1 00:00:23,691 --> 00:00:25,493 [narrator] Get your popcorn ready, 2 00:00:25,626 --> 00:00:27,728 'cause this is about to be a good one. 3 00:00:27,861 --> 00:00:30,164 Down here in New Orleans, you know we know how to party. 4 00:00:30,298 --> 00:00:31,699 And around here, we like to say, 5 00:00:31,832 --> 00:00:33,567 "Laissez les bons temps rouler." 6 00:00:35,803 --> 00:00:38,339 The wait is over. 7 00:00:38,472 --> 00:00:41,342 A sold-out Superdome is the stage. 8 00:00:43,043 --> 00:00:46,380 After a year of partially filled or empty stadiums, 9 00:00:46,514 --> 00:00:49,016 this should be absolutely electric. 10 00:00:49,150 --> 00:00:51,219 College football's Snickers National Title game 11 00:00:51,352 --> 00:00:53,087 has finally arrived, 12 00:00:53,221 --> 00:00:55,256 and it is the matchup of our dreams. 13 00:00:55,389 --> 00:00:57,091 We have the 13-1 Cougars 14 00:00:57,225 --> 00:00:59,460 going against the undefeated Wolves, 15 00:00:59,593 --> 00:01:02,530 and this is where legends are made. 16 00:01:02,663 --> 00:01:05,466 [Nick Wright] Wolves quarterback, the Heisman Trophy winner LeMarcus James. 17 00:01:05,599 --> 00:01:07,535 Possibly the best quarterback 18 00:01:07,668 --> 00:01:10,238 to come into the NFL since Patrick Mahomes. 19 00:01:10,371 --> 00:01:12,706 [reporter] And you know who agrees with me on that? Miami. 20 00:01:12,840 --> 00:01:15,243 'Cause they're poised to take him number one overall, 21 00:01:15,376 --> 00:01:18,246 and I'm hearing for about $35 million guaranteed. 22 00:01:18,379 --> 00:01:20,047 Meanwhile, for the Cougars, 23 00:01:20,181 --> 00:01:21,815 you have running back Cecil Burgess, 24 00:01:21,949 --> 00:01:23,717 AKA the Haitian Hammer. 25 00:01:23,851 --> 00:01:26,120 He's gonna run for, eh, I don't know, 26 00:01:26,254 --> 00:01:28,822 200 to 400 yards every game. 27 00:01:28,956 --> 00:01:30,458 That's how he set the Big 12 28 00:01:30,591 --> 00:01:32,092 all-time single-season rushing record. 29 00:01:32,226 --> 00:01:34,328 But the people who really build 30 00:01:34,462 --> 00:01:36,764 the college football dynasties are the coaches. 31 00:01:36,897 --> 00:01:40,468 We are not talking enough about Wolves coach James Lazor. 32 00:01:40,601 --> 00:01:44,104 Everybody knows the guy is an elite program builder, 33 00:01:44,238 --> 00:01:46,940 one of the best coaches we've seen, 34 00:01:47,074 --> 00:01:50,010 but he has never won the big game. 35 00:01:50,144 --> 00:01:53,247 Monday night is about etching his name in the history books. 36 00:01:55,149 --> 00:01:57,017 [Wright] You have legacies on the line. 37 00:01:57,151 --> 00:01:59,119 You have controversies surrounding the sport as a whole. 38 00:01:59,253 --> 00:02:02,656 Monday cannot get here soon enough 39 00:02:02,790 --> 00:02:05,793 for the college football national title game. 40 00:02:14,034 --> 00:02:15,836 [person coughs] 41 00:02:15,969 --> 00:02:17,338 [tapping] 42 00:02:17,471 --> 00:02:18,606 [person sniffs] 43 00:02:21,709 --> 00:02:24,077 [tapping continues intermittently] 44 00:02:31,652 --> 00:02:33,187 [exhales forcefully] 45 00:02:55,643 --> 00:02:57,378 [person] You hear that? 46 00:02:58,446 --> 00:03:00,281 The poppin'? [bones popping] 47 00:03:03,817 --> 00:03:07,054 Was an elbow-to-helmet with Michigan State's Will backer. 48 00:03:07,187 --> 00:03:09,357 I-right, simple, 68 blast. 49 00:03:09,490 --> 00:03:11,091 [football taps] Wham. 50 00:03:12,960 --> 00:03:14,895 Darn thing ain't been right since. 51 00:03:16,497 --> 00:03:17,865 [LeMarcus] Lead. 52 00:03:18,899 --> 00:03:19,967 Hmm? 53 00:03:20,668 --> 00:03:22,236 It was 1-41 lead. 54 00:03:24,104 --> 00:03:25,806 Hmm, pretty sure... 55 00:03:25,939 --> 00:03:29,310 If you were on the second level, then you were lead blocking. 56 00:03:29,443 --> 00:03:32,546 Michigan State ran a Chicago 53 with a robber in the box. 57 00:03:34,014 --> 00:03:36,550 I mean, no way you got to the Will back on the blast. 58 00:03:36,684 --> 00:03:38,185 Hmm? 59 00:03:38,319 --> 00:03:39,920 Could've been lead. 60 00:03:44,157 --> 00:03:45,859 [LeMarcus sighs] 61 00:03:52,533 --> 00:03:56,304 "The path of the righteous man 62 00:03:57,938 --> 00:04:00,308 is beset on all sides 63 00:04:00,441 --> 00:04:02,310 by the inequities of the selfish 64 00:04:03,477 --> 00:04:06,113 and the tyranny of evil men." 65 00:04:08,882 --> 00:04:11,285 "Blessed is he who, in the name of good will, 66 00:04:11,419 --> 00:04:13,421 shepherds the weak through the valley of darkness." 67 00:04:13,554 --> 00:04:14,855 Hmm? 68 00:04:14,988 --> 00:04:16,624 "For he is his brother's keeper 69 00:04:16,757 --> 00:04:18,459 and the finder of lost children." 70 00:04:18,592 --> 00:04:22,796 "And I will strike them down with vengeance and furious anger 71 00:04:22,930 --> 00:04:26,266 those who attempt to poison and destroy my brothers." 72 00:04:26,400 --> 00:04:29,670 [both] "And you will know my name is the Lord, 73 00:04:29,803 --> 00:04:32,706 for I lay my finger upon thee." 74 00:04:33,641 --> 00:04:35,909 [both imitate gunshots, grunt] 75 00:04:38,245 --> 00:04:40,314 [gasps dramatically] 76 00:04:40,448 --> 00:04:43,150 [both laughing] 77 00:04:46,219 --> 00:04:47,721 You stupid, man. 78 00:04:48,822 --> 00:04:51,058 That was an Oscar-winning performance. 79 00:04:51,191 --> 00:04:52,593 Shit. 80 00:04:52,726 --> 00:04:55,128 Ah, shit, ol' Quentin sure can write 'em. 81 00:04:55,262 --> 00:04:56,997 Yeah, he can. [chuckles] 82 00:04:58,466 --> 00:05:00,133 Damn. 83 00:05:00,267 --> 00:05:03,971 Hey, you turn your location services off? 84 00:05:04,905 --> 00:05:08,041 Yeah. On the iPad too. 85 00:05:08,175 --> 00:05:11,111 We can still call this whole thing off. 86 00:05:11,244 --> 00:05:13,447 Chalk it up as a research project. 87 00:05:14,915 --> 00:05:17,017 Get some grad credits out of it. 88 00:05:17,150 --> 00:05:19,286 Hell, I think we'd be halfway to our master's. 89 00:05:19,420 --> 00:05:20,721 [scoffs] 90 00:05:28,028 --> 00:05:29,830 Bow your head, man. 91 00:05:33,934 --> 00:05:35,369 [grunts softly] 92 00:05:36,704 --> 00:05:38,839 [LeMarcus sighs] 93 00:05:38,972 --> 00:05:43,811 God, give us the wisdom to see the path we must take, 94 00:05:43,944 --> 00:05:45,979 and give us the courage to brave it. 95 00:05:47,014 --> 00:05:48,782 Make of us a light. 96 00:05:50,884 --> 00:05:52,620 Amen. Amen. 97 00:05:56,056 --> 00:05:57,891 You're getting better with that. 98 00:06:03,497 --> 00:06:04,698 [sighs] 99 00:06:13,006 --> 00:06:14,074 [sighs] 100 00:06:15,543 --> 00:06:16,744 We're live. 101 00:06:22,883 --> 00:06:24,652 We'd best get a move-on then. 102 00:06:24,785 --> 00:06:27,988 Coach's gonna become a heat-seeking missile looking for you. 103 00:06:28,856 --> 00:06:29,890 Yeah. 104 00:06:31,158 --> 00:06:33,594 I just hope he understands this ain't about him. 105 00:06:36,497 --> 00:06:39,199 [commentator on TV] Burgess, able to break away, 106 00:06:39,332 --> 00:06:41,101 into the secondary. 107 00:06:41,234 --> 00:06:43,336 Breaks another tackle... Stop right there, Lukie. 108 00:06:43,471 --> 00:06:45,238 [keyboard clacks] Right there. 109 00:06:45,372 --> 00:06:47,941 This is what I'm talking about. Simple stretch sweep to 34. 110 00:06:48,075 --> 00:06:49,943 Lukie, zoom on 34. 111 00:06:51,211 --> 00:06:54,548 There. Right ankle dominant cut around the left corner. 112 00:06:54,682 --> 00:06:56,383 The best running back in the country 113 00:06:56,517 --> 00:06:59,252 is turning the corner on an inside ankle lead. 114 00:06:59,386 --> 00:07:01,989 Why? 34's left ankle ain't right. 115 00:07:02,122 --> 00:07:03,891 It hasn't been since week ten. 116 00:07:04,024 --> 00:07:06,860 Okay, real quick. Cecil scores on this play, right? 117 00:07:06,994 --> 00:07:09,563 Yeah. Eighty-yard sprint, where he outruns a free safety. 118 00:07:09,697 --> 00:07:11,899 Yeah, against Vanderbilt, I could outrun a free safety. 119 00:07:12,032 --> 00:07:15,202 So here's what we do. If we move Cornelius to the middle, 120 00:07:15,335 --> 00:07:16,637 we pinch in the OLBs, 121 00:07:16,770 --> 00:07:18,872 we got our safeties thinking run support first. 122 00:07:19,006 --> 00:07:20,841 Cornelius will eat his lunch, 123 00:07:20,974 --> 00:07:23,210 and we will shut 34 down for the night. 124 00:07:23,343 --> 00:07:24,512 I got you. 125 00:07:24,645 --> 00:07:26,947 Boys. Booster club dinner. Five minutes. 126 00:07:27,080 --> 00:07:29,449 Yeah, yeah, they can wait. No, they cannot wait. 127 00:07:29,583 --> 00:07:31,384 They're the team owners. You're the guest of honor. 128 00:07:31,519 --> 00:07:33,353 Luke can babysit the film, right, baby? 129 00:07:33,487 --> 00:07:35,288 Tell you what. You can come back here tonight. 130 00:07:35,422 --> 00:07:37,891 You guys can touch and watch film all night long. How's that? 131 00:07:38,025 --> 00:07:40,460 Seventy-two hours till the national goddamn title game, 132 00:07:40,594 --> 00:07:43,063 and I got to parade around in this dog-and-pony show. 133 00:07:43,196 --> 00:07:45,198 Heavy is the head that wears the crown, my Lord. 134 00:07:45,332 --> 00:07:47,100 All right, look, I gotta go get dressed, man, 135 00:07:47,234 --> 00:07:49,436 get ready for this dog-and-pony show, as you call it. 136 00:07:49,570 --> 00:07:51,639 Seriously, you're not going to back me up here at all? 137 00:07:51,772 --> 00:07:53,607 No, I'm not. I just do your defense. 138 00:07:53,741 --> 00:07:56,443 That's your own offense. That's your life offense. 139 00:07:56,577 --> 00:07:58,478 [laughs] Defense right here. 140 00:07:58,612 --> 00:08:00,280 I made these short and sweet, like you like it. 141 00:08:00,413 --> 00:08:02,149 I suggest you do the same with your jokes. 142 00:08:02,282 --> 00:08:04,852 My jokes are hilarious, and people love them. Yeah. Mm-hmm. 143 00:08:07,287 --> 00:08:09,489 Stop. Personal phone. 144 00:08:09,623 --> 00:08:12,192 Give me the personal phone. Luke gets the business phone. 145 00:08:12,325 --> 00:08:14,027 Give him the business phone. 146 00:08:14,161 --> 00:08:15,963 Anything comes in, you know where to find me. 147 00:08:16,096 --> 00:08:18,365 You need to relax. Let's enjoy the mountaintop. 148 00:08:18,498 --> 00:08:21,368 I'll enjoy the mountaintop when we are at the mountaintop. We're not there yet. 149 00:08:21,501 --> 00:08:23,403 Let's go. Can we go? 150 00:08:23,537 --> 00:08:24,872 Yes. Okay. 151 00:08:25,005 --> 00:08:26,640 Lukie, set all staff for 7:00 a.m. 152 00:08:26,774 --> 00:08:29,309 Bed check on time. On time. 153 00:08:29,442 --> 00:08:30,711 Will do. 154 00:08:32,412 --> 00:08:34,247 [person] Bed check. Let's go! 155 00:08:34,381 --> 00:08:36,249 [indistinct chattering] 156 00:08:40,453 --> 00:08:42,522 Hey, guys, get in y'all room, man. [knock on door] 157 00:08:43,791 --> 00:08:45,358 -What up, Scotty? -Yo, what up, Orlando? 158 00:08:45,492 --> 00:08:47,394 Is Walton in there too? Yeah, he in the bathroom. 159 00:08:47,527 --> 00:08:48,696 Let's get some rest. 160 00:08:48,829 --> 00:08:50,263 Talk to you later, man. For sure. 161 00:08:50,397 --> 00:08:52,600 [laughing, chattering] [bottles clink] 162 00:08:52,733 --> 00:08:55,468 Hey, Coach, check them back there for me. Sure. 163 00:08:56,937 --> 00:08:58,238 [knocks] 164 00:08:58,371 --> 00:09:00,874 Yo, LJ, Em. It's Scotty. Open up. 165 00:09:03,010 --> 00:09:05,078 Come on, guys, stop playing. Open up. 166 00:09:24,865 --> 00:09:26,767 [foil crinkling] 167 00:09:31,238 --> 00:09:33,240 [cell phone ringing] 168 00:09:33,373 --> 00:09:34,775 That's bed check. 169 00:09:37,678 --> 00:09:38,946 Yo, Scotty. 170 00:09:40,413 --> 00:09:41,949 I'm already asleep, man. 171 00:09:42,082 --> 00:09:44,017 Yeah. Sunday's snoring like an ox. 172 00:09:44,151 --> 00:09:46,253 Can you hear him? [imitates snoring] 173 00:09:47,587 --> 00:09:49,089 He broke his nose so many times, 174 00:09:49,222 --> 00:09:51,058 once he gets on his back, I'm screwed. 175 00:09:51,191 --> 00:09:54,261 Yeah. 8:00 a.m. sprints in the bubble. 176 00:09:54,394 --> 00:09:55,629 Got it. 177 00:09:56,830 --> 00:09:58,265 He buy it? Hell, yeah. 178 00:10:03,270 --> 00:10:06,573 Thank God Snickers sponsored this game and not some insurance company. 179 00:10:08,241 --> 00:10:09,242 You hungry? 180 00:10:09,376 --> 00:10:10,577 No. 181 00:10:12,713 --> 00:10:14,581 [sighs] 182 00:10:25,092 --> 00:10:26,927 [laughter] [Coach Lazor] I'm telling you, 183 00:10:27,060 --> 00:10:29,730 I know they don't have boosters this good looking in the Big 12. 184 00:10:29,863 --> 00:10:32,700 [all laughing] I know the Cougars don't look this good. 185 00:10:34,267 --> 00:10:36,336 We have built this program into a juggernaut. 186 00:10:36,469 --> 00:10:39,206 Two consecutive conference championships, 187 00:10:39,339 --> 00:10:41,174 two consecutive play-off berths, 188 00:10:41,308 --> 00:10:43,010 and now... [audience applauding] 189 00:10:43,143 --> 00:10:45,412 ...for the first time in program history, 190 00:10:46,847 --> 00:10:50,117 we are headed to our first national title game. 191 00:10:50,250 --> 00:10:52,085 [cheering] 192 00:10:54,988 --> 00:10:56,790 All of you in this room, 193 00:10:56,924 --> 00:10:59,760 you have supported, pushed and prodded, 194 00:10:59,893 --> 00:11:02,362 and sometimes much, much worse. 195 00:11:02,495 --> 00:11:04,798 [laughing] But I appreciate it. 196 00:11:04,932 --> 00:11:07,034 That's how you grow. 197 00:11:07,167 --> 00:11:10,570 And I appreciate the opportunity to have presided over this, 198 00:11:10,704 --> 00:11:14,507 to help young men become champions 199 00:11:14,641 --> 00:11:16,777 on and off the football field. 200 00:11:16,910 --> 00:11:18,245 Go, Pack! 201 00:11:18,378 --> 00:11:20,380 [cheering] 202 00:11:22,182 --> 00:11:24,484 [music playing on speakers] [indistinct chattering] 203 00:11:30,490 --> 00:11:32,893 You're seriously pressing your bet again? 204 00:11:33,026 --> 00:11:35,162 Half a million dollars? 205 00:11:35,295 --> 00:11:37,564 Come on, Roger, you know me. It's for the title. 206 00:11:37,697 --> 00:11:40,167 Go big or go home, and I ain't fucking leaving. 207 00:11:40,300 --> 00:11:43,370 Well, the apple sure didn't fall far from the tree with you. 208 00:11:43,503 --> 00:11:45,538 God bless your daddy's soul. 209 00:11:45,672 --> 00:11:49,009 Old Fred used to like to bet the house in Vegas. [chuckles] 210 00:11:49,142 --> 00:11:51,178 He just liked the free drinks. Well, hear, hear. 211 00:11:51,311 --> 00:11:53,580 Question is, how in the glorious hell 212 00:11:53,713 --> 00:11:55,348 are we gonna stop Cecil Burgess? 213 00:11:55,482 --> 00:11:57,184 Fastest I seen since Herschel. 214 00:11:57,317 --> 00:11:58,618 It's me, 215 00:11:58,752 --> 00:12:00,420 I'm flooding the gaps, 216 00:12:00,553 --> 00:12:02,489 bringing Mack from the strong side 217 00:12:02,622 --> 00:12:05,058 and feeding Cornelius raw meat till kickoff. 218 00:12:05,192 --> 00:12:07,427 Or we break in his room and Tonya Harding that son of a bitch. 219 00:12:07,560 --> 00:12:09,930 Now, aren't you sweet? [chuckles] 220 00:12:10,063 --> 00:12:11,932 Well, as long as we got LeMarcus back there 221 00:12:12,065 --> 00:12:14,234 firing bullets, we'll be fine-- better than fine. 222 00:12:14,367 --> 00:12:16,870 Coach, we was just talking about LeMarcus. 223 00:12:17,004 --> 00:12:18,171 LeMarcus who? 224 00:12:18,305 --> 00:12:19,706 [laughter] But I'll tell you what, 225 00:12:19,840 --> 00:12:22,075 he was pretty raw when we found him, 226 00:12:22,209 --> 00:12:26,179 and obviously, he's developed into something really, really special. 227 00:12:26,313 --> 00:12:29,616 You think you can convince him he ain't ready to jump for another year? 228 00:12:29,749 --> 00:12:31,952 I'm just gonna support whatever is best for LeMarcus. 229 00:12:32,085 --> 00:12:33,854 [Rodger] Amen. [Taylor] Coach, I got a kid in Little Rock. 230 00:12:33,987 --> 00:12:35,923 Hell of an arm. Got to show you some videos of him. 231 00:12:36,056 --> 00:12:38,725 [Coach Lazor] Love to see it. You remember the bad old days 232 00:12:38,859 --> 00:12:40,794 when we were scraping the bottom of the barrel, 233 00:12:40,928 --> 00:12:44,431 begging JUCO transfers with cases of Budweiser 234 00:12:44,564 --> 00:12:46,066 and jobs with the dealership? 235 00:12:46,199 --> 00:12:48,101 [Coach Lazor] Yeah, all too well. 236 00:12:48,235 --> 00:12:50,303 [Taylor] And all that changed once you got LeMarcus. [Rodger] Bullshit. 237 00:12:50,437 --> 00:12:52,339 All that changed when we got Coach here. 238 00:12:52,472 --> 00:12:54,274 Hey, Coach. Kevin McDonald. Hi, Kevin. 239 00:12:54,407 --> 00:12:55,809 Director of Communication for the CFP. 240 00:12:55,943 --> 00:12:57,544 Good to meet you, and thanks for everything. 241 00:12:57,677 --> 00:13:01,014 Sure. Uh, we may have a situation. 242 00:13:01,148 --> 00:13:04,317 LeMarcus just tweeted this earlier tonight. 243 00:13:05,718 --> 00:13:08,421 It says he's boycotting the game. 244 00:13:08,555 --> 00:13:11,091 Reporters are already swarming. 245 00:13:11,224 --> 00:13:13,793 We're trying to keep them off the players' floor. 246 00:13:13,927 --> 00:13:16,596 Can probably do that till morning, 247 00:13:16,729 --> 00:13:18,665 but this can get out of hand fast. 248 00:13:18,798 --> 00:13:20,433 It won't. Give me 20 minutes. 249 00:13:27,240 --> 00:13:29,476 Guys, I'll see you right back. [chuckles] 250 00:13:40,753 --> 00:13:41,889 Hey. 251 00:13:43,290 --> 00:13:44,657 Hi. 252 00:13:46,026 --> 00:13:48,395 A poet at a football game. 253 00:13:49,662 --> 00:13:51,865 Philosopher at a football game. 254 00:13:51,999 --> 00:13:54,134 [both chuckle] Anyway... 255 00:13:57,204 --> 00:13:58,939 You look fantastic. 256 00:14:00,440 --> 00:14:02,709 [chuckles] 257 00:14:02,842 --> 00:14:05,812 Scotty, we sure this is the room? Yeah, Coach. 258 00:14:05,946 --> 00:14:08,181 Okay, and they were here at bed check? 259 00:14:08,315 --> 00:14:10,683 Yeah, they're marked off. What the fuck does that mean, "They're marked off"? 260 00:14:10,817 --> 00:14:13,220 Did somebody see 'em? No. But I spoke to LJ on the phone. 261 00:14:13,353 --> 00:14:15,288 What the fuck? You ain't seen nobody... 262 00:14:15,422 --> 00:14:17,357 You don't do bed check on the goddamn telephone. 