WHEN THE GAME STANDS TALL By SCOTT MARSHALL SMITH

Screen story by SCOTT MARSHALL SMITH & DAVID ZELON

Based on the book WHEN THE GAME STANDS TALL By NEIL FergusonHAYES

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WHITE SHOOTING DRAFT - 4/16/2013 BLUE SHOOTING DRAFT - 4/20/2013 PINK REVISED PAGES - 4/23/2013 YELLOW REVISED PAGES - 4/25/2013 GREEN REVISED PAGES - 4/30/2013 GOLDENROD REVISED PAGES - 5/07/2013 BUFF REVISED PAGES - 5/14/2013 SALMON REVISED PAGES - 5/15/2013 CHERRY REVISED PAGES - 5/22/2013 TAN REVISED PAGES - 6/03/2013 WHEN THE GAME STANDS TALL BASED ON A TRUE STORY AA1 INT. DE LA SALLE LOCKER ROOM - HALLWAY - DAY AA1 ALT ENTRANCE - BOB - Enters hallway - Strong and dignified - we reveal the players in the adjacent locker room - Bob enters locker room. A1 BLACK: FADE UP - CLOSE - BOB LADOUCEUR (43) - NONDESCRIPT A1 BACKGROUND LIT FROM ABOVE BOB I'm not saying I'm the best coach. I'm just saying I've seen a lot of teams. I think that's my strength as a coach. I'm not a genius. I'm not brilliant as a coach. But my strength is being able to tell you guys if you are playing up to your abilities. That I do know. (BEAT) One thing to understand is what I tell you will be my perception of the truth. I'm not going to lie to you or make up crap to try to fire you up - none of that stuff. I'm going to give you exact feedback of what I see and what I hear. Here's how the meeting is going to go. Don't anticipate some guy firing you up, whether it's a teammate or a coach. I don'tFerguson want to do it and I don't want them to have to do it. (pointing at his assistant coaches). Do it yourself. If you sit there and say, “I need somebody to fire me up,” that's horse crap. It doesn't happen that way. It all comes from within your own heart. Andrew FADE TO: 1 BLACK 1 In SILENCE, TITLES rise and fade... GREATEST FOOTBALL WINNING STREAKS: THE NFL - NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS - 21 GAMES The noise of a DISTANT CROWD rises... THE NCAA - OKLAHOMA SOONERS - 47 GAMES A PROJECTOR LIGHT lances the darkness. GHOSTING UP ON-SCREEN, ARCHIVAL FOOTAGE chronicling an unknown team’s unprecedented rise into football history...

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BLISTERING MONTAGE: NEWS FOOTAGE - GAME FOOTAGE - HEADLINES - WEB SITES; all spread the news as THE STREAK barrels from the 1980’s through 2003 with no sign of stopping.

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IN THE HISTORY OF THE GAME: IN SLOW MO’ a RUNNER going on sheer determination leads five tacklers on a futile chase. He looks about sixteen.. CONCORD CALIFORNIA’S DE LE SALLE HIGH SPARTANS As the RUNNER scores and the CROWD NOISE crescendos - 150 GAMES AND COUNTING - SNAP TO SILENCE. CUT TO: 2 AN EMPTY FRAME 2 RISING INTO VIEW - A WORN 3X5 INDEX CARD: “WEEK 13 COMMITMENT CARD.” DANNY (V.O.) I have Chris’ card. Training commitment was 10 extra tire drags after practice everyday this week. Done. Practice commitment: 100% ball security and pick up blitzing Sam linebacker on passing situations, did that too. Game goal is two running touchdowns. 3 EXT. DLS PARENT’S BACKYARD -Ferguson SAME 3 FIFTY PLAYERS and COACHES sit in folding chairs in a parents’ backyard. A team meeting in progress. ANGLE - VARIOUS PLAYERS: FACES, HANDS, CARDS, and... BOB LADOUCEUR - HEAD COACH. BOB AndrewI think you oughta’ add a pass catching score in there too, Chris. Their middle linebacker’s gonna be covering you most of the time and you have way more speed than him. CHRIS takes his card back from DANNY and makes the adjustment. MANNY GONZALES, QB, stands up. MANNY I have Joshua’s card. Training goal - five extra gassers everyday. Done but it wasn’t pretty. (laughs around the room) ) Practice commitment - all perfect snaps in shotgun formation. (MORE)

Pg. 2 WTGST - Pink Revisions (04/23/2013) 3 MANNY (CONT'D) Almost, just missed one yesterday, game goal - no sacks by their nose guard - a goal which I highly support. TERRENCE ‘TK’ KELLY stands. At 18 he’s a beautiful kid with the God-given body of an elite athlete. TK I have Cam’s card. Training goal was 15 extra gassers after practice everyday. Looks around the room - 15 - Whoa, that’s a lot! ANGLE - CAM COLVIN, 18, wide-out. A tall, thoughtful kid. TK (CONT’D) Done. Practice goal was to catch every ball he touches. Perfect. Game goal is 200 yards receiving, two touchdowns and average 15 yards after every catch. BOB Juniors - did you hear that. That is a perfect commitment card. Big goals that stretch his abilities but are do- able when giving a perfect effort. Go get those Cam. 4 MONTAGE - OTHER PLAYERS READINGFerguson CARDS 4 PLAYER 1 Keep my pad level low- PLAYER 2 Perfect first step off the snap- PLAYER 3 AndrewPlay through the whistle on every play- PLAYER 4 Perfect seal block on the 32 Veer- PLAYER 5 No missed tackles. 5 END MONTAGE - SAME SCENE - LATER 5 BOB paces thoughtfully. Talking more to the grass than anyone else. BOB This program’s a lot of things. It’s not just a football team or a win streak machine. It’s a family. (MORE)

Pg. 3 WTGST - Yellow Revisions (04/25/2013) 4 BOB (CONT'D) In good times and bad, we have each other’s backs. Bob raises his vivid eyes and stares at Cam. BOB (CONT’D) All I am sure of is that adversity is inevitable. In 19 hours we suit up for our 12th straight championship. The game is long, over 100 plays. We’re not asking you to be perfect on every one. What we’re asking of you and what you should be asking of each other is to give a perfect effort, on every play from snap to whistle. If there's anything anyone wants to say, now’s your shot. Bob walks to the back corner of the yard joining the rest of the coaches there. The team is quiet, until TK rises. TK In my four years here I have played a lot of games but none is more important to me that tomorrow’s, my last game. I love you guys. We always say finish strong. I’m playing this game for Cam’s mom who loves this team almost as much as Cam does. TK hugs Cam, sits. MANNY GONZALESFergusonrises. MANNY I know I’m not supposed to say this, let alone think it. But this streak is our legacy. We will never experience anything like this again in our lives. You are all my family but after tomorrow night, it will never be like this again. I’ll never forget my time Andrewon this team or any of you. I love all of you. Spartans for life. 6 MONTAGE - SAME SCENE - OTHER SENIORS SPEAKING 6 SENIOR 1 My grandfather has cancer. Everyday he waits for me to come back from practice and tell him how I did. SENIOR 2 I learned so much from playing on this team, my mom and dad say that I’m twice the kid since I became a Spartan.

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SENIOR 3 The best years of my life. Not sure what I’m going to do without you guys in my life everyday. 7 END MONTAGE - SAME - LATER 7 Somber quiet. Bob and the coaches wait - anyone else going to speak? Silence. BOB says low to TERRY: TERRY Not one junior shared his emotions, just seniors. BOB studies the tight-lipped JUNIORS. BOB I know. CAM When y'all talk 'bout us being a family... Just make sure you mean it. 'Cause I do. And right now, you damn near the only family I got left. CAM holds a look with BOB. 8 EXT. ‘03 CHAMPIONSHIP - OAKLAND MUNICIPAL STADIUM - NIGHT 8 * HIGH, WIDE SHOT - The BIG CROWD buzzing for both teams. CLOSE SHOTS - Bands play. CheerleadersFerguson chant. A huge “STREAK” banner snaps in the wind. 9 INT. TUNNEL LEADING TO FIELD - NIGHT 9 BOB and TERRY walking in an outside corridor towards the field. The din of the stadium is distant here. Out of nowhere, a veteran local reporter, MARTY, ambushes them. TERRY Andrewscowls. TERRY Marty, what do you live under the stadium? MARTY shoves past TERRY to get to BOB who just looks weary. MARTY Bob, 25 years coaching this team, favored to win your 12th straight championship. 150 wins. How d’ya pull it off, undefeated year after year? BOB Winning a lot of football games is doable. Teachin' kids there's more to life - that's hard.

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MARTY You said that back when you won fifty games. Come on, Bob, you’ve turned this team into a winning machine. How long can you keep the streak alive. BOB The Streak was never our goal. MARTY Yeah, then why you keep winning??? As MARTY’S voice echo’s off, two by two the Spartan’s pass, hand in hand. 10 EXT. ‘03 CHAMPIONSHIP - OAKLAND MUNICIPAL STADIUM - NIGHT 10 * Excitement builds in the restless crowd. Among them, a pretty woman in her 40’s, BEV LADOUCEUR, is settling in when her son MICHAEL, 13, pops up and blasts his TRUMPET. The older guy in front of him gets it straight in one ear. BEV I’m sorry! I am so - he’s just excited. MICHAEL Mom, we gotta show some spirit! GUY Consider the drums.Ferguson They’re quieter. BEV couches a tolerant smile as she watches fellow football parent, MICKEY RYAN, sidle up. BEV Mr. Ryan, for a moment I thought you were going to miss the game. But then, I remembered - With aAndrew grin, MICKEY tips back, saying loudly for the benefit of the COLLEGE SCOUTS seated two rows above. Logos tell us the dead-panned talent spotters represent UCLA. Oklahoma. University of Oregon. Michigan... MICKEY - that my son - MICHAEL - CHRISTOPHER MICHAEL RYAN - MICKEY (winks at Michael) - is going to be the greatest running back in the history of this program when -

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BEV - he breaks the state scoring record next year! MICHAEL BLASTS his trumpet again. MICKEY grins at the dead panned SCOUTS as he points to Bev’ - MICKEY Straight from the Coach’s wife! (grins at Bev’) Thank you. You’re bribe money will come in an unmarked envelope. BEV Mickey, does Chris want this record as bad as you do? MICKEY He’s getting there. 11 OMITTED 11 12 EXT. ‘03 CHAMPIONSHIP - OAKLAND MUNICIPAL STADIUM - NIGHT 12 * The P.A. booms - STADIUM ANNOUNCER (V.O.) Here to play for their 12th record shattering championship win, the De-La- Salle-Spartan’s! DLS FANS explode to their feet.Ferguson BEV revels in the sight of her husband leading his team on field. The players advance in a solemn two-by-two column, every calloused, taped up HAND grips its partner’s. 13 EXT. PITTSBURG HIGH PLAYER’S SIDELINE 13 The COACHESAndrew are stony. But their PLAYERS clearly irked. 14 EXT. ‘03 CHAMPIONSHIP - OAKLAND MUNICIPAL STADIUM - NIGHT 14 * MICKEY RYAN I love this! Totally freaks out the other team. (nods toward BOB) I’d like to spend some time with him, learn the mojo. BEV (sotto) Good luck with that. A CHANT starts. MICKEY joins thousands who shake the stadium as they call: STREAK! STREAK! STREAK!

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15 EXT. ‘03 CHAMPIONSHIP - OAKLAND MUNICIPAL STADIUM - NIGHT 15 * KICK OFF. Ball climbs high. TK streaks under it. Catches it. Races up the middle for a big gain when he’s blind-sided, stays on his feet, two more tacklers jump on. TK drags them five more yards before they finally bring him down. 16 EXT. ‘03 CHAMPIONSHIP - OAKLAND MUNICIPAL STADIUM - NIGHT 16 * Bob walks to Gonzalez. * BOB * I’m going to run that Fremont. Get * your depth, give a good pump fake, * take a step back, and let it rip. * ANOTHER PLAY. QB MANNY GONZALES FADES, pumps his arm, faking a short pass before unleashing a monster bomb. It spirals 30 - 40 - 50 yards; no one under it. When CAM launches. Soaring above his defender, picks the ball out of the air and sails into the end zone. TD! CAM grins. SCOREBOARD: DE LA SALLE 7- PITTSBURG 0 17 EXT. ‘03 CHAMPIONSHIP - OAKLAND MUNICIPAL STADIUM - NIGHT 17 * OPTION PLAY IN MOTION. The D-END closes on GONZALES. He pitches to the wide side... CHRIS snatches it, turns the corner. Kicks in the afterburners and scores! SCOREBOARD: DE LA SALLE 14 -Ferguson PITTSBURG 0 18 EXT. ‘03 CHAMPIONSHIP - OAKLAND MUNICIPAL STADIUM - NIGHT 18 * CLOSE DETAIL SHOTS ON - TK’S EYES - HANDS - POV OF THE QB AND A RECEIVER - TAKES A “READ” of their intention... TK KNOCKS a player twice his size off his feet... TK PICKSAndrew OFF A PASS AND IS WRESTLED TO THE TURF! 19 EXT. ‘03 CHAMPIONSHIP - OAKLAND MUNICIPAL STADIUM - NIGHT 19 * GONZALES calls HUT! - fades two steps - pumps right - unleashing a long pass, DEEP LEFT. THE BALL SHOOTS PAST BLEACHERS jammed with ecstatic fans. 20 EXT. ‘03 CHAMPIONSHIP - OAKLAND MUNICIPAL STADIUM - NIGHT - 20 * STANDS * COLLEGE TALENT SCOUTS in polo shirts emblazoned OKLAHOMA, OREGON, STANFORD, watch... Then sharpen: 21 EXT. ‘03 CHAMPIONSHIP - OAKLAND MUNICIPAL STADIUM - NIGHT 21 * 2 DEFENDERS' TRACK THE BALL. Jump high. Hands reaching... When a 3RD PLAYER blurs out of nowhere.

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CAM floats a foot higher - snatches the ball. Still airborne, he throws a no-look pitch. Sprinting full tilt, RUNNING BACK T.K. KELLY - catches the ball - jukes an incoming cornerback and SCORES. SCOREBOARD: DE LA SALLE 21 - PITTSBURG 0

22 EXT. ‘03 CHAMPIONSHIP - OAKLAND MUNICIPAL STADIUM - NIGHT 22 * In the bleachers, the scouts are riveted.

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OKLAHOMA SCOUT ONE (to assistant) * Colvin’s vertical is a physical impossibility. 38 inches. He’s a game- * changer * OKLAHOMA SCOUT TWO See Terrence Kelly? I personally clocked him in the forty last summer - legit 4.4 Let’s make sure we get an * official offer out to him. Kid’s a * superstar. * 23 EXT. ‘03 CHAMPIONSHIP - OAKLAND MUNICIPAL STADIUM - NIGHT 23 * The PLAYERS listen to their COACH. BOB Second string, your turn, you all go in on the next offensive series. BOB watches his juniors drop crisply into stances. The offense fires out. Colliding shoulder PADS CRACK! BOB studies the play like the football savant is. Seeing a problem, he substitutes a lineman for the RIGHT TACKLE, JOSHUA, who runs to BOB on the sideline. BOB (CONT’D) Joshua, on the veer you have to turn the D-tackle in or the play won’t work. Your first stepFerguson is off - plant your right foot between the D-end's cleats, stick your forearm in his chest and rise up as you drive him back and wall him off. It's the only way you're gonna get enough leverage to turn him inside. JoshuaAndrew nods. BOB sends him back in. 24 EXT. ‘03 CHAMPIONSHIP - OAKLAND MUNICIPAL STADIUM - NIGHT 24 * The Pittsburg quarterback takes the SNAP! Beautifully fakes a hand off. The DEFENSE buys it. And swarms in for the tackle when he laterals to a RECEIVER running an end around who bursts past a slack jawed D-End, BEASER, who also took the bait. The offensive players YELL encouragement as the RECEIVER rockets up the sideline. SCOREBOARD: DE LA SALLE 21- PITTSBURG 7

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25 EXT. ‘03 CHAMPIONSHIP - OAKLAND MUNICIPAL STADIUM - NIGHT 25 * TERRY watches a play TERRY Stop thinking and hit somebody! Pittsburgh runs an end around and the Spartan defense is * fooled as the opposing team’s runner sprints free down the * sideline. Terry throws his cap down, swears inaudibly and * stops. Burying the anger as he plasters a big, fake smile and adopts a fatherly tone. TERRY (CONT’D) Beaser! Beaser lumbers up. There are smaller grissly bears. His smiling baby face gazes innocently down at Terry. TERRY (CONT’D) Hey, Beas...doing great. BEASER Awesome! TERRY Yeah. Just one...no big deal...but, remember what we talked about when the play runs wide to your side? BEASER Totally Ferguson TERRY And what you’re supposed to do? Beaser’s smile vanishes. Slowly, his lower lip quivers. TERRY (CONT’D) AndrewYou're supposed to... BEASER Yes, coach! TERRY Beaser, that’s not a real answer. Is it? Now, you’re supposed to con... BEASER Contain the runner! TERRY So that... BEASER So that the linebackers can make the tackle.

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TERRY Yeah! Easy, huh? Beas, calm down. No one’s mad. See... I’m smiling. BEASER You’re just being nice. TERRY I’ll be even nicer if you remember, too. BEASER Contain the Runner, Contain the runner... TERRY watches BEASER heads to the bench repeating: “Contain the Runner, Contain the runner..." 26 EXT. ‘03 CHAMPIONSHIP - OAKLAND MUNICIPAL STADIUM - NIGHT 26 * NEXT PLAY: Twins left. The Spartan JUNIOR QB, RICK SALINAS, lifts his heel. CHRIS goes in motion to the outside. On the snap, SALINAS PIVOTS, fires a dime -

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CHRIS turns, pulls it in just as the wide receiver, DANNY, crosses inside - LOWERS his shoulder, SLAMMING the safety lined up opposite the slot receiver with a crushing block. JUNIOR TAYSHON LANIER, 17, moves like a champion but throws a half-assed block against the D-back, who easily slips by Tayshon and tackles CHRIS. As the players clear, CHRIS stands, shaking it off. CHRIS Yo, Tayshon! If it's not too much to ask, pick it up a little! TAYSHON Chill. We’re up three TD’s and change. I got you next play. DANNY News flash. You don't get it right, you don’t get a next play TAYSHON Easy 'little Lad', your pop’s the coach - not you. Nearby, Bob and Terry watch the exchange and trade a look. 27 EXT. ‘03 CHAMPIONSHIP - OAKLAND MUNICIPAL STADIUM - NIGHT 27 * BEV glances with a bemused smile at MICKEY who’s cornered a scout. Ferguson MICKEY RYAN Number 34, Ryan. Write that down. 'Cause next year when Terrence Kelly and Cam Colvin are gone, Chris Ryan is the team. Did I mention he's gonna break the state scoring record next season??? AndrewSCOUT This would be the third time. BEV laughs as MICKEY watches a play in motion - 28 EXT. ‘03 CHAMPIONSHIP - OAKLAND MUNICIPAL STADIUM - NIGHT 28 * CHRIS lowers - WHAM! He trucks a big linebacker and runs for a 30 yard SCORE. SCOREBOARD: DE LA SALLE 28 - PITTSBURG 7 29 EXT. ‘03 CHAMPIONSHIP - OAKLAND MUNICIPAL STADIUM - NIGHT 29 * MICKEY bellows "BEAST!" and turns back to the scout.

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MICKEY RYAN If you're looking for a great deal on a new Caddy, I own the dealership. Mickey strides away with a swagger. * OKLAHOMA SCOUT TWO * (to Scout One) * Football dads. * They share a knowing look. * 29A SCORE BOARD BLINKS “FINAL” DE LE SALLE 39 - PITTSBURG 7 29A 30 EXT. ‘03 CHAMPIONSHIP - OAKLAND MUNICIPAL STADIUM - NIGHT 30 * TERRY watches proudly. BOB listens to the final BUZZER. HE smiles as his team forms a line, runs toward the goal line, drops to their bellies and SLIDES into the END ZONE. 31 EXT. ‘03 CHAMPIONSHIP - OAKLAND MUNICIPAL STADIUM - NIGHT 31 * Flanked by his team mates, T.K. thrusts the TROPHY high. CAM grins. A32 EXT. ‘03 CHAMPIONSHIP - OAKLAND MUNICIPAL STADIUM - NIGHT -A32 * POST GAME * Bob walks off the field after the trophy ceremony. He sees * Bev walking towards him. He pastes on a smile. She smiles * back. They hug. Ferguson * BEV * For someone carrying the weight of a * 151 game win streak on his shoulders, * you look frighteningly happy. * BOB * Don’t worry. It will pass by morning. * AndrewBEV * Then I better make the most of it * tonight. * BOB * I’m riding back with the team. I’ll * see you at home. Drive safe. I love * you. * 32 EXT. FIELD HOUSE - DAY - AFTER THE GAME 32 DLS PLAYERS exit. A crush of DLS family and faithful reprise the chant: “STREAK, STREAK!” BEV watches BOB push uncomfortably through the well-wishers. He’s almost to BEV when a small hand locks fiercely around BOB’S wrist.

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It’s “T-GRAM” KELLY (70’s), T.K.'S grandmother. Smiling beside her, TK’s Dad, LANDRIN (50’s) and TK’s girlfriend, CHANDELLE (18). T-GRAM wears a huge jersey featuring a photo of TK grinning, helmet pushed back... LANDRIN Great game, Coach. A half a dozen scouts want us to come on officials visits. BOB He deserves it. A HUGE REACTION goes up - TK and CAM have just emerged. TK races over and sweeps up his GRAM’. T-GRAM Get offa’ me you big bugger. Turns to BOB T-GRAM (CONT’D) You’re doing it, getting my boy outta here. TK Don’t sweat it, T-Gram I'll come back to see you every chance I get. Ferguson

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T-GRAM Uh-uh, I don’t want you back in that Richmond mess. We’ll come see you! CAM slows, staring at TK and his family. Marty, the reporter from earlier, corners TK. MARTY TK! Three touchdowns, nearly 320 yards rushing. Is tonight the highlight of your Spartan career? TK Career? My life! Finishing like this with my brothers - MARTY - What about not losing the streak? TK Honest, it’s a big relief. Wouldn’t want to have to live with that the rest of my life. TK grins as his team mates resume: “STREAK, STREAK!” BOB listens, bothered. Seeing Bev, he pastes a smile. She smiles back. As he comes: BEV’ For someone operating on a whole nine minutes of sleep, Fergusonyou look frighteningly happy. BOB Don’t worry, It'll pass by the morning. BEV Then I'd better make the most of Andrewtonight. 33 EXT. DE LA SALLE CAMPUS - DAY 33 Quiet. Class in session. BOB shambles along. Hearing fabric SNAPPING in the wind. He stares. Over the school’s entrance, FLUTTERS a huge banner: "151-0!!! LONG LIVE THE STREAK!" A portly, older MAINTENANCE MAN, LARRY, admires the it: LARRY Big enough for ya? You kept the streak alive, I knew you would. BOB Thanks, Larry.

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34 INT. CLASSROOM - LATER 34 A HAND chalks a long quotation on the blackboard. BOB turns. Faces his religious studies class. Doing what he loves most. He rattles the quote off without reading it. BOB In Luke, 6:38: Luke says “Give and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use it will be measured to you." Any idea what he's saying? Arturo? ARTURO, a small HISPANIC PLAYER seen earlier. Shy but sincere. ARTURO You reap what you sow. Like, say a kid busts butt for his team, seems like God’s message is: (deep fog horn voice) “And for all is his good measure of training so shall he be heaped with the same measure of playing.” Everyone cracks up. Bob loves it. BOB That’s one interpretation. Anyone else really think you giveFerguson to others and the blessing is returned in equal measure? SALINAS I've always worked hard to do the right thing. And I've been blessed. BOB AndrewHow? SALINAS Gettin' to play on the streak team. BOB tightens imperceptibly. DANNY watches TAYSHON scowl. TAYSHON Dude, hate to burst your bubble, but you ain’t in line to be starting quarterback on the streak team cause you done the right thing. (a look at Bob) It’s cause you’re six two with a cannon for an arm. LAUGHTER. DANNY stares at TAYSHON with cool contempt.

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DANNY So, Tayshon, what do you believe? TAYSHON blinks lazily at DANNY.

