"high school football is a way oflife." "It's bigger than Christmas day." "My daddy coached in Alexandria." "He worked so hard, my mama left him, but I stayed with Coach." "He needed me on that fileid." "Up until 1971 in Alexandria, there was no race mixing." "Then the school board forced us to integrate." "They combined the white school andtheblack school into one called T. C. Williams High School." "[Shouting]" "Murderer!" "Murderer!" "[Sheryl] That summer a black teenager was killed bya whitestore owner, and the city was on the verge of exploding." "[Buddy Miles]!" "Well, mymind is goin'through some changes!" "You've caused enough damage!" " This is my store!" " Back off." "[Player]Blueleft!" "Blueleft!" "Left!" "Come on, Kurt, don't let Ray backyou down like that!" "You're twice his size!" "Aargh!" "What are they doing?" "Ifthey keep playing like that, we'll lose every game!" "I didn't think that was so bad." "!" "She had to run!" "[Whistle Blows]" "Looks good, Gerry." "I can see you been working." "Thanks." "Thanks a lot, Coach." "Listen, with the schools integrating and all, some ofthe guys are worried about losing their starting positions." "Well, that's something we're just gonna have to figure out, butyou don't worry about that now." "Youjust keep at it." "All right?" "Yes, Coach." "[Man]Hey, guys!" "Guys!" "It's comin'down!" "It's comin' down at the store!" "They want to burn the place up 'cause that colored kid got shot." "Come on, man, let's go." "Hey." "Hey!" "[Train Whistle Blows]" "Coach?" "Youjust get Sheryl to the school now, Herb." "!" "Sorry!" "[Shouting]" "[Tires Squeal]" "Get in the truck." "Gerry, Alan, Ray, if you ever want to play for me again, get in the truck now." "You boys are gonna cool off, come with me to my office, help me fi nish packing my things." "Gerry, son, your heart's in the right place, butyou ought to know better than to embarrass the coach like that." "Hell, why don't you just kick them all off the team?" "I don't want to play with any of those black animals." "Whoa." "[Bertier]I see him." "Who areyou?" "I'm Herman Boone." "I'm the new assistant coach." "[Tyrell] Well, from the looks ofthings," "I'dsay we got all thehelp we need around here." "Why ain't you outside there with all your little friends, hollerin'?" "This was the time that was arranged for me to meet with Coach Yoast." "I never miss an appointment." "Well, maybe you just better reschedule." "Coach Boone, the school board made the decision to put you on my staff." "I did not hireyou." "Well, I came up here to coach at G.W." "I didn't ask the schools to redistrict." "I didn't ask to be assigned toyour staff, so I guess we're both in a situation we don't want to be in." "But I can guarantee you this, Coach," "I come to win." "Win?" "Coach Yoast here has been nominated to the Virginia High SchoolHall of Fame." "15 winning seasons." "I won a couple of titles down in North Carolina." "That's double "A" ball." "This here's Virginia." "We play triple "A."" "What an opportunity for me then... to learn..." "from the best." "[Marvin Gaye]!" "Ooh, Ibet you're wonderin'how Iknew!" "[Man] Are those people the movers?" "[Woman] No." "Looks like they're moving in here." "[Woman] How many ofthem are there?" "[Man] It only takes one." "Then we're gonna be overrun by 'em." "[Girl]Mommy, where areyou taking my teddybear?" "That." "Come on, y'all." "Ohh. [Laughs]" "Where is everybody?" "Nicky, yes." "[Man]Look there, here comes some more of'em." "[Woman] That's Dr. Day, that Negro from the schoolboard." "What's he doing here?" "The school board has decided that Negro Herman Boone is gonna be the head coach at T.C." "It's not fair!" "My daddy's head coach!" "This is gonna be his Hall of Fame year!" "No one is trying to takeaway your daddy's future place in the hall." "You can't just walk in here and take my daddy's job away!" "That is enough, Sheryl." "That's enough." "Sheryl!" "Ow." "I... it's all right, Bill." "I feel the same way." "It's those agitators and race-mixers" "I feel like taking as watat." "Troublemakers in the Berg are ready toputa torch to the city." "toputa torch to the city." "You want us to burn up like Watts?" "Every head coach in the system is white." "We had to give them something." "It's the world we live in, God help us all." "I left North Carolina because I was passed over for ajob that I had rightfully earned." "Gave it to a white coach down there couldn't even tie up his own football cleats." "Now you are asking me to do thesame thing to this man?" "I can't do that." "[Woman]Herman?" "Folks in Carolina say you marched with Dr. King." "Say you stood toe-to-toe with the Klan." "Said you're a race man." "That's right." "I'm also a family man." "Coach Boone, black folks have never had anything in this city to call their own except humiliation and despair." "Dr. Day, excuse me." "Herman, I think you'd better look outside." "[Applause And Cheering]" "So, you see, we need you, Coach Boone." "Come on, meet the people." "Coach Boone, I'm Charles Campbell." "This here is my boy Julius." "He can be the fi nest defensive end in the whole state if you push him to it." "I've heard a lot about you." "You're like an answer to our prayers." "Now, wait a minute." "I'm not an answer to your prayers." "I'm not a savior orJesus Christ," "Martin Luther King, or the Easter bunny." "I'm a football coach, that's all." "Just a football coach." "You're our coach." "You're our coach!" "Coach Boone!" "[Crowd Chanting] Boone!" "Boone!" "Boone!" "[Knock On Door]" "What doyou want?" "Is Coach Yoast here?" "We're busy... interviewing for head coaching jobs." "Gotten 1 1 offers and certainly no time for you." "Well, come on in." "I've got an office out back." "[Boone]Look, Ican't even spell diplomacy, and I'm sorry about the way things went down, but makeno mistake, I am qualifiied to be this school's head coach." "Sure." "You've been in, what, 4 or 5 programs in the past 1 0 years?" "[Boone] With 4 or5 championships." "[Yoast] This isn't about me." "I'm worried about my boys." "Well, I ain't gonna cook 'em and eat 'em." "The best playerwill play." "Color won't matter." "From the looks of our little situation we got here," "I'd say it's about all that does." "Yeah, you're right." "We're in a tough spot, Coach, you, me, the whole city." "I think it would go a long way to smooth things over ifyou would stay, work on the staff, be a defensive coordinator, assistant head coach." "Work underyou?" "If that's the way you see it." "Good night, Coach." "It's been a rare privilege t ohave lived here as long as I have coaching your boys." "I'll be taking theyear off..." "[Man]No." "afterwhich I'll be moving to Loudon and taking the head coaching job at Loudon High." " I say boycott T.C. Williams!" " Tell 'em, Fred!" "Our boys aren't playing for some "Coach Coon!"" "Coach, he stole your job." "I'm not playing for him." "I started a petition, and I'm sitting this season out." "Only place you're going tosit is back in that chair, Gerry." "I appreciate it, though." "Boycott T. C.!" "Boycott theschool!" "Stop this, Fred." "You know none ofthese boys can afford to go to some other district just to play ball." "They sit this one out, they put their futures on the line." "Coach, I'm out, too." "I'm not playing for no thief." "Don't do this." "Don't make this any harder for me than it already is." "Coach, ifyou go, I go." "[Man #1]I only play for you, Coach Yoast." "[Man #2]Don'tgo, Coach." "You can'tleave us." "Coach Yoast!" "Coach Yoast!" "Coach Yoast!" "We'll be all right, Coach." "I've coached most ofthese boys since they were your age." "I've seen them grow up in front of my eyes, almost like they were my own kids." "Almost." "This is a heck ofa time to be abandoning them to look out for themselves, ain't it?" "So...what areyou gonna do?" "We gonna play someball, y'all!" "Black inside, black inside, black inside." "Unh, unh, unh, unh!" "Yo, Petey, how manyyards you fiigure you gonna get this season, bro?" "You know, I ain't one to brag, big Blue, but I figure on at least a thousand." "ButIain't one tobrag." "Didn't I tell you all them white boys weren't gonna play for no brother?" "Well, who needs 'em, baby?" "From now on the Titans gonna be powered by soul power, bro." "!" "He said soul power!" "[Person Blows Whistle]" "Shut up." "[Whispering]" "Putyour hand down." "You're smiling." "Yes." "Yes, sir." "Why areyou smiling?" "'Cause I love football." "Football's fun." "Fun, sir." "It's fun?" " Yes." " You sure?" "I think" "Nowyou're thinkin'." "Firstyou smile, then you thinkin'." "You think football is still fun?" "Uh, yes." "Sir." " Yes--no, sir." " No?" "It was fun." "Not anymore, though, is it?" "Not right now." "It's not fun anymore." "Not even a little bit." "Uh...no." "Make upyour mind." "Think sinceyou're thinking." "Go on, think." "Is it fun?" " No, sir." " No?" "Absolutely not?" "Zero fun, sir." "All right, listen up." "I'm Coach Boone." "I'm gonna tell you all about how much "fun"" "you're gonna have this season." "We leave for camp, Gettysburg College," "August 1 5th, 7:29 A.M." "Ifyoureportat 7:30, you will not be playing football this season, you will be watching." "You will wear ajacket, shirt, and tie." "Ifyou don't have one, buy one." "Can't afford one, borrow one from your old man." "Ifyou don't have an old man, then fi nd a drunk, trade him for his." "'Cause I guaranteeyou there isn't a bum on the street thatlooks as raggedy andridiculous as whatI'm looking at rightnow." "This is no democracy." "It is a dictatorship." "I am the law." "Ifyou survive camp, you will be on the team." "Ifyou survive." "Check 'em in, Coach." "Checkin' 'em in." "I'm Coach Hinds, your offensive line coach." "Yell outyour name and position starting from the right." "PeteyJones, running back." "The running back, y'all." "[Man] Whatever, Petey." "Getoutta here!" "Yeah, yeah, yeah." "Jerry