 but we're surviving. 1030 00:53:27,773 --> 00:53:29,509 What the hell you doing so far east? 1031 00:53:29,643 --> 00:53:31,210 You lose a bird dog or a wife? 1032 00:53:31,342 --> 00:53:34,547 I wanted to see what all the goddang fuss was about. 1033 00:53:34,681 --> 00:53:37,215 I tell you what. I'll make you a wager. 1034 00:53:37,349 --> 00:53:40,452 I'll give you your 12 Orphans, plus 30 points. 1035 00:53:40,586 --> 00:53:41,755 - Thirty points? - Uh-huh. 1036 00:53:41,887 --> 00:53:42,956 Five dollars. 1037 00:53:43,090 --> 00:53:44,958 Between the prince and the pauper? 1038 00:53:45,092 --> 00:53:47,358 - Pun intended. - Five will get you 50. Done. 1039 00:53:54,900 --> 00:53:56,670 - You all right? - Yes, sir. 1040 00:53:56,802 --> 00:53:59,438 Tell you what. I can't believe what I overheard. 1041 00:53:59,572 --> 00:54:02,407 Scots say that they're gonna beat us by 50 points. 1042 00:54:02,541 --> 00:54:04,077 Fifty! 1043 00:54:04,210 --> 00:54:07,079 They said we're nothing but some hillbilly orphans, 1044 00:54:07,213 --> 00:54:09,115 and that I was a washed-up, 1045 00:54:09,248 --> 00:54:11,918 four-eyed, half blind orphan coach. 1046 00:54:12,052 --> 00:54:15,655 - Heh, and that hurts my feelings. - Mine too. 1047 00:54:15,789 --> 00:54:18,992 So, what do y'all say we go out there 1048 00:54:19,126 --> 00:54:21,228 and we show these silver-spooned Scotties 1049 00:54:21,360 --> 00:54:23,195 how us country boys play ball? 1050 00:54:23,329 --> 00:54:25,097 And from the moment we hit that field, 1051 00:54:25,231 --> 00:54:28,467 from that first whistle, we light them up? 1052 00:54:28,601 --> 00:54:30,369 - Yeah! - Get out there 1053 00:54:30,503 --> 00:54:32,072 and take care of business! 1054 00:54:32,204 --> 00:54:33,806 Come on, boys! Let's do it. 1055 00:54:33,940 --> 00:54:35,574 This is what we worked towards. 1056 00:54:35,708 --> 00:54:37,844 Get out there. Attaway. 1057 00:54:37,978 --> 00:54:39,813 Reverse psychology. Good one. 1058 00:54:41,447 --> 00:54:43,849 Fight, fight, fight, you Mighty Mites! 1059 00:54:43,983 --> 00:54:46,284 Run the left, run the right! 1060 00:54:46,418 --> 00:54:49,155 Down the middle and through the air! 1061 00:54:49,288 --> 00:54:52,259 The Mighty Mites will all be there! 1062 00:54:52,391 --> 00:54:55,128 The Scots will receive as the Orphans get ready to kick. 1063 00:54:58,197 --> 00:54:59,900 Bouncing on the ground and scooped up 1064 00:55:00,032 --> 00:55:02,333 by the Scottie return man, who turns upfield. 1065 00:55:02,467 --> 00:55:05,436 - Fumble! - He's lit up by number 43, 1066 00:55:05,572 --> 00:55:07,873 Hardy Brown. 1067 00:55:09,809 --> 00:55:12,278 Sealey lines up a quarter of a yard behind center... 1068 00:55:12,411 --> 00:55:14,815 All right, boys, come on. 1069 00:55:14,947 --> 00:55:18,652 - Hike! - Sealey tosses it to Fairbanks. 1070 00:55:18,784 --> 00:55:20,820 Takes it down to the ten, the five, 1071 00:55:20,954 --> 00:55:22,822 and touchdown, Orphans! 1072 00:55:22,956 --> 00:55:26,193 - Touchdown! Ha-ha! - There we go, Doc. 1073 00:55:26,324 --> 00:55:28,427 You sandbagging me, pauper? 1074 00:55:28,561 --> 00:55:30,597 - Every chance. - Fifty-three! 1075 00:55:30,730 --> 00:55:32,932 The Orphans are running circles around the Scotties, 1076 00:55:33,065 --> 00:55:34,867 who look confused out there. 1077 00:55:43,342 --> 00:55:45,711 - Look at Snoggs! - Roach goes on a wild ride, 1078 00:55:45,846 --> 00:55:48,748 as the Scots halfback drags him for well over five yards 1079 00:55:48,882 --> 00:55:51,150 to get the Scots close to the first down marker. 1080 00:55:51,284 --> 00:55:53,052 Beat us by 50, huh? 1081 00:55:53,186 --> 00:55:56,155 - It's a damn rodeo. - Show some mercy, Snoggs! 1082 00:55:57,824 --> 00:56:00,391 - Time-out. - Highland Park calls a time-out. 1083 00:56:00,527 --> 00:56:02,561 Beck covers the guy taking the snap. 1084 00:56:02,695 --> 00:56:04,463 Hank, you take the halfback. 1085 00:56:04,597 --> 00:56:06,465 Milo, you take the fullback. 1086 00:56:06,599 --> 00:56:07,599 Hike! 1087 00:56:09,869 --> 00:56:12,771 Scots cause a turnover and have found a solution 1088 00:56:12,905 --> 00:56:14,373 in shutting down the Wing-T 1089 00:56:14,507 --> 00:56:16,375 by tackling everybody in the backfield, 1090 00:56:16,509 --> 00:56:18,577 - no matter who has the ball. - They figured out 1091 00:56:18,711 --> 00:56:20,679 how to shut down your Wing T, coach. 1092 00:56:20,813 --> 00:56:22,014 Looks that way, Doc. 1093 00:56:22,148 --> 00:56:24,818 Don't worry. My defense will hold them. 1094 00:56:24,951 --> 00:56:27,519 Well, this is it, folks. Do or die for the Scots, 1095 00:56:27,653 --> 00:56:29,487 who can punch it in for the win. 1096 00:56:29,623 --> 00:56:31,456 Not over till it's over. 1097 00:56:31,590 --> 00:56:33,760 Shift! 1098 00:56:33,893 --> 00:56:35,027 Hike! 1099 00:56:37,130 --> 00:56:40,032 Whoa! Yes! Defense! 1100 00:56:44,336 --> 00:56:46,106 Ladies and gentlemen, the game is over 1101 00:56:46,239 --> 00:56:47,706 and Highland Park has lost. 1102 00:56:49,074 --> 00:56:50,543 Thank you, easy money. 1103 00:56:50,677 --> 00:56:52,746 Best 50 bucks I ever spent. 1104 00:56:52,878 --> 00:56:56,181 Congratulations, coach. We should've never voted you in. 1105 00:56:56,315 --> 00:56:59,052 I cannot believe my eyes, folks, and I'm just as stunned 1106 00:56:59,184 --> 00:57:00,753 as the Highland Park fans today. 1107 00:57:00,887 --> 00:57:03,088 This might go down as one of the biggest upsets 1108 00:57:03,222 --> 00:57:05,824 in all of Texas high-school football. 1109 00:57:09,862 --> 00:57:10,996 Break! 1110 00:57:13,032 --> 00:57:15,434 Set! Hike! 1111 00:57:17,070 --> 00:57:19,405 Wouldn't old Luther Scarborough have him a heyday 1112 00:57:19,539 --> 00:57:22,440 if he saw you out here coaching these boys on Saturday? 1113 00:57:22,574 --> 00:57:24,411 Why, he'd get ahold of the UIL, 1114 00:57:24,543 --> 00:57:26,313 get you kicked out of Class A football 1115 00:57:26,445 --> 00:57:28,782 - faster than I can talk about it. - I'm not coaching. 1116 00:57:28,914 --> 00:57:32,885 They're playing on their own, for fun. I'm eating an apple. 1117 00:57:33,018 --> 00:57:35,454 Lot of talk about that Hardy Brown boy. 1118 00:57:35,588 --> 00:57:37,556 He hits godawful hard just to be 17. 1119 00:57:37,690 --> 00:57:39,490 Well, Pop, that's what people do. 1120 00:57:39,626 --> 00:57:41,994 They talk and they gossip. 1121 00:57:42,128 --> 00:57:44,931 Or in your case, write what people gossip about. 1122 00:57:45,065 --> 00:57:47,498 What if I wrote your Orphans going to state this year? 1123 00:57:47,634 --> 00:57:50,003 I'd say you're gonna lose a lot of readers, 1124 00:57:50,135 --> 00:57:52,871 especially on the Poly side of town. I'd be careful. 1125 00:57:53,005 --> 00:57:56,242 Not gonna lose readers. They'll want you to win. 1126 00:57:56,376 --> 00:57:59,646 Everybody'll be behind a team with nothing, just like them. 1127 00:57:59,778 --> 00:58:02,414 Team cobbled together with a bunch of resilient orphans, 1128 00:58:02,548 --> 00:58:05,117 on top of that, an orphan coach. 1129 00:58:05,251 --> 00:58:07,920 Quite the backstory. War hero. 1130 00:58:08,054 --> 00:58:11,458 Overcame blindness to become an All-American. 1131 00:58:11,623 --> 00:58:14,360 Sounds like you already got your story, Pop. 1132 00:58:14,492 --> 00:58:15,894 Good talking to you. 1133 00:58:16,028 --> 00:58:18,197 And I like your articles. Keep it up. 1134 00:58:21,500 --> 00:58:24,336 Y'all remember what to do? Call this the Snoggs Special. 1135 00:58:24,471 --> 00:58:27,340 - You got this? - Yeah, I can do it. I got it. 1136 00:58:27,474 --> 00:58:29,876 - On one and... - Break! 1137 00:58:32,746 --> 00:58:33,746 Set. 1138 00:58:35,248 --> 00:58:37,684 - I'm gonna smoke you, Chicken. - Just you try. 1139 00:58:37,817 --> 00:58:38,818 Hike! 1140 00:58:45,592 --> 00:58:46,925 Damn it, Snoggs! 1141 00:58:47,059 --> 00:58:48,994 If you can't do this, I'll get Fairbanks to. 1142 00:58:49,128 --> 00:58:51,364 - I can do it! - You know what they say? 1143 00:58:51,498 --> 00:58:53,532 You play with it too much, you'll go blind. 