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Most Rewatchable Scene

First practice into Latimer's weight-room scene; night-before-the-game speech; Darnell's lost football into Latimer's place at the table; first Mississippi State game; second loss without Kane; second half of the final game

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  • The first practice includes Darnell's first run and fumble and the coach's question "are you hurt or are you injured?", which the speaker says he has used on his daughter.
  • Whether the hurt-versus-injured line originated with Parcells is debated; it was probably heard before the movie.
  • Welcome to the Jungle kicks in for the pit drill, then the exhausted locker room gives way to Latimer pressing 465 while coaches say gaining 35 pounds over a summer is not hard; the stretch is called an unassailable, almost perfect five minutes.
  • Latimer's clean and jerk, throwing 315 down and kicking it while seemingly mad at the weight, is incredible; headbutting cars came from a real South Carolina player in a 1988 Sports Illustrated article that made the writer want the character. — Ryen Russillo
  • Latimer's first dive-bar scene shows Joe ordering two tequila shots for himself but takes too long to register Latimer's added 35 pounds; he was long mistaken for Sting the wrestler.
  • Latimer's steroid-era physique, like the Ultimate Warrior's, does not happen now in 2020 and makes the dialogue hard to follow.
  • Small details ring true, such as players lying on the locker-room floor with pads as pillows after the Guns N' Roses practice, then Latimer doing about 24 overhead reps of 315 and kicking the weights, which players copied.
  • The night-before-the-big-game speech ("We're the lucky ones") gives goosebumps; the speaker says he loves being in college stadium tunnels and gets chills for something he does not get to do; it was on the list of rewatchable scenes.
  • Darnell losing his football in class leads to Latimer's "place at the table" moment, which should be a constant meme; carrying the football around was copied by high school coaches, though a typed lineup taped to glass is preposterous.
  • The first Mississippi State game has a fumble, Latimer's helmet rip on a sack (compared with Kyle Turley and Aaron Brooks), and Alvin Mack's "you're the guy who shot my mother" heckling.
  • Alvin Mack's actor moved like a real football player and made the heckles feel original, a delicate thing to pull off.
  • The second loss without Kane, where Mack is hurt and Latimer is bowled over, is famous but painful to watch; why Mack's injury ends his career is questioned, with his visibly turned leg as the answer.
  • The entire second half of the final game is lumped together: the coach's mini pep talk, Ray finally throwing a good block, Latimer's snot bubbles, Darnell's punt return that Omar Epps seemingly performed, and the big catch; the fans not charging the field is the biggest quandary.
  • The fans not rushing the field is explained as a fatigued fan base, tired of a non-undefeated team about to go to a bowl. — Kyle Brandt
  • The pick is the practice sequence into the workout rather than the game, though Welcome to the Jungle is an 80s song and the scene should have used Pantera or Helmet. — Kyle Brandt
  • Asked for a pick, the reply mentions the Iowa fourth-and-goal involving Latimer, which stings every time, and says the last 15 minutes of the film are really liked and not on TV enough.