- Holding ... Left tackle. - Michael! Come on!
Oher? Come here, son.
You got to hold it. Hold it inside here, between the tits. You got it?!
Would you look at me, son.
If you grab 'em outside here like this without horse colour thing, you just did,
we're going to get flagged and I'm gonna get pissed. You hear me?
Alright, let's go!
Baby, watch my stuff, alright?
Okay.
Well at least he'll look good coming off the bus.
They'll be terrified 'til they realize he's a marshmallow.
Looks like Tarzan, plays like Jane.
Gimme a minute, Bert.
We're in the middle of practice, Leigh Anne!
You can thank me later.
Come.
Michael,
do you remember when we first met
we went to that horrible part of town to buy those dreadful clothes?
And I was a little bit scared and you told me not to worry about,
because you had my back. Do you remember that?
Yes, ma'am.
And If anyone tried to get to me, you would have stopped them, alright?
And when you and SJ were in that car wreck,
what did you do to that airbag?
- I stopped it. - You stopped it.
You stopped it.
This team is your family, Michael.
You have to protect them from those guys.
Okay? Listen.
Okay.
Tony here is your quarterback, alright? You protect his blind side.
When you look at him, you think of me.
How you had my back. How you have his.
Okay? Alright. Tony, go back.
Alright.
Oomaloompah here is your tailback.
When you look at him, you think of SJ,
how you never let anyone or anything to hurt him.
You understand me?
Alright. Go back.
- You got it? - What about Collins and Mr. Tuohy?
Fine. They can be on the team too.
Are you gonna protect the family, Michael?
Yes, ma'am.
Good boy. Now, go have some fun.
Yelling at him doesn't work, Bert. Doesn't trust men.
In his experience they pretend to care about 'til they disappear.
Wanna little play?
SJ, you're gonna wanna get this.
Okay.
Come on, Mike!
Alright. Michael! Come on!
- Yes! Michael! - Alright! Way to go!
Yes!
Good boy.
Okay. What'd you say to him?
Should get to know your players, Bert.
He tested 98 percent in protective instincts.
I said you could thank me later.
It's later, Bert.
So much for home field advantage.
You ever seen so many Rednecks in one place?
Nascar, not even close.
Crusaders! Get Ready for forty eight minutes of Hell!
You have fat ass.
Hey, back on the field.
Let me go. Hold on. Listen up! Listen up!
Don't let 'em get inside your head. Now, keep your focus.
- You ready? - "Yeah"
- Alright. Let's go! - "Go"
- Come on! - Michael!
Damn, that ain't fair!
They got big ole' black bear playing for 'em!
- What is this, a circus? - Right.
Eyes forward, SJ! Sticks and stones.
Sticks and stones! Come on!
- Alright! - Alright! Good start!
Let's go O! Let's go!
Here we go. Look at this big bull we got right here.
Coming after you! Coming after you!
All night. All night.
Don't let him get through, Oher! Come on, son!
Boy! All night long, fat ass! All night long!
I got you, boy. All night long!
That's my boy!
- It's alright, Michael! - It's alright. Come on!
- Let's go! - Take it off. Come on!
Here we go! Round two, baby! Round two!
- Switch! Switch! - Get it! Get it! Get it! Go!
Oher, don't let them get the inside gap zone!
- Come on! Use your head! - What is Bert doing? Nothing.
Hey, fat boy. We're not done yet.
All game long, boy! All game long!
Alright. Alright.
Go!
Pass! Pass! Pass!
Stop! Oh!
Why another pass, Bert?
Hey! Where you going, fat boy?
Better stay out of my field.
You are not welcome here! This is my field!
Sixty six, get beck to your own bank.
Bert! Be quiet! Bert!
- Hello? - Umm...
Enough with the trick plays, Bert. Run the dang ball.
You heard it. Run the dang ball. Run it.
Wait a minute, did he just hanged up the phone?
- No, I think he lost service. - He did not lose service.
That's my boy, Jimmy! Number 66!
Kicking that blue guy's ass.
Hey crotch mouth!
Yeah, you!
Zip it or I'll come up there zip it for ya!
Sticks and stones?
You know what, SJ? Just turn forward.
Just take up the camera and keep shoot. Come on.
Lock it!