1144 00:58:53,666 --> 00:58:55,735 Hey, Leon. 1145 00:58:55,869 --> 00:58:57,936 Snoggs Special, again. 1146 00:59:02,208 --> 00:59:04,411 In the depth of the Depression, 1147 00:59:04,543 --> 00:59:06,646 people needed something to cling to. 1148 00:59:06,780 --> 00:59:08,181 And Pop was right. 1149 00:59:08,313 --> 00:59:10,682 The Orphans were just the classic underdog 1150 00:59:10,817 --> 00:59:13,652 that the common folk could get behind. 1151 00:59:13,786 --> 00:59:15,588 This love affair between Texas 1152 00:59:15,722 --> 00:59:18,757 and its little band of orphans was not hard to fathom. 1153 00:59:18,891 --> 00:59:21,927 Granted, most folks were in love with football. 1154 00:59:22,061 --> 00:59:26,632 It was just as indigenous as oil wells and tumbleweeds. 1155 00:59:26,766 --> 00:59:30,702 These scrappy orphans are undersized, outnumbered, 1156 00:59:30,836 --> 00:59:33,338 and every damn one of them plays both ways. 1157 00:59:33,472 --> 00:59:36,543 I mean, they are full of bull piss and vinegar. 1158 00:59:36,675 --> 00:59:39,112 That's exactly the kind of Cinderella story 1159 00:59:39,244 --> 00:59:40,780 this country needs, 1160 00:59:40,914 --> 00:59:43,349 which is why you should've been the one to break it 1161 00:59:43,483 --> 00:59:46,052 and not the Fort Worth Press. 1162 00:59:46,186 --> 00:59:48,556 I had no idea you had enough leisure time 1163 00:59:48,688 --> 00:59:51,123 to read every paper in the country, Mr. President. 1164 00:59:51,257 --> 00:59:54,561 I don't. But Eleanor does. 1165 00:59:55,961 --> 00:59:57,262 By the time 1166 00:59:57,396 --> 00:59:59,298 anyone can figure out how to stop it, 1167 00:59:59,431 --> 01:00:00,632 I'm sure you will have 1168 01:00:00,766 --> 01:00:02,402 already thought of an even better scheme. 1169 01:00:02,536 --> 01:00:04,255 - That's what you think. - It's what I know. 1170 01:00:04,336 --> 01:00:07,706 All right, I wanna bring up one thing about the offense. 1171 01:00:07,840 --> 01:00:11,043 - Now, hang on. Hang on. - Get away. I want to see C.D. 1172 01:00:11,177 --> 01:00:12,811 C.D.! C.D.! 1173 01:00:13,913 --> 01:00:15,047 Who's C.D.? 1174 01:00:19,552 --> 01:00:20,552 I am. 1175 01:00:21,920 --> 01:00:23,021 Oh. 1176 01:00:24,090 --> 01:00:25,157 Oh, C.D. 1177 01:00:26,458 --> 01:00:29,195 Oh, my boy, I've... Oh! 1178 01:00:29,329 --> 01:00:31,331 Oh, I've missed you. 1179 01:00:34,967 --> 01:00:37,605 Now, let me get a look at you. 1180 01:00:37,737 --> 01:00:41,173 Oh, you're... You're so tall and thin. 1181 01:00:44,077 --> 01:00:45,077 You... 1182 01:00:46,146 --> 01:00:47,847 You look like your daddy. 1183 01:00:50,817 --> 01:00:53,186 How old are you now? 1184 01:00:53,318 --> 01:00:55,054 I'm 17. 1185 01:00:56,322 --> 01:00:57,856 Been here almost ten years now, 1186 01:00:57,990 --> 01:01:00,693 since the day you dropped me off. 1187 01:01:00,827 --> 01:01:02,295 Oh... 1188 01:01:02,427 --> 01:01:05,599 I'm... I'm so sorry. 1189 01:01:05,731 --> 01:01:09,936 I never should've given you up. It was a mistake. 1190 01:01:10,068 --> 01:01:11,137 I... 1191 01:01:11,271 --> 01:01:12,838 After your father left, 1192 01:01:12,972 --> 01:01:16,141 I just... I didn't know what to do. 1193 01:01:16,275 --> 01:01:18,010 What are you doing here, Mom? 1194 01:01:19,179 --> 01:01:20,514 Oh. 1195 01:01:20,648 --> 01:01:23,916 I want you to come with me and Earl 1196 01:01:24,050 --> 01:01:26,985 and spend this coming Thanksgiving with us, 1197 01:01:27,119 --> 01:01:29,590 so we can be a family again. 1198 01:01:29,722 --> 01:01:32,559 He's very nice, once you get to know him. 1199 01:01:34,193 --> 01:01:35,894 So come on. Come on, baby, 1200 01:01:36,028 --> 01:01:37,896 you get your things and let's go. 1201 01:01:39,766 --> 01:01:41,233 C.D.? 1202 01:01:41,367 --> 01:01:43,902 That's not my name anymore. It's Wheatie. 1203 01:01:44,036 --> 01:01:45,905 Oh, okay. 1204 01:01:46,039 --> 01:01:49,943 Well, Wheatie, come on. Hurry up and grab your things. 1205 01:01:50,076 --> 01:01:53,947 Wanda, get the damn kid and let's go. 1206 01:01:54,079 --> 01:01:56,114 Now! 1207 01:01:56,248 --> 01:01:57,884 Know what? I'm gonna be in the car. 1208 01:01:58,016 --> 01:02:01,221 Just come to the car. We're gonna go home. 1209 01:02:08,961 --> 01:02:10,096 No. 1210 01:02:12,565 --> 01:02:13,565 I am home. 1211 01:02:17,336 --> 01:02:20,739 Don't you talk back to me! 1212 01:02:20,873 --> 01:02:23,610 I am your mother! 1213 01:02:25,411 --> 01:02:27,413 - Now, hold on. - Get in the car. 1214 01:02:27,547 --> 01:02:29,583 - Calm down. - Come on, baby. Come to the car. 1215 01:02:29,717 --> 01:02:31,050 Please come to the car. 1216 01:02:31,184 --> 01:02:32,452 - Come to the car! - I said... 1217 01:02:32,585 --> 01:02:34,219 - This is not your home! - Ms. Sealey! 1218 01:02:34,353 --> 01:02:36,489 You let go of me! 1219 01:02:36,623 --> 01:02:38,458 You all right? 1220 01:02:38,592 --> 01:02:40,360 Well... 1221 01:02:40,492 --> 01:02:42,461 If you... 1222 01:02:42,596 --> 01:02:44,264 If you change your mind... 1223 01:02:51,403 --> 01:02:52,771 You all right? 1224 01:03:01,880 --> 01:03:04,652 What are we gonna do without a quarterback now, coach? 1225 01:03:40,753 --> 01:03:42,454 Goddamn it! 1226 01:04:04,043 --> 01:04:06,978 You're an orphan now, C.D. Sealey. 1227 01:04:07,112 --> 01:04:08,414 Come here. 1228 01:04:11,983 --> 01:04:14,688 Hey, you'll be all right. 1229 01:04:31,137 --> 01:04:33,172 Mommy! 1230 01:04:33,306 --> 01:04:35,541 George, look after Rusty. 1231 01:04:35,675 --> 01:04:37,009 Rusty, it's time. 1232 01:04:39,077 --> 01:04:41,481 When you run out of here, 1233 01:04:41,614 --> 01:04:44,250 you're gonna break right. We got to spread out. 1234 01:04:44,384 --> 01:04:46,719 Attack! Spread out! 1235 01:04:52,190 --> 01:04:53,259 George! 1236 01:04:54,728 --> 01:04:56,496 Spread out! 1237 01:05:09,510 --> 01:05:12,311 He spread them out on the field and let them run. 1238 01:05:12,445 --> 01:05:14,380 Totally innovative. 1239 01:05:14,514 --> 01:05:17,282 - Widen out, Snoggs. - They can't do this. 1240 01:05:17,416 --> 01:05:19,719 They can't spread out all over the field. 1241 01:05:19,853 --> 01:05:21,621 As long as they have seven on the line, 1242 01:05:21,755 --> 01:05:23,235 they can spread out however they want. 1243 01:05:23,356 --> 01:05:24,356 This ain't football. 1244 01:05:24,489 --> 01:05:26,291 You don't just spread out. 1245 01:05:26,425 --> 01:05:27,960 He did it because his players 1246 01:05:28,094 --> 01:05:30,429 were too small to fight toe-to-toe 1247 01:05:30,563 --> 01:05:33,398 with the bigger boys from the bigger schools. 1248 01:05:44,043 --> 01:05:46,244 The spread offense was simple. 1249 01:05:46,378 --> 01:05:50,048 The ends break wide to get open and catch the ball. 1250 01:05:50,182 --> 01:05:52,719 Until that time, passing and catching the football 1251 01:05:52,853 --> 01:05:56,289 was something as rare as Rusty Russell himself. 1252 01:05:56,422 --> 01:05:59,291 The spread offense would go on to become 1253 01:05:59,425 --> 01:06:01,762 one of the greatest innovations of the passing game 1254 01:06:01,894 --> 01:06:03,764 in modern football. 1255 01:06:03,896 --> 01:06:05,297 And Pop was right. 1256 01:06:05,431 --> 01:06:07,867 Everyone from El Paso to Brownsville 1257 01:06:08,000 --> 01:06:10,771 had taken a fancy to the perennial underdogs 1258 01:06:10,903 --> 01:06:12,940 in their tattered uniforms. 1259 01:06:13,072 --> 01:06:14,507 And winning did exactly 1260 01:06:14,641 --> 01:06:17,309 what Rusty thought it would for the boys. 1261 01:06:17,443 --> 01:06:20,146 Being an orphan, and one from the Masonic Home, 1262 01:06:20,278 --> 01:06:22,815 was something you could now say with pride. 1263 01:06:25,050 --> 01:06:27,320 Naturally, the rough-hewn boys playing football 1264 01:06:27,452 --> 01:06:32,157 would soon be idealized like the cowboys of old. 1265 01:06:32,291 --> 01:06:34,327 That's not your money. That's the orphans'. 