1 00:00:15,189 --> 00:00:17,147 IF YOU MET ME A YEAR AGO, 2 00:00:17,191 --> 00:00:20,150 MY LIFE WAS GOING DOWN A VERY DIFFERENT PATH. 3 00:00:20,194 --> 00:00:23,849 BABY, VEGAS. VEGAS, BABY. 4 00:00:23,893 --> 00:00:26,287 MY BEST FRIEND JORDAN TRIED TO STEP UP, 5 00:00:26,330 --> 00:00:27,766 EVEN THOUGH HE WAS NOT THE FATHER. 6 00:00:27,810 --> 00:00:29,048 DOES THAT MEAN YOU'VE CHANGED YOUR MIND 7 00:00:29,072 --> 00:00:30,204 ABOUT THE BABY OR... 8 00:00:30,247 --> 00:00:32,119 I THINK ADOPTION IS STILL BEST. 9 00:00:32,162 --> 00:00:34,164 LUCKILY, I GOT TO STAY IN MY BABY'S LIFE. 10 00:00:34,208 --> 00:00:36,166 SHAY COLBY DOUGLAS, 11 00:00:36,210 --> 00:00:38,168 MEET YOUR OTHER MOM. 12 00:00:38,212 --> 00:00:40,562 THEN BEGAN THE NEXT CHAPTER. 13 00:00:40,605 --> 00:00:42,085 JORDAN AND I FELL IN LOVE 14 00:00:42,129 --> 00:00:43,913 AND STARTED FOCUSING ON COLLEGE. 15 00:00:43,956 --> 00:00:46,089 MY MOM WANTED ME TO GO TO STANFORD, 16 00:00:46,133 --> 00:00:48,396 BUT THEN I CAME UP TO VISIT MY AUNT AT BRINGSTON 17 00:00:48,439 --> 00:00:51,094 FOR HOMECOMING WEEKEND AND EVERYTHING CHANGED. 18 00:00:51,138 --> 00:00:52,313 I'M DAMON SIMS. 19 00:00:52,356 --> 00:00:53,792 SUDDENLY, 20 00:00:53,836 --> 00:00:55,118 THERE WAS A NEW PATH TO MY DREAMS. 21 00:00:55,142 --> 00:00:56,708 IT'S AMAZING TO BE SOMEPLACE 22 00:00:56,752 --> 00:00:59,972 THAT'S FOR US, BY US, 23 00:01:00,016 --> 00:01:01,713 WHERE EXCELLENCE IS EXPECTED. 24 00:01:01,757 --> 00:01:04,151 I'VE DECIDED ON BRINGSTON. 25 00:01:04,194 --> 00:01:05,369 SO, HERE I AM 26 00:01:05,413 --> 00:01:07,023 AT THE START OF THIS NEW PATH, 27 00:01:07,067 --> 00:01:08,416 AND SOMETHING TELLS ME 28 00:01:08,459 --> 00:01:10,070 IT'S GONNA BE QUITE THE RIDE. 29 00:01:17,816 --> 00:01:19,949 SHAY, SAY CHEESE... 30 00:01:25,476 --> 00:01:27,304 I'M GONNA MISS YOU GUYS SO MUCH. 31 00:01:27,348 --> 00:01:29,132 IT'LL BE CHRISTMAS BREAK BEFORE YOU KNOW IT. 32 00:01:29,176 --> 00:01:32,788 YEAH. DO YOU THINK HE'LL FORGET ME? 33 00:01:32,831 --> 00:01:35,356 OF COURSE NOT. YOU'RE HIS BIRTH MOM 34 00:01:35,399 --> 00:01:36,879 AND A PART OF HIS LIFE. 35 00:01:36,922 --> 00:01:39,751 TARIQ AND I ADOPTING HIM NEVER CHANGED THAT. 36 00:01:39,795 --> 00:01:42,145 AH. COME ON, BABE. 37 00:01:42,189 --> 00:01:45,148 I KNOW. 38 00:01:46,323 --> 00:01:48,323 LET'S GET GOING. YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS YOUR FLIGHT. 39 00:01:50,110 --> 00:01:51,217 I CAN'T BELIEVE YOUR PARENTS DID NOT 40 00:01:51,241 --> 00:01:52,460 MAKE IT BACK TO SEE YOU OFF. 41 00:01:54,070 --> 00:01:55,115 I CAN. 42 00:01:57,378 --> 00:02:01,860 ALL RIGHT. WELL. I'LL SEE YOU SOON. 43 00:02:01,904 --> 00:02:04,950 - I'LL SEE YOU SOON. - OK. I LOVE YOU SO MUCH. 44 00:02:04,994 --> 00:02:06,909 I LOVE YOU, TOO. 45 00:02:19,617 --> 00:02:21,663 BYE. 46 00:02:35,242 --> 00:02:39,420 WHY SO WORRIED? SHE'S GONNA BE FINE. 47 00:02:39,463 --> 00:02:41,117 IT'S NOT HER I'M WORRIED ABOUT. 48 00:02:41,161 --> 00:02:43,032 AND YES, 49 00:02:43,075 --> 00:02:45,339 SOME MAY SEE GIVING UP THE PROS 50 00:02:45,382 --> 00:02:46,862 TO COME PLAY HERE AT BRINGSTON 51 00:02:46,905 --> 00:02:49,081 AS A SACRIFICE, 52 00:02:49,125 --> 00:02:52,433 BUT FOR MY SON, THERE WAS NO CHOICE. 53 00:02:52,476 --> 00:02:53,999 SAVING THIS SCHOOL, 54 00:02:54,043 --> 00:02:56,437 SAVING THIS BASEBALL PROGRAM, 55 00:02:56,480 --> 00:02:58,308 GIVING BACK, WELL, 56 00:02:58,352 --> 00:03:00,876 THAT'S JUST WHO DAMON SIMS IS. 57 00:03:00,919 --> 00:03:03,008 FOLKS, YOU ARE LOOKING AT THE NEW FACE 58 00:03:03,052 --> 00:03:05,272 OF HBCU BASEBALL. 59 00:03:05,315 --> 00:03:06,969 AND ONE DAY, HIS PORTRAIT 60 00:03:07,012 --> 00:03:08,884 WILL HANG IN THESE GREAT HALLS, TOO. 61 00:03:08,927 --> 00:03:10,494 THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. 62 00:03:12,104 --> 00:03:14,281 UM, WAS ALL THAT REALLY NECESSARY, MOM? 63 00:03:14,324 --> 00:03:16,631 WELL, IF YOU INSIST ON MESSING UP YOUR CAREER 64 00:03:16,674 --> 00:03:18,981 BY THROWING AWAY THE MLB, THEN 65 00:03:19,024 --> 00:03:20,461 YOU BET YOUR ASS I'M GONNA MAKE 66 00:03:20,504 --> 00:03:22,202 LEMONADE OUT OF LEMONS. 67 00:03:22,245 --> 00:03:23,768 BUT THIS IS THE LAST TIME. 68 00:03:27,946 --> 00:03:29,339 YOU REALLY THINK ONE MAN 69 00:03:29,383 --> 00:03:31,428 CAN SAVE A WHOLE BASEBALL PROGRAM? 70 00:03:31,472 --> 00:03:33,387 THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS FOR NOW. 71 00:03:33,430 --> 00:03:35,476 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, EVERYONE. 72 00:03:35,519 --> 00:03:37,086 AIN'T YOU SPECIAL? 73 00:03:37,129 --> 00:03:39,262 SHUT UP, BRO. LOOK, I GOTTA GET OUTTA HERE. 74 00:03:39,306 --> 00:03:40,611 LET'S DO IT. WHERE TO? 75 00:03:43,484 --> 00:03:46,530 OK. 76 00:03:46,574 --> 00:03:48,228 READY TO THROW SOME GAS? 77 00:03:48,271 --> 00:03:49,794 IS MY NAME DAMON SIMS? 78 00:03:57,889 --> 00:03:59,649 BRO, YOU GOTTA KEEP THE BALL IN FRONT OF YOU. 79 00:03:59,674 --> 00:04:01,284 WHAT DO YOU THINK I'M TRYING TO DO? 80 00:04:01,328 --> 00:04:03,001 REAL PRACTICE AIN'T TILL THIS AFTERNOON, BROTHER. 81 00:04:03,025 --> 00:04:03,982 THIS SUPPOSED TO BE WARM-UPS. 82 00:04:04,026 --> 00:04:05,854 WARM-UPS? 83 00:04:05,897 --> 00:04:07,595 WAIT, DID Y'ALL OR DID Y'ALL NOT 84 00:04:07,638 --> 00:04:09,268 HAVE AN ACADEMIC CHEATING SCANDAL DEMOLISH THIS TEAM? 85 00:04:09,292 --> 00:04:10,835 - YEAH, AND? - AND DIDN'T Y'ALL HAVE TO MISS 86 00:04:10,859 --> 00:04:12,339 LAST SPRING AS A RESULT OF THAT? 87 00:04:12,382 --> 00:04:13,620 - WHAT'S YOUR POINT? - MY POINT IS THAT 88 00:04:13,644 --> 00:04:15,777 Y'ALL ARE PLAYING CATCH-UP, BRO. 89 00:04:15,820 --> 00:04:17,300 WE DON'T GOT TIME FOR WARM-UPS. 90 00:04:17,344 --> 00:04:18,649 EVERY TIME WE GO, WE GO HARD 91 00:04:18,693 --> 00:04:19,650 OR WE GO HOME. 92 00:04:19,694 --> 00:04:20,782 NO EXCUSES. 93 00:04:20,825 --> 00:04:22,697 NOW LET'S GO. COME ON. 94 00:04:37,189 --> 00:04:38,930 OUR BITCH IS BACK, OUR BITCH IS BACK, 95 00:04:38,974 --> 00:04:42,847 OUR BITCH IS BACK. 96 00:04:42,891 --> 00:04:44,196 OH, I MISSED YOU GUYS. 97 00:04:44,240 --> 00:04:45,807 OH, MY GOD. SO MUCH. 98 00:04:45,850 --> 00:04:47,809 YOU BETTER HAD. AND WHY HAVE YOU BEEN 99 00:04:47,852 --> 00:04:49,201 RADIO SILENT IN OUR GROUP CHAT 100 00:04:49,245 --> 00:04:50,333 THESE PAST COUPLE MONTHS? 101 00:04:50,377 --> 00:04:51,987 BECAUSE GROUP CHATS ARE 102 00:04:52,030 --> 00:04:53,684 THE BANE OF MY EXISTENCE. Y'ALL KNOW THAT. 103 00:04:53,728 --> 00:04:55,048 WELL, WE'RE GONNA CURE YOU OF THAT 104 00:04:55,077 --> 00:04:56,687 REAL QUICK HERE. 105 00:04:56,731 --> 00:04:58,733 BUT FIRST, I HAVE TO GO HANDLE WILINDA, 106 00:04:58,776 --> 00:05:00,952 A.K.A. CHAOTIC KAREN, BEFORE SOMEBODY 107 00:05:00,996 --> 00:05:02,345 THROWS HER OUT A WINDOW. 108 00:05:02,389 --> 00:05:04,260 REMEMBER YOU'RE A RESIDENTIAL ADVISOR 109 00:05:04,304 --> 00:05:05,479 NOW, MA'AM. 110 00:05:05,522 --> 00:05:07,176 YOU CAN'T LAY HANDS ON ANYBODY. 111 00:05:07,219 --> 00:05:08,327 I MAKE NO PROMISES. I'M SORRY. 112 00:05:08,351 --> 00:05:09,700 SHOULD WE BE WORRIED? 113 00:05:09,744 --> 00:05:12,616 I LOVE YOU. I LOVE YOU, TOO. 114 00:05:12,660 --> 00:05:14,662 WAIT. WHERE IS YOUR ENTOURAGE, 115 00:05:14,705 --> 00:05:16,925 OR AT LEAST THAT FINE BOYFRIEND OF YOURS? 116 00:05:16,968 --> 00:05:19,014 UH... I'M KIND OF DOING 117 00:05:19,057 --> 00:05:21,495 THE COLLEGE MOVE-IN THING SOLO. 118 00:05:21,538 --> 00:05:24,933 MY PARENTS ARE... THEY COULDN'T MAKE IT. 119 00:05:24,976 --> 00:05:26,369 JORDAN HAS A FAMILY THING. 