It's alright. Alright. Alright. We come back.
Go!
Come on! Get him!
Gone. He's gone.
We got to shut xxx
Unbelievable. Three plays. Three plays. Where were we... 4.3?
Come on.
Baby, me and you. Me and you, baby. One more time.
Here we go!
Alright, we got to cut back! We got to cut back!
Come on. Let's go!
Black piece of crap!
Hey! Hey!
Raf! Are you gonna do something about this?!
He just kicked my boy in the head and cussed him!
Thank you!
Unsportsmanlike conduct... Wingate! Fifteen yards!
What?!
You shut up, or you'll get another fifteen.
This young man plays for my team. My team!
And I will defend him like he's my own son.
Against you or any other redneck son of a bitch!
Don't worry, Coach. I got your back.
Alright then.
Come here, son. Come here.
Try "Gap."
- "Gap?" - "Gap."
Alright, gun rip, 47 Gap, on and on. Ready?
Coach ain't here to protect you now, is he?
Ready!
Team is your family, Michael.
Go!
Go back, go back! Block them all!
We got to hold! We got to hold!
Oh god!
- Run, Michael! - SJ!
- Michael! - Run, Michael! Run!
Go!
- Go, Mike! - Go, Michael.
Touchdown!
Yo! Deliverance! You see number 74?
Well, that's MY son.
- Way to go big bro! - See, here's what we got it.
- Dead ball foul. - Now what?!
- Was he holding! - No.
- Did he hit after the whistle? - I don't believe so.
So what is the flag for?
I dunno... Excessive blocking.
You're kidding me.
Sorry, Coach. I stopped when I heard the whistle.
Where were you taking him, Mike?
To the bus. That was the time for him to go home.
Attaboy, Michael Oher. Attaboy! Go get 'em. Go get 'em, Crusaders!
Rub the heads! Rub the heads! Alright! Let's go!
Go!
Stay!
Red, 41! Red, 41!
Tom Lemming Recruiting, please hold...
Tom Lemming Recruiting, please hold....
Coach Saban wants his monthly recruitment update Fed Ex.
Does he really think getting it one day early is gonna give LSU a leg up?
Hey, have you filled all the slots for the Army All Star Game?
Yeah, why?
You might want to open one up.
What did I tell you?
I want him. I want him bad.
Y-E-L-L! Everybody yell! Say, everybody yell!
Y-E-L-L! Everybody yell!
Nice kick this time, Collins. Nice job.
What in the world?
Alright. Y'all keep practicing. Remember point your toes.
One, two, three, one!
One, two, three, two!
One, two, three, three!
You okay, son?
xxx
Shoot, man, Fulmer's here. I might as well go home.
What to say, fellas? How's doing your life?
I came all the way from Knoxville, to see for myself.
Hey, Coach. We drove from Clemson, nine hours!
Coach Fulmer, it's a real honor.
Coach Cotton, my pleasure. I watched your program you've done really well.
I don't think there is any question that you'll be at the next level soon.
Oh, well, you know, we do all we can, all we got.
Is that Michael? Is that O'Hair?
It's Oher.
Like a paddle in a boat. Oher.
You think we might see some drills?
Perhaps... I think all the Coaches would appreciate it.
- Yeah? - Oh, yes, sir. You bet.
Listen up, fellas! New board drill!
Big Mike, Jay Collis. Best on best. Right here.
Let's go! Come on! come on!
On my whistle, men!
Wow!
Coach, thank you.
- Where are you going, Coach? - Back to South Carolina.
You tell to Michael Oher, if he can qualify with his grades...
Clemson wants him.
Yeah. Good luck with that, Brad!
Coach, you've done a great job with this young man.
Oh, well he was little rough when we first got him
but we, you know, coached him up a little bit.
Hello, mom.
Did you know that to be eligible for a Division One scholarship
Michael's gonna need to make it a 2.5 GPA?
Really?
His ACT is low and I don't see him doing any better if he retakes it right there.
- What's his GPA now? - 1.76.
Oh, that's not too bad, when you consider where he started.
He's gonna make it all A's this year.
I'm serious. And that might not even be enough.
So he goes to Junior College?
Most inner city kids that go to JC drop out in the first year.
His shot at the pros would go out the window.
