American Sports Story 1x3

1. Hello again, everyone, and welcome to Miami

2. and BCS National Championship game.

3. Number one Oklahoma, number two Florida.

4. The winner to be the champions of college football.

5. We're ready, hut!

6. Tebow steps up, delivers a strike

7. to the tight end Hernandez.

8. That's Hernandez, the third guy in.

9. Always a good target.

10. Hernandez!

11. Down to the six, first and goal, Gators.

12. Tebow looking around, throws, caught.

13. And is it a touchdown? Yes!

14. It's a touchdown!

15. Lofted to the end zone.

16. Touchdown, Gators!

17. Urban Meyer will celebrate

18. a third national championship

19. for the University of Florida.

20. We did it, motherfucker!

21. Let's go!

22. Let's go!

23. Yeah! Let's go. Yeah!

24. - Hey, hey, hey! - We did it, man.

25. Can you believe that?

26. Aaron, over here.

27. Aaron, let me get a shot.

28. Over here. Look this way.

29. Smile, Aaron.

30. Fucking gorgeous. My God.

31. And what would you say if dudes were hitting me up

32. walking to class like, "Look at her ass"?

33. People are saying they like my ass?

34. - Oh, what's up? - Hey.

35. All right, whose piss?

36. Some dude from my economics class.

37. Straight-laced motherfucker.

38. Perfect. That is awesome. All right.

39. So you're gonna wanna strap this on before you go in, right?

40. They need to see the piss come out of your dick hole.

41. So, in order to pee, you're gonna wanna press

42. this button right here. Check it out.

43. Cutting-edge technology. Bada bing, bada boom.

44. Let that drip out.

45. And, yeah. Then go home and light the fuck up, right?

46. All right, here you go.

47. - Thanks, man. - Yeah.

48. Knock yourself out.

49. Hey! Huddle up!

50. Blue tight YAC... 65...

51. - Aaron! Hey. - Huh?

52. - You listening? - Yeah. All good.

53. - Come on. - Man.

54. Blue tight YAC 65 x Scotty.

55. Z Oakland. On one. Ready? Break.

56. Ready? Break.

57. Here we go.

58. Come on. Come on. Come on.

59. - Aaron! - Come on. Come on. Come on.

60. - Aaron, on the line. - Yeah, I know.

61. Watch him, watch him, watch him.

62. Hey, check motion! Check motion!

63. I got him, I got him, I got him.

64. Blue 80! Blue 80, hut!

65. - What the fuck? - Come on. Come on.

66. Right there!

67. Right here. Right here.

68. - Goddamn it. - It's all good.

69. Maybe next time. Maybe next time.

70. What the hell was that?

71. Hey, that's not the play I called.

72. Yeah, but that's seven, baby. Whoo!

73. - Is he high right now? - I'm not sure.

74. But it looks like it.

75. I thought we doubled down on testing.

76. We did, and he's passing.

77. He's finding a way around it.

78. All right. Let's run it again.

79. - Huddle up. - Huddle up.

80. Thinks he's above it all.

81. I'll show him.

82. Breathe in and out.

83. What have you been taking?

84. Prilosec. Like it's candy.

85. But I still get this burning in my chest like I...

86. I can't breathe.

87. I don't think it's acid reflux.

88. It's anxiety.

89. Your stress levels, the hours you put in,

90. the constant demands.

91. That's the job description.

92. Of course, but you just won a championship.

93. When do you get to stop and smell the roses?

94. I'm fine.

95. This happened because I got players acting up.

96. We only caught him because this freshman

97. that's trying to get out of the building covered in piss.

98. They call this device "the whizzinator."

99. Would you believe that?

100. Pretty ingenious. Whoever came up with that?

101. Oh, I have an idea.

102. Fuck you, aliens. You're not gonna get me!

103. They're not gonna get us. I'll protect us, baby.

104. I'll protect you.

105. Don't you worry about it.

106. You're so high.

107. Why do you get so high all the time?

108. - What is this? - Hey.