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TAYSHON Well, down where I sleep, dealers in Richmond make mad money. My aunt... Was a ER nurse, worked her whole life helping people. Time got near for her to get hers, they upped and fired her - six months before they got to pay her retirement. It's dog eat dog, yo. You got to take what you need. Don't care how good you been, wait around for someone to pay you back, you going hungry. BOB So why does a guy like Luke, who's a doctor, painter, writer and historian, take the time to invent a lie? CAM Ain't a lie. TAYSHON looks at CAM. Then splays his long fingers, counting off the tragedies: TAYSHON Your Pops dies. The 5-0 puts your Moms on trial for it when - “Ooops” - our bad, the shipyard poisoned him. But the damage is done - all that pressure gave her a stroke and now she ain’t got long. Ferguson CHRIS Easy. Everyone knows the story. TAYSHON completely ignores CHRIS. DANNY registers the dis’. TAYSHON All I’m saying is look at all that hurt in one boy’s life. Andrew(to Cam) Homes, have you been so bad as to deserve all that's come your way? CAM It's gonna change. Everything I put out there, one day, it’s coming back. TAYSHON What makes you so sure? CAM Read the quote, man - Luke is saying you got to have faith. TAYSHON And you buy that?

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CAM It's all I got. BOB looks over - through a glass partition, TERRY gives a look to BOB and motions to CAM. BOB Everyone sit tight. Cam - CAM pushes out of the classroom BOB can’t the conversation. CAM bolts. Terry look grimly at BOB. 35 EXT. RICHMOND, CA - LATE DAY 35 A car DRIVES through a destitute neighborhood. 36 EXT. RICHMOND, CA - LATE DAY 36 BOB RAPS on a tenement door... Then again... Finally, locks TWIST, the door opens and - no one's there. JAMAL (O.S.) Yo, Coach Lad. BOB looks down. CAM'S little brother JAMAL (11) stares up. BOB Yo, Jamal - BOB hands JAMAL a Spartan's jersey. JAMAL melts. JAMALFerguson Cool! Thanks... Coach, you know how you like to talk and talk and sometimes holler and one time Cam said you said the "S" word? BOB I remember that time. AndrewJAMAL Well, here, you gotta be real quiet. My Mom's resting. BOB Not a peep. 37 INT. CAM’S APT - UPSTAIRS - LATE DAY 37 JAMAL leads BOB down a narrow, low ceiling hall. BOB passes a half open door, glimpsing a HOSPICE NURSE tending to a frail woman in a rented hospital bed... CAM (O.S.) Hey coach. BOB turns. CAM looms in a doll house sized room.

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38 INT. CAM’S ROOM - MOMENTS LATER 38 CAM sits, dwarfing his desk. A Sharpie SQUEAKS as he writes. BOB eyes the ROOM. COLLEGE FOOTBALL RECRUITING POSTERS. TROPHIES. Well-thumbed BOOKS. A lit statue of Jesus. And PICTURES - CAM, TK - best friends from day one. BOB How is she? CAM Sleepin’ now. Nurse say it’s "Just a matter of time." And that's it, last of my Mohicans. BOB You have Jamal - CAM - Boy don't know it but he’s going to San Jose. Stay with my cousin. She’ll be good to him but ain’t got no room for me. I got nobody left. BOB Family isn't just blood relatives. It's anyone who loves you unconditionally. CAM turns, dry-eyed. BOB reacts - he’s holding a ‘commitment card’. As CAM reads, BOB'S eyesFerguson glisten - CAM Game Commitment: “I will catch every pass, make every block, so that if my Moms can see me, she'll go on in peace remembering that the son who loved her since he was a baby, grew up and played hard. In glory, humility and Andrewperfection." Too many words? BOB No. CAM (reads another) "To Coach Lad', I promise to live the rest of my days by the lessons you taught me. ‘Give and it shall be given to you. For whatever measure you use, it shall be measured back to you in equal...’ He lowers the card, eyes beseeching Bob’s.

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CAM (CONT’D) Why this happening to me, Coach? What I do? I'm trying. Makin' my perfect effort. But it ain’t enough. What if Tayshon’s right? Maybe God don’t see me. Or he don’t care. Cause I ain’t worth his time. Somehow rooted, BOB watches tears track CAM'S face. BOB None of us can understand why things like this happen. We aren’t promised an easy life... But we are promised that, somehow, we’ll see God use these things and this will all make sense - CAM It don’t make no sense to me. I'm alone. Got nobody - BOB grips CAM’s arm, awkward, fierce. BOB You got Jamal... me and sixty brothers. 39 INT. HALL - LATE DAY 39 BOB steps into the cramped hall. Runs into Jamal. JAMALFerguson Kinda’ big, huh? BOB’S VOICE You’ll grow into it. VERONICA (V.O.) I heard you teaching your word... BOB’S AndrewPOV - Through that half-open door, CAM’S MOTHER, VERONICA, 40’s, lies in that rented bed, surrounded by dangling MED' BAGS adrift in a morphine induced twilight. VERONICA I've been waiting to meet you, didn't realize it was going to be tonight. JAMAL shoots BOB a warning look. Fingers to his lips. JAMAL Remember what we talked about. 40 INT. VERONICA’S ROOM - CONTINUOUS 40 VERONICA thumbs a small pump. Morphine floods. She drifts briefly off then comes back.

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BOB How are you feeling? VERONICA Ready. BOB If I can help - VERONICA - Lord, I had a good life. But you know that. Worked Children’s Hospital, mmhmm - 26 years! (her pump hisses, she drifts) ...So many faces... I can see each one, smiling, plain as day... So many more for you to remember...? BOB A lot. VERONICA Thank you for comforting Cam. (laughs brightly) If that boy isn't John Colvin's son to a "T." Getting a tear or a full sentence out of either of them? Like yanking a wisdom tooth. BOB Need a string and Fergusona door knob. VERONICA And a good slam! They share a smile. VERONICA (CONT’D) My boy Cam talks trash like all the Andrewothers but he's smart, loves to read. I know he'll encourage that. BOB Who? VERONICA Coach Lad'. He'll look after Cam. BOB registers momentary confusion. BOB Coach Lad'?

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VERONICA Lord, you created such a fine man. He coaches those boys, teaches your word... But what I can’t understand is why you made him so sad. Why this man, who guides so many, seems so lost and alone. BOB, as the words register... VERONICA (CONT’D) But it's okay. ‘Cause I know he'll keep my baby safe. BOB silently considers his answer. Finally: BOB He will. VERONICA (drifting off) Amen. 41 EXT. CAM’S APARTMENT - STREET - LATE DAY 41 BOB walks down the stoop. Street’s quiet. Agitated, he pulls a pack of MARLBOROS, thumbs a lighter. OFF BOB smoking alone PRE-LAP angry voices - 42 INT. CONFERENCE ROOM - ANOTHER DAY 42 “NORTH COAST SECTION COMPETITIVEFerguson EQUITY HEARING.” The banner hangs over a conference room filled with 30 coaches from the Northern California leagues including every HEAD COACH BOB competes with. And they’re pissed. COACH #1 containing the urge to yell: COACH #4 It’s time to deal with the De La Salle Andrewproblem. (BEAT) Last year, De La Salle outscored League opponents 326 - 27. Their average score versus League teams was 47 - 4. COACH #1 How, Bob? BOB listens, stoic. Terry slumps beside him, seething. When the COACH’S mic SQUEALS, he slams it down, happy to shout.

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COACH #1 (CONT’D) How are we supposed to compete against a program that can pull in the best players in our conference with the wave of a scholarship? BOB For the hundredth time - De Le Salle High’s code of conduct forbids scholarshiping athletes.

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COACH #2 Then explain why, five mornings a week, the best wide receiver in my district rides a city bus for a solid hour up to De Le Salle. BOB You explain it. COACH #2 is caught off guard. The others momentarily cowed. BOB (CONT’D) If we don’t scholarship, why does Tayshon Lanear ride that bus? (silence) Our program attracts great athletes, plain and simple. COACH #3 No matter how you get your players, you’re still stacking your team with cherry picked talent. That’s not a form of cheating? BOB Let me get this straight - you want to penalize us for building a winning football program? COACH #1 ‘Hell with this - NOBODY WINS 151 FOOTBALL GAMES WITHOUTFergusonCHEATING! I’M DONE TALKING. WE WILL NOT PLAY DE LA SALLE THIS SEASON. BOB watches COACH #1 sit, furious. After a beat, THREE OTHER COACHES agree, refusing to play. BOB looks at COACH #4, still standing. BOB AndrewGil’? COACH #4 You and me started the same year. Back then you used to say: “It’s high school football. Played by impressionable young boys. Our job ain’t to win football games, but inspire those boys to become men of character.” (beat) I can’t recall the last time I heard you say that. BOB registers this.

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COACH #4 (CONT’D) Just once, I’d like you and your players go up against a team that’s your equal. Coach #4 sits. Damning silence. Until...TERRY shoots up. TERRY Great! Done! We don’t want to play you either. We’ll play our five league games and fill our open slots with tougher teams from bigger conferences. COACH #1 Gee, seems like I heard the 49ers have a full schedule, who’s left? Laughter TERRY Long Beach Poly. COACH #1 Eidson, Poly is the number one high school team in Southern California. TERRY Yeah, isn’t it great? Bob leans over and begins to whisper to Terry. BOBFerguson Poly? TERRY We talked about this. BOB We did? AndrewTERRY Yes! BOB No, we didn’t. TERRY If you would pay attention, maybe you would remember. BOB You never said you set it up. TERRY I got the call from their AD two days ago.

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Terry faces the coaches again. TERRY (CONT’D) Nationally, we’re number one, they’re number two. They’ve been trying to schedule us for 5 years! They’re not afraid of us. Coaches chuckle. COACH #1 Guys! I can’t wait to see you play Poly. Good luck! They’re all looking at Terry like he’s totally insane as he grins triumphantly and sits beside to a very grim Bob. TERRY You can thank me later.

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43 EXT. BEV’S CAR AT STOP LIGHT - ANOTHER NIGHT 43 CHRIS glances over. Beside the stop light tower - also still festooned with Christmas lights - TAYSHON bends under the hood of his smoking car. In this unguarded moment, TAYSHON doesn't seem so tough. He glances over at DANNY and CHRIS. CHRIS Hey, we should - DANNY Dude, I'm sick of the Tayshon show. DANNY PEELS away. 44 EXT. CONCORD - LADOUCEUR NEIGHBORHOOD - NIGHT 44 BEV and BOB amble through their neighborhood passing Christmas lights still aglow days past the holiday. BOB Where are the boys? BEV Michael’s at a friend’s, I wouldn’t let him take his trumpet. BOB Smart. Good chance they’ll stay friends. BEVFerguson Danny’s at the Point with the guys. (after a beat) He’s struggling. School. Football. The post season break, he needs it. BOB He’ll be okay? AndrewBEV (shrugs) ...Playing for you isn’t easy. Maybe you don’t see it but you’re tougher on him than anyone else. BOB Bev’, I can’t be partial. BEV Then be careful... a year from tonight, when he stops being your player, make sure he's still your son. BOB absorbs that. BEV looks around wistfully at a brick house. Lights on inside.

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BEV (CONT’D) I wonder who’s house-sitting for the Wallaces. They’re in China. Judy’s wanted to go for years. She was so excited. BOB Wait’ll she hears George trying to speak the language. BEV Bob? BOB Hmm? BEV January’s right around the corner. It’s the only month you really have off... She waits for him to catch on. BEV (CONT’D) Maybe we could finally get away. Just the two of us. I don’t have to be back in the classroom til the 16th - BOB Terry and I gotta start planning for next year. We’re losing a ton of talent - Ferguson BOB stops. Five paces behind him Bev’s stopped in the moonlight, looking at him, incredulous, brimming. BEV Guess what I’m losing? BOB AndrewBev' I - BEV No. I don't want another apology. I want a promise. One day soon we’re going to start building a normal life, not just a high school football dynasty. BOB Promise. Come on. Can I buy you a hot chocolate, Mrs. Ladouceur? 45 EXT. DIGGER’S DINER NIGHT 45 A noisy neighborhood diner, also decked out for Christmas. But the KIDS crowding it seem in pre-New Years party mode.

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Under a permanent SPARTANS BANNER is a cluster of booths. Big LAUGHTER draws us to one reserved for football royalty.

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TK, girl friend CHANDELLE, a few of TK’S homies all clown loudly. Nearby, DANNY, CHRIS and two hot girls, LAURIE and DIANE, are nestled in their own booth, cutting up. LAURIE points at CHRIS -- LAURIE He acts like it doesn’t mean anything to him - but he’s got a diary. Counting down the TD’s - DANNY “A diary?” CHRIS She is a chronic liar. A very, very ill young woman. Did I mention delusional? LAURIE slaps CHRIS playfully. DANNY grins. Then sharpens, watching TAYSHON saunter up. Smiling right back at DANNY. TAYSHON My fellow Spartans, thanks for the help. DANNY Any time. TAYSHON (shifts to Chris) Oops. Gotta mind my etiquette here. You’re officially FergusonCaptain Chris “I’m- gonna-break-the-state-TD-record” Ryan now. Well, at least the vote was based on ability not family connections, huh, Little Lad'? Hearing dissension in the ranks, T.K. turns, watching: DANNY AndrewYou mean like why I’m gonna be starting wide receiver next year and not you? TAYSHON laughs. TAYSHON Hey, we cool. T.K. turns back to Chandelle and his crew as TAYSHON drops the attitude for a beat to simply wonder... TAYSHON (CONT’D) ...Here comes the luckiest corn husker in Contra Costa County.

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BEASER approaches smiling, girlfriend in tow. In one of those inexplicable pairings, NINA is stunningly gorgeous. TAYSHON mock punches BEASER'S stomach. BEASER grins.

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TAYSHON (CONT’D) My big man on the line. Prize specimen of the Anglo race. Gotta bring it for me next year! BEASER To the house! NINA OK. Little too much testosterone. I'm going to freshen up. You girls want to ride shot gun? The guys watch LAURIE and DIANE head off with NINA. BEASER smiles, the simplest, happiest kid alive. BEASER Why do they always do that? Go together? DANNY So many questions tonight... For instance, how did you get with her? BEASER She asked me out. DANNY Huh. I’ve never been asked out, have you? CHRISFerguson Once. In pre-school. It didn’t last. TAYSHON Damn, boy, tell me you’re jumpin’ all over that. BEASER AndrewWe're waiting. DANNY They’re waiting. TAYSHON For what!? BEASER The Big Day. We took a "Purity Pledge" TAYSHON Son, what's the name of the cult you in? BEASER Pleasant Hill Baptist.

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TAYSHON Snap! I gotta grab my girl before Beaser gets her to drink the Kool-Aid! TAYSHON beats feet outta there. 46 EXT. DIGGER’S DINER - SAME NIGHT - LATER 46 DANNY and CHRIS hang as the patrons thin and the diner closes. DANNY You're gonna get your record, Bro'. CHRIS Even if Mickey has to steal it. DANNY Forget the Mickster. You’re 37 touchdowns from breaking a state record. This is about you. CHRIS Us. It's our year. DANNY grins as the waitress comes up and sets down a tray of the local bottled root beer. DANNY grabs one and with a loud - DANNY Our year! - Sky-hooks a bottle toward FergusonChris but - IT’S GRABBED BY T.K. Instantly, the JUNIORS go quiet, respectful. T.K. Hold ‘em high. DANNY hands a third bottle to CHRIS. T.K. (CONT’D) AndrewTo your year. All drink. After a beat, TK grins to put them at ease... T.K. (CONT’D) Chris, you’re captain now. My man Danny, don’t need no title, he grew up on this team, has the cred’. Makes me wonder. CHRIS About what? T.K. If it’s gonna be your year -- (drains his bottle) -- or some other team’s year.

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DANNY T’ - we haven’t lost a game in - T.K. - I know the number, believe me. All I’m saying is open your eyes - your starters are mostly juniors and they ain’t ready. On skills, you got half the team we did. On attitude, some got big heads, others just wanna wear the jersey and most think ‘cause 12 teams ahead of them kept the streak goin’ it’s gonna be handed to them. DANNY So... T.K. So you both got to step up, become real leaders, motivate your players to get even tighter than we were ‘cause they ain’t gonna win on just natural ability. DANNY and CHRIS look stricken. T.K. raises his coat sleeve - every inch of his DLS jacket is peppered with patches commemorating victories. He points to a bright yellow patch shaped like the state of California. T.K. (CONT’D) NCS State Championship patch. All the hardware I won don’tFerguson mean nothing compared to this. For the rest of life, it’ll remind me... CHRIS Of what? T.K. What me and my boys really Andrewaccomplished here. It’s like Coach Lad’ always says, “Winning is a result of doing all the things Spartans do. The training, the commitment, leading others to find brotherhood... and give perfect effort. That's how we won the championship. Next year it's on you. And I hope your sleeve don’t come up empty." T.K. goes.

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47 EXT. LADOUCEUR HOUSE - NIGHT 47 BOB and BEV meander home sipping hot chocolates. BEV You know, this was a nice walk. We should do it more often. He notes a wisp of disappointment in her voice. Watches her smile despite it. Until her smile vanishes. BEV (CONT’D) Bob-- Sitting motionless on the front step - Cam, looks up! BOB Cam, what is it? CAM She’s gone... BEV and BOB trade stricken looks. BEV steps toward him. BEV Cam, I’m so sorry. Why don’t you come inside - CAM holds his hand up. No. Ferguson

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CAM Nurse waited with me. I had to keep Jamal next door. Didn't want him to see her. The undertaker took her took her off in the ambulance, slow, like it was nothin’. How can it be - we were just laughing, you know - why she leave me? Why god have to take her? BEV catches a look from BOB and slips inside. Bob steps toward Cam. BOB Cam - CAM Don’t! You don't come near me. I ain't right. BOB It's okay. CAM No, Coach, no more words. I can't breathe on words, I can't live on words. I need my family like everybody else got. CAM pulls the COMMITMENT CARD he wrote for Bob and sticks it in his face. CAMFerguson (CONT’D) Luke is a straight up liar. I "give" and what do I get back in "equal measure?" All that stuff you preach, hope it make you feel better, cause to me, it ain’t nothing but a lie! CAM rips up the card and races off. BOB watches the pieces blow away.Andrew Catches them. Puts them in his pocket. A48 OMITTED A48 48 INT. LADOUCEUR HOUSE - KITCHEN - NIGHT 48 BOB ends a phone call as BEV enters. BOB Cam and Jamal are staying at his cousin’s tonight. BOB hunches over the table, starts carefully taping CAM'S CARD together. BEV reads a few lines...

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BEV' ...Sad. What’d he say? BOB That I was full of it. BEV Bob, he's a kid - BOB Who I'm supposed to turn into a man. A49 EXT. EST. LADOUCEUR NEIGHBORHOOD - MORNING - DAYS LATER A49 49 EXT. LADOUCEUR HOUSE - A FEW DAYS LATER 49 BOB and TERRY come in from a run. BOB bends, breathing hard. Terry breezes into the house. Sensing someone, BOB looks up. The MAILMAN solemnly extends the mail - MAILMAN Hey coach. Keep the - BOB - Streak alive. Yeah, got it. Taking the mail, BOB heads inside - 50 INT. LADOUCEUR LIVING ROOM 50 - and steps into bedlam. MICHAEL BLASTS his trumpet right in DANNY'S EAR. DANNY explodes.Ferguson The brothers launch into a WRESTLING grudge match. BOB sidesteps the brawl and enters... 51 INT. LADOUCEUR KITCHEN - CONTINUOUS 51 ...where BEV is somehow simultaneously clipping coupons and flipping pancakes. As BOB sets the mail down he notices a letter. BEV doesn’t. AndrewBEV' Invigorating run? BOB Uh huh. MICHAEL races in and plops down at the breakfast table. TERRY sits across from him. They lock eyes in a deadly stare down. MICHAEL Five bucks. And don't play innocent. "Lucky Boy" to win, place or show - he won. TERRY Betting is evil.

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MICHAEL That's what all the losers say. MICHAEL holds out his palm, fingers indicate: "Gimme." TERRY I'm in work-out gear. No wallet. Pay you tomorrow. MICHAEL By then it'll be six. BEV slides a plate of pancakes under TERRY'S nose. BEV Don't encourage him. They're already holding a cell for him at San Quentin. She notices BOB reading the letter. Looks closer. BEV (CONT’D) Cal State? What do they want? BOB It’s a coaching offer. He throws it in the trash. BEV You’re just gonna throw it in the trash? It’s a job offer. We’re not even going to talkFerguson about it? BOB College coaching. It’s not what I do. BEV It doesn’t mean we shouldn’t discuss it. Terry - AndrewTERRY (throws his hands up) Hey. Great pancakes. BEV OK. Fine. You and Aggie are coming tomorrow. TERRY More free food, we’re never leaving. Bev, perturbed, grabs a shopping list.

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BEV You. Louie Armstrong. Upstairs - practice. I gotta a million things to do around here. (to Bob) Shopping list for tomorrow. Bev turns to go, remembers something. BEV (CONT’D) (hands Bob coupons) Here. Don’t forget these. He takes them. PRE-LAP, mind numbing MUZAK... 52 INT. GROCERY STORE - SHOPPING AISLES - AFTERNOON 52 As the MUZAK drifts, BOB'S wanders the aisles, holding coupons, the shopping list. He hefts a canned ham. Winces. Rubs his shoulder... 53 INT. GROCERY STORE - CHECK OUT AREA - AFTERNOON 53 A CASHIER rings BOB up when he feels a tug on his sleeve. A SMALL BOY in a DLS jersey smiles as he munches on a candy apple. SMALL BOY Want a bite? BOB Just ate, thanks.Ferguson SMALL BOY My Dad says you're gonna keep the streak alive for me. And that I'll play for you, and win a championship, and get to play in college... BOB can'tAndrew get outside fast enough. Kid CALLS after him - SMALL BOY (CONT’D) ...and be on TV! 54 OMITTED 54 55 OMITTED 55 57 OMITTED 57 58 OMITTED 58 59 OMITTED 59 60 OMITTED 60

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A61 INT. LADOUCEUR HOUSE - KITCHEN - AFTERNOON A61 Bob finishes putting the groceries away. Pulls a cigarette, feels another twinge, starts to light up when he sees...... Danny and Michael in the backyard, throwing a football around. He watches. Their faces. The ball rise and fall... Puts the cigarette away... B61 INT. LADOUCEUR BEDROOM - DAY B61 BOB appears in the door frame. Eyes slowly taking in the banally familiar as if each object were a revelation - he and Bev’s wedding day, MICHAEL and DANNY growing up in successive photos, JENNIFER in a couple of photos - Bev is always beside her. BOB is always absent. He watches BEV nap quietly on her side. Then carefully settles beside her. She faces away. Her sleepy voice seems to come from across the planet. BEV Don’t snore... BOB stares up at the ceiling. ON BEV - Eyes opening. BOB’S behind her, SNORTING loudly. BEV (CONT’D) I’m not laughing. He SNORTS really loudly. SheFerguson LAUGHS. Rolls over. BEV (CONT’D) What did I ever see in you? Her amused expression dying in horror and disbelief. BEV (CONT’D) AndrewBob?... BOB! He’s twitching uncontrollably. His eyes flicker in and out of view. BEV (CONT’D) DANNY!... C61 EXT. LADOUCEUR BACKYARD - AFTERNOON - SAME C61 A football slowly spirals to earth... Caught by no one... Michael stands confused as DANNY sprints into the house. D61 INT. LADOUCEUR BEDROOM - SAME D61 BEV has rolled BOB onto his side, her arms locked around him as he spasms more violently.

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DANNY Mom, what’s wrong? BEV Seizure! Call 9-1-1. CLOSE - VIOLENT ANGLES of the family photos as they’re swept off dressers, side tables etc. - as DANNY frantically searches, the photos fall in slow motion. IMPACT - frame glass spiders. DANNY It’s not here!- BEV JUST FIND THE DAMN PHONE! DANNY races out. BEV watches Bob’s TREMORS slowly subside. He’s soaked in sweat. She holds him tightly, whispering - BEV (CONT’D) Bob, please, please - look at me. She reacts - he is. His dark eyes seem to plumb her soul. She tenderly strokes his hair when she realizes - BEV (CONT’D) Oh, God. He’s not breathing. DANNY HE’S NOT - BEV whirls - MICHAEL stands in the doorway, eerily STILL as he stares at BOB. Ferguson BEV (CONT’D) Michael, please honey, help Danny find the phone. E61 INT. LADOUCEUR HOUSE - KITCHEN E61 DANNY Andrewsweeps a newspaper aside. The PHONE. Dials. 911 OPERATOR (O.S.) DANNY 911, what is your emergency? My father... He had a seizure! Hurry, I think it’s a heart attack --

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F61 INT. LADOUCEUR BEDROOM F61 BEV holds BOB tightly. DANNY rushes in. BOB’S motionless. DANNY’S eyes well as the silence deepens. DANNY Mom, they’re not gonna get here in time... BEV DON’T YOU DARE SAY THAT! THEY WILL! Please god don’t take him from me.... A distant SIREN sounds. SLOW FADE TO: 61 INT. HOSPITAL - SMALL PRIVATE ROOM - DAY 61 BOB sleeps. Face stubbled with a light beard. After a beat, he stirs. In a chair, Bev stares at him, relieved, as a NURSE enters and checks his vitals. BEV Hey. How you feeling? BOB Okay. What day is it? She grips his hand. BEVFerguson Sunday. BOB What happened? BEV Heart attack. The good news is they didn’t have to do open heart Andrewsurgery...but they put in five stents. BOB opens his gown - stares at five, small black wounds on his chest smeared with BETADINE. BOB Let's not make a big deal over this, I don't want anyone to know. BEV (wry) Yeah. We’ll try and keep a lid on it. She slides the bed curtain aside revealing a hot house full of flowers, tens of cards...