120 00:05:26,413 --> 00:05:27,912 AND THEN MY AUNT IS STUCK IN SOME MEETING 121 00:05:27,936 --> 00:05:31,069 WITH HER DEPARTMENT CHAIR, SO, IT'S JUST ME. 122 00:05:31,113 --> 00:05:32,767 - AND ME. - WHAT? NO, IT'S OK. 123 00:05:32,810 --> 00:05:34,421 GO BE WITH YOUR MOM. - CHILD, HUSH. 124 00:05:34,464 --> 00:05:36,292 I'LL TAKE THE BIG ONE. LET'S GO. 125 00:05:38,033 --> 00:05:39,426 LET'S GO. 126 00:05:41,341 --> 00:05:44,344 LORD, WHAT YOU GOT IN HERE? 127 00:05:49,740 --> 00:05:52,264 WHY THEY INSIST ON USING PRISON CELLS 128 00:05:52,308 --> 00:05:54,310 AS THEIR INSPIRATION FOR COLLEGE DORMS, 129 00:05:54,354 --> 00:05:55,790 I WILL NEVER UNDERSTAND. 130 00:05:55,833 --> 00:05:58,053 WELL, THIS IS MY FIRST COLLEGE ROOM, 131 00:05:58,096 --> 00:05:59,881 AND IT'S ALREADY PERFECT. 132 00:06:33,393 --> 00:06:35,307 SIMONE HICKS, JORDAN IS BUSY. 133 00:06:36,961 --> 00:06:40,574 PUT YOUR BIG GIRL PANTS ON AND DEAL. 134 00:06:47,537 --> 00:06:48,799 WELCOME TO BRINGSTON, GIRL. 135 00:07:02,160 --> 00:07:04,293 HEY. I KNOW I'VE BEEN GOING HARD ON YOU, BRO, 136 00:07:04,336 --> 00:07:05,488 BUT AS PITCHER AND CATCHER, WE'RE THE 137 00:07:05,512 --> 00:07:07,209 FOUNDATION OF THIS TEAM, MAN. 138 00:07:07,252 --> 00:07:09,429 ALL RIGHT? WE GOTTA SET THE TONE, BABY. 139 00:07:09,472 --> 00:07:10,778 IT'S ALL GOOD. I GET IT. 140 00:07:10,821 --> 00:07:12,170 7 OF OUR BEST SUSPENDED BECAUSE OF 141 00:07:12,214 --> 00:07:13,476 THAT DAMN SCANDAL, 142 00:07:13,520 --> 00:07:15,870 WE STARTING OVER FROM SCRATCH. 143 00:07:15,913 --> 00:07:17,543 WE GOT YOU AND COACH TURNER NOW, WHICH MEANS 144 00:07:17,567 --> 00:07:19,090 WE HEADED STRAIGHT BACK TO GLORY. 145 00:07:19,134 --> 00:07:20,744 YEAH, WE BETTER BE. BUT YOUR TEAMMATES 146 00:07:20,788 --> 00:07:22,374 AREN'T EXACTLY GIVING ME THE WARMEST WELCOME. 147 00:07:22,398 --> 00:07:23,462 MAYBE START REFERRING TO THEM AS 148 00:07:23,486 --> 00:07:24,792 OUR TEAMMATES. 149 00:07:24,835 --> 00:07:26,247 STOP REMINDING THEM EVERY TWO SECONDS 150 00:07:26,271 --> 00:07:28,099 THAT YOU GAVE UP THE PROS FOR BRINGSTON. 151 00:07:29,449 --> 00:07:30,885 THEY JUST MIGHT TOLERATE YOU. 152 00:07:35,759 --> 00:07:37,065 UM, ISN'T THAT YOUR GIRL 153 00:07:37,108 --> 00:07:38,414 FROM HOMECOMING WEEKEND? 154 00:07:44,768 --> 00:07:46,248 SO, THE RUMORS ARE TRUE. 155 00:07:49,947 --> 00:07:51,775 - YOU REMEMBER ME? - I MAKE IT A POINT 156 00:07:51,819 --> 00:07:53,536 TO KNOW WHO'S TRYING TO MAKE IT ONTO MY TEAM. 157 00:07:53,560 --> 00:07:55,257 MM. QUITE THE WELCOMING COMMITTEE. 158 00:07:55,300 --> 00:07:56,519 YOU SHOULD SEE HOW I TREATED 159 00:07:56,563 --> 00:07:58,652 THE OTHER 4 HOPEFULS. 160 00:07:58,695 --> 00:08:00,088 4? 161 00:08:00,131 --> 00:08:01,698 WAIT. YOU DIDN'T THINK YOU WERE 162 00:08:01,742 --> 00:08:03,004 THE ONLY ONE COACH LONI 163 00:08:03,047 --> 00:08:04,788 WAS GIVING A SHOT TO, DID YOU? 164 00:08:06,660 --> 00:08:08,749 OK. SEE, ON THIS TEAM, 165 00:08:08,792 --> 00:08:11,316 NOTHING JUST GETS HANDED TO YOU. 166 00:08:11,360 --> 00:08:13,014 IT HAS TO BE EARNED. 167 00:08:13,057 --> 00:08:15,495 AND THAT'S WHAT MAKES US THE BEST. 168 00:08:15,538 --> 00:08:17,148 THERE ARE 5 OF YOU VYING FOR 169 00:08:17,192 --> 00:08:19,150 THE LAST OPEN SPOT ON OUR TEAM. 170 00:08:19,194 --> 00:08:20,674 MAY THE BEST WOMAN WIN. 171 00:08:20,717 --> 00:08:22,197 WELL, COACH LONI'S OPINION IS 172 00:08:22,240 --> 00:08:24,547 THE ONLY ONE THAT MATTERS RIGHT NOW, 173 00:08:24,591 --> 00:08:26,157 AND SHE HAS MY BACK, SO, IF YOU'RE DONE 174 00:08:26,201 --> 00:08:27,352 PEEING ALL OVER THE COURT, I'D LIKE TO 175 00:08:27,376 --> 00:08:28,420 GET BACK TO PRACTICING. 176 00:08:28,464 --> 00:08:29,900 NO PROBLEM. 177 00:08:29,944 --> 00:08:32,163 I WILL SEE YOU AT REAL PRACTICE TOMORROW. 178 00:08:32,207 --> 00:08:33,425 WE'RE DOING DRILLS, SO, 179 00:08:33,469 --> 00:08:35,863 JUST COME PREPARED TO KICK ASS. 180 00:08:35,906 --> 00:08:39,780 OH, AND SINCE THE NCAA LIMITS COACHES' HOURS 181 00:08:39,823 --> 00:08:42,130 BEFORE THE OFFICIAL START OF THE SEASON, 182 00:08:42,173 --> 00:08:43,566 I'LL BE IN CHARGE OF THE DRILLS. 183 00:08:43,610 --> 00:08:45,699 - WHY YOU? - I'M TEAM CAPTAIN THIS YEAR. 184 00:08:45,742 --> 00:08:48,528 SO, I GUESS MY OPINION DOES MATTER. 185 00:08:55,404 --> 00:08:57,754 IT TAKES COURAGE TO BE SUCCESSFUL. 186 00:08:57,798 --> 00:08:59,756 AND THEY WANT TO LABEL US UNDERDOGS? 187 00:09:01,541 --> 00:09:03,891 LOOK HERE... UNDERDOGS IS NOT OUR STATE OF MIND. 188 00:09:03,934 --> 00:09:05,501 YOU HEAR ME? NOW LET THEM 189 00:09:05,545 --> 00:09:07,329 CALL US WHAT THEY WANT. 190 00:09:07,372 --> 00:09:09,331 WE KNOW WHO WE ARE, ALL RIGHT? 191 00:09:09,374 --> 00:09:13,291 UP IN HERE! AND THAT'S A LESSON FOR LIFE, 192 00:09:13,335 --> 00:09:15,119 NOT JUST BASEBALL. 193 00:09:15,163 --> 00:09:17,382 LOOK HERE. I HAVE FAITH 194 00:09:17,426 --> 00:09:19,863 IN EACH AND EVERY ONE OF Y'ALL. 195 00:09:19,907 --> 00:09:21,865 NOW, BRINGSTON BASEBALL IS BACK. 196 00:09:21,909 --> 00:09:23,693 NOW IT'S TIME TO PUT IN THAT WORK 197 00:09:23,737 --> 00:09:25,782 AND SHOW THE WORLD WHAT WE CAN DO! 198 00:09:25,826 --> 00:09:27,131 YOU UNDERSTAND ME? 199 00:09:33,050 --> 00:09:34,225 WHY AIN'T Y'ALL MOVING? 200 00:09:36,358 --> 00:09:38,142 OUR BAD. WE DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU WERE FINISHED 201 00:09:38,186 --> 00:09:40,318 OR IF THAT WAS JUST ANOTHER PAUSE FOR EFFECT. 202 00:09:40,362 --> 00:09:41,624 MAN, GET YOUR SMART ASSES 203 00:09:41,668 --> 00:09:43,365 GEARED UP AND ON THAT FIELD 204 00:09:43,408 --> 00:09:44,951 OR I'LL GIVE YOU ANOTHER DAMN MONOLOGUE. 205 00:09:44,975 --> 00:09:46,411 COME ON, NOW. 206 00:09:46,455 --> 00:09:48,065 STOP DIGGING AT THE BALL, RASHAAN. 207 00:09:48,109 --> 00:09:49,893 THIS AIN'T LITTLE LEAGUE. THAT'S IT. 208 00:09:49,937 --> 00:09:52,287 COME THROW THE DAMN BALL. COME THROW IT! 209 00:09:52,330 --> 00:09:53,897 THAT'S IT. GOOD CATCH, SON. 210 00:09:58,902 --> 00:10:00,600 DIAL IT BACK, SIMS. 211 00:10:00,643 --> 00:10:01,794 I GOT OUTFIELDERS WAITING TO CATCH SOMETHING. 212 00:10:01,818 --> 00:10:03,428 LET THEM BOYS HIT NOW. 213 00:10:03,472 --> 00:10:04,971 EY, IF THEY WANT TO BE THE BEST, THEY GOTTA LEARN 214 00:10:04,995 --> 00:10:06,823 TO HIT OFF THE BEST, RIGHT? 215 00:10:06,867 --> 00:10:09,478 WE'RE HERE TO WIN, FELLAS. Y'ALL GOT THAT? 216 00:10:09,521 --> 00:10:10,479 I HAVE REASONS FOR THE WAY I'M 217 00:10:10,522 --> 00:10:11,915 RUNNING MY PRACTICE. 218 00:10:11,959 --> 00:10:13,090 YES, SIR. 219 00:10:21,533 --> 00:10:22,926 PULL HIM. COME ON. 220 00:10:22,970 --> 00:10:24,754 ALL RIGHT, SIMS. YOU'RE DONE. 221 00:10:24,798 --> 00:10:26,321 ROBERTS! YOU'RE UP. 222 00:10:26,364 --> 00:10:27,496 WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHAT, Y'ALL 223 00:10:27,539 --> 00:10:28,758 BENCHING ME DURING PRACTICE? 224 00:10:28,802 --> 00:10:30,107 YOU GOT A PROBLEM WITH IT, 225 00:10:30,151 --> 00:10:31,326 TAKE IT UP WITH COACH MARCUS. 226 00:10:31,369 --> 00:10:33,545 LET'S GO. COME ON, ROBERTS. 227 00:10:33,589 --> 00:10:36,940 COACH. YO, COACH. 228 00:10:36,984 --> 00:10:38,812 LOOK, I'M JUST MOTIVATING HIM, ALL RIGHT? 229 00:10:38,855 --> 00:10:39,987 THESE GUYS DON'T GET IT... 230 00:10:40,030 --> 00:10:41,684 SHUT UP AND LISTEN FOR ONCE! 231 00:10:41,728 --> 00:10:44,034 FOR ONCE. OK? 232 00:10:44,078 --> 00:10:45,403 IF THEY DON'T HIT, I CAN'T EVALUATE 233 00:10:45,427 --> 00:10:46,827 THEIR WEAKNESSES AND FINE-TUNE THEM. 234 00:10:46,863 --> 00:10:48,691 YOU WANNA KNOW THEIR WEAKNESSES? 235 00:10:48,735 --> 00:10:51,825 I SPENT THE LAST WEEK WORKING WITH THESE GUYS. 236 00:10:51,868 --> 00:10:53,783 THEIR WEAKNESS IS NOT ONE OF THEM GOT THE ABILITY 237 00:10:53,827 --> 00:10:55,108 TO TAKE THEIR GAME TO THE NEXT LEVEL. 