109. Is the news more interesting than me?

110. Kind of.

111. People are having sex in the library.

112. What do you mean?

113. Some journalism student wrote an article

114. about these guys cruising the library for gay sex.

115. - Ugh. That's fucking gross. - Mmm.

116. Well, apparently, some fine citizens of Gaines

117. will disagree with you, 'cause he interviewed

118. all these gay students off-the-record

119. - about their hookups. - Hmm.

120. Like, a married professor, member of the swim team.

121. And one of them says they saw a football player down there.

122. Get the fuck out of here. Who?

123. It's anonymous. It doesn't say.

124. It's the kicker. Kickers are gay.

125. Nah, bro, it's Gibson.

126. I think I saw that motherfucker checking me out in the shower.

127. Nobody looking at your tiny-ass dick in the shower.

128. I think it's Chico.

129. - The fuck you say? - Look at his face.

130. I'll settle this right now. Hey, listen up.

131. Yo.

132. Anybody who like to fuck dudes,

133. take your faggot ass and get out of here.

134. Right now! Exit's that way!

135. Let's go. Practice is starting.

136. Reed! In with the first team.

137. Reed?

138. What?

139. Trips jet, 238. Play over husky.

140. - Husky? That's my play. - Break.

141. That's my fucking play.

142. Ready? Break!

143. Hut!

144. Boo.

145. Hey, what the fuck?

146. The fuck you want, huh?

147. Break it up. Break it up.

148. Hey, hey. Hey. Hey.

149. Bring it the fuck down, huh?

150. Yo.

151. Hernandez.

152. Go take a shower.

153. All right, everybody back on the ball!

154. - Damn. - Let's go.

155. - Let's go. - Come on!

156. He's testing you.

157. Fuck him. I don't need it.

158. You do if you want draft scouts

159. to watch you play this year.

160. You were out of control today, even for you.

161. You wanna talk about it?

162. Hey, what are you doing tonight?

163. What do you mean?

164. I mean, what are you doing tonight,

165. like the thing that comes after today?

166. Come by here around 8:00.

167. All right?

168. Trust me.

169. This is gonna be good for you.

170. All right.

171. All right. Y'all feel that?

172. That's the spirit moving you right now. Remember, Jesus said,

173. "Unless you are born again, you cannot see

174. the kingdom of God."

175. So who here is feeling the spirit? Come on down here.

176. Yeah, come on. Come on.

177. I said who here's feeling the spirit? Come on down.

178. I'm talking to the ones that...

179. that feel doubt.

180. Who feel the call of temptation, of sin.

181. Now, look, we all have demons, even me,

182. but we also have a secret weapon.

183. We have a golden ticket.

184. Accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and savior,

185. and I promise you you can change.

186. But you gotta take that first step.

187. Pray with me.

188. No, I appreciate it.

189. Thank you so much for coming.

190. Yeah, you too.

191. For the... For the support, I mean.

192. Thanks. Thanks, yeah.

193. - Thank you so much. - Good to see you.

194. Kind of feels like The Swamp on a Saturday, huh?

195. - Yeah. - Man, I'm glad you came.

196. I'm glad you stayed.

197. Yeah.

198. Yeah. Um...

199. Do you... Do you really believe anyone can change?

200. If he wants to.

201. I need to.

202. Or I'm gonna... I'm gonna ruin everything.

203. What are you gonna ruin?

204. My future.

205. Football is all I got.

206. And it's all I know.

207. And If I'm gonna go pro, I gotta fix some stuff.

208. You mean the drugs, the sex, the anger?

209. Doesn't feel good to have no power over yourself, does it?

210. You don't know the kind of thoughts I have.

211. Oh, sure I do.

212. Every time a pretty woman throws herself at me,

213. I have one thought.

214. But you don't do nothing about it?

215. Well, I've got a left hand.

216. Man.

217. Even I know that's a sin.

218. Yeah, but that's the thing.

219. God doesn't need you to be perfect.

220. God needs you to try.

221. I do try.

222. But it's... I don't know.

223. It's like you said, like... It's like a demon.

224. I wish I could just stop. I gotta stop.

225. You can. Aaron, look at me.

226. You can change.

227. You simply have to accept Jesus.

228. Jesus is the only thing that can help you

229. fight temptations, fight these demons.