Pros? Are we even sure he's gonna get college offers?
Michael, Nick Saban from LSU. (Louisiana State University)
I'm looking forward to you coming down and visit us sometime.
Gready. I'm Lou Holtz form South Carolina. I'm call...
We're very interested in having Michael over to Knoxville for a visit.
- Phil Fulmer, from Tennessee? - There's twenty more among there.
And these things right here. Fifty of 'em.
Any of those from Ole Miss?
No, they're not gonna start recruiting until they hire a another coach.
Does make any difference unless Michael makes his grades.
So, what are we going to do?
I understand you applied for a teaching position at Wingate?
I won't religious enough for 'em.
I'm a spiritual person, Mrs. Tuohy, but I have certain, shall we say... doubts.
Oh, I appreciate your honesty, Miss Sue.
- What's the situation with Michael? - He needs to be better in school.
Obviously. Why the big push?
Well, he's in line for football scholarship
if he gets his grades up.
- Is he considering Ole Miss? - He'd better be.
- I'd love to work with him. - Well, when'd you like to start?
Ms. Tuohy... Umm... There's something you should know about me.
I don't usually tell many people, but it's something I feel should be aware of
before you hire me.
What is it?
I 'm a Democrat.
Okay.
- I don't understand it. - Yet.
You don't understand it yet.
- How big is your head, Michael? - Big.
And what's in there?
- A brain. - A brain.
It's full of knowledge -
like a file cabinet with maps;
and shortcuts for figuring things out.
You'll get there, Michael Oher
because I'm to help you use those maps and reach your destination.
Like Sacagawea helped Lewis and Clark.
Sacagawea?
We'll get to that. And the history books have it wrong,
All you need to know is I'll get you there.
Do you believe me?
You trust me, Michael?
Yes, Miss Sue.
Try it again.
Now, what's the next one? Read that to me.
Hey, what is it? As first, we have to find the constant.
Now, where is the constant?
Good. See?
Who'd thought we'd have a black son before we knew a Democrat.
- Doorbell! - I got a guest.
Coach, how are you? Come in.
- Sean Tuohy. - Sean.
- Nick Saban. Nice to meet you. - Nice to see you. Pleasure.
I appreciate the opportunity to come in your home.
- That's my daughter, Collins. - Hi. Pleasure to meet you.
- And you must be Leigh Anne. - That would be me, Coach Saban.
- Nice to meet you. - Me too.
Please, call me Nick.
With an incredible home. The Windsor valances are a nice touch.
Oh, thank you. You obviously have an excellent taste.
Well we appreciate the quality. And recognize it when we see it.
Michael, why don't you come over here and say hello to Coach Saban.
Hello, Michael. Nick Saban.
- Nice to meet you. - Nice to meet you.
- And you must be SJ. - That's me.
Michael, why don't you and Nick go into the living room to talk?
Can SJ come?
Absolutely. We'll recruit the both of you.
Alright.
I find him extremely handsome.
Yeah, I'm right here, Leigh Anne.
Yeah, I know.
So Michael, we'd like to get you down to LSU for visit.
We've got a great thing going there right now,
you have an opportunity to be successful as a person, as a student,
and an opportunity to be a part of the next National Championship team with LSU.
So what do you say? You'd like to commit to a visit?
- Can I ask a question? - Sure.
My brother and I are very close.
And so... I'm very afraid that if he goes off to school,
I might not get to see him.
- So ... - Go on.
I guess I was just wondering how much access I'd have to him.
Well, SJ, you'd have total access to Michael.
But better than that, in his first game at Tiger stadium,
we would like for you to lead the team out of the tunnel.
- What do you think about that? - Sounds good.
Come on in!
Gready. I'm Lou Holtz. The University of South Carolina.
Leigh Anne Tuohy. Nice to meet you. Come on in. Michael!
Hello. I'm Tommy Tuberville. Albany University.
Leigh Anne Tuohy. Nice to meet you. Michael!
Howdy, Houston Nutt. University of Arkansas.
Leigh Anne Tuohy. Very nice to meet you.
- Ole Miss Cup, huh? - Michael!
Oh, come on. You know this.
It's logical.
I guarantee you come to the University of South Carolina
will be the smartest decision you've ever made.
We want you, we need you, but the other thing is,
Mike, you need us.