1266 01:06:34,460 --> 01:06:36,797 Are you accusing me of stealing? Ha! 1267 01:06:44,269 --> 01:06:46,105 "Why so much grief for me?" 1268 01:06:46,239 --> 01:06:48,007 Brown just might be 1269 01:06:48,139 --> 01:06:50,175 the toughest kid I've seen in years. 1270 01:06:50,309 --> 01:06:52,512 "No man will hurl me down to Death, against my fate." 1271 01:06:52,646 --> 01:06:54,715 Like a ton of bricks, Brown lays into him. 1272 01:06:54,847 --> 01:06:55,882 "And fate? 1273 01:06:57,518 --> 01:06:59,351 No one alive has ever escaped it..." 1274 01:07:01,119 --> 01:07:02,922 The Mighty Orphans win again. 1275 01:07:03,054 --> 01:07:05,023 "neither brave man nor coward..." 1276 01:07:05,157 --> 01:07:07,360 Coach Russell does it again. 1277 01:07:07,492 --> 01:07:09,829 The Orphans just might win the district. 1278 01:07:09,963 --> 01:07:12,164 "...I tell you... it is born with us 1279 01:07:12,297 --> 01:07:13,766 the day that we are born." 1280 01:07:15,201 --> 01:07:16,201 Very nice. 1281 01:07:22,440 --> 01:07:25,478 All right, boys, give me eight wins! Get it! 1282 01:07:25,612 --> 01:07:26,746 And just like that, 1283 01:07:26,880 --> 01:07:28,246 the Mites were now headed 1284 01:07:28,380 --> 01:07:29,849 to the regional championship 1285 01:07:29,983 --> 01:07:33,519 to face their old friends at Poly High. 1286 01:07:33,653 --> 01:07:36,722 Oh, Doc, did you forget something? 1287 01:07:40,994 --> 01:07:43,030 Thank you, Juanita. 1288 01:07:43,161 --> 01:07:44,898 For everything. 1289 01:07:45,032 --> 01:07:48,199 It's the best Thanksgiving I've had in 20 years. 1290 01:07:48,333 --> 01:07:49,869 Felt like family again. 1291 01:07:50,003 --> 01:07:51,737 We are family, Doc. 1292 01:07:51,871 --> 01:07:53,673 If you ask me, y'all are the best thing 1293 01:07:53,806 --> 01:07:55,608 to ever happen to this place. 1294 01:07:57,175 --> 01:07:58,512 Good night. 1295 01:07:58,644 --> 01:07:59,880 Night. 1296 01:08:06,351 --> 01:08:08,219 Sorry. 1297 01:08:09,922 --> 01:08:11,489 Snoggs? 1298 01:08:36,783 --> 01:08:38,484 I got that for you, ma'am. 1299 01:08:38,618 --> 01:08:41,153 I didn't know they were showing Oliver Twist tonight. 1300 01:08:41,287 --> 01:08:42,689 Think you're cute? 1301 01:08:42,823 --> 01:08:45,190 Leave them, Hardy. They're just bullies. 1302 01:08:45,323 --> 01:08:47,761 Two-time state champion Amarillo 1303 01:08:47,894 --> 01:08:49,595 is home to halfback Myrle Greathouse. 1304 01:08:49,729 --> 01:08:52,331 Standing over 6 feet tall and weighing 240 pounds, 1305 01:08:52,465 --> 01:08:54,367 no wonder scouts are calling him 1306 01:08:54,500 --> 01:08:55,944 the best high-school player in America. 1307 01:08:55,969 --> 01:08:57,003 He's not. Hardy Brown is. 1308 01:08:57,136 --> 01:08:59,939 He's a monster. 1309 01:09:00,073 --> 01:09:02,140 Well, hell, they ain't faced us yet. 1310 01:09:02,274 --> 01:09:03,274 Damn right. 1311 01:09:04,677 --> 01:09:06,579 - Hey! - Come on, back up! 1312 01:09:06,712 --> 01:09:08,247 - Let's go! - Back it up! 1313 01:09:08,381 --> 01:09:10,984 - I'll see you on Friday! - I'll see you there! 1314 01:09:30,168 --> 01:09:31,302 Son of a bitch! 1315 01:09:35,509 --> 01:09:38,145 Every decision in life has consequences, boys. 1316 01:09:38,277 --> 01:09:40,412 Hit the tower. Hustle! 1317 01:09:40,546 --> 01:09:42,515 I didn't even do anything. 1318 01:09:42,649 --> 01:09:45,018 If I live through this... 1319 01:09:45,152 --> 01:09:47,720 - I'll kill you. - Oh, do it now. 1320 01:09:47,854 --> 01:09:50,056 - Okay. - Mr. Remmert. 1321 01:09:50,189 --> 01:09:51,891 Highland Park coaches pooled together 1322 01:09:52,024 --> 01:09:54,528 and bought y'all brand-new game jerseys. 1323 01:09:54,661 --> 01:09:56,697 Although I got half a mind to send them back 1324 01:09:56,829 --> 01:09:58,590 after that damn stunt they pulled last night. 1325 01:09:58,698 --> 01:10:01,768 - You hear about it? - Oh, yeah, I heard. Sorry. 1326 01:10:01,902 --> 01:10:04,037 Hey, thanks for these. Sorry to hear about your leg. 1327 01:10:04,171 --> 01:10:06,872 Yeah, well. 1328 01:10:07,006 --> 01:10:09,042 Oh, man, they burned his leg. 1329 01:10:09,176 --> 01:10:11,545 - Yeah, I know. I heard about it. - Yeah. 1330 01:10:17,783 --> 01:10:19,653 So, Doc... 1331 01:10:19,786 --> 01:10:23,556 you know we're the closest thing to a father these boys have. 1332 01:10:23,689 --> 01:10:25,224 We gotta set an example. 1333 01:10:27,426 --> 01:10:30,429 You gotta have some dignity and stop with this. 1334 01:10:30,564 --> 01:10:32,363 What we do, they'll do. 1335 01:10:33,899 --> 01:10:35,668 No more. 1336 01:10:35,801 --> 01:10:37,502 What the hell are you doing that... 1337 01:10:37,636 --> 01:10:39,972 No, it's all right. 1338 01:10:40,106 --> 01:10:41,207 I mean it. 1339 01:10:43,442 --> 01:10:45,145 There you go. 1340 01:10:45,277 --> 01:10:46,645 You'll be okay. 1341 01:10:56,354 --> 01:10:59,559 You can tell a lot about a man by the kind of shoes he wears. 1342 01:11:01,260 --> 01:11:02,996 What kind of man am I, Luther? 1343 01:11:04,430 --> 01:11:05,966 Oh... 1344 01:11:08,300 --> 01:11:12,438 You're the kind that wants to be in charge, but ain't. 1345 01:11:12,572 --> 01:11:15,108 That's why you obsess over your shiny shoes. 1346 01:11:15,242 --> 01:11:17,644 They make you feel important... 1347 01:11:17,778 --> 01:11:18,779 but you're not. 1348 01:11:18,912 --> 01:11:21,948 That's where you're wrong, coach. 1349 01:11:22,082 --> 01:11:24,951 You see, 'cause what I have in this folder 1350 01:11:25,085 --> 01:11:27,253 could affect your season. 1351 01:11:27,386 --> 01:11:30,890 If that's not important to you, well, I don't know. 1352 01:11:33,391 --> 01:11:36,262 Don't you want it? Yeah, I guess he does. 1353 01:11:36,395 --> 01:11:40,567 Uh, I think that your brother-in-law, Rodney Kidd, 1354 01:11:40,699 --> 01:11:42,868 will find that intriguing as well. 1355 01:11:43,002 --> 01:11:45,204 - Is this legit, Frank? - I don't think it's gonna 1356 01:11:45,337 --> 01:11:47,640 keep you from playing them on Friday... 1357 01:11:47,774 --> 01:11:50,309 but it should be enough to end their season. 1358 01:11:53,412 --> 01:11:54,780 What do you get out of this? 1359 01:11:54,914 --> 01:11:57,448 There's a new principal position over at Poly. 1360 01:11:57,583 --> 01:12:00,485 Maybe I should finally put these shoes to work. 1361 01:12:03,023 --> 01:12:04,456 Shiny. 1362 01:12:04,591 --> 01:12:07,793 That's real cute, Frank. 1363 01:12:19,171 --> 01:12:20,974 Ah! 1364 01:12:21,106 --> 01:12:22,175 Ow, ow, ow! 1365 01:12:22,309 --> 01:12:23,777 - Get out! - I'm sorry! 1366 01:12:32,284 --> 01:12:34,386 Hardy Brown did not invent the face mask. 1367 01:12:34,520 --> 01:12:35,855 Hike! 1368 01:12:37,122 --> 01:12:38,891 But he inspired 1369 01:12:39,024 --> 01:12:40,327 a great need for it. 1370 01:12:41,694 --> 01:12:43,362 I told you I'll lay you out, boy. 1371 01:12:43,494 --> 01:12:45,664 Brown isn't just tackling 1372 01:12:45,798 --> 01:12:48,033 these Poly players, he's knocking them out of the game. 1373 01:12:48,167 --> 01:12:51,570 There's more than bragging rights at stake here today, 1374 01:12:51,704 --> 01:12:54,774 as the winner will go on to the state championship. 1375 01:12:54,908 --> 01:12:55,908 Hike! 1376 01:12:58,345 --> 01:13:01,581 - Come on, Hardy! Downfield block! - He's going! 1377 01:13:01,715 --> 01:13:03,283 Hardy Brown on the touchdown! 1378 01:13:05,652 --> 01:13:07,720 Knocked him out so hard. 1379 01:13:11,390 --> 01:13:13,792 Time-out. Time-out. 1380 01:13:13,926 --> 01:13:16,095 I want you to check 43's shoulder pads. 1381 01:13:16,229 --> 01:13:18,265 He's got steel in his shoulder pads. 1382 01:13:18,396 --> 01:13:20,100 Coach, you can't be serious. 1383 01:13:20,233 --> 01:13:21,768 I'm dead serious. 1384 01:13:21,902 --> 01:13:23,369 Check his damn pads. 1385 01:13:23,502 --> 01:13:25,572 I need to check 43's shoulder pads, coach. 1386 01:13:25,704 --> 01:13:27,740 For what? 1387 01:13:27,873 --> 01:13:31,110 Well, coach thinks he's got steel plates under there. 