230. You can't do this by yourself.

231. Tell me what to do and I'll do it.

232. I can handle this.

233. I can do this.

234. "In God's hands."

235. Looks cool, but you're not smoking weed no more

236. and you a Jesus freak?

237. Nah, just, uh... Tebow's helping me out.

238. I don't know. That guy has some medieval views on the woman.

239. Well...

240. - I am super pro-woman. - Mmm.

241. I love women.

242. - Mmm. - Mm-hmm.

243. Wait, hold up, hold up.

244. You're trying to have premarital sex right now?

245. I'm pretty sure that's a sin.

246. But we can do other stuff.

247. Welcome back to The Swamp as the Florida Gators

248. open the 2009 season and defend their national championship.

249. Here they come!

250. And there they go.

251. Hernandez, with the gain of 21.

252. Over the middle.

253. Hernandez. Wow.

254. You can't stop the Gator reign!

255. Touchdown Florida!

256. Florida Gators with the longest winning streak in the country.

257. Led by their star tight end, junior Aaron Hernandez.

258. Here's Tebow. He's got a man open.

259. It's Hernandez, again, to the 30-yard line.

260. Hernandez in space.

261. Still on his feet.

262. Finally, corralled at the 17. Unbelievable.

263. Thank you for such a beautiful day.

264. - Yo, check it out. - Thank you for blessing us...

265. What the fuck?

266. And thank you for allowing us to glorify you

267. through this beautiful game.

268. - And everyone said, amen. - Amen.

269. Hey, let's go, man! Let's go!

270. Good job. Good job, baby. Come on!

271. Bro. You need to stop it with that shit.

272. - What do you mean? - You ain't Tebow.

273. Yeah, and you ain't going home to put on pilgrim hats

274. and thank the Almighty for giving you

275. a sweet mama and daddy, and all that church money,

276. and 40 acres you actually got to keep.

277. Word. That was beautiful, bro.

278. Hey, hey, y'all don't get it, all right?

279. I feel good. Better than I've ever felt.

280. What was wrong with the old you?

281. Nothing, I just...

282. Man, would y'all get off my back?

283. I don't tell y'all how to act. Come on.

284. Gentlemen, gather round, please.

285. Yeah!

286. - Oh, yeah! Let's go! - Yeah!

287. All right, listen up. This team is undefeated.

288. This team is going to play Alabama in two weeks

289. for the right to defend our national championship.

290. This team also has a few days off for Thanksgiving.

291. Now, for you young men leaving for whatever place

292. you called home before Gainesville,

293. be vigilant.

294. Stay in shape.

295. No letdowns.

296. All right, bring it in.

297. Yeah.

298. - One, two, three. - Gators!

299. Hey. Aaron, Aaron.

300. I just wanted to say, I'm impressed with you.

301. - Thanks, Coach. - I lit a fire under your ass,

302. and you cleaned up your act.

303. You're going to be a first-team All-American

304. in the running for the Mackey.

305. Yes, sir.

306. You should be proud of yourself,

307. because I sure as hell am.

308. Thank you.

309. Hey, there he is!

310. You bring me a jacket or some shit?

311. Yeah.

312. Goddamn.

313. I forgot how cold it was.

314. Hey. I missed you, man.

315. Welcome home.

316. Hey, um,

317. do you mind if we make a stop on the way home?

318. Yeah.

319. We should've brought something or something.

320. I haven't been here since the funeral.

321. Yeah, me neither.

322. What do we do?

323. Hey, Dad, I, uh...

324. We miss you a lot.

325. And I'm trying real hard to be...

326. the man you'd want me to be.

