[Denny] Previously on God. Family. Football.
[Peyton] We know that we're good enough to play at the next level,
but we haven't really done anything to prove to anybody that we can do it.
They're brothers. I mean, I understand they have that kind of connection.
Once we start using more of our guys, it'll be great.
[Gabe] My plan is to go to college and play ball
and eventually go to the NFL.
You know, that's not an easy path.
The city is calling us for fields. That turf is destroyed.
This is the layout for a new turf field.
[radio host] Westgate defense closing in.
Throw it!
[radio host] Three on one, absolutely smashes him to the ground.
Ro is gonna have to play with the weight of the world on his shoulders.
[radio host] Here's Ro from the shotgun.
Looks deep.
[all cheer]
[radio host] The Cancun Cannon leads the Eagles to a 33-14 victory.
Big chapter in Evangel history tonight.
Big chapter.
[upbeat music playing]
[Fabian] All right, here we go. Do this on three.
Here we go. Do this on three.
-One, two, three. -[players] Do it.
The week prior, you gotta stay locked in.
You gotta stay focused.
There's two things in building a championship team: discipline and unity.
We gotta go handle business.
So I just tell 'em, "Come on, let's go to the hill."
Go!
Go! Come on, what you got?
Go! Give me what you got.
Go! Go!
Gotta run!
This ain't for the weak at heart, man!
Oh, my God, the hill.
The worst cardio I've ever had in my life.
[Fabian] Go!
The E Hill?
Man, that hill is something wicked.
I think the E Hill is one of the best weapons Evangel ever had.
Don't get no better than that.
And whenever we run it, whenever we abuse it physically...
we're different human beings.
Come on, catch up.
Calf muscles start getting bigger, your ankles start swelling up.
It's an incline, man.
Football is a mean sport, brother!
[Gabe] The E Hill really helps the players run faster.
Even though it hurts, we need it. I can't lie.
[Fabian yelling]
It's gonna change you, for sure.
I feel like we're really getting it together.
Like, that's pretty much what the E Hill makes you do.
All right, here we go. Last one, fellas. Give me what you got now.
Hey, push yourself.
Go! Go, baby!
Up, up, up! Let's go!
[all yelling]
[Fabian] We're trying to build champions here.
E Hill make a man out of a boy.
Yeah.
[exhales deeply]
[radio host] Good morning to all you Eagles fans.
After last Friday's heroics from backup quarterback Ro Ballesteros,
the team is two and two,
and both starting quarterback Peyton Fulghum
and the heart and soul of the offensive line, Jacob Carpenter,
are back to help take on the Woodlawn Knights this Friday.
Let's keep it up, guys.
-[rock music playing] -[Fabian] Bump it! There you go!
Yes, sir!
Kidney stones are straight from the devil. I was devastated.
I mean, I laid in my bed and just cried that I was missing the Bossier game.
So, I'm just ready to play.
And Peyton's back.
Ready. Hut.
Go!
[rock music playing]
[Denny] Okay, that's late. That's way late.
I want you to throw it with the same timing we saw last week.
The way that Ro was able to complete those balls,
'cause he doesn't have your arm, is about throwing it quicker.
Ro killed it last week. He absolutely dominated.
I'm gonna step back in this week, but I still have that,
you know, that lingering thought that, "Yeah, you just got smacked
onto the ground two weeks ago and had to miss a week."
And so, man, I'm nervous.
Just throw a little quicker.
Don't you think, Coach, just a little quicker?
Yeah.
I did a great job, I think, in the game, but I'm still the second QB.
My ankle was hurt, I ain't gonna lie,
but, like, I just gotta be a good teammate.
I support my teammates. I love them.
And, I mean, I love Peyton.
I did my part. Peyton's gonna do his part.
[rock music playing]
Okay, see how slow he is? You forgot everything, right?
Let's go. Right here, right here, right here.
I think you have to be pretty tough-skinned
as a mom watching football to be okay with your kid
knowingly putting themself in such harm's way,
play after play after play of a whole entire game.