1388 01:13:31,243 --> 01:13:33,579 Are you kidding me? 1389 01:13:33,712 --> 01:13:35,782 - Afraid I'm not. - Let's do it. 1390 01:13:35,916 --> 01:13:38,284 Hey, Hardy! Come on in here. 1391 01:13:38,417 --> 01:13:40,220 - Yeah, coach? - All right. 1392 01:13:40,353 --> 01:13:43,289 Uh, Poly thinks you got steel plates in your shoulder pads. 1393 01:13:43,421 --> 01:13:44,858 You gotta take your shirt off. 1394 01:13:44,990 --> 01:13:47,226 Ain't no damn way those are legal shoulder pads. 1395 01:13:47,359 --> 01:13:49,628 Take it easy, Luther. 1396 01:13:49,762 --> 01:13:51,730 There ain't nothing under there. 1397 01:13:51,864 --> 01:13:54,466 - How old are you, boy? - Seventeen. 1398 01:13:54,600 --> 01:13:57,469 Uh-huh. We'll see about that. 1399 01:13:57,604 --> 01:13:59,605 You mind if we play football now? 1400 01:13:59,738 --> 01:14:02,641 Oh, you call what you're doing playing? I call it cheating. 1401 01:14:02,775 --> 01:14:04,978 You're on the wrong side of the field, Luther. 1402 01:14:05,110 --> 01:14:07,314 Get your damn hand off me, you zebra. 1403 01:14:07,445 --> 01:14:10,649 Get back out there, son. Playing great, playing great. 1404 01:14:10,783 --> 01:14:13,452 I want you to take that halfback out of the game permanently. 1405 01:14:13,586 --> 01:14:14,787 - You hear me? - Which one? 1406 01:14:14,921 --> 01:14:17,122 The one that's been getting the ball. 1407 01:14:17,256 --> 01:14:18,625 - That one. - I'll be kicked out. 1408 01:14:18,757 --> 01:14:21,895 Do I look like I give a damn? Go. 1409 01:14:22,028 --> 01:14:23,494 Flat pass to Hardy on one. 1410 01:14:23,630 --> 01:14:25,564 No, give it to Fairbanks. Show off for Opal. 1411 01:14:25,698 --> 01:14:28,400 - He needs a little sugar tonight. - Annie wants you to kiss her. 1412 01:14:28,534 --> 01:14:30,970 Okay, you lovebirds. 1413 01:14:31,104 --> 01:14:33,073 - To Fairbanks on one and... - Break! 1414 01:14:33,206 --> 01:14:34,472 As the clock winds down, 1415 01:14:34,606 --> 01:14:36,076 the Mighty Mites have dominated 1416 01:14:36,208 --> 01:14:37,676 every level of the game today, 1417 01:14:37,810 --> 01:14:39,578 as they look to add injury to insult 1418 01:14:39,712 --> 01:14:41,448 by running another play on offense. 1419 01:14:41,581 --> 01:14:44,483 All right, create a wedge and make a hole now. 1420 01:14:46,319 --> 01:14:48,654 Six-two, six-two! 1421 01:14:48,787 --> 01:14:49,788 Hike! 1422 01:15:04,037 --> 01:15:05,238 Get your bag, Doc. 1423 01:15:05,372 --> 01:15:06,872 Why isn't he getting up? 1424 01:15:10,377 --> 01:15:12,811 I'm sorry. I didn't mean it. 1425 01:15:12,945 --> 01:15:14,680 - My God. - Folks, this doesn't look good, 1426 01:15:14,814 --> 01:15:17,350 as Coach Russell and Doc Hall rush to his side. 1427 01:15:17,484 --> 01:15:19,019 - Doc, over here! - Hold on, son. 1428 01:15:19,152 --> 01:15:20,953 Hold on. Breathe, breathe. 1429 01:15:21,087 --> 01:15:23,823 - It's okay. - We got a compound fracture. 1430 01:15:23,957 --> 01:15:26,292 Carlos, stretcher, on the double! 1431 01:15:26,426 --> 01:15:29,029 Listen, son, we gotta get you off the field in a hurry. 1432 01:15:29,162 --> 01:15:32,032 Here we go, gentlemen. Quickly. 1433 01:15:32,164 --> 01:15:33,565 On three. 1434 01:15:33,699 --> 01:15:35,969 One, two, three. 1435 01:15:36,101 --> 01:15:39,872 Okay. All right. 1436 01:15:40,006 --> 01:15:41,841 Chicken, bring my bag, bring my bag. 1437 01:15:41,975 --> 01:15:43,208 One, two, three. 1438 01:15:43,342 --> 01:15:44,543 Mighty Orphans! 1439 01:15:47,814 --> 01:15:51,384 As national attention bolstered the boys' morale, 1440 01:15:51,519 --> 01:15:55,020 it was a bittersweet moment for the Mites. 1441 01:15:55,154 --> 01:15:59,527 Goliath may have fallen, but not without its cost. 1442 01:15:59,658 --> 01:16:01,594 They were headed to the state championship 1443 01:16:01,728 --> 01:16:03,630 with only 11 players. 1444 01:16:05,064 --> 01:16:07,600 "There's a new s-sheriff in Fort Worth. 1445 01:16:07,734 --> 01:16:09,969 His name is R-R-Rusty Russell, 1446 01:16:10,103 --> 01:16:13,439 surrounded by his 12 orphaned..." 1447 01:16:13,573 --> 01:16:16,042 - "Deputies." - Thank you, heh. 1448 01:16:16,176 --> 01:16:18,912 "The Mites and their creative new coach have orchestrated..." 1449 01:16:19,045 --> 01:16:20,579 "Orchestrated"? What's that mean? 1450 01:16:20,712 --> 01:16:22,715 Means we whipped their ass. 1451 01:16:22,849 --> 01:16:26,252 "orchestrated a new and exciting brand of football 1452 01:16:26,386 --> 01:16:28,220 - not seen before." - All right, lads, 1453 01:16:28,354 --> 01:16:29,956 let's break the huddle. 1454 01:16:30,090 --> 01:16:32,591 Douglass needs his beauty rest. Y'all got work to do. 1455 01:16:32,725 --> 01:16:34,060 - See you, buddy. - Bye. 1456 01:16:34,194 --> 01:16:36,128 Take it easy. 1457 01:16:36,261 --> 01:16:40,300 You know, I should be the one laying there. 1458 01:16:40,432 --> 01:16:41,900 Oh, hell, Hardy. 1459 01:16:42,034 --> 01:16:44,069 Then we wouldn't have a shot at beating Amarillo. 1460 01:16:44,203 --> 01:16:46,805 Besides, Opal thinks I'm a regular old war hero now. 1461 01:16:46,939 --> 01:16:49,375 Heh, you know I always have. 1462 01:16:52,878 --> 01:16:54,613 All right, you two. 1463 01:17:12,631 --> 01:17:13,966 Fat-ass is coming. 1464 01:17:34,220 --> 01:17:36,956 You think you can fool me, you little pervert?! Come here! 1465 01:17:37,090 --> 01:17:39,627 Come on, come on! Get up here! Get up here! 1466 01:17:39,759 --> 01:17:43,296 Get in this room! Get up against that wall! 1467 01:17:43,429 --> 01:17:45,632 I'm sorry, Mr... Unh! 1468 01:17:45,765 --> 01:17:48,333 - What do you got to say? - I'm sorry, Mr. Wynn! 1469 01:17:48,467 --> 01:17:50,537 I'm sorry, Mr... 1470 01:17:53,805 --> 01:17:55,774 There, that should do you. 1471 01:17:59,378 --> 01:18:02,181 Oh, I'm tired, but a good kind of tired. 1472 01:18:04,149 --> 01:18:05,653 Gentlemen... 1473 01:18:05,784 --> 01:18:11,559 spying on the girls will not be tolerated! 1474 01:18:13,792 --> 01:18:17,029 If I so much as hear a snivel 1475 01:18:17,162 --> 01:18:20,199 from one of you motherless bastards, 1476 01:18:20,332 --> 01:18:24,237 you will all receive a kiss from Bertha. 1477 01:18:27,039 --> 01:18:29,042 Music to my ears. 1478 01:18:37,716 --> 01:18:39,552 Is... Is he dead? 1479 01:18:39,686 --> 01:18:41,820 - Hey, Snoggs. - Hey, Snoggs. 1480 01:18:41,954 --> 01:18:44,890 Hey. 1481 01:18:45,024 --> 01:18:46,391 Hardy, help. 1482 01:18:46,527 --> 01:18:48,662 Hey, Wheatie, go get Doc. 1483 01:18:48,795 --> 01:18:50,395 DeWitt, come here. Pick up Snoggs, 1484 01:18:50,530 --> 01:18:53,399 carry him back to his bunk. Take care of him. 1485 01:18:53,533 --> 01:18:54,601 Where you going? 1486 01:19:05,411 --> 01:19:07,145 Oh! What the...? 1487 01:19:14,052 --> 01:19:15,787 - You're gonna see how it feels! - Wait! 1488 01:19:22,295 --> 01:19:23,895 You sorry sack of shit. 1489 01:19:39,712 --> 01:19:40,712 Come in. 1490 01:19:41,715 --> 01:19:43,082 Hey, Dot. 1491 01:20:00,567 --> 01:20:02,368 - You seen this? - What? 1492 01:20:02,502 --> 01:20:03,836 "Orphan team is accused 1493 01:20:03,970 --> 01:20:06,673 of breaking numerous state UIL regulations, 1494 01:20:06,805 --> 01:20:10,376 including age violations and excessive practicing. 1495 01:20:10,511 --> 01:20:12,311 Therefore, the Polytechnic team 1496 01:20:12,444 --> 01:20:14,980 will advance to the Class A state championship." 1497 01:20:15,113 --> 01:20:16,783 They can't do this. 1498 01:20:16,916 --> 01:20:19,819 - Sounds like they just did. - Coach, they're kicking us out? 1499 01:20:22,689 --> 01:20:25,324 - What happened to you, Snoggs? - Well, Mr. Wynn decided 1500 01:20:25,457 --> 01:20:27,225 to teach Leonard here a lesson. 1501 01:20:27,359 --> 01:20:29,462 He's just damn lucky this boy's so tough. 1502 01:20:31,029 --> 01:20:33,166 He's a son of a bitch. 1503 01:20:33,298 --> 01:20:35,536 - Go on, son. You'll be fine. - Yes, sir. 1504 01:20:37,904 --> 01:20:40,340 I want him found, and I want him arrested! 1505 01:20:40,472 --> 01:20:41,940 Calm down, Frank. 