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No harm in dreaming, right, Coach?

No, no, you are not playing. Just listen to me for a sec.

In light of what's going on in this country,

ANNOUNCER: And the 1960 Cotton Bowl is underway.

and you're gonna line up on the left side.

We can use this third short.

Wing left, watch it.

You boys got no business north of Union Street, you hear me?

Our third nominee is James Saxton, the University of Texas.

POPS: After dinner we gonna have an ice cream eating contest.

This is to inform you that Ernest Davis

Tackle lines up inside the tight end, does he not?

Let's check in.

I'll be right here with you, son.

(REPORTERS CLAMORING)

and don't worry, we all get it.

That's the way. Offense, offense, let's go!

These people down here, they're dug in.

It certainly appeared from our vantage point here

Hey! Hey, Ernie.

You been waiting for these, I know it. Here you go, Peewee. Put it on.

The Orangemen go back to Ernie Davis. Davis is met with a wall of Mountaineers.

BELL: Hey! Knock it off!

Don't know. Don't have a label.

And Davis reverses field with a tremendous move.

You close to your family, Mr. Schwartzwalder?

Schwedes, give me a goose-step.

Yeah, I'm sorry. I'm just used to it.

especially on our home turf!

ANNOUNCER: The give is to Ernie Davis.

It's not about winning trophies, Davis. It's about winning games.

They tell me I'm responding well to my treatment.

No. Thank you, ma'am. But eventually... No?

BELL: Let's go, ladies. Pick it up!

against the Mountaineers on their own home turf.

(WHISTLE BLOWS)

QUARTERBACK: Double tight! Double tight! Down!

Well, in that case, son, I would tell you that too much salt is bad for you.

for the second half.

Ernie Davis is a bull-necked, steel-shouldered running back

we still have the method of passive resistance

My knee was down, sir.

In his spare time, the bull-necked Ernie Davis enjoys sewing,

cutting coal, and you know it.

40-yard line, 50,

Coach, on the trip down here I saw a lot of things out that bus window.

Thing is, I don't know how much more is in front of me.

just like there are some toes that shouldn't be stepped on.

Then the NFL, make some money.

Mr. Modell, please, sir.

Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!

This is no longer a football game, ladies and gentlemen.

All right, let's run it again. Let's go.

I don't know, kid.

SARETTE: Six regular! Six regular! Tight.

Throwing down fie Id.

(WHISTLE BLOWS)

I will take one-on-one out here all day long.

Led his team to a state championship. Why the hell didn't we look at him first?

It's a different world up there.

That's enough. Come on.

Offense on the field. Let's go!

You all right, son? You okay?

number one draft choice, signed a big contract.

ANNOUNCER: Syracuse will run one last play before halftime.

What's he doing?

And after a successful two-point conversion

You don't want that.

My mama and me watched that game on a television set in Sears and Roebuck.

against the Mudrunners on their own home turf

I'm not good at that salesman stuff. Not much of a dancer, you know that.

Now, leave Pops out of this, Will.

That since I'm not here because of my grades,

But there, did you see that? I saw it.

I don't know about our team yet, but theirs is in mid-season form.

Here's the official signal.

I'm not sure how you mean, Coach.

Good morning, sir. Beautiful day, isn't it?

The give is to Ernie Davis and the sophomore finds the end zone,

6.6 yards a carry.

Now what am I supposed to tell the press?

You'll find a Negro polar bear before you find a Negro coed.

What brings you up here to New York?

Told you this would get out of hand. This is bullshit.

First down and goal to go for Kansas.

Congratulations.

What, something wrong with it?

The Orangemen can really use a little help out there.

The distance between Cleveland and Oakland for one.

And his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain.

You know, new system and all. Yeah, listen, Ernie.

You're a smart kid, Davis. I don't have to spell it out for you, do I?

(ALL CLAMORING)

that's when you forget the crowd and the noise.

You're leaving us a hell of a hole, Jim.

Maybe it just felt real good to run,

SARETTE: Strong load right, 42 shovel pass. On one. On one.

You think you're here just to wear a varsity jacket

(WHISTLE BLOWS)

...the memorial trophy bearing his name.

for a 69-yard Texas touchdown!

This gentleman wants to say something.

I need to play.

That's right! That's right!

Come on, let's go.

This is the last time he's gonna be on this field.

SARETTE: Set! LUNDY: Double tight! Double tight!

(WHISTLE BLOWING)

So if all you nice folks are offering the same thing,

that's a football field.

(PEOPLE CHUCKLING)

And I won't tell him that he's the next Ernie Davis,

if you hadn't come here to play for me.

by a score of 15-0.

You can watch, but you cannot play.