238 00:10:55,132 --> 00:10:57,134 NOT ONE! 239 00:10:57,178 --> 00:10:58,527 YOU LOST YOUR BEST PLAYERS WHEN 240 00:10:58,570 --> 00:11:00,442 YOUR STARTERS WERE SUSPENDED. 241 00:11:00,485 --> 00:11:02,270 AND THE ONLY PERSON LEFT 242 00:11:02,313 --> 00:11:04,968 SEEMINGLY WORTH ANYTHING IS SANTIAGO, 243 00:11:05,012 --> 00:11:06,492 AND HIS ASS IS INCONSISTENT IN THE BOX 244 00:11:06,535 --> 00:11:07,797 BECAUSE HE LETS HIS EMOTIONS 245 00:11:07,841 --> 00:11:09,799 CONTROL THE GAME. 246 00:11:09,843 --> 00:11:10,974 WHAT ARE WE DOING? 247 00:11:18,634 --> 00:11:21,550 YOU DONE? GET OFF MY FIELD. 248 00:11:21,593 --> 00:11:22,614 COACH, I'M SORRY, ALL RIGHT? 249 00:11:22,638 --> 00:11:24,379 OFF MY FIELD, SIMS. 250 00:11:24,422 --> 00:11:26,294 - COACH. - I'VE HEARD ENOUGH FROM YOU TODAY. 251 00:11:26,337 --> 00:11:27,445 YOU CAN SIT THE REST OF THE PRACTICE 252 00:11:27,469 --> 00:11:30,428 IN THE DUGOUT. GO. 253 00:11:30,472 --> 00:11:31,560 THE DUGOUT? 254 00:11:32,822 --> 00:11:34,171 I AIN'T GIVE UP THE PROS TO SIT IN 255 00:11:34,215 --> 00:11:35,259 ANYBODY'S DUGOUT. 256 00:11:35,303 --> 00:11:36,957 WAIT A MINUTE. EXCUSE ME? 257 00:11:37,000 --> 00:11:39,437 SIMS! DON'T YOU WALK AWAY FROM ME. 258 00:11:39,481 --> 00:11:40,656 SIMS! 259 00:11:43,267 --> 00:11:45,226 WHAT'S EVERYONE STANDING AROUND FOR? 260 00:11:51,972 --> 00:11:54,670 PRESIDENT EZEKIEL ALLEN. 261 00:11:54,714 --> 00:11:57,064 JUST THE MAN I WAS HEADED TO SEE. 262 00:11:57,107 --> 00:12:00,023 YOU USED MY WHOLE GOVERNMENT NAME. 263 00:12:00,067 --> 00:12:01,111 THAT CAN'T BE GOOD. 264 00:12:01,155 --> 00:12:02,460 LOOK, I AM A BELOVED 265 00:12:02,504 --> 00:12:03,897 PROFESSOR AT THIS UNIVERSITY, 266 00:12:03,940 --> 00:12:06,203 AND DAMN GOOD AT MY JOB. 267 00:12:06,247 --> 00:12:07,596 SO, MAKE MY LIGHTER COURSE LOAD 268 00:12:07,639 --> 00:12:09,032 THIS SEMESTER MAKE SENSE. 269 00:12:09,076 --> 00:12:10,425 ASSIGNMENTS ARE AT THE DISCRETION 270 00:12:10,468 --> 00:12:11,774 OF YOUR DEPARTMENT CHAIR, SO... 271 00:12:11,818 --> 00:12:13,143 DON'T DO THAT. WE'VE KNOWN EACH OTHER 272 00:12:13,167 --> 00:12:15,082 A LONG TIME, ZEKE. 273 00:12:15,125 --> 00:12:16,692 YOU OWE ME THE TRUTH. 274 00:12:16,736 --> 00:12:19,260 ALL RIGHT. LISTEN, NOW, THIS 275 00:12:19,303 --> 00:12:20,957 WASN'T MY CALL, 276 00:12:21,001 --> 00:12:22,524 BUT THERE ARE SOME TRUSTEES 277 00:12:22,567 --> 00:12:24,004 AND SOME INFLUENTIAL PARENTS... 278 00:12:24,047 --> 00:12:25,570 YOU MEAN FULL TUITION PARENTS. 279 00:12:25,614 --> 00:12:27,137 I MEAN PARENTS WHOSE SONS WERE 280 00:12:27,181 --> 00:12:28,549 PART OF THE BASEBALL GROUP SUSPENDED 281 00:12:28,573 --> 00:12:30,227 FOR TAKING PAPER COURSES. 282 00:12:30,271 --> 00:12:32,099 THEY'RE PUTTING A LOT OF PRESSURE ON ME 283 00:12:32,142 --> 00:12:33,404 TO LET YOU GO. 284 00:12:33,448 --> 00:12:35,276 I DIDN'T PERPETRATE THAT SCANDAL. 285 00:12:35,319 --> 00:12:37,408 ALL I DID WAS BRING THE CHEATING TO LIGHT 286 00:12:37,452 --> 00:12:39,584 AND PROTECT THIS INSTITUTION. 287 00:12:39,628 --> 00:12:41,151 WELL, NOT EVERYONE AGREES WITH HOW 288 00:12:41,195 --> 00:12:42,718 BRINGSTON'S DIRTY LAUNDRY WAS AIRED. 289 00:12:42,762 --> 00:12:44,067 SO, WE'RE SHOOTING THE MESSENGER? 290 00:12:44,111 --> 00:12:45,503 AMARA, THEY JUST WANT SOMEBODY 291 00:12:45,547 --> 00:12:47,375 TO BE MAD AT. 292 00:12:47,418 --> 00:12:50,813 AND RIGHT NOW, FAIR OR UNFAIR, THAT'S YOU. 293 00:12:50,857 --> 00:12:52,206 YOU'RE A WHISTLEBLOWER, 294 00:12:52,249 --> 00:12:53,555 AND THAT COMES WITH ITS OWN CRAP. 295 00:12:55,775 --> 00:12:56,819 DO YOU AGREE WITH THEM? 296 00:12:56,863 --> 00:12:59,300 NO. OF COURSE NOT. 297 00:12:59,343 --> 00:13:01,824 BUT MY FEELINGS AREN'T ALWAYS WHAT MATTERS. 298 00:13:01,868 --> 00:13:05,088 LOOK, THIS WILL BLOW OVER. 299 00:13:05,132 --> 00:13:06,916 YOU JUST NEED TO KEEP A LOW PROFILE 300 00:13:06,960 --> 00:13:09,136 UNTIL THEY FIND SOMETHING ELSE TO FIXATE ON. 301 00:13:09,179 --> 00:13:10,790 MY REDUCING YOUR COURSE LOAD 302 00:13:10,833 --> 00:13:12,226 WAS THE BEST WAY I COULD THINK 303 00:13:12,269 --> 00:13:14,054 TO HELP YOU KEEP THAT LOW PROFILE. 304 00:13:14,097 --> 00:13:15,446 IT'S BETTER THAN LOSING YOUR JOB, 305 00:13:15,490 --> 00:13:17,100 WHICH IS WHAT THEY WANTED. 306 00:13:18,275 --> 00:13:20,060 NOW, I HAVE TO GO. 307 00:13:29,678 --> 00:13:31,941 I AM SO, SO SORRY 308 00:13:31,985 --> 00:13:33,813 I DIDN'T MAKE IT IN TIME TO HELP YOU MOVE IN. 309 00:13:33,856 --> 00:13:36,250 IT'S OK, AUNTIE. YOU DON'T HAVE TO APOLOGIZE. 310 00:13:36,293 --> 00:13:37,314 I KNOW YOU WOULDN'T HAVE LEFT ME HANGING 311 00:13:37,338 --> 00:13:38,469 IF IT WASN'T IMPORTANT. 312 00:13:38,513 --> 00:13:40,297 IS EVERYTHING OK? 313 00:13:40,341 --> 00:13:41,995 IT WILL BE. 314 00:13:42,038 --> 00:13:44,040 BUT ENOUGH ABOUT ME. 315 00:13:44,084 --> 00:13:45,694 MY BABY IS OFFICIALLY 316 00:13:45,737 --> 00:13:47,174 A COLLEGE FRESHMAN. 317 00:13:48,784 --> 00:13:50,090 AND TO CELEBRATE... 318 00:13:50,133 --> 00:13:51,352 FOR ME? 319 00:13:51,395 --> 00:13:52,875 YOU THINK I RANDOMLY 320 00:13:52,919 --> 00:13:54,007 WALK AROUND CAMPUS 321 00:13:54,050 --> 00:13:56,966 WITH GIFT BASKETS? HA HA! 322 00:13:57,010 --> 00:13:59,229 IT'S JUST A LITTLE FRESHMAN 323 00:13:59,273 --> 00:14:00,796 WELCOME BOX OF ESSENTIALS 324 00:14:00,840 --> 00:14:01,884 I PUT TOGETHER. 325 00:14:01,928 --> 00:14:03,407 - YEAH. - YOU KNOW. 326 00:14:03,451 --> 00:14:04,974 SHOWER SLIPPERS, 327 00:14:05,018 --> 00:14:07,542 WIPES, DISINFECTANT SPRAY. 328 00:14:07,585 --> 00:14:09,500 COLLEGE KIDS ARE NASTY. PROTECT YOURSELF. 329 00:14:09,544 --> 00:14:13,026 OK, AUNTIE. OH, WOW! 330 00:14:15,289 --> 00:14:17,073 WOW. REALLY? 331 00:14:17,117 --> 00:14:18,466 NOW, I KNOW YOU DON'T EXPECT ME 332 00:14:18,509 --> 00:14:19,902 TO STAND HERE AND PRETEND LIKE 333 00:14:19,946 --> 00:14:21,556 WE BOTH DON'T KNOW YOU HAVE SEX. 334 00:14:21,599 --> 00:14:23,253 I'M NOT SAYING ALL THAT. 335 00:14:23,297 --> 00:14:24,472 I'M JUST SAYING I'M 336 00:14:24,515 --> 00:14:25,710 NOT GONNA NEED THOSE RIGHT NOW. 337 00:14:25,734 --> 00:14:27,910 OH, SO, JORDAN IS NEVER 338 00:14:27,954 --> 00:14:29,042 COMING TO VISIT. 339 00:14:30,826 --> 00:14:33,220 I REST MY CASE. THE CONDOMS STAY. 340 00:14:33,263 --> 00:14:35,004 OK. 341 00:14:35,048 --> 00:14:36,266 SO, IS THAT WHAT HAS YOU DOWN? 342 00:14:36,310 --> 00:14:38,486 JORDAN BEING SO FAR AWAY? 343 00:14:38,529 --> 00:14:40,140 THAT'S CUTE, THAT YOU THOUGHT 344 00:14:40,183 --> 00:14:42,969 YOU WERE HIDING ANYTHING FROM ME. 345 00:14:43,012 --> 00:14:45,275 I JUST MISS EVERYTHING. 346 00:14:45,319 --> 00:14:48,235 JORDAN, BABY SHAY, MY FRIENDS, 347 00:14:48,278 --> 00:14:50,150 MY LIFE BACK IN BEVERLY HILLS. 348 00:14:52,369 --> 00:14:53,738 AUNTIE, WHAT IF I MADE THE WRONG CHOICE 349 00:14:53,762 --> 00:14:55,633 COMING TO COLLEGE SO FAR AWAY? 350 00:14:55,677 --> 00:14:58,941 YOU'RE GOING TO BE FINE, SIMONE. 351 00:14:58,985 --> 00:15:00,551 YOU'LL FIND YOUR FOOTING 352 00:15:00,595 --> 00:15:02,553 AND YOU'LL FIND YOUR PEOPLE. 353 00:15:02,597 --> 00:15:06,253 PROBABLY HERE ON THESE TENNIS COURTS, FRANKLY. 354 00:15:06,296 --> 00:15:07,776 AND ONCE YOU START BONDING 355 00:15:07,819 --> 00:15:10,039 WITH YOUR SOON-TO-BE-TEAMMATES, 356 00:15:10,083 --> 00:15:12,520 BRINGSTON WILL START TO FEEL LIKE HOME. 357 00:15:12,563 --> 00:15:13,695 TRUST ME. 358 00:15:17,133 --> 00:15:18,178 HOME. 359 00:15:19,701 --> 00:15:20,658 THAT'S IT. GET DOWN. 360 00:15:20,702 --> 00:15:21,659 THERE YOU GO. GO! 361 00:15:21,703 --> 00:15:22,791 THERE... THERE IT IS. 362 00:15:25,576 --> 00:15:27,883 COME ON, THAT'S IT. GET DOWN, ROBERTS. 