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Synopsis: Due to NCAA sanctions, the Texas State University Fightin' Armadillos must form a football team from their actual student body, with no scholarships to help, to play their football schedule. With fewer players than most teams, the makeshift team must overcome obstacles that the best teams in the country couldn't deal with. Using a 34 year old quarterback, a female placekicker and a gang of misfits, Ed "Straight Arrow" Genero must take his team to play the number one Texas Colts.
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Director(s): Stan Dragoti
Production: Paramount Pictures
 
IMDB:
6.1
Rotten Tomatoes:
31%
PG-13
Year:
1991
108 min
767 Views


So do l. l couldn't agree more.

You should be congratulated|for having that team thrown out.

Well, thank you.

- l hope l won't have to do it again.|- l'm sure you won't.

Any member who doesn't make|the academic grade won't play.

- That's settled, let's have lunch.|- One moment, please, Carver.

Let me be straight.

l've always opposed schools|squandering limited resources

on a mind-numbing sport that|encourages corruption, barbarism.

Guess l won't be putting you down|for season tickets, huh?

He's funny, Carver. l like jokes.

- Now maybe we can have lunch.|- l'm busy.

l'm on a diet...and busy.

Coach.

- Dean.|- lt'll work out just fine.

- Ready? Begin!|- One, two, three, four!

One, two, three, four!

One, two...

Hut!

Go! Hit that hole!

- All right, good hit!|- Jog it back, come on!

They're always shouting.

Dean Elias! For someone who|hates football, you watch a lot!

Eternal vigilance is the price|of integrity, Coach Gennero!

What an a**hole.

- Like that move, Coach?|- Keep working, Edison.

Edison? Related to the guy|who made the light bulb?

No, bigger...as in Edison Library,|Edison Stadium, Edison Avenue.

- His old man?|- You got it.

Dean Elias?

Your office said l'd find you here.|My registration.

- You done with this?|- Yes, thank you...

Try that play again, son. Go ahead.

Did you hire an assistant coach|without telling me?

No. l got you a quarterback|without telling you.

l hope he gets younger|as he gets closer!

Give it a look, please?

Blake, tattoo somebody!

- Hey, over here!|- Move it, move it!

All right!

Good job.

- Excuse me.|- Excuse me.

- ls 209 West this way?|- Who's your kid?

l'm not looking for my kid,|l'm looking for my room.

- Whoa, a 40-year-old freshman?|- Maybe he knew Elvis.

Discipline is everything.|But everything is nothing.

Bullshit!

Wells Fargo coming through!

Come in!

Hi.

We're gonna miss it. Let's go!

Hi.

Paul Blake. Looks like|we're gonna be roommates.

Laikai Manumana.

Well, lakay-manu-mana to you, too.

No, Mr Blake, that's my name.

l'm from Samoa, the big island.|l'm called Manumana.

lt means ''Runt of the Litter''.

The other men in my family|are very large.

Well...

- Excuse me.|- Can l get you anything?

Another pillow?|A cup of Samoan tea?

Maybe something|comfortable to wear?

What's with all the attention?

Where l come from,|we're taught to respect our elders.

Well, l'm not that old, all right?

- Thank you.|- Sure.

Oh, God!

Get outta there! Get up! Come on!

Hut! Hut!

Featherstone?

Did you run the hurdles in 1 3.2?

- 1 3 flat, sir.|- Excuse me. Go long, pattern right.

Thank you.

Set!

Hut! Hut!

Come on!

- Keep your eyes on the ball, son!|- And keep your hands on the ball!

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