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On Versus.

 

You 'bout to get knee-deep in it, poot?

 

I've left pieces of my body on fields from Cleveland to Los Angeles.

Will always be one of the greatest lines about pro football.

Man, does Dayle Haddon ever come off as a spoiled little princess on later looks at this film.

 

Elliot: "Can you believe they cut Stallings?"

Maxwell: "Who's Stallings?"

 

The weird part?

Yeah, it gets weird.

 

Still has killer eyes tho...

 

I just started reading the book. Very good so far.

 

I read the book before I saw the movie -- a rarity for me.

And the book really held me. Gent could write a little.

 

How was Savannah in that movie?

 

Was on in the background while I freelanced last night, for get-up looks at several key scenes, including the scrimmage in the gym, the part where he can't sleep, the last game and the locker room after, and of course the end.

I was struck a little more last night that he REALLY wanted to keep playing when all was said and done, but knew it wouldn't work. Even after all he'd been through.

 

This was a great movie for "checking in" on certain scenes. Definitely the ones you mentioned.

I'll never forget the look on backup QB Hartmann's face when Seth told him, "A little bit of lying is good for a marriage." And how the morality play later played out with him dropping the PAT snap.