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BEV (CONT’D) Hey, don’t get a big head. Ten of ‘em are from Terry. He smiles.

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62 EXT. HOSPITAL - NEXT MORNING - ESTABLISHING 62 63 INT. HOSPITAL - HALLWAY - SAME 63 Hospital STAFFERS crowd near a door. Guarding it from a nosy HEART SPECIALIST is Michael. From the back, a tall athletic black man (AMANI TOOMER) emerges from the room and proceeds down the hallway followed by hospital staff. HEART SPECIALIST Who's in there? MICHAEL Couple names you may have heard of. Just now departing in his large limo is Amani Toomer of the New York Giants. Currently paying his respects to The Coach, one Maurice Jones Drew. HEART SPECIALIST No way. MICHAEL Yeah way. I've been tight with 'em both since... well, back in the day. We still hang. Keep it real, feel me? HEART SPECIALIST How old are you? 64 INT. BOB’S HOSPITAL ROOM - SAMEFerguson 64 LAUGHTER amid the HUM of medical machines as BOB, despite looking pale, finishes a reminiscence with MAURICE DREW. Bev huddles nearby. MAURICE ...Yeah, well. Hey, come see me play next year. BOB nods.Andrew MAURICE bends, hugs BOB and whispers. MAURICE (CONT’D) Man, I still can't believe it. Coach Lad'? Smoking?... All those speeches, you sure had me fooled. Maurice goes. BOB looks gut shot. Hardly hears DANNY, MICHAEL, and BOB'S daughter Jennifer, 22, enter carrying flowers. JENNIFER Hey dad, you don’t look so tough now. BOB smiles until a DOCTOR, 45, steps in. But gravely serious. Without looking at BOB, she scans some test results...

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DOCTOR Mr. Ladouceur. Eighty-three percent occlusion in your PLA descending artery. We call it the widow-maker. You're a very lucky man. Something’s sinking in quietly as BOB replies: BOB Yeah... What happens next? DOCTOR Recuperation. Near term, I'll be happy if you're in good condition by April. DANNY That's spring practice. DOCTOR (to Bob) Not for you. You've got five stents and one shot to heal. Stepping onto a field before summer? Don't even think about it. She goes. Silence. DANNY struggles with the news. DANNY Dad, you're gonna coach me next season, right? BOB doesn't answer. DANNY'S Fergusoneyes search BOB'S for reassurance. BOB can't give it. DANNY angrily shoves out. BEV Danny - ! Beat. Jennifer sees MICHAEL'S upset. JENNIFER AndrewHey. Wanna harass some more doctors? MICHAEL nods through tears. Jennifer leads him out. BEV Danny's just worried about you. This really scared him. ON BOB. Something building in him Bev misses. She stands, starts caring for a wall of flowers when - BOB A lie. BEV What?

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BOB Me. I taught character, honesty and perfection."Commit to each other, to your teachers, friends and family." Was I committed to you? My kids? I've been a lousy husband... worse Dad... I got caught up in work and the streak and let it nearly kill me. And to top it off, I was sneaking cigarettes the whole time. BEV listens, eyes wet. BOB (CONT’D) Jen'? The little girl singing the alphabet on the swings? She's 22... Graduating from college. I missed most of her track meets. Danny's about to start his senior year. One year left to play for me and he'll be gone... BEV Danny isn't furious about losing his chance to play for you. He's furious about losing his chance to know you. Beat. She stares at the flowers... Bob lost. BOB So what do I do? BEVFerguson You made a promise. Make good on it. Give the family as much time as you give the team. A65 EXT. T.K.’S HOUSE - DAY A65 Chandelle drives her car up to T.K.’s house. TK jumps out upbeat as she drives away. In the street, four kids (10 - 13) play touchAndrew football. T.K. Hit me! The oldest kid throws hard. T.K. grabs the ball out of the air, cocks his arm, and yells. T.K. (CONT’D) Go long! Every KID runs happily down the street as T.K. unloads a perfect spiral. Far down the street, one kid grabs it as T.K. bounds up the steps leading into his house.

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65 INT. KELLY HOUSE - DAY 65 Pandemonium. Three Fed Ex boxes lie plundered, contents strewn everywhere - the very best gear “Oregon” can buy. TK wades through, a phone to his ear. COACH LITTLE (V.O.) Hey, TK, this is Coach Little. The rules say you can’t keep any of it yet but I figured you’re getting looks from a lot of schools, you oughta’ at least get a peek at what you’d look like in our gear. TK These turf cleats are tight, Coach. COACH LITTLE (O.S.) Newest model from Nike. You won't even feel them when you run.

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T-GRAM tears up as she stares at an Oregon Diploma. T-GRAM Right outta' Richmond! TK What’s that, T-Gram...? T-GRAM A diploma... With your name on it. COACH LITTLE (O.S.) TK, no matter what the future brings, four years from now when you have your real diploma, it'll reward you and your family for the rest of your life. TK ...Sure... COACH LITTLE (O.S.) So, you've had a lot of offers. What can I do to get you to accept ours? TK stares for a beat. TK Cam Colvin comes with me. COACH LITTLE (O.S.) We already offeredFerguson him. A full ride. 66 EXT. TENEMENT APARTMENT - LATE DAY 66 TK, walks down a semi-commercial street, a plastic bag slung over his shoulder, enters a shabby doorway. 67 INT. TENEMENT APARTMENT - ABOVE - SAME 67 At theAndrew top of the stairs a door opens. TK Cam here? CAM’S COUSIN Yo, the great black hope! In the back. Down a hallway. Tattered furniture scatters. Two KIDS race wildly around. CAM sleeps fitfully on a tiny couch. The blinds twist open, CAM wakes, squinting in the light. CAM Yo, Cuz’, what up... TK glares down.

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TK What up? You get a full ride from Oregon and dodge my calls for a week? CAM I ain’t going to Oregon. Or any place near you. I’m going to Miami. TK Miami? CAM Best for me. TK Best for you? From day one it’s always been what's best for us. You, me, getting out of here together - CAM We were fourteen. TK We were friends. CAM stares, hardly there. TK yanks the blanket. CAM sprawls. Springs up. Rams TK to the wall, pinning him. CAM Time to put away childish things. Tk shoves him back hard. Ferguson TK What the hell does that mean? CAM Smart as you are, you don't know what you don't know. You still got Landrin, T-Gram... Hell, you got everyone from AndrewRichmond to Concord! They all love you - TK Cam, I - CAM Don’t. You just makin’ it harder. Don’t you see? I tried, believed with all I had. But sometimes life just cuts you down. Leaves you alone. And you know what? I'm cool with that. TK Ain’t nobody cool with that, now we getting out of here -

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CAM YOU. GET. OUT! See me? I’m cursed. Everyone I love... I can’t lose nobody else... T, my brother... I gotta let you go. Beat. TK Know why we said we'd go together? Keep each other’s back - CAM I got my own back. TK looks off. Then - TK You lost a lot of folks. But you didn’t lose everybody. TK hands the bag to CAM. He pulls out an Oregon jersey. CAM Why you bring me this? TK Proof. We dreamed about playin’ in college together since we was kids. Prayed for it. And here we are, near grown. And what you’re holding, ain’t just a jersey. Ferguson CAM What...? TK An answered prayer. CAM - Andreweyes glistening, abject, suffering. TK (CONT’D) You and me. Brothers for life. Wracked, CAM looks off, shaking, “no, no...” Before he turns back to TK and in the barest of whispers, says... CAM Brothers for life. Off their embrace... 68 INT. LADOUCEUR LIVING ROOM - A FEW WEEKS LATER 68 BOB paces on the phone, still a little pale. He spots BEV’S car pulling in. BEV' enters just as someone comes back on the line. BOB listens.

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BOB Sounds great. Book it. He hangs up, grins. BEV Book what? BOB Where was it you always wanted to go for our honeymoon?. BEV You’re joking? You've only been out of the hospital six weeks. BOB I'm fine. BEV reads his grin as DANNY and MICHAEL trail in - MICHAEL’S thrilled, DANNY’S aghast. DANNY What’s wrong? You guys look so... happy. BEV' We're going to New Orleans - on our honeymoon! MICHAEL looks at DANNY. Ferguson MICHAEL Are we adopted? That sends BEV into paroxysms. Her mood’s infectious. MICHAEL pulls his trumpet, OFF: "WHEN THE SAINTS GO MARCHING IN." 69 INT. NEW ORLEANS - PRESERVATION HALL - NIGHT 69 StandingAndrew room only. The HOUSE BAND blowing the doors off a hot jazz number. In back, leaned against each other, BOB and BEV love it. 70 EXT. NEW ORLEANS - FRENCH QUARTER - SAME NIGHT 70 Bob and Bev exit Preservation Hall laughing. They gambol down Bourbon Street, hand-in-hand, past other couples in love. Life teems in crowded bistros and noisy clubs. BEV OK, that was amazing. How’d you get us in - ? Ah, I must be slipping - the bouncer’s a football fan.

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BOB No. Better yet, the guy had no idea who I was. Bev, for two days straight, not a single person’s come up to me and said the words “coach,” “streak,” “win - “ it’s great. BEV Back up. So how’d you get us in? BOB The old fashioned way. She laughs and falls into his arms as a street band swaggers up playing LIVELY JAZZ. He grins wider and pulls her into his arms and right there, on Bourbon Street, BOB kisses her.

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71 EXT. DLS PRACTICE FIELD - DAY 71 TERRY sets out cones. Seeing someone, he grins. TERRY Look at you! Ten years younger. Big Easy musta’ been good to you. BOB approaches. He does look healthier, happier... BOB Very. TERRY You’re not gonna stroke out on me? BOB Too many blood thinners. TERRY Just had to be sure. We lost a Pug that way, it was a real bummer. Bob smiles. TERRY watches BOB scan the field. BOB Another spring practice already (he toes the turf) When I started up, 25 years ago, the field was more rocks than grass. I watched ‘em the day they rolled out the sod and chalkedFerguson out the markings. And I was scared. Here was my shot. What would I make of it? No instruction book, tradition to guide me. (MORE) Andrew

Pg. 43-43A WTGST - Salmon Revisions (05/15/2013) 44 BOB (CONT'D) Just you - this wild-eyed guy straight from seminary school comes blasting up looking like a twelve-year-old with a beard. TERRY Chicks dig beards. BOB You get right in my face and say, “your Special Teams suck.” I’m thinking, “I don’t have a regular team and this guy’s worried about kick- offs?” But you were right... about a lot of things over the years. (BEAT) You were insane - remember the kid with the video tape of his Mom? TERRY Are you kidding, I still have the tape. Kid was so desperate to get on a kick-off team he gives his little brother a VHS camera, puts a helmet on his Mom and tells her to run at him. Now Mom’s in her house dress, can’t see out the face mask, she looks like a life-sized bobble head running blind all over the field when the kid runs at her full tilt and crushes her. After she woke up, she was fine. Even thanked me... For Fergusonputting her kid on special teams. BOB is cracking up, really having fun when a memory hits. BOB Ter’, who was that kid? Played for us in 82 or 83... ‘5 6”, maybe 160 pounds Andrewsoaking wet - TERRY BOB Moger! Moger!

BOB (CONT’D) Eight at night I’d find him in the gym huffing those old plastic weights, half the sand leaked out ‘em. He’d write on his log he’d benched 175. (MORE)

Pg. 44 WTGST - Salmon Revisions (05/15/2013) 45 BOB (CONT’D) I didn’t have the heart to tell him it was probably about fifty pounds lighter... (marvels) ...I never saw a kid give what he gave. He didn’t care about wins or streaks... By the end the season he was my go-to Defensive Back. Day he graduated, he told me winning was just a way of keeping score for the days when opportunity and perfect effort met. (soft) Moger. I had time for him. Stayed late with him. My Jennifer was next door, breaking track and field records, piling up trophies, anything to get my attention. TERRY Jenny’s 22 now, she understands. BOB Terry, I’m not coaching this season. A beat. Two old friends stare at each other. BOB (CONT’D) I made a promise to Bev’. For one year since 1979, I’m not gonna be living football 24/7. I’m going to be home for her, Danny andFerguson Michael. TERRY Anyone would understand the situation but me. I’ll hold it against you the rest of your life. (off a smile he grows serious) We’ll do it without you, but it won’t Andrewbe the same. BOB Thanks. TERRY Ya know, this has always been a two man job? BOB Really. Let’s examine the empirical evidence. Me: Offense. Preaching. You: Special teams. Defense. Scheduling. Travel. Equipment. Counseling players. Work the system -

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TERRY I didn’t say it was a 50/50 two man job. They grin and just stand there until the sun is gone. 72 EXT. LADOUCEUR BACKYARD - AFTERNOON 72 BOB stands over a smoking barbecue, happily grilling, listens to a radio report: A’S ANNOUNCER (ON RADIO) It’s gonna be a hot August night as the A’s go toe to toe with - A God-awful SCREECH blows the story away. BOB forces a smile at MICHEL’S whose trumpet’s belting “I SHOT THE SHERIFF.” Bob nods along with a few bars until the horn emits a SCREECH that could cause permanent hearing damage. BOB winces. Then lifts the grill lid - the burgers are on fire! He starts desperately trying to extinguish them. BEV’S VOICE NOT YOUR TYPICAL TRUMPET NUMBER. BOB nearly jumps. BEV'S smiling at him as he continues to try and hide the fire below from her. As rendition #2 of "I Shot The Sheriff" continues to blot all natural sounds... BOB NO! NOT TYPICAL. Ferguson BEV (pecks his cheek) REALLY GETTING THE HANG OF IT. BOB ME? OR MICHAEL? AndrewBEV YOU! BOB ANYTHING ELSE I CAN HELP WITH? BEV NO! NOOO. YOU'RE DOING PLENTY. REMEMBER I LIKE MINE RARE. BOB YOU GOT IT. She smiles. He enjoys watching her breeze into the kitchen. Then quickly throws some uncooked patties on the grill. Fast, BOB starts flinging burnt burgers into the bushes when:

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MICHAEL Dad. BOB Son. MICHAEL Can I tell you something? BOB Is it a secret? MICHAEL Kinda, just from you. BOB What do mean “Just from me?” MICHAEL Well, for awhile now, actually two years, Mom and Danny know that I - BOB Know that you’re what? MICHAEL Not a football player. BOB You mean - MICHAELFerguson I don’t want to play for you. I want to be in the band. A pregnant silence hangs. MICHAEL (CONT’D) Are you pissed? Bummed? Or both? AndrewBOB Well, Michael, I’m a lot of things. But mainly, I’m happy if your happy. MICHAEL Awesome! Muchas Gracias! (beat) What position were you holding for me? BOB Oh... There were several. But - now - what’s it matter? You’re gonna be on the field wearing a uniform - MICHAEL Next to the tuba section!

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BOB Yeah. And you know what? MICHAEL I’m gonna be the best trumpeter out there! 73 INT. DOCTOR’S OFFICE - SUMMER - DAY 73 BOB waits alone. The doctor enters, business as usual. She scans Bob’s latest test results. DOCTOR Taking your med’s as instructed? BOB Yep. DOCTOR Exercise? BOB Running again. DOCTOR Pain? Mild discomfort? BOB Only when I realize how old I’m getting. She flips a page. Eyes hardeningFerguson on some Enzyme numbers. BOB (CONT’D) How’re my CMPK test scores? DOCTOR Unusual. He tensesAndrew as she initials a form and hands it to him. DOCTOR (CONT’D) Your heart’s made a remarkable recovery, Mr. Ladouceur. You’re free to return to normal activities. Somehow this is overwhelmingly unexpected. BOB stands by the huge heart, head swimming until he has to ask... BOB Coaching? DOCTOR Keep the stress down but yes. She looks at him.

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DOCTOR (CONT’D) Happy? He doesn’t answer. 74 INT. LADOUCEOUR KITCHEN - NIGHT 74 Her back to us, BEV makes dinner. She turns to face us, smile as careful as her tone. BEV That’s great. You’re healthy. I prayed for that. Must be a big relief. BOB stands there. He doesn’t look bowled over with relief. BOB She said I can go back to coaching. BEV Is that your plan, Bob? BOB I made a promise, Bev, and I’m gonna keep it. This year is ours. She smiles. BOB (CONT’D) Hmm. What’s that? Smells good. BEVFerguson It is. 75 INT. COACH’S OFFICE - DAY 75 TERRY’S working at his desk alone. Hearing the door open, he looks up as BOB enters. TERRY AndrewAlanbaugh’s pulling the team together. BOB Okay, Good. TERRY watches the door close as BOB steps into...... THE LOCKER ROOM. Kids instantly notice him. Call him Coach Lad’. Ask how he’s doing. IN THE OFFICE, although TERRY can’t hear much through the glass, he watches impassively as...... THE TEAM KNEELS around Bob. He looks down at their expectant faces. For a beat, he says nothing...

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TERRY watches BOB’S first muffled words land. Salinas drops his head. BEASER begins to cry. Joshua looks shell-shocked, can’t stop wagging his head. TAYSHON stands off, his face a mask of practiced indifference. None of this matters to him. CHRIS holds his record book, lost. TERRY. Motionless. Eyes glistening now, finds... DANNY slumped against locker. Face so tight no tear could slip through. His eyes meet his father’s – anger, disappointment, betrayal, loss and pain all mixed there. 76 EXT. DLS CAMPUS - DAY 76 The campus is vacant and still. LETTERS mounted on the school’s sign threaten all students: “CLASSES START IN TWO WEEKS!” 77 INT. BOB’S CLASSROOM - DAY 77 Floors buffed, desks neatly aligned and empty. Alone, BOB pores over his lesson plan with the same intensity he once did football plays. He flips through the numbered days ahead then stops. His POV of the LESSON BOOK: LESSON 14: LUKE: GIVE AND IT SHALL BE GIVEN TO YOU INFerguson EQUAL MEASURE... BOB stares at the page, pops the binder, removes the lesson and tucks it in a drawer. Now the crackle of CLEATS on CONCRETE draws him to the window... OUTSIDE: Players head out for afternoon practice. BOB watches them go, a longing in his gaze... 78 EXT. DLSAndrew FIELD - BLEACHERS - DAY 78 BOB watches from a distance as TERRY, professional, in command, struts along. A CHIRP of his WHISTLE, as the team warm ups. BOB sharpens. Tayshon, in uniform, saunters onto the field. DANNY and CHRIS beeline for him. CHRIS You're late. TAYSHON Been busy. DANNY Well I guess that explains yesterday. ‘Cause you missed an entire practice.

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TAYSHON I got a note from the nurse, “Little Lad.” DANNY How insensitive of us, Chris.He was at Digger’s and got a severe ice cream headache. Oh, and, call me that again and I’ll drop you. TAYSHON Now that’s funny. CHRIS Knock it off. Nobody misses practice without clearing it with a captain. TAYSHON I AIN’T NOBODY! I PLAYED BOTH WAYS, CAUGHT 38 PASSES AND HAD FIVE PICKS. HOW MUCH PRACTICE I NEED? By now, the field’s dead silent. Player’s paused, staring... FROM AFAR: BOB watches, empty-eyed... DANNY It’s not about “I”. It’s about “Us.” This team - TAYSHON Both of you can kissFerguson my - DANNY rams TAYSHON. TAYSHON flies. Lands hard on his back. Lunges up and wails on DANNY. TAYSHON (CONT’D) - Team? Ain't no team! Truth is, it's down to four or five of us bringing our game. 'Cause say what you will, AndrewDanny, Chris, this team thing don't mean nothin' now. TERRY strides up, dead serious. TERRY COOL DOWN, RIGHT NOW. The entire team freezes. TERRY’S got their attention. TERRY (CONT’D) “Team" means everything now! Look around. To be successful we’re gonna have to scrap for everything. If we’re gonna be a scrappy team we have to respect each other. (MORE)

Pg. 51 WTGST - Salmon Revisions (05/15/2013) 51A TERRY (CONT’D) If you don’t care about each other, you’re not going to be able to rally around each other when times get tough. It won’t happen unless to respect and support one another. (beat) Now get back to practice!

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As TERRY stalks off...... BOB watches the team spiral out of control. 79 INT LADOUCEUR KITCHEN - DAY 79 BOB’S blending a livid green health shake when he hears the familiar sounds of football. He pours two glasses and follows the football sounds into the -FAMILY ROOM, Where DANNY is watching tape of this afternoon’s practice. BOB hands Danny a glass and glances at a play: TV SCREEN - TAPE ROLLING The shot follows DANNY racing to the sideline on a timing pattern. Looks great. Until, he drops the pass. BACK TO SCENE DANNY I've dropped more passes this summer than my previous three years combined. Seeing DANNY’S hurting, BOB re-runs the play. BOB You're not looking the ball into your hands. You’re turning your head up- field before you’ve even caught it. DANNY I know. I try to stopFerguson but - BOB - Work on this with Coach Alumbaugh. DANNY I DON'T NEED COACH ALAMBAUGH! I NEED YOU! MY SENIOR SEASON IS HERE, DAD. MY AndrewLAST SHOT! BOB Danny, I'm not your coach. I want to spend time together. Get closer. I found a river rafting outfit on-line - DANNY River-rafting!!!? Great. Maybe afterwards we’ll win the father/son three legged race! This is perfect! (MORE)

Pg. 52 WTGST - Blue Revisions (04/20/2013) 53 DANNY (CONT'D) The whole time I needed a father, I got a coach. Now, I need a coach and all I've got is a lame Dad. And I’ve got news for you - you're a better coach. DANNY bolts. BOB just stares. 80 EXT. RICHMOND - PARK - AFTERNOON 80 A rowdy, LOUD pick up basketball game underway. TK shoots from half court - sinks it with a grin. 81 EXT. RICHMOND PARK - A BEAT LATER 81 TK says good bye to neighborhood players. Soul hugs. Fist bumps. As oddly sad as it is inspiring. BASKETBALL KID When you heading up to Oregon? TK Crack ‘a dawn tomorrow. ONE KID Don't forget us, homes. TK thumps his heart and heads for the OLDS. 82 INT. KELLY LIVING ROOM - NIGHT 82 As distant sirens moan, LANDRINFerguson and T-GRAM hardly watch the TV. T-GRAM You heard from him? Boy's gotta get up early. LANDRIN dials. They both listen as the phone RINGS... And RINGS.Andrew They trade a concerned look when: 83 INT. OLDS - MOVING - NIGHT 83 TK Yo, Pops. I'm getting there... Traffic is crazy, ya know. LANDRIN You didn't forget to fill the car. TK First thing I did. Hi Test. Home in ten! 84 INT. KELLY HOUSE - NIGHT 84 LANDRIN and T-GRAM just laugh gently.

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85 INT. OLDS - MOVING NOW - NIGHT 85 TK'S phone RINGS again. He makes a face. Answers lightly. TK Coming up the hill - He stops. The phone speaker HISSES and CRACKLES. GROGGY VOICE Hey, Cuz, I lost my ride. Can you swing by, do a brother a solid? TK Lamarco, you high? VOICE Naw, workin’ my program. TK Where are you? 86 INT. LADOUCEUR HOUSE - BEDROOM - SAME 86 BEV sits on the bed, schoolwork spread around her. In the bathroom, BOB’S washing up for the night. BEV He just wants to know you’re still Involved somehow. It’s a big adjustment for him.Ferguson For all of them. Bob steps into the room in his undershirt holding a towel. BOB Including me. I don’t how to be the coach if I’m not the coach. I’ll talk to him. 87 EXT. RICHMONDAndrew - A BLIGHTED SECTOR - NIGHT 87 TK rolls through a post apocalyptic neighborhood. Ahead, a big, loud party spills from a railroad flat. TK stares - it looks like a junkie convention. Ahead, headlights flare. A black Camaro slinks beside TK. A a dark window glides down. Metallic colored smoke streams out. The DEALER at the wheel has a Mac 10 on the passenger seat. He stares TK down. TK Yo. DEALER smokes, all the time in the world, finally:

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DEALER Glad you getting out from these low lifes. Oregon. Cool. Burn some white boys' asses, huh. TK (sly smile) Yeah, whoever. The CAMARO pulls away. TK swings out. 88 EXT. PARTY HOUSE - NIGHT 88 TK steps out of car. Looks around. Spots LAMARCO, high, animated, flirting with a girl. TK Yo! Lamarco, come on. LAMARCO A minute, man! Getting some very important digits... TK Well get 'em and come on. Gotta get home. LAMARCO One minute, Cuz! TK is sliding back into the FergusonOLDS when a SHADOW crosses him... Grinning, LAMARCO pockets the girl's number when... BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! The shots ECHO off. A brief stunned silence lingers until - LAMARCO’s GIRL starts screaming uncontrollably. LOMARCO stares,Andrew eyes saucered, brain unable to comprehend... Beside the Olds, TK sprawls in a widening lake of blood. Dead. Down the street, a skeletal figure drops a rifle and flees. 89 OMITTED 89 90 OMITTED 90 A91 INT. LANDRIN’S CAR - NIGHT A91 LANDRIN whips T-GRAM'S old Chevy through Richmond. CAM sits in the passenger seat. T-GRAM in back. Faces etched in worry. LANDRIN suddenly LOCKS the brakes. Stares. Opens his door.