Harris, quarterback." "Hallelujah!" "Hallelujah, Rev!" "Rev?" "It'sjust a nickname." "Andwhoin the name of heaven might yoube?" "Louie Lastik, offensive lineman." "Naval family,just moved here from Bayonne." "Someone said football, so I come runnin'." "What's goin' on, everybody?" "[DoorOpens]" "With him calling the shots, ain't none ofus gonna see nothin' but the bench this year." "He ain't calling the shots." "You'll play." "[Boone] You have just disrupted my fi rst team meeting in an unacceptable fashion." "This is my team now." "Eitheryou're with that oryou're not." "I'm here, ain't I?" "Let's talk football." "Let's talk football." "I run the defense" "As a part of my team strategy." "Now, I have never seen an assistant coach's name in the news paper for losing a game." "I want ajob for Coach Tyrell." "He's been with me for 1 0 years." "I won't leave him out in the cold." "You don't get me without him." "You're over cooking my grits, Coach." "All right." "I will allow Coach Tyrell to coach the special team, but I will have my eye on him." "And you." "Good morning, good morning, Coaches, how areyou?" "Good morning toyou." "Looks good today, doesn't it?" "Just wanted to letyou know what the offense is doing." "Awful skinny playbook, ain't it?" "I run 6 plays, split veer." "It's like novocaine." "Just give it time, always works." "Seeyou on the bus." "Be patient, Bill." "Your time will come." "Herman, here we go." "Here we go." "How can I help you boys?" "I'm Gerry Bertier, the only all-American you got on this team." "You want any ofus to play foryou, you reserve half the open positions for Hammond players, halfthe offense, half the special teams." "We don't need any of your people on defense." "We're already set." "Uh-huh." "Don't need none ofmy people?" "What did you say your name was,Jerry?" "Gerry." "No, you must have said Jerry, like Lewis, which would makeyou Dean Martin, right?" "Ladies and gentlemen, I got an announcement to make." "We gotJerry Lewis and Dean Martin going to camp with us here thisyear." "Jerry tells thejokes," "Dean sings the songs and gets the girl." "Let's give them a round ofapplause." "Where's your folks, Gerry?" "Your parents, are they here?" "Where are they?" "That's mymother." "That'syourmama?" "Very nice." "How areyou?" "Take a good look at her." "'Cause once you get on that bus, you ain't got no mama no more." "You gotyour brothers on the team, and you gotyour daddy." "Now, you know who your daddy is, don'tyou?" "Gerry, ifyou want to play on this football team, you answer me when I askyou who is your daddy." "Who's your daddy, Gerry?" "Who's your daddy?" "You." "Uh-huh." "And whose team is this?" "Is thisyour team, oris thisyour daddy's team?" "Yours." "Mm-hmm." "Get on the bus." "Putyourjacket on fi rst and get on the bus." "OK." "Uh, Dean?" "Fix that tie, son." "[Laughing]" "All right, listen up, I want everybody off the bus." "Let's go." "Follow me." "Everybody." "Let's go right now." "[Boy] Why we got togetoffthebus?" "[Boy] Whatare they doing, man?" "All right, everybody, off the bus." "Listen up, I don't care ifyou're black, green, blue, white, or orange," "I want all ofmy defensive players on this side, all players going out for offense over here." "Right now." "Let's move!" "Let's move!" "Let's move!" "Let's move!" "You and you, offensive bus." "Sit together." "You and you, defensive bus." "Sit together." "Get comfortable, too, because the person that I haveyou sitting next to is the same one you'll be rooming with for the duration ofthis camp." "!" "'Cause, baby!" "!" "There ain't no mountain high enough !" "!" "Ain't no valley low enough !" "Blue, shut up." "I don't want to see your smilin' and shuff in', and hear all your minstrel show singing on this bus." "You, too." "Got that right." "You can shut up, too." "!" "[Rock Guitar]" "!" "When Idle andtheylayme torest!" "That's my bed." "!" "Gonnago to theplace that's thebest!" "!" "When Ilayme down to die!" "And that's his bed." "!" "Up to thespirit in thesky!" "!" "Goin'up to thespirit in thesky!" "I ain't lookin' at that for 2 weeks, man." "Take it down." "!" "When Idle!" "You can closeyour eyes for 2 weeks, all I care." "Why don'tyou look atyourwall and I'll look at mine?" "I'll look wherever I want to, and I don't want to be looking at that for 2 weeks." "Then you better useyour X-rayvision, Superman, and look right through it, 'cause it ain't comin' down." "Aah!" "Fight!" "Fight?" "Fight!" "Followme!" "Come on!" "Come on!" "Allright, waitup!" "Get off me!" "Get off me!" "Get him off." "Get off me!" "Bunch oftough guys, huh?" "You look like a bunch offifth-grade sissies aftera catfiight." "You got anger." "That's good." "You're gonnaneedit, son." "You got aggression." "That's even better." "You're gonna needthat, too, butany2-year-oldchild can throwa fiit." "Footballis about controlling thatanger." "Harnessing that aggression into a team effort toachieveperfection!" "Some coaches, they cutaplayer ifthey think he's not up to snuff." "When they think he's hurting the team." "This is a public school program." "I will never, ever cut a player who comes out to play for me, but when you put that uniform on, that Titan uniform, you better come to work." "We will be perfect... in every aspect ofthe game." "Youdrop apass, yourun amile." "Youmiss ablocking assignment, yourun amile." "Youfumble the football, andI willbreakmy footoff inyourJohn Brown hindparts... and then you will run a mile." "Perfection!" "Let's go to work." "[Grunting]" "[Boone]Move!" "Move those feet!" "Get up, boy!" "Get up!" "Get up!" "Get up!" "Get up!" "Get up!" "[Coach Blows Whistle]" "[Yoast] Keep those heads up!" "Keep those feet moving!" "[Boone]Everything we gonna do is changing." "We are change." "We're gonna change the waywe run." "We're gonna change the waywe eat." "We're gonna change the waywe block." "We're gonna change the waywe tackle." "We're gonna change the waywe win." "[Yoast]Defenseis desire!" "Fire anddesire." "Defense!" "Come on!" "[Coach Blows Whistle]" "Get up." "Get outta here." "Go run." "Go." "[Grunting]" "Unh!" "[Yoast]Keep thoselegs movin'!" "Keep thoselegs apart!" "Keep movin: keep movin'." "Keep thatball withyou till yougetoutta thebriarpatch." "Show me, son!" "Show me, 'Bama!" "Show me, 'Bama!" "Jump on that ball carrier like a starving man on a Christmas ham." "Hut!" "[Player] Fumble!" "Fumble!" "[Boone] Whatis wrong withyou?" "Whyareyoufumbling my football?" "My blockers were bad." "Your blockers ain't got nothin' to do with you holding the ball!" "Did your blockers fumble the football, or did you fumble the football?" "I did, sir." "All right." "How many feet are in a mile?" "How many feet are in a mile?" "5,280 feet!" "You pick this ball up, you run every one ofthem!" "You're killing me, Petey!" "You're killing me!" "Whatyou doing, man?" "Eating lunch." "I seeyou eating lunch." "But whyyou eating over here?" "Why don'tyou go on over there and eat with your people?" "Man, I don't have any people." "I'm with everybody, Julius." "[Blue]He'sjust alight-skinnedbrother." "Yeah, and I'm a dark-skinned cracker." "Come on,Julius, he's just another blessed child in God's loving family." "[Blue Humming]" "Come on, Blue, let me" "[Humming "Amazing Grace"]" "[Rev]Lord, we come beforeyou today... andaskyou tosoften bigJulius Campbell's heart." "Look at that traitor." "And Rev?" "He better be praying" "I block for his black behind." "Yeah, but, Ray, ifyou don't block you're not gonna start." "I'll start." "I'll just bide my time." "I got some plays we won the city title with lastyear." "Got some trick plays, some stuff that might fi re up the boys' imaginations a little bit." "Trick plays?" "I think unless theboys starthaving alittle fun they're not gonna put points up on that board foryou." "You worry aboutyour defense." "Let me worry about the offense." "All right." "Lastik!" "I wantyou to tell me something about one ofyour black teammates." "Sir, yes, sir!" "I'm rooming with Blue, sir, and I noticed he wears those leopard-spotted underwears, bikini-style, sir!" "OK, maybe somebody who's notyour roommate." "Sir, I eat lunch with Rev." "That'sJerry Harris, sir!" "People callhim Rev 'causehe's alwayspraying, and he won't abide a foul tongue, sir!" "And what is the Rev gonna do after high school?" "I don't know." "Go to college and all that, I guess." "What aboutyou?" "You gonna go to college?" "Oh, not me, Coach." "I ain't a brainiac like Rev." "Thinkyou got a future in football?" "Heck, no." "I just figure ifI got to be in school" "I might as well hit some people while I'm at it." "All right, I like that." "A self-aware man, I like that." "But ifyou don't go to college, it's not gonna be because you're not qualified, so I wantyou to bring me your test scores at the end ofeveryweek, and we'll go over them together, OK?" "We'll keep that between you and me." "OK." "So, what kind ofmusic does the Rev like?" "Me andRevboth dig on The Temptations." "Oh, yeah?" "!" "I knowyou want to leave me !" "!" "But I refuse to letyou go !" "!" "IfIgot topray!" "!" "Pleadforyoursympathy!" "!" "I don't mind !" "!" "'Causeyou mean that much to me !" "!" "Ain't too proud to beg !" "OK, all right." "Stop begging." "Anybody else?" "No volunteers?" "Campbell?" "Bertier?" "No, huh?" "Each one ofyou will spend time every day with a teammate of a different race." "You willlearn abouthim andhis family, his likes, his dislikes." "You will report back to me until you meet every one ofyour teammates." "Until that time, we go to 3-a-day practices." "Youcontinue toignore each other, we'llgo to 4-a-daypractices." "Now, is there any part ofthis you don't understand?" "Let's see." "What's your daddy's name?" "I mean, you do have a daddy right?" "I have a father, and his name is Eric." "And what's he do?" "Wait, he does have ajob, right?" "!" "[Country On Stereo] !" "They're