1506 01:20:44,511 --> 01:20:47,113 I expect you'll finally be firing this man. 1507 01:20:47,246 --> 01:20:50,115 Now, why would Bill be doing something like that? 1508 01:20:50,248 --> 01:20:52,118 Where do I begin? 1509 01:20:52,251 --> 01:20:54,287 How about stealing gate receipts? 1510 01:20:54,420 --> 01:20:58,024 How about running a child labor camp for profit? 1511 01:20:58,157 --> 01:21:00,292 How about sending Snoggs to the infirmary? 1512 01:21:00,426 --> 01:21:01,894 Think it's fair to these children 1513 01:21:02,028 --> 01:21:04,363 that you fill them with hope of unrealistic dreams? 1514 01:21:04,497 --> 01:21:05,997 I'm preparing them for the real world. 1515 01:21:06,131 --> 01:21:09,902 And how many of your Mites are gonna use football 1516 01:21:10,036 --> 01:21:13,506 while they're working on a factory floor in six months? 1517 01:21:13,640 --> 01:21:17,443 You beat a boy so badly he couldn't walk. 1518 01:21:17,578 --> 01:21:20,713 Now, hold on. Snoggs was caught spying on the girls' dorm, 1519 01:21:20,847 --> 01:21:21,847 - Coach Russell. - Right. 1520 01:21:21,881 --> 01:21:23,448 Yeah, he's a 16-year-old boy. 1521 01:21:23,583 --> 01:21:24,784 What do you expect? 1522 01:21:24,917 --> 01:21:26,452 I expect everyone to follow 1523 01:21:26,587 --> 01:21:27,854 the damn rules of the home, 1524 01:21:27,987 --> 01:21:30,222 including Hardy Brown! 1525 01:21:30,355 --> 01:21:33,192 He retaliated with violence against Frank. 1526 01:21:33,326 --> 01:21:35,729 Damn it, now he's missing. 1527 01:21:35,863 --> 01:21:37,864 The little bastard attacked me. 1528 01:21:37,997 --> 01:21:39,600 Now, if he sets foot on this property, 1529 01:21:39,733 --> 01:21:41,868 I will see to it that he's arrested. 1530 01:21:42,001 --> 01:21:43,537 That he's arrested? 1531 01:21:43,670 --> 01:21:45,538 Assault... 1532 01:21:45,671 --> 01:21:48,675 on one of my staff members is ground for immediate expulsion. 1533 01:21:48,809 --> 01:21:51,042 This is supposed to be a place 1534 01:21:51,176 --> 01:21:53,945 to nurture the broken and the weak, 1535 01:21:54,079 --> 01:21:56,114 the ones with nothing left. 1536 01:21:56,248 --> 01:21:59,787 You throw this boy away, you break the foundation 1537 01:21:59,918 --> 01:22:02,188 of why we're even here to begin with. 1538 01:22:04,157 --> 01:22:06,458 When are you gonna stand up for these children 1539 01:22:06,592 --> 01:22:08,261 and do what's right? 1540 01:22:08,394 --> 01:22:12,164 Well, judging by this morning's paper, coach, 1541 01:22:12,297 --> 01:22:15,100 you're the last person who should be pointing fingers. 1542 01:22:15,234 --> 01:22:17,002 - Is that right? - Yeah. 1543 01:22:17,136 --> 01:22:19,971 I think you're just smart enough to know what I think of you. 1544 01:22:20,105 --> 01:22:22,307 Yeah. Bye-bye. 1545 01:22:23,975 --> 01:22:26,747 They're jeopardizing everything we built up! 1546 01:22:28,146 --> 01:22:29,981 It's time for this to end. 1547 01:22:32,552 --> 01:22:34,854 Everything we've worked for... 1548 01:22:36,255 --> 01:22:38,457 and sacrificed... 1549 01:22:38,591 --> 01:22:40,460 it's been reduced to nothing. 1550 01:22:45,631 --> 01:22:47,265 Nothing? 1551 01:22:48,467 --> 01:22:50,101 I think this is something. 1552 01:22:51,738 --> 01:22:53,238 What is that? 1553 01:22:53,372 --> 01:22:55,742 Oh, this? This is just your fan mail. 1554 01:22:55,876 --> 01:22:57,243 Been over there for two weeks, 1555 01:22:57,376 --> 01:22:59,846 but you've been too busy to notice anything. 1556 01:22:59,979 --> 01:23:03,516 Dayton, Fort Worth, Austin, 1557 01:23:03,649 --> 01:23:06,284 Chicago, Los Angeles. 1558 01:23:06,418 --> 01:23:10,122 Courage, hope, inspiration, dedication. 1559 01:23:10,256 --> 01:23:12,190 All the things that you and your boys have given 1560 01:23:12,324 --> 01:23:14,862 to thousands of people who now believe in something. 1561 01:23:17,497 --> 01:23:19,465 You think all this is nothing? 1562 01:23:23,336 --> 01:23:25,470 I think it's quite something. 1563 01:24:03,475 --> 01:24:05,578 You weren't gonna tell us, coach? 1564 01:24:07,145 --> 01:24:08,548 Them lying sumbitches think 1565 01:24:08,681 --> 01:24:10,684 we're gonna lie down without a fight? 1566 01:24:11,851 --> 01:24:13,118 Where's Hardy? 1567 01:24:14,420 --> 01:24:15,721 We gotta find him. 1568 01:24:17,256 --> 01:24:19,960 Think I might know where he's at. Yeah. 1569 01:24:25,430 --> 01:24:27,600 When I woke up in the hospital, 1570 01:24:27,734 --> 01:24:30,069 after the Battle of Saint-Mihiel, 1571 01:24:30,202 --> 01:24:32,104 they told me I'd never see again. 1572 01:24:34,841 --> 01:24:37,711 And all I could think about... 1573 01:24:37,844 --> 01:24:40,780 was how my brother looked when he died, 1574 01:24:40,913 --> 01:24:44,051 and seeing the light fade from his eyes. 1575 01:24:44,182 --> 01:24:47,020 So I'd try and think back on all the good times we had, 1576 01:24:47,153 --> 01:24:50,256 when we were kids, with Mother. 1577 01:24:50,389 --> 01:24:54,027 But then I'd think about how she'd react 1578 01:24:54,159 --> 01:24:59,699 when I finally found her and told her how he died. 1579 01:24:59,832 --> 01:25:03,604 And I had to fight to keep the good thoughts in... 1580 01:25:05,371 --> 01:25:07,073 and the bad thoughts out. 1581 01:25:08,742 --> 01:25:10,408 What's your point, coach? 1582 01:25:11,444 --> 01:25:12,845 My point, son... 1583 01:25:17,551 --> 01:25:18,952 is that you can't give up. 1584 01:25:19,086 --> 01:25:21,319 You gotta believe. 1585 01:25:21,453 --> 01:25:23,288 Without hope... 1586 01:25:23,421 --> 01:25:26,792 fear and anger... 1587 01:25:26,926 --> 01:25:29,630 they'll continue to dominate you through violence. 1588 01:25:29,762 --> 01:25:32,032 Sure gets cheers at games. 1589 01:25:32,163 --> 01:25:35,969 At games, sure, but not in life. 1590 01:25:36,103 --> 01:25:38,771 It won't let you see what's out there in front of you: 1591 01:25:38,904 --> 01:25:42,440 your talent, your intelligence. 1592 01:25:42,576 --> 01:25:44,342 Now, don't throw all that away 1593 01:25:44,476 --> 01:25:46,345 because you're blinded by the past. 1594 01:25:48,047 --> 01:25:51,018 I saw my daddy... 1595 01:25:51,149 --> 01:25:54,286 shot and killed before my eyes, standing right there. 1596 01:25:56,287 --> 01:25:57,823 Blew him in half. 1597 01:26:00,393 --> 01:26:02,494 Dead before he hit the ground. 1598 01:26:04,296 --> 01:26:07,298 You can't just forget that because you want to. 1599 01:26:07,432 --> 01:26:10,168 Terrible things happen in life. 1600 01:26:10,301 --> 01:26:12,470 You and I know that firsthand. 1601 01:26:14,740 --> 01:26:16,207 But you gotta learn to accept it. 1602 01:26:16,341 --> 01:26:17,511 Like your war? 1603 01:26:18,712 --> 01:26:19,912 Huh? 1604 01:26:22,515 --> 01:26:25,886 I've seen you cower like a trembling baby. 1605 01:26:26,019 --> 01:26:28,487 It's got its hooks in you still. 1606 01:26:28,622 --> 01:26:30,090 It ain't a choice. 1607 01:26:31,858 --> 01:26:33,560 It's like a sickness. 1608 01:26:35,162 --> 01:26:38,164 I told Mom that Dad had been shot... 1609 01:26:39,699 --> 01:26:43,036 and all she did was pack her bags... 1610 01:26:43,170 --> 01:26:45,939 and say she don't want me no more. 1611 01:26:46,073 --> 01:26:49,475 Why would any mama say that to her boy? 1612 01:26:49,609 --> 01:26:52,478 It wasn't my fault. I didn't kill him. I... 1613 01:26:52,612 --> 01:26:53,913 I was trying... 1614 01:26:56,515 --> 01:26:58,752 It wasn't my fault, coach. 1615 01:27:09,662 --> 01:27:11,396 No, it's not your fault, 1616 01:27:11,530 --> 01:27:14,734 and maybe running was all that she knew how to do. 1617 01:27:18,537 --> 01:27:20,707 And you got a family now. 1618 01:27:20,841 --> 01:27:22,542 These boys... 1619 01:27:22,676 --> 01:27:26,579 they're your brothers, and they're counting on you. 1620 01:27:29,048 --> 01:27:31,382 I'm counting on you. 1621 01:27:31,518 --> 01:27:33,787 We need you, Hardy. 1622 01:27:33,920 --> 01:27:35,386 Soon as y'all done hugging, 1623 01:27:35,521 --> 01:27:37,033 we got some administrative butt to whup 1624 01:27:37,056 --> 01:27:38,658 before we head to Amarillo. 