Knoxville is a tremendous place to live and...
I know there's lions, there's tigers, there's bears...
Hey, there's only one razorback in the world.
...and not only that, you'd look great in Gamecock Red!
What's in if for me?
SJ, I'd get you a hawk hat, and for whole family a hawk hat.
Are you telling me, that's the best you can do?
SJ, you remind me of me as a boy.
Coach, help me, help you.
I can get you a Gamecock headdress. And with real feathers.
What you got for me, Phil?
SJ, I've been thinking a lot of about that and one of the things
that think will be special for both of us is we'll walk arm in arm
to center of Union Stadium at the first ball game,
and we'll do the coin toss together.
How's that sound?
Coach Fulmer, a pleasure doing a business with you
My pleasure, SJ. Could be sure, buddy.
Congratulations on gettin' hired.
Thank yew, Ma'am. Ole Miss is my dream job.
You're coming a little late to the party but we're diehard Rebels
so I'm gonna give you a frickin' road map.
- Alright? - Got it.
LSU is out. Everybody knows Saban's going to the NFL.
I don't wanna name names, but on Michael's first two recruitment trips
somebody took him to the tittybar.
- That's terrible. - Tell me about it.
He'll have nightmares about for a weeks. So when he comes to visit
I want you to feed him Italian - he likes Fettucine Alfredo -
and I want you to take him to a movie - not Chainsaw Massacre
because he'll just cover his eyes - and get him to bed by ten.
- You got it? - Yes'm.
- Alright. - What about Tennessee?
It breaks my heart but they're still in the hunt.
Fulmer made SJ a sweet deal.
I heard the kid can really pepper the gumbo.
He's his daddy's boy.
- You ready? - Lets' do it.
Alright.
Mike, do you like to barbecue? I tell you what, Mike.
You can go to the gas station and get best barbecue,
you've ever got in your life.
It's a wonderful place to live, fried catfishes,
all the good food that we love to eat
but it's not good for us as football players,
you'd have to be aware, Mike. I promise.
And for you, SJ, this is what I can do.
At Ole Miss we have the Grove by the stadium.
We walk it before every game, in front of thousands of people.
It is a sacred ritual. And I'm in front.
Seen it a thousand times.
Ever seen it from the front of the line?
Next year, you and me; leading the team.
Tennessee offered to let me run on the field and flip the coin.
I'll throw in a sideline pass.
Have you decided yet, Michael?
No, Miss Sue.
But you like Tennessee?
It's a good school.
Not at academic level of Ole Miss,
but they have an outstanding science department.
You know what they're famous for?
They work with the FBI
to study the effects of the soil on decomposing body parts.
What's that mean?
Well when they find a body, the police want to know how long it's been dead.
So the fine fox at Tennessee help them out.
They have a lot of body parts.
Arms and legs and hands - form hospitals and medical schools.
And you know where they store them?
Right underneath the football field.
So, while it's fine and dandy, there're 100,000 fans cheering for you,
the bodies, you should be worried about are right underneath the turf.
Set to poke up through the ground and grab you.
But it's your decision where you wanna play ball.
Don't let me influence you.
All the other teachers are on board, I don't know, what your problem is.
I'm sorry.
I will not give a student a grade he, or she, doesn't deserve.
Well, Michael needs a B.
What is he have to do to "deserve" that?
Right now is Michael doing C minus, D plus work.
His best chance at improving is with the written essay
at the end of the year.
It counts a third of his grade.
Well that's it. We're sunk.
Why don't you write about "Great Expectations"?
You're a lot like Pip.
I mean he was poor, he was an orphan and someone kind of found him.
You should be able to relate to that.
Fine, let's go through the reading list.
But you're gonna have to pick one, Michael.
"Pygmalion"...
"A Tale of Two Cities"..... "The Charge of the Light Brigade"...
"Half a league, half a league, half a league onward"
I love that one.
He loves it.
Why don't you do this and I'll watch basketball?
Okay.
"All in the Valley of Death rode the six hundred."
They named LSU's stadium Death Valley because of this story.
Alfred, Lord Tennyson has writing about LSU Ole Miss.
- You're kidding? - No. It's a great story.
It's a poem.
"Forward the Light Brigade!"