gonna putmein themovies!" "Huh?" "Yes!" "This one." "I don't even have to ask, but I will." "What doyou think ofthis one?" "Does the term "cruel and unusual punishment"" "mean anything toyou?" "[Coach Blowing Whistle] 2 minutes to go in the game." "The other team is out there, they're tired." "Fourth quarter." "Fourth quarter." "Fourth quarter." "Nobody from my family everwent to no college." "I'll tutoryou, Louie." "I'm white trash!" "I ain't gonna get no C-plus grades!" "I'm just down-home, no-good, never-goin'-to-no-college white trash, man!" "Would you hurry up and get off the phone?" "I got to call my girl, too, man!" "Say it right now." "Oh, oh, don't do this rightnow." "Hey, man, what is this, WildKingdom?" "Shut up, y'all!" "Mating habits of the mountain gorillas?" "Gerry, you say it, or I'm not hanging up the phone." "Sayitrightnow." "I loveyou, sugar." "Ha ha ha!" ""I loveyou, sugar!"" "Left!" "[Player#1]Let's go!" "[Player#2] Watch it!" "Watch it!" "[Rev]Set!" "Hut!" "[Yoast] Gethim!" "Gethim!" "Gethim!" "[Bertier] Whatarey'all doing?" "44 stack!" "You're supposed to knowyourjobs!" "Campbell, you're playing selfish, show-off football." "Holdyourman down." "Don'tyou single me out like that." "What, you think I'm stupid or something?" "Listen, I'm the team captain, and I don't need you up in my face" "[Boone Blows Whistle]" "[Blue] We're here to play football, y'all." "Let'splay football." "[Sighs] Doc?" "I got it." "Y'all didn't come out here to practice!" "'Cause champions pay the price!" "Lookin' like a bunch ofbums out here!" "[Boone] Who's a coward?" "Cowards won'tblock." "Cowards won't tackle." "Cowards won't go after fumbles." "[Blue] Coach, we needa waterbreak." "We been outhere all day." "[Coach Blows Whistle]" "What did you say?" "I said we need a water break." "You need a water break." "Water is for cowards." "Water makes you weak." "Water is forwashing blood off that uniform, and you don't get no blood on my uniform." "Boy, you must be outsideyour mind!" "We are going to do up-downs until Blue is no longer tired and thirsty." "[Whistle]" "[Blows Whistle]" "[Yoast] Coach!" "[Blows Whistle]" "There's a fi ne line between tough and crazy, and you're firting with it." "[Blows Whistle]" "[Blows Twice]" "[Boone]Allright, getsome water." "[Panting] I'll take that." "Hey, wait your turn, boy." "Whoyou calling a boy, cracker?" "Yaah!" "Quit it,jerks!" "Come on!" "You're all acting like a bunch ofsissies!" "[Sheryl] Quitit!" "[Players Shouting]" "[Gasping]" "All right, man, listen." "I'm Gerry, you'reJulius." "Let's get some particulars andjust get this overwith, all right?" " Particulars?" " Yeah." "No matterwhat I tell you, you ain't never gonna know nothing about me." "Listen, I ain't runnin' any more ofthese 3-a-days." "What I got to say, you really don't want to hear 'cause honesty ain't too high on your people's priority list." "Honesty?" "You want honesty?" "All right, honestly, I thinkyou're nothing." "Nothing butapure waste ofGod-given talent." "You don't listen to nobody, man." "Not even Doc or Boone!" "Shiver push on the line every time, man." "You blow right past 'em!" "Push 'em!" "Pull 'em!" "Dosomething!" "You can't run over everybody in this league, and every timeyou do, you leave one ofyour teammates hanging out to dry-- me in particular!" "Why should I give a hoot aboutyou, huh?" "Or anybody else out there?" "You want to talk about a waste, you the captain?" "Right." " Captain's supposed to be the leader, right?" "Right." "You got ajob?" "You been doing yourjob?" "I've been doing myjob." "Then why don'tyou tell yourwhite buddies to block for Rev better?" "'Cause they have not blocked for him worth a plugged nickel, and you know it!" "Nobodyplays!" "Yourselfincluded!" "I'm supposed to wear myselfout for the team?" "What team?" "!" "No." "No, what I'm gonna do is," "I'm gonna look out for myself, and I'm gonna get mine." "See, man?" "That's the worst attitude I ever heard." "Attitude refects leadership, Captain." "[Horn Blows]" "[Boone]Let's go, let's go, let's go, let's go!" "Wake up, gentlemen, it's late." "It's 3A.M. In themorning." "Allright, listen up." "You will followDoc, myself, andthe othercoaches, we're gonna take a little run through the woods." "Ifyou get lost along the way, don't bother coming back to camp." "Just hitchhike your hindparts on home." "Any questions?" "Coach, this is a high school football team." "We're not in the marines here." "Let's go." "[Yoast] Let's go." "!" "Tellme, where haveyoubeen!" "!" "Myblue-eyedson?" "!" "!" "Where haveyoubeen!" "!" "My darlin'young one?" "!" "!" "I've stumbled up on theside!" "!" "Of12mistymountains!" "!" "I've walked andI've crawled!" "!" "Over6brokenhighways!" "!" "Butit's hard!" "!" "It's hard!" "Oh, no, no." "Shoot!" "Come on, baby." "Can't take no rest." "!" "Oh, it's hard, girl!" "!" "It's ahardrain!" "[All Panting]" "!" "A-gonna fall!" "[Boone]Anybodyknow what thisplaceis?" "[Panting]" "This is Gettysburg." "This is where they fought the Battle ofGettysburg." "50,000 men died right here on this field, fightin' the same fight that we're still fightin' amongst ourselves... today." "This green fiieldrighthere waspaintedred." "Bubbling with theblood ofyoung boys." "Smoke... and hot lead pouring right through their bodies." "Listen to their souls, men." ""I killedmybrother with malicein myheart. "" "" Hatred destroyed my family."" "Youlisten... and you take a lesson from the dead." "Ifwe don't come together... rightnow, on this hallowedground... then we, too, will be destroyed." "Just like theywere." "I don't care ifyou like each other or not, butyou will respecteach other, andmaybe..." "I don't know, maybe we'll... learn to play this game like men." "Hut!" "[Titans Shouting]" "[Titan] Here we go!" "[Boone Blows Whistle]" "All right." "We'll be out here all night, until we get this thing right." "Let's go." "[Titan]Let's go, team, pick itup!" "On the ball, Rev." "[Blue] Come on, everybody." "Getitright!" "Ready!" "Set!" "Whoo!" "Check blue!" "There itis." "Whoo!" "[Rev]Let's go!" "Hut!" "[Grunting]" "Gethim!" "Gethim!" "Gethim!" "[Sighs]" "What was that, Ray?" "Whatever it is, it ain't blocking'!" "Give me a break, Gerry." "You want a break?" "I'll giveyou a break!" "Wait a minute, wait, wait." "Let them handle this." "Ifwe get to Rev once, just one time," "Iswearto God, I'm gonnahityousohard, by the timeyoucome to, ooh, boy, you're gonna needanewhaircut." "You understand me?" "Uhh!" "Ha ha ha ha!" "[Bertier] Let'splay, fellas!" "[Blows Whistle]" "On the ball." "Let's run it again." "[Titans Shouting]" "Ready!" "[Titan]Allright." "[Player] Muskrat!" "Set!" "Hut!" "[Grunting]" "[Blows Whistle]" "Get off me!" "Hoo hoo!" "You all right, big Petey?" "You all right?" "You really stuck him, Campbell." "Yeah, I love me a little contact, Petey!" "This is left side!" " Strong side!" " Left side!" " Strong side!" "[Bertier]Leftside!" "[ulius] Strongside!" "Leftside!" "Strongside!" " Leftside!" "Strongside!" " Aah!" " Aah!" "[Chattering]" "[Bertier] What wins games?" "[Titans Defense] Defense!" " What wins games?" " Defense!" " What wins games?" " Defense!" "!" "I was once outstrolling!" "!" "One veryhot summer's day!" "!" "When I thoughtI'd laymyselfdown torest!" "[Bertier]Hey, fellas." "Look at that fruitcake." "[Titan WolfWhistles]" "Gerry,just keep your mouth shut and get back on that field." "Coach Boone, I'm Colonel Bass." "I just got transferred here from Huntington Beach, California." "This is my son Ronnie, and he's a quarterback." "Howyou doing, Ronnie?" "This is Coach Yoast." "My pleasure." "We're pretty set at the, uh, quarterback, Colonel, but, uh, ifthe boy's any good, you maywant to check out Wilson or Hamilton." "Well, I, uh, I met Coach Taber." "[ColonelBass]He won'tlet blacksplay onhis team." "The way Iseeit, iftheseboys can fiighta wartogether, they canplay football together." "Now, he's aprettygoodrunner." "!" "Spill the wine andtake thatpearl!" "[Laughter]" "!" "Spill the wine andtake thatpearl!" "Yeah, a fruitcake, huh?" "I thinkwe can fi nd a place foryour boy." "Mm-hmm." "With one or two conditions." "[Titans Chattering]" "Hey, Sunshine." "[High-Pitched] !" "Sunshine !" "[Petey]Sunshine." "Sunshine." "[Petey]Hey, man, all thatrubbin' ain't gonna make them golden locks grow back no faster now." "You know that, huh?" "!" "Sunshine, Sunshine, Sunshine !" "Sunshine, huh?" "[Petey]Sunshine." "Yeah." "Choke it up, huh?" "That's cool." "I can dig it." "[Titans] Ooh!" "Come on, now." "Don'tleave mehangin:" "bro." "Come on." "[Blue]Hey, hegot alittle soulpower." "Look at this man here." "He called me "bro"!" "Hey, but, hey," "I liked him better with the long hair, bro." "Reminded me of Bertier's mama." "[Titans] Ohh!" "What?" "What?" "[Titan]Now, howdoyouknow whatBertier's mamalooks like?" "Brother, don'tyou know me and Bertier's mama went out on the town last night, bro?" "What areyou say" "Hold up, hold up." "Listen, now, Blue." "Why areyou talking about Bertier's mama like that?" "See, now, you making me angry, man." "Look like I ain't gonna be able to takeyour mama to the prom no more." "[Blue] Whatyoulaughin'at, Jerry Buck?" "You need to tell your mama to shave them old legs ofhers, bro." "And,Julius, when she's done, maybeyourmama canborrowtherazor and shave that old nasty back ofhers." "[Man] Whoa, whoa, whoa, wait, wait, wait." "[Blue] Youmadbecauseshe lookin'likea wolfman woman." "Hey, hey." "Lastik, man, what happened toyou?" "Man, I just gaveyour mama a piggyback ride, and she weighs twice as much as I do." "That ain't funny." "That's--that's a mamajoke." "!" "[Soul]" "!" "Listen, baby!" "!" "Ain't no mountain high !" "!" "Ain't no valley low !" "!" "Ain't no river wide enough, baby!" "!" "Ifyou need me, call me !" "!" "No matter whereyou are !" "!" "No matter how far!" "!" "No, no, darlin' !" "!" "Justcallmyname!" "!" "I'llbe