1625 01:27:40,894 --> 01:27:41,895 Let's go. 1626 01:27:52,072 --> 01:27:54,305 They've proven theirselves against all odds, 1627 01:27:54,439 --> 01:27:57,743 and to get booted like they did, chickenshit. 1628 01:27:57,877 --> 01:27:59,578 What you think is going on? 1629 01:27:59,712 --> 01:28:02,480 What's a hell of a coincidence is that Luther Scarborough... 1630 01:28:02,615 --> 01:28:04,283 His brother-in-law is Rodney Kidd, 1631 01:28:04,416 --> 01:28:06,987 who is president of the UIL. 1632 01:28:07,119 --> 01:28:10,823 - Something don't smell right. - That couldn't be more obvious. 1633 01:28:10,957 --> 01:28:12,826 Make a hell of a headline for one of us. 1634 01:28:12,958 --> 01:28:15,127 What do you think about being more discreet? 1635 01:28:16,729 --> 01:28:18,731 When's the last time you been fishing? 1636 01:28:24,104 --> 01:28:26,471 Been a while. 1637 01:28:26,605 --> 01:28:29,109 In a ruling that shocked football fans, 1638 01:28:29,242 --> 01:28:32,212 the Mighty Mites were suspended from the championship. 1639 01:28:32,344 --> 01:28:35,114 I feel confident that we will be cleared of any wrongdoing. 1640 01:28:35,247 --> 01:28:39,152 The only thing mighty about Coach Russell's Mites 1641 01:28:39,286 --> 01:28:42,889 is they got 12-month football going on at that orphanage. 1642 01:28:43,023 --> 01:28:45,958 Plenty of rule-bending going on to disqualify. 1643 01:28:46,091 --> 01:28:47,894 The Star-Telegram are urging readers 1644 01:28:48,028 --> 01:28:51,198 to display the number 12 in support of the Orphan players. 1645 01:28:51,329 --> 01:28:53,833 Letters of support are pouring in. 1646 01:28:53,966 --> 01:28:57,336 Gentlemen, I thank you for your time. 1647 01:28:57,469 --> 01:28:59,271 Great... 1648 01:28:59,404 --> 01:29:00,774 Gotta get back to my team. 1649 01:29:00,907 --> 01:29:02,876 Get the hell out. I got practice. 1650 01:29:05,845 --> 01:29:10,283 Harden Henry Brown, born September 4th, 1920, 1651 01:29:10,416 --> 01:29:13,118 is deemed ineligible to compete at the high school level, 1652 01:29:13,252 --> 01:29:15,188 thus forfeiting the entire year of wins 1653 01:29:15,322 --> 01:29:17,488 for the Masonic Home football team, 1654 01:29:17,623 --> 01:29:19,658 rendering the team suspended from the league 1655 01:29:19,792 --> 01:29:21,359 and out of the championship. 1656 01:29:21,493 --> 01:29:24,997 Mr. Kidd, Hardy Brown's not over age, sir. 1657 01:29:25,131 --> 01:29:28,268 According to his official birth certificate, I beg to differ. 1658 01:29:28,399 --> 01:29:30,170 Coach, that is not mine. 1659 01:29:30,302 --> 01:29:31,770 May I take a look at that? 1660 01:29:31,904 --> 01:29:33,773 - Be my guest. - Thank you. 1661 01:29:36,342 --> 01:29:38,845 Hardy, would you come up here, son? 1662 01:29:44,216 --> 01:29:46,185 Is this your birth certificate? 1663 01:29:49,555 --> 01:29:50,756 That's not mine, sir. 1664 01:29:50,890 --> 01:29:53,425 Well, son, whose is it, 1665 01:29:53,560 --> 01:29:55,426 if your name's Harden Henry Brown? 1666 01:29:57,730 --> 01:29:59,497 That was my older brother. 1667 01:29:59,632 --> 01:30:01,768 He died a week after he was born. 1668 01:30:01,902 --> 01:30:05,503 They named him Harden Henry Brown II, after my dad. 1669 01:30:05,639 --> 01:30:11,043 I'm Harden Henry Brown III, born December 4th, 1921. 1670 01:30:11,176 --> 01:30:12,779 Mr. Kidd, may I have a word please? 1671 01:30:12,912 --> 01:30:14,113 What the hell you doing? 1672 01:30:14,247 --> 01:30:15,782 This young man's telling the truth, 1673 01:30:15,916 --> 01:30:18,217 and I have the appropriate certificate to prove that. 1674 01:30:18,350 --> 01:30:21,787 County clerk sent me the wrong one by mistake, 1675 01:30:21,921 --> 01:30:24,658 and I realized it when I found this... 1676 01:30:24,791 --> 01:30:26,926 the brother's death certificate. 1677 01:30:27,060 --> 01:30:28,962 Whoever snuck you this other document, 1678 01:30:29,095 --> 01:30:30,329 they made the same mistake. 1679 01:30:30,462 --> 01:30:32,430 I think we've heard just about enough, 1680 01:30:32,564 --> 01:30:34,100 and especially from you. 1681 01:30:34,234 --> 01:30:37,103 We should've shut this down a long time ago, but we are now. 1682 01:30:37,237 --> 01:30:39,072 My decision is final! 1683 01:30:39,204 --> 01:30:41,408 The Mighty Mites are out of Class A football! 1684 01:30:41,541 --> 01:30:43,676 - What? - Bullshit! We have proof! 1685 01:30:43,810 --> 01:30:47,747 Mr. Kidd, my players come from broken families, sir, 1686 01:30:47,881 --> 01:30:49,949 or no family at all. 1687 01:30:50,082 --> 01:30:52,152 They haven't had much opportunity. 1688 01:30:52,284 --> 01:30:54,020 They haven't been as lucky as you. 1689 01:30:54,154 --> 01:30:58,291 So if you need to suspend somebody, suspend me. 1690 01:30:58,425 --> 01:31:00,327 Kick me out of coaching. 1691 01:31:04,797 --> 01:31:08,667 But don't take away the hope of these boys here. 1692 01:31:08,801 --> 01:31:10,469 It's all they've got. 1693 01:31:12,939 --> 01:31:16,109 - That's a heartfelt statement. - It really is. 1694 01:31:16,242 --> 01:31:19,011 However, we have to draw the line somewhere. Now, I don't... 1695 01:31:19,145 --> 01:31:21,413 Can you not see that I'm in a hearing now? 1696 01:31:21,547 --> 01:31:22,815 It sounds important. 1697 01:31:22,948 --> 01:31:24,509 I don't care if it's the damn president. 1698 01:31:24,583 --> 01:31:25,819 Sir, it is the president. 1699 01:31:25,952 --> 01:31:28,721 - What do you mean? - The president. 1700 01:31:28,854 --> 01:31:30,890 Okay, I'll be out in a minute. 1701 01:31:33,525 --> 01:31:35,161 Just a moment, gentlemen. 1702 01:31:40,300 --> 01:31:43,470 Ahem. Sir, this is... This is Rodney Kidd. 1703 01:31:43,603 --> 01:31:47,474 Mr. Kidd, you have probably heard me say: 1704 01:31:47,606 --> 01:31:49,309 "The only thing to fear... 1705 01:31:49,442 --> 01:31:52,545 is fear itself." 1706 01:31:53,979 --> 01:31:56,149 Mr. President, yes, sir, I have. 1707 01:31:56,282 --> 01:31:59,853 The allegations against the Mites seem to benefit, 1708 01:31:59,985 --> 01:32:02,721 shall we say, other teams. 1709 01:32:02,855 --> 01:32:05,792 I am certain that you and your brother-in-law 1710 01:32:05,925 --> 01:32:11,631 over at Polytechnic High favor the Mites ejection. 1711 01:32:11,765 --> 01:32:13,365 Wouldn't you agree? 1712 01:32:34,186 --> 01:32:36,189 After careful consideration... 1713 01:32:39,024 --> 01:32:44,863 the decision to remove the Masonic... Home from Class A... 1714 01:32:46,231 --> 01:32:48,868 has been overturned. 1715 01:32:49,002 --> 01:32:51,904 The Mighty Mites will be in the championship after all. 1716 01:33:00,547 --> 01:33:02,550 There's no way I could've known. 1717 01:33:05,185 --> 01:33:06,219 Aah! 1718 01:33:10,923 --> 01:33:12,692 The Mites are going to state! 1719 01:33:24,837 --> 01:33:26,472 I'm so proud of you. 1720 01:33:26,605 --> 01:33:28,942 - Well, we haven't won yet. - You have in my book. 1721 01:33:29,074 --> 01:33:31,845 - Where is he, Bill? - He's inside. 1722 01:33:45,792 --> 01:33:47,860 Hardy Brown. 1723 01:33:47,993 --> 01:33:49,662 Uh, yes, sir? 1724 01:33:50,796 --> 01:33:52,698 Well, goddang, son! 1725 01:33:52,832 --> 01:33:54,134 Good luck in Amarillo. 1726 01:33:54,266 --> 01:33:56,336 - We're counting on you boys. - Thank you. 1727 01:33:56,469 --> 01:33:58,046 These boys are going to state, counselor. 1728 01:33:58,070 --> 01:34:01,707 - Yes, sir. - They gonna kick Sandie butt. 1729 01:34:08,715 --> 01:34:11,150 Franklin Harry Wynn, you're under arrest... 1730 01:34:11,283 --> 01:34:12,752 - Red? - For the violation 1731 01:34:12,886 --> 01:34:15,988 of child labor laws 232 and 241, 1732 01:34:16,122 --> 01:34:18,858 embezzlement and abuse of a minor. 1733 01:34:18,992 --> 01:34:20,926 Red, I've known you for 30 years. 1734 01:34:21,060 --> 01:34:22,694 What are you doing? 1735 01:34:22,828 --> 01:34:25,599 There's no evidence of me doing anything wrong. 1736 01:34:27,399 --> 01:34:30,136 - That's it. - Red, now, come on. 1737 01:34:30,270 --> 01:34:32,005 Give me a break. I mean... 1738 01:34:50,823 --> 01:34:52,692 You filthy weasel! 