I learned to just try your best to stay calm
because otherwise I think I would spend the whole game panicking,
and, uh, that's not fun to watch a game
that you're panicked the whole entire time.
You know, I believe, even if there is an injury,
that they're going to be okay,
and not just playing football, but in life.
All right, guys, let's open in prayer. Praise God.
Father, I just thank you so much for the privilege of serving you in this way.
I know it's a unique way, but, Lord, I thank you
that this group of men is pouring into these young men,
and there's not a better group in the world to do that.
You really have to have a calling to come and coach at Evangel.
You don't make that much money.
My defensive coordinator holds down about three jobs
to be able to take care of his habit here as a coach.
But I can tell you,
it's one of the most rewarding places to work in the entire world.
Day by day, we just give you the glory.
-In Christ's name, amen. -[man] Amen.
[Denny] All right, uh, Woodlawn...
What do y'all think about these guys?
Big linemen, lots of speed.
They're better than the team last week.
[Denny sighs]
Looks like we're gonna face big kids every week.
Player update. Doctors have released Peyton.
He's okay to play this week,
and so we've got battle-experienced players
that are gonna be available.
What are we planning to do?
Well, just gonna kinda mix fronts up and go after 'em.
-Do a little blitzing? -[man] Yes, sir.
Well, field update, guys.
Next week, they are pouring concrete. I'm just so excited.
We're gonna have a turf field at Evangel Christian Academy.
They said, "We're gonna pour concrete at midnight."
So you bet I am going to get a nap, a nice nap.
At 70, you should take nice naps anyway.
And then I'm gonna get up at midnight with a Thermos of coffee
and watch 'em pour that concrete.
It's happening. Praise God. You know, what can we say?
The best is yet to come.
[Fabian] Tonight, we got a little deal with my food truck.
Here's the thing, it's jerk chicken, man.
You don't have a lot of jerk chicken around here in Shreveport,
you know, Jamaican-style food.
Gotta have two jobs, man, the Bible tell you, man,
so it's my little extra stuff.
But this is something that my boys could use for the rest of their life.
You know what I'm saying?
They won't ever have to work as hard as I work.
It will never happen because I'm setting something up for 'em.
I go out, wife and I and the kids, and it's a family deal, man.
Watch this. Faith, family, football, and food truck.
See what I'm saying?
How y'all doing? Y'all come try some of this Jamaican jerk.
You got the rice today?
[Fabian] Yeah, I got the rice ready, uh-huh.
-Hello. -Hello. Here's our menu right here.
[man] Can I have a quarter of the curry chicken, please?
Sure.
Thank you.
-[woman] Don't worry about no change. -You sure?
Thank you.
[Fabian] Coming to this community did a lot for us.
Being the only Black guy on the staff here,
I don't look at it like a color thing.
Everybody respect everybody here. Everybody do.
Racism doesn't kick in the same way it is outside of Evangel.
You know, when I first got here, Pastor Denny, he told me, he said,
"Listen, here in Evangel, you know, we're one,
magnifying one person and one thing, which is God."
It hit me when we were in Florida visiting my wife's grandma,
and people were outside protesting, you know, with Black Lives Matter.
And I had my two little boys in the car, and here I am...
I finally have to have that talk.
You know?
[scoffs]
I finally had to have that talk with 'em.
But telling your kids that you might get looked at different,
and you know in your heart you're good, it's tough.
You know, it's tough.
I don't even know if I'll be able to clean tonight, man.
[woman] I gotta work in the morning.
[Fabian] I know. We all do.
[radio host] Hello, Eagles fans.
It's Friday, so it's high school football night in North Louisiana.
If we can get this victory, we'll be over .500
for the first time in three years.
But the Woodlawn Knights, they're also two and two,
and they want that winning record just as badly.
[players chanting]
[radio host] The team's success might ride on how Peyton performs
after missing last week's game with a concussion.
I was scared that I'm not gonna be able to perform
as good as I need to perform.
But I know that this is what I was made to do,
so I'll just get out there and play.