263 00:14:17,490 --> 00:14:19,426 You check the goddamn bed. For Christ's sake. 264 00:14:19,559 --> 00:14:22,229 Goddamn it! Bailey's got my phone. 265 00:14:22,362 --> 00:14:24,497 Your work one. Yes. Thank you. 266 00:14:24,631 --> 00:14:26,599 Jesus Christ, man. We're in New Orleans. 267 00:14:26,733 --> 00:14:29,469 Walking distance to the Quarter with LeMarcus James. 268 00:14:29,602 --> 00:14:33,273 You might want to actually check that he's in bed at bed check. 269 00:14:33,406 --> 00:14:35,542 When's the last time did y'all see him? Come on, now. 270 00:14:35,675 --> 00:14:37,710 Huh? When he got off the bus. 271 00:14:37,844 --> 00:14:40,513 Hey, LeMarcus, it's Coach. Just hit me back here on the work cell, okay? 272 00:14:40,647 --> 00:14:42,349 If you're out and about, no problem. 273 00:14:42,482 --> 00:14:44,384 Just, uh, checking in, okay? 274 00:14:44,517 --> 00:14:46,253 We'll see you for a.m. sprints, man. 275 00:14:46,386 --> 00:14:48,421 Goddamn it. There's the guy with the key, Coach. 276 00:14:48,555 --> 00:14:49,957 I'm sorry. 277 00:14:50,090 --> 00:14:51,424 All right. 278 00:14:52,659 --> 00:14:53,826 [sighs] 279 00:14:53,961 --> 00:14:55,495 LeMarcus. Emmett. 280 00:14:57,597 --> 00:14:59,566 Goddamn it. 281 00:14:59,699 --> 00:15:01,601 What the... 282 00:15:01,734 --> 00:15:05,438 Well, I guess we just knock on every goddamn door at the hotel. 283 00:15:05,572 --> 00:15:07,674 We got to find him. Let's go. Go, go, go. 284 00:15:07,807 --> 00:15:09,576 Wake everybody up if you have to. 285 00:15:09,709 --> 00:15:11,011 Shit. 286 00:15:11,144 --> 00:15:13,813 [indistinct conversations] 287 00:15:21,921 --> 00:15:25,358 [Coach Dunn] Come on, Cornelius, open up the door. Hey. 288 00:15:25,492 --> 00:15:27,927 Fuck. Hold on. [bottle clinks] 289 00:15:29,196 --> 00:15:30,763 What do you want, Coach? 290 00:15:32,432 --> 00:15:34,434 What the fuck is that smell? 291 00:15:34,567 --> 00:15:36,769 That's Payton's ass after Popeyes. 292 00:15:38,071 --> 00:15:41,141 There something you need? Look, have you seen LeMarcus? 293 00:15:41,274 --> 00:15:43,143 Why the fuck would I know where he's at? 294 00:15:43,276 --> 00:15:45,412 What's going on? It's nothing for you to worry about. 295 00:15:45,545 --> 00:15:47,414 Just be ready for sprints in the morning. 296 00:15:47,547 --> 00:15:49,482 Nasty-ass kids. 297 00:16:06,966 --> 00:16:08,368 [LeMarcus] Yo, Orlando. 298 00:16:11,404 --> 00:16:12,972 How drunk are you, man? 299 00:16:13,973 --> 00:16:15,942 I haven't drank in four months. 300 00:16:16,076 --> 00:16:17,177 Where's your phone? 301 00:16:17,310 --> 00:16:19,912 In the room, like you asked. 302 00:16:20,047 --> 00:16:22,015 But what the fuck is this, LJ? 303 00:16:22,849 --> 00:16:24,817 It's exactly what I said. 304 00:16:24,951 --> 00:16:26,753 I ain't playing until they pay us. 305 00:16:26,886 --> 00:16:28,488 What? You broke again? 306 00:16:28,621 --> 00:16:31,058 You hurt? I'm done. 307 00:16:31,191 --> 00:16:34,161 They're here making billions while the rest of us make scraps. 308 00:16:34,294 --> 00:16:38,131 Me and you, we could sell our names. What about everybody else, huh? 309 00:16:39,166 --> 00:16:41,068 Whoa. Wait, wait, wait. 310 00:16:41,201 --> 00:16:43,136 Hold up, hold up. 311 00:16:44,937 --> 00:16:47,174 So you gonna sit the national title game 312 00:16:47,307 --> 00:16:49,442 so some punt-coverage Wayne Burnett gets... 313 00:16:49,576 --> 00:16:52,112 A real piece, yeah. [chuckles] 314 00:16:53,613 --> 00:16:54,847 Shit. 315 00:16:56,349 --> 00:16:58,685 LJ, you need to think about this, bruh. 316 00:16:58,818 --> 00:17:00,520 You and crazy- Bible-Belt-Sunday 317 00:17:00,653 --> 00:17:02,355 gonna get laughed out the building. 318 00:17:02,489 --> 00:17:04,691 And if you're lucky, what? You gonna post on Twitter, 319 00:17:04,824 --> 00:17:08,161 and the whole fucking machine gonna go, "Okay, okay. We give up. 320 00:17:08,295 --> 00:17:11,531 LeMarcus doesn't want to play. Let's just make him happy." 321 00:17:11,664 --> 00:17:14,901 I ain't who you think I am. [scoffs] 322 00:17:15,034 --> 00:17:18,905 So you weren't the one who gave us all 'Rona 323 00:17:19,038 --> 00:17:22,175 after fucking half the campus during quarantine? 324 00:17:22,309 --> 00:17:24,111 You ain't tested with your own piss in three years. 325 00:17:24,244 --> 00:17:27,680 All your cash going up in smoke or to that shit in your ears. 326 00:17:27,814 --> 00:17:29,716 So you standing on stage for one protest 327 00:17:29,849 --> 00:17:32,152 for Instagram and pussy 328 00:17:32,285 --> 00:17:34,354 don't make you Malcolm X, brother. 329 00:17:34,487 --> 00:17:37,224 Ain't nobody marching in the streets 330 00:17:37,357 --> 00:17:39,226 for the number one pick. 331 00:17:40,160 --> 00:17:41,528 [sighs] 332 00:17:44,164 --> 00:17:47,033 Look, man, you're a great quarterback-- 333 00:17:47,167 --> 00:17:48,701 and I'm gonna keep it 100 with you: 334 00:17:48,835 --> 00:17:50,270 one of the best I've ever seen. 335 00:17:50,403 --> 00:17:51,938 But this shit? 336 00:17:54,307 --> 00:17:55,475 Uh-uh. 337 00:17:56,843 --> 00:17:58,645 You gonna embarrass yourself, bruh. 338 00:18:01,948 --> 00:18:04,451 Look, man, you ain't gotta come with me. 339 00:18:04,584 --> 00:18:07,420 All I'm asking is that you don't come out against me. 340 00:18:09,088 --> 00:18:10,457 [sighs] 341 00:18:13,193 --> 00:18:14,461 All right. 342 00:18:14,594 --> 00:18:16,496 I'll watch this show as long as you want, 343 00:18:16,629 --> 00:18:18,731 but I ain't gettin' a hundred yards from it. 344 00:18:28,775 --> 00:18:30,510 Good luck. 345 00:18:39,519 --> 00:18:41,120 [country music playing on speaker] 346 00:18:41,254 --> 00:18:43,256 [heavy breathing] 347 00:18:56,903 --> 00:18:59,672 Mmm, I cannot believe that you are here, 348 00:18:59,806 --> 00:19:01,140 you little sneak. 349 00:19:01,274 --> 00:19:02,642 [chuckles] 350 00:19:02,775 --> 00:19:04,944 You know you love surprises. 351 00:19:05,077 --> 00:19:06,979 I do. I do. 352 00:19:07,113 --> 00:19:08,615 I just... 353 00:19:08,748 --> 00:19:11,184 I just wish you had a seat next to me at the game. 354 00:19:11,318 --> 00:19:13,353 That's not exactly the reason I came. 355 00:19:13,486 --> 00:19:15,888 [laughs] Fine by me. 356 00:19:17,290 --> 00:19:18,691 [sighs] 357 00:19:21,661 --> 00:19:23,296 I'm gonna take the job. 358 00:19:24,397 --> 00:19:26,299 Get a break from the university. 359 00:19:28,568 --> 00:19:29,669 Rome? 360 00:19:31,204 --> 00:19:34,140 Hard to turn down a year teaching abroad. 361 00:19:34,274 --> 00:19:35,908 Yeah. 362 00:19:36,042 --> 00:19:39,145 Yeah, I get that. I totally get that. 363 00:19:41,781 --> 00:19:46,219 I just had one little, tiny little question, Mr. Poet. 364 00:19:48,721 --> 00:19:51,224 Or is it "philosopher"? 365 00:19:51,358 --> 00:19:54,394 What about us? 366 00:19:55,795 --> 00:19:57,730 We're a hotel-room romance. 367 00:19:57,864 --> 00:19:59,399 Well, now you're just being a dick. 368 00:19:59,532 --> 00:20:01,868 You know what I'm saying. Fuck you. 369 00:20:02,001 --> 00:20:03,436 Come visit. 370 00:20:03,570 --> 00:20:05,905 "Come visit." Grazie. 371 00:20:06,906 --> 00:20:08,741 [chuckles] 372 00:20:14,113 --> 00:20:15,482 I don't know. 373 00:20:17,484 --> 00:20:19,018 Maybe I want more. 374 00:20:36,836 --> 00:20:38,237 [coughs] 375 00:20:39,339 --> 00:20:40,673 [sniffles] 376 00:20:42,509 --> 00:20:43,610 You all right? 377 00:20:44,511 --> 00:20:45,912 Fucking nerves, man. 378 00:20:47,213 --> 00:20:48,715 Just breathe through it. 379 00:20:50,683 --> 00:20:53,320 You got this. You're fresh as ever. 380 00:21:04,431 --> 00:21:07,334 Habibi, this is a long way to Frenchmen Street. 381 00:21:07,467 --> 00:21:09,636 Yeah, we like taking in the sights, Ned. 382 00:21:09,769 --> 00:21:11,738 [Ned] Okay. Your money. 383 00:21:11,871 --> 00:21:13,873 [coughing] 384 00:21:40,600 --> 00:21:43,002 We're sure walking the talk now. 385 00:21:43,135 --> 00:21:44,837 What, you want out? 386 00:21:44,971 --> 00:21:46,773 Shit, I'm going back to the farm. 387 00:21:46,906 --> 00:21:49,175 You're the one who's got everything to lose. 388 00:21:49,976 --> 00:21:51,177 [sighs] 389 00:21:51,310 --> 00:21:53,145 Glad we huddled up on that. 390 00:21:54,781 --> 00:21:58,317 Keep her running, Ned. We may have to dine and dash. 391 00:22:00,920 --> 00:22:02,088 [grunts] 392 00:22:03,155 --> 00:22:04,891 LeMarcus, Cathy Levy. Nice to meet you. 393 00:22:05,024 --> 00:22:07,460 Yeah, nice to meet you. This is Em. Are you okay? 394 00:22:07,594 --> 00:22:10,697 Peachy, yeah. Just, uh, ankle gets a little stiff if I sit too long. 395 00:22:10,830 --> 00:22:12,298 Thanks for agreeing to do this. 396 00:22:12,432 --> 00:22:14,501 Are you kidding? Thanks for calling. 397 00:22:14,634 --> 00:22:17,336 [indistinct chattering] 398 00:22:19,005 --> 00:22:21,541 Whenever you're ready, go ahead and take a seat for me. 399 00:22:22,675 --> 00:22:23,843 Holy shit. 400 00:22:25,778 --> 00:22:27,647 Damn, you look good ten stories high. 401 00:22:27,780 --> 00:22:30,216 Just had to put that in the background, huh? 402 00:22:33,453 --> 00:22:34,854 Here goes nothing. 403 00:22:34,987 --> 00:22:36,355 Go get 'em. 404 00:22:40,827 --> 00:22:42,429 Wait, wait. 405 00:22:46,766 --> 00:22:48,401 [sighs] [Cathy] You ready? 406 00:22:49,335 --> 00:22:50,970 We're recording. 407 00:23:01,147 --> 00:23:02,749 [coughs, clears throat] 408 00:23:04,116 --> 00:23:05,317 [sniffles] 409 00:23:05,452 --> 00:23:07,687 "I'm personally asking all players 410 00:23:07,820 --> 00:23:09,556 in Monday's national title game 411 00:23:09,689 --> 00:23:11,791 to join me in this protest 412 00:23:11,924 --> 00:23:13,526 and resulting boycott, 413 00:23:13,660 --> 00:23:16,228 in order to demand that the NCAA and its affiliates 414 00:23:16,362 --> 00:23:19,866 end their practice of unpaid labor for the majority of their workforce, 415 00:23:19,999 --> 00:23:24,704 a practice which results in $18.9 billion a year in total revenue 416 00:23:24,837 --> 00:23:26,606 for a system which, in turn, 417 00:23:26,739 --> 00:23:30,076 only spends $3.6 billion on athletic scholarships." 418 00:23:31,410 --> 00:23:35,281 Where does the other 15-plus billion dollars go, you ask? 419 00:23:35,414 --> 00:23:36,883 Well, I'll tell you: 420 00:23:37,016 --> 00:23:39,218 to an extremely lucrative oligarchy. 421 00:23:40,520 --> 00:23:42,221 "The president of the NCAA 422 00:23:42,354 --> 00:23:45,458 received a salary of $3.9 million last year. 423 00:23:45,592 --> 00:23:47,927 The commissioners of the top five power conferences 424 00:23:48,060 --> 00:23:51,197 receive an average salary of $4 million each year. 425 00:23:51,330 --> 00:23:53,232 The latest ESPN contract for TV rights 426 00:23:53,365 --> 00:23:54,834 to the college football play-offs 427 00:23:54,967 --> 00:23:58,471 is $7.3 billion over the next 12 years." 428 00:23:58,605 --> 00:24:02,875 That's over $600 million a year for three games. 429 00:24:03,009 --> 00:24:06,078 That's the reason they're expanding the play-offs to 12 games. 430 00:24:08,715 --> 00:24:09,816 [sighs] 431 00:24:12,218 --> 00:24:15,287 My coach, James Lazor, 432 00:24:15,421 --> 00:24:17,924 receives an annual salary of $5 million, 433 00:24:18,057 --> 00:24:20,459 plus up to a million dollars in on-the-field bonuses, 434 00:24:20,593 --> 00:24:22,829 including the national title game. 435 00:24:22,962 --> 00:24:24,831 You see, all of this money 436 00:24:24,964 --> 00:24:28,167 is predicated on one underlying principle: 437 00:24:29,168 --> 00:24:30,970 free labor. 438 00:24:31,103 --> 00:24:33,105 It is un-American, it is exploitative, 439 00:24:33,239 --> 00:24:35,942 and it speaks to the darkest spots in the national soul. 440 00:24:36,075 --> 00:24:39,779 Now, it is not enough for some of us to be able to use our name and likeness, 441 00:24:39,912 --> 00:24:42,849 which, make no mistake, costs them nothing. 442 00:24:42,982 --> 00:24:45,117 So our demands are as follows: 443 00:24:46,586 --> 00:24:48,154 "One, 444 00:24:48,287 --> 00:24:50,489 the creation of non-revocable, player-controlled trusts 445 00:24:50,623 --> 00:24:52,759 for every Division I varsity athlete. 446 00:24:52,892 --> 00:24:55,261 Number two, the NCAA will form 447 00:24:55,394 --> 00:24:57,697 and contribute to a player's disability pension 448 00:24:57,830 --> 00:24:59,365 for Division I athletes 449 00:24:59,498 --> 00:25:01,568 who are injured from college athletics." 450 00:25:01,701 --> 00:25:03,803 Shit. "And number three, 451 00:25:03,936 --> 00:25:05,805 the NCAA will officially recognize 452 00:25:05,938 --> 00:25:08,174 and collectively bargain with the players' union, 453 00:25:08,307 --> 00:25:11,477 submitting to all federally mandated laws and guidelines 454 00:25:11,611 --> 00:25:13,746 of a unionized workforce." 455 00:25:13,880 --> 00:25:17,750 In this, the NCAA will recognize players 456 00:25:17,884 --> 00:25:21,187 as employees and not student athletes. 457 00:25:22,622 --> 00:25:24,190 Thank you. 458 00:25:27,159 --> 00:25:28,194 [sighs] 459 00:25:39,105 --> 00:25:41,240 [clears throat, sniffles] 460 00:25:41,373 --> 00:25:44,176 He said he'd be right over, so... 461 00:25:44,310 --> 00:25:45,578 [smacks lips] 462 00:25:45,712 --> 00:25:47,847 Got a lot on his plate. 463 00:25:47,980 --> 00:25:49,448 [door opens] 464 00:25:49,582 --> 00:25:50,883 Hey, there he is. 465 00:25:51,017 --> 00:25:52,885 All right. Good morning, Coach. 466 00:25:53,019 --> 00:25:56,656 Thanks for coming over so quick. This is Wes Martin from the Big 12. 467 00:25:56,789 --> 00:25:58,958 He's gonna be our enemy for the next 48 hours. [chuckles] 468 00:25:59,091 --> 00:26:01,460 -Kevin McDonald from the CFP. -We met yesterday. 469 00:26:01,594 --> 00:26:05,131 And Mike Titus, Senior VP, Championships, D-I football. 470 00:26:05,264 --> 00:26:06,699 James, we've actually met. 471 00:26:06,833 --> 00:26:09,035 Yeah, at the Outback Bowl two seasons ago. 472 00:26:09,168 --> 00:26:12,071 That's right. You have come a long way. Looks like you have too. 473 00:26:12,204 --> 00:26:14,907 [chuckles] Yes, indeed. Please have a seat. 474 00:26:15,041 --> 00:26:16,809 Real, uh... 475 00:26:16,943 --> 00:26:19,779 Real mess we got here. [Coach Lazor] Well, not really. 476 00:26:19,912 --> 00:26:22,248 I just need to get with LeMarcus and talk things through. 477 00:26:22,381 --> 00:26:24,784 These kids don't fully understand what they're doing. 478 00:26:24,917 --> 00:26:27,186 A coach and his quarterback. No closer bond. 479 00:26:27,319 --> 00:26:30,623 You were a quarterback yourself back in the day, am I right? 480 00:26:30,757 --> 00:26:32,925 Coaches are just players who can't play anymore. 481 00:26:33,860 --> 00:26:35,427 You still don't know where he is? 482 00:26:35,561 --> 00:26:37,563 What? [Kevin] Where LeMarcus is. 483 00:26:37,697 --> 00:26:40,199 We're broadcasting this game in 160 countries. 484 00:26:40,332 --> 00:26:42,802 They're all tuning in to watch him go against Cecil Burgess. 485 00:26:42,935 --> 00:26:45,604 I love these marketing guys. You know that LeMarcus and Cecil 486 00:26:45,738 --> 00:26:48,440 both play offense, so they won't be facing off. 487 00:26:48,574 --> 00:26:51,443 I know how the game works, Coach. Look, LeMarcus is around. 488 00:26:51,577 --> 00:26:53,212 He's probably in the hotel somewhere. 489 00:26:53,345 --> 00:26:55,447 I just haven't had a chance to get with him yet. 490 00:26:57,850 --> 00:27:01,353 Coach, I think it's best if the NCAA took the reins here. 491 00:27:01,487 --> 00:27:03,923 We're more of an impartial jury. We just want a great game. 492 00:27:04,056 --> 00:27:06,859 Well, I think that's what all of us want, right? Yes, it is. 493 00:27:06,993 --> 00:27:10,730 That's why we were hoping you could shed some light on this young man. 494 00:27:10,863 --> 00:27:12,999 LeMarcus. What's his character? 495 00:27:13,132 --> 00:27:14,901 He's a good kid. 496 00:27:15,034 --> 00:27:18,004 He's just, uh-- Like a lot of kids his age, 497 00:27:18,137 --> 00:27:20,940 maybe he's a little too fond of the spotlight and its perks. 498 00:27:21,073 --> 00:27:23,843 Hell, if I was the best QB in the country, I think I'd be bouncin' 'em 499 00:27:23,976 --> 00:27:26,445 out of my apartment three at a time, huh? 500 00:27:26,578 --> 00:27:29,415 [Coach Lazor] LeMarcus is not a troublemaker, okay? 501 00:27:29,548 --> 00:27:33,485 I want to be very clear on this. LeMarcus is a good person. 502 00:27:34,553 --> 00:27:37,790 He's just a kid with too much power 503 00:27:37,924 --> 00:27:40,492 who, I don't know, had a bad tweet. 504 00:27:40,626 --> 00:27:43,095 -And interview. -[person clears throat] Okay. 505 00:27:43,229 --> 00:27:45,531 Well, you know, Coach is gonna right this ship. 506 00:27:45,664 --> 00:27:47,499 He just needs a little more time, right? [Coach Lazor] Yep. 507 00:27:47,633 --> 00:27:50,903 -[Kevin] You think somebody got to him? -"Somebody"? 508 00:27:51,037 --> 00:27:53,840 Like an organized labor rep, an ACLU lawyer? 509 00:27:53,973 --> 00:27:55,507 Maybe the Russians. 510 00:27:57,309 --> 00:28:00,012 That's a fucking joke, guys. Huh. Come on, guys. 511 00:28:00,146 --> 00:28:03,182 Look, LeMarcus, from sixth, seventh grade on, 512 00:28:03,315 --> 00:28:05,084 they're big men on campus. 513 00:28:05,217 --> 00:28:07,887 He and Emmett, they still think this is playtime here. 514 00:28:08,020 --> 00:28:09,989 They don't understand the world stage. 515 00:28:10,122 --> 00:28:12,158 They don't understand the implications here. 516 00:28:12,291 --> 00:28:13,826 They just asked to collectively bargain. 517 00:28:13,960 --> 00:28:16,195 They want to destroy the student-athlete designation. 518 00:28:16,328 --> 00:28:18,865 Not the demands of some kids spitting in the wind. 519 00:28:18,998 --> 00:28:20,399 You telling me I don't know my own players? 520 00:28:20,532 --> 00:28:22,068 I'm saying you might be in denial 521 00:28:22,201 --> 00:28:23,770 about what is actually happening right now. 522 00:28:23,903 --> 00:28:25,604 Come on, Wes. That's over the line. 523 00:28:25,738 --> 00:28:27,673 [Wes] Is it? Yes, it is. 524 00:28:27,807 --> 00:28:30,576 Coach, what they're asking for is bigger than football or one game. 525 00:28:30,709 --> 00:28:32,144 Understood. It's our entire amateur athletics program 526 00:28:32,278 --> 00:28:33,813 in the country. 