It's like the offense.
"Charge for the guns he said."
That's the end zone.
"Into the Valley of Death rode the six hundred."
"Forward the Light Brigade!
Was there a man dismayed?
Not though’ the soldier knew someone had blundered."
Someone made a mistake?
Yeah, their leader, their coach.
But why would they go ahead if they knew he messed up?
"Theirs not to make reply, theirs not to reason why,
theirs but to do and die:
Into the Valley of Death rode the six hundred."
They're all gonna die, aren't they?
Yeah.
That's really, really sad.
I think you just found something to write about, Michael.
Courage is a hard thing to figure.
You can have courage based on a dumb idea or mistake,
but you're not supposed to question adults,
or your coach or your teacher
because they make the rules.
Maybe they know best
but maybe they don't.
It all depends on who you are, where you come from.
Didn't at least one of the six hundred guys think about giving up.
and joining with the other side?
I mean, Valley of Death that's pretty salty stuff.
That's why courage it's tricky.
Should you always do what others tell you to do?
Sometimes you might not even know why you're doing something.
I mean any fool can have courage.
But honor, that's the real reason you either do something or you don't.
It's who you are and maybe who you want to be.
If you die trying for something important
then you have both honor and courage
and that's pretty good.
I think that's what the writer was saying.
That you should hope for courage and try for honor.
And maybe even pray that the people telling you what to do have some, too.
Kevin Lynn.
- Good job. - Excuse me.
Matthew Nicols.
2.52.
Michael's final GPA. Got it off Paul's computer.
Jamie North.
He did it, Sean. He did it!
Baby, you've been broken to the principal's computer?
Michael Oher.
Where in the world did you find a baby picture of Michael?
Scanned it off an Internet ad for a toddler boutique.
Congratulations, Mike.
Michael, our greetings.
Way to go, bro!
Alright, that's enough. Young man...
I think I need a proper hug.
Alright. You're gonna be staying in Deaton Hall - where is it?
109. It's right there. And you're gonna be on a meal plan
so you're gonna be eating all the way here in Johnson Commons. Right there.
Johnson Commons has all you can eat self-serve ice cream.
As much as you want?
Yes, that's how Mama put on her freshman ten.
Stop it!
Hello?
This is Mrs. Tuohy.
He just want ask you a couple of questions, Michael.
You have nothing to hide.
Ms. Tuohy? Mr. Oher?
My name is Jocelyn Granger, and I'm the Assistant Director
of Enforcement for the NCAA.
Please, call me Leigh Anne.
So, let's do this. Shall we?
Ms. Tuohy, if you wouldn't mind I'd prefer to speak with Michael alone.
- And how long is that gonna take? - Awhile.
Go, Mike. Okay? Go.
Michael? Michael! I'll be waiting for you in the lobby, alright?
I don't know, Sean. I just have a bad feeling about this one.
This woman is tough, tough... Hold on.
Hey.
The client wants what?
Were you aware that Coach Cotton is accepting a job at Ole Miss?
No.
And that this job offer came after you signed with them?
Sean Tuohy, your legal guardian went to Ole Miss.
He played basketball.
And Mrs. Tuohy went to Ole Miss as well.
She was a cheerleader.
Is this safe to say that Ole Miss is their favorite school?
Did they like any other Universities? What about, say Tennessee?
No. They can't stand Tennessee.
- And your tutor... - Miss Sue.
Miss Sue. Miss Sue is an Ole Miss grad, too.
Miss Sue ever tried to persuade you to attend Ole Miss?
Did you know that the Tuohys make generous donations to Ole Miss?
That even Miss Sue makes donations?
That the Tuohys, they have a condo in Oxford
so they can attend as many athletic events as possible?
That, in fact, Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy are by our definition... "boosters."
Mr. Oher.
Mr. Oher?
Do you understand... Do you know, why am I here?
To... investigate.
Yes. To investigate.
I'm here to investigate your odd... predicament.
Do you find it odd? Your predicament?
Michael?...
I don’t know.
Can I... can I leave now?
No. You can't.
- What do you want, ma'am? - I want the facts!
- I need the truth. - I didn't lie!
- And I want to know what you think about all this. - THINK ABOUT WHAT?!
