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the best coaches

in college ball.

Now you're fast,

but he'll make you faster.

You run hard, he'll show

you how to run harder.

And you're good,

but he'll make you better.

And if you ever

tell him I said that.

I'll jump on the

first plane from

Cleveland and come

and wring your neck.

Now let's get out of here.

Let me tell you

something about Jim...

and I, we had our

differences at times.

So whatever he told

you about me, I...

would take it with

a grain of salt.

Even if he said you

were a good coach?

Well, in that case,

son, I would tell...

you that too much

salt is bad for you.

Ernie? Ernie Davis?

How'd you guess?

Welcome.

I'm Lew Andreas, the

athletic director. Come on.

I'll give you a tour of the...

campus on the

way to your dorm.

All right.

- Syracuse has a storied...

academic tradition, Ernie.

- Really?

Steven Crane attended

the university in 1891...

and wrote The Red

Badge of Courage...

Hey, Lew.

Harry. Sorry, I'll be

right back. Right back.

Harry.

- How are you?

No one from here has ever won,

if that's what

you're looking for.

No harm in dreaming,

right, Coach?

It's not about

winning trophies.

Davis. It's about

winning games.

I'll see you at practice.

Get up. Get up.

That was plum awful.

Now, last one runs a lap.

Let's go.

Run a lap.

five, six...

Youmans, you move

like a walrus.

Come on. Like a big,

old elephant walrus.

Gerhard, goose-step.

Make your ancestors proud.

Ease up, Davis.

What are you smiling at?

This fine institution is...

giving you three

hots and a cot.

I do not intend to let

them waste their money.

Get them up, come on.

Right about now,

I bet you're wondering...

what happened to that nice...

gentleman that

visited your house...

and begged you

to come here, huh?

Let's go. Now make

no mistake, gentlemen.

No matter what anyone

else tells you,

you are not here to

just play football.

You are offside.

You are here at

Syracuse to win games.

And you can't win games if you...

can't out-perform

the other team.

Don't you step on

my All-Americans.

If you step on my

All-Americans.

I will reach down your throat,

grab your donuts and

tie them to your tonsils.

Good hit.

Take him down.

So, you're the

next Jim Brown, huh?

Yeah, I can see

the resemblance.

Yeah, except Brown was

always mad about something.

Don't be fooled by the smile.

Well, he's funnier

than Jimmy.

Yeah.

Well, maybe he

can entertain us.

You dance, Davis?

Not as good as me, Lundy.

Come on. Get up.

Move. Move. Move. Move.

You should know,

you never call Coach, 'Sarge.'

He was a captain,

jumped out of...

airplanes, stormed a

bridge in Normandy.

Killed people,

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