527 00:28:33,946 --> 00:28:37,750 That's 24 sports for young men and women, gone. 528 00:28:37,884 --> 00:28:40,286 Hundreds of thousands of students, 529 00:28:40,419 --> 00:28:41,720 student athletes, 530 00:28:41,854 --> 00:28:44,423 being denied a college experience. 531 00:28:44,556 --> 00:28:47,726 [Kevin] We're 40-somethin' hours to kickoff here, guys. 532 00:28:47,860 --> 00:28:49,661 We need to make sure everybody's suiting up. 533 00:28:49,796 --> 00:28:51,798 There hasn't been a single defection from our side. 534 00:28:51,931 --> 00:28:53,800 It's theirs that's falling apart. [cell phone chimes] 535 00:28:53,933 --> 00:28:55,902 Hey. Nothing's falling apart. 536 00:28:56,035 --> 00:28:58,004 Okay? Everybody relax a little bit. 537 00:28:58,137 --> 00:29:00,773 -[Wes] Three wide receivers just tweeted, "We're in." -[men sighing] 538 00:29:00,907 --> 00:29:04,276 With a hashtag that's going viral: "Fix the system." 539 00:29:04,410 --> 00:29:07,947 Your other two stars, Bishop and Cornelius, could be next. 540 00:29:08,080 --> 00:29:10,616 Orlando Bishop is my one and only captain. 541 00:29:10,749 --> 00:29:13,419 He is team first. He's not going anywhere. 542 00:29:13,552 --> 00:29:16,688 And Cornelius, frankly, can't stand LeMarcus. 543 00:29:16,823 --> 00:29:19,225 He wouldn't follow him into the Garden of Eden. He'll play. 544 00:29:19,358 --> 00:29:23,462 One linebacker ain't plugging this hole. You're taking on water fast. 545 00:29:23,595 --> 00:29:25,932 Hey! He got blindsided just like the rest of us, all right? 546 00:29:26,065 --> 00:29:28,334 There's no reason to keep attacking him. 547 00:29:28,467 --> 00:29:30,236 Here's an idea. 548 00:29:30,369 --> 00:29:33,472 Lean on the sophomores and freshmen who have something to lose. 549 00:29:33,605 --> 00:29:36,242 They won't want to risk the eligibility over this. 550 00:29:37,143 --> 00:29:38,911 You'd love that, wouldn't you, Wes? 551 00:29:39,045 --> 00:29:41,613 We all know I can't field a competitive team 552 00:29:41,747 --> 00:29:44,483 with a bunch of 18-year-olds that haven't played 553 00:29:44,616 --> 00:29:47,119 a meaningful snap since high school. 554 00:29:47,253 --> 00:29:50,056 Fuck that. I'd rather not field a team at all. 555 00:29:51,457 --> 00:29:53,759 I'm afraid that's not an option. 556 00:29:57,830 --> 00:30:00,833 We wouldn't need any options if I could get with my quarterback 557 00:30:00,967 --> 00:30:04,003 instead of sitting around this circle jerk. 558 00:30:06,205 --> 00:30:08,207 [clears throat] Thanks for coming, Coach. 559 00:30:08,340 --> 00:30:09,641 You bet. 560 00:30:10,776 --> 00:30:13,212 -Thanks for coming down. -Don't lecture my guy. 561 00:30:13,345 --> 00:30:16,315 Thought you had your conference under control, Everly. We got nothin'. 562 00:30:16,448 --> 00:30:19,185 -[Everly] We got time. -[Wes] Time is the one thing we don't have. 563 00:30:19,318 --> 00:30:21,687 [Everly] We got a little bit. We'll be fine. 564 00:30:28,827 --> 00:30:30,362 All right. The Death Star awaits. 565 00:30:30,496 --> 00:30:32,498 The Cougars are staying on the 17th floor. 566 00:30:32,631 --> 00:30:34,133 There's a stairway around the back. 567 00:30:34,266 --> 00:30:35,935 Let's go get this done and get out of here. 568 00:30:36,068 --> 00:30:38,004 Keep it running, Ned. We'll be back in 20. 569 00:30:38,137 --> 00:30:40,172 [hip-hop music playing] [person] Eat, nigga, eat! 570 00:30:40,306 --> 00:30:42,341 [knock on door] I'm nice. I'm nice. 571 00:30:42,474 --> 00:30:45,978 Watch this bucket right here. Bucket! [pounding on door] 572 00:30:46,112 --> 00:30:47,146 Hold on. 573 00:30:47,279 --> 00:30:48,981 Hey, don't fuckin' cheat. 574 00:30:51,083 --> 00:30:53,152 Hello, Roc. Emmett Sunday, esquire. 575 00:30:54,120 --> 00:30:56,022 You may know me from such hits 576 00:30:56,155 --> 00:30:57,890 as Last Stand at the Texas Stadium, 577 00:30:58,024 --> 00:30:59,825 Destruction at the Peach Bowl... That's not funny. 578 00:30:59,959 --> 00:31:02,294 I'm number 82. Yeah, the tight end. What the fuck do you want? 579 00:31:02,428 --> 00:31:04,530 The one and only. Mind if I come in for a sec? Thanks. 580 00:31:04,663 --> 00:31:06,465 Hold on. You just gonna walk in my room like that? 581 00:31:06,598 --> 00:31:08,500 Cecil, what's going on, man? Emmett Sunday. How you doing? 582 00:31:08,634 --> 00:31:11,270 Just gonna turn on-- Why you turning on my light like that? 583 00:31:11,403 --> 00:31:14,373 -I'm just gonna turn off this TV. -Yo, white boy. [sighs] 584 00:31:14,506 --> 00:31:17,843 Chill out and let me know why the fuck you in my room before I fight you. 585 00:31:17,977 --> 00:31:20,146 Cecil, you mind if I show you something for a second? 586 00:31:20,279 --> 00:31:22,181 -It may help make my case. -All right, man, go ahead. 587 00:31:22,314 --> 00:31:24,250 He's been replying real quick. Hold on. 588 00:31:24,383 --> 00:31:26,552 Yeah, there you go. Hold on. 589 00:31:26,685 --> 00:31:28,587 Nah, nah, nah. This way first. 590 00:31:30,522 --> 00:31:33,225 Get the fuck out of here. I ain't fucking with you. 591 00:31:33,359 --> 00:31:35,427 Yo, this is LeBron, nigga. Look. That's LeBron. 592 00:31:35,561 --> 00:31:37,396 LeBron DM'd these fucks. That's the king. 593 00:31:37,529 --> 00:31:39,431 Oh, shit! He just said "What's up?" to you. 594 00:31:39,565 --> 00:31:41,033 Yeah, 'cause he knows you're here. 595 00:31:41,167 --> 00:31:43,235 How the fuck you get LeBron to DM you? 596 00:31:43,369 --> 00:31:45,104 We're buddies, man. And I was thinking, 597 00:31:45,237 --> 00:31:47,206 Clutch just started a new football division to rep, 598 00:31:47,339 --> 00:31:50,676 and I was thinking, hell, maybe I just put in a good word for you two. 599 00:31:50,809 --> 00:31:54,380 Fly over to LA, the land of big lips, fake tits, and sunshine. 600 00:31:54,513 --> 00:31:56,282 I love fake titties. I know. Me too. 601 00:31:56,415 --> 00:31:58,717 And you sit down with LeBron and Maverick and have a conversation. 602 00:31:58,850 --> 00:32:02,454 Grab lunch with LeBron in LA? You know I love tacos, nigga. Hold on. How we do that? 603 00:32:02,588 --> 00:32:04,856 It's a little weird. I need your phones. 604 00:32:04,991 --> 00:32:06,892 -My phone? -I just need your phone. 605 00:32:08,860 --> 00:32:11,563 Fuck it. Hey, it's LeBron. Here. 606 00:32:11,697 --> 00:32:13,765 Come on, give him your phone. Come on, Cecil. 607 00:32:13,899 --> 00:32:16,302 I ain't gonna do anything weird with it. Come on. 608 00:32:16,435 --> 00:32:17,970 You can keep my phone as collateral. 609 00:32:18,104 --> 00:32:20,639 Collateral and shit. I'ma pocket this bitch. 610 00:32:20,772 --> 00:32:21,807 Don't move. 611 00:32:21,940 --> 00:32:24,410 Yeah. Yeah. 612 00:32:24,543 --> 00:32:26,778 Bruh, LeBron. LeBron, though. [Emmett whistles] 613 00:32:26,912 --> 00:32:28,514 What's happening, fellas? 614 00:32:29,481 --> 00:32:32,151 Surprise, surprise. Shit. 615 00:32:32,284 --> 00:32:35,454 -Not LeBron. -So, what's up? I know y'all seen it. 616 00:32:35,587 --> 00:32:37,789 Yeah, we seen it. [LeMarcus] What y'all think? 617 00:32:37,923 --> 00:32:39,825 Hoping y'all gonna join us. 618 00:32:40,959 --> 00:32:42,561 And skip out on the title game? 619 00:32:42,694 --> 00:32:43,962 Man, you out your fucking mind. 620 00:32:44,096 --> 00:32:46,032 [Roc] For real. [LeMarcus] Yeah, probably. 621 00:32:46,165 --> 00:32:48,267 It's gonna take a little crazy to get it done though, ain't it? 622 00:32:48,400 --> 00:32:51,170 Yeah, but he's Kiper's number one back. 623 00:32:51,303 --> 00:32:53,105 Going eighth to Baltimore at the latest. 624 00:32:53,239 --> 00:32:55,307 He ain't risking that fucking with y'all. 625 00:32:55,441 --> 00:32:57,409 Hmm. Buffalo should take him at three. 626 00:32:57,543 --> 00:33:00,379 -They're going tackle. -Maybe Miami gets smart and takes you at one. 627 00:33:00,512 --> 00:33:03,715 -Then where you gonna go? -Me? Shit. CFL after this, probably. 628 00:33:03,849 --> 00:33:05,451 -[snorts] -[LeMarcus chuckles] 629 00:33:05,584 --> 00:33:07,353 Yeah, Saskatchewan or some shit like that. 630 00:33:07,486 --> 00:33:10,256 [Roc] Saskatchewan? Listen. 631 00:33:10,389 --> 00:33:13,292 They're still gonna find a way to play this game without me and Emmett. 632 00:33:14,493 --> 00:33:16,128 We gonna need you. 633 00:33:16,262 --> 00:33:18,464 The Haitian Hammer, running wild on all those TV promos. 634 00:33:18,597 --> 00:33:21,400 Come watch him put up 500 yards in a single game. Hell, I'd go to see it. 635 00:33:21,533 --> 00:33:23,135 Yeah, maybe then he goes number one. 636 00:33:23,269 --> 00:33:25,371 But if he sits, they gonna Kaepernick him like you. 637 00:33:25,504 --> 00:33:28,040 Hmm. Come on, bruh. You might fall out the first round. 638 00:33:28,174 --> 00:33:30,476 Do y'all even know what the rookie minimum is down there? 639 00:33:30,609 --> 00:33:33,979 Probably not, but they taking backs in the third or fourth round nowadays. 640 00:33:34,113 --> 00:33:35,547 Four years and done, we're back in the hood. 641 00:33:35,681 --> 00:33:38,450 That is why we gotta stick together on this, fellas. 642 00:33:38,584 --> 00:33:40,486 Think about it. 643 00:33:40,619 --> 00:33:42,154 If we all sit, what are they gonna do? 644 00:33:42,288 --> 00:33:45,391 Hmm? It's called collective action. 645 00:33:45,524 --> 00:33:47,659 Fuck you learn a big word like that? 646 00:33:48,727 --> 00:33:50,162 Intro to Organized Labor. 647 00:33:50,296 --> 00:33:53,365 [scoffs] A class? He talking 'bout a class. 648 00:33:53,499 --> 00:33:56,902 [chuckles] Only class you probably took was Intro to Organized Dick-sucking. 649 00:33:57,035 --> 00:33:59,538 -Flap your gums 'cause you're scared. -Scared of what? You? 650 00:33:59,671 --> 00:34:01,507 Scared you're gonna be teaching high-school PE next year. 651 00:34:01,640 --> 00:34:02,941 I know this is my last game, same as you. 652 00:34:03,075 --> 00:34:05,010 Fuck you. I'm playing in the League. 653 00:34:05,144 --> 00:34:07,579 [LeMarcus] Hey, look, we ain't come here for all that, all right? 654 00:34:07,713 --> 00:34:10,015 Look, me and E are serious about this. 655 00:34:11,550 --> 00:34:14,186 We just came here to let y'all know. 656 00:34:14,320 --> 00:34:16,888 Sleep on it. Pray on it. 657 00:34:17,022 --> 00:34:19,425 -Look, I appreciate y'all. -Yeah. All right, yeah. 658 00:34:19,558 --> 00:34:21,460 All right. 659 00:34:21,593 --> 00:34:24,730 No hard feelings. Yeah, no hard feelings. 660 00:34:24,863 --> 00:34:26,898 Collective action. 661 00:34:27,032 --> 00:34:30,702 Man, I hope we get to play those guys. Go ahead, Ned. 662 00:34:30,836 --> 00:34:33,539 If we don't get Cecil on board, we're gonna need the whole squad, 663 00:34:33,672 --> 00:34:35,040 or we ain't playing shit. 664 00:34:35,174 --> 00:34:37,409 We get the younger guys, Orlando will come too. 665 00:34:38,844 --> 00:34:40,679 Hey, get Bob Reynolds a note. 666 00:34:40,812 --> 00:34:43,048 Tell him we'll give him the exclusive. 667 00:34:43,182 --> 00:34:44,583 Copy that. 668 00:34:49,721 --> 00:34:52,057 Wonder how many of these we've gone through already. 669 00:34:52,191 --> 00:34:54,826 [siren whoops] [crowd cheering] 670 00:34:59,398 --> 00:35:01,099 We don't want nobody to know. 671 00:35:01,233 --> 00:35:02,768 The press or anybody. We don't even know that he sits. 672 00:35:02,901 --> 00:35:04,703 Okay? Make sure you keep them out. 673 00:35:04,836 --> 00:35:06,538 [crowd continues cheering] 674 00:35:32,130 --> 00:35:35,133 We all present and accounted for, Scotty? Yes, sir. 675 00:35:36,902 --> 00:35:39,405 LeMarcus James, for those of you who are not familiar, 676 00:35:39,538 --> 00:35:41,173 won the Heisman Trophy this year. 677 00:35:41,307 --> 00:35:43,575 Most famous player in college football. 678 00:35:43,709 --> 00:35:45,744 Picture's 130 feet tall across the street, 679 00:35:45,877 --> 00:35:48,314 and now you're telling me, what, he's the fucking Invisible Man? 680 00:35:48,447 --> 00:35:50,516 [Scotty] We're working with hotel security, Coach. 681 00:35:50,649 --> 00:35:53,219 They went out a fire exit without a camera. That's how we lost 'em. 682 00:35:53,352 --> 00:35:56,154 Well, the media found him, didn't they? 683 00:35:56,288 --> 00:35:58,457 I don't know. Maybe I should ask LeBron James for help 684 00:35:58,590 --> 00:36:00,659 instead of you simple snowflakes, 685 00:36:00,792 --> 00:36:03,862 who I feed, clothe and pay six figures a year. 686 00:36:03,995 --> 00:36:05,864 Or get a free top-tier education. 687 00:36:05,997 --> 00:36:08,133 This is a fucking manhunt. 688 00:36:08,267 --> 00:36:10,636 Find me LeMarcus James and Emmett Sunday, 689 00:36:10,769 --> 00:36:12,938 or I swear to God, 690 00:36:13,071 --> 00:36:16,375 the next coaching job any of you get within shitting distance of 691 00:36:16,508 --> 00:36:20,312 is gonna be JV at the fucking Little Sisters of the Poor. 692 00:36:21,747 --> 00:36:24,383 Go! Get out there! Go fucking find him, now! 693 00:36:24,516 --> 00:36:26,652 We'll find him, Coach. Goddamn it. 694 00:36:30,121 --> 00:36:31,890 [softly] Goddamn. 695 00:36:34,960 --> 00:36:36,762 Come on, fellas. Eat up. 696 00:36:37,496 --> 00:36:39,030 [LeMarcus scoffs] 697 00:36:39,164 --> 00:36:42,000 Y'all can hate me all you want. 698 00:36:42,133 --> 00:36:44,470 I ain't the one y'all should be hatin'. 699 00:36:44,603 --> 00:36:47,673 Ain't me cashing out on millions of dollars a year 700 00:36:47,806 --> 00:36:50,676 while y'all can't pay rent, can't put gas in y'all whips. 701 00:36:50,809 --> 00:36:52,844 If you even have a whip. [scoffs] 702 00:36:52,978 --> 00:36:55,046 For 55 years, 703 00:36:55,180 --> 00:36:58,417 guys like you ate, drank, fucked and played ball. 704 00:36:58,550 --> 00:37:00,686 We're just happy with a free education, right? 705 00:37:00,819 --> 00:37:03,088 Nice free suit? That shit'll keep us happy, right? 706 00:37:03,221 --> 00:37:05,391 They know how to get us. But not no more, okay? 707 00:37:05,524 --> 00:37:07,726 This shit is capitalism at its finest. 708 00:37:07,859 --> 00:37:09,428 Greed at its worst. 709 00:37:09,561 --> 00:37:12,764 Everybody around us got private jets and private chefs, 710 00:37:12,898 --> 00:37:15,501 and we can't even accept a fucking free meal as a gift. 711 00:37:15,634 --> 00:37:17,736 Yeah. Yeah, that's right. That pizza slice right there, 712 00:37:17,869 --> 00:37:19,571 double fistin' with them shits, 713 00:37:19,705 --> 00:37:22,073 that kid kicked out of college twice. Shit. 714 00:37:22,207 --> 00:37:25,444 And we out there every single day. Blood, sweat and tears. 715 00:37:25,577 --> 00:37:27,045 You remember your ankle, bro? Hmm? 716 00:37:27,178 --> 00:37:28,947 Remember when it swole up like a watermelon? 717 00:37:29,080 --> 00:37:31,750 They shot you up, and they made you play, didn't they? Huh? 718 00:37:31,883 --> 00:37:34,152 Think about how that shit gonna make you feel in 30 years. 719 00:37:34,286 --> 00:37:36,322 You ain't got no medical. You got insurance? 720 00:37:36,455 --> 00:37:38,824 What you gonna fix your broken body with, huh? Duct tape? 721 00:37:38,957 --> 00:37:40,959 Gorilla Glue the shits back together? What we gonna do? 722 00:37:41,092 --> 00:37:42,761 That's how y'all got to be thinking about this. 723 00:37:42,894 --> 00:37:44,430 Where do we want to be in 30 years from now? 724 00:37:44,563 --> 00:37:47,198 It starts right now. It starts right here. 725 00:37:51,737 --> 00:37:53,104 Who bought all this Pizza Hut? 726 00:37:57,242 --> 00:37:59,177 [LeMarcus] Look, I'll be the first to say it. 727 00:37:59,311 --> 00:38:01,747 Lazor's taught me a lot about more than just football. 728 00:38:01,880 --> 00:38:04,650 But what I began to realize is I was being brainwashed, 729 00:38:04,783 --> 00:38:06,652 just like all of y'all. 730 00:38:06,785 --> 00:38:09,621 Scared of speaking up because it was easy to go along to get along. 731 00:38:09,755 --> 00:38:11,823 Don't let them tell you there ain't enough to go around. 732 00:38:11,957 --> 00:38:14,493 They got so much money, they don't even know where to put the shits. 733 00:38:14,626 --> 00:38:16,094 Y'all okay with that? 734 00:38:16,227 --> 00:38:18,229 All right. You okay with that? 735 00:38:18,364 --> 00:38:21,299 [person] Guys, don't think this isn't a two-way street. 736 00:38:21,433 --> 00:38:23,335 Where do you green fucks 737 00:38:23,469 --> 00:38:27,272 think you're transferring to if I bury your ass on the pine? 738 00:38:27,406 --> 00:38:29,941 I own your future. 739 00:38:30,075 --> 00:38:33,612 Where the hell is LeMarcus? 740 00:38:33,745 --> 00:38:35,681 Let's be real. 741 00:38:35,814 --> 00:38:38,149 There are 12,500 draft-eligible players 742 00:38:38,283 --> 00:38:40,552 for the NFL every single year, 743 00:38:40,686 --> 00:38:42,588 and only 300 of us get drafted. 744 00:38:42,721 --> 00:38:44,990 That means over 12,000 of us 745 00:38:45,123 --> 00:38:47,359 participate in a multi-billion- dollar industry 746 00:38:47,493 --> 00:38:48,994 that won't even give us health insurance. 747 00:38:49,127 --> 00:38:51,630 And yet, they selling us the pearly gates? 748 00:38:51,763 --> 00:38:53,632 Zed, you got a resume? 749 00:38:53,765 --> 00:38:55,767 Internship? Why not? 750 00:38:55,901 --> 00:38:58,069 'Cause you been playing D-I football for the last three years, right? 751 00:38:58,203 --> 00:38:59,905 That's right. And they make you work it 752 00:39:00,038 --> 00:39:02,641 like it's a full-time job, don't they? That's right. 753 00:39:02,774 --> 00:39:05,544 What about all those bullshit classes they make you take to stay on the field, huh? 754 00:39:05,677 --> 00:39:07,846 Hey, you remember the Swahili shit y'all was taking? 755 00:39:07,979 --> 00:39:11,049 Swahili? How do you say, "Do you want fries with that?" in Swahili? 756 00:39:11,182 --> 00:39:14,219 Guess what, fellas. When y'all get out there in the real world, 757 00:39:14,352 --> 00:39:16,187 out there in the jungle, 758 00:39:16,321 --> 00:39:17,989 it ain't no fun when you broke as a joke. 759 00:39:18,123 --> 00:39:20,659 Tell us where he's at. I'm taking it back. 760 00:39:20,792 --> 00:39:23,695 He at the W, stayin' under a fake name. 761 00:39:23,829 --> 00:39:25,531 Okay. 762 00:39:25,664 --> 00:39:27,332 Barack Gambino. 