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LANDRIN Stay here. B91 EXT. CRIME SCENE STREET - NIGHT B91 LANDRIN shoves through the crush, he can see the roof of his OLDS gleaming in the drizzle. He pushes on more desperately when CAM catches up. Both men are stopped by a police saw horse. Crime tape. Cops. LANDRIN (staring) Oh, Jesus, no. Please Jesus, no... Before any cop can stop him, CAM runs an obstacle course of orange cones marking shell casings. Slows. Bends. Tears track silently. CAM grips TK's hand. TK'S championship ring glints. Back in the crowd, T-GRAM draws in a long, deep breath as she sinks to her knees... And finally, wails: T-GRAM Is that our baby!? Is that?... Oh Lord! As she WAILS again and again, CAM backs away watching as TK'S body is lifted onto a stretcher. BROADCASTER (V.O.) A community gathers to mourn their honored dead... Ferguson 91 INT. BEV’S CAR - DAY 91 On BOB’S face. BEV' drives. BOB in the passenger seat, hunched, ashen. The car radio BROADCASTER continues... BROADCASTER (OVER RADIO) ...At just 18, Terrence Kelly was already a hero to this impoverished Andrewneighborhood. A superstar De La Salle High football player, the always smiling young man everyone called simply "TK" was fatally shot six times just hours before he was to leave for Oregon.... The alleged murderer confessed to shooting Kelly over a perceived slight in a pick up basketball game. The suspect is fifteen years old... CLICK. BOB looks up. BEV'S just turned off the radio. BEV We're here.

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She opens her door. A CHOIR fills the air with “Peace Be Still” as... 92 EXT. CHURCH PARKING LOT - AFTERNOON 92 SIX PALLBEARERS, including CAM, carry TK's casket into the church. Draped over it, a small cloth banner features TK: in uniform, helmet tipped back, grinning. Below large letters spell: TERRENCE KELLY - L'HOMME DU FOIS - “MAN OF FAITH” A De La Salle school bus pulls up and DLS PLAYERS, led by Chris and Danny, depart wearing their jerseys. The SINGING drifts from a loudspeaker playing to a somber, overflow crowd. BOB and BEV filter through. A few of the mourners respectfully make way. 93 INT. CHURCH - AFTERNOON 93 The soloist's VOICE soars over a packed cathedral. From a pew, BOB stares at his program - he's the final speaker. He licks dry lips as the MINISTER begins. BOB strains to listen. He looks around. Just needs a reassuring face. BEV'S VOICE Bob. He turns. BEV You're up. Ferguson He blinks. He stands. A thousand stares follow him down the aisle to the knave. LANDRIN grips BOB. Steadies him. CAM searches BOB'S face. T-GRAM squeezes his arm. CHANDELLE just stares off. BOB takes the pulpit. Glances at his first card... BOB AndrewI remember the first... first time I saw Terrence. He was that awkward freshman- all arms and legs with an infectious smile. A coach couldn't help but notice the smooth grace of his athletic alibi... He stops. Gleaming below... TK'S casket. Closed. Draped in flowers. The mourners wait. But BOB seems paralyzed. BEV wills him to go on. He stares at his speech cards. Trembling in his hands... He lays them down. His voice just a whisper now, a man talking to himself. BOB (CONT’D) People always ask me what it feels like to never lose... Today, I am lost. (MORE)

Pg. 57 WTGST - Pink Revisions (04/23/2013) 58 BOB (CONT’D) It's as if life has taken more than it gives. And I don't know if I can handle that... Lord, I am struggling. I want to understand. Why Terrence? Why now? (beat) I know. If we are to call ourselves Christians, we cannot ask these questions. Because to do so is to question your benevolence... Your divine wisdom. But today, I am lost. (beat) MR. KELLY, T-GRAM... I KNOW YOUR pain IS GREAT... BUT YOU RAISED THE KIND OF YOUNG MAN WE ALL STRIVE FOR. (beat) We ask our players to learn and embrace ideals - perfection, commitment, compassion, brotherhood and faith. From the first day TK came across that field, I saw a kid whose grace wasn't just athletic, but genuine in so many ways. He embodied those ideals. BEV watches BOB turn and gaze at TK's casket. BOB (CONT’D) You never gave up on anything or anyone... He looks at CAM. Ferguson BOB (CONT’D) I didn't teach you; you taught me. Thank you. Because when on some other day I am lost and struggling to keep my faith, I need only remember you. (beat) For reasons we are not privy to, God Andrewwanted TK home. He is with Him now. I trust in you, Lord, to keep TK in perfect peace and give us the strength to go on and live out our days in his example. Off the silent faces of TK's family and team mates. SLOW DISS' TO: 94 EXT. CHURCH PARKING LOT - A BEAT LATER 94 TK's casket is being loaded into the hearse. Mourners exit en masse. BOB looks for someone. Spots CAM leaving alone. BOB Cam!...

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Catches up with him. They stand together, in the rush and the noise. CAM Don’t make no sense coach... I don’t know what I’m supposed to do. BOB Stick to the plan, go to Oregon. CAM Just don’t feel right without him. Bob presses something into Cam’s palm. Cam stares down at the Commitment Card he destroyed so long ago. Reads the promise he made to his coach. Looks up at Bob... BOB Please. 95 INT. LADOUCEUR BEDROOM - JUST BEFORE DAWN 95 BOB awakens. Looks for BEV'. She's gone. 96 EXT. LADOUCEUR BACK PORCH - PRE-DAWN 96 BOB finds BEV sitting on an old porch glider, cupping a steaming mug of tea. She seems somewhere else. BOB What are you doingFerguson out here? BEV Dancing at our wedding with your Dad. BOB He stepping on your toes? BEV No. He's over the moon, singing your Andrewpraises. And I say: "Take it easy, I'm already sold." He grins and looks over. You're talking to the priest. And your Dad says: "If you didn't know better, who would you guess puts the collar on every morning?" We crack up. The music stops, the dance is over. I'm heading over to rescue you when he said something I still remember. BOB What? BEV "I hope you won't be too lonely."

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BOB stares as she turns. No anger. No hurt. Just an abiding wonder. BEV (CONT’D) Your Dad raised you. Loved you. Did Pop Warner, camping trips, the works. And yet he died never really knowing you. And I used to think that would happen to me too. Until just a minute ago, sitting up in bed watching you sleep - it hit me. Some people never know who they are or all that they have. All they know is something's missing. BOB is utterly silent. BEV (CONT’D) I hope you find it. Beat. She looks out into the half light. BEV (CONT’D) And so I was just sitting here, getting ready to let you go again. A look to him as she gets up and heads into the kitchen. 97 EXT. DLS PRACTICE FIELD - DAY 97 SUMMER slowly yielding to AUTUMN. The heat’s tapered and so, it seems, have the SPARTANS.Ferguson The CAPTAINS run the warm-ups. But the team shows no energy. TK’s death has cast a pall... BOB and TERRY walk toward to the team. Like falling dominos, the players stop, slow and stares as BOB comes. BOB How they doing? AndrewTERRY After TK...? They’re shaken, zero energy, no confidence. BOB nears. Stride strong and dignified. Something in him has changed. It’s underscored when he looks the team in the square in the eye. BOB This program was founded on certain ideals and they have been drowned by the noise and distraction of fame. We got lost - caught up in the hype, the celebrity, the glory and the relentless pressure to keep the streak alive. We all did...me too! (MORE)

Pg. 60 WTGST - Green Revisions (04/30/2013) 60A BOB (CONT'D) And between my heart attack and TK’s death we’ve all suffered personally. As a team, our seniors failure to reach the level of maturity equal to previous teams is crippling us. Where are our leaders? (MORE)

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Pg. 60A WTGST - Green Revisions (04/30/2013) 61 BOB (CONT'D) I think you believe that wearing the De La Salle jersey means everyone’s gonna lay down and you’ll inherit the title. It shows in your practices. You’re not hitting with intensity, conditioning with discipline, or training full out in the weight room. You think, “As long as I can go out and hit someone in the mouth, and knock ‘em down, I’m good to go.” You aren’t. The PLAYERS react. BOB (CONT’D) Commitment. Accountability. Perfect effort. And finally love. This bond is what has led countless Spartans to achieve far more than anyone, including themselves, believed they were capable of. Without it, you may continue to win football games but you will have lost the chance to become Spartans. BOB waits a long beat. BOB (CONT’D) We are 14 days from playing a team that’s been preparing for this game for a year. For the next two weeks I want commitment cardsFerguson every day - not about football but about your efforts to become brothers. ALT ENDING TO SCENE BOB (ALT) (CONT’D) On Friday we play a team that’s been preparing for us for a year. We’re Andrewgonna have to get real serious about football, right now. If you want to win like Spartans we’re going to have to play like Spartans.

98 EXT. PRACTICE FIELD - GET-OFF DRILL - DAY 98 BOB stands on the 5-man blocking sled, his whistle SHRILLS - five lineman fire out and pound the sled. BOB No. Still way to slow. Blow off the ball, faster first step and strike like you mean it. He blows his WHISTLE. They strike again - and again - and again...

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99 OMITTED 99 100 EXT. PRACTICE FIELD - PASS DROP DRILL - DAY 100 BEASER sprints right for us. FAST PAN to track him bearing down on Terry. Holding a football above his head, Terry plays traffic cop, dials the ball left. BEASER cuts right. TERRY What the hell was that? BEASER through his helmet cage, eyes starting to brim. TERRY (CONT’D) No! No time for tears! We’re gonna practice this ‘til you get it right. 101 OMITTED 101 102 INT. WEIGHT ROOM - DAY 102 Blasquez patrols the weight room, working the players hard. Tayshon, laid out on the bench press, pumps out the rep’s until Blasquez passes. Arturo continues to counts for TAYSHON... ARTURO 6,7,8... four more. When TAYSHON racks the bar after eight. TAYSHONFerguson Eight’s good. 103 EXT. PRACTICE FIELD - AFTERNOON 103 The players drag tires sluggishly. Some slow and stop before reaching the sideline. Bob, Terry and the other coaches watch.Andrew 104 INT. DIGGERS DINER - CONCORD - LATE AFTERNOON 104 The place is full. DANNY, CHRIS, LAURIE and DIANE are in a booth munching burgers. DANNY is wolfing food off of everyone’s plate. LAURIE looks at DIANE. LAURIE Remind me, again, why you two are still dating? DANNY gives her his handsomest look as he blurts through a mouthful of french fries. DANNY B’cuz I’ so ho-t ‘n so-fis-ti-kated, stoopid.

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Across the restaurant, a table filled with UNDERCLASSMEN PLAYERS wearing DLS gear is starting to get rowdy. TAYSHON sits nearby, watching. He glances around, picks up a greasy fry and whiffs it five feet. BULLS EYE. It hits the biggest underclassman’s jersey, grease dribbles. The kid bellows, in seconds Tayshon’s enjoying watching a food fight erupt. He’s grinning to himself when - CHRIS HEY!... WHAT’S GOING ON HERE? FROZEN underclassman stare back. CHRIS is staring them down. CHRIS (CONT’D) Clean this up and go straight home. Don’t hang out. And be at practice two hours early. The shame-faced KIDS start in. TAYSHON passes, leaving, when - CHRIS (CONT’D) You. Stay here. TAYSHON pulls up and turns. CHRIS (CONT’D) You’re gonna help clean up the mess you made. TAYSHON Back off, I ain’t Fergusoncleaning nothing. CHRIS You’re gonna do it or you’re gone. TAYSHON Dude, who you think you’re talkin’ to? You can’t throw me off this team. AndrewCHRIS Wanna try me? I am the captain of this team. You don’t do exactly what I tell you, right now, come to practice tomorrow, your locker’s gonna be empty and your gear in a box outside. TAYSHON Man, I am the best receiver - CHRIS - I DON’T CARE HOW GOOD YOU THINK YOU ARE. TO ME, YOU’RE POISON! Everyday you show up just in it for yourself, you drag this team down another notch. I don’t care if you don’t like your life, yourself, this team or me. (MORE)

Pg. 63 WTGST - Salmon Revisions (05/15/2013) 64 CHRIS (CONT'D) Wanna show me something? Show me you have the slightest ability to see past yourself and realize this program is unique. We operate on a code of honor. And when you leave it goes with you and gives you a better chance to make something of yourself. I understand that. And that’s why I was made captain. And if you can’t deal, or see how lucky you are - go. TAYSHON stands there, some emotion clawing up from the pit of his soul. He looks at Chris. And grabs a wad of paper towels. 105 OMITTED 105 106 OMITTED 106 107 EXT. DLS PRACTICE FIELD - DAWN SKY 107 “Gassers” AKA the team sprints the length of the field and back, rests and repeats. CHRIS calls off the intervals. Bob and Terry walk up, staring as the exhausted team finishes the drill. The team collapses to the turf, utterly winded. BOB You guys a little early? CHRIS Last night over at Digger’s... we had an issue. It’s handled.Ferguson BOB (re: the gassers) How many did you run? CHRIS 15. BOB AndrewMusta’ been some issue. As they walk towards the midfield. BOB (CONT’D) What play do you think we should open with against Bellevue? Veer option? Gett off the ball and strike? Terry swallows the impulse to scream, an old and maddening ritual has begun... 108 INT. WEIGHT ROOM - DAY 108 The team’s pumping iron - intensity’s definitely picked up.

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BOB Or a screen? Catch ‘em off guard right away? Terry grits his teeth. 109 INT. LOCKER ROOM - ANOTHER DAY 109 Bob and Terry listen to the players read cards. BOB ...Something more explosive, surprising, if they got eight men in the box TERRY It’s one play! Why are you obsessing? Fed up, Terry fuming, he crosses his arms and listens to Bob continue to ponder, obliviously.

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110 EXT. DLS PRACTICE FIELD - DAY 110 The team runs conditioning drills. They look sharper, even more motivated. Bob and Terry up the tempo. The team responds. BOB I got it. Power read pass. They’ll never expect it. TERRY Hey, wanna really surprise ‘em...PUNT! 111 INT. COACH’S OFFICE - DAY 111 Bob and Terry sit at their desks post-practice. BOB’S sketching plays. TERRY flips through a horse racing magazine. TERRY Whatever set Chris off a week ago has certainly improved this team’s focus and attitude. BOB Definitely moving in the right direction. TERRY Think it’s enough to beat Bellevue? BOB In two days, we’llFerguson find out. 112 EXT. SPARTANS VS BELLVUE - FIELD - DAY 112 BOOM! A kicker’s foot blasts a football into space! FANS ROAR as CHRIS returns to the Spartans' 30. 113 EXT. SPARTANSAndrew VS BELLVUE - SIDELINES - DAY 113 THE SPARTANS' COME OUT STRONG. Pacing, BOB reads Bellevue - a human computer uploading a zillion data points and spitting out plays to fuel a drive. Chris Ryan runs. TERRY Really? You agonized all week to make that call? Bob ignores Terry. BOB * Strong right, lead at 1, veer pass, * wheel. *

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Salinas throws a 13 yard gain. 114 EXT. SPARTANS VS BELLVUE - FIELD - DAY 114 THIRD PLAY: Chris breaks through - runs over the safety - slips incoming tacklers as - in a game won by inches - CHRIS puts the Spartans in the lead with a 45 yard scoring run. Bob grabs a coach * BOB * The left guard needs to seal that * backer better. * 115 EXT. SPARTANS VS BELLVUE - SCOREBOARD - DAY 115 SCOREBOARD: DE LA SALLE 7 - BELLEVUE - 0 The CROWD goes insane. MICKEY RYAN bellows encouragement. 116 EXT. SPARTANS VS BELLVUE - SIDELINES - DAY 116 CHRIS AND THE OTHER STARTERS lope off the field, confident. DANNY comes beside BOB. Father and son watch BELLEVUE shrug off the TD - no shouting, no emotion. Ferguson

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117 EXT. SPARTANS VS BELLVUE - FIELD - DAY 117 DLS KICKS OFF. Stops BELLEVUE at their 24. 118 EXT. SPARTANS VS BELLVUE - SIDELINE - DAY 118 As BOB and his offense review the previous series a ROAR erupts. Bob looks surprised. BOB What? They break one? 119 EXT. SPARTANS VS BELLVUE - FIELD - DAY 119 Bellevue's runt-sized running back is breaking an 76 yard TD run on the underdog team's first play from scrimmage. 119A INT. SPARTANS VS BELLVUE - ANNOUNCER’S BOOTH - DAY 119A ANNOUNCER #2 Bellevue breaks a 76-yard touchdown run on their very first offensive play of the game. SCOREBOARD: DE LA SALLE 7 - BELLVUE 7 119B EXT. SPARTANS VS BELLVUE - DLS SIDELINES - DAY 119B * TERRY * You’ve got to break down to make that * tackle Ferguson * 120 EXT. SPARTANS VS BELLVUE - FIELD - DAY 120 CHRIS LOOKS AT DANNY, who just looks worried. 121 EXT. SPARTANS VS BELLVUE - FIELD - DAY 121 A BRUTAL ONSLAUGHT ENSUES. Bellevue's QB throws relentlessly, drivingAndrew DLS back. His runner's tear off huge gains; scoring on successive possessions: DLS 7 - BELLVUE 14. * Terry addresses corner * TERRY * It’s a three deep and you got beat? * When we’re in three deep, you can’t * let them get behind you. * DLS 7 - BELLVUE 21. * TERRY (CONT’D) * Chris! Your responsibility is the * quarterback on the option. * DLS 7 - BELLVUE 28. DLS looks disoriented. The snap of their opening drive is gone, replaced by a bleak mood.

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122 EXT. SPARTANS VS BELLVUE - SIDELINES - DAY 122 BOB watches them limp in, physically banged up, mentally battered. 123 EXT. SPARTANS VS BELLVUE - SIDELINE - DAY 123 BOB (to Salinas) Hit Danny on a 12 yard curl...in the seam between the linebacker and the safety! 124 EXT. SPARTANS VS BELLVUE - FIELD - DAY 124 A pass bullets straight to DANNY. He drops it. 125 EXT. SPARTANS VS BELLVUE - FIELD - DAY 125 A pitch spirals into CHRIS' hands. Touchdown! But it's not enough. SCOREBOARD: DE LA SALLE 14 - BELLVUE 28 126 EXT. SPARTANS VS BELLVUE - FIELD - DAY 126 SNAP AFTER SNAP: 1) Bellvue, super fast off the ball, cut blocks the DLS D-Line and the Bellvue runner breaks through easily. 2) Bellvue pulling guard launches Beaser on his back. BOB * Beaser, this is justFerguson like the drill we * do in practice everyday. You’ve got to * shed that block and get to the ball * carrier * 3) Bellvue Guard and Tackle execute a clean cross block - a * big hole opens and the Bellvue Runner bursts through. 127 EXT. SPARTANSAndrew VS BELLVUE - SIDELINE - DAY 127 TERRY They're beating us off the ball on every snap.

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TERRY STARES AT BOB... Then out to the field as another play explodes and Bellvue scores... SCOREBOARD: DE LA SALLE 14 - BELLVUE 36 128 EXT. SPARTANS VS BELLVUE - FIELD - DAY 128 BELLEVUE scores back to back touchdowns. BOB They're playing exactly like us. 129 EXT. SPARTANS VS BELLVUE - FIELD - DAY 129 DANNY SNAGS A BULLET PASS. Holds onto it until... WHAM! Massive hit. Ball bounds free. A BELLEVUE player scores. Bob * grimaces as if he’d absorbed the blow himself. * 130 EXT. SPARTANS VS BELLVUE - SIDELINE - DAY 130 BOB WATCHES DANNY... A TINY FIGURE framed before the massive crowd, DANNY hangs his head, watching his failure replay in slow motion on the screen in his head... 131 EXT. SPARTANS VS BELLVUE - STANDS - DAY 131 MICKEY’s hoarse with outrage. Maybe the only one in the stadium unwilling to accept what's etched on BOB'S face. 132 EXT. SPARTANS VS BELLVUE - SIDELINE - DAY 132 TERRYFerguson We're gonna lose. 133 EXT. SPARTANS VS BELLVUE - FIELD - DAY 133 THE SPARTANS: Suddenly, they look terribly young as their greatest fear materializes in a sensory crescendo as - THE CLOCK FLASHES off the final seconds - the CROWD shakes the stadiumAndrew as they chant: 10, 9, 8, 7, 6... Bob turns to the dejected team assembled along the sideline. * BOB * Act like gentlemen. * 134 EXT. SPARTANS VS BELLVUE - FIELD - DAY 134 Clock runs out just before the snap but the crowd noise prevents the DLS players from hearing it! DANNY watches Salinas pitch out to CHRIS. CHRIS flies down field. Slows... No one's chasing him. 135 EXT. SPARTANS VS BELLVUE - FIELD - DAY 135 DANNY stares at the scoreboard, it can’t be:

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DE LA SALLE 20 - BELLVUE 39 A NUMB CHRIS WATCHES BELLEVUE'S ecstatic fans pour on field, mobbing the victors. CHRIS FINDS DANNY'S FACE. Nothing to say. Fighting it hard, CHRIS sinks to his knees and sobs.

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136 EXT. SPARTANS VS BELLVUE - THE STANDS - DAY 136 MICKEY is white with fury. BEV', stunned, disbelieving. 137 EXT. SPARTANS VS BELLVUE - SIDELINES- DAY 137 BOB STARES - HIS PLAYERS, just boys, litter the field, gutted beyond comprehension, beyond consolation... DANNY sleep walks off the field. Eyes glistening, he brushes past BOB without a look... BOB reaches out for his kid, but he's gone... As BEASER weeps in despair, TERRY SURVEYS THE SCENE... Gathering himself, TERRY hauls up BEASER and fires a look into the GIANT child's eyes. BEASER nods. Straightens as Terry turns his glare on the others. THE TEAM digs deep for composure and forms a line. Tears tracking, they follow BOB onto the field... BOB WATCHES BELLEVUE COME. As he quietly congratulates the HEAD COACH. * BOB * Great job. You guys handed it to us. * The teams file past each other. Bob makes it a point to shake * the hand of every Bellvue player and coach. In silence, the * victors and the vanquished briefly lock grubby, bloodied hands. Hand after hand after hand... 138 INT. BELLEVUE VISITORS LOCKERFerguson ROOM - LATE DAY 138 The boys sprawl, decimated. Some CRY. CHRIS and DANNY just stare, shell-shocked, dream destroyed. BEASER slams his fist, catering a locker door before his massive shoulders heave. TERRY looks over sixty grieving boys. His words come softly. Tonight, he's not just a coach but a father. TERRY Reporters. Friends. Family. Strangers. AndrewAre all gonna ask you "what happened?" It's a question that's going to follow you - "How'd you lose the Streak?" And your answer every time, the truth. Bellevue played better than us. And we lost a high school football game. That's football... But it's not you. Don't let a game define you. Let the way you live your life do that. PLAYERS... As Terry's words seep into a few dazed psyches. BOB eyes them. Stands. Emphatic. Confident. Doing what he loves most - teaching.