1739 01:34:52,824 --> 01:34:56,362 I told you there was gonna be some changes around here, Frank. 1740 01:34:56,496 --> 01:34:59,998 You know, that's music to m-m-my ears. 1741 01:35:00,132 --> 01:35:01,501 Have a good game, Doc. 1742 01:35:01,635 --> 01:35:03,604 - Thank you. - See you when we get back. 1743 01:35:06,773 --> 01:35:08,875 As the black cloud of the Depression 1744 01:35:09,007 --> 01:35:10,475 loomed over the nation, 1745 01:35:10,610 --> 01:35:13,046 it certainly didn't stop the true believers 1746 01:35:13,179 --> 01:35:16,583 from following the Mites all the way to Amarillo. 1747 01:35:31,997 --> 01:35:35,368 The Mites were a symbol of inspiration for everyone. 1748 01:35:35,501 --> 01:35:38,037 They were devotion. They were hope. 1749 01:35:38,171 --> 01:35:41,873 They were the belief that winning lives within the heart. 1750 01:35:45,912 --> 01:35:47,779 Halftime at Amarillo. 1751 01:35:47,913 --> 01:35:52,586 That's right, halftime, because the first half wasn't pretty. 1752 01:35:52,720 --> 01:35:55,655 But somehow my defense was able to hold the Sandies 1753 01:35:55,787 --> 01:35:57,625 to just one touchdown. 1754 01:36:03,429 --> 01:36:06,265 I swear to God, I'm gonna knock his teeth in. 1755 01:36:06,399 --> 01:36:09,569 - Hurts like hell, Doc. - All right. Sit down there. 1756 01:36:09,703 --> 01:36:12,872 Close your eyes. Here we go. Okay. 1757 01:36:15,774 --> 01:36:18,778 - Hey, you want to block? - You'll tell me a block? 1758 01:36:18,911 --> 01:36:20,880 - We're losing because of you! - Hey! Hey! Hey! 1759 01:36:21,014 --> 01:36:22,493 I don't know why you can't block more! 1760 01:36:22,548 --> 01:36:24,189 - Don't touch me! - You haven't done shit! 1761 01:36:24,216 --> 01:36:25,653 Neither have you, Wheatie! 1762 01:36:25,784 --> 01:36:27,185 I can't attack unless y'all protect! 1763 01:36:27,287 --> 01:36:30,222 Get your ass out there so I can hand it to you! 1764 01:36:30,355 --> 01:36:32,391 Coach, Miller's leg. 1765 01:36:32,525 --> 01:36:35,461 - Put that on. - Maybe we ought to think 1766 01:36:35,595 --> 01:36:37,997 about calling this game right now. 1767 01:36:38,131 --> 01:36:41,134 There's no dishonor in making sure that these lads 1768 01:36:41,266 --> 01:36:43,537 don't get hurt anymore. Think about Fairbanks. 1769 01:36:43,671 --> 01:36:46,872 Don't matter how hard we try, we don't stand a chance. 1770 01:36:47,006 --> 01:36:49,841 - They ain't playing fair. - Hardy, you haven't said a word. 1771 01:36:49,975 --> 01:36:52,377 They're killing us. They're too damn big. 1772 01:36:54,113 --> 01:36:55,113 Hike! 1773 01:37:03,088 --> 01:37:05,390 You ain't so mighty. Hmph. 1774 01:37:09,194 --> 01:37:11,631 What now, coach? 1775 01:37:11,765 --> 01:37:13,198 He's crying like a baby. 1776 01:37:13,332 --> 01:37:15,001 Leave Chicken alone! Such a baby! 1777 01:37:15,134 --> 01:37:17,502 Scrap of coal would've done better than you! 1778 01:37:17,637 --> 01:37:18,938 Getting our butt handed to us. 1779 01:37:19,072 --> 01:37:21,274 - Shut up, A.P.! - Shut up and hike the ball. 1780 01:37:21,407 --> 01:37:23,309 I'm a mighty warrior! 1781 01:37:37,422 --> 01:37:39,659 I am a mighty warrior. 1782 01:37:43,462 --> 01:37:44,997 I never said it. 1783 01:37:49,068 --> 01:37:50,537 I didn't believe it. 1784 01:37:52,037 --> 01:37:53,506 Didn't believe in y'all. 1785 01:37:54,675 --> 01:37:56,109 In this team. 1786 01:38:00,979 --> 01:38:03,015 I never believed in myself. 1787 01:38:04,182 --> 01:38:05,385 But now I do. 1788 01:38:06,587 --> 01:38:08,887 Now I know what that means... 1789 01:38:10,021 --> 01:38:11,759 because of all of you, 1790 01:38:11,890 --> 01:38:15,027 because of everything each one of you has taught me. 1791 01:38:15,161 --> 01:38:17,730 I look around this room and I don't see a bunch of... 1792 01:38:19,699 --> 01:38:22,668 a bunch of throwaway orphans like everyone else does. 1793 01:38:23,871 --> 01:38:24,871 I see fighters. 1794 01:38:26,506 --> 01:38:28,574 I see guys that never give up! 1795 01:38:28,708 --> 01:38:31,944 And it makes me so damn proud to be an Orphan. 1796 01:38:33,546 --> 01:38:35,014 Y'all think you're in pain now? 1797 01:38:35,148 --> 01:38:36,349 Think about Fairbanks. 1798 01:38:36,481 --> 01:38:38,551 He'll never play ball again. 1799 01:38:38,685 --> 01:38:40,252 That's real pain. 1800 01:38:42,154 --> 01:38:43,956 Ours is temporary. 1801 01:38:47,627 --> 01:38:51,329 "No man will hurl me down to Death, against my fate. 1802 01:38:52,899 --> 01:38:56,603 And fate? No one alive has ever escaped it, 1803 01:38:56,737 --> 01:38:59,640 neither brave man, nor coward... 1804 01:39:02,207 --> 01:39:06,145 I tell you... it is born with us the day that we are born!" 1805 01:39:07,780 --> 01:39:09,148 We got another half 1806 01:39:09,282 --> 01:39:11,149 to kick those Sandie asses! 1807 01:39:11,283 --> 01:39:13,654 Now get in here! Everyone, come on! 1808 01:39:16,087 --> 01:39:17,256 Mites on three. 1809 01:39:18,891 --> 01:39:21,394 - One, two, three! - Mites! 1810 01:40:08,341 --> 01:40:09,676 Mighty Mites! 1811 01:40:11,143 --> 01:40:13,546 - What do you think? - I think we need a miracle. 1812 01:40:13,680 --> 01:40:15,314 The Mites start the second half, 1813 01:40:15,448 --> 01:40:17,850 trailing the Amarillo Sandies, 7 to nothing. 1814 01:40:17,984 --> 01:40:20,453 And they've also changed uniforms, folks. 1815 01:40:20,587 --> 01:40:24,155 I've been told these jerseys were sewn together 1816 01:40:24,289 --> 01:40:26,391 and the numbers were painted on 1817 01:40:26,527 --> 01:40:28,529 by the young ladies at the orphanage. 1818 01:40:28,662 --> 01:40:31,162 Turn that damn thing off! 1819 01:40:31,296 --> 01:40:32,565 Pipe down in there, Frank! 1820 01:40:35,033 --> 01:40:36,737 Six-two, split! Hike! 1821 01:40:42,173 --> 01:40:44,176 Snoggs has gotta shuffle that guy off. 1822 01:40:44,310 --> 01:40:45,546 Hike! 1823 01:40:50,551 --> 01:40:51,851 Hike! 1824 01:40:56,255 --> 01:40:58,692 - Come on, boys! - For the first time, 1825 01:40:58,824 --> 01:41:00,961 the Mites' innovative passing offense 1826 01:41:01,092 --> 01:41:03,362 is having minimal effect against the Sandies. 1827 01:41:03,496 --> 01:41:06,364 Coach Russell will need to go into his bag of tricks 1828 01:41:06,498 --> 01:41:07,634 - to pull this off. - Hike! 1829 01:41:13,606 --> 01:41:14,875 - Come on! Come on! - Go! 1830 01:41:15,007 --> 01:41:16,442 Go, go, go. 1831 01:41:21,747 --> 01:41:24,082 Touchdown for the Mites. 1832 01:41:28,921 --> 01:41:30,623 What is going on? 1833 01:41:34,060 --> 01:41:35,695 - Yeah! - And there you have it, 1834 01:41:35,828 --> 01:41:37,930 the Mites are finally on the scoreboard 1835 01:41:38,064 --> 01:41:41,033 as number 23, Douglass Lord Fairbanks, 1836 01:41:41,167 --> 01:41:42,868 takes it in for the touchdown. 1837 01:41:46,573 --> 01:41:48,106 I thought Fairbanks was injured. 1838 01:41:48,239 --> 01:41:50,176 That's Hardy Brown in Fairbanks' uniform. 1839 01:41:50,309 --> 01:41:52,511 How about we double that bet? Fifty more on the Mites. 1840 01:41:52,645 --> 01:41:54,514 - You're on. - Damn right, I am. 1841 01:41:58,384 --> 01:41:59,417 Extra point no good. 1842 01:41:59,552 --> 01:42:02,287 Mites 6, Sandies 7. 1843 01:42:02,421 --> 01:42:03,657 Good try, boys! 1844 01:42:03,789 --> 01:42:06,359 Yeah. We're proud of you anyways, guys. 1845 01:42:06,492 --> 01:42:07,961 - Pound for pound? - Yeah. 1846 01:42:08,095 --> 01:42:10,697 - I'll take Brown over Greathouse. - Well, I'll take him too. 1847 01:42:10,831 --> 01:42:12,331 But you know how he's gotta do it? 1848 01:42:12,465 --> 01:42:14,265 He's gotta hit him as low as he can, that guy. 1849 01:42:14,399 --> 01:42:17,168 He's gotta bite off each of his kneecaps first time he hits him, 1850 01:42:17,302 --> 01:42:19,337 because that guy's three times taller than Hardy. 1851 01:42:19,471 --> 01:42:20,707 Hike! 1852 01:42:25,444 --> 01:42:29,115 Another bone-jarring collision between Brown and Greathouse. 