there in ahurry!" "!" "You don't have to worry!" "!" "'Cause, baby, there !" "!" "Ain'tnomountain high enough!" "So,Julius, I was thinking that we" "He's in the shower." "!" "Ain'tnomountain lowenough!" "What doyou want, man?" "You know what I want." "[Titans] Ohh!" "[All] Ohh!" "Come on!" "!" "I toldyou!" "!" "Youcouldalways countonme!" "[Titans] Ooh!" "Ooh!" "Hey, Bertier!" "Get off." "Get off." "[Bertier] Youhave noidea whoyoumessedwith, man!" "There's too much male bonding going on in here for me." "I'm out." "You dig?" "[Bertier]Allright!" "What is going on here?" "!" "Ain'tnoriver wide enough!" "He kissed me, man!" "!" "To keep me fromgetting toyou, babe!" "[Laughter]" "!" "'Causebaby there!" "!" "Ain't no mountain high enough !" "!" "Ain'tno valleylowenough!" "!" "Ain't no river wide enough !" "!" "To keep me from gettin' toyou, babe !" " Ronnie Bass." " Yes, sir." "I like that haircut." "Get in there and show me what you got." "Option left." "[Titan] Let's go, baby." "Rookie quarterback." "[Titan] Side field, come on." "[Sunshine] Left!" "Left!" "[Titans Shouting]" "Set!" "Hut!" "[Bertier] Ball!" "Ball!" "Ball!" "Hard step." "Read the tackle." "Got to see the pitch, all right?" "Now, you can throw it a mile, butyou can't pitch it 3 yards." "Gotta see it." "Ifyou don't read it, you weave 'em." " Rev!" "[Rev] Yes, sir!" "Show him how." "Yes, sir." "[Chattering] [ulius] You want this milk, Bertier?" "Yeah, I'll take it, man." "You can have it." "Hey, can you slide a bit, Gerry?" "Hey, Ray, this is the defensive table." "!" "To getbreadfrom dough!" "Hi, Petey." "What's up, man?" "Hey, Sunshine." "It's not like I care or nothin', but bein' your roommate and all, uh... you wasjust messin' with Bertier, right?" "You--you wasjust messing with his mind, right?" "You're not really, uh..." "What areyou talking about, Petey?" "Look, man, it don't matter to me, you know?" "I-if, you know, if..." "I just got to know, you know?" "Uh..." "Ifit don't matter, what's the big deal?" "I got to know." "Know what?" "You know what I got to know?" "Don't mess with my mind!" "Looks like Coach been keeping Petey out in the sun for too long, bro." "Coach." "Hey, sweetie." "Sit down." "[Yoast]Have my dessert." "[Sheryl] Coach Boone?" "You did a goodjob up here." "[Sheryl] Yourana tough camp from whatIcansee." "Well, I'm very happy to have the approval ofa 5-year-old." "I'm 9 1 /2, thankyou very much." "Why don'tyou get this little girl some pretty dolls or something, Coach?" "I tried." "She loves football." "[Boone] Whatareyou?" "!" "[Titans] Mo-bile!" "A-gile!" "Hos-tile!" "What is pain?" "!" "French bread!" "[Boone] Whatis fatigue?" "!" "Army clothes!" "Will you ever quit?" "!" "No!" "We want some mo'!" "We want some mo'!" "We want some mo'!" "Turn in!" "[Rhythmic Panting]" "Let me askyou something, Mr. Campbell." "Uh-huh." "What kind ofpower you got?" "Oh, man, you know I got some soul power." "What kind ofpower you got?" "What kind ofquestion is that?" "I got soul power!" " Yes, you do!" " Right on!" "Let me askyou something now, Mr. Bertier." "How strong areyou?" "I'm too strong!" " What?" "!" " I'm too strong!" " How strong?" " Too strong!" "I want a victory!" "Oh, I want a victory!" "I want a victory!" "No, I want a victory!" "You all want a victory?" "!" "[ All ] Yeah!" "You all want a victory?" "!" "[All] Yeah!" "[All Cheering]" "[Titans]!" "Good-bye!" "!" "Na na na na !" "!" "Hey, hey, hey!" "!" "Good-bye !" "[Rev] Let me hearyou!" "[Rev]Letmehearyou!" "Up in the front!" "Up in the front!" "Whole school!" "[Titans]!" "Hey, hey, hey!" "What'd they do up there, brainwash 'em?" "They must be high on somethin'." "[Titans]!" "Na nanana!" "!" "Hey, hey, hey!" "Hey, Mom." "Oh, welcome home." "Dad." "Ah, ha ha." "Mmm-ah!" "Howyou doin', sweetheart?" "Oh, I missed you so much." "Hey, man." "Like, are we cool?" "Yeah, we're cool, man." "Mrs. Boone, nice to meetyou." "You, too." "Yeah, this is, uh, little Karen." "This is Nicky." "Nicky, that's Sheryl." "Why doyou dress so weird?" "Ow!" "Lookwho's talking." "[Sheryl] Ow." "Well, we'rejust all getting along, aren't we?" "We don't wantyou!" "[Shouting]" "Get out!" "We don't want them here!" "!" "Timehas come today!" "!" "Young hearts cango their way!" "!" "Can'tputitoff anotherday!" "Whatyou doin' to my school, boy?" "Man, this stuff is messed up." "Yeah, anything serious happen, they shut the school down, and our season go down the drain." "This here's real messed up." "But there are a lot ofprettywomen here." "[Bertier]Hey." "Look at 'em, Gerry." "Theyhate us." "Nah.Just a bad day." "Things'll cool down." "No, Gerry." "They're always gonna hate us." "[Shouting]" "We don'tneedyouhere, either, hippie boy." "You hear what he said?" "Hey, man." "Hey,Julius." "Man, it's crazy out here, man." "Yeah, well, what did you expect?" "I don't know." "I ain't quite expect it to be like this." "Ah, sorry.Julius, this is Emma." "!" "Nowthe timehas come!" "!" "Time!" "Camp overnow, huh?" "Back to the real world, Bertier." "[ulius] This is what they're integrating us for?" "We'dhave beenbetteroff staying where we were." "!" "Time!" "!" "Time!" "Mmm." "Yeah, this is my sanctuary right here." "All this hatred and turmoil swirling around us, but this..." "this is always right." "Struggle." "Survival." "Victory and defeat." "It'sjust a game, Doc, but..." "I love it." "Coach, I'm afraid I've putyou into a no-win situation." "I just found out the board didn't even think you'd make it out ofcamp." "And now thatyou have," "I've learned that at the fi rst sign oftrouble" "Trouble?" "What kind oftrouble?" "Lose a game... they'll fi reyou and turn it back over to Yoast." "One game, just like that?" "Mm-hmm." "Whataboutmy family?" "Wejust got here." "Theyjust expect me to pick up and move?" "What about my girls?" "I--I don't know what to say, I..." "I'm sorry, Coach." "!" "Pump, pump, pump it up!" "!" "!" "Pump, pump, pump it up!" "!" "!" "Pump that Titan spirit up!" "!" "Look at 'em." "They come here to watch the game, and they still don't want no part ofus." "[SchoolBandPlaying]" "[Vomiting]" "!" "Give us more !" "!" "Doyour stuff, let's go!" "!" "[Cheering]" "[Boone]Allright, everybody on their feet." "On your feet, on your feet." "Let's go, let's go." "[Boone Clapping]" "[Boone]Listen up." "I'm notgonna talk toyou tonightabout... winning' and losin'." "You're alreadywinners, 'causeyou didn't kill each other up at camp." "[Boone] Tonight, we gotHayfiield." "Likeall the otherschools in this conference, they're all white." "They don't have to worry about race." "We do." "[Boone]But we're better forit, men." "Let me tell you something." "You don't let anything... nothin'... come between us." "[Boone] Nothin'tears us apart." "Greekmythology, the titans were greater even than thegods." "Theyruledtheir universe with absolutepower." "Well, thatfootball fileid out there tonight, that's our universe." "Let's rule it like titans." "Got it!" "[Crowd Cheering]" "[Players Grunting]" "[AnnouncerOn P.A.] So the Titans defense takes the fileid forthe fiirst time against the HayfiieldHawks, ledby quarterback DanielCullum on the Hawks 32-yardline." "Ohh!" "We're moving like molasses out there, for crying out loud!" "I mean, come on!" "Uhh!" "Ooh!" "Mama." "Hmm?" "Are all white girls that crazy?" "What?" "You guys can do better than that--uhh!" "[Player] Yeah!" "[Bertier]Huddle up." "Fellas, huddle up." "Bosley?" "Where's Alan?" "Alan, you've got to stickyour man!" "They're gonna score on us all night ifyou don't" "He's too fast, Gerry." "I can't stickwith him." "[Bertier] Let's go, let's go!" "[Quarterback] 22!" "Hut!" "[Referee Blows Whistle]" "[Announcer] Touchdown, Hawks!" "[BandPlaying]" "[Crowd Cheering]" "Shape up that defense, Yoast." "Youjust worry aboutyour offense." "Hey, they score again, I'm takin' over." "Ready!" "[Player] That's it!" "[Player] Watch him!" "Watch him!" "[Rev]Set!" "[Cheerleaders Cheering]" "Hut!" "Hut!" "[Players Grunting]" "Petey, get over here!" "What areyou doing, son?" "You missed the block by a mile." "You didn't even have the football to fumble this time." "There's no excuse!" "No excuse!" "[Boone] You want toplay football ornot?" "Doyou want to play football" "Boy, get over there on the bench?" "[Cheering]" "Herb, take over for me." "You got it." "Petey!" "You all right?" "I was a 2-year starter at G.W." "All this yelling he's doing, it--it don't do nothing but make me playworse." "I can't play for this man." "You come play linebacker for me." "23's killing us." "I want you to get out there," "I wantyou to cover him for me." " You want me to go in now?" " Yeah." "I can't!" "I--I..." "I haven't practiced with the defense." "I can't." "[Yoast] Thatdoesn'tmatter." "Justgetout there." "I wantyou to cover 23." "That's all you have to do." "[Yoast] We'll talk about therestofit when we put this oneaway." "You thinkYoast is trying to let them score on purpose?" "What?" "Doyou?" "Oh, come on, Herman." "[Yoast] OK, let's go." "What is Petey doing in there?" "[Doc]Looks like Yoast is trying him outon defense." "He's taking Alan out." "Yoast!" "Herman, Herman, Herman." "Come on." "Let's see." "Let's see what happens." "It might be all right." "It's OK." "You're OK." "You're OK." "OK." "Don'tyou take out my son!" "He's gettin' beat like he stole somethin', Mr. Bosley." "Youjust stay out ofit, girl!" "He'sjust getting beat, that's all I'm saying." "Yoast!" "[Quarterback] Set!" "22!" "Hut hut!" "[Cheering]" " Yeah!" " Ha!" "Down!" "!" "Ah, yeah!" "[Quarterback] Hut!" "Hut, hut!" "!" "Doo doo dootdootdoot!" "!" "Higher!" "!" "Doo doo doot!" "!" "Doo doo doot!" "!" "Doo doo dootdootdoot!" "!" "La oohhoo!" "[Crowd Cheering]" "Go, Defense." "!" "Drummer, keep itgoing!" "[Quarterback] Set!" "Hut!" "!" "Righton time!" "!" "Blowmymind!" "!" "Higher!" "!" "Higher!" "[Crowd Cheering]" "!" "Higher!" "!" "Superstar!" "[Referee