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BOB I truly believe that life's most impressionable lessons are ones when something bad happens to you or something challenging confronts you. I want to put it in it's proper perspective. This is football... and it's fun and entertainment. That's all true. (MORE)

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Pg. 68A WTGST - Green Revisions (04/30/2013) 69 BOB (CONT'D) Nevertheless, you were in a very combative and competitive situation tonight. No one can climb into your head and hear what that little voice is saying to you. Is it saying "Oh no, we lost the streak!"? What's it gonna say? After tonight you're gonna find out about yourself, and you know something, we’re all going to find out what this team is made of. 139 INT. DANNY'S ROOM - NIGHT 139 DANNY lies awake. He looks up, the pale moonlight rims a kind, warm face. BEV pushes the hair off his forehead. BEV Have I told you lately you are an amazing kid? DANNY Not since this morning. But you keep- forgetting piss poor wide out. BEV Why do you think you're dropping passes? DANNY Dad says my eyes have been on the goal line not the ball.Ferguson She actually laughs. BEV Oh, Buddy, if you only knew. It seems like ten minutes ago you were sitting on my lap watching Daddy from the sidelines and I could feel you dreaming of being the player he’d grab Andrewby the scruff when the pressure was on and send in to save the game. And now you’re here. And you’re putting all this pressure on yourself to deliver. Just trust yourself as a player an do it for the guys and for the game, but you don't need to do it for him - to win his love. That guy, as awkward as he is at showing it? (smiles) You've had him the whole time. 140 EXT. DLS FIELD - DE LA SALLE VS CLOVIS WEST - DAY 140 GAME CLOCK: 3:17 left to play. SCOREBOARD: DE LA SALLE 12 -CLOVIS WEST 30

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SIDELINES: The Spartans stare, crushed. On field, the game still underway. 3 Plays - High Speed! But losing bears down, a forgone conclusion. Bob sends in plays. Terry barks advice, roars with increasing tempo: TERRY “What’s going on out there!? What are you doing?” As the seconds spiral toward the inevitable BOB’S VOICE plays OVER the final, dismal plays of the game. If the words are familiar, it’s because IT’S BOB’S SPEECH FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE MOVIE. As the SPARTANS lose we cut to Bob, his speech addresses his players in a present time team meeting: A1 INT. DE LA SALLE LOCKER ROOM - DAY A1 ALT use of beginning of speech in scene 97 BOB (ALT) This program was founded on certain ideals and they have been drowned by the noise and distraction of fame. We got lost - caught up in the hype, the celebrity, the glory and the relentless pressure to keep the streak alive. We all did...me too! And between my heart attack and TK’s death we’ve all suffered personally. As a team, our seniors’ failure to reach the level of maturity equal to previous teams is Fergusoncrippling us. Where are our leaders? Beat. BOB (CONT’D) I'm just going to talk to you today, because today, you're going to have to decide what you want to be as a team. AndrewI've had people come up to me since the middle of last summer and ask, “What's the team like this year?” I'm honest with them. I tell them I don't know… Here's what I see from you. Every team needs leaders to cut the path and followers who make it wider. Every great team has to have followers, guys who will go, “I believe in this guy; I'm going to follow his lead. I'm going to be right beside him, whatever he wants.” Last year, I think we had a very good group of leaders and you recognized that in them and were good followers. Those sons of bitches that left took every challenge head on, welcomed it, wanted it, couldn't wait for it. (MORE)

Pg. 70 WTGST - Green Revisions (04/30/2013) 70A BOB (CONT’D) They practiced like it, too. They kicked the shit out of you in practice every week to get themselves ready for the game. When the game came they were fearless and they played like it. It looks like you guys are looking around going, “Where are those leaders?”The effort you put in during the off-season was commendable but it has not translated onto the field. To be honest with you, I think a lot of you are afraid of contact and mixing it up. I'm sorry, but this game requires that of its leaders. I can talk a great game, lift a corner of the weight room, run through the agility stations, but if I don't hit and I'm not physical on that field, my leadership qualifications drop dramatically. (MORE)

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Pg. 70A WTGST - Blue Revisions (04/20/2013) 71 BOB (CONT’D) If I'm not a tough son of a bitch on that field, my leadership credibility is diminished. You've got to decide what you want to be. Because I get the feeling from you as a team that you want to jump up on the throne and let us place the championship ring on your finger. You're at De La Salle and you deserve that. You guys think you DESERVE that? DO YOU THINK THOSE OTHER TEAMS DIDN'T EARN THAT AND FIGHT FOR IT AND BLEED FOR IT ON THE PRACTICE FIELD? Damn right they did. But it seems like you guys want to hop up on the throne without going through all that. WELL, YOU'RE FOOLING YOURSELF… (beat) I had a discussion with Coach Eidson. He's concerned, rightfully, about you guys. I said, “Hey Terry. They're either going to do it or they're not. Have we spent less time with them or prepped them less than any squad we've ever had? No. They're going to have to do it themselves.” One thing he said I agreed with. He said, “Yeah, but I hate posers. They think they're going to do it and believe they deserve it but they won't go out there and do it.” Hey, that may be who you are. That's my answer to all the people that ask meFerguson what kind of team I have. I don't know. I tell them we're ragged, not very aggressive, but we do have our moments out there. We have moments of brilliance, but for the most part we're inconsistent, mistake-prone, ragged, and not very physical. I tell them flat out. If they continue on this path they Andrewdefinitely won't beat St. Louis and Poly. Now I'm being honest with you. If you do not have a jump in intensity and leadership, if you don't have a dramatic jump, I'm telling you now, and I don't mean to be pessimistic, but I just want you to understand this: There are consequences to your play. You will not beat Clayton Valley and you definitely will not beat Poly with the intensity you're bringing. That's where we are, and as much as you don't want to hear that, that's my assessment. Right now, we're in over our heads.

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AA141CLOVIS WEST GAME - Off the final WHISTLE the team AA141 lines up to shake hands with an excited Clovis West team. A141 INT. DLS LOCKER ROOM - DAY A141 BOB ...Do I feel that you guys can pull this off and earn the right to sit on the throne? Yeah, I do, I'm not hoping you play well this week. YOU HAVE TO. You have to play well this week. If we had all these big games coming up at the end of the year I'd say, “We've got time.” You don't have time. The time is right now. You have to play well starting Friday night. Now is a decision time for you as a team, as a group of seniors, as a group of returners. It's not going to be easy. Even if you make that decision, even if you step your game up and you guys are playing at your ability level, it's STILL NOT GOING TO BE EASY. YOU ARE STILL GOING TO FIGHT YOUR ASS OFF FOR VICTORIES IN THOSE GAMES. OK, I spoke long enough. But, hey, this has been building. I've been patient with you. I've been saying let's wait. Well, time's up. Either step up or prepare for the consequences.Ferguson The PLAYERS. Blown away. BOB stares, have they heard a word? BOB (CONT’D) Tomorrow morning, eight o’clock sharp, meet at the locker room. The players... “Huh?” ALT A141AndrewINT. DLS LOCKER ROOM - DAY Bob Walks into the locker room. His devastated PLAYERS look up, expecting words of wisdom... BOB (CONT’D) Tomorrow morning, eight o’clock sharp, meet here! Bob turns and walks out. 141 OMITTED 141 142 INT. BUS - MINUTES LATER 142 BOB and TERRY watch a pack of boys wrestle for seats.

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TERRY Think this is gonna freak them out?

Ferguson

Andrew

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BOB I hope so. ARTURO claims a window seat. Until he looks up. TAYSHON looms, glaring. ARTURO vacates. TAYSHON stretches out across both seats, pulls his cap over his eyes, blasts his IPOD. ARTURO crams into a seat with two other players. 143 INT. BUS - DAY 143 The bus RUMBLES off a freeway. DANNY and CHRIS spot a LARGE SIGN. 144 INT. / EXT. BUS - NEAR VA HOSPITAL - DAY 144 MOVING POV OF SIGN - “SAN FRANCISCO VA MEDICAL CENTER.” 145 INT. VA HOSPITAL CORRIDOR - DAY 145 The TEAM, uneasy now, treks a long corridor. They stop, bunching up uncertainly before three V.A. NURSES, with clipboards. One steps forward and hugs Bob. BOB Nurse Ballard is a friend of mine. Her son, Rob, is a DLS graduate. She’s in charge of the nursing staff. Today we’re all gonna follow her orders. NURSE BALLARD Anyone here ever beenFerguson injured? Every boy except Tayshon raises a hand. NURSE BALLARD (CONT’D) (to Tayshon) You’ve never been injured? TAYSHON Andrew(shrugs) Part of the game. Don’t think about it. Just bounce back. NURSE BALLARD You’re very brave. This isn’t that. Nobody bounces. (then) We’re going to break up into three groups. When you hear your name, follow the nurse who called it to the appropriate unit. 146 INT. VA HOSPITAL WARD - DAY 146 A Nurse holds the door open. Tayshon, Arturo, and Beaser lead the others in.

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Rows of broken VETS just back from Iraq are in a line of crappy beds, wall to wall. Bob looks from the doorway. 147 INT. VA RECREATION ROOM - DAY 147 ARTURO is first in. BOB’S right behind. There’s a ping-pong table with no net, a worn out pool table, and an ancient pinball machine, unplugged. Vets slump across couches and chairs and stare at the TV. 148 INT. VA HOSPITAL CORRIDOR - DAY 148 Nurse Ballard stands at the door of the POLY-TRAUMA UNIT with a smaller group, which includes Chris and Danny. NURSE BALLARD If this is too hard for you, don’t come in. CHRIS Why would it be - But she’s already inside. 149 INT. VA POLY-TRAUMA REHAB UNIT - DAY 149 Intensive rehab for veterans with multiple injuries. The MEN here have been blown up, run over and shot. They’re attended to by TEAMS of NURSES and AIDES, helping them stretch, walk, lift themselves in and out of wheelchairs, get on the stairmaster or the treadmill. Chris and Danny lead the others in. They all look likeFerguson they want to leave. 150 INT. VA HOSPITAL WARD - DAY 150 An AIDE gives a sponge bath to a FRAIL VET who’s paralyzed from the neck down. Beaser’s at the foot of the bed, holding a towel. The Nurse’s phone rings. AIDE Andrew(into phone) Hello? (then) Yes. Be right there. (to Beaser) Could you finish up? She holds out the sponge. Beaser’s eyes go wide. He looks to Tayshon, who’s nearby. Tayshon walks away. 151 INT. VA POLY-TRAUMA REHAB UNIT - DAY 151 Danny watches in awe as LUIS, double amputee with metal legs, assaults the stairmaster. LUIS What’re you lookin’ at?

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DANNY No, I just - LUIS You just what? DANNY Nothing, I - LUIS Okay. Then pace me. DANNY What? LUIS Something wrong with you? You speak English? He points to the next stairmaster. LUIS (CONT’D) Get on. Pace me. 152 INT. VA HOSPITAL WARD - DAY 152 ARTURO rolls a food cart into the ward. BEASER’S at the bedside of the Frail Vet, giving him a sponge bath. FRAIL VET Ahhh! Ferguson BEASER What? What did I do? Did I hit your leg? Slowly, a smile spreads across the Vet’s face. FRAIL VET I’m messin’ with you. I can’t feel Andrewanything. BEASER (breathing again) Oh. Wow. I was... sometimes my leg hurts so bad I wish I didn’t feel anything. FRAIL VET No you don’t. At the other end of the room, Tayshon leans against a wall. He starts out of the ward through a door that crashes into an OLDER BLACK VET, 30’s - one arm mangled, in a wheel chair with his IV tube. Tayshon knocks into the disengaging his urine bag.

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OLDER BLACK VET Whatsa’ matter with you boy! You blind!? TAYSHON Sorry, I didn’t see- Tayshon looks down, the VET’S URINE BAG, is leaking all over his leg. TAYSHON (CONT’D) What the - Is that... piss? OLDER BLACK VET (laughing) Well it sho’ ain’t no Gatorade. 153 INT. VA POLY-TRAUMA REHAB UNIT - DAY 153 Luis is bookin’ on the stairmaster. Danny’s sweating to keep up. The other vets pause to watch. Salinas walks over. SALINAS C’mon, Danny. He makes Danny’s stairmaster go faster. Danny’s breathing hard. Luis looks over. Cranks his. Chris reaches for Danny’s controls. DANNY (covering)Ferguson Let him catch up. Luis smiles. LUIS You’re a real gentleman. Luis hitsAndrew the speed control. Faster. 154 INT. VA POLY-TRAUMA REHAB UNIT - DAY 154 Players assist vets with various therapies. CHRIS is spotting a near-PARAPLEGIC. Using parallel bars to practice walking on damaged legs, he's sweating, each step is sheer agony. He notices Chris' DLS T-shirt. PARAPLEGIC What position? CHRIS Running back. PARAPLEGIC Yeah. What's your forty?

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CHRIS 4:51. PARAPLEGIC (grins) Legit? CHRIS shrugs 'yes'. As the vet struggles... PARAPLEGIC (CONT’D) Before I got activated, I was up at this NFL Camp. Warming up for a game? Tore off a 4.41. You know the feeling? CHRIS Like flying. PARAPLEGIC (nods) That day I played the best football of my life... And the whole time I'm thinking about going to the NFL... Now, I think about the guys I played with... And how much I loved the game just for itself... THE PARAPLEGIC SLIPS. HE'S FALLING. CHRIS CATCHES HIM. HE WAVES CHRIS OFF VIOLENTLY. PARAPLEGIC (CONT’D) I got it!... I gotFerguson this. On sheer guts, the PARAPLEGIC slowly pulls himself up. PARAPLEGIC (CONT’D) The glory fades. It's the good times that stick with you forever. The vetAndrew struggles painfully to finish his regimen. NURSE Come on Jimmy, give me three more steps. ON CHRIS - as the vet somehow takes three more steps and collapses. The nurse APPLAUDS. CHRIS pulls up the grinning vet, physically weak, but mentally iron willed. 155 INT. VA HOSPITAL WARD - DAY 155 ANGLE - TAYSHON now in hospital scrubs. ARTURO spoon feeds the OLDER BLACK VET. TAYSHON stands, mildly curious... OLDER BLACK VET Gettin' in the sandbox. One night, we got overrun. (MORE)

Pg. 77 WTGST - Blue Revisions (04/20/2013) 78 OLDER BLACK VET (CONT'D) I just curled up, waiting to die. 'Til somebody dragged me into this deserted mosque. I look up at the guy who saved my ass. Just some hillbilly kid from Arkansas. TAYSHON 'Least you got out. OLDER BLACK VET (slow nod) When they put me back together I'm going back. TAYSHON Back!... For what!? OLDER BLACK VET My unit. Half of ‘em still over there. TAYSHON Don't make no sense. OLDER BLACK VET It's simple. Out there, who you are in the world don't matter. Fighting for God and country don't matter. TAYSHON What does? OLDERFerguson BLACK VET The guy next to you. It's a brotherhood. Tayshon just looks at him, not sure what to think. LUIS (O.S.) C’mon! 156 INT. VAAndrew POLY-TRAUMA REHAB UNIT - DAY 156 Another vet slams the speed control on Danny’s stairmaster - faster. Danny’s struggling, sweating, red-faced. Luis is covered in sweat. Staring straight ahead. The other Vets are cheering him on. Luis looks over, smiles - and ups his speed. DANNY No way. Danny can’t do it. He hits STOP. DANNY (CONT’D) (breathing hard) I... can’t... he’s gonna... go... forever.

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Luis hits stop. LUIS (winded) No, just... a little... more... than you. He smiles and puts a hand out. Danny takes it. The Vets applaud and whistle. INSERT - A hand pushes “play” on a DVD player. We hear the opening chords of The Animals’ “We Gotta Get Out of This Place.” OLDER BLACK VET (O.S.) Happy Birthday, Champ’! 157 INT. VA HOSPITAL WARD - LATER 157 The OLDER BLACK VET wheels in holding out a tray of cupcakes with a candle to the Paraplegic, who’s now assisted by Chris as he climbs onto his bed. The rest of the vets are now back in the ward. PARAPLEGIC (to Chris) Blow it out for me. CHRIS No, it’s yours. He reaches over. The ParaplegicFerguson leans on Chris. As he closes his eyes, the One Legged Vet starts to sing. ONE LEGGED VET “In this dirty old heart of the city... The Paraplegic smiles. AndrewOTHER VETS “...Where the sun refused to shine. People tell me there ain’t no use in tryin’. Now my girl you’re so young and pretty. And one thing I know is true. You’ll be dead before your time is due...” He blows out the candle. PARAPLEGIC (wailing) “We gotta get out of this place!” PARAPLEGIC/ONE LEGGED VET “If it’s the last thing we ever do!”

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The other Vets join in - top of their lungs, singing “We Gotta Get Out of This Place...” VETS “We gotta get out of this place! Girl there’s a better life, for me and you!” The music fills in, as the whole ward sings, the sound spills over to: 158 INT. BUS - NIGHT 158 BOB and TERRY watch the kids file aboard, energized, buzzing, Beaser singing, fragments of stories flying back and forth. They seem different somehow... older. Lost in thought, Arturo sinks into a window seat. Sensing him, ARTURO looks up into TAYSHON'S STARE. Wearily, ARTURO starts to stand when TAYSHON, his soiled jeans in a bag as he’s still dressed in scrubs, wordlessly lowers beside him. Nearby, DANNY and CHRIS stare off, pensive. Up front, Bob signals the Driver. The bus jerks away when BOB senses a presence. Beaser hovers larger than life. TERRY (low) Flood alert. BOB tenses, please, just don’tFerguson let this kid cry... BEASER Coach. That was... really... awesome and... those guys, they’re really awesome too... TERRY AndrewSensing a theme here? BOB And... BEASER Why’d we do that? BOB You tell me. BEASER Well... Real commitment - goes way past wearing a uniform... It means... loving the brothers that play with. (looks at Terry) And you’ll never have to tell me that twice.

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BOB * That’s pretty good! Beaser gets up and heads for his seat. Bob smiles at Terry, then looks out the window as the bus pulls out. 159 EXT. SPARTANS VS CLAYTON VALLEY GAME 3 - FIELD - DAY 159 A streak of white sharpens into a DE LA SALLE away jersey stenciled "RYAN." CHRIS slips incoming tacklers. A blur of grace, speed and determination, he BLASTS in for a TD. SCOREBOARD: DE LA SALLE 24 - CLAYTON VALLEY 17 * 160 INT. ANNOUNCER'S BOOTH - DAY 160 ANNOUNCER #3 * After two straight opening-season * losses, De La Salle is playing great football as Spartans’ super star running back, Chris Ryan, takes it to the house for the ninth time this season giving the Spartans a 24 - 17 lead over Clayton Valley, but Clayton Valley’s got a gun-slinger of their own... The ANNOUNCER'S VOICE drowned as... 161 EXT. SPARTANS VS CLAYTON VALLEY GAME 3 - SIDELINES - DAY 161 The team cheers CHRIS but BOBFerguson can't take his eyes off the Clayton Valley QUARTERBACK warming up on the sideline. A SAFETY heads out to play. TERRY collars him. TERRY Nobody gets behind you, give him the short ones but nothing long. 162 EXT. SPARTANSAndrew VS CLAYTON VALLEY GAME 3 - FIELD - DAY 162 Clayton Valley’s QB throws short. DLS covers aggressively. But can't stop him from connecting on pass after pass. * 162A EXT. SPARTANS VS CLAYTON VALLEY GAME 3 - SIDELINES 162A * BOB Be nice to get some pressure on him. TERRY blows past, dripping with sarcasm: TERRY Let's see, yeah, pressure on the top rated quarterback in the league. Good point. Maybe you should coach defense.

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163 EXT. SPARTANS VS CLAYTON VALLEY GAME 3 - FIELD - DAY 163 Clayton Valley QB FAKES. His wide sprints deep, a diminishing target, he tracks the blip, now a full 41 yards out, and unleashes. The ball arcs over an ocean of grass for a touchdown. 164 EXT. SPARTANS VS CLAYTON VALLEY GAME 3- SCOREBOARD - DAY 164 SCOREBOARD: DE LA SALLE 24 - CLAYTON VALLEY 24 165 EXT. SPARTANS VS CLAYTON VALLEY GAME 3- SIDELINES - DAY 165 BOB pulls his offense together. Young players, winded, looking at their coach with hungry eyes... BOB Is this one of the best teams in our league? Yes. Have you gone toe to toe with them right down to the wire? Absolutely. Can we beat them. I think we can. This is a defining moment for our team. (right in their eyes) Who are you? DANNY looks at Bob. DANNY The DB is playing me way inside. I can beat him on a double move to the corner easy. Ferguson BOB Do it. 166 EXT. SPARTANS VS CLAYTON VALLEY GAME 3 - FIELD - DAY 166 Salinas takes the snap. Fades. Tacklers swarm. Salinas sights over theAndrew chaos, deep focus, timing DANNY'S position. DANNY suddenly cuts hard. He's wide open. Salinas throws. Takes a RIB-CRACKING late hit. The pass is just a little too long, but DANNY lays out, gets his fingers on the ball for a millisecond before it slips through. As the REF signals incomplete pass DANNY looks at BOB. No words left. SCORE BOARD: 24/24- 18 seconds left to play. SIDELINE MARKER: Ball on Clayton Valley 45. 167 EXT. SPARTANS VS CLAYTON VALLEY GAME 3 - SIDELINE - DAY 167 SALINAS runs over to Bob for the next play.

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BOB 41 Trap. SALINAS Coach, we need at least 20 to get in field goal range. A trap won’t get it. BOB I know. They’re going to run a blitz package, tell Joshua to make an adjustment and just scrape block the d- tackle and then come across and seal block the middle linebacker. Tell Chris to look inside for the hole. Salinas runs into the huddle. 168 EXT. SPARTANS VS CLAYTON VALLEY GAME 3 - FIELD - DAY 168 The Spartans line up on the ball, Salinas calls the signals. HUT! The lines collide. Salinas pivots and hands off t Chris running low and hard. The middle linebacker is caught off guard with the running play, as he adjusts Joshua comes across the line and cleans his clock, knocking him off his feet. Chris breaks into the secondary and runs hard for 31 yards before the safety can drag him down at the 17 yard line. GAME CLOCK: “9” seconds left in the game. 169 EXT. SPARTANS VS CLAYTON VALLEYFerguson GAME 3 - SIDELINES - DAY 169 BOB 34 yards. Curtis hit that? TERRY It’s the best shot we’ve got. In the stands MICKEY screams CHRIS’ name over and over. AndrewBOB Kick it. 170 INT. ANNOUNCER'S BOOTH - DAY 170 ANNOUNCER #3 De La Salle setting up for the most crucial three seconds of their season. If they fail to make this field goal, the Spartans’ record will drop to 0-2- 1 and the greatest team in the history of high school football will be in danger of failing to qualify for the playoffs for the first time in 24 years.

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171 EXT. DLS STANDS/SIDELINES - SAME 171 The Spartan fans, led by Mickey, are screaming for the win. The players are hyped, jumping up and down. They can taste their first win. 172 EXT. SPARTANS VS CLAYTON VALLEY GAME 3 - FIELD - DAY 172 DLS’ KICKER LINES UP - Curtis boots the ball with everything he’s got. He watches it rocket high on a long trajectory to the uprights. Curtis starts to grin when a breeze blows through. Curtis follows the ball as it misses just outside the upright! 173 INT. ANNOUNCER’S BOOTH - DAY 173 ANNOUNCER #3 That’s it for this game! As Curtis Jennings’ 34-yard attempt goes just wide leaving the Spartans and Clayton Valley at a dead tie... 174 INT. DLS BUS - NIGHT 174 Dejected silence. BOB looks around. CURTIS cries quietly... TAYSHON just stares off... CHRIS leans into his open window, letting the night air flood over his sad, sweating face. DANNY'S lost in thought, pulls up his DLS jacket for warmth when he slows, stares. CHRIS eyes it, too... DANNY’S DLS TEAM JACKET. JustFerguson like T.K.’s in every way but one - where the last golden “State of California” patch should be lies a vacant swatch of leather. CHRIS and DANNY trade sad, guilty looks... BOB stands, speaking quietly as the bus rocks through the night. BOB AndrewPick up your heads. Slowly they do, focusing on BOB. Odd. He doesn't seem demoralized but... uplifted. BOB (CONT’D) We tied. And I have never been prouder of a team. For 93 plays straight you delivered a perfect effort. You grew up and became a team again. And you know what? Growing up is painful. It’s not easy. But that’s what our program is about in case you haven’t figured it out. It ain’t about the football. It ain’t about scoring touchdowns. (MORE)

Pg. 84 WTGST - Blue Revisions (04/20/2013) 85 BOB (CONT’D) It about moving you in a direction that can assist you and help you to grow up...so that when you take your place out in the world and out in our community you can be depended on. The players don't appear to be feeling the triumph. BOB (CONT’D) I've always believed that our greatness wouldn't be revealed until the streak ended. Well, this is it. Your year. You can be the team that lost the streak or the one that fought to come back from it. Be that team. Show the true heart and soul of De Le Salle. The players stare at Bob, trying to absorb the real depth of his words. 175 OMITTED 175 176 INT. BUS - LATER 176 The HISS of air brakes jerks Bob from sleep. He watches the players file out of the bus, meeting friends, girlfriends and family in the parking lot. Grabbing his stuff he notices CHRIS walk toward a car. LAURIE, the hot girl from The Point, sits on the hood. BOB grins, young love and lust areFerguson in the air. He notices a brand new Cadillac pull up beside Laurie's car. 177 EXT. PARKING LOT 177 DEALER PLATES read "Ryan Motor Cars." Mickey exits the car, gripping a football. He bulls toward LAURIE and CHRIS. They don't see him yet. AndrewLAURIE It's just a lame little carnival. CHRIS I've never told anyone this but when I think of carnivals, I think the lamer the better. She laughs as they pass Bob. He's dropping stuff into the trunk of his latest crappy car when he hears LAURIE cut her laugh short. BOB watches MICKEY charge CHRIS. CHRIS looks physically ill but tries to play it cool. MICKEY RYAN A tie? Are you kidding me!?