327. We both are.

328. Love you. Amen.

329. Hey, when we get home,

330. just want you to know Jeff's there.

331. Yeah, I figured. It's a holiday.

332. No, he's there. Like...

333. for good, like living there.

334. What, like, he moved in?

335. Yeah.

336. When the hell did that happen?

337. - Last month or something. - Well, why didn't you tell me?

338. Because I thought you wouldn't come.

339. It's Dad's house.

340. There he is.

341. My boy.

342. Hey.

343. How you doing, Mom?

344. I've been cooking all day,

345. that's how I've been doing.

346. Look at you, you're so dark.

347. Must be all that sun out there, huh?

348. - And those Puerto Rican genes. - Yeah, I guess.

349. We went to go watch the game at Mulligan's last Saturday.

350. You know who they didn't put on the TV? You.

351. They show Tebow all the time,

352. but they never show the brown boys.

353. You really should stay out of the sun.

354. Welcome home, Aaron.

355. Been a while.

356. Yeah, thanks.

357. Come in.

358. You're not too much of a big deal

359. to set the table, are you?

360. Nope.

361. Hey, what's the deal with the new truck in the drive?

362. Oh. You'll never guess.

363. Robbie Sabbagh at the Dodge dealership

364. gave it to me brand new.

365. - Gave it? - Well, on loan, you know.

366. He's a big fan of yours. Watches every game.

367. Raves about how you're gonna be a first-round draft pick.

368. So, he gave me a good deal on it.

369. Ma, you...

370. You can't be spending money that I don't have yet.

371. Don't be such a downer, Aaron.

372. Don't you want your mother driving around town

373. in a half-decent car?

374. Oh, my God. Catch the ball, man. Shit.

375. Yo, kid, come watch.

376. I got money on the fucking Lions. You believe it?

377. I ain't no kid.

378. Maybe you should get up and help out. Everybody's doing something.

379. Maybe I'll wait for your mama to tell me when dinner ready.

380. - How about that? - Okay, come on.

381. Get it while it's hot.

382. Mmm.

383. Hey. Whoa, whoa, that's Dad's spot.

384. What, he's sitting in the recliner?

385. He's sitting at the head of the table?

386. - Aaron— - Just saying, ain't his house!

387. It ain't your fucking house either!

388. It's my goddamn house.

389. I'll sit at the head of the table.

390. Jeff, move, please. Jeff, move.

391. Move.

392. Don't ruin this fucking day for me, please.

393. I worked really hard for this.

394. Please sit down.

395. Let's eat.

396. - Fucking Jeff. - Man, fuck that bitch.

397. Fucking face all crooked and shit.

398. Probably because Tanya beat his ass. Mmm?

399. Damn right.

400. Hey, look, I'm sorry you had a shit day,

401. but you know those two deserve each other.

402. Yeah. That's why I never go home anymore.

403. Like, nothing changes.

404. That's not your home. This is. I don't know why you even try.

405. No, I'm not smoking.

406. Nigga, what the fuck does that even mean?

407. All right.

408. God will forgive me for one night.

409. Mm-hmm. Yes, he will.

410. Amen to that.

411. I'ma get up in this, right.

412. - Okay. - That's it.

413. Nice.

414. All right.

415. That's it. That's all.

416. - You sure? Mm-hmm. - Mm-hmm.

417. 'Sup, girl, you want some?

418. You know I don't wanna smoke your shit.

419. We could do the shotgun,

420. I'll blow it in your mouth.

421. - Get out of here. - No way.

422. Set, go!

423. Back, back!

424. Oh, my gosh!

425. Holy shit, Hernandez!

426. How you like that? How you like that?

427. Boy, you still got it, baby!

428. It's the pride of Bristol!

429. Aaron Hernandez!

430. - Aaron Hernandez! - Aaron Hernandez!