Blows Whistle]" "Yeah!" "Uhh!" "[Announcer] Touchdown!" "Game, Titans!" "[Petey] Yeah!" "The Titans are here, y'all, and we ain't goin' nowhere." "Yo, you got to be loud all the time, man?" "Virginia can hearyou, baby." "I think they all heard you fumble, man." "First ofall, the hand." "Second ofall, who won the game?" "My dad is" "Don't worry about it." "It's notyour fault." "They--they like to show off, and that's what they do." "Wait, wait, wait." ""They"?" "Yeah." "What?" "I heard you say "they."" "Yeah, they." "Them." "Them over there." "But whatyou mean by "they"-- you talking about Pete" "[Bertier] You'reyou, andtheyare them." "[Horn Honks]" "[Emma] Gerry." "[Man]Hey, Gerry." "Hop in, buddy." "We're heading over to the hill, Gerry." "Everyone's gonna be there." "Why don'tyou hang out down here with us?" "We're, you know." "What areyou trying to do, Gerry?" "[Bertier]Listen, when something unexpectedcomes, youjust got to pick it up and run with it." "I'm not running in the same direction as you are, Gerry." "Come with us." "[Emma]Look, standing up for whatyoubelieve in, it's all wellandgood, but... you gotyour priorities real mixed up this time." "Areyoucomin' ornot, man?" "!" "The wayyoustole myheart!" "!" "Youknow, youcouldhave beena coolcrook!" "!" "And, baby, you're sosmart!" "!" "Youknow, youcouldhave beenaschoolbook!" "[Girls Giggling]" "PeteyJones." "Come on, man." "No, man." "What, man?" "It's on me, man." "We party on." "Let's go." "Look--look here, man, all right?" "This here's Virginia." "All right?" "They got problems with, you know" "They don't want us in there, man." "Oh, man, that's history, bro." "It's on me." "Come on." "Woman:!" "Solonely!" "!" "Withoutyou!" "!" "Butourlove!" "We're full tonight, boys." "What?" "There's tables all over the place, man." "What areyou talking about?" "Well, this is my establishment." "I reserve the right to refuse service to anybody." "Yeah, thatmeans you, too, hippie boy." "Now, y'all want somethin' to eat, you can take these boys out back and pick it up from the kitchen." "What'd I tell you, man?" "Yo, come on, Petey, man!" "Petey, I didn't know, man." "I told you!" "Whatyou mean you didn't know?" "!" "You think I was playing with you?" "!" "Man, he didn't know, Petey." "Blue, he don't want to know." "You pull some crap like that, you better be able to back it up." "Man, let's go, man." "Why don'tyou cool out?" "Cool out!" "Let's go, Rev." "[Blue]Man, let's go, man." "What happened?" "This man acting a fool tonight, man." "[Sunshine]Petey." "Man, don't even talk to that man, man." "He acting all crazy and stuff, man." "[Blue]Itdon'teven makenosense." "[ulius]Petey." "[Blue]He knowtheman's from outoftown." "5 times--5 times, player ofthe week." "He's not some walk-on scrub, Yoast." "Theboy's aplayer." "He's astar." "Andhebusted his buttforyou." "This is all your doing, you blacks." "That is enough." "It's my call." "Nowlisten." "Youjust go on home now, Fred, beforeyou do something thatyou're going to regret." "[Sighs] Yeah, well..." "I guess we won't be seeing much ofhim, huh?" "I will." "He's on the deacon board with me." "[Laughs]" "Allright, listen, aboutPetey... no thanks required, Coach." "Thanks?" "You challenged my authority in front ofthe entire football team, Coach." "Now, you thinkyou're doing theseboys a favor taking them aside every time Icome down on them, protecting them from big bad Boone." "You're cutting my legs from under me." "Some ofthe boys just don't respond well to public criticism." "I tell them what theyneedtoknow, butIdon't humiliate them in frontofthe team." "Which boys areyou talking about?" "Which ones you talking about?" "Icome down on Bertier." "Idon'tseeyoucoddle him." "Come down on Sunshine." "Don't seeyou grab his hand, take him off to the side." "Which boys areyou talking about?" "Now, I may be a mean cuss, but I'm the same mean cuss with everybody out there on that football field." "The world don't give a damn about how sensitive these kids are" "Especially theyoung black kids." "Youain'tdoing thesekids a favor bypatronizing them." "You're crippling them." "You're crippling them for life." "[Kids Chattering]" "Hey." "Gerry, what areyou doing?" "I'm going down to the Berg." "The Berg?" "Yep." "What areyou doing at the Berg?" "I'm going toplay basketball withJulius." "Then we're going to comeback here fordinner." "Gerry, ifyour father was still alive" "Ma, would" "Just give him a chance." "Just get to know him." "Listen to him for 2 seconds." "I don't want to get to know him." "You are coming to church with your mother." "[Crowd Cheering]" "Right, right, right!" "He's mine!" "Hut!" "[Referee Blows Whistle]" "[Player] Youblew yourassignment!" "Man, I'm covering foryou." "Don't get in my face." "Yo, cool out." "Cool out." "Whereyou at?" "What planet you on tonight?" "Yeah, yeah, yeah." "I mean, it's fi ne, man." "I knewyou was going to stand me up." "I figured you weren't going to make out to the Berg, no way." "I knewyou was all talk, but nowyou making us look bad out there on the field." "Don't talk to me, man." "You ain't got nothing to say to me." "Why the clouds, Sunshine?" "I can't make that pitch, Petey." "You ain't gonna never play anyway, unless we're up by 50 points." "And seeing as how we ain't never gonna be up by no 50 points, you might as well just sit back, relax, and enjoy the bench." "How's it going, yo?" "Man, I didn't sign up to play like this." "These guys we're playing got no heart." "We play like this against Groveton, we're going down." "[Boone] OK, Offense." "Offense, let's go." "[Players Shouting]" "[Rev]Hut!" "[Referee Blows Whistle]" "[Announcer] Touchdown, Titans!" "Game, Titans!" "Howyou doing, Coach?" "Good morning." "Where's your dad?" "He's in his office." "[Boone] Nicky, youallright?" "Yes, Daddy." "OK." "Whatyou doing?" "Shooting some hoops." "Want to play?" "I just did my nails." "[Boone]Howyoudoing?" "Tyrell." "Coach--ahem-- ifyou don't need me," "I'm going to" "[Tyrell]I'm going to waitoutback." "[Yoast]Allright, Herb." "Coach Boone, to what do Iowe this surprise?" "Have a seat." "I'll get straight to it." "We won't survive another game like the one we played last Friday, so I spoke to Mr. Vernon the math teacher, asked him to look at the game fi lm from Groveton, who we got next week." "Iaskedhim toanalyze itforme." "Every coach has certain tendencies" "All ofthem except Ed Henry." "The only time we'd be seeing Ed Henry is at the state championship." "Mm-hmm." "Well, gosh, this is... this is great stuff" "Every quarter broken down, howmany times theyrun eachplay." "Imean" "You like that, huh?" "We'll be very tough defensivelywith this." "I think so." "I brought Nicky by." "She was asking me about Sheryl." "I'm getting ready to takeherover tosome of herfriends'house." "Anytimeyou want to bring her by the house, we'd be more than happy to have her." "!" "[Rock Guitar]" "[Girl #1] Oh, he's so cute." "[Girl #2]He's in my thirdperiodclass." "[SchoolBell Rings]" "Whaty'all staring at old Sunshine for?" "I'm the one dominating on the field." "He ain't played a minute all year." "Who cares about the field?" "Well, I don't want to be the one to breakyour heart, but Sunshine's from California." "Yeah." "A California dreamboat." "No." "Sunshine is from California." "He's a Californian" "You talking to my girl?" "I don't see any livestock around here, so I don't know what you talkin' 'bout." "Ohh." "[Boy]It's a flight!" "[Girl] Guys, stop it!" "[Petey] Getoffme." "Getoffme." "[Boy] Hey!" "[Petey] You wantsome?" "Hey, hey, break it up." "Break" "[Petey] Getyourhands offme, man!" "Hey, getoffme!" "Come here, man." "[Girl]Aah!" "Petey, get these girls out ofhere." "Get out ofhere!" "Uncle Tom traitor!" "Uncle Tom!" "I knowyou didn't call me no Uncle Tom." "Y'all better back off me now, man." "Go!" "Move!" "Looks likeyou went to the zoo and made some new friends, Bertier." "[Bertier] Oh, big smart guy, huh?" "!" "Ah!" "!" "Ahah!" "!" "Ahah!" "!" "Ahah!" "!" "Ah!" "!" "Ahah!" "[Tyrell]Marie has askedaboutSheryl." "Wantedtoknowifshe could come overandspendthenight." "I told her I'd run it byyou, see whatyou thought." "Yeah." "She's over at the Boones' tonight." "I was going to swing by on myway home and pick her up." "Over at the Boones', huh?" "Yeah." "So that's the way it is, huh?" "Yeah, you haven't changed a bit." "You was the one trying to please everybody, be the nice guy." "Sooner or later, a man's got to pick sides." "As forme, well, I'm-- I'm notgoing toputmyself" " through the rest ofthe season with that uppity" " Hey." "I broughtyou here." "I wantyou with me, butyou got to do whatyou got to do." "That's all you can say to me after all we've been through?" "Do whatyougot to do?" "Hey, Herb" "You go to hell." "[Film ProjectorRunning]" "[Sheryl] That veer's getting better." "I'lladmit that." "Butyou're still weak on theleftside." "We're not weak on the left side." "Wejust got to work harder on the left side, that's all." " That's not the problem." " What is the problem?" "You think it is, but it ain't." "It's your pass reads." "It's not-- It's a run anyway." "It's not a pass." "The veer is a run." "All right, you two, that's enough ofthat." "Sheryl, don'tyou want to playwith Nicky?" "I hate playing with dolls." "I'm not playing." "I'm accessorizing." "Yeah, why don'tyou go accessorize?" "Don'tyou want to go accessorize with" "[Man] Hey, "Coach Coon!"" "[Children Yelling]" "In the back." "In the back." "[Nicky Crying] Mommy!" "[CarSkidsAway]" "[Man Shouts]" "[Dog Barking]" "[Chattering]" "Where's Coach, man?" "What do he want with us now?" "Coaches ain't called this meeting tonight." "We did." "We outta here." "[ulius] Y'allgonna walk outonyour teammate?" "He say he got something to say." "Y'all got to listen to him." "Turn around, turn around." "Whereyou going?" "Turn around." "Coach Boone brought us this