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CHRIS Dad, please - MICKEY pushes CHRIS up against a car. MICKEY RYAN Let some punk stop you from the two yard-line?! CHRIS I scored three touch- MICKEY RYAN Three touchdowns. How many did you promise me? CHRIS Four. BOB stands beside his car as LAURIE flees by, crying, while Mickey grips the football and takes a QB stance. MICKEY RYAN Run it. 41 Blast. CHRIS Dad, it's midnight. I’m tired. MICKEY RYAN So. Am. I. Now Run. It. Beat. Ferguson CHRIS You run it. Mickey goes white with rage. Slams the ball so hard into CHRIS' solar plexus that Chris sags on his feet, breathless. Mickey holds him up, whispers: AndrewMICKEY RYAN Listen close. I WANT THAT RECORD. BOB CONT'D (O.S.) He's not gonna get it for you with a busted rib. Let him go. Mickey smiles at BOB and let's CHRIS go. MICKEY RYAN Coach. Can I just huddle up with you a second? BOB I don’t usually ‘huddle up’ with parents but in your case, Mick’, I’ll make an exception.

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MICKEY RYAN Chris is a talented kid. But shy. He'd never say it but he feels, like you're putting the ball in the air a lot. And your wide-out’s got a case of the dropsies... BOB Chris wants the ball more? MICKEY RYAN De La Salle vs. Long Beach Poly? - It's the first high school football game ever to be broadcast on national television. Everybody whose anybody will be watching. It's a huge opportunity for your kids. But you're gonna have to hit Poly with everything you've got - (nods at CHRIS) - Or these kids will be humiliated all over again. Only this time, in front of the entire country. Not so good for Spartan football or their souls. (smiles) All I know is that Chris would really like to help you beat Poly. BOB (after a beat) What’re you benchingFerguson these days? MICKEY RYAN I have no idea. BOB Yesterday I watched Chris bang out six reps at 315. If he’s got a problem, he's plenty big enough to talk it over Andrewwith me. BOB slams the ball in MICKEY'S gut so hard MICKEY gasps. BOB (CONT’D) I ever see you cuff Chris around like that again, you're gonna lose your record and your son. Understood? MICKEY manages an nod. DANNY, CHRIS - every eye there follows BOB as he falls into step with TERRY, who’s grinning. TERRY And what do we call that, tough love?

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177A INT. LADOUCEUR LIVING ROOM - LATE DAY 177A BEV tidies up the house. The bell RINGS. She answers, smiling. A MAN stands there wearing a friendly grin and a jacket & cardinal polo shirt with the STANFORD FOOTBALL logo. BEV (expecting him) Mr. Willock... WILLOCK My friends call me Gordy. 177B INT. LADOUCEUR LIVING ROOM - A FEW MINUTES LATER 177B GORDY WILLOCK arrays some glossy folders on the coffee table. BOB and BEV sit stiffly. She's holding her breath. GORDY ...Stanford Medical Center is one of the finest. The slightest twinge, you'll be under expert care in minutes. And it won't cost you a dime. BEV Wow. If you knew what we paid in medical bills for Bob alone - GORDY Mrs. Ladouceur, care is free to your entire family. Ferguson As BEV digests that, Gordy points to some glossy photos. Bob is unreadable. GORDY (CONT’D) Faculty housing is also subsidized - BEV' stares at a 19th century Georgian style home. Gorgeous lawn. Two floors of alabaster. A formal entrance with portico supportedAndrew by white wooden colonnades. Gordy sips his tea. BOB What's the offer? GORDY Three hundred fifty thousand, three years firm. Performance bonus, car - BEV (reading) Our kids can go to Stanford? GORDY Tuition free, assuming they qualify.

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BEV Oh, they will. GORDY Bob, you've been awfully quiet, any questions I can answer for you? BOB Terry Eidson? GORDY Bob, this offer's just for you. Bob's expression subtly says he's none too happy about that. BOB Job title? GORDY Offensive consultant. Coach, we want to ease you into the program. Start out by contributing your play calling ability, unique coaching style and vision. As you get stronger, more comfortable with the program, eventually, offensive coordinator. Stanford sees you as a valuable investment. One we’re willing to wait for. We’ll mail you the official offer towards the end of the season. Come January, if you want to work with us next year, we’d beFerguson honored. As Bev looks on expectantly... 177C INT. LADOUCEUR KITCHEN - MINUTES LATER 177C BEV starts tensely cleaning the cups. Silence. Glances at Bob. BOB thumbs through the Stanford folder, sighs. Then... AndrewBEV What?... BOB Sounds like all the others. BEV Yeah...nice house, home for dinner, kids going to Stanford for free. What was I thinking? BOB gets up and moves towards the living room.

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BOB The players are hand picked, self- motivated, smart, eyes fixed on their bright futures - they don’t need what I do. BEV I know what you do. I'm a teacher...I get it! But a coach like you who knows the game inside and out and teaches kids to become accountable, honorable men, every school needs that. And you’re brilliant at it. I know, I’ve watched you do it since I was 23. BOB Bev, I wouldn’t be helping anyone. BEV Who are you going to help if you get sick again? This - it’s got to be an easier life than this. You deserve that. BOB Bev, no! I’ve seen the schedule for college coaches. You think it would be any easier, less gruelling?... BEV How do you know? You don't know. Maybe I an making up a jobFerguson that doesn’t exist, I don’t know. I just want you to be happy, healthy...Home once in a while to throw the football around with your own son. Go for stupid walks for a cup of hot chocolate more than twice a decade. Have a life that’s just a little...a little more normal. You’re gonna do what you're gonna do Andrewanyway. I just thought I’d take my shot. BOB I know. And we will. Let's just... think about it. She stares at him, no idea what he’ll do.

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BOB (PRE-LAPS) (CONT’D) Long Beach Poly - 178 INT. DLS LOCKER ROOM - DAY 178 START ON GAME FOOTAGE: A human steam roller in a black uniform builds momentum - BOB (O.S.) By every measure, the best high school football team in the nation. 179 EXT. LONG BEACH POLY (FILM) - DAY 179 WHAM! The human steam roller FLATTENS THREE OPPONENTS. 180 INT. DLS LOCKER ROOM - DAY 180 PULL BACK: in the dark, the DLS Players watch the film. BOB Offense: their second stringers average over 300 lbs. Their starters - BOB (CONT’D) Beaser, meet Buster Matthews. Three hundred thirty pounds of pure aggression. They run 60% of their plays behind him. You’re gonna be facing him the whole game. 181 EXT. LONG BEACH POLY (FILM) Ferguson- DAY 181 BUSTER rams his helmet under a huge player’s ribs. He lands in a heap, as Buster’s RUNNING BACK flashes through the hole. 182 INT. DLS LOCKER ROOM - DAY 182 BOB But we have speed, right? Their number Andrewone wideout clocks a 4.4 forty. We don't have anyone that fast. 183 EXT. LONG BEACH POLY (FILM) - DAY 183 A POLY WIDE OUT catches a quick slant pattern and blurs down field as if his opponents were standing still. 184 INT. DLS LOCKER ROOM - DAY 184 Terry and his D-coaches watch, quiet, stricken.

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BOB (CONT’D) Their key player. Strong safety, Darnell Bing is committed to 'SC and plays like he's been there for three years. Bob looks at Danny then to Tayshon. 185 EXT. LONG BEACH POLY (FILM) - DAY 185 DARNELL BING crushes the ball carrier. 186 INT. DLS LOCKER ROOM - DAY 186 BOB Tayshon you’re a better match for this guy’s speed. You’re gonna start against Poly. DANNY reacts. Surprised, a little angry. TAYSHON smiles. BOB surveys the room, speaks to everybody. BOB CONT’D You’ve done everything the coaches and I have asked of you. You’ve become a team... you’re there for each other. But now you’re going into the most physically demanding moment of your life... 187 EXT. DLS PRACTICE FIELD - TRAININGFerguson MONTAGE - DAY 187 LINEMAN SLAM into the 7 man sled, no longer just weighted by BOB - but also five JV players. BOB (V.O.) It’s going to be harder than any summer workout or any training you’ve done to date. Poly is going to triple that. You’ve trained for it, and Andrewyou’ll train harder this week. You’re trained to recover. You’ll rest for twenty seconds and you’ll be able to do it again.... 188 EXT. DLS PRACTICE FIELD - TRAINING MONTAGE - DAY 188 The team drags tires across the hot field. Not car tires but enormous tractor tires. BOB (V.O.) You offensive lineman are going against guys fifty, sixty, seventy pounds heavier than you. I’m telling you right now, if you go out and try to wrestle with those guys you will get tired and you will get beat.

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189 INT. DLS WEIGHT ROOM - TRAINING MONTAGE - DAY 189 In the WEIGHT ROOM Joshua squats with 600 lbs. Beaser does benches with huge dumb bells. BOB (V.O.) I’ve seen it every year I’ve been part of this program. Smaller guys have been able to battle bigger guys because of their speed and willingness to hit. 190 EXT. DLS PRACTICE FIELD - TRAINING MONTAGE - DAY 190 A big blocking bag hung over the goal post, swinging like a wrecking ball. Chris drives his helmet dead center, lifts the bag as if taking down an opponent. BOB (V.O.) That’s how you overcome guys who are bigger and stronger than you. You pound them, smack them. You use your explosiveness and you blow these guys up. That’s how you’re going to do it... 191 EXT. DLS PRACTICE FIELD - TRAINING MONTAGE - DAY 191 A football trowing machine fires out ball after ball. Speed dial reads 50 mph 25 yards out, TAYSHON, DANNY and the receivers battle to catch incoming missiles. BOB boosts the dial - 60 mph... 70 MPH... Ferguson 192 EXT. DLS PRACTICE FIELD - TRAINING MONTAGE - DAY 192 Over the goal post an even bigger bag Swings forward fast. ARTURO hits it with all he’s got and is knocked flat on his ass. Alumbaugh sends the bag flying again - CHRIS steps into, buries his helmet and shoulders - 500 POUNDS STOPPED DEAD. 193 EXT. DLSAndrew PRACTICE FIELD - TRAINING MONTAGE - DAY 193 AGGRESSION DRILL: Players circle the goal post roaring as LINEBACKER #1 attacks the padding around the goal post in a crazy aggression drill - punching, kicking, fore-arming, slamming with his helmet and pads. On the whistle to stop, it takes four guys to pull him off the bag. 194 EXT. DLS PRACTICE FIELD - TRAINING MONTAGE - DAY 194 The 5-man sled now laden with Bob and ten players. The offensive line drives it relentlessly down field.

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195 INT. DIGGERS DINER - CONCORD - NIGHT 195 DANNY, CHRIS, TAYSHON, SALINAS and a dozen other players scatter around, barely enough strength to lift their burgers. Beaser is passed out and snoring. Salinas pokes Beaser in the ear with a french fry. SALINAS He might actually be hibernating. The guys share a laugh. DANNY I could talk like this all night but in another two minutes, I'm gonna end up like him. Danny pats Beaser on the face and heads out. 196 EXT. DIGGERS DINER PARKING LOT - NIGHT 196 DANNY, playfully tosses his keys high, catches them. He slows. Three huge RIVAL PLAYERS sit all over his car. RIVAL PLAYER'S VOICE Too bad you can't catch like that during a game. DANNY Guys, I'm tired. Let’s do this another night. Ferguson The RIVALS hop off the car. 197 INT. / EXT. DIGGER’S DINER - NIGHT 197 TAYSHON refills his soda when he sees DANNY, surrounded. 198 EXT. DIGGERSAndrew DINER - PARKING LOT - NIGHT 198 The RIVAL PLAYER hurls DANNY against his car. RIVAL PLAYER Tired? I bet. Takes work to go from a perfect record to zero wins - A FIST FLIES out of nowhere, cold cocks the RIVAL PLAYER. The other thugs stare from their buddy - out cold - to: TAYSHON Ya'll real tough 3 on 1, what you got 2 on 2? RIVAL PLAYER #2 Hey bro’, you ain't in this.

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TAYSHON If he's in it, I'm in it. The local hard guys want no part of this. As they haul their buddy off, DANNY looks at TAYSHON. DANNY Hey, T, you want a ride? Tayshon grins.

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DANNY (CONT’D) Hey, I coulda’ handled- TAYSHON It’s ain’t about “I”...It’s about us. Tayshon grins and walks away. Danny looks after him. A199 INT. HOTEL MEETING ROOM - NIGHT BEFORE POLY GAME A199 The team and coaches are gathered in a nondescript meeting room. Solemn, focused. TERRY I believe you guys are ready, except for one thing. One tradition that has defined this program is the willingness of our players to share their emotions at the end of these meetings. This team hasn't done that. You guys are still carrying around the stigma of losing the streak. Forget about that. Open up. Talk to each other. Terry waits. BOB sits with the other coaches. A long, stubborn silence sets in... TERRY and BOB trade a look of resignation, WHEN - A big senior stands: JOSHUAFerguson My brother was Captain of the 2000 team. In four years he never lost one game. When we blew the streak. I couldn't look him the eye... Huge hands cover his face, masking a sob. Until he stands. JOSHUA (CONT’D) AndrewI'M DONE WITH THAT! Everything we've been through since Coach Lad's heart attack was for a reason - to bring us together! Closer than any team in De La Salle history. I love you guys. I will die on that field before I'll let you down. ARTURO I been on this team for four years. And never once played in a varsity game. I'm not good enough. And that's okay. Because the greatest moments of my life were the times I spent on this team with you guys. I have never been prouder of anything than being a Spartan.

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SALINAS By the time I came to DLS, I'd moved eleven times. "That's military life" my Mom always said at lights out. It hurt less not to make friends. These last four years... I found the only friends I've ever had. I'll never be able to give to you guys all you've given to me. Best I can do is step up tomorrow and be what a quarterback should be - a leader. BEASER First time I watched Poly film and saw Buster - I was scared. Then I remembered something Coach Lad' told us on my first day of practice. "Face your fears." When I got home that night I pasted Buster's name and number on the ceiling above my bed. Every night since, no matter how tired, I’ve been saying "Buster Mathews, #99... You. Are. Mine." 100 times every night. I promise you, we're not gonna lose because of Buster Mathews. Silence. Chris speaks. CHRIS My old man's insane. My Mom used to keep him in line. Ferguson But he wore her out. Once I made the team, I thought he'd be better... But he became an animal. And I hated him. The funny thing is what saved me was this team. I used to play as hard as I could, thinking that would make him happy. And then I'd be happy. I'm not running for him anymore. I'm running for you. You guys love me whether I'm Andrewscoring touchdowns or not. I was missing that and you guys gave it to me. I don't know how I can ever repay that... Tomorrow I don't play for him, I play for you. HARD CUT TO: 199 EXT. VETERANS STADIUM - A VAST PARKING LOT - MID-MORNING 199 The Spartan's bus looks tiny as it crosses acres of tarmac. When it stops, juxtaposed against VETERANS STADIUM - LONG BEACH POLY’S home field, it's hardly more then a yellow fly speck.

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200 OMITTED 200 201 EXT. VETERANS STADIUM - POLY GAME 4 - DAY 201 Camera towers cover the pregame furor. Veteran’s Stadium is a cathedral cast in alabaster white concrete. A banner flying huge purple letters declares: "Long Beach Poly - Home of Scholars and Champions." Stadium speakers BLAST Parliament’s “FLASHLIGHT.” Fans pack the stands. BLOWING boat horns. YELLING. Waving pompoms. BANGING thunder sticks. In the end zones, more fans stand six deep. 202 INT. VETERANS STADIUM - MOUTH OF HALLWAY/BALLOON TUNNEL - 202 SAME BOB and TERRY stand. Trailing behind them, the rest of the team waits nervously. DANNY and CHRIS feel a shiver run through the concrete. They turn. Echoing from far back in the dark, TROMPING FOOTFALLS, like a Roman legion flanking an enemy. Led by RAUL LARA, Poly’s 100 players halt. They’re huge. The warrior elite of high school players. And not shy about showing it. Wearing BICEP and WRIST BANDS, VISORS, GLOVES, they eye their opponents with malevolence... THE SPARTANS. 40 kids. Not a hint of football bling to be seen. Their game faces, somewhere between disciplined and tribal war mask. Ferguson BOB watches RAUL LARA come. Young. Smart. Likeable. RAUL LARA Coach, it's a real honor. Been following you since I was a kid. BOB AndrewGreat. Nice to meet you.

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As the stadium announcer SPANGS over the PA system: ANNOUNCER (O.S.) In-tro-duc-ing Poly's starting quarterback! Poly's QB races on-field to wild cheers. RAUL LARA Good luck. It's gonna be hot one. BOB You too. As each Poly player heads out to the same reception BUSTER hears his name. Grins. Shouldering CHRIS hard, he lumbers out - high backing and showboating. The home town crowd RIOTS. CHRIS (to Danny) Bro', these dudes are giants. Fear naws at the team. When, ARTURO, in his pristine uniform, lets his voice echo. ARTURO "High and mighty stood the walls of Jericho. Until the voices of the few rose with such power... the walls came tumbling down." Ferguson TAYSHON holds out his hand - ARTURO grips it. 203 EXT. VETERANS STADIUM - POLY GAME 4 - SIDELINES - DAY 203 The P.A. BOOMS as the Spartans' are announced. Seeing something, Poly's players start jeering and pointing. LARA looks up, seeing why... The Spartan's take the field. Stoic. Dignified.Andrew Hand in hand. 204 EXT. VETERANS STADIUM - POLY GAME 4 FIELD - DAY 204 POLY'S defense hunkers down... Muscles tense... Cleats dig... An explosion of movement as DLS gets off the ball first. CHRIS runs for a 16 yard gain. 205 EXT. VETERANS STADIUM - POLY GAME 4 - POLY SIDELINES - DAY 205 RAUL LARA We knew they were quick off the ball, and now we've seen just how quick. Stay calm and adjust.

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206 EXT. VETERANS STADIUM - POLY GAME 4 - FIELD - DAY 206 Bob pulls his receiver in. * BOB * Get inside leverage on that corner, * occupy the free safety and Chris will * be wide-open behind you. * Salinas fakes left, drawing Poly's defense with him. He pivots right, finding CHRIS rocketing across the flat, two lone Poly players trailing him. Chris catches a bullet, breaks two tackles, runs over the safety and somersaults into the end zone. SCOREBOARD: DE LA SALLE 7 - LONG BEACH POLY 0 CHRIS can hear a distant "BEAST! BEAST!” as he lopes into the sidelines, where his teammates are rioting. 207 EXT. VETERANS STADIUM - POLY GAME 4 - DLS SIDELINES - DAY 207 BOB Nice run. Chris GRINS, starts for the bench. BOB hauls him back. BOB (CONT’D) Dive in the end zone one more time and I bench you. We're not a celebrating team. Ferguson BOB glances up at MICKEY as CHRIS replies... CHRIS Yes, sir. 208 EXT. VETERANS STADIUM - POLY GAME 4 - POLY SIDELINES - DAY 208 LARA talksAndrew calmly to his Quarterback. RAUL LARA Settle them down. Let's show 'em real speed. Hit Jones deep. 208A EXT. VETERANS STADIUM - POLY GAME 4 - SIDELINES - DAY 208A * The team approaches the line. * TERRY * Watch Jones over the top! Don’t bit on * the play fake! *

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209 INT. ANNOUNCER’S BOOTH - POLY GAME 4 - DAY 209 ANNOUNCER #1 Poly’s first play from scrimmage. Lawrence hurls a beautiful bomb to superstar receiver Derrick Jones, the fastest kid in the nation - 210 EXT. VETERANS STADIUM - POLY GAME 4 - FIELD - DAY 210 JONES streaks down the turf, gets under a perfect pass. TERRY * What did I tell you? I told you it was * coming! * 211 INT. ANNOUNCER’S BOOTH - POLY GAME 4 - DAY 211 ANNOUNCER #1 Jones, wide open, crossing the 25 -

212 EXT. VETERANS STADIUM - POLY GAME 4 - FIELD - DAY 212 The ball bounces off JONES' chest. Ferguson

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ANNOUNCER #1 ...and he just can’t hang on! 213 EXT. VETERANS STADIUM - POLY GAME 4 - DLS SIDELINES - DAY 213 As JONES shakes his head, BEASER yells at DLS' sidelines - BEASER Know why he dropped that!? He ain't been pulling truck tires all week like we were! The players on DLS' sideline shout back, amped. Terry, in passing: * TERRY * The corner is squatting on the power * pass. We can beat them up top on a * nine route. * 214 EXT. VETERANS STADIUM - POLY GAME 4 - FIELD - DAY 214 Salinas throws. The ball blurs. CHRIS grabs it. Bursts for the goal line. Tayshon throws a great block. 215 INT. ANNOUNCER’S BOOTH - POLY GAME 4 - DAY 215 ANNOUNCER #1 Salinas fires a 29-yard laser for Ryan’s second TD ofFerguson the game! 216 EXT. VETERANS STADIUM SCOREBOARD - DAY 216 SCOREBOARD: DE LA SALLE 14 - LONG BEACH POLY 0 217 EXT. VETERANS STADIUM - POLY GAME 4 - FIELD - DAY 217 Chris plays defense. He blasts through POLY'S line. Enduring a brutal gauntlet, he sacks the QB. Triumphant, until BUSTER blind-sidesAndrew him with a savage late hit. Ref throws a flag. CHRIS lays there, staring blearily across the baking Astroturf. Heat waves shimmer. TERRY * What is that?! Are you kidding me?!?! * 218 INT. ANNOUNCER’S BOOTH - POLY GAME 4 - DAY 218 ANALYST With on-field temperatures soaring to over 100-degrees, the heat and Poly’s sheer size are starting to take a toll on the Spartans.

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219 EXT. VETERANS STADIUM - POLY GAME 4 - FIELD - DAY 219 As CHRIS straggles in, MICKEY shouts "Shake it off." 220 INT. ANNOUNCER’S BOOTH - POLY GAME 4 - DAY 220 ANNOUNCER #1 Especially the two way guys. Chris Ryan is getting blocked by 280 pound guards and tackled by 300 pound D- lineman.

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ANNOUNCER #1 (CONT’D) With 8 minutes left in the half, he’s already forcing himself to his feet after each play. Nobody on Poly plays both ways because they have a hundred man roster. Here comes Poly’s field goal unit. 221 EXT. VETERANS STADIUM - POLY GAME 4 - FIELD - DAY 221 POLY'S KICKER boots a perfect 34-yard field goal. 222 EXT. VETERANS STADIUM SCOREBOARD - DAY 222 SCOREBOARD: DE LA SALLE 14 - LONG BEACH POLY 3 222A EXT. VETERANS STADIUM - POLY GAME 4 222A * Bob walks to Salinas who is sitting on the bench. * BOB * I’m going to run that Sonoma wheel. If * he runs with the X, we’ll wheel right * around him. * 223 EXT. VETERANS STADIUM - POLY GAME 4 - FIELD - DAY 223 By now, the field is baking like Death Valley in August. DLS looks woozy. They line up with two tight ends. Poly digs in. 224 INT. ANNOUNCER’S BOOTH - POLYFerguson GAME 4 - DAY 224 ANALYST The Spartans are running on instinct now. With dehydration and exhaustion setting in, they continue to battle this giant Poly team. 225 EXT. VETERANS STADIUM - POLY GAME 4 - FIELD - DAY 225 SalinasAndrew takes the snap. Bolts down the line, fakes the pitch to Chris, drops three quick steps, CHRIS breaks up the sideline. Salinas fires, CHRIS MAKES A ONE HANDED CATCH and races in for the TD. SCOREBOARD: DE LA SALLE 21 - LONG BEACH POLY 3 226 EXT. VETERANS STADIUM - POLY GAME 4 - DLS SIDELINES - DAY 226 As the crowd ERUPTS, CHRIS comes in to the DLS sidelines. Whips off his helmet. Face beet red. Hair matted. As DANNY congratulates him, CHRIS dumps a bucket of ice over his head. 227 EXT. VETERANS STADIUM - POLY GAME 4 - DLS SIDELINES - DAY 227 DLS DEFENSE dogged by exhaustion....Beaser gets run over by Buster and POLY'S TOUGHEST RUNNER tears off a 35-yard run.

