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Then comes the problems with Repete. He hasn't been having good practices, and defensive coordinator Pruitt thinks it's time for Coach Pabst to hav ea word with him. Coach tells Repete that all of his mistakes are mental, and that he needs to start following his assignments and not just go for the sack all the time. Oh yeah, and there's the problem with trash talk. As much as an asshole as I think Pabst is, I am happy that he actually seems serious about good sportsmanship. Then again, I have yet to see him bench a player for being an ass on the field, and really, playing time is the only commodity he has to work with when it comes to a trade.

Chances that paper bag has a flask of Old Grandad or Wild Turkey? About 99%.

And then, of course, you have all of the outside pressures that hit these kids all the time. Alex knows he has to play because a football scholarship is the only way he is going to be able to afford college. Actually, he does have a backup plan, which is going to college on a basenall scholarship.

Repete decides that he needs to get refocused, so he visits his old neighborhood, where Pookie and Ray Ray and all the folks get together and tell him to play hard. It's always good to go back to the 'hood and find some inspiration, but was anybody wondering what was so awful about where Repete came from. I was expecting him to go back to some project or something, but he returns to a middle class or lower middle class suburb. I guess there could be evil drug dealers lurking around and maybe the cars are all a few years older than his new digs, but the way we heard him talk it was like football was the only way for him to escape a life of gangs or something.

I am not sure if I mentioned this, but the strangest part about visiting the south for me was hearing everybody say "fixin". Like, "I'm fixin to mow the lawn" or "I'm fixin to go Walgreen's" or "I'm fixin to start fixin dinner". What the fuck is up with that? Anyway, the cheerleaders should be fixin to buy a dictionary because they were having trouble not only spelling "revenge" but "sweet" as well. See, they were fixin to make a banner for the upcoming game and wanted to make sure that the revenge was sweet, because if a revenge was sweat, that would kind of suck.

So Max was fixin to get some back treatments that would fix his back, and finally, Coach Pabst was fixin to get some motivation on. Repete seemed more focused, Max looked like he could hit, and the whole team had a lot of focus. Tuscaloosa County didn't know what they were fixin to get themselves into!

That's enough of the fixin jokes, well, right after I say that some of the guys were fixin to get themselves some food at Hooters. I have to say, I am slightly disappointed at the quality of the Hooters waitresses in Hoover. The girls at the high school seem much hotter, even when they are fully clothed. Alex starts to flirt with one of them, but I think he realizes that Kristin is hotter and gives up.

Emotions were high for this game. Repete literally had to take a minute to get himself composed. Coach Pabst gave one of his best speeches, although I had to laugh at all of the homoerotic undertones in some of it such as "You take it to them with everything you got" and "Take every fiber in your bowne and you beat the piss out of them" and of course, "When you pound on their butt tonight". All of the pounding talk gets the guys fired up, and they play what I would say is their best fame of the season. They were causing turnovers and converting their scoring chances. Before the second half started, it was already 28-0 Bucs. The only thing interesting about this game was that the producers started playing "Slam" by Onyx. Final score? 42-8.

Next up is the semi-finals. Does Hoover have what it takes to win?

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