The NCAA fears that with your recruitment a door might be opened -
that boosters from lots of schools in the south
will become legal guardians for young athletes without means
and funnel them to their Alma Maters.
I'm not saying I believe it and I'm not saying I don't,
but there're many people involved with this case
who would argue that Tuohys they took you in,
- they clothes you, they fed you, - No.
- they paid for your private education, - No.
- they bought you a car, - No!
- and paid for your tutor, - No.
all as part of a plan to insure that you play football
for the University of Mississippi.
Michael! We're not finished.
It's not available. Just like I told you three months ago.
So why don't we go with the canvas.
The low napa, it's a beautiful--- Oh, I'll call you back. Bye.
Michael. So what happened?
- Why'd you do it? - What?
All along you wanted me to go to Ole Miss.
Of course, I did. We love Ole Miss!
Why did you do this for me?
- What? - Everything!
Was it for you or was it for me?
Was it so I would go to school where you wanted?!
Was it so I would do what you wanted?!
- Michael, no... - That's what she thinks.
Is she right?
Michael, honey, I need for you please, listen to me, alright?
Don't you dare to lie to me.
I'm not stupid!
Michael?!
Michael, of course, you're not stupid.
Michael?! Come on.
I should have followed him.
You had no way of knowing he'd disappear.
Was he right?
What he said about us?
Leigh Anne, be reasonable.
We gave clothes to a boy who had one pair of shorts.
We gave him a bed.
To hell with the NCAA, I'd do it again tomorrow.
What about all the rest of it -
all the stuff we did to make sure that he got a scholarship?
A scholarship at Ole Miss.
He could go whenever he wanted, he knew that.
Oh, did he? Did you ask him?
'Cause I sure as I know I never did.
Hey.
Come here.
Am I a good person? Not a joke. Not rhetorical.
You're the best person I know.
Everything you do, you do for others.
And why is that?
I have not a clue.
But you obviously get some sort of sick satisfaction out of it.
- Sean... - Yeah?
What if he never comes back?
Oh, shit!
Big Mike? Hey, get your ass in here, man.
I'm looking for my Moms.
Your Mama? Yeah, I seen Dee Dee around.
As a matter of fact...
Oh, yeah. She usually stop by for a taste around this time.
But I tell you what. Why don't you just come inside
I'll get you a forty and we're gonna chop it up like real fo,
just 'til she get here.
Come on, man. Nobody gonna bite you, man.
Hey! Big Mike! Man, go down xxx and have a seat.
Yeah, bitch!
Hey, baby, gimme a couple of cold beers from the refrigerator!
Sit down, man. Big Mike.
- What? - I'm so glad to see you.
Yeah. You lookin' good. Too, you lookin' fit.
I heard you playin' little ball.
But you know that rich kid football ain't like the public school league.
Niggers packing knives in their socks.
Hey, I played little ball myself.
Back in the day, you know that, alright?
Yeah, I heard.
A quarterback. Up there at MLK.
- Thank you, baby. - What about you, Dave?
You still playing ball over at JC?
- Naw. - No, man.
Dave no longer a student.
He with me now!
As a matter of fact... Look, I can open a spot for you, too.
I got tired of going to class.
People are tryin' tell me what to do.
Well, in that case, Dave, look here...
Turn it up, like that little bit of bitch!
Bitch!
Hey, man. Don't mess with D, man.
I heard you stayin' on the other side of town.
Yeah, that what Dee Dee said. Said you got a new Mama now.
- Yeah? - Oh yeah!
- She fine too. - Yeah. She fine.
xxx
She got other kids?
She got a daughter?
You tap that?
Yeah, you taped that! Yeah, yeah, yeah!
Big Mike!
Big Mike got his white babes!
Hey, Big Mike!
You should enjoy 'em, man.
Hey, where you going?
Going to wait my mom to the apartment.
Hey, man, just don't go away now.
Hey, sit down, man.
I'm just trying to find out little bit about your fine white sister.
Because I like me some mommy/daughter action.
Shut up.
Shut up? Who the hell is you telling to shut up?
I will bust and cap your fat ass.
And then drive east and pay a visit to your cracker Mom!
And her sweet little daughter.
MAMA!!!!!
He gone, snowflake.
Michael was here?
Yeah, but you tell him, I'll be seeing him around.
