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Guest beat-em_deep

the speech of the permian coach at the state shampionship game in friday night lights

That one and Al Pacino's speech in Any Given Sunday.

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Guest 87CRU79

Rudy - When he gets the sack against Georgia Tech

Friday Night Lights -  When Christian (DE #90) steps up at halftime during the adjustments

The Program - When Latimer is explaining why he plays football during the player's meeting

Any Given Sunday - Al Pacino is supposed to be giving his retirement speech, but instead says he's taking over an expansion team and signed Willie Beaman to a new contract (cracks me up every time)

The Replacements - Keanu Reeve's is adressing the team in the huddle on the last drive and says, "Pain heals. Chicks dig scars. Glory lasts forever."

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Here are three that come to mind.

(3) Fast Times at Ridgemont High

Jefferson demolishes the entire other team, methodically putting practically every one of their players in the hospital—one or two or three being carried off on stretchers after each play. The opposing players cowering in terror as they eyeball the berserk and violently enraged Jefferson.

Jefferson thinks they trashed out his prize car. Actually it was Jefferson’s kid brother and Sean Pean who wrecked it on a joy ride. And they painted graffiti on it afterward to frame the other school.

(2) Jim Thorpe All American

Carlisle Indian School vs. University of Pennsylvania. Each team led by an All American. A good presentation of why Thorpe—later honored as the greatest American athlete of the first half of the 20th century—was so great.

And most memorable of all:

(1) The Long Grey Line

Recreation of probably the most historically significant football game ever played. Notre Dame at West Point in 1913. Notre Dame takes a stunning 35-13 victory by unleashing—the Passing Attack.

Before that football was a running, grind it out on the ground kind of game. Yes, the forward pass was recognized in the rule book, but it was nothing more than a novelty—a trick play. On those rare occasions where it was used, you did it one time, everyone got a good laugh, and then you went back to playing real football.

The difference in this game was that it wasn’t a novelty. Notre Dame built their whole offense around the pass, and Army—the highly ranked powerhouse heavily favored to win—was finished. No way were they going to figure out pass defense in a couple of hours.

And the game of football was forever changed.

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