363 00:15:27,927 --> 00:15:30,407 THERE YOU GO. TAKE 'EM IN, COACH YEE. 364 00:15:30,451 --> 00:15:33,410 I DON'T SEE MY STAR PLAYER. 365 00:15:36,065 --> 00:15:37,260 IF YOU'RE REFERRING TO DAMON SIMS, 366 00:15:37,284 --> 00:15:39,025 HE WAS BEING PROBLEMATIC. 367 00:15:39,068 --> 00:15:40,200 SO, I BENCHED HIM. 368 00:15:40,243 --> 00:15:41,462 THIS ENTIRE PROGRAM RESTS ON 369 00:15:41,505 --> 00:15:43,290 THAT BOY'S SHOULDERS. 370 00:15:43,333 --> 00:15:45,770 PROBLEMATIC OR NOT, YOU MAKE SURE HE GETS WHAT HE NEEDS. 371 00:15:45,814 --> 00:15:48,599 THIS IS A TEAM SPORT. WE RISE TOGETHER, WE FALL TOGETHER. 372 00:15:48,643 --> 00:15:49,923 SIMS'LL COME ON BOARD EVENTUALLY. 373 00:15:49,949 --> 00:15:51,515 EVENTUALLY WON'T BE SOON ENOUGH. 374 00:15:52,690 --> 00:15:53,909 WHAT'S GOING ON? 375 00:15:53,953 --> 00:15:55,563 THE UNIVERSITY IS WORKING THROUGH 376 00:15:55,606 --> 00:15:57,434 SOME FINANCIAL ISSUES. 377 00:15:57,478 --> 00:16:00,133 YEAH, US AND EVERY OTHER HBCU. 378 00:16:00,176 --> 00:16:01,917 SO, WHY IS THIS DIFFERENT? 379 00:16:01,961 --> 00:16:04,354 WE HAD TO TAKE SOME AGGRESSIVE MEASURES THIS YEAR. 380 00:16:04,398 --> 00:16:05,921 AS A RESULT, SOME OF OUR PROGRAMS 381 00:16:05,965 --> 00:16:08,532 ARE ON THE SHORT LIST FOR BEING CUT, 382 00:16:08,576 --> 00:16:10,012 AND GIVEN THE BASEBALL PROGRAM'S 383 00:16:10,056 --> 00:16:12,667 ALREADY ON SHAKY GROUND AS IS... 384 00:16:12,710 --> 00:16:14,799 DAMN, WE MOVED TO THE TOP OF THAT LIST. 385 00:16:14,843 --> 00:16:17,977 WE'RE JUST GETTING STARTED, MAN. 386 00:16:18,020 --> 00:16:19,891 BUILDING A CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM TAKES TIME. 387 00:16:19,935 --> 00:16:23,156 THAT IS SOMETHING YOU DON'T HAVE ANYMORE, TURNER. 388 00:16:23,199 --> 00:16:24,679 NOW, IF YOU CAN'T MAKE THIS 389 00:16:24,722 --> 00:16:26,637 DAMON SIMS EXPERIMENT WORK 390 00:16:26,681 --> 00:16:28,659 AND TURN THE LIONS INTO A CHAMPIONSHIP CALIBER TEAM 391 00:16:28,683 --> 00:16:29,747 BY THE END OF THE SEMESTER... 392 00:16:29,771 --> 00:16:31,077 SEMESTER? 393 00:16:31,120 --> 00:16:33,253 THERE'LL BE NO PROGRAM COME SPRING. 394 00:16:46,570 --> 00:16:48,442 YOU GOT A SECOND? OF COURSE. 395 00:16:48,485 --> 00:16:51,227 I REALIZE I OWE YOU AN APOLOGY. 396 00:16:54,317 --> 00:16:56,276 IT'S COME TO MY ATTENTION THAT 397 00:16:56,319 --> 00:16:57,886 NOT EVERYONE IS OVERJOYED 398 00:16:57,929 --> 00:17:00,149 WITH THE FACT THAT I EXPOSED SHAW'S CHEATING. 399 00:17:00,193 --> 00:17:02,804 I MEAN, I EXPECTED A FEW PEOPLE 400 00:17:02,847 --> 00:17:04,936 TO BE IN THEIR FEELINGS, BUT 401 00:17:04,980 --> 00:17:07,591 I DON'T KNOW. I GUESS 402 00:17:07,635 --> 00:17:09,158 IT CUTS A LITTLE DEEPER 403 00:17:09,202 --> 00:17:11,552 WHEN IT'S YOUR OWN PEOPLE TURNING ON YOU. 404 00:17:13,945 --> 00:17:18,080 ANYWAY, I REALIZE NOW THAT 405 00:17:18,124 --> 00:17:19,951 MINE ISN'T THE ONLY FUTURE 406 00:17:19,995 --> 00:17:21,649 AFFECTED BY MY ACTIONS. 407 00:17:22,998 --> 00:17:24,782 YOU FINALLY GOT YOUR DREAM OF BEING 408 00:17:24,826 --> 00:17:28,221 A HEAD COACH, BUT BECAUSE OF ME, 409 00:17:28,264 --> 00:17:29,874 IT'S OVERSHADOWED BY ALL THIS 410 00:17:29,918 --> 00:17:33,269 SCANDAL NONSENSE. I'M SORRY. 411 00:17:33,313 --> 00:17:36,229 YOU HAVE NOTHING TO APOLOGIZE FOR, AMARA. 412 00:17:36,272 --> 00:17:38,405 IN FACT, I WAS GONNA TELL YOU... 413 00:17:38,448 --> 00:17:40,015 COACH, I... I DON'T MEAN TO 414 00:17:40,059 --> 00:17:41,669 INTERRUPT YOU GUYS, BUT 415 00:17:41,712 --> 00:17:43,888 COACH, I KIND OF REALLY NEED TO TALK TO YOU. 416 00:17:43,932 --> 00:17:46,282 OH, IT'S NO PROBLEM. 417 00:17:46,326 --> 00:17:48,589 I'M SCHEDULED TO TALK SOMEBODY ELSE'S 418 00:17:48,632 --> 00:17:49,807 EAR OFF ANYWAY. 419 00:17:53,115 --> 00:17:54,377 LOOK, WHATEVER IT IS, SIMS, 420 00:17:54,421 --> 00:17:56,118 IT BETTER BE PREFACED BY AN APOLOGY 421 00:17:56,162 --> 00:17:58,512 FOR WALKING OUT ON YOUR TEAM. 422 00:17:58,555 --> 00:18:00,035 WAY TO STEAL MY THUNDER THERE, COACH. 423 00:18:02,255 --> 00:18:03,212 DOES SHE KNOW? 424 00:18:03,256 --> 00:18:05,127 KNOW WHAT? 425 00:18:05,171 --> 00:18:06,737 THAT YOU WERE HER ANONYMOUS SOURCE 426 00:18:06,781 --> 00:18:08,087 ON THE CHEATING SCANDAL? 427 00:18:09,958 --> 00:18:11,414 WHAT, YOU DIDN'T THINK I WAS GONNA REMEMBER 428 00:18:11,438 --> 00:18:13,353 YOUR ON-FIELD CONFESSION HOMECOMING WEEKEND? 429 00:18:13,396 --> 00:18:14,745 DON'T YOU HAVE SOME ORIENTATION 430 00:18:14,789 --> 00:18:16,356 OR SOMETHING TO GET TO, SON? 431 00:18:16,399 --> 00:18:20,011 YEAH, I DO, BUT... ACTUALLY, COACH, 432 00:18:20,055 --> 00:18:22,492 THE... THE GUYS, THEY WERE TALKING CRAZY 433 00:18:22,536 --> 00:18:25,278 ABOUT THE BASEBALL PROGRAM MAYBE BEING CUT, 434 00:18:25,321 --> 00:18:27,149 AND... LIKE, I KNOW THAT'S STUPID, 435 00:18:27,193 --> 00:18:28,498 BUT, LIKE, I CAME TO TALK TO YOU 436 00:18:28,542 --> 00:18:29,586 TO SEE IF... 437 00:18:31,501 --> 00:18:33,373 COACH, IS... IS THAT FOR REAL? 438 00:18:33,416 --> 00:18:35,505 LOOK, RELAX, OK? IT'S GONNA BE FINE. 439 00:18:35,549 --> 00:18:37,135 HOW IS IT GONNA BE... COACH, WE DON'T HAVE 440 00:18:37,159 --> 00:18:38,595 ENOUGH STAR POWER ON THE TEAM 441 00:18:38,639 --> 00:18:39,877 TO TURN THINGS AROUND FAST ENOUGH. 442 00:18:39,901 --> 00:18:41,381 WE HAVE MORE THAN ENOUGH TIME. 443 00:18:41,424 --> 00:18:44,035 WE JUST HAVE TO BE PATIENT WITH THESE PLAYERS. 444 00:18:44,079 --> 00:18:45,491 ALL RIGHT? FOCUS ON THE FUNDAMENTALS. 445 00:18:45,515 --> 00:18:46,908 GET THEM THEIR CONFIDENCE BACK. 446 00:18:46,951 --> 00:18:48,823 THEY'LL GET THERE. IN FACT, 447 00:18:48,866 --> 00:18:50,061 OUR FRIENDLY SCRIMMAGE GAME AGAINST 448 00:18:50,085 --> 00:18:51,956 HAWKINS GEORGIA TOMORROW 449 00:18:52,000 --> 00:18:53,262 WILL PROVE TO ALL OF YOU 450 00:18:53,306 --> 00:18:56,047 THAT THE FOUNDATION IS THERE. OK? 451 00:18:59,442 --> 00:19:00,574 AND SIMS... 452 00:19:02,228 --> 00:19:03,272 YEAH, COACH? 453 00:19:04,708 --> 00:19:06,188 YOU EVER WALK OUT ON ME IN THE MIDDLE 454 00:19:06,232 --> 00:19:07,687 OF PRACTICE AGAIN, YOU'RE DONE ON THIS TEAM. 455 00:19:07,711 --> 00:19:09,322 YOU UNDERSTAND ME? 456 00:19:09,365 --> 00:19:10,888 YES, SIR. 457 00:19:10,932 --> 00:19:12,629 WHAT YOU'RE ABOUT TO EXPERIENCE HERE 458 00:19:12,673 --> 00:19:15,589 AT BRINGSTON OVER THE NEXT 4 YEARS IS SPECIAL. 459 00:19:15,632 --> 00:19:17,523 NO SHADE TO ALL YOUR PEOPLE LIVING THEIR BEST LIVES 460 00:19:17,547 --> 00:19:21,029 AT PWIs, BUT LIFE HERE AT BRINGSTON IS THE REAL PRIZE. 461 00:19:21,072 --> 00:19:22,528 OK, SO, WE'RE GONNA WRAP THIS UP, BECAUSE 462 00:19:22,552 --> 00:19:24,467 I KNOW Y'ALL WANNA GO PARTY. 463 00:19:24,511 --> 00:19:26,469 YES, SWEET BABY JESUS. THANK YOU. 464 00:19:26,513 --> 00:19:27,688 BYE! 465 00:19:27,731 --> 00:19:30,386 OK, MADAME R.A. 466 00:19:30,430 --> 00:19:32,736 LET ME FIND OUT THERE'S SOME POLITICS IN YOUR FUTURE, GIRL. 467 00:19:32,780 --> 00:19:35,130 I WAS ACTUALLY HOPING THAT GODIVA BROTHER 468 00:19:35,174 --> 00:19:36,697 WOULD BE IN MY FUTURE. 469 00:19:36,740 --> 00:19:39,047 WHO? DAMON SIMS' ROOMMATE. 470 00:19:39,090 --> 00:19:40,962 WAIT. DAMON LIVES HERE? 471 00:19:41,005 --> 00:19:43,182 TECHNICALLY IN THE MALE WING OF THIS DORM, YES. 472 00:19:43,225 --> 00:19:45,009 AND YOU WERE JUST A LITTLE TOO EXCITED 473 00:19:45,053 --> 00:19:46,924 ABOUT THAT, SIMONE HICKS. 474 00:19:46,968 --> 00:19:49,362 OK, IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, NICE TO KNOW 475 00:19:49,405 --> 00:19:51,233 SOMEONE ELSE I KNOW LIVES HERE. 476 00:19:51,277 --> 00:19:53,627 OK. WELL, THEN, WHY DON'T WE JUST CALL HIM AND MAYBE WE CAN 477 00:19:53,670 --> 00:19:55,474 HANG OUT WITH HIM AND HIS FOOTBALL GOD OF A ROOMMATE? 