Let's go! Let's go!
Ready? Ready?
Down!
Let's go!
[radio host] Ooh, wow.
Immediately going long to Brayden Curry.
Touchdown on the first play of the game.
[Peyton] Boom, baby! Let's go!
[Denny] Great play. Loved it, loved it, loved it.
Let's go! Let's go! First play! First play!
[radio host] Eagles on defense.
Incredible!
An explosive tackle by number nine, Gabe Reliford, stopping the Knights short.
[yelling]
[radio host] Seems like Evangel is firing on all cylinders tonight.
Evangel with the ball again.
Wow! Tyreek Robinson with an amazing grab!
Sixty-four yards for an Evangel touchdown.
They're up 14 to nothing.
It's coming, dog!
[upbeat music playing]
Over there.
[radio host] Second, and just yards to the goal line.
Go!
[radio host] Peyton with a quarterback sneak.
Touchdown Eagles!
He's doing it all tonight.
Down! Go!
[radio host] Peyton throws to his brother Parker,
as we see often.
And there you have it, another Evangel touchdown.
It's a throw. It's a throw.
Got it.
[radio host] That's it, folks.
In a decisive victory, Evangel beats Woodlawn.
The old Evangel is back.
[Denny] Good job, Coach, good job.
[players chanting]
This was the first game that we've ever felt,
like, super dominant in in our high school careers.
This is who we are. We're back on track. This is how we've gotta play.
And this is how we're gonna play.
[Denny] Hey, guys, let me tell you what we call that.
We call that a victory right there.
[players cheer]
Come on, now. Now, look.
First time in three years, we back in the win column.
[players cheer]
[Denny] Popsicles for everybody.
[players cheer]
[Peyton] That's it right there.
Money, baby.
Oh! Parker, that's all right. That's okay.
-I missed! -[Nick] You're good.
All right, I'm going for it.
[Parker] Let's go, Nick.
-[Peyton and Parker] There it is. -[Nick] It's good! It's good!
Whoo!
-[Parker] Let's go. -[Peyton] Got it, baby.
Hey.
My name is Nick Fontana. I'm in the 11th grade.
I am number 53, and I'm defensive line.
It's my third year on the football program.
[Parker] Talk to it.
[Peyton] Oh, yeah, Nick.
[Peyton and Parker] Nick!
[Peyton] He got his strike.
First strike of the day.
-[Parker] That's what I'm talking about. -Whoo.
We love Nick. Nick is our brother.
[Peyton] He has a sensory processing disorder.
But Nick is the heart and soul of our team.
You know, without him, it would be a lot less fun
and a lot less happiness going around Evangel.
You got it, dude.
How many championships LSU got?
[Nick] LSU's got four.
Yeah, I've been watching football since when I was a little kid.
I know football stats and all of that.
Who won the Super Bowl in 2003?
That was the New England Patriots.
I think Nick's probably one of the smartest people
about the game I've ever met.
Like, you could ask him who won the Super Bowl in 1972,
and he'll tell you right off the bat.
Who won the Super Bowl in 2009?
That was the Saints.
New Orleans Saints.
In my future, I want to be a sports announcer and broadcaster.
[player] There you go, Nick. Keep it going.
-You got another one. -Two!
[all cheer]
[Nick] Two in a row, baby.
It's been really special to me,
part of this Evangel family and this program.
I mean, I feel loved here because my teammates are good friends to me.
Nick! Nick! Nick!
[player] Yeah, Nick!
Oh, this is dangerous.
Boom!
Hey! Let's go!
[indistinct chatter]
[upbeat music playing]
[Peyton] Check Alabama. Check Alabama.
Down!
Do it! Hike!
[Denny] Perfect, perfect, perfect. Hey, come here.
Hey. Yeah.
[Denny] You know, when you start preparing for a season,
you know who your challenges are gonna be.
We're gonna play these two tough teams now,
Northwood and North DeSoto.
And it's gonna be very important that we begin to perfect what we do
because I think winning is the result of so many small things
that we determine to do.