763 00:39:27,466 --> 00:39:30,101 Barack Gambino, man? Seriously? 764 00:39:30,235 --> 00:39:31,537 Bank it. 765 00:39:33,405 --> 00:39:36,074 And even if it means the death of me, y'all can say, 766 00:39:36,207 --> 00:39:40,245 "I got caught up with that crazy motherfucker and his dreams of glory. 767 00:39:40,378 --> 00:39:42,380 And if I can do it, then we can do it, 768 00:39:42,514 --> 00:39:45,383 and we could set ourselves up and future generations to come. 769 00:39:45,517 --> 00:39:47,318 Tell 'em about the barn, LJ. 770 00:39:47,453 --> 00:39:49,921 'Cause there is a barn in Galilee with grain filled so high 771 00:39:50,055 --> 00:39:51,557 that they won't even sell it all. 772 00:39:51,690 --> 00:39:54,159 And you know what God says? He says, "You poor fools. 773 00:39:54,292 --> 00:39:57,362 You may think that you're rich, but you are poor in the eyes of God." 774 00:39:57,496 --> 00:40:00,966 Why? Because my people are hungry, and your barn is full. 775 00:40:01,099 --> 00:40:03,735 -Make it plain! -There is a barn in Galilee 776 00:40:03,869 --> 00:40:06,204 filled with grain, and we out here starving. 777 00:40:06,337 --> 00:40:08,073 God is with us. 778 00:40:08,206 --> 00:40:11,577 He says there is nothing to lose. There is nothing to fear. 779 00:40:11,710 --> 00:40:15,547 I am here, and there is nothing to fear! 780 00:40:18,684 --> 00:40:20,285 [panting] 781 00:40:25,056 --> 00:40:27,358 [upbeat country music playing] 782 00:40:34,299 --> 00:40:36,067 Boo. [chuckles] 783 00:40:36,902 --> 00:40:38,236 Boo. 784 00:40:38,369 --> 00:40:40,472 [both chuckle] 785 00:40:40,606 --> 00:40:43,008 [upbeat country music continues playing] 786 00:40:47,613 --> 00:40:49,080 Come with me. 787 00:40:49,214 --> 00:40:50,949 [chuckling] 788 00:40:51,082 --> 00:40:53,118 I plan to, baby. 789 00:40:55,353 --> 00:40:57,155 I mean it. 790 00:40:58,524 --> 00:40:59,991 Start a new chapter. 791 00:41:03,428 --> 00:41:05,631 You really want me there? 792 00:41:07,398 --> 00:41:08,466 I do. 793 00:41:10,168 --> 00:41:11,503 [softly] Really? 794 00:41:18,577 --> 00:41:21,980 [group] * Beneath the burning sun * 795 00:41:22,113 --> 00:41:25,116 * Under the sailor's moon * 796 00:41:25,250 --> 00:41:28,286 * In the rain And in the snow * 797 00:41:28,419 --> 00:41:31,990 * On the field we run * 798 00:41:32,123 --> 00:41:35,326 * On the field We run together * 799 00:41:35,460 --> 00:41:38,530 * We run together We win together * 800 00:41:38,664 --> 00:41:41,867 * We are the Wolves * 801 00:41:42,000 --> 00:41:44,469 * We are the pack... * 802 00:41:44,603 --> 00:41:46,672 [all howl] 803 00:41:46,805 --> 00:41:48,574 [cheering] 804 00:41:48,707 --> 00:41:50,842 [announcer] Give it up for French Montana! 805 00:41:50,976 --> 00:41:52,343 [hip-hop music playing] 806 00:41:52,477 --> 00:41:55,146 You like that? You like that, baby? 807 00:41:55,280 --> 00:41:56,481 That was for y'all. 808 00:41:57,448 --> 00:42:00,652 [howls] 809 00:42:00,786 --> 00:42:02,854 Keep 'em coming. You got it. 810 00:42:02,988 --> 00:42:05,190 Hey, what's your hurry? 811 00:42:06,692 --> 00:42:09,160 Rodger. Brett. 812 00:42:09,294 --> 00:42:12,163 I've been head of the booster club since '98. 813 00:42:12,297 --> 00:42:15,066 You ever seen a national title game 814 00:42:15,200 --> 00:42:17,435 in your own luxury box, Brett? 815 00:42:17,569 --> 00:42:18,937 No. 816 00:42:19,070 --> 00:42:23,041 Lobster, filet mignon, blow. 817 00:42:23,174 --> 00:42:25,343 Whatever your heart desires. 818 00:42:25,476 --> 00:42:26,745 It sounds awesome. 819 00:42:26,878 --> 00:42:30,515 You wanna come with? I can get you a ticket. 820 00:42:30,649 --> 00:42:32,718 Are they even gonna play? 821 00:42:32,851 --> 00:42:37,055 Oh, they'll play. Don't you worry your pretty little head about that. 822 00:42:37,188 --> 00:42:40,959 Gonna find me my quarterback, and it'll be Easy Street. 823 00:42:43,261 --> 00:42:45,030 Five hundred dollars. 824 00:42:45,163 --> 00:42:47,098 And what does that get me, Brett? 825 00:42:47,232 --> 00:42:49,234 A room number. 826 00:42:49,367 --> 00:42:51,136 What time do you get off? 827 00:42:51,269 --> 00:42:53,271 [chuckles] Not mine. 828 00:42:56,407 --> 00:42:58,076 [knocking] 829 00:42:59,310 --> 00:43:01,579 [person] LeMarcus. Emmett. 830 00:43:01,713 --> 00:43:02,848 [knocking] 831 00:43:02,981 --> 00:43:04,916 It's Rodger and Taylor. Open up. 832 00:43:05,050 --> 00:43:06,918 [knocking continues] [sighs] 833 00:43:07,052 --> 00:43:08,987 I guess we have to get another room again. 834 00:43:09,120 --> 00:43:10,756 [Rodgers] Hey! 835 00:43:10,889 --> 00:43:13,391 Just go get it before they wake up the whole hotel, man. 836 00:43:13,524 --> 00:43:15,593 [knocking continues] 837 00:43:16,527 --> 00:43:17,929 Shut up and get inside. 838 00:43:18,063 --> 00:43:20,265 Easy, big fella. We come in peace. 839 00:43:22,533 --> 00:43:23,935 How the hell did you find us? 840 00:43:24,069 --> 00:43:26,204 -A happy accident. -What do you want? 841 00:43:26,337 --> 00:43:27,806 [Rodgers] Just to talk, that's it. 842 00:43:27,939 --> 00:43:29,741 One minute, and then we're gone. 843 00:43:29,875 --> 00:43:33,044 Hey, you look like hell. You okay? 844 00:43:33,178 --> 00:43:34,780 We're owed. 845 00:43:36,347 --> 00:43:38,249 You are owed? 846 00:43:38,383 --> 00:43:40,585 Yes. We're owed. 847 00:43:40,719 --> 00:43:44,522 Taylor. What I think my associate is trying to communicate here 848 00:43:44,656 --> 00:43:45,991 is that we're hurtin'. 849 00:43:46,124 --> 00:43:49,160 We feel like we're invested here, 850 00:43:49,294 --> 00:43:51,863 especially after all we've been through together. 851 00:43:51,997 --> 00:43:54,666 Because you loaned me a car? 852 00:43:54,800 --> 00:43:56,601 And helped refinance your mother's mortgage 853 00:43:56,735 --> 00:43:58,970 when she fell behind, and also with your brother. 854 00:43:59,104 --> 00:44:02,741 -Should we talk about the message-- -Don't... say another word. 855 00:44:05,243 --> 00:44:06,812 And don't do this. 856 00:44:06,945 --> 00:44:08,814 You don't give a shit about us. 857 00:44:08,947 --> 00:44:12,317 -All you give a shit about is your damn game. -Now, now, now, Taylor. 858 00:44:14,786 --> 00:44:17,322 LeMarcus, what-- what's going on here? 859 00:44:17,455 --> 00:44:19,190 Me and you are buddies. 860 00:44:19,324 --> 00:44:21,192 You love playing football. 861 00:44:21,326 --> 00:44:23,361 Hell, I love watching you play football. 862 00:44:23,494 --> 00:44:26,664 An entire college campus, 40,000 kids, 863 00:44:26,798 --> 00:44:28,934 thinks that you're Jesus Christ incarnate. 864 00:44:29,067 --> 00:44:32,170 What's going on? You need money? 865 00:44:33,171 --> 00:44:35,206 Just tell me where to send the check. 866 00:44:36,742 --> 00:44:38,509 What the fuck don't you get? 867 00:44:42,447 --> 00:44:43,882 You ever read The Jungle? 868 00:44:44,015 --> 00:44:46,084 What has that got to do with anything, LeMarcus? 869 00:44:46,217 --> 00:44:47,819 The American Dream. 870 00:44:49,387 --> 00:44:51,723 This guy Jurgis from Lithuania, 871 00:44:51,857 --> 00:44:54,092 he worked at the meat-packing plant in Chicago. 872 00:44:54,225 --> 00:44:56,127 Now, Jurgis was young, 873 00:44:56,261 --> 00:44:58,163 he was bigger, stronger than the rest of 'em. 874 00:44:58,296 --> 00:45:00,198 So they put him to work in the kill beds. 875 00:45:00,331 --> 00:45:02,834 He worked so hard, he couldn't bend his fingers. 876 00:45:02,968 --> 00:45:06,071 He couldn't flex his knees, broke his ankle. 877 00:45:06,204 --> 00:45:08,673 After all those years, he just kept on working, 878 00:45:08,807 --> 00:45:11,009 and he loved it. 879 00:45:11,142 --> 00:45:14,880 See, that didn't mean shit to the guys who owned the plant though, did it? 880 00:45:15,013 --> 00:45:18,483 'Cause they weren't about to take care of no broke immigrant. 881 00:45:19,550 --> 00:45:23,054 LeMarcus... [sighs] You ain't that guy. 882 00:45:23,188 --> 00:45:25,924 You're about to be the number one pick 883 00:45:26,057 --> 00:45:28,259 in the first round of the NFL draft, 884 00:45:28,393 --> 00:45:31,830 -and Miami is gonna pay you $35 million... -Yeah, I know. 885 00:45:31,963 --> 00:45:33,698 That's a whole lot of meat. 886 00:45:33,832 --> 00:45:36,868 What about the guys who ain't going into the League? 887 00:45:37,002 --> 00:45:39,737 The guys who busted their head in the dirt for the last four years, 888 00:45:39,871 --> 00:45:42,273 only to wind up mangled and broke? What about them, huh? 889 00:45:42,407 --> 00:45:45,610 -So this whole thing's about you? -It's about everyone, man. 890 00:45:45,743 --> 00:45:47,946 What the fuck do you think you're gonna do? 891 00:45:48,079 --> 00:45:50,548 You can't square off with the entire system. 892 00:45:50,681 --> 00:45:53,418 You two cannot unionize college sports, and that's a fact. 893 00:45:54,853 --> 00:45:56,788 -It ain't two. -What? 894 00:45:56,922 --> 00:45:59,224 It ain't just two of us no more, 895 00:45:59,357 --> 00:46:00,758 and that's a fact. 896 00:46:04,195 --> 00:46:05,563 [sighs] 897 00:46:11,236 --> 00:46:13,571 [person] We have to dismantle the structure 898 00:46:13,704 --> 00:46:15,273 and do something that's more equitable, 899 00:46:15,406 --> 00:46:16,975 that's fairer for these athletes. 900 00:46:17,108 --> 00:46:18,810 I've got teammates that I played 901 00:46:18,944 --> 00:46:20,912 collegiate ball with at Ohio State 902 00:46:21,046 --> 00:46:22,747 that suffered some career-ending injuries, 903 00:46:22,881 --> 00:46:24,983 some life-altering injuries, 904 00:46:25,116 --> 00:46:27,318 that struggle and still struggle today 905 00:46:27,452 --> 00:46:30,088 without any support from the university. 906 00:46:30,221 --> 00:46:31,789 It's very frustrating. 907 00:46:31,923 --> 00:46:33,658 So I'm proud to stand behind 908 00:46:33,791 --> 00:46:35,793 LeMarcus James and what he's doing. 909 00:46:35,927 --> 00:46:38,563 Wilson, what do you think of the situation with LeMarcus James? 910 00:46:38,696 --> 00:46:40,999 Listen, Greeny, I'm really impressed by LeMarcus James. 911 00:46:41,132 --> 00:46:43,301 This guy's given up possibly $35 million, 912 00:46:43,434 --> 00:46:45,170 maybe the first pick overall. 913 00:46:45,303 --> 00:46:47,438 The reality is, he's got so much to lose 914 00:46:47,572 --> 00:46:49,274 but really so much to gain. 915 00:46:49,407 --> 00:46:51,709 And I think that you and I both know, Greeny, 916 00:46:51,843 --> 00:46:54,112 that this whole system's broke, and we got to fix it. 917 00:46:54,245 --> 00:46:56,281 It's got to get fixed immediately. 918 00:46:56,414 --> 00:46:58,984 [Greenberg] There you have it. Directly from one of the great quarterbacks 919 00:46:59,117 --> 00:47:01,419 in the history of the NFL, Russell Wilson. 920 00:47:01,552 --> 00:47:04,355 He won the Walter Payton Man of the Year award in 2020. 921 00:47:04,489 --> 00:47:06,757 Russell, thank you. Always a pleasure, Greeny. I'll see you soon. 922 00:47:06,892 --> 00:47:10,128 [Greenberg] In the meantime, we've got other news to talk about... 923 00:47:11,562 --> 00:47:13,198 I understand. 924 00:47:15,967 --> 00:47:18,036 Yeah, we all know what's at stake here. 925 00:47:19,537 --> 00:47:21,873 I will get him into this game. 926 00:47:22,007 --> 00:47:24,375 You have my personal guarantee. 927 00:47:24,509 --> 00:47:25,843 Of course. 928 00:47:25,977 --> 00:47:27,845 Well, thank you-- Yeah, he hung up on me. 929 00:47:27,979 --> 00:47:30,882 [sighs, panting] 930 00:47:31,016 --> 00:47:33,351 You're up early. What, do you sleep in that power suit? 931 00:47:33,484 --> 00:47:35,353 I might as well at this point, right? 932 00:47:36,454 --> 00:47:38,489 Pressure from the overlords? 933 00:47:38,623 --> 00:47:41,292 I'd say my very early retirement is being discussed 934 00:47:41,426 --> 00:47:43,661 unless I change the optics, and quick. 935 00:47:43,794 --> 00:47:46,231 And if I go, so goes your retainer. 936 00:47:46,364 --> 00:47:49,034 [laughs] We can't let that happen, now, can we? 937 00:47:51,002 --> 00:47:52,503 We offer talks. 938 00:47:53,571 --> 00:47:55,006 We hear their demands. 939 00:47:55,140 --> 00:47:57,742 We promise a committee to explore. No. 940 00:48:01,746 --> 00:48:04,049 They've got 40 players now. 941 00:48:04,182 --> 00:48:07,185 [Mike] I heard. They think they can win this. 942 00:48:07,318 --> 00:48:10,221 If we offer talks, then they will never leave the table empty-handed. 943 00:48:10,355 --> 00:48:12,523 They're kids. Exactly. 944 00:48:12,657 --> 00:48:15,593 They haven't lost enough to believe that that's the most likely outcome. 945 00:48:15,726 --> 00:48:19,564 They don't understand that life is about losing. 946 00:48:20,831 --> 00:48:22,400 I pay you for options. What are they? 947 00:48:22,533 --> 00:48:24,369 Well, I can only see two. 948 00:48:24,502 --> 00:48:26,437 You either give them what they want... 949 00:48:26,571 --> 00:48:28,373 Second option? 950 00:48:28,506 --> 00:48:30,875 We savage them. 951 00:48:33,678 --> 00:48:37,048 You find everything-- every grain, every person. 952 00:48:37,182 --> 00:48:41,586 You turn LeMarcus James into a monster that no one could follow. 953 00:48:43,221 --> 00:48:45,423 LeMarcus decided to do this. 954 00:48:45,556 --> 00:48:47,959 He waded into your waters. 955 00:48:48,093 --> 00:48:50,328 We have to react. 956 00:48:52,697 --> 00:48:56,001 Unfortunately, I don't have the luxury to react, Ms. Poe. 957 00:48:59,037 --> 00:49:00,505 But you do. 958 00:49:08,513 --> 00:49:10,448 [LeMarcus coughing] 959 00:49:11,916 --> 00:49:13,418 It's started. 960 00:49:14,619 --> 00:49:16,054 What? 961 00:49:16,187 --> 00:49:18,056 They got their hounds loose. 962 00:49:20,458 --> 00:49:21,859 [LeMarcus sighs] 963 00:49:21,993 --> 00:49:24,329 And you know they're gonna dig up more. 964 00:49:24,462 --> 00:49:26,097 [crowd cheering] 965 00:49:26,231 --> 00:49:28,799 [chanting] LJ! LJ! LJ! LJ! LJ! 966 00:49:28,933 --> 00:49:30,635 [whooping, cheering] 967 00:49:33,671 --> 00:49:35,806 [Emmett] We're gonna have to move again. 968 00:49:37,708 --> 00:49:38,843 No more running. 969 00:49:40,911 --> 00:49:42,280 Let 'em come. 970 00:49:44,149 --> 00:49:46,584 Luke? Yes, every player. 971 00:49:46,717 --> 00:49:48,286 I don't care. Luke! 972 00:49:48,419 --> 00:49:51,456 On the goddamn roof, for all I care. Thirty minutes. 973 00:49:51,589 --> 00:49:54,225 Bailey, have you seen Luke? 974 00:49:54,359 --> 00:49:56,327 I got nine players 975 00:49:56,461 --> 00:49:59,497 and the cabal of fucking idiocy around me. 976 00:49:59,630 --> 00:50:02,233 I sent him to the store for McConnell's ice cream. 977 00:50:02,367 --> 00:50:04,502 Baby, you can't be doing that now. 978 00:50:04,635 --> 00:50:07,072 This is fucking serious! LeMarcus... 979 00:50:07,205 --> 00:50:08,973 Goddamn it! You know what hurts the most? 980 00:50:09,107 --> 00:50:11,609 He never came to me with any of this, 981 00:50:11,742 --> 00:50:13,944 after everything we've been through together. 982 00:50:21,286 --> 00:50:22,687 Are you... 983 00:50:22,820 --> 00:50:26,191 Jesus fucking Christ. Are you fucking kidding me? 984 00:50:27,024 --> 00:50:28,326 Now? 985 00:50:28,459 --> 00:50:30,595 I got a full-on rebellion in my locker room, 986 00:50:30,728 --> 00:50:33,831 I got the head of the NCAA and both conferences up my ass 987 00:50:33,964 --> 00:50:36,934 at the national fucking title game... 988 00:50:37,068 --> 00:50:40,138 Now? You're gonna... Coach, we talked about this. 989 00:50:40,271 --> 00:50:44,175 How can I say this again in a way that you can get it? 990 00:50:44,309 --> 00:50:46,511 I need to find myself again. 991 00:50:46,644 --> 00:50:49,180 I need some me time. Not you time. Me time. 992 00:50:49,314 --> 00:50:51,549 Goddamn, you fuckin' selfish... 993 00:50:51,682 --> 00:50:54,852 Wow! Finish it. Finish it. 994 00:50:54,985 --> 00:50:57,188 I'm sorry. I'm sorry. 995 00:50:57,322 --> 00:50:58,623 I'm sorry. [scoffs] 996 00:50:58,756 --> 00:51:00,258 I know the sacrifices you've made for me. 997 00:51:00,391 --> 00:51:03,394 Of course I do. But please... 998 00:51:13,204 --> 00:51:15,540 Okay, which place do you want me to stay away from? 999 00:51:15,673 --> 00:51:17,675 Where are you going? The beach house? 1000 00:51:19,043 --> 00:51:20,411 I'm going to Rome. 1001 00:51:20,545 --> 00:51:21,912 Rome? 1002 00:51:23,648 --> 00:51:25,683 Okay, I can stay away from Rome. 1003 00:51:34,292 --> 00:51:36,461 You're not going to Rome alone, are you? 1004 00:51:37,228 --> 00:51:38,229 Question: 1005 00:51:38,363 --> 00:51:40,398 If I hadn't stayed here 1006 00:51:40,531 --> 00:51:42,367 to explain to you that I was leaving, 1007 00:51:42,500 --> 00:51:44,202 would you have noticed I'd gone? 1008 00:51:44,335 --> 00:51:46,137 I know. I get it. I get it. All I wanna know-- 1009 00:51:46,271 --> 00:51:49,240 Look. It's this fucking job. 1010 00:51:49,374 --> 00:51:50,775 Oh, God. 1011 00:51:50,908 --> 00:51:54,078 I swear to God, I will make it up to you. 1012 00:51:54,212 --> 00:51:56,281 Okay? Please. 1013 00:51:56,414 --> 00:51:58,916 I swear to God, I'm gonna make this up to you. 1014 00:51:59,049 --> 00:52:00,185 It's just... James... 1015 00:52:00,318 --> 00:52:02,687 We just got to get past this game. 1016 00:52:02,820 --> 00:52:03,821 Please. 1017 00:52:03,954 --> 00:52:05,290 James... 1018 00:52:05,423 --> 00:52:08,193 Baby, I need you here with me now, please. 1019 00:52:23,808 --> 00:52:25,443 [mutters] 1020 00:52:34,519 --> 00:52:38,022 Oh, um... You want Coach. He's in the back. 1021 00:52:38,155 --> 00:52:39,857 Can you... please? 1022 00:52:39,990 --> 00:52:42,059 Yeah, sure, sure. Sure. Thank you. Excuse me. I'm sorry. 1023 00:52:43,027 --> 00:52:44,829 Good to meet you. 1024 00:52:48,899 --> 00:52:50,335 Coach? 1025 00:52:54,239 --> 00:52:55,673 Coach Lazor? 1026 00:53:03,147 --> 00:53:05,149 Morning, Coach. Uh, Katherine Poe. 1027 00:53:05,283 --> 00:53:06,484 We met earlier? 1028 00:53:06,617 --> 00:53:08,519 Is now okay, sir? 1029 00:53:08,653 --> 00:53:10,421 It's kind of urgent. 