478 00:19:55,498 --> 00:19:57,413 OR NOT. KEISHA, WHAT HAPPENED 479 00:19:57,457 --> 00:19:59,110 TO YOUR VOW OF CELIBACY AFTER 480 00:19:59,154 --> 00:20:00,764 YOUR BREAKUP WITH LISA THIS SUMMER? 481 00:20:00,808 --> 00:20:02,897 I CAN BE CELIBATE AND STILL ENJOY NEW COMPANY. 482 00:20:02,940 --> 00:20:04,812 OH, NOT THE WAY YOU ENJOY IT. 483 00:20:04,855 --> 00:20:07,249 GIRL, LEAVE IT ALONE! 484 00:20:10,078 --> 00:20:12,907 OF COURSE SHE LIVES HERE. 485 00:20:12,950 --> 00:20:14,213 GUYS, I KNEW I SHOULD'VE MOVED 486 00:20:14,256 --> 00:20:15,823 INTO A FRESHMAN- ONLY DORM. 487 00:20:15,866 --> 00:20:17,433 WELL, IGNORE THEA. 488 00:20:17,477 --> 00:20:20,044 IT'S YOUR FIRST OFFICIAL NIGHT IN COLLEGE. 489 00:20:20,088 --> 00:20:21,916 IT'S TIME TO GET INTO SOME TROUBLE. 490 00:20:21,959 --> 00:20:23,309 HONESTLY, I'VE HAD A LONG DAY, 491 00:20:23,352 --> 00:20:25,180 AND I HAVE DRILLS TOMORROW, SO, 492 00:20:25,224 --> 00:20:27,138 I'M JUST GONNA SHOWER AND CALL IT A NIGHT. 493 00:20:37,061 --> 00:20:38,256 I'M STARTING TO THINK THAT I PICKED 494 00:20:38,280 --> 00:20:39,586 THE WRONG GUY TO COACH ME, MAN. 495 00:20:39,629 --> 00:20:41,109 YOU DIDN'T PICK ANYBODY. 496 00:20:41,152 --> 00:20:42,676 PRESIDENT ALLEN DID. 497 00:20:42,719 --> 00:20:44,155 WELL, COACH TURNER AND THE OTHER 498 00:20:44,199 --> 00:20:46,288 ASSISTANT COACHES WERE GONE. YOU KNOW THAT. 499 00:20:46,332 --> 00:20:47,376 THEY WERE CLEANING HOUSE 500 00:20:47,420 --> 00:20:48,812 AFTER COACH SHAW RESIGNED. 501 00:20:48,856 --> 00:20:50,249 I VOUCHED FOR TURNER. 502 00:20:50,292 --> 00:20:51,443 MY ENROLLMENT HERE IS CONDITIONED 503 00:20:51,467 --> 00:20:52,729 ON HIM BEING MY COACH. 504 00:20:52,773 --> 00:20:54,296 THEN MAYBE YOU SHOULD TRUST HIM. 505 00:20:54,340 --> 00:20:55,578 STOP PLAYING AROUND. Y'ALL DON'T EVEN GET 506 00:20:55,602 --> 00:20:56,820 HOW SERIOUS THIS IS. 507 00:20:56,864 --> 00:20:58,431 DON'T I? YOU THINK 'CAUSE I DON'T 508 00:20:58,474 --> 00:20:59,582 HAVE THE PROS KNOCKING, THIS AIN'T IMPORTANT 509 00:20:59,606 --> 00:21:00,998 TO ME, DAMON? 510 00:21:01,042 --> 00:21:02,696 MAN, I'M HERE ON A BASEBALL SCHOLARSHIP. 511 00:21:02,739 --> 00:21:04,698 NO PROGRAM MEANS NO SCHOLARSHIP. 512 00:21:04,741 --> 00:21:07,353 STAKES ARE HIGH FOR ME, TOO, FOOL. 513 00:21:07,396 --> 00:21:09,964 LISTEN, THERE'S AN ENTIRE TEAM OF PLAYERS OUT THERE 514 00:21:10,007 --> 00:21:11,574 WITH THEIR DREAMS, THEIR EDUCATION, 515 00:21:11,618 --> 00:21:13,707 THEIR FAMILIES' LIVELIHOODS IS ON THE LINE, DAMON. 516 00:21:13,750 --> 00:21:15,162 BUT TO KNOW THAT, YOU'D ACTUALLY HAVE TO BE 517 00:21:15,186 --> 00:21:16,797 FOCUSED ON SOMEONE OTHER THAN YOURSELF. 518 00:21:19,539 --> 00:21:20,931 GOT A BONFIRE TO SET UP. 519 00:21:30,376 --> 00:21:32,900 DAY ONE AND YOU FORGET YOUR DAMN ROBE. 520 00:21:32,943 --> 00:21:34,597 GET IT TOGETHER, SIMONE. 521 00:21:48,568 --> 00:21:50,396 COME ON, KEISHA. 522 00:22:14,637 --> 00:22:16,422 WHOA. OH, MY GOD. 523 00:22:18,598 --> 00:22:21,470 WELL, IF IT AIN'T SIMONE HICKS. 524 00:22:23,690 --> 00:22:24,734 OOH. 525 00:22:26,214 --> 00:22:28,172 DO I EVEN WANNA ASK OR... 526 00:22:38,618 --> 00:22:40,315 WELL, YOUR ROOM DOESN'T LOOK THAT BAD. 527 00:22:40,359 --> 00:22:41,316 YEAH, SAYS THE GUY WHO LIVES IN A BEACH HOUSE. 528 00:22:41,360 --> 00:22:42,317 YEAH. IT'S ALL RIGHT. 529 00:22:42,361 --> 00:22:43,318 KINDA SUCKS 530 00:22:43,362 --> 00:22:44,406 'CAUSE YOU'RE NOT HERE. 531 00:22:44,450 --> 00:22:45,407 I MISS YOU. 532 00:22:45,451 --> 00:22:46,843 I MISS YOU MORE. 533 00:22:46,887 --> 00:22:48,125 GRADUATION SEEMED LIKE YESTERDAY. 534 00:22:48,149 --> 00:22:49,106 I CAN'T BELIEVE IT'S ALREADY BEEN 535 00:22:49,150 --> 00:22:50,325 A MONTH AND A HALF. 536 00:22:50,369 --> 00:22:51,476 YEAH, I KNOW. I CAN'T BELIEVE 537 00:22:51,500 --> 00:22:53,023 BRINGSTON STARTED SO EARLY. 538 00:22:53,067 --> 00:22:54,024 WAIT. WHAT'S ALL THAT MUSIC IN THE BACKGROUND? 539 00:22:54,068 --> 00:22:55,417 JJ'S THROWING A PARTY. 540 00:22:55,461 --> 00:22:57,724 DAMN, ANOTHER ONE? 541 00:23:00,466 --> 00:23:01,617 YOU ARE NOT SPENDING YOUR FIRST NIGHT 542 00:23:01,641 --> 00:23:02,903 MOPING IN YOUR ROOM. COME ON. 543 00:23:02,946 --> 00:23:05,862 - WHERE? - OH. HI, JORDAN! 544 00:23:05,906 --> 00:23:07,429 BYE, JORDAN! WE'LL BRING HER BACK 545 00:23:07,473 --> 00:23:08,778 IN ONE PIECE. I PROMISE. 546 00:23:08,822 --> 00:23:10,432 DON'T TAKE NO FOR AN ANSWER FROM HER. 547 00:23:10,476 --> 00:23:13,392 OK. YOU HEARD THE MAN. 548 00:23:13,435 --> 00:23:14,784 IT'S TIME TO MAKE YOU 549 00:23:14,828 --> 00:23:16,612 LOOK FLY AS HELL. 550 00:23:22,009 --> 00:23:24,359 FRESHMEN, ON BEHALF OF 551 00:23:24,403 --> 00:23:25,839 THE DISTINGUISHED BROTHERS 552 00:23:25,882 --> 00:23:27,797 OF KAPPA EPSILON KAPPA, 553 00:23:27,841 --> 00:23:29,756 WELCOME TO BRINGSTON UNIVERSITY. 554 00:23:29,799 --> 00:23:31,235 B.U.! 555 00:23:31,279 --> 00:23:32,933 AND TO UNOFFICIALLY KICK OFF 556 00:23:32,976 --> 00:23:35,196 Y'ALL ORIENTATION AND TRANSITION Y'ALL 557 00:23:35,239 --> 00:23:37,459 FROM FRESHMEN CUBS TO BRINGSTON LIONS, 558 00:23:37,503 --> 00:23:39,679 WE'RE GONNA NEED Y'ALL TO REPEAT AFTER US, 559 00:23:39,722 --> 00:23:41,463 I AM! I AM! 560 00:23:41,507 --> 00:23:42,986 - I AM! - I AM! 561 00:23:43,030 --> 00:23:44,248 BRILLIANT! BRILLIANT! 562 00:23:44,292 --> 00:23:45,293 - BRILLIANT! - BRILLIANT! 563 00:23:45,336 --> 00:23:46,686 - I AM! - I AM! 564 00:23:46,729 --> 00:23:48,035 - I AM! - I AM! 565 00:23:48,078 --> 00:23:49,210 - A LEADER! - A LEADER! 566 00:23:49,253 --> 00:23:50,429 - A LEADER! - A LEADER! 567 00:23:50,472 --> 00:23:51,908 - I AM! - I AM! 568 00:23:51,952 --> 00:23:53,562 - BLACK EXCELLENCE! - BLACK EXCELLENCE! 569 00:23:53,606 --> 00:23:55,085 - WE ARE... - WE ARE... 570 00:23:55,129 --> 00:23:56,913 - BRINGSTON LIONS. - BRINGSTON LIONS. 571 00:23:56,957 --> 00:23:59,568 AND CAN'T NOBODY MESS WITH OUR PRIDE. 572 00:24:21,895 --> 00:24:23,723 HEY, J. 573 00:24:23,766 --> 00:24:24,966 CAN I HOLLER AT YOU REAL QUICK? 574 00:24:31,208 --> 00:24:32,949 LOOK, I OWE YOU AN APOLOGY, MAN. 575 00:24:32,993 --> 00:24:35,517 FOR REAL YOU'VE BEEN NOTHING BUT A SOLID FRIEND 576 00:24:35,561 --> 00:24:37,476 SINCE WE MET ON THAT 15U NATIONAL TEAM.. 577 00:24:39,216 --> 00:24:40,846 AND I'VE BEEN NOTHING BUT AN ASS SINCE I ENROLLED HERE. 578 00:24:40,870 --> 00:24:42,326 - THAT YOU HAVE. - BRUH, ALL I KNOW IS 579 00:24:42,350 --> 00:24:43,525 COMPETITIVE BASEBALL. 580 00:24:44,918 --> 00:24:46,441 THE PRESSURE TO WIN AT ALL COSTS, 581 00:24:46,485 --> 00:24:49,836 THE PRESSURE TO GET ON THE MLB'S RADAR, MAN. 582 00:24:49,879 --> 00:24:51,185 BUT I DID COME TO BRINGSTON 583 00:24:51,228 --> 00:24:52,578 TO BE A PART OF SOMETHING BETTER. 584 00:24:54,362 --> 00:24:56,016 SOMETHING REAL, AND I MEANT THAT. 585 00:24:56,059 --> 00:25:00,499 I JUST... GUESS I LOST SIGHT OF THAT FOR A LITTLE BIT. 586 00:25:00,542 --> 00:25:02,259 GOOD THING I'M HERE TO KEEP YOU ON TRACK, RIGHT? 587 00:25:02,283 --> 00:25:05,373 IS IT REALLY THAT SIMPLE FOR YOU? 588 00:25:05,416 --> 00:25:06,809 YEAH, MAN. LIFE IS TOO SHORT 589 00:25:06,853 --> 00:25:08,463 TO BE BEEFING WITH MY BROTHERS. 590 00:25:08,507 --> 00:25:10,030 ALL RIGHT. LET'S GET YOU A DRINK. 591 00:25:12,511 --> 00:25:14,948 OH, THIS IS THE COLLEGE LIFE 592 00:25:14,991 --> 00:25:16,906 I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR. 593 00:25:16,950 --> 00:25:18,560 I'M SO GLAD Y'ALL DRAGGED ME OUT. 594 00:25:18,604 --> 00:25:20,344 YES. HE'S HERE. HE IS HERE. 595 00:25:20,388 --> 00:25:21,520 GIRL, WHO? 596 00:25:23,565 --> 00:25:25,349 CAM? SIMONE? 