So you're coming here... hard as you can go.
Right. Looking in to here.
You understand?
Hey, I wish I could move still.
It's my last football season, so y'all better make it good
'cause, you know, it's my last year cheering.
Yeah, I mean, the team looking pretty good.
I mean, as long as we've got good team play, we'll be straight.
My name is Tra'nyce Spencer, and I'm a senior.
Gabe is my boyfriend. We've been together almost two years.
He's basically my best friend.
I don't know, I feel like I want to spend more time with you,
but, you know, football season.
I do feel like Tra'nyce's made me a better person.
I also feel like that she helps me play better,
just knowing that she's on the sidelines watching me.
I can't look bad in front of my girl, so I gotta always play good.
[Tra'nyce] I love seeing him pursuing his dream,
and it's probably the best part of watching him play football.
I'm just trying to make everything-- everything count.
-You know what I mean? -Yeah.
-That's what we work for. -Yeah.
Make every play count.
To go to the NFL, you have to have a great college career.
And this Friday night, I know there's gonna be
a college recruiter coming to the game.
So this game right here is just a game that I gotta prove it all.
Every play, I gotta make it look good because college, stuff like that.
Everybody's watching.
[radio host] Welcome, Eagle fans.
Today the boys try to improve upon their winning record
as they take on the Northwood Falcons.
[Fabian] We're three and two. Kind of start, have a winning record.
Haven't had that in a couple years.
But we understand that, blink of an eye, the momentum could change.
Northwood and North DeSoto, they got dogs.
They got a lot of energy.
It's important that we take care of our business.
These two games will dictate what kind of season we have to come
as far as playoffs, home playoff game or on the road,
these two games.
[radio host] If you're just tuning in,
the Eagles are up 17 to nothing
in the second quarter.
But Northwood, they're driving.
A short pass along the sidelines.
It's caught, and off he goes, putting Northwood on the board.
Hey, hey, hey. The message is, we can't relax.
[radio host] Falcons with the football
after Evangel's offense went three and out.
It's a run up the middle into a pile of bodies.
Number six, Dayday Drake, was run over by the running back.
Oh, no, he slams his helmet into the turf.
[whistle blows]
That's gonna cost 15 yards,
moving Northwood deep into Evangel territory.
[Gabe] Rookie can't do that!
While I'm walking off of the field, my legs are moving,
but, like, I can't feel them.
Right now, I'm feeling scared because I never got hit like that before.
I'm thinking I'm paralyzed.
My back bent all the way back.
-No, I'm seeing that, like... -Yeah, let's see that. Let's see that.
I feel like I'm paralyzed.
Like, I feel like I'm in a different dimension, Coach.
Sit down, sit down, sit down, sit down, sit down.
[Damari] Like, I can't even feel it.
[Fabian] Okay, but you're walking, so that's good.
That's good. You know what I mean? Your body in shock. Sit down over here.
I'm crying, I'm screaming, I'm mad because it hurts.
For like a good five seconds,
I thought I couldn't play football ever again.
[radio host] Action continues
as the Falcons trying to capitalize on the Eagles' big penalty.
He's in for a touchdown.
That cuts the lead to just two points, 17 to 15.
Evangel barely on top.
An unfortunate series of events for our Eagles just before the half.
It's been a tough one.
You know, we missed a lot of opportunities,
but it's time to come out in the second half and really dominate.
I'm really nervous. I hope we can stop 'em.
[radio host] Falcon ball as we start the second half.
Quarterback lobs a bomb towards the end zone.
He comes down with it at the Eagle two-yard line.
Falcons run it in to pull ahead of the Eagles,
-who look stunned on the sidelines. -Dang it!
Let's go. Oh, please, we need y'all.
[radio host] Peyton and company have their work cut out for them.
Peyton fires a shot at number one, Tyreek Robinson.
He drops the ball.
With the score 21-20 Northwood, only three minutes left in the game,
the Eagles must make a big play.