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BOB * Can you stop this guy or not? * TERRY * Are you watching the same game I am? * This guy is incredible. * 228 EXT. VETERANS STADIUM - POLY GAME 4 - FIELD - DAY 228 NEXT PLAY - SAME RUNNER breaks off tackle, scores from DLS' 23. TERRY * Did you not look at your scouting * report? We told you if he lines up at * receiver, they’re running the reverse! * 229 EXT. VETERANS STADIUM SCOREBOARD - DAY 229 SCOREBOARD: DE LA SALLE 21 - LONG BEACH POLY 10 230 EXT. VETERANS STADIUM - POLY GAME 4 - DLS SIDELINES - DAY 230 BOB SQUINTS into the sky. Not a cloud in sight. Just the burning sun. Game clock ticking. Heat climbing... Ferguson

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231 EXT. VETERANS STADIUM - POLY GAME 4 - FIELD - DAY 231 Poly lines up for the kickoff. On-side kick. Poly recovers. Terry grabs his head * TERRY * Pick up the ball! * Bob, in passing: * BOB * Gee, Terry, can’t we get the ball * back? * 232 INT. SPORTSCASTERS’ BOOTH - POLY GAME 4 - DAY 232 SPORTSCASTER With 12 seconds remaining in the half, Lara sends in the play... 233 EXT. VETERANS STADIUM - POLY GAME 4 - FIELD - DAY 233 Poly’s quarterback calls the snap and heaves the ball 46 long yards into DLS' end zone and right into his TIGHT END’S waiting hands for a crucial TD. Bob walks to Terry. * BOB * When he lines up there, you know * they’re going to throwFerguson to him. * Terry knows. * TERRY * I can't get out there and play for * them. * 234 INT. ANNOUNCER’SAndrew BOOTH - POLY GAME 4 - DAY 234 ANNOUNCER #1 Lawrence finds his big tight end as the clock expires in one of the best first halves you’ll ever see. Long Beach Poly has pulled to within four points of De La Salle, 21 - 17. SCOREBOARD: DE LA SALLE 21 - LONG BEACH POLY 17 235 INT. VETERANS STADIUM - VISITOR’S LOCKER ROOM 235 BOB enters. Slows. It's chaos. Players slump on benches. Or sprawl in pools of sweat. Chests heaving. Limply pawing to pull off the jerseys and pads suffocating them. Anything to get cool. BOB watches DANNY and Salinas carry CHRIS in.

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His eyes are glazed as his cleats drag across the floor. As DANNY tries to get CHRIS to drink something... BOB turns. Passing trainers popping instant cold packs, trying to cool their players. He reaches TERRY. As the team doctor checks BEASER'S temperature, TERRY props BEASER'S lolling head, loudly enunciating each word. TERRY Beaser, you gotta read their play action passes quicker. BEASER (slurs) Yesh, Coacsh. BOB Terry... He's totally disoriented. TERRY He is. Look around. This isn't a locker room, it's a combat hospital. BOB surveys the terrible scene. TERRY kicks over a cooler, covering a shower basin in ice. To an assistant coach... Ferguson

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TERRY (CONT’D) Lay him on his back. Hang in there, Beaser. BOB Our guys are completely gassed and Poly is coming on. There's no way we can start Beaser or Chris or any of our two way players in the second half. YOUNG ASSISTANT COACH We're out of ice. Cold packs - BOB Find more. Empty all the coolers. Check the concessions stands. Grab all the ice they have. You got two minutes. Hustle. As everyone does, Bob finds MIKE BLASQUEZ as he jumps on a bench, clawing at rusted air vents. BOB (CONT’D) Mike, I need your help. MIKE BLASQUEZ There's no AC in here. No windows. I'm doin' everything I can. BOB I need you to assessFerguson the kids physical condition on the sideline - determine if they can play. For the rest of game, you handle the substitutions. MIKE BLASQUEZ Okay Coach - Andrew

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BOB Rotate in 2nd string. No matter what the score is, I don't want any kid on that field that's not fit to play... I don't care if it costs us the game. 236 EXT. VETERANS STADIUM - POLY GAME 4 - FIELD - DAY 236 Second half. The Spartans take the field. Their faces are ashen. ANNOUNCER #1 This is hard to watch. These Spartans are literally dragging themselves back into what's quickly become a one hundred yard blast furnace as the heat continues... As the Spartans sink listlessly onto benches... 237 EXT. VETERANS STADIUM - POLY GAME 4 - POLY SIDELINES - DAY 237 Raul Lara drills a look at his team of show-boaters. RAUL LARA Anybody so much as waves to your moms, you're on suspension. This no longer about who the bigger, stronger, faster players are - it’s about who plays with more heart. 238 OMITTED Ferguson 238 239 OMITTED 239 A240 EXT. VETERANS STADIUM - POLY GAME 4 - DLS SIDELINES - DAY A240 BOB watches as BLASQUEZ turns to his players... MIKE BLASQUEZ AndrewAntoine, Lance, Danny, Arturo. DANNY looks over, pulls on his helmet. Subs head on field. B240 EXT. VETERANS STADIUM - POLY GAME 4 - FIELD - DAY B240 "Hut!" Huge Poly Offensive Linemen smash forward, pads SMASH pads, blasting DLS on their backs. BOB * We’re getting our asses kicked up * front. * TERRY * Can somebody please make a tackle? *

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240 INT. ANNOUNCER’S BOOTH - POLY GAME 4 - DAY 240 The Announcer and the Analyst watches DANNY and the subs head on field. Between subsequent plays, BLAZQUEZ continues cycling in his second stringers...

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ANALYST The Spartans are trying to buy some rest for their starters by sending in their second stringers and they are playing amazingly well against a bigger, stronger opponent. 241 EXT. VETERANS STADIUM - POLY GAME 4 - FIELD - FURIOUS MONTAGE241 - DAY Poly takes advantage - pounds the line. DLS STARTERS cheer the second stringers on as they fight to contain Poly the best they can. 242 EXT. VETERANS STADIUM - POLY GAME 4 - FIELD - FURIOUS MONTAGE242 - DAY Poly’s QB completes a pass for a 15 yard gain. 243 EXT. VETERANS STADIUM - POLY GAME 4 - FIELD - FURIOUS MONTAGE243 - DAY Poly with the ball executes: A) Running play for a ten yard gain. Screen pass - goes for an 18 yard gain but it’s called back - 15 yard penalty for a personal foul! BOB * We needed that call. We didn't need * the hit. * Buster Matthews crushes Arturo.Ferguson Arturo runs off the field. * TERRY * Way to go, Arturo! Way to stick your * nose in there! * BOB * Are you kidding me? He was dragged for * Andrew4 yards. * ARTURO MAKES A TACKLE - stopping Poly short of the 1st down at the 21 yard line. Almost knocked out cold Arturo hauls himself to the sidelines where the first stringers ease him onto a bench. CHRIS and TAYSHON among them. Poly’s misses the * 38 yard field goal attempt. 244 EXT. VETERANS STADIUM - POLY GAME 4 - FIELD - FURIOUS 244 MONTAGE - DAY DLS has the ball. * TERRY * There you go, Ladouceur. We got the * ball back for you on special teams. *

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244A EXT. VETERANS STADIUM - POLY GAME 4 - FIELD - FURIOUS 244A * MONTAGE - DAY * They execute a running play and get stuffed. Bob yells onto * the field. * BOB * Attack the up-field shoulder. Make * them commit. * A second running play and they fumble - Poly recovers. * 245 EXT. VETERANS STADIUM - POLY GAME 4 - FIELD - FURIOUS 245 MONTAGE - DAY Poly breaks a run to the DLS 25 yard line! Danny makes a * touchdown saving tackle. * BOB * Boy, we got lucky on that one. * 246 OMITTED 246 247 EXT. VETERANS STADIUM - POLY GAME 4 - DLS SIDELINES - DAY 247 CHRIS, TAYSHON, BEASER and SALINAS get off the bench, strap their helmets on and approach Blasquez. Blasquez looks them over... And eyes Bob. BLASQUEZ They’re ready. Ferguson Bob nods. BLASQUEZ turns to the PLAYERS.

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BLASQUEZ (CONT’D) Starters. You're in. They gather around BOB. BOB Play like Spartans. 248 INT. ANNOUNCER’S BOOTH - POLY GAME 4 - DAY 248 ANALYST De La Salle’s starters are returning to play. Their Herculean task will be to turn the momentum their way, overcome Poly’s sheer size and out- score them in their home territory in the last quarter of the most important game these teams have ever played. A249 EXT. VETERANS STADIUM - POLY GAME 4 - FIELD - DAY A249 First play with the DLS starters back in - Poly Scores a touchdown from the 25 yard line. * Terry grabs Blasquez. * TERRY * You told me you were ready to go back * in and that’s the effort we get? * SCOREBOARD: DE LA SALLE 21 -Ferguson LONG BEACH POLY 24 END OF 3RD QUARTER. B249 INT. ANNOUNCER’S BOOTH - POLY GAME 4 - DAY B249 ANNOUNCER #1 Poly has out gained the Spartans in the third quarter, but the Spartans only gave up one TD as the quarter Andrewends 24 - 21 Long Beach Poly

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249A EXT. VETERANS STADIUM - POLY GAME 4 - FIELD - 4TH QUARTER 249A- DAY Poly with the ball: 3rd and 11 - a sweep only nets 6 yards. 4th Down - Poly goes for it. Get stuffed. BOB * There you go! That’s good D! * TERRY * Great job! Way to stop em! * DISSOLVE TO: 250 EXT. VETERANS STADIUM - POLY GAME 4 - FIELD - 4TH QUARTER -250 GAME CLOCK: - 5:12 left in the game. CHRIS LUNGES trying to plow through a mountain of muscle and bone. He's pile driven face first into the turf. His FACE MASK breaks on one side - it’s loose! 251 EXT. VETERANS STADIUM - POLY GAME 4 - DLS SIDELINE - DAY 251 CHRIS RUNS IN. As the equipment manager tries to fix his helmet. Chris jerks away. CHRIS No time! Where's my helmet? The equipment manager is stillFerguson fixing it. The REF BLOWS his whistle - time to play. REFEREE Time to play! Andrew

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ARTURO Chris. CHRIS TURNS. ARTURO tosses him his helmet. CHRIS catches it. Arturo thumps his chest. ARTURO (CONT’D) Get one for me. CHRIS thumps his chest and RACES OUT. 252 EXT. VETERANS STADIUM - POLY GAME 4 - FIELD - DAY 252 Bob pulls his receiver in. * BOB * Those linebackers are flying out of * there. I’m going to run that draw on * third-and-long. Hesitate for a count * and then run North and South. * The next play explodes to life. CHRIS slices off the left side of the Spartan line, runs over the outside line backer, breaks two tackles in the secondary and sprints in for his 4th TD, putting DLS up 28-24. CHRIS, winded, quietly hands the ball to the ref’. SCOREBOARD: DE LA SALLE 28 - LONG BEACH POLY 24 253 EXT. VETERANS STADIUM - POLY GAME 4 - POLY SIDELINES - DAY 253 LARA paces, as mystified as Fergusonhe is pissed. RAUL LARA You are bigger, stronger, faster and they are kicking your butts. Why? They want it more than you! Get motivated. Go out there and play like the number one team in this country before you Andrewaren't. 254 EXT. VETERANS STADIUM SCOREBOARD - GAME CLOCK - DAY 254 2:53. On the snap, the numbers fall... 255 EXT. VETERANS STADIUM - POLY GAME 4 - FIELD - DAY 255 POLY COMES OUT STRONG: A) a running play. B) A second running play. C) Fingertip catch. 256 INT. ANNOUNCER’S BOOTH - POLY GAME 4 - DAY 256 ANNOUNCER #1 This is it. With 1:02 left in the game, Poly has a first down on the De La Salle four.

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256A EXT. VETERANS STADIUM - POLY GAME 4 - DLS SIDELINES - DAY 256A * BOB * You’re the one who wanted to play em. * Here’s your chance. * 256B INT. ANNOUNCER’S BOOTH - POLY GAME 4 - DAY 256B * * ANNOUNCER #1 * A field goal’s not gonna win this game. Poly must get the ball in the end-zone. 257 EXT. VETERANS STADIUM - POLY GAME 4 - POLY SIDELINES - DAY 257 RAUL LARA and his ASS'T COACH look out at the Spartans.

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RAUL LARA How are they still on their feet? No answer. After a beat, LARA calls without pleasure. RAUL LARA (CONT’D) Jenkins. Dickson. Graf. THREE BEHEMOTHS from Poly’s deep reserves lumber on-field. 258 INT. ANNOUNCER’S BOOTH - POLY GAME 4 - DAY 258 ANNOUNCER #1 The Goliath’s have just taken the field as Lara sends in his three biggest offensive linemen. The smallest is 6’4” and weighs 305. 259 EXT. VETERANS STADIUM - POLY GAME 4 - FIELD - 1ST DOWN - DAY259 BUSTER goes nose to nose with an exhausted BEASER, whose barely able to maintain his stance. BUSTER Know why they call me Buster? BEASER 'Cause you're stupid enough to let 'em? "HUT!" WHAM! BUSTER and BEASER CLASH as the opposing lines lock horns. POLY runs up theFerguson middle, their biggest, strongest players ramming into the heart of the DLS' line. BUSTER'S grinning, until BEASER hauls himself up, grinning back through bloody teeth. BEASER (CONT’D) Wow, Buster, you picked up a whole yard. 260 EXT. VETERANSAndrew STADIUM - POLY GAME 4 - POLY SIDELINES - DAY 260 It's true. LARA stares up in disbelief. POLY FANS grumble. 261 INT. ANNOUNCER’S BOOTH - POLY GAME 4 - DAY 261 ANALYST Poly’s young coach is feeling the heat from his own fans as the Spartans dig in for a David versus Goliath finish to an epic football battle. 262 EXT. VETERANS STADIUM - POLY GAME 4 - DLS SIDELINES - DAY 262 Bob watches as MIKE helps the DLS SAFETY limp off the field. TERRY scans for a replacement.

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TERRY DANNY! Get in at free safety. If that ball goes up, you come down with it. No matter what. DANNY looks up, snaps on his helmet, races onto the field, doesn't feel BOB watching... 263 EXT. VETERANS STADIUM - POLY GAME 4 - FIELD - 2ND DOWN - DAY263 Poly’s QB fakes an end around, sprints for the corner. Danny and another DLS player hit him at the 3. Pads CRACK like rifle shots as they slam him headfirst into the turf. * Bob to Tayshon: * BOB * Way to stay home! * The DLS players limp into the huddle. Sucking wind. So dead on their feet they can't talk for a beat. Some have to hold the others up. CHRIS lurches up, nose trickling blood. 264 EXT. VETERANS STADIUM - POLY GAME 4 - FIELD - DAY 264 The POLY crowd SCREAMS. BANGS thunder sticks. DANNY GET OUT. CHRIS ONLY WAY I'M LEAVINGFerguson IS ON A STRETCHER. DANNY yanks up the towel clipped to his belt. RIP! DANNY wads the strip and damps CHRIS' nostril. CHRIS watches... 265 EXT. VETERANS STADIUM - POLY GAME 4 - FIELD - DAY 265 A hugeAndrew new poly running back races onto the field ANNOUNCER #1 Pulling out all the stops, Lara is sending in sophomore fullback Jason Knight. At 257 pounds, this kid is bigger than most pro running backs.

266 EXT. VETERANS STADIUM - POLY GAME 4 - 3RD AND GOAL - DAY 266 Knight takes the pitch. Legs pumping he lowers his pads ready to smash thru anyone in his way. Suddenly, he pulls up - a FAKE - lofts a wobbly pass. His tight end is wide open in the back of the end zone. The ball is tumbling toward his fingers... When DANNY DIVES. fingers bumping the ball just high enough to skim over the tight end's finger tips.

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Bob and Terry exchange a look of relief. * 267 EXT. VETERANS STADIUM - POLY GAME 4 - DAY 267 STADIUM frenzies - GAME CLOCK LOCKS: 6 SECONDS - Boat horns TRUMPET to the thunder of 15,000 FANS POUNDING their feet.

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268 INT. ANNOUNCER’S BOOTH - POLY GAME 4 - DAY 268 ANNOUNCER #1 What a save! Poly has got to play smash-mouth football now, and Spartans know it. So does everyone else in the stadium. 269 EXT. VETERANS STADIUM - POLY GAME 4 - FIELD - DAY 269 At the line of scrimmage, over the rising din, DLS waits. CHRIS wavers like a punch drunk fighter. DANNY grabs his hand, supporting him as... ANNOUNCER #1 Poly lines up in a power I... 270 EXT. VETERANS STADIUM - POLY GAME 4 - FIELD - DAY 270 Poly settles into Power I formation. Crowd's so loud the teams can barely hear the SIGNALS. BEASER stares as BUSTER digs in. Bob and Terry bent at the waist. Hands on knees and afraid to * watch. * On the snap, BEASER fires out and smashes his helmet into Buster - Buster crumples. Knight takes the handoff as CHRIS hurtles over Buster. Buster hits Knight high, knocking him off balance then Chris buries his helmet in Knight's stomach - drives Knight back 4 yards, lifts him off the turf and hurls him onto his back. Ferguson Bob with his signature double fist-pump. Terry stands and * walks away as if there was never a doubt in his mind that his * defense would stop Poly. * 271 EXT. VETERANS STADIUM - POLY GAME 4 - DAY 271 The crowd goes SILENT. POLY’S BANNER SLIPS its moorings and hangs Andrewlimp... In rapt silence, 15,000 fans stare down on a battlefield. 272 EXT. VETERANS STADIUM - POLY GAME 4 - DLS SIDELINES - DAY 272 Silence on the DLS sidelines. Until TERRY ROARS, unleashing bedlam on the Spartan sidelines. 273 EXT. VETERANS STADIUM - POLY GAME 4 - FIELD - DAY 273 DANNY hauls himself up, stands unsteadily but manages to grin as he extends a hand to Chris. DANNY Our year. Starts right now!

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274 INT. ANNOUNCER’S BOOTH - POLY GAME 4 - DAY 274 ANNOUNCER #1 I have played football and gone home exhausted. I have broadcast hundreds of games and gone home elated. Today, I go home inspired.

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275 EXT. VETERANS STADIUM - POLY GAME 4 - DLS SIDELINES - DAY 275 A celebratory frenzy. People rush in. Backslapping a jubilant Terry and coaches. Excited parents congratulate MICKEY RYAN. SIDELINE REPORTER ...With this amazing win the De La Salle Spartans have a new lease on life as they go into their league games back in Northern California. BOB veers off and starts for the locker room. Out of the corner of his eyes he sees Danny celebrating with his team mates. They share a look. Bob waves him over. BOB You made a helluva play on third down. (beat) Saved the game. DANNY Thanks, Coach. 276 INT. BUS - NEAR DLS CAMPUS - NIGHT 276 As the bus approaches the school loud noise and music slowly wakes the team up. The excitement is palpable and the team starts getting more alert, curious inside the bus. BOB stares, as the bus lurches to a stop in the DLS parking lot. Suddenly an explosion of WHITE LIGHT blasts through the bus windows. The players squint.Ferguson But can't see past it. 277 EXT. DLS PARKING LOT 277 BOB steps off the bus with a grin... Packed behind two rented search lights is what seems like half STUDENT BODY and parents. All cheering at the top of their lungs. It's a surreal moment as BOB and TERRY lead the team through the light into an ecstatic mob. Even BOB seems to enjoy the adulation,Andrew until... He stops. Dead. Terry too, smile dying. As joy flat-lines to uncomprehending silence, the Spartan's organization stares at a banner on the end of two poles held by students.. "STREAK 2.0 ...ONLY 150 TO GO!" Dread etches BOB’S FACE. A glance meets TERRY'S eyes. A silent question fuses them is it starting all over again? Barraged with cheers, the PLAYERS just stare. Some cheer, some wear half-smiles, not sure how to react. A HIP SPORTS REPORTER roves, hungry for a sound byte and the fans seem excited to give him one.

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HIP SPORTS REPORTER (TV) Guys, guys, are the Spartan's coming back! The kids go WILD. The Reporter grins. Spies Tayshon. HIP SPORTS REPORTER (CONT’D) Yo, Tayshon! Tayshon J. Come over, man! Don't be shy on us. Before TAYSHON can protest, the students shove him in front of the mic. He seems uncomfortable, nervous. HIP SPORTS REPORTER (CONT’D) Dog, tell me how it feels to go from biggest loser to biggest winner in one game? TAYSHON Great. HIP SPORTS REPORTER Great? Dude, you're on your way to a new streak. TAYSHON (over cheers) Naw, naw. Our goal is just to go out and give perfect effort - A WISE ASS jumps in front of Tayshon, shouts at the camera: "STREAK!" BOB watches TAYSHONFerguson wage a battle to keep cool. HIP SPORTS REPORTER "Perfect effort?" That's your secret? KIDS laugh, TAYSHON gropes. TAYSHON It's like Luke says: "Give and it Andrewshall be given to you." Feel me? BOB smiles. The REPORTER smirks. HIP SPORTS REPORTER I didn't see Luke making five catches and for over 200 yards against the number one ranked team in the country. TAYSHON Ain't gonna lie, I had a good day. But we a team. And Chris Ryan - HIP SPORTS REPORTER - is dope, no doubt, but c'mon, dude! You're a star. The man whose gonna lead DLS to what? ANOTHER WHAT???...

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Crowd yells "Streak!, Streak," And finally TAYSHON cracks: TAYSHON - STREAK! HIP SPORTS REPORTER 150 GAMES! TAYSHON joins the crowd, YELLING... TAYSHON MORE! STREAK! STREAK! Then BOB calls quietly, firmly... BOB Beaser. Get that down. BEASER responds. We see him go over to the students with the ‘Streak’ sign and slowly pulls it down. 278 OMITTED 278 279 OMITTED 279 280 OMITTED 280 Ferguson

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281 INT. RYAN HOME - NIGHT 281 CHRIS updates his log book: 28-24 WIN, 4 TD'S - 22 to go. 282 INT./EXT. VARIOUS GAMES - MONTAGE 282 DLS DRIVING TOWARD THEIR 2ND, 3RD, 4TH WINS: Chris slashes through the line for a TD vs. ARCHBISHOP MITTY. 283 INT. / EXT. VARIOUS GAMES - MONTAGE 283 Beaser bulldozes through and smashes the QB onto the turf. DLS fans pour onto a field as a game ends. 284 INT. / EXT. VARIOUS GAMES - MONTAGE 284 ON-FIELD VS. FREEDOM, Danny makes a catch across the middle, gets hit hard but holds on to the ball. 285 INT. / EXT. VARIOUS GAMES - MONTAGE 285 TAYSHON catches a pass, runs for long TD. 286 EXT. DLS SCHOOL - MONTAGE 286 BEHIND THE SCHOOL FOUR STUDENTS update the Win Streak total to 5 on a CHALK WALL next to the field. 287 OMITTED 287 288 INT. / EXT. VARIOUS GAMES - FergusonMONTAGE 288 CHRIS spins, dances and bulls his way into the end zone.

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289 INT. / EXT. BUS - MONTAGE 289 ON BUS, Chris updates his journal - “16 to break record” 290 INSERT NEWS ARTICLE - MONTAGE 290 NEWS ARTICLE: "De La Salle is back on track and heading for the playoffs..." GAME MONTAGE CONTINUES: 291 EXT. ANOTHER GAME - GAME 5 VS. YGNACIO VALLEY - MONTAGE 291 Salinas completes a pass to Danny. 292 EXT. QUARTER FINAL GAME: VS. MONTE VISTA - MONTAGE 292 CHRIS DIVES across the goal line. In the stands, MICKEY cheers as the jubilant team celebrates another win. 293 INT. CHRIS’ ROOM - JOURNAL - MONTAGE 293 Score five more TD's, the record's his... 294 INT. SCHOOL HALLWAY - MONTAGE 294 CHRIS, DANNY, SALINAS pass down the hall treated like rock stars. BOB stands off too the side, watching. 295 INSERT: SAN FRANCISCO TRIBUNEFerguson - SPORTS SECTION: 295 FULL PAGE splashed with CHRIS running for the win. “45-13”. 296 EXT. VARIOUS GAMES - MONTAGE 296 DANNY pulls in a one handed catch. 297 EXT. DE LA SALLE CHAPEL - DAY 297 The teamAndrew moves in two concentric circles everyone player hugging the next, saying “Peace be with you”...“And with you.” 298 OMITTED 298 A299 INT. CHAPEL - DAY A299 * Danny and Bob, alone now, put away chairs. * BOB * Ms. Janek says you’ve really brought * your grade up in her science class. * DANNY * Yeah. Trying. *

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BOB * Danny...if we had to do it over again, * would you still want me to come back * and be your coach? * DANNY * Well, yeah...absolutely. * BOB * This season hasn’t been easy for * either one of us. * DANNY * I’m glad we’ve been able to go through * it together even if it hasn’t gone the * way I thought it would...for me or for * the team. * BOB * I hope you know I didn’t move you from * starting line-up because I was * disappointed in you. The opposite is * true. * DANNY * I know. It was the right thing to do * for the team. Tayshon deserved it. * BOB * You’ve been through as much adversity * as anyone else on this team. We all * lost TK, but you almostFerguson lost your dad. * Plus the disappointment of not having * the kind of season you always dreamed * of having. I know that’s been tough, * Danny, but you handled it with class * and with dignity. You stayed * committed. You’ve grown up. I’m proud * of the person you’ve become. * AndrewDANNY * Thanks, dad. * Danny grabs his jacket. * BOB * Just because you’re not starting * doesn’t mean you haven’t impacted the * game, you know. * DANNY * I know. Don’t worry. You taught me * well. I’m not going to quit on these * guys or this team. Not now, not ever. * Bob reaches out and embraces Danny. *

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299 EXT. VARIOUS GAMES - MONTAGE 299 SIDELINE REPORTER De La Salle has staged a miraculous come back for an unprecedented 13th shot at the State Championship. On the line for standout running back, Chris Ryan, is on a personal quest as he takes the field only three touchdowns away from breaking a state scoring record. 300 EXT. DICK’S SPORTING GOODS STORE - DAY 300 A “GO SPARTANS!” banner in the window. BOB exits his car and walks towards the entrance. MICKEY and CHRIS exit with bags. MICKEY RYAN Hey, Coach! BOB (surprised) Hey. MICKEY RYAN Great game Friday night. Another three touchdowns for the Beast. Some GIRLS in a passing car squeal and shout: "Hey Chris! Bring home the record! Keep the streak alive!" BOBFerguson Yeah, he played well. Whole team did. MICKEY RYAN (ignoring) Ready to break the scoring record. Got a place for the trophy all picked out. BOB gives a slight smile then starts into the store. MICKEY and CHRISAndrew head to their car. BOB stops, turns. BOB Hey, Mickey! MICKEY wheels around. BOB (CONT’D) Did Chris show you the thesis he wrote for my class on Matthew 23:12? Amazingly insightful for someone his age. Really terrific. You should read it. BOB turns and walks into the store. MICKEY studies him darkly as he and CHRIS walk toward Mickey’s Caddy.