1030 00:53:10,555 --> 00:53:11,889 [sighs] 1031 00:53:16,927 --> 00:53:18,696 [clears throat] 1032 00:53:20,531 --> 00:53:22,066 Everything all right? 1033 00:53:23,033 --> 00:53:25,736 Well, if there's anything I can do... 1034 00:53:25,870 --> 00:53:28,806 Just... What do you want? 1035 00:53:28,939 --> 00:53:31,276 You have a rebellion on your hands, sir. 1036 00:53:31,409 --> 00:53:33,711 [stammering] What exactly do you do? 1037 00:53:33,844 --> 00:53:36,381 -You're with the NCAA? -I'm not. I'm outside counsel. 1038 00:53:36,514 --> 00:53:38,283 And your name again? Katherine. 1039 00:53:38,416 --> 00:53:41,185 Katherine, would you mind just fucking off back to your C-suite? 1040 00:53:47,692 --> 00:53:51,762 This is a private physical LeMarcus had. 1041 00:53:52,963 --> 00:53:57,234 It's from July for an insurance policy. 1042 00:53:59,404 --> 00:54:01,005 How did you get that? 1043 00:54:01,138 --> 00:54:05,209 It's a firm specializing in medical data acquisition. 1044 00:54:06,577 --> 00:54:11,582 And this is an MRI of LeMarcus' left knee, 1045 00:54:11,716 --> 00:54:14,785 which, unfortunately, has no cartilage. 1046 00:54:17,522 --> 00:54:19,624 He's been hiding it for five months. 1047 00:54:22,493 --> 00:54:24,862 His body is a ticking time bomb. 1048 00:54:24,995 --> 00:54:27,898 It's only a matter of time before that knee gives out on him. 1049 00:54:28,032 --> 00:54:30,701 He is never going to be the number one pick, 1050 00:54:30,835 --> 00:54:33,270 not after the combine and a physical. 1051 00:54:33,404 --> 00:54:35,172 He'll be lucky if he got to go day two, 1052 00:54:35,306 --> 00:54:36,974 and he's known that for some time. 1053 00:54:37,107 --> 00:54:39,810 I have seen nothing to indicate he's got a bad knee. 1054 00:54:39,944 --> 00:54:43,581 He's 21. He could eat gunpowder and then go run a marathon. 1055 00:54:43,714 --> 00:54:45,483 Now, look. 1056 00:54:46,717 --> 00:54:49,420 It's best if this comes from you. 1057 00:54:50,855 --> 00:54:53,958 How disappointed you were to learn that he's been hiding this. 1058 00:54:54,091 --> 00:54:58,329 Maybe, in retrospect, you did notice the limp during practice. 1059 00:54:58,463 --> 00:55:00,598 What exactly are you saying? 1060 00:55:00,731 --> 00:55:03,801 Five months ago, LeMarcus figured out he is not going to be the number one pick, 1061 00:55:03,934 --> 00:55:06,804 and he is trying to cash in now before the teller... 1062 00:55:06,937 --> 00:55:09,039 That is bullshit. Yes, sir. Before the teller window closes. 1063 00:55:09,173 --> 00:55:11,676 LeMarcus would never-- This is a shakedown, sir! 1064 00:55:11,809 --> 00:55:13,944 Pure and simple. 1065 00:55:14,078 --> 00:55:16,146 He is trying to recoup his losses, 1066 00:55:16,280 --> 00:55:18,115 and he is going to take everything 1067 00:55:18,248 --> 00:55:21,285 that you and your players have worked for. 1068 00:55:23,320 --> 00:55:25,956 Let me ask you, sir, how does a D-III quarterback 1069 00:55:26,090 --> 00:55:29,293 with a noodle for an arm who runs a five-flat 40 time, 1070 00:55:29,427 --> 00:55:31,762 how does a guy like that become the head coach 1071 00:55:31,896 --> 00:55:33,831 of not one but two D-I powerhouses? 1072 00:55:33,964 --> 00:55:36,467 Because that guy is a winner. 1073 00:55:37,435 --> 00:55:38,903 And this is your time 1074 00:55:39,036 --> 00:55:41,071 to finally capture that national title. 1075 00:55:41,205 --> 00:55:45,242 Do not let LeMarcus rob you of your legacy. 1076 00:55:47,177 --> 00:55:51,148 Now, we will leak this to the smaller sites. 1077 00:55:51,281 --> 00:55:53,851 You will do a presser for the networks, 1078 00:55:53,984 --> 00:55:56,654 and the aggregators will take it from there. 1079 00:55:59,924 --> 00:56:01,492 I, um... 1080 00:56:01,626 --> 00:56:03,661 I have some remarks. 1081 00:56:03,794 --> 00:56:05,496 If you want to take a look at... No, thank you. 1082 00:56:05,630 --> 00:56:08,833 I don't need your fucking remarks. 1083 00:56:10,401 --> 00:56:12,336 This is my football team. 1084 00:56:13,638 --> 00:56:16,441 They will play for me. Coach... 1085 00:56:17,675 --> 00:56:18,776 wake up, 1086 00:56:19,844 --> 00:56:22,246 before you don't even have a team. 1087 00:56:42,933 --> 00:56:44,635 [inhales deeply] 1088 00:56:50,941 --> 00:56:52,543 [exhales sharply] 1089 00:56:55,713 --> 00:56:57,582 I know right now... 1090 00:56:59,850 --> 00:57:02,520 you think life is always gonna be like this. 1091 00:57:05,255 --> 00:57:07,357 You're at the center of everything. 1092 00:57:09,894 --> 00:57:11,228 Alive. 1093 00:57:14,131 --> 00:57:15,566 And greatness 1094 00:57:16,734 --> 00:57:18,503 is right there, 1095 00:57:18,636 --> 00:57:20,170 within reach. 1096 00:57:25,510 --> 00:57:27,077 But that's not true. 1097 00:57:29,013 --> 00:57:33,584 This may very well be your only fleeting moment 1098 00:57:33,718 --> 00:57:36,253 at the top of the mountain. 1099 00:57:37,955 --> 00:57:40,190 Look at me. I'm 60 years old. 1100 00:57:41,592 --> 00:57:43,160 I look like I'm 80. 1101 00:57:44,328 --> 00:57:46,430 I feel like I'm a hundred. 1102 00:57:50,167 --> 00:57:52,102 I got a wife that hates me. 1103 00:57:55,606 --> 00:57:57,675 Well, she just left, actually. 1104 00:58:00,578 --> 00:58:03,581 I got a cock that doesn't work without a fucking pill. 1105 00:58:08,085 --> 00:58:09,419 My best buddy, 1106 00:58:11,188 --> 00:58:14,625 since we were little knuckleheads playing Pee Wee football... 1107 00:58:16,126 --> 00:58:19,029 My best friend, Clint, just died of blood cancer. 1108 00:58:21,098 --> 00:58:22,633 Just like that. 1109 00:58:24,301 --> 00:58:27,304 Forty years ago, I was you. 1110 00:58:28,505 --> 00:58:30,107 I was you, men. 1111 00:58:31,108 --> 00:58:33,010 Magnificent. 1112 00:58:33,143 --> 00:58:36,581 Quarterback of my little college in North Dakota. 1113 00:58:37,815 --> 00:58:41,652 I had dreams, and I had the energy to chase 'em. 1114 00:58:43,353 --> 00:58:45,656 -And now... -[snaps fingers] 1115 00:58:49,159 --> 00:58:51,195 ...I got one thing left, 1116 00:58:51,328 --> 00:58:54,264 one thing in my life 1117 00:58:55,900 --> 00:58:57,902 that means a damn to me: 1118 00:59:09,880 --> 00:59:11,215 You men. 1119 00:59:13,584 --> 00:59:14,785 This room. 1120 00:59:19,690 --> 00:59:21,358 This is all I got... 1121 00:59:25,529 --> 00:59:27,064 and that's okay. 1122 00:59:28,733 --> 00:59:31,568 Believe me, this is all I need. 1123 00:59:34,371 --> 00:59:37,174 Now, some of you are looking at me like, "Well... 1124 00:59:37,307 --> 00:59:39,276 bullshit, Coach. 1125 00:59:39,409 --> 00:59:40,544 Come on, now. 1126 00:59:41,378 --> 00:59:42,379 You got money. 1127 00:59:42,512 --> 00:59:45,049 You're fucking rich." 1128 00:59:45,182 --> 00:59:48,819 Yeah, I got money I... I couldn't even conceive of 1129 00:59:48,953 --> 00:59:51,255 when I was you men. 1130 00:59:52,723 --> 00:59:54,892 Believe me when I tell you this-- 1131 00:59:55,693 --> 00:59:57,227 Money... 1132 00:59:58,796 --> 01:00:00,197 is shit. 1133 01:00:01,766 --> 01:00:04,034 Money is a numbers game 1134 01:00:04,168 --> 01:00:06,804 played by people in $5,000 suits 1135 01:00:06,937 --> 01:00:09,774 in New York City offices for their own benefit. 1136 01:00:09,907 --> 01:00:11,976 There is no glory 1137 01:00:13,277 --> 01:00:14,411 in money, 1138 01:00:14,544 --> 01:00:18,615 no life-altering challenge in money. 1139 01:00:18,749 --> 01:00:21,752 There is no confrontation with your deepest fears 1140 01:00:21,886 --> 01:00:26,256 and therefore your greatness, in fucking money. 1141 01:00:27,958 --> 01:00:29,259 Oh, my God. 1142 01:00:29,393 --> 01:00:31,762 What I wouldn't give to be you men 1143 01:00:33,063 --> 01:00:34,431 right now. 1144 01:00:36,100 --> 01:00:38,335 One day away from glorious battle 1145 01:00:38,468 --> 01:00:40,604 alongside your band of brothers 1146 01:00:40,738 --> 01:00:44,574 in front of a hundred million people all over the world. 1147 01:00:44,709 --> 01:00:46,276 Glory. 1148 01:00:48,278 --> 01:00:51,882 The greatest glory you are ever gonna feel. 1149 01:00:53,483 --> 01:00:56,486 Do you want to give that up? 1150 01:00:56,620 --> 01:01:00,024 For those of you who were thinking about boycotting, 1151 01:01:01,291 --> 01:01:03,127 you've made your point. 1152 01:01:03,260 --> 01:01:05,095 They are gonna have to change. 1153 01:01:06,130 --> 01:01:07,698 'Cause they heard you. 1154 01:01:07,832 --> 01:01:10,467 They are scared shitless. 1155 01:01:10,600 --> 01:01:13,503 It's beautiful. It's fucking hilarious. 1156 01:01:13,637 --> 01:01:16,440 Change is coming. Meaningful change. 1157 01:01:16,573 --> 01:01:18,542 Trust me on that. 1158 01:01:19,877 --> 01:01:22,146 Every one of you has worked 1159 01:01:22,279 --> 01:01:26,183 your whole fucking life for this moment. 1160 01:01:27,351 --> 01:01:31,188 Don't rob yourselves of your destiny. 1161 01:01:32,122 --> 01:01:33,991 Glory is at hand. 1162 01:01:36,160 --> 01:01:37,627 Glory 1163 01:01:38,695 --> 01:01:40,564 is yours. 1164 01:01:40,697 --> 01:01:43,834 Glory is ours! 1165 01:01:46,103 --> 01:01:47,537 Glory! 1166 01:01:49,807 --> 01:01:51,041 Take it. 1167 01:02:15,532 --> 01:02:18,936 I heard it was a great speech. 1168 01:02:19,069 --> 01:02:23,107 Now, let's prove to them that LeMarcus is only doing this for his own benefit, 1169 01:02:23,240 --> 01:02:24,875 so you have enough players 1170 01:02:25,009 --> 01:02:28,078 not only to play this thing, but to win. 1171 01:02:31,015 --> 01:02:32,649 Do you need a minute, Coach? 1172 01:02:32,783 --> 01:02:35,552 You need to collect yourself? Okay. 1173 01:02:36,753 --> 01:02:38,522 Let's get it over with. 1174 01:02:40,024 --> 01:02:41,358 Right. 1175 01:02:43,360 --> 01:02:46,196 [indistinct TV chatter] 1176 01:02:46,330 --> 01:02:48,265 One miner's breakfast. 1177 01:02:49,099 --> 01:02:50,901 Breakfast of champions. 1178 01:02:51,035 --> 01:02:52,636 [coughs] 1179 01:02:54,805 --> 01:02:56,941 [newscaster] Now, I understand we have some late-breaking news. 1180 01:02:57,074 --> 01:02:59,409 Yes, we're going to a live press conference 1181 01:02:59,543 --> 01:03:01,411 with Wolves head coach James Lazor. 1182 01:03:01,545 --> 01:03:04,481 [reporter 1] Coach Lazor, when did you first notice, 1183 01:03:04,614 --> 01:03:06,416 LeMarcus James' knee? 1184 01:03:07,384 --> 01:03:09,053 [sighs] 1185 01:03:10,420 --> 01:03:12,322 Well, I had noticed a slight limp, 1186 01:03:12,456 --> 01:03:14,825 uh, after week three, 1187 01:03:14,959 --> 01:03:18,128 but I just chalked it up to, you know, the usual bumps and bruises. 1188 01:03:19,729 --> 01:03:21,431 So, I was, um... 1189 01:03:22,933 --> 01:03:24,935 I was disappointed when I found out 1190 01:03:25,069 --> 01:03:27,838 that he'd been concealing something more serious. 1191 01:03:27,972 --> 01:03:30,607 I can't believe Coach is doing this. [reporter 2] Do you think 1192 01:03:30,740 --> 01:03:32,877 he concealed his injury to protect his draft status? 1193 01:03:33,010 --> 01:03:35,712 I don't know. He's gonna have to pass a very thorough physical 1194 01:03:35,846 --> 01:03:37,281 before the draft, so... 1195 01:03:38,548 --> 01:03:41,351 They found that MRI quick. Their man's good. 1196 01:03:41,485 --> 01:03:43,921 [reporter 3] Do you feel he was manipulating his teammates 1197 01:03:44,054 --> 01:03:45,956 to cash in on the national title game? 1198 01:03:46,090 --> 01:03:48,292 I guess you'd have to ask his teammates that. 1199 01:03:48,425 --> 01:03:51,495 Coach, do you feel that this is a further example 1200 01:03:51,628 --> 01:03:53,864 of a form of modern-day slave trade? 1201 01:04:00,104 --> 01:04:02,539 I-I'm sorry. I guess I don't understand that question. 1202 01:04:02,672 --> 01:04:06,010 The physical. Like inspecting a slave's teeth to determine the price. 1203 01:04:06,143 --> 01:04:07,811 Only now, it's his knees. 1204 01:04:11,115 --> 01:04:16,020 Well, if you call getting a free top-tier education 1205 01:04:16,153 --> 01:04:20,490 and four years of first-class accommodations and nutrition, 1206 01:04:20,624 --> 01:04:23,460 not to mention a sizable living stipend, 1207 01:04:23,593 --> 01:04:26,663 and then toss in a once- in-a-lifetime opportunity 1208 01:04:26,796 --> 01:04:28,598 to play in a national title game, 1209 01:04:28,732 --> 01:04:31,035 if we're calling that the slave trade, 1210 01:04:31,168 --> 01:04:33,237 then I'd love to be a slave. 1211 01:04:33,370 --> 01:04:35,072 [reporters murmuring] 1212 01:04:35,205 --> 01:04:36,506 Um... 1213 01:04:36,640 --> 01:04:38,208 That's... That's the last question. 1214 01:04:40,144 --> 01:04:41,912 Well, that already went viral. 1215 01:04:42,046 --> 01:04:43,347 [scoffs] 1216 01:04:43,480 --> 01:04:45,349 [reporters clamoring] 1217 01:04:48,318 --> 01:04:49,386 Call Greeny. 1218 01:04:50,820 --> 01:04:52,822 Tell him we're going live. 1219 01:04:52,957 --> 01:04:54,758 Splash it all over Twitter too. 1220 01:04:55,993 --> 01:04:58,228 I am joined now by LeMarcus James, 1221 01:04:58,362 --> 01:05:00,264 who won this year's Heisman Trophy 1222 01:05:00,397 --> 01:05:04,068 and has now rocked the entire world of sports and well beyond 1223 01:05:04,201 --> 01:05:06,603 with his boycott of the national title game, 1224 01:05:06,736 --> 01:05:08,939 which is scheduled for tomorrow in New Orleans. 1225 01:05:09,073 --> 01:05:11,675 LeMarcus, I'm gonna jump right into the question everyone is asking. 1226 01:05:11,808 --> 01:05:15,379 Are you boycotting this game and demanding compensation 1227 01:05:15,512 --> 01:05:17,781 because of an unfortunate medical condition 1228 01:05:17,914 --> 01:05:20,584 that could jeopardize your status in the draft? 1229 01:05:20,717 --> 01:05:22,086 Good morning, Greeny. 1230 01:05:22,219 --> 01:05:24,721 The answer is no. Unequivocally, no. 1231 01:05:25,722 --> 01:05:27,624 I have no cartilage in my left knee. 1232 01:05:27,757 --> 01:05:30,760 It'll degenerate over time. Maybe eight years, maybe 20. 1233 01:05:30,894 --> 01:05:32,729 But name me an NFL team that wouldn't take 1234 01:05:32,862 --> 01:05:34,764 eight to 20 years of elite quarterback play. 1235 01:05:34,898 --> 01:05:37,501 You see, the reality is, this isn't about me. 1236 01:05:37,634 --> 01:05:39,303 This is about our current system. 1237 01:05:39,436 --> 01:05:41,938 It's about my fellow D-I athletes and teammates 1238 01:05:42,072 --> 01:05:43,473 who have fallen victim to, 1239 01:05:43,607 --> 01:05:45,742 quite frankly, a plantation mentality. 1240 01:05:45,875 --> 01:05:47,811 [Greenberg] I wanna talk about that mentality. 1241 01:05:47,944 --> 01:05:49,879 That's fucking rich. 1242 01:05:50,014 --> 01:05:52,249 'Cause clearly, that is at the center of this entire conversation. 1243 01:05:52,382 --> 01:05:53,984 Your coach, just today, 1244 01:05:54,118 --> 01:05:56,720 said this is a system he'd love to be a part of 1245 01:05:56,853 --> 01:05:59,789 and even invoked the tragic word "slavery." 1246 01:05:59,923 --> 01:06:02,159 I have to ask you, do you feel 1247 01:06:02,292 --> 01:06:05,662 this is a slave trade of a different kind? 1248 01:06:05,795 --> 01:06:10,134 -[LeMarcus] Can I give you another comparison, Greeny? -Yeah, of course. 1249 01:06:10,267 --> 01:06:13,637 This is the home of my best friend and teammate, Emmett Sunday. 1250 01:06:13,770 --> 01:06:16,273 Emmett's father is a farmer outside Lincoln, Nebraska, 1251 01:06:16,406 --> 01:06:18,242 and his mother is a teacher's assistant. 1252 01:06:18,375 --> 01:06:20,144 They've saved up a little bit for retirement, 1253 01:06:20,277 --> 01:06:22,279 but mostly, they just live month to month. 1254 01:06:22,412 --> 01:06:25,815 One swollen appendix, one turned ankle from insolvency. 1255 01:06:25,949 --> 01:06:28,352 Now, their son, Emmett Sunday, has been a four-year starter 1256 01:06:28,485 --> 01:06:30,654 for one of the best college programs in the country. 1257 01:06:30,787 --> 01:06:32,389 Tomorrow, he'll play in a game 1258 01:06:32,522 --> 01:06:34,658 that'll gross over a half a billion dollars. 1259 01:06:34,791 --> 01:06:36,693 Half a billion dollars for a single game. 1260 01:06:36,826 --> 01:06:38,228 And Emmett won't see a dime. 1261 01:06:38,362 --> 01:06:39,829 His football days will be over. 1262 01:06:39,963 --> 01:06:42,399 Zero compensation, zero medical insurance 1263 01:06:42,532 --> 01:06:45,102 for the injuries he's sustained, some of them permanent. 1264 01:06:45,235 --> 01:06:46,803 And now, this... 1265 01:06:48,172 --> 01:06:49,973 is the Palm Beach vacation home 1266 01:06:50,107 --> 01:06:52,209 for my coach, James Lazor. 1267 01:06:53,610 --> 01:06:55,612 This is his Chicago penthouse. 1268 01:06:57,814 --> 01:07:00,016 This is his six-bedroom Craftsman, 1269 01:07:00,150 --> 01:07:01,685 where he stays during the season. 1270 01:07:01,818 --> 01:07:03,220 His work home. 1271 01:07:03,353 --> 01:07:05,522 Now, Coach has profited off a system 1272 01:07:05,655 --> 01:07:07,857 that is entirely based on free labor. 1273 01:07:07,991 --> 01:07:10,427 We're not playing in any games until those who actually play-- 1274 01:07:10,560 --> 01:07:13,430 And not just the superstars. All athletes, down to the special teams... 1275 01:07:13,563 --> 01:07:16,566 -Jesus. -...are considered and compensated. 1276 01:07:16,700 --> 01:07:18,502 [Orlando sighs] Now. 1277 01:07:18,635 --> 01:07:20,637 This crazy motherfucker. [chuckles] 1278 01:07:20,770 --> 01:07:23,207 There you have it, directly from LeMarcus James. 1279 01:07:23,340 --> 01:07:25,709 LeMarcus, thank you very much. All right, LeMarcus. 1280 01:07:25,842 --> 01:07:28,378 [Greenberg] I appreciate the time. We'll take a short break, 1281 01:07:28,512 --> 01:07:30,647 and be back with more in just a moment. 1282 01:07:30,780 --> 01:07:33,083 What the calamitous fuck? 1283 01:07:33,217 --> 01:07:35,619 We've been goddamn outflanked by two kids, 1284 01:07:35,752 --> 01:07:37,421 like we're in Scooby fucking Doo. 1285 01:07:37,554 --> 01:07:39,589 Oh, you know what the dipshit sidekick did 1286 01:07:39,723 --> 01:07:42,058 when LeMarcus was grandstanding on TV? 1287 01:07:42,192 --> 01:07:43,460 [Katherine] Sunday. Huh? 1288 01:07:43,593 --> 01:07:45,295 His name is Emmett Sunday. 