1853 01:42:29,247 --> 01:42:33,252 I'm not sure how those young men can get up after that. 1854 01:42:33,386 --> 01:42:34,854 Get up, boys. Come on. 1855 01:42:37,422 --> 01:42:39,826 Son of a bitch is harder to take down than a steer. 1856 01:42:39,960 --> 01:42:41,962 As the fourth quarter winds down, 1857 01:42:42,095 --> 01:42:44,329 the Mites are against the ropes. 1858 01:42:44,462 --> 01:42:48,199 Perhaps there's a miraculous ending for the Mites. 1859 01:42:48,333 --> 01:42:49,502 Break! 1860 01:42:54,140 --> 01:42:55,809 Set. Hike! 1861 01:42:58,145 --> 01:43:00,246 Fumble! 1862 01:43:06,019 --> 01:43:09,255 Moseley recovers on the Mites 20 with 50 seconds left. 1863 01:43:13,060 --> 01:43:14,594 All right, all right, all right. 1864 01:43:16,295 --> 01:43:19,599 Come here, Chicken. We still got one more time-out. 1865 01:43:19,733 --> 01:43:22,234 Short pass to Hardy out of the backfield. You got it? 1866 01:43:22,368 --> 01:43:24,704 - Yes, sir. - All right. Take it in, son. 1867 01:43:24,837 --> 01:43:26,739 That's what they'll be expecting. 1868 01:43:26,872 --> 01:43:28,306 I'm counting on it, Doc. 1869 01:43:28,440 --> 01:43:30,077 You're better than that. 1870 01:43:30,208 --> 01:43:32,344 Cover Hardy Brown out of the backfield. You hear me? 1871 01:43:32,478 --> 01:43:33,579 - Yes, sir. - Go! 1872 01:43:33,713 --> 01:43:35,181 Break! 1873 01:43:35,314 --> 01:43:36,381 Six-two, wide! 1874 01:43:37,551 --> 01:43:38,551 Hike! 1875 01:43:45,826 --> 01:43:47,761 Time please. Time. 1876 01:43:50,764 --> 01:43:51,931 Get in there. 1877 01:43:52,064 --> 01:43:53,699 Snoggs, you and Chicken split right. 1878 01:43:53,833 --> 01:43:55,601 We're gonna run the same play again, 1879 01:43:55,735 --> 01:43:57,738 only this time, you fake it to Hardy, 1880 01:43:57,871 --> 01:44:01,273 you tuck the ball, you take it yourself. You got it? 1881 01:44:01,407 --> 01:44:03,242 - Yes, sir. Yeah. - Let's do it. 1882 01:44:03,375 --> 01:44:06,212 - They'll never expect you to run. - Leon, break it down. Come on. 1883 01:44:06,345 --> 01:44:08,447 One, two, three! 1884 01:44:08,582 --> 01:44:10,617 Mighty Mites! 1885 01:44:10,751 --> 01:44:11,752 What do you think? 1886 01:44:13,552 --> 01:44:14,755 - Huh? - This is it. 1887 01:44:14,887 --> 01:44:17,123 Cover Hardy Brown out of the backfield! 1888 01:44:26,065 --> 01:44:27,432 Six-two-one! 1889 01:44:28,702 --> 01:44:29,802 Hike! 1890 01:44:33,073 --> 01:44:34,608 Sealey's gonna run it in himself. 1891 01:44:34,740 --> 01:44:36,408 He's got open field in front of him. 1892 01:44:39,078 --> 01:44:40,646 - See this?! Come on! - Yes! 1893 01:44:40,780 --> 01:44:42,480 Greathouse drives Sealey out 1894 01:44:42,615 --> 01:44:43,884 to the Sandies 49-yard line 1895 01:44:44,016 --> 01:44:45,985 with seven ticks left on the clock. 1896 01:44:46,118 --> 01:44:48,319 - Come here, son, come here. - The Mites need a miracle 1897 01:44:48,453 --> 01:44:49,922 to pull this one off. 1898 01:44:53,726 --> 01:44:55,228 What's coach want to run? 1899 01:44:55,360 --> 01:44:56,930 He said it was up to us. 1900 01:45:01,332 --> 01:45:02,368 Snoggs Special. 1901 01:45:10,277 --> 01:45:12,712 You heard Crazy. Snoggs Special on one. 1902 01:45:12,845 --> 01:45:14,980 Let's drive these Sandies back to Fort Worth. 1903 01:45:15,114 --> 01:45:16,314 - Yeah! - Yeah! 1904 01:45:16,448 --> 01:45:17,951 You can do this, Snoggs. 1905 01:45:18,083 --> 01:45:19,152 Mighty Mites on three. 1906 01:45:19,286 --> 01:45:21,121 One, two, three! 1907 01:45:21,253 --> 01:45:22,889 Mighty Mites! 1908 01:45:23,023 --> 01:45:24,858 It's do-or-die for the Mites, 1909 01:45:24,990 --> 01:45:26,792 as they're down to their final play. 1910 01:45:32,798 --> 01:45:33,867 Come on, boys! 1911 01:45:40,471 --> 01:45:41,975 Six-two, wide! 1912 01:45:43,475 --> 01:45:44,711 Hike! 1913 01:45:51,449 --> 01:45:53,019 Snoggs! 1914 01:46:09,467 --> 01:46:10,837 Come on, Hardy! 1915 01:46:10,970 --> 01:46:12,538 - Go! - Come on. 1916 01:46:18,677 --> 01:46:20,680 Get him! 1917 01:46:20,814 --> 01:46:22,716 - Come on! Come on! - Go! Go! 1918 01:46:34,627 --> 01:46:35,996 Go, Hardy! 1919 01:46:37,663 --> 01:46:38,663 Come on! 1920 01:46:39,666 --> 01:46:41,067 Push him! 1921 01:46:50,542 --> 01:46:52,679 - They get that, Doc? - They don't know yet. They... 1922 01:46:52,811 --> 01:46:54,713 - Can't see, Doc. - No, they're not unpiled yet. 1923 01:46:54,847 --> 01:46:56,349 Hardy Brown is down, 1924 01:46:56,481 --> 01:46:58,518 and he's taken six Golden Sandies with him. 1925 01:46:58,652 --> 01:47:02,956 - Referees are clearing the pile. - Quiet down, everybody. Quiet! 1926 01:47:06,626 --> 01:47:08,161 - Is he short? - I think he's in. 1927 01:47:08,295 --> 01:47:09,162 Did he get it? 1928 01:47:09,296 --> 01:47:10,329 Come on. 1929 01:47:18,037 --> 01:47:20,471 Hardy Brown has been stopped inches from the goal. 1930 01:47:20,606 --> 01:47:22,474 The Golden Sandies have won! 1931 01:47:24,411 --> 01:47:26,478 That's the ball game! Yes! 1932 01:47:39,792 --> 01:47:41,594 Inch. 1933 01:47:45,532 --> 01:47:46,599 Sorry, coach. 1934 01:47:48,702 --> 01:47:50,569 - Good job. - You too. 1935 01:47:50,703 --> 01:47:51,904 Good job. 1936 01:48:02,381 --> 01:48:04,884 Toughest hoss I ever played. 1937 01:48:05,018 --> 01:48:08,020 Thank you, Myrle. Pretty damn tough yourself. 1938 01:48:12,591 --> 01:48:13,893 Come on, boys. 1939 01:48:16,962 --> 01:48:18,998 Great game, coach. Congratulations. 1940 01:48:19,131 --> 01:48:20,699 Thank you. One hell of a ball game. 1941 01:48:20,833 --> 01:48:22,569 - Yes, sir. - Congratulations. 1942 01:48:26,171 --> 01:48:28,541 A team that started with nothing 1943 01:48:28,675 --> 01:48:32,145 left with more than they could have ever dreamed of. 1944 01:48:32,278 --> 01:48:35,614 What the Mites won couldn't be printed in the papers. 1945 01:48:35,748 --> 01:48:37,850 It was a belief in themselves 1946 01:48:37,984 --> 01:48:40,153 that would go on to last their entire lives. 1947 01:48:40,286 --> 01:48:43,390 Mighty Mites! Mighty Mites! Mighty Mites! 1948 01:48:43,523 --> 01:48:46,658 Mighty Mites! Mighty Mites! Mighty Mites! 1949 01:48:46,792 --> 01:48:49,863 Mighty Mites! Mighty Mites! Mighty Mites! 1950 01:48:49,996 --> 01:48:52,966 Mighty Mites! Mighty Mites! Mighty Mites! 1951 01:48:53,099 --> 01:48:55,902 Mighty Mites! Mighty Mites! Mighty Mites! 1952 01:48:56,036 --> 01:48:59,338 Mighty Mites! Mighty Mites! Mighty Mites! 1953 01:48:59,471 --> 01:49:03,475 Mighty Mites! Mighty Mites! Mighty Mites! 1954 01:49:28,400 --> 01:49:29,903 My feet, they... 1955 01:49:31,904 --> 01:49:33,305 They just stopped. 1956 01:49:36,076 --> 01:49:37,545 I came up short. 1957 01:49:40,412 --> 01:49:42,782 You didn't come up short, son. 1958 01:49:45,085 --> 01:49:47,020 You came further than I ever dreamed. 1959 01:49:48,688 --> 01:49:50,222 You did great. 1960 01:49:57,963 --> 01:50:00,600 I look around this bus and I think: 1961 01:50:02,601 --> 01:50:04,237 "How lucky are we?" 1962 01:50:06,605 --> 01:50:08,140 Pretty lucky, coach. 1963 01:50:51,650 --> 01:50:53,418 - Buddy. - Looking good, brother. 1964 01:50:53,554 --> 01:50:56,088 Do they know we lost? 1965 01:50:57,890 --> 01:51:00,159 What Rusty brought to the Masonic Home 1966 01:51:00,292 --> 01:51:03,796 wasn't just football or academics. 1967 01:51:03,930 --> 01:51:07,534 It was the feeling of finally being a family. 1968 01:51:17,476 --> 01:51:19,512 Opal, are you gonna stand up there with Fairbanks? 1969 01:51:19,646 --> 01:51:23,216 - Okay, we'll let that slide. - Doc, come in this photo. Hey! 1970 01:51:23,349 --> 01:51:25,229 - Doc, we need you for the photo. - Bring Betty. 1971 01:51:25,350 --> 01:51:27,654 - I'll be there. Last play. - Okay. 1972 01:51:27,787 --> 01:51:30,256 For Rusty, it was about believing. 1973 01:51:30,390 --> 01:51:33,693 Believing in something that against all odds and evidence 1974 01:51:33,826 --> 01:51:36,061 might not seem possible, 1975 01:51:36,195 --> 01:51:38,565 but somehow would come to pass. 1976 01:55:59,046 --> 01:56:02,046 Provided by explosiveskull https://twitter.com/kaboomskull