Tasty Mystery Baskets of Clips

We don't want to integrate!

These are the goddamn Texas Longhorns!

Davis, hamstring.

Okay, put that away now, please.

Ernie Davis has not joined the rest of the Orangemen

That's not all you were raised to believe, now was it?

But that sweep where you cut back to the middle?

Now what? You gonna stare at it all night?

/ can't tell you the exact moment I knew what it was I wanted to be

You had a terrific year here at Syracuse, Jim.

But no sense in getting hurt worse, right?

Pain is how you learn.

that I wasn't running from, I was running to.

But this is not just a game anymore.

All right. You sure? Yeah.

POPS: You can do it.

ANNOUNCER: As play resumes here at the Cotton Bowl,

Let's take advantage.

Yes. Jack, Art and me, we're all a part of your team.

or how I wanted to make my mark.

MAN: Yes, it is.

/ know when I first heard it myself,

Heisman Trophy all the way.

And for the Syracuse faithful, there's a sense of disbelief,

QUARTERBACK: Tight right, 34 wide dig. Ready?

two very dominant football players

Ernie, what are you doing?

MAN: We are still not yet...

Down 15 to nothing, the Longhorns are

I know this wasn't the most welcoming place for you, but that's not my fault.

Gentlemen, congratulations.

here at the very, very quiet Archbold Stadium.

Who told you this, your coach?

Same holds true off the field.

Those days are done.

He crosses the goal line to put Syracuse on the board.

No, no, no. Not that, that's the gas. Better step on the brake.

Thank you, sir.

JACK: We call that, The white girl speech,

Were you the first in your family to go to college?

I don't want to hurt you anymore.

as Holy Cross has knocked off the mighty Orangemen.

You don't stop this quick, it's gonna get out of hand.

It's a new trend.

To a very nice man.

You're a goddamn running back. You're my goddamn running back,

PLAYER: Hey, Coach!

and see your name, your face.

Brokaw, come here! Yes, Coach.

Must be nice having the number one draft pick, huh, George?

Ernie Davis goes through the paces

This is quite a ruckus.

And then Jimmy Brown shows up,

There are some lines that some people don't care to see crossed,

And a nigger, how sad is that?

Strong load right, 42 shovel pass.

(MARTY BLOWS WHISTLE)

BROWN: I want you to go out. Keep going. Back. Back. All right.

I want to know something.

Here in the second quarter, Kansas on top of Syracuse, 7-0.

Well, he's a Negro boy, Ben.

What we up to? Three miles?

To Syracuse University department of athletics.

Math, basic literature...

Sorry, my dear, we got things to do, people to meet.

So, things are good.

You're not there. You don't know him.

Well, go ahead. Get in there.

how much he'd like to see you come play for us.

grace of God I am what I am.

I'm sorry I lost my temper.

Let's go! Now make no mistake, gentlemen.

Coach, I can still get back out there and play.

MALE NARRATOR 2: I believe in this world to come.

But you know what, so are they.

He's wearing a Brooklyn Dodgers uniform.

Ernie. His name is Ernie Davis.

JACK: You guys see what happened?

(WHISTLE BLOWS)

I know today is a proud day for you. You've really accomplished something here.

This is what pain is for.

The day you're not up to it, I'll take it away as quick as a hiccup.

Ernie, if you get the ball, go all the way.

with a last chance shot at the end zone.

The first is Ernest R. Davis from Syracuse University.

You're not gonna play. Not now.

Come on, son. Let's go. For me?

You don't even be eating no deviled egg.

He got run off.