1289 01:07:45,429 --> 01:07:47,063 Oh, thank God we got that all cleared up. 1290 01:07:47,197 --> 01:07:51,501 Emmett fucking-us-sideways Sunday leaks my Nike contract. 1291 01:07:51,635 --> 01:07:53,703 Now every New York City zig-zag's 1292 01:07:53,837 --> 01:07:56,072 asking me where $30 million a year goes. 1293 01:07:56,206 --> 01:07:57,541 [Katherine] Where does it go? 1294 01:07:57,674 --> 01:07:59,243 How the hell do I know? 1295 01:07:59,376 --> 01:08:01,345 You're the head of the conference. 1296 01:08:01,478 --> 01:08:02,679 Excuse me? 1297 01:08:02,812 --> 01:08:04,714 You're the head of your conference. 1298 01:08:04,848 --> 01:08:07,751 You should be able to answer a layup like where your sneaker money goes. 1299 01:08:08,918 --> 01:08:10,654 Okay. 1300 01:08:10,787 --> 01:08:11,955 Band fields. 1301 01:08:12,088 --> 01:08:13,657 Softball stadiums. [cell phone chimes] 1302 01:08:13,790 --> 01:08:16,926 Turquoise-green Bermuda fucking sod. Where else? 1303 01:08:17,060 --> 01:08:19,196 Orlando Bishop just tweeted this. 1304 01:08:19,329 --> 01:08:20,797 He's out. [Everly] That's cute. 1305 01:08:20,930 --> 01:08:22,899 We got four players threatening to walk now too. 1306 01:08:23,032 --> 01:08:24,434 How are these two even doing this? 1307 01:08:24,568 --> 01:08:26,069 I still think Coach Lazor's the one 1308 01:08:26,203 --> 01:08:27,804 to talk LeMarcus off this ledge. 1309 01:08:27,937 --> 01:08:29,973 He walks him back, they'll all follow. 1310 01:08:30,106 --> 01:08:31,875 Where's your coach now? 1311 01:08:32,008 --> 01:08:34,344 He's, uh, taking a minute. 1312 01:08:34,478 --> 01:08:35,812 [Katherine] He's tanking. 1313 01:08:35,945 --> 01:08:37,747 He's fine. [Mike] What does he need? 1314 01:08:37,881 --> 01:08:39,749 A divorce lawyer. [Everly chuckles] 1315 01:08:39,883 --> 01:08:42,252 [Everly] He's fine, I said. Lazor or no Lazor, 1316 01:08:42,386 --> 01:08:43,920 we're putting two teams on the field tomorrow, 1317 01:08:44,053 --> 01:08:46,022 even if we gotta dress the damn cheerleaders. 1318 01:08:46,156 --> 01:08:48,292 Who's second in line if Lazor can't go? 1319 01:08:48,425 --> 01:08:52,362 I guess, uh, Ronnie Dunn, defensive coordinator. 1320 01:08:52,496 --> 01:08:54,431 You trust him? Yeah. Company man. 1321 01:08:54,564 --> 01:08:56,433 Been at the university since a player himself, 1322 01:08:56,566 --> 01:08:58,335 so, yeah, he'll take marching orders. 1323 01:08:58,468 --> 01:09:00,770 -You sure? -This a fucking inquisition? 1324 01:09:00,904 --> 01:09:04,374 I don't trust anyone with a vested pension and Medicare. 1325 01:09:05,575 --> 01:09:07,277 Oh, God. You know what? 1326 01:09:07,411 --> 01:09:09,479 Fuck you very much. 1327 01:09:09,613 --> 01:09:12,916 All right? I need this shit like I need a third tit. 1328 01:09:13,049 --> 01:09:15,352 I will march my entire conference 1329 01:09:15,485 --> 01:09:16,986 right out that door, 1330 01:09:17,120 --> 01:09:21,525 put together my own play-offs without any of you. 1331 01:09:21,658 --> 01:09:23,126 How do you like me? 1332 01:09:23,260 --> 01:09:25,329 You'd be in breach of 16 different contracts, 1333 01:09:25,462 --> 01:09:29,132 squander a $100-million payday for tomorrow alone. 1334 01:09:29,266 --> 01:09:32,502 Not to mention what I imagine would be a full audit 1335 01:09:32,636 --> 01:09:35,772 of SEC expenses under your tenure. 1336 01:09:35,905 --> 01:09:38,808 You know, to make sure that those band fields, softball stadiums 1337 01:09:38,942 --> 01:09:42,679 and turquoise-green Bermuda sod weren't really just 1338 01:09:42,812 --> 01:09:46,182 high-paid escorts in New York City 1339 01:09:46,316 --> 01:09:49,419 at the Bemelman Bar of the Carlyle. 1340 01:09:53,557 --> 01:09:56,493 Bouncing 'em out of your apartment three at a time, right? 1341 01:10:04,634 --> 01:10:06,202 Fuck you. 1342 01:10:06,803 --> 01:10:07,871 [scoffs] 1343 01:10:09,273 --> 01:10:10,507 Hoo! 1344 01:10:15,645 --> 01:10:17,847 [person] We're still 24 hours away 1345 01:10:17,981 --> 01:10:20,183 from the Snickers National Title game. 1346 01:10:20,317 --> 01:10:22,252 -Only the biggest game... -[person 2] Man, these guys 1347 01:10:22,386 --> 01:10:23,920 are already getting free education. 1348 01:10:24,053 --> 01:10:26,222 Money is just gonna ruin it. 1349 01:10:26,356 --> 01:10:28,157 They aren't ready for all that money. I wasn't when I was 18. 1350 01:10:28,292 --> 01:10:30,494 [person 3] I don't know if this man is a racist, 1351 01:10:30,627 --> 01:10:32,762 but what I do know is that he made a fortune 1352 01:10:32,896 --> 01:10:36,165 mostly off the backs of young Black men. 1353 01:10:37,301 --> 01:10:38,902 [Bailey] Question. 1354 01:10:39,035 --> 01:10:41,405 If I hadn't stayed here to explain to you 1355 01:10:41,538 --> 01:10:44,974 that I was leaving, would you have noticed I'd gone? 1356 01:10:46,776 --> 01:10:48,945 [panting] 1357 01:11:07,130 --> 01:11:08,565 [indistinct chattering] 1358 01:11:08,698 --> 01:11:10,634 [person] Coach! Coach Lazor! 1359 01:11:10,767 --> 01:11:13,303 -[person 2] Oh, my God. Look, it's Coach Lazor. -[people clamoring] 1360 01:11:13,437 --> 01:11:15,305 [person 3] Hey, Coach, can we get a picture? Sorry, buddy. 1361 01:11:15,439 --> 01:11:18,241 It's just really not a good time, okay? Sorry, sorry... 1362 01:11:18,375 --> 01:11:21,077 -[clamoring continues] -Okay, not now! 1363 01:11:21,210 --> 01:11:24,481 Hey, give him some space. Give him some space. 1364 01:11:24,614 --> 01:11:26,082 No pictures! No pictures! 1365 01:11:26,215 --> 01:11:27,551 Have a good game, Coach! 1366 01:11:44,968 --> 01:11:47,537 [Everly] Now, I know for a fact that LeMarcus and the guys, 1367 01:11:47,671 --> 01:11:49,339 they respect the hell out of you, 1368 01:11:49,473 --> 01:11:54,778 and you would be the first African-American head coach 1369 01:11:54,911 --> 01:11:59,683 to lead a team onto the field for a national title game. 1370 01:12:00,517 --> 01:12:02,118 Hell, 1371 01:12:02,251 --> 01:12:04,488 hopefully win the thing, huh? 1372 01:12:04,621 --> 01:12:06,856 Let's make history together. 1373 01:12:24,107 --> 01:12:26,476 The NCAA may have started with this... 1374 01:12:26,610 --> 01:12:28,712 [Emmett groans] ...imaginary pie-in-the-sky idea 1375 01:12:28,845 --> 01:12:31,280 that it was about amateurism, and at one point it was. 1376 01:12:31,415 --> 01:12:34,818 But then there was a turn, and it became about money. 1377 01:12:34,951 --> 01:12:37,787 [knocking] Plain and simple. I thought this was America. 1378 01:12:37,921 --> 01:12:39,656 [coughing] Yeah? 1379 01:12:39,789 --> 01:12:41,558 It's Coach Dunn. 1380 01:12:43,259 --> 01:12:45,061 [Emmett] You all by your lonesome? 1381 01:12:45,194 --> 01:12:47,664 [groans] [Coach Dunn] It's just me. 1382 01:12:47,797 --> 01:12:49,533 [door unlocks] 1383 01:12:50,534 --> 01:12:51,568 Coach? 1384 01:12:51,701 --> 01:12:54,370 You two are really hard to find. 1385 01:12:54,504 --> 01:12:57,340 It's easier to find Bigfoot than to find you two. 1386 01:12:58,341 --> 01:13:00,043 Look, relax. I won't tell Lazor. 1387 01:13:01,010 --> 01:13:02,846 [chuckles softly] You know something? 1388 01:13:02,979 --> 01:13:05,381 I gotta give credit to you two, actually. 1389 01:13:05,515 --> 01:13:08,051 I'm really surprised you was able to pull this off. 1390 01:13:10,086 --> 01:13:11,788 But you got trouble. 1391 01:13:12,989 --> 01:13:15,091 Yep, they still gonna play the game. 1392 01:13:17,561 --> 01:13:19,095 With 19 freshmen? 1393 01:13:19,996 --> 01:13:21,531 Cornelius? 1394 01:13:21,665 --> 01:13:23,366 They don't care who plays as long as it's on TV. 1395 01:13:23,500 --> 01:13:25,569 [Emmett scoffs] 1396 01:13:25,702 --> 01:13:27,571 The shit bowl. 1397 01:13:27,704 --> 01:13:29,706 [Coach Dunn] They shitting their pants right now. 1398 01:13:29,839 --> 01:13:31,875 They got so desperate, they approached me 1399 01:13:32,008 --> 01:13:33,943 and said If Lazor doesn't show up, 1400 01:13:34,077 --> 01:13:36,012 I can bring the team out to the field. 1401 01:13:37,180 --> 01:13:39,082 So, Coach is sitting? 1402 01:13:39,215 --> 01:13:41,084 [sighs] I don't know, man. It's really hard to tell right now, 1403 01:13:41,217 --> 01:13:42,919 but it looks like it. 1404 01:13:43,052 --> 01:13:44,020 Damn. 1405 01:13:44,153 --> 01:13:46,322 So, what you gonna do? 1406 01:13:46,456 --> 01:13:48,992 The first Black head coach in a national title game? 1407 01:13:49,125 --> 01:13:50,827 It's a big deal. 1408 01:13:52,095 --> 01:13:55,331 I ain't no fucking pawn. Hell, no, I'm not doing it. 1409 01:13:55,465 --> 01:13:57,433 I'm one of best defensive coaches in this country. 1410 01:13:57,567 --> 01:13:58,935 I don't need no fucking handouts. 1411 01:13:59,068 --> 01:14:00,470 Amen, Coach. 1412 01:14:00,604 --> 01:14:02,071 We feel the same way. 1413 01:14:02,205 --> 01:14:04,340 Even if this whole thing goes up in a ball of flames, 1414 01:14:04,474 --> 01:14:06,242 we're not stepping on that field. 1415 01:14:08,745 --> 01:14:11,581 Look, y'all. Have I ever told you the Hannibal Lawson story? 1416 01:14:11,715 --> 01:14:13,850 Who? Hannibal Lawson. 1417 01:14:13,983 --> 01:14:17,053 So, Han Lawson, to me, was one of the best defensive tackles 1418 01:14:17,186 --> 01:14:18,922 in Louisiana high school history. 1419 01:14:19,055 --> 01:14:20,824 He went on to LSU. 1420 01:14:20,957 --> 01:14:22,926 You know, a bright future. 1421 01:14:24,027 --> 01:14:25,762 He got his knee shredded in practice. 1422 01:14:25,895 --> 01:14:28,598 And the result of that, they took his scholarship away. 1423 01:14:30,900 --> 01:14:32,769 But Hannibal did something interesting. 1424 01:14:32,902 --> 01:14:35,805 He hired a lawyer in a cheap suit with some night-school degree, 1425 01:14:35,939 --> 01:14:38,675 and he sued the NCAA for workmen's comp. 1426 01:14:38,808 --> 01:14:40,677 -Smart, right? -Yeah. 1427 01:14:40,810 --> 01:14:43,112 Went all the way to the Louisiana Supreme Court. 1428 01:14:43,246 --> 01:14:44,914 [Emmett] What happened? 1429 01:14:45,048 --> 01:14:46,816 Student-athlete. 1430 01:14:46,950 --> 01:14:49,285 [Coach Dunn] Yeah, they said he was nothing but a student-athlete. 1431 01:14:49,418 --> 01:14:51,454 They didn't consider him an employee, even though they were selling 1432 01:14:51,588 --> 01:14:53,222 hundreds and thousands of tickets 1433 01:14:53,356 --> 01:14:55,892 every fucking Saturday, making millions of dollars! 1434 01:14:56,025 --> 01:14:59,529 You're breaking your body every fucking practice and every game. 1435 01:14:59,663 --> 01:15:02,298 And whenever they decide to take the scholarship away from you, they can, 1436 01:15:02,431 --> 01:15:03,967 whenever the fuck they feel like it. 1437 01:15:04,100 --> 01:15:06,903 That's a crazy, sick system. 1438 01:15:07,036 --> 01:15:10,206 And maybe you two will change it. I don't know. 1439 01:15:10,339 --> 01:15:13,977 But I want y'all to understand something. There's a lot of Han Lawsons out here. 1440 01:15:15,211 --> 01:15:16,646 Survival of the fittest. 1441 01:15:18,347 --> 01:15:20,116 America. 1442 01:15:21,585 --> 01:15:23,553 This little pigskin football right here 1443 01:15:23,687 --> 01:15:25,054 holds a lot of weight to it. 1444 01:15:25,188 --> 01:15:26,956 It's more than a game. 1445 01:15:27,090 --> 01:15:28,892 It's a fucking business. 1446 01:15:33,429 --> 01:15:34,798 Hey, Coach. 1447 01:15:35,832 --> 01:15:37,567 Thank you. 1448 01:15:38,534 --> 01:15:40,003 Good luck, fellas. 1449 01:15:41,304 --> 01:15:43,206 [coughs] 1450 01:15:46,342 --> 01:15:48,544 [sighs] [door closes] 1451 01:15:48,678 --> 01:15:50,513 We're gonna need Cecil on board. 1452 01:15:50,647 --> 01:15:54,183 We both don't play, the advertisers will start pulling out. 1453 01:15:55,518 --> 01:15:56,920 It's the only way. 1454 01:15:57,921 --> 01:16:00,023 [blues rock music playing] 1455 01:16:00,156 --> 01:16:02,358 [Rodgers] Take a little more of the edge off. 1456 01:16:04,260 --> 01:16:06,395 Gotta let it out. 1457 01:16:06,529 --> 01:16:09,398 If you don't, it just stays inside you, it becomes poison. 1458 01:16:09,532 --> 01:16:11,234 [Taylor sighs] 1459 01:16:11,367 --> 01:16:14,070 Okay, what's the plan? Damn it. 1460 01:16:14,203 --> 01:16:16,139 I can't even focus on that right now. 1461 01:16:16,272 --> 01:16:19,575 Well, you... you got to. You gotta bifurcate. 1462 01:16:19,709 --> 01:16:23,947 Uh, I don't know what that means, but I think I get the gist of it. 1463 01:16:24,080 --> 01:16:25,915 About to lose 500,000 'cause of LeMarcus. 1464 01:16:26,049 --> 01:16:27,116 [Rodgers] Taylor. He fucked us. 1465 01:16:27,250 --> 01:16:28,551 -Put the phone down. -He fucked us. 1466 01:16:28,685 --> 01:16:30,353 -Put the phone down. -All right. 1467 01:16:30,486 --> 01:16:33,022 Coach, I know you don't want to hear this right now. 1468 01:16:33,156 --> 01:16:36,092 I've been married three times myself. 1469 01:16:36,225 --> 01:16:38,394 But the hurt goes away. 1470 01:16:38,527 --> 01:16:39,796 Poof. 1471 01:16:39,929 --> 01:16:41,965 One day, just like that. Gone. 1472 01:16:42,098 --> 01:16:44,801 I'm telling you, Bailey's my one and only. 1473 01:16:44,934 --> 01:16:47,937 And she's gone. And it's my own goddamn fault. 1474 01:16:48,071 --> 01:16:49,639 [Taylor] Coach, no offense at all. 1475 01:16:49,773 --> 01:16:51,708 Your love life, that's your thing. 1476 01:16:51,841 --> 01:16:53,309 Your racial views, that's your thing. 1477 01:16:53,442 --> 01:16:55,845 But we have a national title in less than 24 hours. 1478 01:16:55,979 --> 01:16:58,281 Can you please just focus on that? Fucking racial views? 1479 01:16:58,414 --> 01:16:59,916 First of all, one goddamn reporter 1480 01:17:00,049 --> 01:17:01,484 baits me into saying something stupid. 1481 01:17:01,617 --> 01:17:03,119 I know you're not racist. 1482 01:17:03,252 --> 01:17:04,854 I'm just saying we got the game to focus on, okay? 1483 01:17:04,988 --> 01:17:06,690 That's all I'm saying. What fucking game? 1484 01:17:06,823 --> 01:17:08,792 I don't have a goddamn team. Less than 24 hours. 1485 01:17:08,925 --> 01:17:12,128 I'm supposed to walk out of that tunnel with-- with freshmen. 1486 01:17:12,261 --> 01:17:14,698 Nobody's askin' you... and go in there and get our ass kicked? 1487 01:17:14,831 --> 01:17:17,533 You gotta figure it out. That's not competition. That's a fucking slaughter. 1488 01:17:17,667 --> 01:17:19,168 I'm doing what I can. 1489 01:17:19,302 --> 01:17:21,270 You gotta do better, Coach. You're under contract. 1490 01:17:21,404 --> 01:17:23,106 Con... Fuck that contract. 1491 01:17:23,239 --> 01:17:25,675 Are you talking to me about the fucking contract right now? 1492 01:17:25,809 --> 01:17:27,310 I could walk across the street tomorrow 1493 01:17:27,443 --> 01:17:29,312 and get another contract if they find me in breach. 1494 01:17:29,445 --> 01:17:31,681 I don't give a shit. I don't need the goddamn money anyway. 1495 01:17:31,815 --> 01:17:33,182 Coach, you're hurtin' right now. 1496 01:17:33,316 --> 01:17:36,519 Let's just give it an hour or two. 1497 01:17:36,652 --> 01:17:38,321 See the state of play. 1498 01:17:38,454 --> 01:17:41,624 It's best not to make any decisions feeling this way. 1499 01:17:43,159 --> 01:17:44,694 Tell you what. It's the ones 1500 01:17:44,828 --> 01:17:47,630 that are closest to us that hurt us the most. 1501 01:18:06,449 --> 01:18:08,852 You as good as they say you are? 1502 01:18:08,985 --> 01:18:11,687 To which of my many talents are you referring? 1503 01:18:12,989 --> 01:18:15,391 There was a fight that no one knows about. 1504 01:18:15,524 --> 01:18:17,861 A real brawl. A kid got hurt bad. 1505 01:18:17,994 --> 01:18:21,197 I'll alert the authorities. Oh, they know. 1506 01:18:21,330 --> 01:18:24,734 He's blind in one eye now and got a hole in his skull. 1507 01:18:26,402 --> 01:18:29,405 But money talks, and NDAs don't. 1508 01:18:34,610 --> 01:18:36,045 I'm listening. 1509 01:18:38,815 --> 01:18:40,183 LeMarcus. 1510 01:18:42,285 --> 01:18:43,519 [shower running] 1511 01:18:43,652 --> 01:18:46,422 [practicing Italian] 1512 01:18:46,555 --> 01:18:49,325 Oh, crap, I think I just called you my pistachio. [laughs] 1513 01:18:49,458 --> 01:18:52,929 Your phone sucks. Is mine in there? 1514 01:18:53,062 --> 01:18:54,663 It is here. 1515 01:18:54,798 --> 01:18:56,532 [Bailey] Ah. 1516 01:18:56,665 --> 01:18:59,803 You just got a text from a guy named Mike Titus. 1517 01:18:59,936 --> 01:19:01,771 What? Crap. 1518 01:19:01,905 --> 01:19:05,374 I just must have grabbed James' personal one again by accident. 1519 01:19:05,508 --> 01:19:09,312 [Italian accent] Can you bring it to me, mi pistachio? 1520 01:19:10,746 --> 01:19:12,782 It's probably goin' ape-shit right now. 1521 01:19:12,916 --> 01:19:14,918 After everything we've done for LeMarcus. 1522 01:19:15,051 --> 01:19:18,387 Every single one of those kids are spoiled brats. 1523 01:19:18,521 --> 01:19:20,423 Spoiled freaking brats. 1524 01:19:20,556 --> 01:19:22,959 Geez. [chuckles] 1525 01:19:23,092 --> 01:19:27,130 Oh, I cannot wait to go to Rome. 1526 01:19:27,263 --> 01:19:30,099 There's this one place that I want to eat at, 1527 01:19:30,233 --> 01:19:33,402 and they still have the bullet holes in the walls from the war. 1528 01:19:33,536 --> 01:19:37,073 Do you see this? Probably not, 'cause your phone stinks. 1529 01:19:40,844 --> 01:19:41,945 What? 1530 01:19:44,848 --> 01:19:46,782 I've been helping LeMarcus. 1531 01:19:49,518 --> 01:19:51,254 What? 1532 01:19:51,387 --> 01:19:53,156 You know, with his boycott. 1533 01:19:53,289 --> 01:19:54,891 That's why I'm here. 1534 01:19:56,525 --> 01:19:58,327 I don't get it. 1535 01:20:00,329 --> 01:20:02,665 He came to me after class. 1536 01:20:03,666 --> 01:20:05,134 And... [sighs] 1537 01:20:06,235 --> 01:20:07,770 ...what was I gonna do? 1538 01:20:08,737 --> 01:20:10,706 Be another tenured paper tiger? 1539 01:20:12,275 --> 01:20:14,377 Teaching organized labor five days a week, 1540 01:20:14,510 --> 01:20:16,880 then hide behind my desk when one of my own students 1541 01:20:17,013 --> 01:20:19,182 actually wants to do something about it? 1542 01:20:21,084 --> 01:20:22,852 So... 1543 01:20:22,986 --> 01:20:24,353 I helped him 1544 01:20:25,488 --> 01:20:27,456 with his strategy 1545 01:20:28,257 --> 01:20:29,893 any way I could. 