431. Oh, shit.

432. Look what Uncle Sam's cat dragged in.

433. No way.

434. Yo!

435. - This motherfucker right here. - Oh, my God.

436. I can't believe you're in town.

437. Yeah, me neither. They let us go just in time for Turkey Day.

438. - It's been too long. - Fuck. It has, man.

439. Aaron.

440. Yeah. Give me that.

441. All right.

442. Ball. Get this going.

443. Hernandez, you're playing.

444. Yo, he's got the SEC championship next weekend.

445. He's not getting injured fucking around with you idiots.

446. You've been watching my games.

447. You've been watching my games.

448. Um, how about this, I'll ref.

449. All right? Just give me a sec.

450. - You sure? - Yeah.

451. Looks like you've been putting in some work.

452. Yeah, you know, just trying to focus

453. on my game, keep my body right.

454. Yeah, well.

455. You're looking good, bro.

456. No. No, no, no, no, no.

457. So my father told me that "marine" is an acronym

458. and it stands for,

459. "Muscles are required. Intelligence not essential."

460. That's you.

461. That...

462. That's cold-blooded.

463. Man...

464. I haven't laughed that hard in a minute.

465. I was sure you would've been having

466. the time of your life at UF.

467. I am. It's cool.

468. But...

469. I mean, we had fun, didn't we?

470. Yeah, we did.

471. I'm getting married.

472. We, uh...

473. We met in basic.

474. She's in the reserves trying to pay for college, you know?

475. She, uh...

476. She's nice.

477. Wow.

478. - Yeah, I'm sorry. - No, no, no.

479. Yeah. If you're gonna be in the army,

480. you might as well look the part, right?

481. I'm not looking anything.

482. I'm playing it, bro. Just like you.

483. What? Playing? No, I got my shit under control.

484. Yeah, I can tell.

485. I mean, look at all these tats.

486. How many you got now?

487. Look, man.

488. I'm happy for you. Congratulations.

489. I'm glad I got to see you, Aaron.

490. Came as soon as I got your message.

491. Thinking about the game this weekend?

492. It's a big one.

493. I do love the quiet of the chapel

494. before I go out there and bang heads.

495. I don't see your head getting banged up.

496. I messed up at home.

497. - That's okay. - It's not.

498. What if...

499. God made me this way?

500. What way?

501. A sinner.

502. And now he's punishing me. And that's why he took my dad.

503. No, God does not want to see you hurt, Aaron.

504. So you messed up.

505. But, I mean, God knows

506. that we're all gonna mess up at some point.

507. If you don't, then you can't see the grace of God.

508. You can't get the joy.

509. This has gotta work.

510. Otherwise, it'll mess everything up.

511. - It will. - What if it doesn't?

512. People are talking about me going pro.

513. My mom is already buying fucking cars—

514. Well, don't listen.

515. Don't listen. You need to block all of that noise out.

516. Oh, you think that the spotlight is bright here in Florida?

517. It's ten times worse in the NFL.

518. You need to do what's right for you.

519. If you're not ready to go pro, then wait.

520. Come back here for another year because what we're talking about

521. is not unlike football.

522. You gotta practice to get good.

523. That's why we call it "practicing faith."

524. Hey.

525. Now I need you to pull it together for Alabama.

526. It's win or go home and I am not ready to play my last game.

527. Can you do that?

528. - What's wrong? - More trouble.

529. Goddamn it.

530. I knew I should've kept them all here for Thanksgiving.

531. Anyone else seen this?

532. I don't know what we expected, but not this.

533. Florida's down 26-13. Biggest deficit of the season.

534. - First and goal. - Hut up.

535. 12 minutes remain.

536. Look at me. We got this, okay?

537. It's not over yet. Trio, right up, 15.

538. - Husk, my boy. On one. Ready. - Ready!

539. Tebow should be looking for Hernandez here.

540. But these Alabama linebackers and safeties

541. are the best they faced all year.