597 00:25:25,393 --> 00:25:26,829 SO, ARE WE JUST CALLING OUT NAMES, 598 00:25:26,873 --> 00:25:28,527 'CAUSE HI. I'M KEISHA. 599 00:25:28,570 --> 00:25:31,486 HOLD UP. YOU ARE DAMON'S ROOMMATE? 600 00:25:31,530 --> 00:25:32,985 WAIT, SO, YOU TWO KNOW EACH OTHER ALREADY? 601 00:25:33,009 --> 00:25:34,881 YEAH. FROM BACK IN L.A. 602 00:25:34,924 --> 00:25:36,273 HE WAS SPENCER'S BIGGEST RIVAL 603 00:25:36,317 --> 00:25:38,014 AND BEST FRIENDS WITH MY EX. 604 00:25:38,058 --> 00:25:42,279 OK. CAM FROM L.A. YOU GOT A LAST NAME? 605 00:25:42,323 --> 00:25:46,109 MY BAD. CAM WATKINS. 606 00:25:46,153 --> 00:25:47,415 YOU GOT A LAST NAME, KEISHA? 607 00:25:47,458 --> 00:25:48,590 EW. THIS IS GROSS. 608 00:25:48,634 --> 00:25:49,809 I NEED TO TALK TO YOU. 609 00:25:52,376 --> 00:25:53,987 SERIOUSLY, WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE? 610 00:25:54,030 --> 00:25:55,466 I THOUGHT YOU'D BE PLAYING FOOTBALL 611 00:25:55,510 --> 00:25:57,599 IN, LIKE, ALABAMA OR OREGON OR SOMETHING. 612 00:25:57,643 --> 00:25:59,166 WELL, THE COACH HERE MADE ME AN OFFER 613 00:25:59,209 --> 00:26:00,907 I COULDN'T REFUSE. 614 00:26:00,950 --> 00:26:02,865 PLUS, I DON'T KNOW. 615 00:26:02,909 --> 00:26:04,258 WITH EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON 616 00:26:04,301 --> 00:26:05,912 IN THE WORLD RIGHT NOW, IT JUST 617 00:26:05,955 --> 00:26:08,654 FELT RIGHT BEING AROUND MY PEOPLE, YOU KNOW? 618 00:26:08,697 --> 00:26:11,134 YEAH. I HEAR YOU. 619 00:26:11,178 --> 00:26:14,573 SO, UH... WHAT'S GOING ON WITH YOUR GIRL KEISHA? 620 00:26:14,616 --> 00:26:17,793 UH, NO. JUST NO. LEAVE HER ALONE. 621 00:26:19,490 --> 00:26:20,535 WAIT, WAIT, WAIT. 622 00:26:22,885 --> 00:26:24,191 ALL RIGHT, LOOK, I KNOW WE AIN'T 623 00:26:24,234 --> 00:26:25,801 NEVER REALLY BEEN COOL OR NOTHING, 624 00:26:25,845 --> 00:26:27,237 BUT JUST TO BE CLEAR, 625 00:26:27,281 --> 00:26:29,631 DANE WASN'T MY BEST ANYTHING. 626 00:26:29,675 --> 00:26:32,199 HE WAS AN ASS. AND THE WAY HE TREATED YOU 627 00:26:32,242 --> 00:26:33,635 WHEN YOU WERE PREGNANT WASN'T COOL. 628 00:26:33,679 --> 00:26:35,202 LOOK, CAN YOU NOT PUT MY BUSINESS 629 00:26:35,245 --> 00:26:37,117 OUT IN THE STREETS? 630 00:26:37,160 --> 00:26:39,032 IT'S NOT EXACTLY PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE 631 00:26:39,075 --> 00:26:40,836 THAT I HAD A BABY AND GAVE HIM UP FOR ADOPTION. 632 00:26:40,860 --> 00:26:43,384 HEY, YOUR SECRET'S SAFE WITH ME. 633 00:26:43,427 --> 00:26:45,168 COLLEGE IS ABOUT STARTING OVER, RIGHT? 634 00:26:45,212 --> 00:26:47,257 HEY. WHAT'S UP? 635 00:26:48,476 --> 00:26:49,738 OH, WHAT'S UP, BRO? 636 00:26:49,782 --> 00:26:51,305 UH, IT'S OUR SONG. 637 00:26:51,348 --> 00:26:52,698 I DON'T WANNA MISS OUT. COME ON. 638 00:26:52,741 --> 00:26:55,352 - ARE YOU HIGH? - I'M RESCUING YOU. 639 00:27:04,187 --> 00:27:05,711 REALLY FRIENDS, HUH? 640 00:27:05,754 --> 00:27:07,103 OH, I WOULD NOT SAY ALL THAT. 641 00:27:07,147 --> 00:27:09,062 WE'RE MORE LIKE DECENT ACQUAINTANCES. 642 00:27:09,105 --> 00:27:11,760 HUH. BUT I APPRECIATE THE MISPLACED GESTURE. 643 00:27:11,804 --> 00:27:13,066 WELL, NEXT TIME, I'M JUST GONNA 644 00:27:13,109 --> 00:27:14,284 MIND MY BUSINESS. 645 00:27:16,417 --> 00:27:18,201 SO, YOU ENROLLED AT BRINGSTON AFTER ALL, HUH? 646 00:27:18,245 --> 00:27:19,289 I DID. 647 00:27:20,639 --> 00:27:22,510 YOU DON'T LOOK TOO HAPPY ABOUT THAT. 648 00:27:22,553 --> 00:27:25,513 WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU MINDING YOUR BUSINESS? 649 00:27:25,556 --> 00:27:28,342 HA. I'M PLAYING, I'M PLAYING. 650 00:27:28,385 --> 00:27:30,997 HONESTLY, I'M JUST HOMESICK. 651 00:27:31,040 --> 00:27:32,781 WHAT, YOU MISS YOUR HUSBAND? 652 00:27:32,825 --> 00:27:35,218 YEAH. I MISS JORDAN. 653 00:27:35,262 --> 00:27:36,655 BUT THAT'S BACK TO BOYFRIEND NOW. 654 00:27:38,744 --> 00:27:40,963 I APPRECIATE YOU MINDING YOUR BUSINESS 655 00:27:41,007 --> 00:27:42,922 ON THAT ONE. HA! 656 00:27:42,965 --> 00:27:45,838 TALK ABOUT... 657 00:27:45,881 --> 00:27:48,362 BUT IT'S NOT JUST THAT. 658 00:27:48,405 --> 00:27:51,060 SEEING ALL THESE FAMILIES MOVE IN TODAY 659 00:27:51,104 --> 00:27:52,845 MADE ME REALIZE THAT AS COMPLICATED 660 00:27:52,888 --> 00:27:55,848 AS MY RELATIONSHIP IS WITH MY MOM, 661 00:27:55,891 --> 00:27:57,676 I MISS HER, TOO, YOU KNOW? 662 00:27:57,719 --> 00:28:00,374 TELL ME ABOUT IT. I KNOW A THING OR TWO 663 00:28:00,417 --> 00:28:02,898 ABOUT COMPLICATED, DISAPPROVING MOTHERS. 664 00:28:02,942 --> 00:28:04,030 JUST LIKE, WHY CAN'T WE HAVE 665 00:28:04,073 --> 00:28:05,596 WHAT OTHER FRESHMEN HAVE? 666 00:28:05,640 --> 00:28:07,773 NORMAL, SUPPORTIVE FAMILIES THAT 667 00:28:07,816 --> 00:28:09,731 HELP THEM MOVE INTO THEIR NEW DORM 668 00:28:09,775 --> 00:28:11,733 AND THEN HANG THEIR CURTAIN RODS 669 00:28:11,777 --> 00:28:14,344 SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO FIGURE OUT THE POWER DRILLS THEMSELVES. 670 00:28:14,388 --> 00:28:16,172 THAT'S ODDLY SPECIFIC. 671 00:28:19,393 --> 00:28:21,438 IF YOU ASK ME, FAMILIES ARE HIGHLY OVERRATED. 672 00:28:21,482 --> 00:28:24,746 DAMN. WHO HURT YOU AS A CHILD? 673 00:28:24,790 --> 00:28:26,792 LET'S SEE. SHOULD I GO WITH 674 00:28:26,835 --> 00:28:28,750 THE PARENTS WHO GAVE ME UP FOR ADOPTION 675 00:28:28,794 --> 00:28:30,143 WHEN I WAS A BABY OR 676 00:28:30,186 --> 00:28:31,710 THE MOTHER WHO I'M WORRIED LOVES 677 00:28:31,753 --> 00:28:33,233 THE BASEBALL PLAYER MORE THAN THE SON? 678 00:28:35,844 --> 00:28:37,280 I'M SORRY. 679 00:28:37,324 --> 00:28:38,760 THAT ACTUALLY CAME OUT WAY MORE 680 00:28:38,804 --> 00:28:40,370 DEPRESSING THAN I INTENDED IT TO. 681 00:28:40,414 --> 00:28:41,763 IT DID. 682 00:28:41,807 --> 00:28:43,460 THAT'S SAD. 683 00:28:43,504 --> 00:28:46,072 OK, ENOUGH WITH THE DEEP CONVERSATION. 684 00:28:46,115 --> 00:28:47,136 YOU SAID YOU WANTED TO PARTY. 685 00:28:47,160 --> 00:28:48,639 LET'S GO DANCE. NOW. 686 00:28:48,683 --> 00:28:50,859 RIGHT. HEY, YOU DANCE, THOUGH, RIGHT? 687 00:28:50,903 --> 00:28:53,862 I ACTUALLY GOTTA HEAD OUT, BUT UM... 688 00:28:53,906 --> 00:28:55,646 HEY, YOU DESERVE A GOOD NIGHT. 689 00:28:55,690 --> 00:28:58,649 SO, Y'ALL TWO GO CRAZY. SEE YA. 690 00:29:03,045 --> 00:29:05,831 I MEAN, I DO DESERVE A CRAZY NIGHT. 691 00:29:05,874 --> 00:29:07,049 YES, YOU DO. 692 00:29:11,532 --> 00:29:16,624 OH! YEAH. YEAH. 693 00:29:16,667 --> 00:29:18,278 WELCOME TO HELL. 694 00:29:18,321 --> 00:29:20,193 THESE DRILLS ARE NOT FOR THE WEAK, 695 00:29:20,236 --> 00:29:24,153 SO, I HOPE YOU'RE RESTED, HYDRATED, AND READY TO WORK. 696 00:29:24,197 --> 00:29:26,112 'CAUSE WE'RE GONNA BE HERE FOR A WHILE. 697 00:29:33,206 --> 00:29:35,488 NOW, REMEMBER, Y'ALL, THIS IS A FRIENDLY SCRIMMAGE, ALL RIGHT? 698 00:29:35,512 --> 00:29:36,838 I WANT Y'ALL TO GET OUT THERE, GET YOUR REPS IN, AND HAVE SOME FUN. 699 00:29:36,862 --> 00:29:39,821 HAWKINS! BUFFALO! 700 00:29:39,865 --> 00:29:41,257 HEY, THIS IS A JOKE, RIGHT? 701 00:29:41,301 --> 00:29:42,693 WELL, ISN'T THIS SOMETHING. 702 00:29:42,737 --> 00:29:44,193 WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING? 703 00:29:44,217 --> 00:29:45,784 PLAYING BASEBALL. HUH. 704 00:29:45,827 --> 00:29:47,089 ISN'T THAT WHY WE'RE ALL HERE? 705 00:29:47,133 --> 00:29:49,396 YOU LOOK NEW. LEONARD SHAW. 706 00:29:49,439 --> 00:29:52,051 COACH YEE. ASSISTANT COACH. 707 00:29:52,094 --> 00:29:53,487 ALL THIS USED TO BE MINE. 708 00:29:54,749 --> 00:29:57,099 DO HAWKINS KNOW WHY YOU WERE FIRED? 709 00:29:57,143 --> 00:30:00,363 THAT YOU WERE BEHIND THOSE FAKE CLASSES FOR YOUR PLAYERS? 710 00:30:00,407 --> 00:30:02,104 RESIGNED. 711 00:30:02,148 --> 00:30:04,672 AND SINCE THERE WAS NO NCAA VIOLATION, 712 00:30:04,715 --> 00:30:06,848 WELL, HAWKINS GOT NO PROBLEM 713 00:30:06,892 --> 00:30:08,328 WITH HOW I RUN MY PROGRAM 714 00:30:08,371 --> 00:30:10,504 AND RAISE CHAMPIONS. 