1546 01:20:31,961 --> 01:20:33,096 It's funny. 1547 01:20:33,229 --> 01:20:35,331 LeMarcus knew the rumors about us, 1548 01:20:35,464 --> 01:20:37,200 like everybody else. 1549 01:20:37,333 --> 01:20:39,135 Except your husband, of course. 1550 01:20:40,436 --> 01:20:43,672 And you, calling LeMarcus a spoiled brat, 1551 01:20:44,640 --> 01:20:48,211 especially when he has so much to lose. 1552 01:20:50,146 --> 01:20:53,682 Maybe you're more part of the system than you think. Get out. 1553 01:20:55,818 --> 01:20:57,987 [voice breaking] Get the fuck out of here. 1554 01:21:02,658 --> 01:21:03,927 Leave! 1555 01:21:14,670 --> 01:21:16,039 [door closes] 1556 01:21:19,008 --> 01:21:20,076 [sobs] 1557 01:21:27,016 --> 01:21:28,717 [whispers] Fuck me. 1558 01:21:28,851 --> 01:21:30,019 [sobs] 1559 01:21:47,971 --> 01:21:49,538 [knocking] 1560 01:21:54,010 --> 01:21:55,678 [sighs] 1561 01:22:05,588 --> 01:22:07,790 Oh, sorry. I think we got the wrong room. 1562 01:22:07,923 --> 01:22:09,792 No. This room is Cecil's. 1563 01:22:09,925 --> 01:22:12,261 Come in. We don't have a lot of time. 1564 01:22:20,569 --> 01:22:23,139 My name's Katherine Poe. I come bearing gifts. 1565 01:22:23,272 --> 01:22:25,241 You need my phone? 1566 01:22:28,711 --> 01:22:30,013 You look rough. 1567 01:22:30,146 --> 01:22:32,281 Just a cold. 1568 01:22:32,415 --> 01:22:33,916 Where's Cecil? 1569 01:22:34,050 --> 01:22:36,652 They're in a suite ten floors up, playing 2K. 1570 01:22:38,121 --> 01:22:39,588 No, wait. 1571 01:22:39,722 --> 01:22:42,058 [chuckles] You haven't even heard my offer yet. 1572 01:22:42,191 --> 01:22:44,793 It's a pretty good offer. A lot of wonderful things. 1573 01:22:44,927 --> 01:22:46,662 A lot of meat on the bone. 1574 01:22:51,867 --> 01:22:53,436 Okay. 1575 01:22:53,569 --> 01:22:55,404 What you got? 1576 01:22:55,538 --> 01:22:57,840 I send the best concierge doctor in New Orleans, 1577 01:22:57,973 --> 01:22:59,608 Dr. Eric, to your room. 1578 01:22:59,742 --> 01:23:03,179 He gives you an IV, a Z-Pak, you get plenty of rest, 1579 01:23:03,312 --> 01:23:05,481 you and your team play the game, 1580 01:23:06,815 --> 01:23:08,951 and you go number one overall in April. 1581 01:23:09,085 --> 01:23:10,486 All your dreams come true. 1582 01:23:10,619 --> 01:23:12,221 And... 1583 01:23:12,355 --> 01:23:15,158 I will personally make sure 1584 01:23:15,291 --> 01:23:18,694 that the NCAA forms an exploratory committee 1585 01:23:18,827 --> 01:23:21,964 to fully monetize amateur athletics. 1586 01:23:22,098 --> 01:23:24,400 "Exploratory committee"? Yeah, that's gonna be a pass. 1587 01:23:24,533 --> 01:23:27,536 [Katherine] No, wait. You haven't heard the cherry on top. 1588 01:23:28,804 --> 01:23:30,973 Best part is, you don't go to jail. 1589 01:23:32,875 --> 01:23:35,211 [scoffs] For boycottin' a football game? 1590 01:23:35,344 --> 01:23:38,547 For the attempted murder of K.C. Walton. 1591 01:23:43,586 --> 01:23:44,953 [Emmett] Wow. 1592 01:23:45,988 --> 01:23:47,890 Wow! 1593 01:23:48,023 --> 01:23:51,460 For the last 48 hours, you guys have been trying to destroy this man! 1594 01:23:51,594 --> 01:23:53,896 And what, you land on outright assassination? 1595 01:23:54,029 --> 01:23:57,233 For what, money? K.C. Walton is blind in one eye. 1596 01:23:57,366 --> 01:23:59,402 He has a crack in his skull, 1597 01:23:59,535 --> 01:24:03,739 and he hasn't walked the same ever since that fight outside of the, uh, 1598 01:24:03,872 --> 01:24:06,842 Gin Mill Bar and Grill. 1599 01:24:08,877 --> 01:24:10,913 So I spoke to his mother, 1600 01:24:11,046 --> 01:24:12,848 and she jumped at the idea of being able to... [whispers] It's bullshit. 1601 01:24:12,981 --> 01:24:15,118 It's not bullshit! 1602 01:24:15,251 --> 01:24:18,454 She jumped at the idea of being able to throw out that NDA 1603 01:24:18,587 --> 01:24:21,357 and burn that 100K that was used to buy them off 1604 01:24:21,490 --> 01:24:23,926 if it meant that she could find the guys 1605 01:24:24,059 --> 01:24:26,929 who hurt her son and get paid again. 1606 01:24:27,062 --> 01:24:29,932 You don't know what you're doing. Hey. No. 1607 01:24:31,200 --> 01:24:32,568 She ain't got nothin'. 1608 01:24:32,701 --> 01:24:34,370 Let's get outta here. 1609 01:24:36,339 --> 01:24:37,773 I got Reggie. 1610 01:24:41,510 --> 01:24:43,179 Your half-brother. 1611 01:24:48,184 --> 01:24:49,618 So you spoke to him? 1612 01:24:51,187 --> 01:24:53,256 Haven't found him yet. 1613 01:24:53,389 --> 01:24:56,859 When I do, I promise you, I am going to piece together 1614 01:24:56,992 --> 01:24:59,395 what exactly happened that night. 1615 01:24:59,528 --> 01:25:02,131 LeMarcus, wake up. 1616 01:25:03,566 --> 01:25:06,369 How do you think it is gonna look when someone like Reggie, 1617 01:25:06,502 --> 01:25:09,071 who has two felony possession charges 1618 01:25:09,205 --> 01:25:11,140 and assault and battery, shows up 1619 01:25:11,274 --> 01:25:13,342 in front of an all-white jury in Missouri 1620 01:25:13,476 --> 01:25:14,977 with attempted-murder charges 1621 01:25:15,110 --> 01:25:18,080 to a guy who is permanently injured? 1622 01:25:19,315 --> 01:25:21,317 One look at that jack, and I'd be able to know 1623 01:25:21,450 --> 01:25:23,352 that he was the one that kicked K.C.'s ass. 1624 01:25:24,287 --> 01:25:26,589 But guess what? This is America. 1625 01:25:26,722 --> 01:25:29,192 [whispers] Nobody cares about your brother. 1626 01:25:29,892 --> 01:25:30,959 Nobody. 1627 01:25:32,728 --> 01:25:35,698 [normal voice] The only one they were able to spot that night in that melee 1628 01:25:35,831 --> 01:25:39,702 was one LeMarcus James, star quarterback. 1629 01:25:39,835 --> 01:25:42,104 And so the state police picked you up 1630 01:25:42,238 --> 01:25:43,639 and hit you with charges, 1631 01:25:43,772 --> 01:25:45,674 but some deep-pocketed booster, 1632 01:25:45,808 --> 01:25:47,910 who I think I just fucking met, 1633 01:25:48,043 --> 01:25:49,111 stepped in 1634 01:25:49,245 --> 01:25:51,814 and paid off K.C. and his family. 1635 01:25:51,947 --> 01:25:53,949 Because that's what we do in big football, right? 1636 01:25:54,082 --> 01:25:56,585 You protect the phenom 1637 01:25:56,719 --> 01:26:00,356 when he has a chance of bringing home that national title this year. 1638 01:26:00,489 --> 01:26:02,358 Sound about right? 1639 01:26:03,959 --> 01:26:07,796 I suggest you let Dr. Eric patch you up tonight, 1640 01:26:07,930 --> 01:26:11,467 and then we do a joint press conference in the morning. 1641 01:26:11,600 --> 01:26:15,338 All the head honchos up in the penthouse, 1642 01:26:15,471 --> 01:26:17,139 heads bowed, 1643 01:26:17,273 --> 01:26:19,808 agreeing that, yes, there is a problem. 1644 01:26:21,510 --> 01:26:23,178 And then you play. 1645 01:26:23,312 --> 01:26:26,649 You win, and you get to take that victory lap 1646 01:26:26,782 --> 01:26:29,418 you have been dreaming about since... 1647 01:26:29,552 --> 01:26:31,854 since you stood on the sidelines 1648 01:26:31,987 --> 01:26:34,657 watching your big brother in north Virginia. 1649 01:26:36,191 --> 01:26:40,429 And then change does come because of you, eventually. 1650 01:26:40,563 --> 01:26:43,599 And that is something you both can be proud of. 1651 01:26:44,567 --> 01:26:47,236 I got a question. 1652 01:26:47,370 --> 01:26:50,406 Are you completely fucking heartless, or just a little bit? 1653 01:26:50,539 --> 01:26:53,041 Oh, my God. [Emmett] How do you live with yourself? 1654 01:26:53,175 --> 01:26:56,979 Honestly, how do you live with yourself? [shouts] I am not heartless! 1655 01:26:57,112 --> 01:26:58,981 You do not know me! 1656 01:27:00,683 --> 01:27:03,486 You think I don't know your struggle? 1657 01:27:03,619 --> 01:27:07,290 You think I don't know what you have come from? That I haven't been there? 1658 01:27:08,357 --> 01:27:10,058 You think I don't know what it's like 1659 01:27:10,192 --> 01:27:12,227 to be without heat in your house? 1660 01:27:12,361 --> 01:27:13,862 That I don't know what it's like 1661 01:27:13,996 --> 01:27:16,164 to not be able to afford your jersey, 1662 01:27:16,299 --> 01:27:17,800 and you are avoiding your coach 1663 01:27:17,933 --> 01:27:20,536 'cause you don't have the $50 to pay for it? 1664 01:27:22,237 --> 01:27:24,940 [voice breaking] I ran track at Duke, okay? 1665 01:27:26,375 --> 01:27:27,743 Full ride. 1666 01:27:27,876 --> 01:27:29,812 No big medals, no big wins. 1667 01:27:29,945 --> 01:27:33,282 But I took that money because it was the only way I was gonna run myself 1668 01:27:33,416 --> 01:27:36,151 out of that Red Hook project. 1669 01:27:36,285 --> 01:27:38,887 [scoffs] You think you know me. 1670 01:27:40,255 --> 01:27:42,124 You don't know me. 1671 01:27:42,257 --> 01:27:46,094 I had to fight and climb 1672 01:27:46,228 --> 01:27:48,564 and crawl to be here 1673 01:27:48,697 --> 01:27:50,699 because I did the work. 1674 01:27:54,036 --> 01:27:59,074 The NCAA spends $3.6 billion 1675 01:27:59,207 --> 01:28:02,778 on student-athlete scholarships for kids like me, 1676 01:28:02,911 --> 01:28:05,414 like you and like you, 1677 01:28:06,782 --> 01:28:08,984 so that we can get a leg up. 1678 01:28:09,117 --> 01:28:11,053 And what happens to all of that 1679 01:28:12,120 --> 01:28:14,122 when they start paying you? 1680 01:28:14,256 --> 01:28:15,724 Hmm? 1681 01:28:15,858 --> 01:28:20,095 What happens to volleyball in Minnesota, 1682 01:28:20,228 --> 01:28:22,130 to soccer in Idaho, 1683 01:28:22,264 --> 01:28:24,433 to softball in South Carolina? 1684 01:28:24,567 --> 01:28:26,935 What happens to all of those other sports 1685 01:28:27,069 --> 01:28:30,673 that are not men's football and basketball? 1686 01:28:32,675 --> 01:28:36,211 You out here fighting, and you forgot who you're fighting for. 1687 01:28:38,781 --> 01:28:41,850 You know, but... [clears throat, sighs] 1688 01:28:42,951 --> 01:28:44,653 Hey, what do I know? 1689 01:28:45,821 --> 01:28:47,289 I'm heartless. 1690 01:29:00,736 --> 01:29:02,270 [door opens] 1691 01:29:04,006 --> 01:29:05,474 [door closes] 1692 01:29:09,111 --> 01:29:11,313 [crowd chattering] 1693 01:29:24,627 --> 01:29:27,930 [on TV] Hi, everybody, and good morning from the Big Easy. I'm Steve Levy. 1694 01:29:28,063 --> 01:29:29,698 We are some 12 hours away 1695 01:29:29,832 --> 01:29:32,535 from tonight's Snickers National Title game. 1696 01:29:32,668 --> 01:29:34,703 Now, I'm being told that a midnight deal 1697 01:29:34,837 --> 01:29:37,372 may have been brokered with LeMarcus James. 1698 01:29:37,506 --> 01:29:40,275 Details still remain a little bit sketchy, 1699 01:29:40,409 --> 01:29:43,546 but there's a news conference scheduled for a couple hours from now. 1700 01:29:43,679 --> 01:29:45,748 My sources tell me that both teams 1701 01:29:45,881 --> 01:29:47,382 could be at full strength tonight, 1702 01:29:47,516 --> 01:29:49,685 and that includes James. 1703 01:29:49,818 --> 01:29:51,620 You know what else that means? 1704 01:29:51,754 --> 01:29:54,423 Strike up the band. Fire up that old grill. 1705 01:29:54,557 --> 01:29:56,992 We're gonna have some great football action for you to-- 1706 01:29:57,125 --> 01:30:00,228 The 13-1 Cougars against the undefeated Wolves, 1707 01:30:00,362 --> 01:30:01,897 the two best players in the country... 1708 01:30:02,030 --> 01:30:04,600 Or will it? Even with the rumors 1709 01:30:04,733 --> 01:30:06,735 of a late-night deal with LeMarcus James, 1710 01:30:06,869 --> 01:30:10,205 many oddsmakers still doubt he will actually play tonight. 1711 01:30:10,338 --> 01:30:13,008 So the question is, can James Lazor's Wolves 1712 01:30:13,141 --> 01:30:15,010 win without their star quarterback? 1713 01:30:15,143 --> 01:30:16,612 I'm not so sure. 1714 01:30:16,745 --> 01:30:20,348 Well, yeah. He and LeMarcus have the same mother. 1715 01:30:20,483 --> 01:30:22,284 Yeah, they both grew up in Virginia. 1716 01:30:22,417 --> 01:30:25,454 Reggie, he played JUCO football, 1717 01:30:25,588 --> 01:30:27,289 but that fizzled out after they cut him 1718 01:30:27,422 --> 01:30:29,424 for having too many concussions. 1719 01:30:29,558 --> 01:30:31,426 I would start with the state prisons. 1720 01:30:31,560 --> 01:30:33,596 Even try mental health facilities. 1721 01:30:33,729 --> 01:30:35,831 We need to do a social media backdoor too. 1722 01:30:35,964 --> 01:30:37,766 I doubt that he even has an account, 1723 01:30:37,900 --> 01:30:40,135 but we have got to find him. [knocking] 1724 01:30:41,369 --> 01:30:43,138 He is our pressure point. 1725 01:30:43,271 --> 01:30:45,608 Oh. Coach. 1726 01:30:48,076 --> 01:30:49,645 I got your message. 1727 01:30:53,649 --> 01:30:55,951 This thing we're toying with, 1728 01:30:57,620 --> 01:30:59,922 it's Pandora's box, you know? 1729 01:31:01,123 --> 01:31:02,290 I know. 1730 01:31:02,424 --> 01:31:03,959 Nobody gets hurt. 1731 01:31:05,193 --> 01:31:06,662 Nobody goes to jail. 1732 01:31:06,795 --> 01:31:09,798 We just play this game. That's what we all want. 1733 01:31:17,773 --> 01:31:19,942 [coughing] 1734 01:31:20,075 --> 01:31:22,110 [Emmett] Dear Lord, 1735 01:31:22,244 --> 01:31:25,313 the trees are thick, and we've yet to see a path through the wilderness. 1736 01:31:26,849 --> 01:31:28,617 Send us a light. 1737 01:31:28,751 --> 01:31:30,953 Show us the way. Amen. 1738 01:31:31,086 --> 01:31:33,388 Amen. [coughing] 1739 01:31:36,124 --> 01:31:39,327 I can't believe you've been here this whole time and didn't tell us. 1740 01:31:39,461 --> 01:31:42,064 What? You thought I was gonna miss the show? 1741 01:31:42,197 --> 01:31:44,366 [LeMarcus chuckles quietly] 1742 01:31:44,499 --> 01:31:45,901 I'm sorry. 1743 01:31:46,034 --> 01:31:48,170 No, hey, you don't owe me anything. 1744 01:31:48,303 --> 01:31:50,673 You're the one, the two of you, who had the guts and vision-- 1745 01:31:50,806 --> 01:31:53,008 I meant about her. 1746 01:31:54,109 --> 01:31:56,178 Oh. [inhales sharply] 1747 01:31:56,311 --> 01:31:57,780 Yeah. Her. 1748 01:31:58,781 --> 01:31:59,982 Well... 1749 01:32:00,115 --> 01:32:01,216 [inhales sharply] 1750 01:32:01,349 --> 01:32:03,451 I made my own bed on that one, so... 1751 01:32:03,586 --> 01:32:05,888 "Thou shalt not commit adultery" 1752 01:32:06,021 --> 01:32:07,623 is the seventh Commandment. 1753 01:32:10,959 --> 01:32:13,361 Thank you for clarifying that, Emmett. 1754 01:32:14,496 --> 01:32:16,164 You're welcome. 1755 01:32:16,298 --> 01:32:19,301 [LeMarcus] Look, Elliott, we can't thank you enough, man. 1756 01:32:19,434 --> 01:32:22,137 Without you, we-- [sighs] 1757 01:32:22,270 --> 01:32:24,673 we wouldn't have even had a shot to pull this off. 1758 01:32:26,508 --> 01:32:28,210 What's going on here? 1759 01:32:29,745 --> 01:32:31,614 Are we about to hold hands 1760 01:32:31,747 --> 01:32:33,849 and feel good about your little protest? 1761 01:32:33,982 --> 01:32:36,551 'Cause I thought you guys were in it to win it. 1762 01:32:36,685 --> 01:32:38,553 You know, as if it were, say, 1763 01:32:38,687 --> 01:32:41,123 the national title. 1764 01:32:46,695 --> 01:32:50,232 Let me give you a little something I stumbled across from my travels. 1765 01:32:51,934 --> 01:32:54,436 I believe that's your coach's. 1766 01:32:55,604 --> 01:32:57,405 Wasn't even wrapped in aluminum. 1767 01:32:57,539 --> 01:32:59,875 Amateur move. 1768 01:33:01,644 --> 01:33:04,446 Yeah, but what's the point of this? We can't unlock it. 1769 01:33:05,848 --> 01:33:08,784 Do you need to? You know what's on it. 1770 01:33:10,252 --> 01:33:13,521 And you're a quarterback. You know how to bluff the other team. 1771 01:33:19,327 --> 01:33:20,863 So you're saying we keep going? 1772 01:33:20,996 --> 01:33:22,464 [Elliott] That's not my decision. 1773 01:33:22,597 --> 01:33:24,967 It's not even about which one is right. 1774 01:33:26,869 --> 01:33:29,537 It's about, which one are you gonna be able to live with, 1775 01:33:29,672 --> 01:33:31,740 no matter how it goes, 1776 01:33:31,874 --> 01:33:34,009 how much you suffer the consequences. 1777 01:33:37,112 --> 01:33:40,783 I'm just letting you know you still have some options. 1778 01:33:40,916 --> 01:33:44,419 [coughing] It's off to Rome for me, comrades. 1779 01:33:44,552 --> 01:33:47,455 Wait, you ain't staying for the game? Nah, opiate for the masses. 1780 01:33:47,589 --> 01:33:50,192 It's, like, too much winning for my taste. 1781 01:33:53,495 --> 01:33:55,330 I'm so proud of you guys. 1782 01:33:57,132 --> 01:33:58,801 You did this. 1783 01:33:58,934 --> 01:34:01,169 You alone. And it was... 1784 01:34:03,571 --> 01:34:05,507 It was fucking magnificent. 1785 01:34:08,877 --> 01:34:10,645 Veni, vidi... 1786 01:34:10,779 --> 01:34:12,147 Vici. Vici. 1787 01:34:12,280 --> 01:34:14,082 [door closes] [coughing] 1788 01:34:15,450 --> 01:34:16,685 [LeMarcus] Goddamn. 1789 01:34:16,819 --> 01:34:18,120 Well... 1790 01:34:19,755 --> 01:34:21,924 we're about due for our surrender. 1791 01:34:23,058 --> 01:34:24,793 What you thinkin'? 1792 01:34:25,593 --> 01:34:27,162 I don't fucking know. 1793 01:34:28,130 --> 01:34:29,631 My head is pounding. 1794 01:34:29,765 --> 01:34:32,200 Where's that doc? 1795 01:34:32,334 --> 01:34:35,203 Yeah, I'll go get him. He said he'd wait in the lobby. 1796 01:34:36,538 --> 01:34:37,706 [coughing] 1797 01:34:37,840 --> 01:34:39,474 Damn, you sick. 1798 01:34:39,607 --> 01:34:42,677 See if I can get you another IV. I'll be back in ten. 1799 01:34:47,382 --> 01:34:48,851 [door closes] 1800 01:35:53,782 --> 01:35:57,285 [Mike] As soon as he gets here, we'll have the coach and him reunite, 1801 01:35:57,419 --> 01:36:01,123 uh, pleasantries, and then we'll get right to inviting the media in. 1802 01:36:01,256 --> 01:36:03,758 I'll give them a few minutes. They'll go off to play. 1803 01:36:03,892 --> 01:36:05,493 [knocking on door] 1804 01:36:05,627 --> 01:36:06,962 Here we go. 1805 01:36:09,531 --> 01:36:10,698 [Everly] Hey! 1806 01:36:10,833 --> 01:36:13,268 LeMarcus has risen. There he is. 1807 01:36:13,401 --> 01:36:15,938 All right. Great to see you. 1808 01:36:16,071 --> 01:36:18,073 Can I get you something? Some water? A Snickers? 1809 01:36:18,206 --> 01:36:20,075 -[laughter] -I'm good, thanks. 