[Jacob] Fourth quarter. If we lose, it would be very devastating
because all those Januarys waking up on the ice-cold bear crawls
running the hill would be almost all for nothing.
So I was like, "We're not little kids anymore. Let's win."
[Peyton] New strike six-eight-five. Parker, I'm going to you.
[radio host] Peyton fires to brother Parker.
Dives for the ball, but it's too far out in front of him.
That might have been their last chance in this game, folks.
[Parker] I can't believe I dropped it.
Usually, me and Peyton are on the same wavelength at all times.
Really, really upset.
If we were to lose this game, we'd go back to .500,
and that's not what we wanna do right now.
-What? -I'm following you.
-What's wrong with you? -I'm following you.
-Hey, hey, hey. -Hey, come here. I'm what?
I just throw it to you and you dropped it.
Dropped the one right before that.
Take a deep breath, buddy. All right, let's go.
[radio host] Tensions down on the bench.
You hate to see this happening after the Eagles start the game so strong.
-[whistle blows] -Dang it.
[radio host] The Eagles called for offsides.
That's gonna seal the deal.
This loss drops the Eagles back to .500.
This one really hurts, folks.
[crying] I wanted this.
[crying]
[Denny] Listen to me.
We lost this game.
Face it. We stinking lost the game.
-You got it? -Yes, sir.
[Denny] I'm raising you to be men.
You're gonna have a lot of disappointments in life.
You just gotta square your shoulders and keep moving forward.
[players] Yes, sir.
Look at me. You did great.
[Gabe] Appreciate it.
Please don't beat yourself up about this.
I'm good.
It really hurt my heart seeing him tear hisself up like that
'cause he's such a good player.
I just make sure I'm always there to hold his hand and be there for him
'cause that's what I signed up for when I agreed to be his girlfriend.
You played well.
Hey, look at me. Don't... don't...
Please don't do that, babe. You did so good today.
[Gabe] Having like a 17-point lead before half,
we were really close to running away with this game,
and we just let it slip away from us.
I'm worried about getting recruited and making it to college,
and it's just hard when everyone is watching.
So, I wanted that win so bad.
However, Tra'nyce is a great support system for me,
especially after losing such a big game like that.
I'm just very thankful that she's there for me.
-I love you. -[Gabe] Love you too.
What time is he supposed to come?
I didn't mean to kick the trash can. I didn't try to.
[Deltoria] You're gonna pay for it. Don't worry about it.
It's like when I took off the helmet, just kicked it.
It felt like I was moving in slow-motion, Mom.
Even though I was hurt, I should have just stayed on the field
and laid down instead of taking my helmet off
and then making a whole scene.
You're not supposed to act like that on no football field.
You're making yourself look like a clown. You have no home training.
And I'm thinking of my mother.
This woman stays after work,
does extra hours for me, cooks for me, cleans.
And I just disappointed her right there.
Yeah, we gonna pay for it. You are.
-Bye. Bye. -[woman] Bye, Dayday.
-Bye, Mom. -I'll see you after school, baby.
-I love you. -All right, love y'all too.
[Denny] This turf field is far more than a turf field.
For us, it's an emblem of hope and of rejuvenation.
We've gotta build these kids spirits back up.
It was a tough loss.
But I'm not real big on crying over football.
We're gonna own this.
And then we're gonna change.
We're gonna get better.
Good morning, Mark.
[Mark] Let's see the house!
[Denny] It's happening, my man, it's happening.
Dreams come true.
Why isn't everybody out here?
Everybody, everybody in town ought to be out here watching this.
I just can't believe what I'm seeing.
I don't know why the concrete's so significant to me.
I guess it's just this whole process of transformation, you know.
What's next after we get the concrete down?
Turf will be getting here Tuesday of next week,
and then they will start putting turf down next weekend.
My goodness, that's amazing.
It's about the whole community.
There will be soccer tournaments there.
There will be football tournaments there with peewee teams.
God has blessed us.
This place is gonna be a place that touches so many lives.
-To me, this is a miracle. -Absolutely.