715 00:30:10,547 --> 00:30:12,201 DEAL JUST CLOSED YESTERDAY. 716 00:30:15,030 --> 00:30:18,251 BRINGSTON BASEBALL IS NOTHING WITHOUT ME. 717 00:30:18,294 --> 00:30:21,080 I BUILT THIS PROGRAM 718 00:30:21,123 --> 00:30:22,603 AND I'M GONNA MAKE SURE 719 00:30:22,646 --> 00:30:24,953 NOBODY FORGETS THAT. 720 00:30:24,997 --> 00:30:27,086 IT'S GONNA BE A LONG SEASON, COACH. 721 00:30:27,129 --> 00:30:29,436 HMM? HUH. BUCKLE UP! 722 00:30:29,479 --> 00:30:31,612 HEY, WHO WANT TO PLAY SOME BALL? 723 00:30:31,655 --> 00:30:32,743 HIT A LITTLE LOWER. 724 00:30:35,877 --> 00:30:37,357 WE'RE NOT MOVING ON UNTIL YOU GET 725 00:30:37,400 --> 00:30:40,012 10 IN A ROW, SIMONE. GOOD. 726 00:30:45,408 --> 00:30:46,670 THERE YOU GO, SIMS. 727 00:30:46,714 --> 00:30:48,074 IT'S NOTHING YOU AIN'T SEEN BEFORE. 728 00:30:51,545 --> 00:30:53,895 ONE DOWN, ONE DOWN. 729 00:30:53,939 --> 00:30:55,779 LET'S GET A STOP. LET'S GET THE RALLY. LET'S GO. 730 00:31:00,902 --> 00:31:02,164 GO, GO, GO, GO! 731 00:31:04,297 --> 00:31:05,776 LITTLE BINGO, BABY, LITTLE BINGO. 732 00:31:05,820 --> 00:31:07,387 WE GOT A RALLY STARTED. 733 00:31:21,967 --> 00:31:23,446 , BABY. 734 00:31:30,584 --> 00:31:31,890 UHH! 735 00:31:33,456 --> 00:31:34,738 HERE WE GO, BABY. LITTLE BINGO NOW. 736 00:31:34,762 --> 00:31:36,807 LITTLE BINGO LITTLE BINGO NOW. 737 00:31:40,159 --> 00:31:41,464 GOD DANG IT! 738 00:31:45,077 --> 00:31:46,426 HEY. 739 00:31:46,469 --> 00:31:47,731 YOU'RE DONE FOR TODAY. 740 00:31:47,775 --> 00:31:49,603 - NO. - COACH LONI IS THE ONE 741 00:31:49,646 --> 00:31:51,822 SENDING YOU HOME, SIMONE. SHE SAID SHE'S SEEN ENOUGH. 742 00:31:51,866 --> 00:31:53,235 I THOUGHT YOU SAID COACH COULDN'T BE ON THE COURT. 743 00:31:53,259 --> 00:31:55,826 SHE CAN'T. BUT... 744 00:31:57,350 --> 00:31:58,655 SHE'S ALWAYS WATCHING. 745 00:32:01,658 --> 00:32:02,703 HMM. 746 00:32:09,753 --> 00:32:12,278 LET'S GO! 747 00:32:12,321 --> 00:32:14,149 COME ON, J. COME ON, BABY. 748 00:32:14,193 --> 00:32:17,587 COME ON, J, LET'S GO. COME ON, LET'S GO, BOY! 749 00:32:17,631 --> 00:32:19,850 LET'S GO, KID! COME ON, HERE WE GO! 750 00:32:19,894 --> 00:32:21,504 LET'S GO, BABY. 751 00:32:21,548 --> 00:32:22,853 OH, YES! 752 00:32:22,897 --> 00:32:24,986 YOU DON'T WANT THAT SMOKE. 753 00:32:25,030 --> 00:32:25,987 YOU DON'T WANT THAT SMOKE. 754 00:32:26,031 --> 00:32:27,336 BABY. 755 00:32:27,380 --> 00:32:28,598 BRING 'EM ON! LET'S GO! 756 00:32:30,470 --> 00:32:31,819 THERE YOU GO, BABY. THERE YOU GO. 757 00:32:31,862 --> 00:32:33,342 THERE YOU GO. 758 00:32:33,386 --> 00:32:35,083 HE DON'T WANT THAT SMOKE. GIVE IT TO HIM. 759 00:32:35,127 --> 00:32:37,520 COME ON, J, LET'S GO! 760 00:32:37,564 --> 00:32:38,695 THAT'S IT. 761 00:32:46,442 --> 00:32:47,791 AAH! 762 00:32:53,667 --> 00:32:55,451 YOU DECIDE YOU WANNA PLAY FOR A PROGRAM 763 00:32:55,495 --> 00:32:57,540 KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH YOUR TALENT, 764 00:32:57,584 --> 00:32:59,629 GIVE ME A CALL. 765 00:32:59,673 --> 00:33:02,067 ALL RIGHT, THAT'S WHAT CHAMPIONSHIPS FEEL LIKE! 766 00:33:02,110 --> 00:33:04,765 THAT'S HOW YOU CLOSE IT OUT. GOOD JOB. 767 00:33:04,808 --> 00:33:06,680 NATE, WHAT IF THE UNIVERSE IS TELLING ME 768 00:33:06,723 --> 00:33:08,247 I PICKED THE WRONG COLLEGE? 769 00:33:08,290 --> 00:33:09,615 HONEY, THE UNIVERSE IS JUST TELLING YOU 770 00:33:09,639 --> 00:33:11,380 THAT YOU'RE GROWN NOW. 771 00:33:11,424 --> 00:33:13,774 AND THAT YOUR LATE-NIGHT PARTYING DECISIONS 772 00:33:13,817 --> 00:33:16,255 HAVE REAL NEXT-DAY CONSEQUENCES. 773 00:33:16,298 --> 00:33:18,605 OH, HELLO. 774 00:33:18,648 --> 00:33:20,650 COME TAKE A SEAT. NATE IS GIVING US 775 00:33:20,694 --> 00:33:22,261 FULL TABITHA BROWN RIGHT NOW. 776 00:33:22,304 --> 00:33:24,132 GIRL. 777 00:33:25,873 --> 00:33:27,962 KEE, YOU OK? I JUST GOT A CALL 778 00:33:28,006 --> 00:33:30,008 FROM OUR RESIDENTIAL DIRECTOR. 779 00:33:31,400 --> 00:33:33,402 THERE'S AN ISSUE WITH YOUR CAMPUS HOUSING. 780 00:33:33,446 --> 00:33:34,989 - WHAT DO YOU MEAN? - APPARENTLY, ONLY YOUR 781 00:33:35,013 --> 00:33:36,623 TUITION WAS PAID FOR THE SEMESTER, 782 00:33:36,666 --> 00:33:37,841 NOT YOUR ROOM AND BOARD. 783 00:33:37,885 --> 00:33:39,017 SO, YOUR ASSIGNMENT TO THIS 784 00:33:39,060 --> 00:33:40,148 DORM WAS A MISTAKE. 785 00:33:40,192 --> 00:33:43,499 WAIT. WHAT? NO. 786 00:33:43,543 --> 00:33:44,848 I KNOW IT WAS PAID. 787 00:33:46,111 --> 00:33:47,503 MY PARENTS PAID FOR IT. 788 00:34:00,821 --> 00:34:01,928 IT'S BEEN A MINUTE SINCE YOU'VE HAD 789 00:34:01,952 --> 00:34:03,258 A LOSS LIKE THAT, HUH? 790 00:34:07,523 --> 00:34:08,872 YES, SIR. 791 00:34:08,916 --> 00:34:10,831 WELL, LOSING IS A PART OF THE PROCESS. 792 00:34:10,874 --> 00:34:12,243 IF YOU'RE ABOUT TO TELL ME THAT IT HELPS 793 00:34:12,267 --> 00:34:13,790 BUILD CHARACTER, COACH, I'M GOOD. 794 00:34:13,834 --> 00:34:17,403 NO, I WAS ABOUT TO SAY IT SUCKS. HEH. 795 00:34:17,446 --> 00:34:18,752 ESPECIALLY LOSING TO COACH SHAW 796 00:34:18,795 --> 00:34:20,101 ON HIS OLD FIELD. 797 00:34:20,145 --> 00:34:22,234 BUT YOU WANT TO KNOW WHY THEY BEAT US? 798 00:34:22,277 --> 00:34:23,341 'CAUSE THEY WAS BETTER THAN US. 799 00:34:23,365 --> 00:34:24,584 THE HELL THEY WERE. 800 00:34:24,627 --> 00:34:26,586 THEY BEAT US IN HERE. 801 00:34:26,629 --> 00:34:28,370 WE LET COACH SHAW PSYCH US OUT. 802 00:34:28,414 --> 00:34:30,372 WE JUST GOTTA TAKE IT AS A GROWTH MOMENT, MAN. 803 00:34:30,416 --> 00:34:31,852 PICK UP THE PIECES 804 00:34:31,895 --> 00:34:33,419 AND KEEP BUILDING THIS TEAM 805 00:34:33,462 --> 00:34:35,029 WITH THE FUNDAMENTALS... 806 00:34:35,073 --> 00:34:36,354 FUNDAMENTALS AND PATIENCE. I KNOW, COACH. 807 00:34:36,378 --> 00:34:38,293 AND YOUR HUNGER TO WIN. 808 00:34:39,512 --> 00:34:41,122 THIS GAME SHOWED ME THE FOUNDATION 809 00:34:41,166 --> 00:34:43,472 OF WHAT WE NEED IS IN THIS TEAM. 810 00:34:43,516 --> 00:34:45,387 BUT IT ALSO SHOWED ME YOU WERE RIGHT 811 00:34:45,431 --> 00:34:46,693 IN WANTING TO PUSH THEM, 812 00:34:46,736 --> 00:34:48,173 AND THAT HUNGER IS THE FINAL PIECE 813 00:34:48,216 --> 00:34:49,957 TO PUSHING THEM PAST THE LIMITATIONS 814 00:34:50,000 --> 00:34:52,046 THIS WORLD IS GONNA SET ON THEM. 815 00:34:53,874 --> 00:34:55,136 WE CAN GET THEM THERE. 816 00:34:56,529 --> 00:34:58,835 - WE? - YES. WE. 817 00:35:01,142 --> 00:35:03,666 - RIGHT NOW? - NAH, DON'T CELEBRATE YET, SIMS. 818 00:35:05,015 --> 00:35:07,061 LOOK, YOUR TEAM 819 00:35:07,105 --> 00:35:09,455 HAS TO RESPECT AND TRUST YOU FIRST. 820 00:35:09,498 --> 00:35:10,934 YOU GOT THAT? 821 00:35:10,978 --> 00:35:13,720 THAT'S GONNA BE YOUR FIRST CHALLENGE. 822 00:35:13,763 --> 00:35:14,808 I'M READY. 823 00:35:16,505 --> 00:35:18,986 OK. COME ON, NOW. 824 00:35:35,698 --> 00:35:36,699 SHE SAID IF I 825 00:35:36,743 --> 00:35:37,918 INSIST ON DEFYING HER 826 00:35:37,961 --> 00:35:39,485 WITH THESE IMPULSIVE DECISIONS 827 00:35:39,528 --> 00:35:41,095 THAT WILL WRECK MY FUTURE, 828 00:35:41,139 --> 00:35:42,705 SHE WANTS NO PART OF IT. 829 00:35:42,749 --> 00:35:45,055 I'M SORRY, CHOOSING AN HBCU 830 00:35:45,099 --> 00:35:46,666 QUALIFIES AS WRECKING YOUR LIFE? 831 00:35:46,709 --> 00:35:48,233 TO MY MOTHER, ANYTHING OUTSIDE OF 832 00:35:48,276 --> 00:35:51,018 AN IVY LEAGUE OR STANFORD IS WRECKING YOUR LIFE. 833 00:35:51,061 --> 00:35:52,461 WELL, THEN WHY NOT TAKE IT ALL AWAY? 834 00:35:52,498 --> 00:35:54,369 WHY CONTINUE TO PAY YOUR TUITION? 835 00:35:54,413 --> 00:35:56,391 BECAUSE APPARENTLY, MY DAD PUT HIS FOOT DOWN ON THAT ONE. 836 00:35:56,415 --> 00:35:57,975 WELL, AT LEAST HE STOOD UP FOR SOMETHING. 