1810 01:36:20,208 --> 01:36:22,644 [Mike] You were a little under the weather, but you're better now. 1811 01:36:22,777 --> 01:36:24,412 Yeah. 1812 01:36:24,546 --> 01:36:26,714 [Mike] That's good news. [Wes] Not for us. 1813 01:36:26,849 --> 01:36:28,150 [laughter] 1814 01:36:28,283 --> 01:36:30,118 [Everly] True. 1815 01:36:30,252 --> 01:36:32,220 [Mike] Um, I just wanted to, uh, 1816 01:36:32,354 --> 01:36:34,489 get us to have a little face-to-face 1817 01:36:34,622 --> 01:36:36,258 before we bring the cameras in here. 1818 01:36:36,391 --> 01:36:38,260 I was just telling the coach here 1819 01:36:38,393 --> 01:36:40,762 how impressed I was with, uh, your conduct. 1820 01:36:40,896 --> 01:36:42,130 Very honorable. 1821 01:36:43,231 --> 01:36:44,599 [Coach Lazor] LeMarcus. 1822 01:36:44,732 --> 01:36:46,501 The team is back. 1823 01:36:47,569 --> 01:36:49,371 They heard about this deal, and... 1824 01:36:50,338 --> 01:36:51,874 everybody else is playin' this. 1825 01:36:52,007 --> 01:36:53,475 It's just you and Emmett now. 1826 01:36:53,608 --> 01:36:57,212 These gentlemen are giving you a committee, 1827 01:36:57,345 --> 01:37:00,315 and they are gonna address all of your grievances. 1828 01:37:01,616 --> 01:37:02,951 So, 1829 01:37:03,818 --> 01:37:06,188 time to put on those pads, 1830 01:37:06,321 --> 01:37:08,123 join your brothers, and do battle. 1831 01:37:09,124 --> 01:37:10,692 Everybody's countin' on you. 1832 01:37:12,427 --> 01:37:14,362 I'm countin' on you. 1833 01:37:17,799 --> 01:37:19,667 You know, I assure you, LeMarcus, 1834 01:37:19,801 --> 01:37:21,603 this isn't a ceremonial committee. 1835 01:37:21,736 --> 01:37:23,838 We're gonna dig down into these issues 1836 01:37:23,972 --> 01:37:26,875 and figure out what's best for all of us. 1837 01:37:29,744 --> 01:37:31,346 All right? 1838 01:37:31,479 --> 01:37:33,548 Like the coach said, we have a game to play. 1839 01:37:33,681 --> 01:37:35,683 Let's get the cameras in... I didn't say yes. 1840 01:37:37,019 --> 01:37:38,720 [Everly] What's that? 1841 01:37:39,654 --> 01:37:40,989 I didn't say yes. 1842 01:37:43,325 --> 01:37:45,160 [sighs] 1843 01:37:47,662 --> 01:37:49,564 What would it take in your mind 1844 01:37:50,465 --> 01:37:52,400 to get to yes? 1845 01:37:54,569 --> 01:37:56,704 Well, our demands haven't changed. 1846 01:38:01,243 --> 01:38:03,211 [chuckles] 1847 01:38:32,207 --> 01:38:34,109 [Katherine] That's the sealed case file 1848 01:38:34,242 --> 01:38:36,544 from that fateful night at the Gin Mill. 1849 01:38:39,314 --> 01:38:43,085 The detectives investigated for two weeks, and then... 1850 01:38:43,218 --> 01:38:44,652 [sighs] 1851 01:38:44,786 --> 01:38:49,257 ...suddenly, K.C. Walton decided to drop the charges. 1852 01:38:55,597 --> 01:38:58,500 A lot of movin' pieces in there, LeMarcus. 1853 01:38:59,467 --> 01:39:01,303 This thing is a minefield. 1854 01:39:03,105 --> 01:39:05,407 You find my brother yet? [Katherine] Getting close. 1855 01:39:05,540 --> 01:39:09,644 I'd really love to stop the search and just have a beer, 1856 01:39:10,778 --> 01:39:12,514 watch a football game. 1857 01:39:16,118 --> 01:39:18,253 Well, why don't we tell 'em, Coach? 1858 01:39:19,587 --> 01:39:21,123 We're a wolf pack, right? 1859 01:39:23,091 --> 01:39:24,993 We hunt together, we starve alone. 1860 01:39:25,127 --> 01:39:26,894 Ain't that the creed you always preach? 1861 01:39:27,029 --> 01:39:30,465 Why don't we tell everybody how high up this really goes? 1862 01:39:30,598 --> 01:39:32,500 Stop. Just stop. 1863 01:39:32,634 --> 01:39:35,570 Look, you come out of this now, 1864 01:39:35,703 --> 01:39:37,939 you're not just a Heisman Trophy winner, 1865 01:39:38,073 --> 01:39:40,008 NFL first-rounder. 1866 01:39:41,576 --> 01:39:44,812 You're an icon now. You've already accomplished that. 1867 01:39:44,946 --> 01:39:47,949 You're the Curt Flood of collegiate athletics. 1868 01:39:49,117 --> 01:39:51,286 You're making history here already. 1869 01:39:51,419 --> 01:39:53,121 They're gonna write books about you. 1870 01:39:53,255 --> 01:39:55,557 Now, don't throw everything away for-for 1871 01:39:55,690 --> 01:39:58,193 whatever this self-righteous bullshit is. 1872 01:39:58,326 --> 01:39:59,961 Come on, man. You've worked too hard. 1873 01:40:00,095 --> 01:40:01,329 [grunts softly] 1874 01:40:01,463 --> 01:40:03,798 We've worked too hard for this. 1875 01:40:04,832 --> 01:40:07,001 Let's just go fuckin' win this thing. 1876 01:40:08,670 --> 01:40:10,138 [scoffs] 1877 01:40:10,272 --> 01:40:11,306 Win. 1878 01:40:13,175 --> 01:40:15,410 That's all that really matters, right? 1879 01:40:17,145 --> 01:40:18,613 Just win. 1880 01:40:20,182 --> 01:40:22,117 So that's what I did. 1881 01:40:22,250 --> 01:40:24,519 I won every damn game I could. 1882 01:40:25,953 --> 01:40:27,789 Conference championships, 1883 01:40:27,922 --> 01:40:30,458 Heisman Trophy-- I won and I won and I won. 1884 01:40:30,592 --> 01:40:35,029 Until you were so blind, you didn't even see the game I was really playin'. 1885 01:40:35,163 --> 01:40:37,465 You see, in order to slay Goliath, 1886 01:40:37,599 --> 01:40:40,402 you gotta do it on the biggest stage with the brightest lights. 1887 01:40:40,535 --> 01:40:42,970 Millions of people, an entire system, 1888 01:40:43,105 --> 01:40:45,907 so desperate for one more win, 1889 01:40:46,040 --> 01:40:47,675 they'd do anything, give anything. 1890 01:40:47,809 --> 01:40:50,512 No matter how many bodies you gotta stand on top of. 1891 01:40:51,646 --> 01:40:53,915 And then you got your professor 1892 01:40:54,048 --> 01:40:55,750 who's fuckin' the coach's wife... 1893 01:40:58,019 --> 01:40:59,754 to give you everything you need. 1894 01:41:01,856 --> 01:41:03,591 And you win. 1895 01:41:03,725 --> 01:41:05,960 -You motherfucker! -[excited chattering] 1896 01:41:06,094 --> 01:41:08,730 You ungrateful bi... Coach, don't do it. 1897 01:41:08,863 --> 01:41:11,699 Goddamn you, you fucking ungrateful... 1898 01:41:12,900 --> 01:41:15,870 Jesus fucking Christ, LeMarcus. 1899 01:41:16,003 --> 01:41:18,940 My wife! My wife! 1900 01:41:22,644 --> 01:41:24,412 [quietly] Oh, my God. 1901 01:41:29,817 --> 01:41:33,255 Jesus Christ, man. Everything we've been through together... 1902 01:41:35,423 --> 01:41:37,559 everything I've done for you... 1903 01:41:40,228 --> 01:41:43,198 You were a pimply faced little 16-year-old boy, 1904 01:41:44,566 --> 01:41:46,601 scared to leave home. 1905 01:41:48,770 --> 01:41:51,139 And I looked your mother in the eyes, 1906 01:41:51,273 --> 01:41:54,342 and I said, "I will take care of your boy." 1907 01:41:54,476 --> 01:41:56,644 And that's what I've done. 1908 01:41:59,814 --> 01:42:01,616 Treated you like my own. 1909 01:42:03,251 --> 01:42:05,086 Like my own son. 1910 01:42:10,492 --> 01:42:12,126 How could you... 1911 01:42:12,260 --> 01:42:13,761 [sighs] 1912 01:42:13,895 --> 01:42:15,763 Goddamn, LeMarcus. 1913 01:42:15,897 --> 01:42:17,932 [breathes shakily] Why? 1914 01:42:22,637 --> 01:42:24,606 For all the ones to come, Coach. 1915 01:42:25,940 --> 01:42:27,842 The ones who ain't as fortunate. 1916 01:42:29,611 --> 01:42:31,679 Get this broken system unbroken. 1917 01:42:33,981 --> 01:42:35,917 So no more of us get banged up 1918 01:42:36,050 --> 01:42:38,186 and forced back into poverty, 1919 01:42:39,554 --> 01:42:41,589 just like what happened to Reggie. 1920 01:42:44,459 --> 01:42:48,129 You were the only one who knew about that file. 1921 01:42:48,263 --> 01:42:51,466 And you stoop even lower, and you bring Reggie into this? 1922 01:42:53,000 --> 01:42:54,902 What, to you he's just... 1923 01:42:55,036 --> 01:42:57,639 he's just some pawn that you can use against me? 1924 01:43:00,007 --> 01:43:01,643 He was my brother. 1925 01:43:04,479 --> 01:43:06,180 He was a human being. 1926 01:43:09,551 --> 01:43:12,920 Reggie died four months ago in Tallahassee. 1927 01:43:15,022 --> 01:43:16,324 He took his own life. 1928 01:43:16,458 --> 01:43:19,261 [quietly] Oh, Jesus. Fuck. 1929 01:43:19,394 --> 01:43:22,230 Y'all didn't know. And what's worse, y'all don't even care. 1930 01:43:24,332 --> 01:43:26,167 There's always some new batch of kids 1931 01:43:26,301 --> 01:43:29,036 that get you more wins and get you more money. 1932 01:43:33,007 --> 01:43:34,342 I am not your son. 1933 01:43:35,810 --> 01:43:37,144 I'm a man. 1934 01:43:39,547 --> 01:43:41,048 [sniffles] 1935 01:43:42,984 --> 01:43:44,419 Yeah, you are. 1936 01:43:49,524 --> 01:43:51,158 And I love you. 1937 01:43:56,097 --> 01:43:58,132 But I got a football game to win. 1938 01:44:02,437 --> 01:44:04,071 [door opens] 1939 01:44:05,440 --> 01:44:06,874 [door closes] 1940 01:44:12,380 --> 01:44:14,416 [Mike clears throat] Gentlemen, um, 1941 01:44:14,549 --> 01:44:16,250 would you step out for a minute? 1942 01:44:17,385 --> 01:44:18,886 Give us some time? 1943 01:44:20,254 --> 01:44:21,589 [sniffles] 1944 01:44:39,374 --> 01:44:42,910 You open up that minefield, it's gonna be more than just me and Reggie. 1945 01:44:44,178 --> 01:44:45,780 On Coach's phone, we got emails 1946 01:44:45,913 --> 01:44:48,049 from prosecutors, law enforcement. 1947 01:44:48,182 --> 01:44:50,718 All of 'em were involved in the cover-up. 1948 01:44:50,852 --> 01:44:53,087 Shoot, even the governor 1949 01:44:53,220 --> 01:44:55,623 chest bumps in the locker room on game day. 1950 01:44:57,392 --> 01:45:00,862 Coach's phone, you'll find a text where he promises to take care of it. 1951 01:45:05,633 --> 01:45:07,001 The martyr. 1952 01:45:08,336 --> 01:45:10,838 Willing to die for the cause. 1953 01:45:10,972 --> 01:45:13,675 I find that courageous. Admirable. 1954 01:45:15,076 --> 01:45:17,679 But what about Emmett Sunday? 1955 01:45:18,813 --> 01:45:21,015 You said you were doing this for him. 1956 01:45:22,750 --> 01:45:24,151 Miss Poe? 1957 01:45:36,163 --> 01:45:37,532 [Katherine clears throat] 1958 01:45:37,665 --> 01:45:40,935 "It was chaos. People everywhere. 1959 01:45:41,068 --> 01:45:44,005 Then all of a sudden, LeMarcus James, the quarterback, 1960 01:45:44,138 --> 01:45:46,974 showed up with someone else. 1961 01:45:48,510 --> 01:45:52,146 [clears throat] A big guy. It was really dangerous. 1962 01:45:52,279 --> 01:45:54,181 Then the big white guy 1963 01:45:55,583 --> 01:45:58,052 flew through the crowd and hit one guy 1964 01:45:58,185 --> 01:46:01,355 who dropped like he was dead and threw another guy into a wall. 1965 01:46:01,489 --> 01:46:04,659 LeMarcus grabbed the man the crew were beating on, 1966 01:46:04,792 --> 01:46:06,428 and everyone ran. 1967 01:46:07,629 --> 01:46:10,231 Like I said, it was chaos." That was self-defense. 1968 01:46:11,332 --> 01:46:13,401 [Mike] Maybe so. Maybe so. 1969 01:46:14,402 --> 01:46:15,703 But does it matter? 1970 01:46:17,238 --> 01:46:19,707 We go down this road, 1971 01:46:19,841 --> 01:46:21,909 they won't be putting you on trial, 1972 01:46:22,043 --> 01:46:24,712 they'll be putting your best friend, Emmett. 1973 01:46:25,847 --> 01:46:29,216 Now, do you have the stomach to watch the sharks 1974 01:46:29,350 --> 01:46:31,486 rip him apart limb by limb 1975 01:46:31,619 --> 01:46:35,022 in front of the whole world and leave him destroyed, 1976 01:46:35,156 --> 01:46:36,323 canceled? 1977 01:46:38,392 --> 01:46:40,428 LeMarcus, you're standing toe-to-toe with the behemoth, 1978 01:46:40,562 --> 01:46:42,564 and we haven't even begun to fight. 1979 01:46:44,532 --> 01:46:46,768 College football is more important than you, 1980 01:46:46,901 --> 01:46:48,870 me, Emmett, 1981 01:46:49,003 --> 01:46:51,038 or whatever really is on that phone. 1982 01:46:52,674 --> 01:46:54,676 The American people 1983 01:46:54,809 --> 01:46:57,111 will let the state of Missouri fall under the sea 1984 01:46:57,244 --> 01:46:58,846 rather than give up Saturday afternoon, 1985 01:46:58,980 --> 01:47:00,682 drunk and roaring for their alma mater. 1986 01:47:02,950 --> 01:47:04,952 We're inevitable as the rain. 1987 01:47:12,426 --> 01:47:14,662 Now, you gonna put on that helmet or not? 1988 01:47:23,270 --> 01:47:25,840 [crowd cheering] 1989 01:47:29,276 --> 01:47:32,547 [sportscaster on TV] ...gearing up for the college football national title game. 1990 01:47:32,680 --> 01:47:34,381 The fans are buzzing with excitement... 1991 01:47:34,516 --> 01:47:37,151 [Emmett] "Inevitable"? Like what? 1992 01:47:38,553 --> 01:47:39,887 The rain. 1993 01:47:41,723 --> 01:47:44,091 "I'm inevitable as the rain." 1994 01:47:46,360 --> 01:47:48,630 Feels powerful. Mm-hmm. 1995 01:47:48,763 --> 01:47:50,397 It was. 1996 01:47:54,802 --> 01:47:56,170 [bones popping] 1997 01:47:56,303 --> 01:47:58,072 [sighs] 1998 01:47:58,205 --> 01:48:01,142 Gonna have to drain the fluid out of this damn thing again. 1999 01:48:04,912 --> 01:48:07,381 You look better. Lighter. 2000 01:48:07,515 --> 01:48:09,450 Finally breathe through my nose. 2001 01:48:10,618 --> 01:48:13,821 By the way, that Doc Holliday head fake, 2002 01:48:13,955 --> 01:48:16,658 you playing like you were on your deathbed, was sure good. 2003 01:48:17,592 --> 01:48:19,460 [scoffs] 2004 01:48:19,594 --> 01:48:23,064 Lacked the nuance of Kilmer, but, uh, I bought it. 2005 01:48:24,031 --> 01:48:25,667 I'll be your Huckleberry. 2006 01:48:25,800 --> 01:48:28,235 [both chuckle] 2007 01:48:34,609 --> 01:48:36,844 You sure they didn't try to use me against you? 2008 01:48:36,978 --> 01:48:38,179 Nah. 2009 01:48:39,614 --> 01:48:41,282 I swear. 2010 01:48:41,415 --> 01:48:43,517 'Cause if I find out that you were... 2011 01:48:43,651 --> 01:48:45,219 Trust me. 2012 01:48:45,352 --> 01:48:48,155 They know this fight hurts them way more than it hurts us. 2013 01:48:48,289 --> 01:48:52,026 All those people involved in the cover-up, they ain't doin' shit. 2014 01:48:52,159 --> 01:48:55,362 [Levy] The Superdome in New Orleans is ready to explode with excitement. 2015 01:48:55,496 --> 01:48:58,299 Tonight, it's the Snickers National Title game. 2016 01:48:58,432 --> 01:49:00,167 Hi, everybody, and good evening. 2017 01:49:00,301 --> 01:49:02,236 I'm Steve Levy, along with Malcolm Jenkins, 2018 01:49:02,369 --> 01:49:03,838 and this one has all the makings. 2019 01:49:03,971 --> 01:49:05,539 This could be a classic. No. 2020 01:49:05,673 --> 01:49:07,074 [Levy] We're talking about for years to come... 2021 01:49:07,208 --> 01:49:09,443 Leave it. ...for a variety of reasons. 2022 01:49:09,577 --> 01:49:11,378 A lot of the controversy still looms 2023 01:49:11,512 --> 01:49:13,581 with LeMarcus James bein' missin' from the action, 2024 01:49:13,715 --> 01:49:16,350 as he continues his fight against the NCAA practices, 2025 01:49:16,483 --> 01:49:18,753 a stance that has gone crazy on social media... Whoo. Yes, sir. 2026 01:49:18,886 --> 01:49:20,622 ...with the viral hashtag, "Fix the System." 2027 01:49:20,755 --> 01:49:22,790 [Levy] How about one million tweets 2028 01:49:22,924 --> 01:49:24,959 the last 12 hours alone? 2029 01:49:25,092 --> 01:49:27,428 My sense is, this is only the beginning. 2030 01:49:27,561 --> 01:49:31,132 How do you think that translates onto the field the next 60 minutes we'll see tonight? 2031 01:49:31,265 --> 01:49:33,467 [Jenkins] I think you'll see these coaches have these teams prepared. 2032 01:49:33,601 --> 01:49:35,402 These players have worked so hard to get to this moment, 2033 01:49:35,536 --> 01:49:37,071 that I think they'll be focused... 2034 01:49:37,204 --> 01:49:38,773 At least we made some noise, right? 2035 01:49:38,906 --> 01:49:40,775 ...knowing that this is everything... 2036 01:49:40,908 --> 01:49:42,744 Oh, that wasn't just noise. 2037 01:49:44,145 --> 01:49:46,247 The truth is out now because of us. 2038 01:49:47,414 --> 01:49:48,950 And they can't hide it. 2039 01:49:50,317 --> 01:49:52,920 Now more people are gonna stand up, a lot more. 2040 01:49:54,021 --> 01:49:56,523 And they'll know right where to hit 'em. 2041 01:49:57,591 --> 01:49:58,760 Yeah. 2042 01:50:00,662 --> 01:50:01,763 Yeah. 2043 01:50:02,596 --> 01:50:03,931 Hell, yeah. 2044 01:50:04,065 --> 01:50:06,734 Man, we're like the Rebels in Rogue One. 2045 01:50:09,370 --> 01:50:11,906 We die on the beach, 2046 01:50:12,039 --> 01:50:15,142 but the plans for the Death Star make it off the island. 2047 01:50:23,217 --> 01:50:25,486 Nothing is inevitable except the truth. 2048 01:50:42,069 --> 01:50:44,138 * If I go down * 2049 01:50:44,271 --> 01:50:46,741 * Don't let me fall For nothing * 2050 01:50:46,874 --> 01:50:49,143 * Give me all my time * 2051 01:50:49,276 --> 01:50:51,645 * I want it all And, honey * 2052 01:50:51,779 --> 01:50:54,148 * I made it out * 2053 01:50:54,281 --> 01:50:56,350 * A hundred miles I'm running * 2054 01:50:56,483 --> 01:50:58,920 * So if I go down * 2055 01:50:59,053 --> 01:51:01,689 * Don't let me fall Don't let me fall For nothing * 2056 01:51:01,823 --> 01:51:03,524 * What is your right? * 2057 01:51:03,657 --> 01:51:06,460 * What would it cost to toss All your morals aside? * 2058 01:51:06,593 --> 01:51:09,463 * Piece of the pie Something foreign to drop * 2059 01:51:09,596 --> 01:51:11,332 * What would you put On the line? * 2060 01:51:11,465 --> 01:51:14,001 * They say they can guarantee All the money you need * 2061 01:51:14,135 --> 01:51:16,137 * If you trade in Your soul first * 2062 01:51:16,270 --> 01:51:19,340 * When the money and ego Bring out the evil In people * 2063 01:51:19,473 --> 01:51:22,343 * What is your soul worth? Let us pray * 2064 01:51:22,476 --> 01:51:25,880 * Father forgive 'em 'Cause they do not know What they've done * 2065 01:51:26,013 --> 01:51:27,882 * Came from the bottom The slums * 2066 01:51:28,015 --> 01:51:30,351 * We got it straight Out of the mud * 2067 01:51:30,484 --> 01:51:33,821 * Only because the pressure They tried to put on me Was never enough * 2068 01:51:33,955 --> 01:51:36,924 * Mama was right When she called me A son of a gun * 2069 01:51:37,058 --> 01:51:40,728 * So you'd better duck May heaven forgive you For pressing your luck * 2070 01:51:40,862 --> 01:51:42,029 * Hey! * 2071 01:51:50,604 --> 01:51:52,840 * I made it out * 2072 01:51:52,974 --> 01:51:55,176 * A hundred miles I'm running * 2073 01:51:55,309 --> 01:51:57,745 * So if I go down * 2074 01:51:57,879 --> 01:52:01,348 * Don't let me fall Don't let me fall For nothing... *