Rewatchables Reference

• First practice sequence – Darnell's first run, 'Are you hurt or are you injured?' speech, Welcome to the Jungle, bull-in-the-ring, Latimer pressing 465.
• Latimer's 'what does football mean to you' speech the night before the big game.
• The entire second half of the final game – Caan pep talk, Griffin's block, Latimer's one-stop, Darnell's punt return.
• Fourth and goal at Iowa – Latimer's goal-line stand (Russillo's pick).

• Latimer as a character – his influence on high school football culture (face painting, neck rolls, skull paint).
• The quote: 'When was the last time 80,000 people showed up to watch a kid do a damn chemistry experiment?'
• Darnell's theory for cheating with Halle Berry: 'Just go where white people go'.
• The jock douchebag adrenaline factor – nailed early 90s football player culture.
• The 'Kane is Able' bumper sticker.

• The Latimer sexual assault scene – way rougher than remembered, would be handled differently in 2020.
• James Caan's performance – 'playing the coach like the coach had a mild stroke right before the season'.
• Craig Sheffer being 33 playing a college junior; Halle Berry being 27 playing a sophomore.
• The booster dad dropping charges on the sexual assault – unrealistic.
• The ending being too Disney – Ray Griffin going from 'fuck you' to changing the play within 90 minutes.

David Ward wanted Johnny Depp for Joe Kane – Depp declined, not a big sports fan.

Latimer (Andrew Bryniarski) – no debate needed, he just owns it.

• J.C. Quinn as Joe Kane's dad – also Elmo the chef from 'Vision Quest' who gave the big Pele speech.
• Dwayne Davis as Alvin Mack – also in Necessary Roughness and Beetlejuice.

• Young Ben Affleck as Joe Kane – right around 'Dazed and Confused' era, big enough, right age.
• Robert Duvall as Coach Winters – coming off 'Days of Thunder' era.

• Latimer and Alvin Mack actors played teammates in Necessary Roughness.
• Omar Epps, Kristy Swanson, and Andrew Bryniarski were all in 'Higher Learning' together.
• Craig Sheffer claims he threw 65 yards on the Disney lot to get cast.
• The actual quarterback stand-in fumbled for real on the last play and improvised a sidearm pass to Omar Epps.
• Alabama and Oklahoma declined to be in the movie; Mississippi State said yes.

• Omar Epps – yes, peaks here with Juice the year before and 'Higher Learning' coming up.
• Andrew Bryniarski (Latimer) – absolutely yes.
• Craig Sheffer – yes; also apex mountain for Craig Sheffer tall tales.
• Steroids in movies – maybe; the only competition is Drago in 'Rocky IV'.

• Ray changing the play for Darnell after 90 minutes of hating him is completely unbelievable.
• The urine replacement procedure is medically impossible.
• The forward pass/fumble in the final play – should have been an incomplete pass, play dead, ESU loses.
• What conference was ESU in? They play Michigan, Iowa, Mississippi State, Georgia Tech – makes no sense.

Emphatic yes – 'This would clearly be a Netflix show'.

• Did Brett Favre model his career after Joe Kane?
• Most depressing sports movie injury: Alvin Mack vs. Booby Miles vs. Lance Harbor?
• Was Joe Kane a first round pick? (Consensus: no – third to fifth round, comparable to Jake Plummer).

• Latimer's entire urine sample replacement kit (Bill's pick).
• The Mack family door knocker (Russillo and Kyle's pick).
• Latimer's ankh necklace and neck roll.

Latimer (Andrew Bryniarski) – unanimous; first thing you think of when you think of this movie.