837 00:36:06,251 --> 00:36:07,513 YOUR DAD CALLED. 838 00:36:11,865 --> 00:36:14,433 ESTRANGED OR NOT, ME AND MY SISTER 839 00:36:14,476 --> 00:36:15,627 ARE GONNA HAVE SOME WORDS ABOUT 840 00:36:15,651 --> 00:36:17,566 HER DEFINITION OF TOUGH LOVE. 841 00:36:17,610 --> 00:36:19,829 FIRST, LET'S GET YOU TAKEN CARE OF. 842 00:36:19,873 --> 00:36:22,223 YOU CAN MOVE IN WITH ME OFF CAMPUS 843 00:36:22,267 --> 00:36:24,747 TILL WE SORT OUT THIS WHOLE DORM SITUATION. 844 00:36:24,791 --> 00:36:26,140 AND I'M THE QUEEN OF GAMING 845 00:36:26,184 --> 00:36:27,924 THE FINANCIAL AID SYSTEM. 846 00:36:27,968 --> 00:36:29,491 I'LL HELP YOU NAVIGATE ALL THAT. 847 00:36:31,667 --> 00:36:33,930 THANK YOU. REALLY. 848 00:36:33,974 --> 00:36:35,758 LISTEN, I KNOW IT'S BEEN 849 00:36:35,802 --> 00:36:38,805 A TOUGH FIRST FEW DAYS FOR YOU HERE. 850 00:36:38,848 --> 00:36:40,502 BUT SIMONE, THAT DOESN'T MEAN 851 00:36:40,546 --> 00:36:42,548 THE BLESSING ISN'T AROUND THE CORNER. 852 00:36:42,591 --> 00:36:45,028 YEAH. SOMETIMES, YOU JUST GOTTA 853 00:36:45,072 --> 00:36:46,508 FIGHT A LITTLE HARDER FOR IT. 854 00:36:51,557 --> 00:36:52,601 I LOVE YOU GUYS. 855 00:36:52,645 --> 00:36:54,037 I LOVE YOU. 856 00:36:55,474 --> 00:36:58,128 ALL RIGHT. LET'S GET YOU PACKED UP. 857 00:37:00,305 --> 00:37:03,395 ACTUALLY... DO Y'ALL MIND GETTING STARTED? 858 00:37:03,438 --> 00:37:06,267 THERE'S SOMETHING I REALLY NEED TO HANDLE REAL QUICK. 859 00:37:06,311 --> 00:37:08,226 WHERE ARE YOU GOING? 860 00:37:08,269 --> 00:37:09,681 TO FIGHT A LITTLE HARDER FOR SOMETHING 861 00:37:09,705 --> 00:37:11,011 THAT'S IMPORTANT TO ME. 862 00:37:22,544 --> 00:37:24,503 HEY, DO YOU KNOW WHERE I CAN FIND COACH LONI? 863 00:37:24,546 --> 00:37:25,871 IT WON'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE, SIMONE. 864 00:37:25,895 --> 00:37:27,201 COACH LONI SAW ENOUGH TODAY. 865 00:37:27,245 --> 00:37:30,030 LOOK. I OWN THAT I MESSED UP 866 00:37:30,073 --> 00:37:31,292 PARTYING LATE LAST NIGHT, 867 00:37:31,336 --> 00:37:33,599 KNOWING I HAD DRILLS THIS MORNING. 868 00:37:33,642 --> 00:37:34,967 BUT I NEED HER TO KNOW SHE'LL NEVER 869 00:37:34,991 --> 00:37:36,210 SEE ME LIKE THAT AGAIN. 870 00:37:37,733 --> 00:37:38,995 TENNIS IS EVERYTHING TO ME. 871 00:37:39,039 --> 00:37:40,214 WELL, COACH LONI BELIEVES 872 00:37:40,258 --> 00:37:42,042 ACTIONS, NOT WORDS. 873 00:37:42,085 --> 00:37:43,826 THAT'S WHY I'LL PROVE IT TO HER. 874 00:37:43,870 --> 00:37:45,654 EVERY DAY, EVERY PRACTICE. 875 00:37:45,698 --> 00:37:47,439 HOWEVER LONG IT TAKES TO SHOW HER 876 00:37:47,482 --> 00:37:49,005 I'D BE AN ASSET ON THIS TEAM. 877 00:37:57,362 --> 00:37:58,667 GIRL, WHAT ON EARTH 878 00:37:58,711 --> 00:38:01,801 IS IN THIS SUITCASE? BRICKS? 879 00:38:01,844 --> 00:38:03,455 LOOKS LIKE WE ALL HAD THE SAME IDEA. 880 00:38:05,239 --> 00:38:06,936 NOT THAT I DON'T APPRECIATE THE IMAGE, 881 00:38:06,980 --> 00:38:10,375 BUT WHY ARE Y'ALL STANDING THERE WITH POWER TOOLS? 882 00:38:10,418 --> 00:38:13,639 'CAUSE WE HERE TO PUT UP THE CURTAIN RODS. 883 00:38:13,682 --> 00:38:16,598 UH, THANK YOU. THAT'S VERY SWEET. 884 00:38:16,642 --> 00:38:19,209 BUT I'M ACTUALLY MOVING OUT, SO, 885 00:38:19,253 --> 00:38:20,559 Y'ALL ARE OFF THE HOOK. 886 00:38:20,602 --> 00:38:22,038 THANK YOU. AND ON THAT NOTE... 887 00:38:22,082 --> 00:38:23,997 WHOA. NOT SO FAST, HANDSOME. 888 00:38:24,040 --> 00:38:25,520 THERE'S STILL PLENTY OF MANUAL LABOR 889 00:38:25,564 --> 00:38:26,869 Y'ALL CAN HELP WITH. 890 00:38:26,913 --> 00:38:28,088 IF YOU'RE LUCKY, 891 00:38:28,131 --> 00:38:29,089 THERE MIGHT BE A MEAL 892 00:38:29,132 --> 00:38:30,264 AT THE END OF IT. 893 00:38:30,308 --> 00:38:32,048 YOU HAD ME AT MEAL. 894 00:38:34,224 --> 00:38:35,748 COME ON. 895 00:38:43,146 --> 00:38:44,863 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR DINNER, DR. PATTERSON. 896 00:38:44,887 --> 00:38:47,412 MY PLEASURE. ANY FRIEND OF SIMONE'S 897 00:38:47,455 --> 00:38:49,370 IS WELCOME HERE ANYTIME. 898 00:38:49,414 --> 00:38:51,285 IF THE FOOD IS ALWAYS GONNA BE LIKE THIS, 899 00:38:51,329 --> 00:38:53,983 CAN WE MAKE THIS, UM, LIKE A REGULAR THING? 900 00:38:54,027 --> 00:38:56,246 YOU KNOW WHAT? I ACTUALLY REALLY LIKE THAT. 901 00:38:56,290 --> 00:38:58,727 A FAMILY DINNER ONCE A WEEK. 902 00:38:58,771 --> 00:39:01,164 OK. 903 00:39:01,208 --> 00:39:04,167 I JUST WANT TO TAKE THE TIME TO JUST SAY THANK YOU. 904 00:39:05,430 --> 00:39:07,606 FOR HELPING ME MOVE, YES, BUT 905 00:39:07,649 --> 00:39:09,085 JUST FOR EVERYTHING. 906 00:39:09,129 --> 00:39:10,696 AND HONESTLY, I DON'T KNOW THAT 907 00:39:10,739 --> 00:39:12,195 I WOULD'VE MADE IT THESE LAST COUPLE DAYS 908 00:39:12,219 --> 00:39:13,176 WITHOUT EACH OF YOU. 909 00:39:13,220 --> 00:39:14,874 YES, YOU WOULD HAVE. 910 00:39:14,917 --> 00:39:16,484 'CAUSE YOU'RE RESILIENT. 911 00:39:16,528 --> 00:39:18,138 NEVER LET ANYTHING 912 00:39:18,181 --> 00:39:19,400 KEEP YOU FROM YOUR DREAM. 913 00:39:19,444 --> 00:39:20,967 SAME GOES FOR YOU, DR. P. 914 00:39:22,925 --> 00:39:24,405 WE HEARD RUMORS THAT 915 00:39:24,449 --> 00:39:25,667 THEY WERE CUTTING BACK 916 00:39:25,711 --> 00:39:27,452 ON SOME OF YOUR CLASSES. 917 00:39:27,495 --> 00:39:29,845 WHAT? WHY? 918 00:39:29,889 --> 00:39:32,108 IT'S OK. NO. IT'S NOT OK. 919 00:39:32,152 --> 00:39:33,869 AS A PEOPLE, WE SHOULD BE STANDING BEHIND YOU 920 00:39:33,893 --> 00:39:35,808 FOR DOING WHAT'S RIGHT, NOT TEARING YOU DOWN. 921 00:39:35,851 --> 00:39:37,810 JUST KNOW WE GOT YOUR BACK. 922 00:39:37,853 --> 00:39:40,813 WE'RE NOT GONNA LET THEM TAKE YOU FROM US. 923 00:39:40,856 --> 00:39:44,077 DON'T WORRY. NEITHER AM I. 924 00:39:44,120 --> 00:39:45,774 NOW, I'M NOT GONNA LIE. 925 00:39:45,818 --> 00:39:48,037 IT HAD ME RATTLED FOR A MINUTE, BUT... 926 00:39:49,256 --> 00:39:52,259 YOU YOUNGINS HAVE INSPIRED ME. 927 00:39:52,302 --> 00:39:55,088 SO, THEY CAN TAKE MY CLASSES. 928 00:39:55,131 --> 00:39:57,395 BU THEY CAN'T STOP ME FROM SHARING MY KNOWLEDGE 929 00:39:57,438 --> 00:39:59,484 ON A GRASSY KNOLL WITH MY STUDENTS, 930 00:39:59,527 --> 00:40:02,922 OR AT A CAFE OR 931 00:40:02,965 --> 00:40:04,489 ANYWHERE ELSE I DAMN WELL PLEASE. 932 00:40:04,532 --> 00:40:05,707 MM. ATTA GIRL. 933 00:40:07,840 --> 00:40:08,928 NOW, SINCE Y'ALL CAN'T PAY, 934 00:40:08,971 --> 00:40:09,971 Y'ALL CAN HELP CLEAN. 935 00:40:11,496 --> 00:40:13,323 HERE. I GOT THAT. OH, OK. 936 00:40:13,367 --> 00:40:16,283 THAT WAS GOOD. 937 00:40:18,285 --> 00:40:19,982 WHAT I SAID ABOUT FAMILY YESTERDAY 938 00:40:20,026 --> 00:40:24,683 AT THE... THE BONFIRE... I WAS WRONG. 939 00:40:24,726 --> 00:40:27,729 MY PARENTS GIVING ME UP FOR ADOPTION... 940 00:40:27,773 --> 00:40:29,731 IT IS WHAT IT IS. 941 00:40:29,775 --> 00:40:32,952 BUT FAMILY COMES IN ALL FORMS. 942 00:40:32,995 --> 00:40:34,355 WHAT YOU AND YOUR AUNT HAVE HERE... 943 00:40:37,478 --> 00:40:42,178 I MEAN, THIS IS... SPECIAL. YOU KNOW? 944 00:40:42,222 --> 00:40:43,266 YEAH. 945 00:40:45,007 --> 00:40:46,052 IT IS. 946 00:40:51,231 --> 00:40:53,712 OHH. HEY, MAN, 947 00:40:53,755 --> 00:40:55,409 I DIDN'T KNOW YOU WAS ADOPTED. 948 00:40:55,453 --> 00:40:57,150 UH, MY BIRTH PARENTS ARE ACTUALLY 949 00:40:57,193 --> 00:40:58,238 BRINGSTON ALUMS. 950 00:41:00,022 --> 00:41:01,622 THAT'S ALL I REALLY KNOW ABOUT THEM, TOO. 951 00:41:02,547 --> 00:41:03,741 REAL TALK, I DON'T REALLY WANNA KNOW 952 00:41:03,765 --> 00:41:04,810 ANYTHING ELSE. 953 00:41:41,063 --> 00:41:43,544 HEY, DAMON, I DIDN'T KNOW YOU WAS ADOPTED. 954 00:41:43,588 --> 00:41:46,286 UH, MY BIRTH PARENTS ARE ACTUALLY BRINGSTON ALUMS. 955 00:41:50,159 --> 00:41:51,204 MINE, TOO. 956 00:42:20,015 --> 00:42:21,277 GREG, MOVE YOUR HEAD.