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But that sweep where you cut back to the middle?
JACK: We call that, The white girl speech,
ALL: Break!
Ernie?
(MARTY BLOWS WHISTLE)
I want to know something.
You don't stop this quick, it's gonna get out of hand.
Let's take advantage.
MALE NARRATOR 2: I believe in this world to come.
or how I wanted to make my mark.
(GRUNTS)
I know this wasn't the most welcoming place for you, but that's not my fault.
/ can't tell you the exact moment I knew what it was I wanted to be
He's wearing a Brooklyn Dodgers uniform.
How do you do?
Those days are done.
grace of God I am what I am.
Were you the first in your family to go to college?
Let's go! Now make no mistake, gentlemen.
I'm Jewish.
Will, we won.
These are the goddamn Texas Longhorns!
MAN: We are still not yet...
Ernie, if you get the ball, go all the way.
two very dominant football players
Coach, I can still get back out there and play.
Set! Hut one.
And then Jimmy Brown shows up,
I know today is a proud day for you. You've really accomplished something here.
and see your name, your face.
here at the very, very quiet Archbold Stadium.
Ernie Davis has not joined the rest of the Orangemen
Ernie, get up!
Now what? You gonna stare at it all night?
/ was...
Gentlemen, congratulations.
that I wasn't running from, I was running to.
as Holy Cross has knocked off the mighty Orangemen.
Sorry, my dear, we got things to do, people to meet.
But this is not just a game anymore.
Come on, son. Let's go. For me?
Well, go ahead. Get in there.
Run a lap.
Strong load right, 42 shovel pass.
I don't want to hurt you anymore.
PLAYER: Hey, Coach!
He got run off.
To Syracuse University department of athletics.
But you know what, so are they.
Regulations!
I'm sorry.
There are some lines that some people don't care to see crossed,
Next question.
MAN: Yes, it is.
/ know when I first heard it myself,
ANNOUNCER: As play resumes here at the Cotton Bowl,
Okay, put that away now, please.
Mumps. What?
And for the Syracuse faithful, there's a sense of disbelief,
Brokaw, come here! Yes, Coach.
Yes. Jack, Art and me, we're all a part of your team.
You're not there. You don't know him.
Down 15 to nothing, the Longhorns are
(ALL BOOING)
Ernie, what are you doing?
He crosses the goal line to put Syracuse on the board.
That's not all you were raised to believe, now was it?
Heisman Trophy all the way.
You had a terrific year here at Syracuse, Jim.
I'm sorry I lost my temper.
What we up to? Three miles?
But no sense in getting hurt worse, right?
We don't want to integrate!
with a last chance shot at the end zone.
how much he'd like to see you come play for us.
POPS: You can do it.
Coach, I'm...
BROWN: I want you to go out. Keep going. Back. Back. All right.
This is what pain is for.
Ernie. His name is Ernie Davis.
The day you're not up to it, I'll take it away as quick as a hiccup.
ALL: Texas.
Must be nice having the number one draft pick, huh, George?
Ernie!
Here in the second quarter, Kansas on top of Syracuse, 7-0.
The first is Ernest R. Davis from Syracuse University.
Davis, hamstring.
And a nigger, how sad is that?
You don't even be eating no deviled egg.
It's a new trend.
All right. You sure? Yeah.
So, things are good.
Who told you this, your coach?
JACK: You guys see what happened?
You're not gonna play. Not now.
You were down!
You're a goddamn running back. You're my goddamn running back,
No, no, no. Not that, that's the gas. Better step on the brake.
To a very nice man.
Same holds true off the field.
Class of '31.
QUARTERBACK: Tight right, 34 wide dig. Ready?
Pain is how you learn.
(WHISTLE BLOWS)
Math, basic literature...
This is quite a ruckus.
yet not I,
Well, he's a Negro boy, Ben.
Yeah, I...
(ALL LAUGHING)
Ernie Davis goes through the paces
Thank you, sir.