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301 EXT. PARKING LOT - CONCORD - DAY 301 MICKEY RYAN Matthew 23:12. What’s he talking about!? We’re on the way to the championship and a state record! CHRIS “For those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.” MICKEY stares, eyes blazing. MICKEY RYAN Exalted? Score 37 touchdowns in one season, that’s how you get exalted... REACHING MICKEY’S CADILLAC, the get in. Nothing. MICKEY’S eyes narrow as he softens. MICKEY RYAN (CONT’D) Do you know what winning this record will mean for you... For your life? Do you have any idea how differently people will look at you, respect you? You break this record and you’ll have something that no one can ever take away from you. That’s the real world Chris, getting yours. It got me a nice life. I want the same for you.. That’s why I’m pushing youFerguson so hard. Not for me... For you. CHRIS You’re a salesman, Dad. MICKEY RYAN I’m a what? AndrewCHRIS You sell cars. Don’t try to sell me. This is for you. I’m just another trophy like all the others in your case. Like all my medals you’ve been collecting since middle school so you can show them to everybody who walks in the house. I’m sick of it. MICKEY grabs CHRIS’S arm and yanks him close. MICKEY You ungrateful little punk. As long as you live in my house, eat my food, you will do what I tell you and show me the respect I deserve. (MORE)

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CHRIS (barely) OK. MICKEY No. I want to hear you say it. Through tears CHRIS screams in MICKEY’S face: CHRIS I promise I will get you that record, Dad!!! 302 EXT. BOB’S HOUSE - AFTERNOON 302 BOB pulls into the driveway. Exits the car swinging a Dick’s Sporting Goods bag. Opens the front door, disappears inside. Second thought, he steps back out and grabs the mail. 303 INT. BOB’S HOUSE - LIVING ROOM - LATER 303 BOB enters the kitchen. In the family room, Michael’s watching TV. Bob sets the Dick’s bag down and leans against the counter - flipping through the mail, one letter grabs his attention. Stanford Athletic department logo prominent. BOB pulls a knife - razors open the letter that Gordy promised. Reads the offer. MICHAEL Hey Dad, look. Dad - it’s about the championship game.Ferguson ON SCREEN: a Reporter’s on the De Le Salle campus. LOCAL SPORTSCASTER #2 De Le Salle Spartan’s have pulled off one of the greatest comebacks in sports history. After a devastating opening to the season, they are poised Andrewto compete for their 13th straight State Championship. (MORE)

Pg. 117 WTGST - Cherry Revisions (05/22/2013) 118 LOCAL SPORTSCASTER #2 (CONT'D) All around me and very excited is the next generation of Spartans. What grade are you guys in. SOHPOMORE We’re Sophomores, we play on the JV! BEV wanders into the room. LOCAL SPORTSCASTER #2 You guys are riding a nine game win streak. What do you think about that? SOHPOMORE We figured it out. If we go undefeated our junior and senior years we gonna drive the new win streak to 33 games! Soph’s surrounding reporter start chanting: 33, 33, 33. As the CHANT spreads, BOB stares, a familiar pain wrenching his gut when MICHAEL trumpets an EAR-SPLITTING VICTORY CALL. BOB STOP! MICHAEL freezes. BOB (CONT’D) Put it in its case, now. MICHAEL, shot down, lays hisFerguson trumpet in its case and just walks out. BEV turns off the TV. BOB (CONT’D) I hate that thing. BEV He doesn't. And that was wrong. AndrewBOB I'm wrong a lot. BEV Why? Cause a bunch of excited fourteen year olds were enjoying their first time on TV? You really expect these kids to know handle a situation like that? Let it go, they had no idea what they were saying. BOB They were saying what they really feel. (MORE)

Pg. 118 WTGST - Pink Revisions (04/23/2013) 119 BOB (CONT'D) Month in, month out, decade after decade, I talk and talk and the kids nod and pray and repeat along and in sixty seconds it's thrown out the window. BOB hurls his playbook. BOB (CONT’D) In a year, none of them will remember a word of what I tried to teach them. 304 INT. LADOUCEUR BEDROOM - LATE NIGHT 304 Bev asleep in bed, stirs and wakes to find Bob’s side of the bed empty. 305 INT. LADOUCEUR HOUSE - KITCHEN - SAME 305 Bob sits at the counter, a glass of warm milk in hand as he stares down at - the Stanford Offer Letter. Bev enters in her robe. Bob notices her. BEV Hey... BOB Couldn’t sleep. She crosses to him, puts her arm on his shoulder. She takes a drink of his milk, then seesFerguson the letter. Fingers it. BEV Are you seriously considering this? BOB You know when we started this twenty- five years ago there was no Facebook, high school football wasn’t on T.V. and not every kid alive was a Andrewcelebrity. It’s all changed now. Maybe the kids have too. All the things I’ve taught, believed in... I don’t know if I’m still doing much good here. Bob gets up. Kisses her cheek. BOB (CONT’D) I better get some sleep. Bev watches him go, then looks at the Stanford letter. Picks it up and folds it into its envelope.

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306 EXT. CEMETERY/MAUSOLEUM - DAWN 306 LANDRIN grips a small bunch of flowers. He splits bouquet. Kneels. Laying a few blooms at TK'S head stone. The rest against a second marker: BEVELYN "T-GRAM" KELLY'S.

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307 SUPER: GAME DAY - 2004 STATE CHAMPIONSHIP 307 308 INT. DOUBLE WIDE TRAILER - EARLY 308 DRY HEAVING. FLUSH of a TOILET. Front door flies OPEN. BEASER staggers out, nausea and pre-game jitters on his face. 309 INT. TENEMENT APARTMENT (CAM’S COUSIN’S)- EARLY 309 JAMAL sleeps on a roll out bed when someone playfully tugs a cap onto his head. He blinks at the cap. Not not Spartan green but 'OREGON" green and yellow. JAMAL grips CAM tightly. 310 INT. CHRIS' ROOM - MORNING 310 CHRIS' makes a final diary entry - "LAST GAME AS A SPARTAN - RUN HARD AND DON'T LOOK BACK." 311 INT. KELLY HOME - MID-DAY 311 LANDRIN stares into TK'S ROOM. A hushed shrine, frozen in time since TK's death. He's backing out when his eye catches on something white thrown over the chair. He picks it up - it’s the white DLS Jersey TK ran in the night he was killed. LANDRIN buries his face in the fabric, inhaling the scent still clinging. He sobs. Until, slowly, his eyes harden and he slips into TK'S jersey. 312 INT. BOB'S CAR - LATE AFTERNOON 312 DANNY and BOB sit in SILENCE.Ferguson On the radio... PRO DLS COMMENTATOR After waging an extraordinary reset to its winning ways, the Spartans get set for another Championship... DANNY FLIPS OFF the radio. BOB looks at his son quietly. 313 INT. ‘04Andrew CHAMPIONSHIP STADIUM - LOCKER ROOM - NIGHT 313 * As solemn VOICES join in the LORD"S PRAYER, we move off a locker to find the Spartans. Each player on one knee, eyes closed, spotless uniforms, helmets shining... The prayer ends. The team springs up with a war whoop! THE TEAM SPARTANS! BOB watches them race out.

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315 INT. ‘04 CHAMPIONSHIP STADIUM - TUNNEL - NIGHT 315 * DLS APPROACHES the mouth of the tunnel. DANNY (low to Chris) Feel it? We’re gonna get your record tonight. CHRIS just smiles... 316 OMITTED 316 317 INT. ‘04 CHAMPIONSHIP STADIUM - TUNNEL - NIGHT 317 * The Spartans' reach the tunnel opening. DANNY stops. Seeing it first...indicates to CHRIS... Then TERRY, BOB and the others... 318 EXT. ‘04 CHAMPIONSHIP STADIUM - ROOF - NIGHT 318 * A huge banner features a blow up of TK's face, helmet pushed back, grinning. LANDRIN stands beside billowing letters spelling: TERRENCE KELLY - L'HOMME DU FOIS - MEN OF FAITH. 319 EXT. ‘04 CHAMPIONSHIP STADIUM - FIELD - NIGHT 319 * DANNY CATCHES A BALL, is hit hard, slams to the turf. His hand shoots skyward, showing the ball firmly in it. In a rare * show of emotion, Bob pumps his fist. * TERRYFerguson * ‘Atta boy, Danny! Great catch! * 320 EXT. ‘04 CHAMPIONSHIP STADIUM - FIELD - NIGHT 320 * CHRIS STREAKS DOWN SIDELINE, runs two players over into the end zone. 320A EXT. ‘04Andrew CHAMPIONSHIP STADIUM - STANDS - NIGHT 320A * Mickey goes bat shit crazy. MICKEY Two more TD’S! Two more! SCOREBOARD: DE LA SALLE 7 - AMADOR VALLEY 0 320B EXT. ‘04 CHAMPIONSHIP STADIUM - FIELD - NIGHT 320B * Amador Valley takes the kick off and runs it back - touchdown! Terry runs onto the field to meet the player most responsible * for giving up the touchdown on his beloved kickoff team. *

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TERRY * How did you miss that guy? Why didn’t * you tackle him? This is a contact * sport, you know? It’s ok to hit * somebody. It really is. It’s * encouraged, in fact. * ALT. * TERRY (CONT’D) * Great! You let him go right up the * middle for a touchdown. We practiced * that all week, where no one touches * the returner, didn’t we? Good job! Way * to be coachable. * SCOREBOARD: DE LA SALLE 7 - AMADOR VALLEY 7 320C EXT. ‘04 CHAMPIONSHIP STADIUM - FIELD - NIGHT 320C * Sidelines - Terry goes crazy! 321 EXT. ‘04 CHAMPIONSHIP STADIUM - FIELD - NIGHT 321 * SALINAS - FADING - SURROUNDED - A BRUTAL SACK. Ball pops free. Frenzied scramble. Joshua grabs it off a short hop. DRAGGING half of Amador's defense with him, he powers across the goal line. 322 EXT. ‘04 CHAMPIONSHIP STADIUM - FIELD - NIGHT 322 * AMADOR VALLEY'S OFFENSE FIRESFerguson OFF THE SNAP. Their QB pitches to the running back, who hands it to a wide RECEIVER on an end-around. 323 EXT. ‘04 CHAMPIONSHIP STADIUM - FIELD - NIGHT 323 * DLS' DEFENSE IS FOOLED. The RECEIVER is about to turn up- field when BEASER cuts off his lane, bears hugs him, hefts him highAndrew and dead falls on top of him.

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BEASER JUMPS UP WITH A GIANT GRIN and runs for the sidelines screaming at TERRY. BEASER * Contain the runner! Contain the * runner!!! * Beaser reaches the sideline and, in perfect sync, he and * Terry jump in the air and chest bump. * 324 EXT. ‘04 CHAMPIONSHIP STADIUM - FIELD - NIGHT 324 * BOB (O.S.) Danny! DANNY turns - his FATHER stares back. IN THE STANDS: BEV sharpens as DANNY runs to BOB'S side. DANNY stares, uncertain, as BOB leans close. And suddenly DANNY feels BOB'S HAND gripping the scruff of his neck. DANNY Coach. BOB Watch the D-back on the weak side, he leans to the inside a lot. When he does you can beat him to the corner. Shake him hard on that first move. Finish strong. Ferguson Eyes lock for a brief, powerful moment... 325 EXT. ‘04 CHAMPIONSHIP STADIUM - FIELD - NIGHT 325 * CHRIS TAKES A HAND-OFF. Rockets up the middle. RAMS into three giant linemen. Driving his legs furiously, refusing to go down, he suddenly spins out and breaks free. As the corner back comes up, Chris drops his shoulder, freight trainsAndrew right over him, sprints up the sideline full out... 326 EXT. ‘04 CHAMPIONSHIP STADIUM - FIELD - NIGHT 326 * But the Safety is streaking up on intercept. As he lunges CHRIS throws a perfect stiff arm into the kid's face mask dropping him like a rock as CHRIS blasts over the goal line. Touchdown! SCOREBOARD: DE LA SALLE 21 - AMADOR VALLEY 7 326A EXT. ‘04 CHAMPIONSHIP STADIUM - STANDS - NIGHT 326A * MICKEY One more! One more!

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326B EXT. ‘04 CHAMPIONSHIP STADIUM - ANNOUCER’S BOOTH - NIGHT 326B * ANNOUNCER Chris Ryan, ladies and gentlemen, has just tied the state scoring record for touchdowns in a single season! The crowd goes crazy! 326C EXT. ‘04 CHAMPIONSHIP STADIUM - FIELD - NIGHT 326C * Sidelines - Players congratulate Chris. A327 EXT. ‘04 CHAMPIONSHIP STADIUM - GAME CLOCK - NIGHT A327 * Ticks down from 2:48. SCOREBOARD: DE LA SALLE 21 - AMADOR VALLEY 7 327 EXT. ‘04 CHAMPIONSHIP STADIUM - FIELD - NIGHT 327 * SALINAS runs over for the play. The NOISE of the impatient CROWD now so loud BOB has to shout: BOB Salinas, this is your final drive as a Spartan. SALINAS Coach. BOBFerguson It’s yours. You call the plays.

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BOB watches SALINAS and DANNY join the huddle. The team’s line up. The SNAP! Chris breaks off tackle for 12. Next Play: around the end on a sweep for 16 more. 327A EXT. ‘04 CHAMPIONSHIP STADIUM - GAME CLOCK - NIGHT 327A * Ticks down 1:48...1:47...1:46 327B EXT. ‘04 CHAMPIONSHIP STADIUM - FIELD - NIGHT 327B * SALINAS, AUDIBLES at the line, gets caught scrambling. Can’t get the pass off. 327C EXT. ‘04 CHAMPIONSHIP STADIUM - GAME CLOCK - NIGHT 327C * Ticks down 1:24...1:23...1:22 328 EXT. ‘04 CHAMPIONSHIP STADIUM - FIELD - VARIOUS - NIGHT 328 * MICKEY can TASTE IT. He SCREAMS HOARSELY “Give Beast the ball!” Danny lines up wide right, the corner sets 6 yards away, then takes a step to the inside. Salinas glances at DANNY, who taps his helmet twice. HUT! Helmets collide as Salinas fades. Dodges a tackler. Looks left - Ferguson DANNY seems in supernatural synch with Salinas as he cuts hard to the inside. The CORNER BACK bites and follows when - DANNY plants a cleat - turf flies as he cuts right - explodes with a savage burst of speed to the outside just as Salinas unloads a long bomb to the right corner. 329 EXT. ‘04Andrew CHAMPIONSHIP STADIUM - FIELD - NIGHT 329 * Danny - the field to himself - tracks the pass. It's drifting out of bounds. Danny jumps! His torso angles over the line as his toes drag the turf just enough to stay in and - ten splayed fingers reach for the sky... And lock on the ball! DANNY falls in bounds on AMADOR'S three. 330 EXT. ‘04 CHAMPIONSHIP STADIUM - STANDS - NIGHT 330 * BEV shoots to her feet, yelling louder than Mickey. GAME CLOCK - 1:04. 331 EXT. ‘04 CHAMPIONSHIP STADIUM - FIELD - NIGHT 331 * Laying there, DANNY listens to the crowd CHEER. When a familiar voice from close by shouts -

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TAYSHON (O.S.) BOO-YAH!

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A grinning TAYSHON sticks his hand out. DANNY grips it. As TAYSHON pulls him up, the remaining Spartans mob the two. BOB watches the scene with quiet pride. 332 EXT. ‘04 CHAMPIONSHIP STADIUM - FIELD - NIGHT 332 * Danny and the offense huddle up. ON-FIELD, Danny and the offense wait for the play. By now the crowd's booming a steady CHANT: CROWD CHRIS! CHRIS! CHRIS! CHRIS looks around the stadium, the chant almost as an echo in his head... He sees Mickey bellowing the chant, a hoarse, primal scream... Chris’ gaze land on BOB as.... 333 EXT. ‘04 CHAMPIONSHIP STADIUM - STANDS - NIGHT 333 * Salinas comes into the huddle and eyes the expectant faces... SALINAS 41 Blast into the record book. TAYSHON Here we go! Yo C', last play in the game, make us proud. GRINS split every face but...Ferguson CHRIS'. No one notices. JOSHUA Just follow this big butt across that line and go home with the glory! CHRIS makes no response. But suddenly straightens, signals for a time out. As theAndrew REF’S WHISTLE shrills, TERRY look at BOB. TERRY What are they doing? BOB I don’t know, it’s their drive. 334 EXT. ‘04 CHAMPIONSHIP STADIUM - FIELD 334 * Same mystified looks on the player’s faces as CHRIS gropes... CHRIS ...Coach Lad is just doing this for me. He doesn't believe in it. But won't say it, because...

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DANNY Dude, what are you talking about? CHRIS ...I... don't want my last play as a Spartan to be about me. DANNY Why not? You trained your butt off to get here. You deserve it. And, bro,' it's an easy shot. CHRIS He never took the easy shot... Coming back to coach us, he coulda' died... And what have we done for him? Won some games. A championship. DANNY (realization dawning) All the while we been out here staring at the dirt he's been saying, "Look up." It's time we did. CHRIS searches faces. DANNY nods. A silent consensus is reached. CHRIS It’s time for us to stand tall. (beat) Victory formation.Ferguson SALINAS No. You gotta do it. CHRIS nods and scans the faces in the huddle. CHRIS No matter where we go. Or what we achieve. Nothing's ever gonna come Andrewclose to what we have right here, right now. Spartans for life. Silence. Then loudly: CHRIS (CONT’D) Victory formation. Direct snap to me. * On one. They CLAP. Break... And line up. Shot gun formation. But Salinas doesn't take the quarterback's spot, CHRIS does. As the CROWD verges on a riot, BOB and TERRY stare, mystified.

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TERRY Maybe this wasn't the best time to give Salinas free will. BOB is silent. An island. He gazes out at CHRIS.

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CHRIS DOWN! The Spartan line drops crisply into three point stances. CHRIS (CONT’D) SET! The CENTER strangles the ball, no tears, just iron concentration. DANNY looks at CHRIS. CHRIS (CONT’D) HUT! THE SPARTAN LINE FIRES OUT. Holds back Amador as THE BALL missiles the backward... It spirals, free, vulnerable until... CHRIS' locks onto it, stopping the spiral dead as he - ! Gently... sinks... to... one... knee. Beat. The REF blows his WHISTLE as the clock keeps running. 334A EXT. ‘04 CHAMPIONSHIP STADIUM - GAME CLOCK - NIGHT 334A * Continues ticking down...:58...:57...:56 334B EXT. ‘04 CHAMPIONSHIP STADIUMFerguson- FIELD - VARIOUS - NIGHT 334B * In those final seconds, thousands of FANS stare, none clear on what's transpiring except...... BOB. As the realization lands, his hand drops limply to his side. As his play charts flutter... CHRIS Andrewstands, hands the ball to the ref, looks to BOB, they LOCK eyes. CHRIS TURNS back to the huddle, BOB finds DANNY. DANNY STARES, points to BOB in tribute. BEV, smiling and crying in the same moment, as... TERRY, somehow holding it together, can't look at BOB. But can't let the moment pass without a proper salute. So TERRY takes off his Coach's hat and raises it high... As the scoreboard clock ticks off 14 seconds confused FANS murmur. A lone voice shouts “COACH, WHAT ARE YOU DOING???”

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335 EXT. ‘04 CHAMPIONSHIP STADIUM - STANDS - DAY 335 * MICKEY continues BELLOWING at BOB: MICKEY RYAN WHAT. ARE. YOU. DOING. COACH!? What are you doing?? There’s still time. 41 Blast. RUN IT! RUN IT!!

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BEV Mickey, Bob’s not calling the plays. MICKEY is struck, swears, then grumbles to BEV: MICKEY RYAN You people... You don't understand the first thing about football! BEV It was never about football. MICKEY RYAN Your husband just cost my boy his record. BEV My husband just turned your boy into a man. And everybody in this stadium knows it but you. MICKEY looks around, seems struck, off balance. He comes to the rail, hats raised in respect around him, and: 336 EXT. ‘04 CHAMPIONSHIP STADIUM - FIELD - DAY 336 * CHRIS meets MICKEY'S LOST FACE.... MICKEY blinks, seeing... CHRIS' eyes. Devoid of fear. Resolute. Chris turns to Bob, takes his helmet off and raises it high. * He points to Bob as a tribute to everything he has learned * from him. Ferguson * 337 EXT. ‘04 CHAMPIONSHIP STADIUM - STANDS - DAY 337 * As DLS lines up in victory formation again, and CHRIS takes a final knee... 337A EXT. ‘04 CHAMPIONSHIP STADIUM - GAME CLOCK - NIGHT 337A * :29...:28...:27Andrew 337B EXT. ‘04 CHAMPIONSHIP STADIUM - FIELD - VARIOUS - NIGHT 337B * On the sidelines, a dry-eyed BEASER brims with pride as he shoots his helmet skyward. Down the DLS sideline, every helmet and cap goes up... Across the stadium, thousands of hats are held high... On the stadium roof, LANDRIN grins... BEV gazes down, quietly moved, watching her husband's lifetime of haunting self-doubt obliterated by a tidal wave of love.

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At just that moment as if psychically connected Bob turns and finds Bev’s face - they share a look. Both understanding the weight of the moment. TERRY comes over and hugs BOB. He doesn’t see... BEV opens her purse, pull free the STANFORD OFFER LETTER and tear it to pieces. An emotional CAM has JAMAL up on his shoulders. JAMAL'S small voice pipes up...

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JAMAL Why’d didn't that boy get his record? CAM (thick) Equal measure. JAMAL has no idea. CAM'S smile is explanation enough. CHRIS - stoic - resolute - looks up at MICKEY... MICKEY taps his chest and slowly raises his cap. CHRIS -taps his heart! ALT. Mickey turns and slowly walks away from Chris toward the exit of the stadium. The CLOCK hits ZERO. DANNY leads the team toward BOB with their customary dignity when a jubilant riot breaks stadium wide. Fans flood the field. Mobbing the players. CHRIS and DANNY reach BOB - he looks at them both as CHRIS hands him the ball. And a rare slow grin spreads. His face briefly freezes as it blends into the ARCHIVAL FOOTAGE of generations of football players, driving the Spartan's unprecedented rise into football history. Among the FACES - the REAL BOB LADOUCEUR advancing through his three decade career. INTERSPERSED: fantastic plays explode, championshipsFerguson are taken, BOB is visited by LEGENDARY ALUMNI, VAUNTED FOOTBALL LUMINARIES... LEGEND: AFTER 34 YEARS AS DE LA SALLE'S HEAD VARSITY FOOTBALL COACH, BOB LADOUCEUR STEPPED DOWN LEAVING BEHIND A CAREER RECORD OF 399 WINS, 25 LOSSES AND 3 TIES. THE HIGHEST WINNING PERCENTAGE IN FOOTBALL HISTORY. REJECTINGAndrew DOZENS OF OFFERS FROM THE MOST RESPECTED TEAMS IN FOOTBALL, BOB CHOSE TO REMAIN AT DE LA SALLE WHERE HE CURRENTLY COACHES THE RUNNING BACKS. TERRY yells at his players: "WHAT IS GOING ON OUT THERE!?" BOB IS STILL ASSISTED BY TERRY EIDSON. FINAL FADE.

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