542. Blue 80.

543. Blue 80, hut.

544. Tebow back to flow. Looking for Hernandez.

545. And it's underthrown and intercepted.

546. God. Damn it. Fuck.

547. And the season will come to an end

548. for Urban Meyer and Tim Tebow.

549. Fuck.

550. Fuck...

551. Coach. Coach. Hey.

552. Come on. I need help.

553. The press is gonna get wind of this.

554. Our official word is "dehydration," but, you know—

555. Yeah.

556. We'll figure out the rest as we go.

557. - Come here. - Okay.

558. - I thought that was it. - Mmm.

559. Thought the old ticker had given out.

560. Heart's healthy, my love. It's all up here.

561. Went into the season with the biggest

562. number one ranking margin in history,

563. and I came out of it with nothing.

564. No championship.

565. Sure as hell won't be one next year with Tebow gone.

566. Maybe it's time to...

567. I don't know. Reevaluate.

568. You mean leave?

569. Oh, I would love to see you take a real—

570. No, Shelley. Shelley. I'm not quitting.

571. I'm not walking away from the best job in the country.

572. I just need to do this a different way.

573. Gotta stop putting my neck out for these kinds of kids.

574. You know, I tried, I did.

575. I can't help the way they were raised. You warned me, Shell.

576. - You did. - Urban, breathe.

577. Think of all I've done for them. They don't even try.

578. They break my rules every chance they get.

579. And you know where they end up? The NFL.

580. Because of me. Because of what I've done for them.

581. Except they're off making millions

582. and I'm here left holding my dick,

583. taking the blame for their bad behavior.

584. I just...

585. I need to clean house.

586. Start over with new kids.

587. There he is.

588. Hey. You look good, Coach.

589. - Thanks for meeting me. - Of course, kid.

590. - Should we walk? - Yeah. Yeah.

591. Yeah.

592. So, I've been, uh, doing a lot of thinking

593. about what comes next for me.

594. You should be. It's a big step.

595. - But an obvious one. - You mean the league?

596. I hear there's a bunch of NFL teams

597. looking for a stud tight end.

598. Right. Yeah. Just, uh,

599. I was thinking maybe I might need a little bit more time.

600. - Time? - Yeah. You know, I...

601. There's a lot of stuff that I wanna work on,

602. and I left high school early, so I figured

603. it might be cool to actually graduate—

604. Hold on, hold on. What are we talking about here?

605. Well, I decided to stick around for my senior year.

606. Aaron, you're going to win the Mackey.

607. You're a two-time all-American. Your stock will never be higher.

608. Right.

609. But, you know, the off-the-field stuff.

610. - I hear they look into that. - No, no. I'll talk to them.

611. I'll tell them what a great kid you are.

612. But you were... You were so disappointed

613. when we didn't win the championship.

614. If I stick around, that gives us a better shot—

615. Next season, I'm gonna be breaking in a new quarterback.

616. And I like this tight end a hell of a lot.

617. Reed? I can run circles around Reed. What are you talking?

618. Damn, Aaron!

619. I don't have a place for you next year.

620. You had a great run.

621. But there's nothing left for you to prove here.

622. And the winner of the 2009 Mackey award...

623. is Aaron Hernandez from the University of Florida.

624. Thank you.

625. Thank you.

626. This is, um,

627. this is... so cool.

628. Uh...

629. I know my dad's looking down on me right now.

630. Today is actually the fourth anniversary of his passing

631. and it was always his dream for me to play in the NFL.

632. So...

633. in honor of that,

634. I wanna announce that this April,

635. I'll be declaring for the NFL Draft.

636. I'm going pro.

637. Kid is gonna end up in the Hall of Fame.

638. Or prison.

639. Through here, Mr. Hernandez.

640. Oh.

641. - Who's this? - This is Aaron,

642. winner of the award that was named after you.

643. Hey, it's an honor to meet you, Mr. Mackey.

644. God bless you.

645. Let's all pose for a picture together, okay?