far, y'all, but he ain't going to be there for us forever, man." "So what?" "We won a few games." "And y'all fools think that's something?" "Man, that ain't nothing, y'all." "Andyouknow whatelse?" "We ain'tnothing, either." "Yeah, we came together in camp." "Cool." "But then we're right back here, and the world tells us that they don't want us to be together." "We fallapart like we ain'ta damnbit ofnothing, man." "Andy'all think we done wonsomething?" "Man, we ain't won nothing, y'all" "Nothing." "[Lastik]Rev, what's thatyou're always telling me when Igetsick oftrying to keep up with my grades and stuff?" "!" "Even youths !" "!" "Grow tired and weary!" "[Laughter]" "!" "Even young men stumble and fall !" "!" "But those who trust in the Lord !" "!" "Will renew their strength !" "Say amen." "Amen." "That's what I'm talking about." "Amen--amen, right?" "That's right, Rev." "[Lastik] !" "They willsoar!" "!" "On wings like eagles!" "!" "Oh, like eagles, y'all !" "!" "Like eagles, y'all !" "!" "Theywill walk!" "!" "And not grow faint !" "[Rev] Yeah." "Can Igetanamen?" "[Player] Yeah!" "Yeah." "Yeah." "We're playing Groveton Friday night, y'all." "You all gonna play like you ain't got no heart?" "No!" "Doyou all want a victory?" "Yeah!" "Doyou all want a victory?" "Yeah!" "[Both] Turn in!" "[Grunting]" "Yeah!" "[Cheering]" "Like I said, we will not be intimidated." "We're going to play football games." "Hatred, violence will not intimidate us." "[Reporter]Is that whyyouneed thestate troopers, Coach?" "Look, I don't need no John Brown state troopers." "And you can tell whoever threw this brick through mywindow they can come visit me anytime." "I'll be at home." "I think it's time you stopped antagonizing everybody and learned a little humility." "Humility, huh?" "You know, ifyou could just keepyour mouth shut and ifyou didn't brag so much" "I see." "Soyou're blaming me forwhat happened last night?" "No." "I am talking about setting a good example for our boys and for the community." "I don't scratch my head unless it itches, and I don't dance unless I hear some music." "I will not be intimidated." "That'sjust the way it is." "Ifyou want to carry your sinful pride with you toyour grave, that's your business," "But whenyoursins endangermylittle girl, it becomes mine." "Mysins?" "You think my sins had something to do with what happened last night?" "I'm sorryabout what happenedtoyour daughter," "Ireallyam, but maybeyou got a small taste ofwhat my girls go through." "Hmm?" "Welcome to my life, Yoast." "[Players Chattering]" "[Player]Shh, shh!" "[Chattering Stops]" "What's going on?" "Coach." "Uh, we wanted to letyou know we was going to warm up a little different tonight." "[Announcer] This is the fiirst true testoftheseason forthe undefeated T. C. Williams Titans, 'cause tonight, they're going up against the undefeated Groveton Lions." "Theirall-statenoseguard Kip Tyler is as meanas a copperheadsnake." "Raah!" "Andhere come the Titans." "They'replaying in front ofa capacity crowd forthe fiirst time this season." "[Titans] !" "Ha, real good !" "!" "Hoo, ha, we feel !" "!" "Hoo, ha, real good !" "!" "Hoo, ha, we feel !" "!" "Hoo, ha, real good !" "!" "Hoo, ha, we feel !" "!" "Hoo, ha, real good !" "!" "Hoo, ha, we feel !" "!" "Hoo, ha, real good !" "[Titans] !" "Hoo, ha, we feel!" "Julius Campbell is playing strong side linebacker." "Sheryl." "He's so good." "He's got all-American" "Sheryl." " And Gerry Bertier" " Sheryl." "I do not care." "[Blue]5, 6!" "5, 6, 7, 8!" "[Titans] !" "Everywhere we go !" "!" "Everywhere we go !" "!" "People wanna know !" "!" "People wanna know !" "!" "Who we are !" "!" "Who we are !" "!" "So we tell them !" "!" "So we tell them !" "[Titans] !" "We are the Titans!" "!" "We are the Titans!" "!" "The mighty, mighty Titans !" "!" "The mighty, mightyTitans !" "[Titans] !" "Ooh, ah, oh, yeah!" "!" "Ooh, ah, oh, yeah!" "Who do they think they are, the Beatles?" "[Titans] !" "Ooh, ah, oh, yeah!" "All right, quit gawking." "Warm up." "Tyler." "Coach?" "Shut 'em up--hard." "[Referee Blows Whistle]" "[PlayerShouts]" "Ready!" "Omaha, Budds, omaha." "[Rev]Set!" "[Lastik] Omaha!" "Hike!" "[Referee Blows Whistle]" "Song's over, Sambo." "[Referee Blows Whistle]" "[Players Shouting]" "[Crowd] Ohh." "[Player] Yo, man." "Let's go, baby." "Let's go, let's go." "What happened, Lastik?" "I--I audibled." "Rev, I swear to God I audibled." " All right, fellas, coming through." " I didn't hear it." "Swear to God." "[Doctor]Let's takealookat that, son." "[Rev] Uhh." "Well, he broke a bone in the wrist." "He won't be throwing any more this season." "[Rev] Ahh." "You got one minute, Coach." "Take the other time-out, Coach." "[Sniffs]" "Ronnie Bass!" "Coach, Rev's going back in, right?" "Not at quarterback, son." "I can't make that pitch, Coach." "Yes, you can." "When I was 1 5 years old," "I lost my mother and my father in the same month, Ronnie-- the same month." "1 2 brothers and sisters." "I was theyoungest one, but theywere all looking up to me." "Now, I wasn't readyyet, either, but they needed me." "Your team needs you tonight." "You're the colonel." "You're going to command your troops tonight." " Doyou understand?" " Yes, sir." "Twins right, 48, zero read." "Let's go." "Let's go." "Let's go." "What's the matter?" "Haven'tyou ever seen a football injury before, you wimps?" "[Sunshine]Let's go." "Showsomelife in thoselegs." "I got it." "It's going to be all right." "Budds, you release this time." "Louie, let him through, all right?" "Just let him through." " What?" "Trust me." "You had 1 2 brothers and sisters?" "8." "Yeah." "1 2 sounds better." "[Referee Blows Whistle]" "Ready!" "Set!" "[Sunshine]Blue, 21!" "Blue, 21!" "Hut!" "[Referee Blows Whistle]" "Ha ha ha!" "Whoo!" "[Referee Blows Whistle]" "[Player] Whoo!" "[Coach]Ref!" "." "Unnecessaryroughness!" "That's a penalty!" "On the quarterback?" "Are you kidding me, Coach?" "!" "Na nanana!" "Whoo-hoo-hoo!" "Did you see that, man?" "That's a bad white boy, man." "Hike!" "!" "Na nanana!" "!" "Hey, hey, hey!" "!" "Good-bye!" "We've got ourselves a football player." "[Sunshine]Hut!" "!" "Na nanana!" "!" "Hey, hey, hey!" "!" "Good-bye!" " Uhh!" "Hut!" "!" "Na nanana!" "!" "Hey, hey, hey!" "!" "It's allright!" "!" "Give it tome one time, hey!" "[Shouts]" "!" "Na nanana!" "!" "Hey, hey, hey!" "!" "Good-bye!" "All right, listen up, listen up, listen up." "Listen up, listen up." "Listen up." "Whoa." "[Cheering Stops]" "Game ball" "Ronnie Bass." "[Cheering]" "Hey, this ball right here... hey, this ball right here goes to the real king right here." "Thanks for teaching me the veer, Rev." "Aw, come on." "[Player]Rev!" "[Titans] Rev!" "Rev!" "Rev!" " Rev!" "Rev!" "Rev!" " Ow!" "Rev!" "Rev!" "Rev!" "[Rev] Whoa, whoa, whoa." "Come on." "Coach?" "Can I speakwith you in private?" "Sure." "[Rev] Whoa, whoa, whoa." "What's on your mind, son?" "I want Ray off the team, Coach." "You know my policy, Gerry." "Yes, I do, and I respect it," "I know that Ray missed that block on purpose." "Sometimes youjust got to cut a man loose." "Hmm." "Well, you're the captain." "You make a decision, butyou support your decision." "[Player#1] We're going to rememberthis foralong time." "[Player#2] Hey, guys, waitup." "I want to catch aride withyou." "Ray?" "[Player] Oh, man, nota word." "You're out." "What?" "I'm not going to letyou play for this team anymore." "[Scoffs]" "Oh, yeah,Jerry Lewis?" "Going to go and tell "Coach Coon"" "what to do just like last time?" "But, then, that's right." "He is your daddy now, isn't he?" "Boone don't cut anybody." "Remember, Gerry?" "I had you cut, Ray." "You're willing tojust throw away our friendship for them?" "You can keep them." "Hi." "!" "Now, I've beenhappylately!" "!" "Thinkin'about thegoodthings to come!" "!" "AndIbelieve itcouldbe!" "!" "Somethinggood has begun!" "!" "Oh, I've been smiling'lately!" "O-Officer?" "Heck ofa gameyou boys played last night." "Thanks." "Thankyou, Officer." "Best defense I've seen in 20 years." "!" "Peace train!" "Tell thatcoach ofyours tokeep up thegoodwork." "Oh." "Oh, yeah." "I'll--I'll do that." "!" "Now, I've been smiling'lately!" "!" "Thinkin'about thegoodthings to come!" "!" "AndIbelieve itcouldbe!" "[Bertier] Yo, man, your taxihadasiren." "Superman!" "Hey, man, what's going on?" "Doing allright." "!" "Ride on thepeace train!" "!" "Hoo-ah-eeh-ah-hoo-ah!" "!" "Come on thepeace train!" "!" "Justcome on thepeace train!" "!" "Yes, it's thepeace train!" "Ohh!" "[FemaleAnnouncer] This songgoes out to the undefeated Titans." "This cityis alive with schoolspirit." "Goget 'em, Titans!" "Whoo!" "!" "Saturdaynight I was downtown!" "!" "Workin'forthe F.B.I. !" "!" "Sittin'in anest ofbadmen!" "!" "Whiskeybottles piling high!" "!" "Apair of.45s made me openmy eyes!" "!" "My temperjuststarted torise!" "!" "She was along cool woman in ablack dress!" "!" "Just-a5'9 ', beautiful, tall!" "!" "Withjustonelook I was abadmess!" "!" "'Cause thatlong cool woman haditall!" "!" "Whoo!" "!" "Haditall!" "!" "Ooh!" "[Man] We are here tonight tohonormen thatare teaching ouryoungpeople leadership on and off the field and high moral standards as well." "Ladies andgentlemen, letmeintroduce toyou the 1971 Hall ofFamenominees." "Come on, Daddy." "Whoo!" "When we playedJefferson, we were down by 4 with 1 0 seconds left." "So we blitzed the safety from the weak side..." "Wow." "Heck ofa season the Titans are having, Coach." "Too bad it's got to end." "Oh, we're still in it, Lyle." "Taber's boys are pretty good, but I thinkwe'll take 'em in the regional." "Well, not ifwe have anything to say about it." "Youjust leave this to us, Bill." "Boone's out, and you're head coach again." "And all roads lead to the Hall of Fame." "[Reporter] Coach Taber?" "What doyou think ofthe Titans, Coach?" "Thinkyou have a chance against that defense they have over there at T.C.?" "[Coach Blows