And is there ever a more beautiful setting
than right here in the woods?
Look how gorgeous this is.
Unbelievable.
It's happening. It's happening.
[upbeat music playing]
Smile!
Perfect.
[woman] Hey, look, we have a couple things we gotta practice today.
You gotta make sure you hit this here.
It's 16 counts, 13, 14, let's get loud, too,
is when you grab here.
The last few weeks after practice, we've been working really hard on a dance.
We're super excited because in three weeks,
we're gonna perform live in front of about a thousand people.
I need to know who's on what side.
All I know is I'm the front middle.
-[Parker] Thought I just-- -[woman] Alison.
[Parker] Thought I just made it clear that I was front middle, but...
I just said I'm in the front middle.
There is something that you strive for in dance, in the dance world,
and that's the front middle.
And I believe that it will be me in the front middle.
And I don't know about him. He might be on the back row.
I don't-- I don't know what row he's gonna be on,
but I know I'm gonna be on the front row in the middle.
[woman] How about y'all could split the middle. Does that sound good?
[woman 2] Y'all will be splitting the middle, actually.
I just think that I did better than Peyton with my dance partner.
We'll see how it all plays out in the end,
I mean, who ends up getting the front middle.
So we will see.
[radio host] Hello, Eagles fans.
Welcome to game day,
Evangel versus North DeSoto,
as the team looks to come back from that emotional loss
last week to Northwood.
[Gabe] Coming off a loss to Northwood,
and this being such a highly ranked team this year,
we have to win this game to show people who we are.
Down!
Go!
[radio host] Peyton is sacked.
North DeSoto is starting out aggressively.
Evangel with some pressure.
But the Griffins score anyway with a touchdown pass right up the middle.
That puts 'em up by 15.
Griffin quarterback in the shotgun.
Looking long...
Oh, no, a lucky bounce slams in the arms of the Griffins receiver
for another touchdown.
Listen, offense, listen. Y'all come out here with the life sucked out of you.
It's football. Let's have some fun, all right?
We play this to have fun. Y'all are moping around.
I wanna play with some guys that have some energy and some zeal.
All right, get your hair on fire and let's do what we know how to do.
All right? Let's go.
Go!
[radio host] Payton tries to hit Parker, but the pass goes incomplete.
Go!
[radio host] Third and long.
Peyton throws towards Parker.
But it's intercepted.
He's not looking for receivers. He lobs it up to his brother every time.
Parker's a good receiver, but that can't work every single time.
[radio host] Griffin's quarterback with plenty of time in the pocket.
He fires towards the end zone into double coverage.
Pass is complete,
and the Griffins are in for yet another touchdown.
Griffins up 29 to 7.
Eagles are desperate to make a play.
Peyton heaves it into a crowd.
Another interception by North DeSoto.
[Denny] Oh, my God.
[radio host] That's gonna put this one to bed.
-Evangel just got shellacked tonight. -Come on, guys.
So here we are, three and four on a season that began with the highest of hopes.
Y'all come on in here. Come here, come here, come here, come here.
You can't turn on each other now. You understand?
We get closer when pressure's on, all right?
We got another contender that we're stepping in the ring with next Friday.
We stay confident.
And we stay together.
Until finally we translate it on that glorious day
to the field.
And when we do, somebody is in trouble.
This season's not done.
We're gonna change this thing.
All right, guys, let's get on the bus.
[radio host] We're over halfway through the season,
and the Eagles are flying low here at three and four.
A loss like the other night will get people talking about
what went wrong and how can we fix it.
Man, some of them games, it looked like we don't wanna win.
How many was it, seven, eight passes in a row to one person.
Parker. For almost every single play.
[Vincent] That's not right.
[Kody] And we have threats on the team besides Parker.
Everybody knows that Tyreek should be a top receiver.
But when you get the ball three times and then you got a guy getting it,
what, 15 times, 20 times, you know, that can be tough.
I think everybody needs to back the coach and back the team.
It's the same thing all four years:
one-dimensional offense,
defense giving it all they have every single play,
just to go back on the field three or four plays later.