Or he gonna get this.
So Michael was here?
Last night. He come by here. Sneaked me then run off.
Yeah. Tell him, sleep with one eye open.
You hear me, bitch?
No, you hear me, bitch!
You threaten my son you threaten me.
You so much as cross downtown you will be sorry.
I'm in a prayer group with the D.A., I'm a member of the NRA
and I'm always packing.
What you got in there, a .22? A Saturday Night Special?
And it shoots just fine all the other days, too.
- Michael?! - Mama?...
You think the police is gonna come and get me?
I'd imagine the last thing they want at Hurt Village
is bunch of cops snooping around.
I swore I'd never ask this, but how'd you get out of there, Michael?
When I was little and something awful was happening
my Mama would tell me to close my eyes.
She was tryin' to keep me from seeing her do drugs or other bad things.
And then when she was finished or the bad things were over
she'd say, "now when I count to three, you open your eyes
and the past is gone, the world is a good place,
and it's all gonna be okay."
You closed your eyes.
You know, when I was driving all over Kingdom Come looking for you
I kept thinking about one thing.
Ferdinand the bull.
I know I should have asked this a long time ago, Michael.
Do you even wanna play football?
I mean do you even like it?
- I'm pretty good at it. - Yeah, you are.
Sean and I have been talking and...
Michael, if you're gonna accept the football scholarship
we think it should be to Tennessee.
And I promise that I will be at every game cheering for you.
- Every game? - Every game.
But I will not wear that gaudy orange. I will not.
It is not in my color wheel and I'm not gonna wear it.
So you want me to go to Tennessee?
I want you to do whatever you want.
It is your decision, Michael. It's your life.
What if I want to flip burgers?
It's your decision; it's your life.
Okay.
Okay, what?
I'm sorry I left the other day.
- You were pretty upset. - You ask a lot of questions.
I'm just trying to get to the bottom of this.
But all questions you asked were about why everybody else
wanted me to go to Ole Miss.
Okay...
Not once did you ask why did I want to go there.
Alright, fine, Michael... Why do you want to go to Ole Miss?
Because it's where my family goes to school.
It's were they've always gone to school.
College is going to be different experience for you, Michael.
SJ, stop it.
- There are lots of distractions. - Have a fun.
There's gonna be some nimrod in the dorm who wants to play video games all night,
or goof on the internet.
Just have fun.
And you will spend a lot of time at practice, which means...
which means you have to be very dedicated to your studies, alright?
SJ, if you don't stop it right---
- Come here. - No.
Relax, Mama.
I just got back from the library
I reserved a private cubicle for the semester.
Here's your class schedule and our study hall hours.
Now, if y'all don't mind I'm gonna go move into my new apartment.
- Thank you, Miss Sue. - "Thank you, Miss Sue"
Yeah, yeah, yeah....
Let's see what you've got: College's Writing, good,
psychology, math lab...
It's gonna be good. Just...
xxx know why. A lot of good classes.
You'll have a lot of fun.
SJ!
Michael Oher, you listen to me, alright?
I want you to enjoy yourself, but if you get a girl pregnant out of wedlock
I'll crawl in the car, drive up here to Oxford and cut off your penis.
She means it.
- Yes ma'am. - Alright
Now, 78's gonna be a parking lot. So we should be going. Or everyone...
Say the goodbyes, alright? Here.
Bye, baby.
- Thank you, Mama. - You're welcome.
Why'd she always do that?
She's an onion. Michael. You have to peel her back one layer at a time.
I'll be back.
What?
What, Michael?
I need a proper hug.
I read a story the other day about a boy from the projects.
No daddy, in and out of foster care.
He'd been killed in a gang fight at Hurt Village.
In the last paragraph they talked about his superb athletic skills
and how different his life might have been
if he hadn't fallen behind and dropped out of school.
He was twenty-one years old the day he died.
It was his birthday.
That could have been anyone.
It could have been my son, Michael.
But it wasn't.
And I suppose I have God to thank for that.
God and Lawrence Taylor.
One Mississippi.
The New England Patriots have traded the twenty third pick
to the Baltimore Ravens.
And with the twenty third pick in 2009 NFL draft
The Baltimore Raven select...
Michael Oher. Offensive tackle, Mississippi.