Whistle]" "[Taber] Ton, Billy, Ray, come on overhere." "Boys." "Theseare myall-American tackles." "Prize bulls who don't do nothin' but knock the chocolate out offolks." "[Reporter]Is it true you're notgonna trade fiilms with Coach Boone?" "I'm not gonna do anything to help that monkey." "[Doc] Well... what are we going to do about this?" "We're gonna get ready for Saturday." "Seeyou out there on the field." "[Quarterback]Hut!" "[Referee Blows Whistle]" "[Boone] Hey, Mr. Offiicial." "Mr. Official, can I talk toyou for a second?" "Back off, Coach, ifyou want to stay in this game." "Hut!" "[Referee Blows Whistle]" "I've got holding on 78 white." "Areyou trying to cheat my boys out ofthe game?" "1 5 moreyards." "Let 'emplay, Ref, let 'emplay." "Let 'em play!" "Let the boys play!" "Cheater!" "Coach, come on." "[Boone] Cheater!" "[Doc] Coach." "[Cheerleaders Cheering]" "Go, go, go, go!" "[Blows Whistle]" "[Sheryl] Oh, come on!" "What was that?" "!" "Uhh!" "What areyou, blind?" "[Sheryl] That wasn'tahold." "Oh, come on, that was such a bad call." "Titus!" "[Titan] Give him apiece ofyourmind!" "I know all about it, Titus." "What areyou talking about, Bill?" "You call this game fair, or I'll go to the papers." "I don't care ifI go down with ya, but before God, I swear I'll see every last one ofyou thrown injail." "You dig your own grave." "OK." "Defense!" "On me!" "OK, Petey, don'tyou drift to the strong side." "Coach, they're callin' a holding penalty on me every time." "Did I ask foryour excuses?" "[Yoast] You want toact likeastar, you better give me a star effort," "Doyouhearme?" "Forget about him!" "[Yoast]Alan, you're in!" "Come on!" "All right, now," "I don't want them to gain anotheryard." "[Yoast] Youblitzallnight!" "Ifthey cross the line ofscrimmage," "I'm gonna take every last one ofyou out." "Youmakesure... they remember forever the night they played the Titans." "[Titans Shouting]" "[Referee Blows Whistle]" "Leave no doubt!" "[Quarterback]Set!" "[Titan] Come on, y'all!" "Swing itleft!" "All right!" "All right!" "All right!" "Set!" "Hut!" "[Referee Blows Whistle]" "You better makeyourself comfortable down there." "[ulius] Realcomfortable." "[Blows Whistle]" "[Referee Blows Whistle]" "You did good!" "That one was foryou, Coach." "All right, baby." "All right." "You brought us here, Coach." "Run it up, Herman!" "Leave no doubt!" "!" "Music's inyour city, too!" "[Sunshine]Set!" "Hut!" "!" "Music's gettin'goodtome!" "!" "Butnow, don'tya, Isaiddon'tya!" "!" "Don'tyou want togethigher?" "!" "Hut hut!" "!" "Yeah!" "!" "Don'tyou want togethigher?" "!" "!" "Baby, baby, letmelightyour fiire!" "!" "Oohha, little bithigher!" "Good game." "Good game." "Yeah." "Good game." "Coach." "Coach." "I took a straw poll." "Youjust lostyourself the Hall of Fame." "[Bertier] Goodgame, y'all." "[Boone] Hey, goodjob, 43." "Goodjob." "Goodjob, men." "Goodjob." "Hey, way to stick." "Goodjob." "Good game, Coach." "Coach." "[SchoolBandPlaying]" "[Cheering]" "Yeah!" "[Girl] Titans!" "Yeah!" "[Sunshine]Petey!" "What happened out there, man?" "Come on, talk to me, Petey." "[Sighs]" "[Sunshine]Petey!" "I'm so proud ofyou." "Hey,Julius." "[Bertier]Julius." "[Laughing] Comehere, man." "Don't move." "Go on." "It's OK." " Man." " What's up, man?" "Let's get out ofhere." "Let's go paint the town or something." "Let's go." "Let's go." "I--I got to hang with my girl tonight." "I got to hang with her tonight." "All right, all right." "Whereyou going?" "I don't know." "I--I don't know, but I'm gonna go." "All right?" " You gonna go?" " Yeah, man." "I want to go, man, butyou know what I mean, man." "I know." "I'll seeya." "Looks like you weren't the one with the mixed-up priorities, huh?" "Emma..." "I think it's gonna take me a little longer than you might like." "But, um..." "I just wanted you to know that I'm gonna try." "Good-bye, Gerry." "Emma?" "Make me a promise?" "You'll be there to root for us when we play Marshall for the title?" "!" "[Folk Guitar]" "!" "Justyesterdaymornin'!" "I know how much it meant toyou." "I ain't gonna lie." "I wanted the Hall of Fame real bad." "[Sniffes] Just plain oldjealousy." "As old as Cain and Abel." "Youknow what?" "I wanted it, too." "But there's always nextyear or theyear after that." "As long as it takes for them to wise up." "Wouldn't want it now anyway." "Bunch ofol' rednecks." "!" "ThatI thought wouldneverend!" "!" "I've seenlonely times!" "Let's knock 'em dead at state, Coach." "Daddy!" "Daddy!" "Daddy!" "Daddy!" "You're home!" "My girls!" "Mmm-ah!" "Give me a kiss." "Mmm-ah!" "Congratulations, Herman." "All right." "Mmm." "What'd I tell you, baby, huh?" "Yeah, we can't get too far ahead ofourselves." "We still got to get Ed Henry and Marshall." "We got all these" "[Man] You've doneagoodjob, Coach Boone!" "Congratulations!" "[Neighbors Cheering]" "!" "Mybody's achin'!" "!" "Andmy timeis athand!" "!" "I won'tmakeit any other way!" "Well, I'll be John Brown." "[Nicky] We cleanedup thekitchen, Daddy, soyou could get right to work." "You did?" "Well, I got news foryou." "I ain't workin' tonight." "Tonight, we're gonna celebrate." "We're gonna let these people know who's gonna win state." " Right?" " Right!" " Right?" "!" " Right!" " Right?" "!" " Right!" " Right?" "!" " Right!" "[Boone] Everybody!" "[Nicky] We're gonna win state!" "!" "ButIalways thought thatI'dseeyouagain!" "[Nicky] We're gonna win state!" "!" "Oh, I've seen fiire, andI've seenrain!" "!" "I've seensunny days!" "!" "ThatI thought wouldneverend!" "!" "I've seenlonely times!" "!" "When Icouldnot fiinda friend!" "!" "ButIalways thought thatI'dseeyou!" "[Boy]Hey, Gerry!" "Youman!" "No, you!" "No, you, you!" "You!" "Yeah!" "!" "ThoughtI'dseeyou onemore timeagain!" "[Boy] Oh, shoot!" "Gerry!" "Areyou OK?" "[Horn Blaring]" "Howyou doin', son?" "He ain't all right?" "He all right?" "He's, uh..." "How's he doing?" "Not too good." "Not too good." "How well is he doing?" "How bad is it?" "How bad is it?" "He's paralyzed from the waist down." "Don't say that to me." "Don't say that to me." "[Sniffes]" "Sorry, Mrs. Bertier." "I'm sorry." "I'm sorry." "[Sniff ing]" "He doesn't want to see anybody butyou,Julius." "Yes, ma'am." "You be strong." "Yes, ma'am." "Those tears are not gonna make my boywalk again." "Only kin's allowed in here." "Alice, areyou blind?" "Don'tyou see the family resemblance?" "That's mybrother." "All right." "Oh, man." "Well, you think I look banged up, you should see my Camaro." "Man, I sure am sorry, man." "I should have been there with you." "What areyou talking about?" "You would've been in that bed right next to me." "You can't be hurt like this." "You--you're Superman." "I was afraid ofyou, Julius." "Ionlysaw whatI was afraidof." "And now I know I was only hating my brother." "I'll tell you what, though." "Um, when all this is over... me and you are gonna move out to the same neighborhood together." "OK?" "And, um... and we'll get old, and we'll get fat." "And there ain't gonna be all this black-white between us." "[Chuckles] Left side." "Strong side." "Good morning." "Good morning." "Uh, the Marshall fi lm." "Well, that's good." "We're gonna have to be real sharp on the offensive and defensive sides ofthe football." "Figure we give the kids a couple ofextra practices this week, make sure they stay focused." "Got a press conference today at 1 2 noon." "Press conference?" "Listen, what we do here amongst ourselves is one thing, but we are not gonna parade around talking about football at a time like this." "Hold on." "I'm not talking about parading." "I'm talking about going out there, presenting' a strong, united front." "Now, I'm hurtin'... just likeyou are, Yoast, but the season is not overyet." "I did--We did not come this far tojust break down and lose now." "Everything's not always about winning and losing." "I'm a winner." "I'm going to win." "Is this even about football anymore?" "Or is itjust aboutyou?" "[Reporter] Coach Boone..." "Uh, Coach, youlostBertier..." "Isyour defense in trouble?" "You cannot replace a Gerry Bertier... as aplayerorperson." "[Sighs]" "I don't know, Mama." "Maybe Yoast was right." "Maybe I pushed 'em too hard." "Gerry had an accident." "Sometimes life's just hard." "For no reason at all." "You think I was blinded by my own ambition?" "Mm." "Whatever kind ofambition it took to do whatyou did around here... this world could use a lot more ofit, Herman." "Hmm." "[Bertier]Hey, Coach." "[Titans] Hey, Coach." "[Yoast] Howyou doing?" "This for me?" "I wantyou to be my eyes out there, all right?" "[Bertier] Any oftheseguys slack off, youjustletmeknow." "You bet I will." "Howyou doing, Gerry?" "I'm allright, Coach." "I wasjust talking to these guys about Marshall, trying to get 'em" "You don't need to talk about football now." "I think this is a good time for refection and for prayer" "Coach..." "I'm hurt." "I ain't dead." "No, you're not." "[Chuckling] No, you're not." "You know, I've been, uh, reading up on theactivities that theygotforpeople in wheelchairs andsuch." "They got Olympics." "[Crowd Cheering]" "[BandPlaying]" "[Announcer] This is thegranddaddy ofstatehigh schoolfootball championships." "The Virginia triple 'A. "" "Itjustdoesn'tgetanybetter." "We have Coach Herman Boone's Titans vs. thelegend, EdHenry, with over250 wins in 30years." "[Boone] Amen." "[Titans] Amen." "[Titan] Let's go!" "[Shouting]" "Lastik, what's the matter?" "I'm eligible." "[Grunts]" "Well, um, I'm glad to hear that, son, but I'm already married." "I got a C-plus average, Coach." "[Sniffes] I'm going to college." "[Chuckling] All right, fantastic." "Coach?" "Coach?" "I just want to say I'm sorry." "You abandoned your team in their moment ofneed, Petey." ""Sorry" won't make up for that." "Yeah, I know, but... listen, I want to play foryou." "I want to play for the championship." "You can play for me nextyear." "You sit on that bench." "Show