Know why he's making those plays?
Do you want me to tell you the truth?
'Cause they the best at catching the ball.
-[Vincent] Well... -And throwing the ball.
-I don't... -[Alvin] So he's using what he got.
It's-it's-it's bad.
It's bad.
If you're not, like, on his "A" list, you're done.
I mean, you're just not gonna get on the field.
You got to believe in the Coach. Coach Denny is a winner!
[radio host] Folks, I have to imagine with a losing record like ours,
a lot of people are probably looking for something or someone to blame.
We all kind of thought that going into this year that it would be different.
And so far, we just haven't executed.
You know, we've won some games,
but we still have more games where we lost.
And I feel like after those games, we're not hating it enough.
We're not hating losing enough.
And I think that's our problem.
We have a losing record right now 'cause it's like we're not focusing.
Practices are lackluster.
Like, people aren't going hard as they should.
So then, when you get into the game, it shows.
[Peyton] The house that is divided can't stand.
And you know, right now, I wouldn't say that we're all together.
[Haden] Everybody has different opinions on everything.
The defense could look at the offense and say,
"Hey, y'all aren't scoring points, y'all are the one losing the games."
And then you can look at the defensive side of the ball
whenever the other teams score, and they're like,
"Why aren't we stopping their plays?"
And I think there's some kids on the team that don't want a future in this game
and don't, uh... like, would treat it as just a hobby.
But there's a lot of us too that wanna play at the next level.
I mean, we're sick and tired of losing games.
I know some guys don't sleep after Friday night.
We gotta build all the bond back together.
And I feel like once we get that bond back,
we're gonna be unstoppable.
[Damari] I play football because I love it and it's something I can,
like, really help my mother with 'cause, like,
my mother put too much on the line for me
to, like, mess up.
Pretty much.
Fail?
I just can't do it.
I'll do whatever I can do to win, and I'm not gonna lose another game.
[Denny] You know, there's a lot of talk out there among the guys,
and there's some disunity right now.
I mean, I don't think they're playing together.
I think, Coach, what it is, you know, back-to-back loss.
And you know, that young mindset is like,
"Man, we trying to win. Like, this is our year."
You know what I mean?
I think that's what's going on in their head right now.
We're at a very pivotal moment that we have to win out next three games
'cause one loss could kick you out of the playoffs.
I feel like we're at a crossroads right now.
You go left or you go right.
I'm left-handed, but I love going right.
Right is always right.
So what we've gotta do is this.
We've got to stress unity.
We gotta stress getting our kids back together on the same page.
[indistinct chatter]
-[player] Ready, set... -[players clap]
[players chanting and clapping]
[Denny] Right here, right here, right here, right here.
I got something on my heart ever since I woke up this morning at 5:00.
I'll never forget walking out on the field with this group of men
as freshmen and sophomores.
And I will never forget the promises we made ourselves.
We made ourselves this promise: never again.
-Didn't we? -[players] Yes, sir.
We made ourselves promises that we were gonna play these teams
that we have played before, and it would be different.
-Didn't we promise that? -[players] Yes, sir.
[Denny] And all I can tell you is this morning, I'm fired up.
I'm fired up because we made ourselves promises.
[player] Yep.
[Denny] And we're gonna keep 'em.
[Fabian] Hey, man, it's the Coach's A-team out here, baby.
We work, dog. It's all we do.
It's very important for us to win these last three games...
-[whistle blows] -[grunting]
...so that we can have a positive record going into the playoffs.
It's a team game. Most important to have as a team sport is to stay unified.
[all cheering]
[Parker] We're in the same boat we were in last season,
and that's not where we wanna be.
That's not where we know that we should be.
I think this is really gonna be a huge turning point for us.
[Fabian] There you go. Inside out. Don't go out there already.
If we stay together as one team, as the "E," as Evangel,
I don't think nobody could stop us.
You can beat a team, but you can't beat a family.
We're gonna shock the world.
[theme music playing]