I was once asked "who do you think were the best football movie athletes/characters ?" But I did one better: I gave said person the greatest football movie scene ever (if I were ever allowed to write a movie scene, yet alone be allowed within 100 yards of a movie set.)
Ultimate Football Movie Scene- Nigel "The Leg" Gruff (The Replacements) stands, staring down field as the leagues most feared Return Man, Forrest Gump (Forrest Gump,) is returning his kick off. He stands there hoping his gunner Bobby Boucher (The Water Boy) will bring Gump down and possibly take him out the game, like Boucher has done all season to anyone who dares cross the 50 yard line. It's not going to be easy, because special teams coach Radio (Radio) has been drawing up some really tricky schemes that have allowed the speedster return man Gump to get into the endzone. Some say Gump and Radio speak their own language. Gruff needs his team to get the stop because his gambling problems have finally caught up to him. In the stands, sits his dangerous, violent , break your-legs-if-you-don't-pay bookie, Rain Man (Rain Man). But as he looks into the stands, his worries are quelled. He's no longer focused on the game or his bookie. He sees a man and his little daughter sharing an ice cream cone, enjoying the moment and the game. That mans name is Sam.
-One Hop
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