meyou can support your teammates." "You'll start again as a senior." "[Announcer] Entering thestadium now isJean Bertier." "Now, she's themother ofinjuredall-American linebacker, Gerry Bertier." "[Announcer] Andthe Titan fans are reallygiving her a warm reception." "[Crowd Chanting] Gerry!" "Gerry!" "Gerry!" "Gerry!" "Gerry!" "Gerry!" "Gerry!" "Gerry!" "Gerry!" "Gerry!" "Gerry!" "Gerry!" "Gerry!" "Gerry!" "Gerry!" "Gerry!" "Gerry!" "Gerry!" "[Fans On TV] Gerry!" "Gerry!" "Gerry!" "[Announcer]Andhere come the Titans, entering thestadium in what's become their own uniquestyle." "!" "We feel, hoo, hah, real good !" "!" "Hoo, hah, we feel !" "!" "Hoo, hah, real good !" "!" "Hoo, hah, we feel !" "!" "Hoo, hah, real good !" "!" "Hoo, hah, we feel !" "!" "Hoo, hah, real good !" "!" "Hoo, hah, we feel !" "!" "Hoo, hah, real good !" "[Crowd Cheering]" "[BandPlaying]" "[Emma]Julius Campbell?" "[Cheerleaders Cheering]" "Hi, I'm Emma Hoyt." "Oh." "Oh, I guess we never met, huh?" "Uh, excuse me, young lady." "You can't be here right now." "[Doc] Yougonnahave togetback toyourseat." "Well, now we've met." "Yeah." "It's nice to meetyou." "Good luck,Julius." "2!" "21 !" "[Titan] Whoa!" "Wait!" "What the hell's going on?" "Shotgun." "Who do they think they are, the New YorkJets?" "[Titan]Switch!" "Switch!" "Get 9!" "[ulius] Get9!" "Bosley, move!" "Move itup!" "Line up!" "GetBosley!" "Get9!" "Get9!" "All right, let's go!" "Hut hut!" "[Referee Blows Whistle]" "Real good." "Keep it up." "Shotgun rush." "[Yoast] Cover3!" "Go to cover3!" "Pass!" "Hut!" "[Referee Blows Whistle]" "Put some pressure on that QB." "They got all day to throw, Coach." "Youjust worry aboutyour offense." "[Titan]Let's go!" "Swing it!" "Swing it!" "[Quarterback]Set!" "[Lineman] Getset!" "Getset!" "Hut!" "Yeah!" "[Referee Blows Whistle]" "[Bertier]No!" "[Nurse] What's wrong, Gerry?" "[Bertier] Donotcomein here!" "[BandPlaying]" "They got receivers everywhere out there." "It's like watching Monday NightFootball." "Good hustle, good hustle, good hustle." "Just give him a little cushion." "And when they throw that ball, you stick him." " Ready?" " Break!" "Ready?" "!" "[Sunshine]Red, 57!" "Red, 57!" "Hut!" "Hut hut!" "[Referee Blows Whistle]" "[Announcer] Titans starquarterback," "Ronnie Bass, gains 6yards." "Whatyou think?" "You thinkwe got a chance?" "Got to give me some way to disguise that coverage." "Let's start thinking about it." "Let's go." "[Sunshine]Ready!" "Set!" "[Sunshine]Hut!" "[Referee Blows Whistle]" "[Referee Blows Whistle]" "They're a mile ahead ofus." "He's a mile ahead ofyou, Coach." "Ifyour defense would stop somebody, we'd get the ball a little more." "[Announcer] Well, the Titans gave 'em ascare, butEdHenrylooks supremely confiident." "T. C. Williams goes in at thehalf trailing 7-0." "[Sheryl] Coach!" "Sweetheart." "You better get back toyour seat." "I can't, Coach." "What?" "Ed Henry's got Boone's number, sure as shootin'." "And you ain't doin' nothin' against that shotgun." "Look, Coach... now ain't the time to be proud." "It's all right." "We're in a fight." "You boys are doing all thatyou can do." "Anybody can see that." "Win or lose... we gonna walk out ofthis stadium tonight with our heads held high." "Doyour best." "That's all anybody can ask for." "No, it ain't, Coach." "With all due respect, uh, you demanded more ofus." "You demanded perfection." "Now, I ain't saying that I'm perfect, 'cause I'm not." "And I ain't gonna never be." "None ofus are." "But we have won every single game we have played till now." "So this team is perfect." "We stepped out on that field that way tonight." "And, uh, ifit's all the same toyou, Coach Boone, that's how we want toleave it." "[Yoast] Yeah." "I hopeyou boys have learned as much from me this year as I've learned from you." "You've taught this city how to trust the soul ofa man rather than the look ofhim." "And I guess it's about time I joined the club." "Herman!" "I sure could useyour help." "Ed Henry's kicking my ass out there." "[Boone] Listen up." "This is our time now." "Second halfis our time!" "We gonna make some changes on defense." "They're spreading us out too far." "We gonna put Sunshine, Alan, Glascoe, Davis." "You gonna play both ways, rest ofthe game." "I don't want a receiver to get across that line ofscrimmage." "Coach Yoast will tell you whereyou're playing, all right?" "Let's go." "It's our time." "Everybody in." "Our time!" "Our time!" "Our time!" "Titans on 3!" "1 , 2, 3!" "[All] Titans!" "Let's go!" "Let's go!" "Let's go!" "All right,Julius." "We're gonna go 52 monster." "I know that's all you need to know." "All right, we're going zone, Alan." "I need" "Sir, I could play with Roosevelt." "But I cannot play with these guys." "No, I tell you what." "I didn't warm the bench all year so I could watch us go down on my account." "Put Petey in." "He's better." "[Yoast] You wanthim to takeyourspot, you go give it to him." "Thankyou." "[Whispering]" "Ha ha!" "Ha ha ha!" "!" "[Rock Guitar]" "[Referee Blows Whistle]" "All right, Petey!" "All right!" "That was beautiful!" "Offense, let's go." "!" "There's aplace up ahead!" "!" "AndI'm goin'!" "!" "Justas fastas my feet can fly!" "!" "Comeaway, comeaway ifyou're goin'!" "!" "Leave thesinkin'ship behind!" "!" "Come on therisin' wind!" "!" "We're goin'up aroundthebend!" "All right, Defense?" "Get out there!" "Let's go!" "Let's stop 'em!" "Let's go, let's go, let's go." "!" "Betterget while thegettin's good!" "!" "Hitch aride to the end ofthehighway!" "!" "Where theneons turn to wood!" "O-2...inside veer." "O-2 inside veer." "!" "Come on therisin' wind!" "!" "We're goin'up aroundthebend!" "!" "Ooh!" "!" "Youcanponder perpetualmotion!" "[Announcer]A fiieldgoal attemptfor T. C. Williams." "It's good!" "!" "Always time foragoodconversation!" "[Announcer]So they trail Marshall 7-3, heading into the fourth quarter." "Ref." "He's lining up offsides!" "Look, 48's offsides!" "Freeze right, 99 Z go." "Ref, I knowyou can see him!" "You got eyes!" "Gun-right, 84, X-fat." "And tell Tommy to watch the free safety." "Go." "Get right in there, Blue." "You know what I'm talking about." "You can't be afraid." "He's offsides!" "He's lining up offsides!" "Got to hold them here, Defense!" "Hold 'em right here!" "Whoa!" "Pass!" "Pass!" "Let's go, Offense." "Let's go." "[Announcer] Titans trail Marshall 7-3." "[Announcer] All Marshallhas to do is holdon to theball, andthey willbe thestate champions." "[Titan] Watch 'em on the weakside!" "On the weak side!" "Hold on to that ball, Petey!" "[Yoast]Hold theball!" "Hold theball!" "[Blows Whistle]" "Whoa, whoa, whoa!" "Hold on to that ball!" "[Yoast]Holdon to thatball!" "Holdon to thatball, Petey!" "[Boone] Allright!" "Allright!" "Ohh, Petey!" "Coach." "Get a time-out!" "Time-out!" "Coach, they're slanting to our strong side every time." "You got to catch 'em in that slant and let 'em overpursue." "He's ontoyour game." "You got to throw something at him he's not ready for." " Rev!" "Where's Rev?" " Yes, sir." " All right, listen, you ready to run?" " Yes, sir." "Fake 23 blast... with a backside George reverse." "You got that?" "Fake 23 blast with a backside George reverse." "Likeyour life depended upon it." "Let's go." "Let's go." "Let's go get 'em!" "[Announcer] The Titans take the fileid with time torun one fiinalplay forthestate championship." "I thought he was injured." "I guess not." "Why are they bringing in a QB.?" "[Announcer] The Titans have 75yards toget to the endzone." "Oh, my gosh." "I can't watch this." "I can't watch this." "No." "What?" "What?" "Sheryl, what's wrong?" "No, I can't watch it." "Sheryl!" "No, it's too bad." "Not now." "Not now." "They're gonna throw it deep." "Cover deep!" "[Coach Henry] Watch the deeppass!" "Coveritdeep!" "[Sunshine] Ready!" "Set!" "Hut!" "Yeah!" "Yeah!" "Ha ha ha!" "Well, that's it, boys." "That's it." "Good season." "It's all right." "Yes!" "Yes!" "Come on." "Congratulations, Coach." "All right." "Thankyou, Coach." "You did a goodjob." "Played a fi ne game." "I know football, but whatyou did with those boys..." "[Yoast] You were therightman forthejob, coach!" "You're a Hall of Famer in my book." "[Cheering]" "Yeah!" "Mmm-ah!" "Whoo!" "Yeah!" "Yeah!" "Whoo!" "Hoo hoo hoo!" "Yeah!" "Whoo!" "Aah!" "Ha!" "[Sheryl Narrating] The Titans dancedtheir wayintohistory." "13and0, theperfectseason." "State champions andfiirstrunner-up forthenational championship." "Second-besthigh schoolteam in the country." "Gerry Bertier wonagoldmedal fortheshotput in the wheelchairgames." "Daddy coachedhim." "10years later, Gerry died." "Andthat's whatbroughtus back here today." "Gerryis gone, buthis spiritlives on." "People say thatitcan't work, black andwhite." "Well, here we makeit work every day." "We have our disagreements, ofcourse." "Butbefore we reach forhate, always, always we remember the Titans." "[Blue]!" "Hm hm hm hm!" "!" "Hm hm hm hm!" "!" "Hey, hey, hey!" "!" "Good-bye !" "!" "Na na na na !" "!" "Na na na na !" "!" "Hey, hey, hey!" "!" "Good-bye !" "!" "Ain'tnomountain high!" "!" "Ain'tno valleylow!" "!" "Ain'tnoriver wide enough, baby!" "!" "Ifyouneedme, callme!" "!" "Nomatter whereyouare!" "!" "Nomatterhowfar!" "!" "Don't worry, baby!" "!" "Justcallmyname!" "!" "I'llbe there in ahurry!" "!" "Youdon'thave to worry!" "!" "'Causebaby there!" "!" "Ain'tnomountain high enough!" "!" "Ain'tno valley lowenough!" "!" "Ain'tnoriver wide enough!" "!" "To keep me fromgettin' toyou, baby!" "!" "Rememberthe day!" "!" "Isetyoufree!" "!" "I toldyou youcouldalways!" "!" "Countonme, darlin'!" "!" "From thatday on!" "!" "Imade a vow!" "!" "I'llbe there whenyou wantme!" "!" "Some way, somehow!" "!" "'Causebaby there!" "!" "Ain'tnomountain high enough!" "!" "Ain'tno valley lowenough!" "!" "Ain'tnoriver wide enough!" "!" "Ain'tno valley lowenough!" "!" "Ain'tnomountain high enough!" "!" "Ain'tno valley lowenough...!"