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* Beware The Silly Ones: Bug, the waterboy of the team comes off as happy-go-lucky, harmless, funny and innocent. And then we learn that he stabbed an old lady for her purse.
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* FreudianExcuse: At a few points during the film, Porter loses his temper with the players. He mentioned his own father was the same way.
** It is implied that Junior only acts like a tough guy because of his guilt that he can't be there for his son.

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* FreudianExcuse: At a few points during the film, Porter loses his temper with the players. He mentioned later reveals his own father was the same way.way towards him.
** It is implied that the reason Junior only acts like a tough guy because of his guilt that bully is to hide the pain he can't feels from being unable to be there for his 2-year-old son.
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* FreudianExcuse: At a few points during the film, Porter loses his temper with the players. He mentioned his own father was the same way.
** It is implied that Junior only acts like a tough guy because of his guilt that he can't be there for his son.



* {{Tagline}}: "One goal. A second chance".

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* {{Tagline}}: "One goal. A second chance".chance".
* WellDoneDadGuy: Porter and his father didn't have the best relationship, and he spent his life trying to impress him, to no avail.
** Why does Junior want to join the football team: He wants his son to be proud of him. Likely this was the reason Porter allowed him to join.
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* SuperCoach: Sean Porter.
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The movie also stars Creator/{{Xzibit}}, Creator/KevinDunn, Creator/LeonRippy, Creator/LScottCaldwell, Creator/JadeYorker, Creator/BrandonMychalSmith, Creator/MauriceMcRae, and Creator/JurneeSmollett.

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The movie also stars Creator/{{Xzibit}}, Music/{{Xzibit}}, Creator/KevinDunn, Creator/LeonRippy, Creator/LScottCaldwell, Creator/JadeYorker, Creator/BrandonMychalSmith, Creator/MauriceMcRae, and Creator/JurneeSmollett.
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The movie also stars Music/{{Xzibit}}, Creator/KevinDunn, Creator/LeonRippy, Creator/LScottCaldwell, Creator/JadeYorker, Creator/BrandonMychalSmith, Creator/MauriceMcRae, and Creator/JurneeSmollett.

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The movie also stars Music/{{Xzibit}}, Creator/{{Xzibit}}, Creator/KevinDunn, Creator/LeonRippy, Creator/LScottCaldwell, Creator/JadeYorker, Creator/BrandonMychalSmith, Creator/MauriceMcRae, and Creator/JurneeSmollett.
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A 2006 American sports drama directed by Creator/PhilJoanou that has a youth detention counselor (Creator/DwayneJohnson) bringing together the teenagers there as a football to help with their self-esteem.

The movie also stars Music/{{Xzibit}}, Creator/KevinDunn, Creator/LeonRippy, Creator/LScottCaldwell, Creator/JadeYorker, Creator/BrandonMychalSmith, Creator/MauriceMcRae, and Creator/JurneeSmollett.

It was released on September 15, 2006.

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!Tropes for the film:
* AlliterativeName: '''M'''alcolm '''M'''oore.
* AlliterativeTitle: '''G'''ridirion '''G'''ang.
* ChubbyChaser: The movie features a waterboy for a football team of reform school kids, who await the arrival of a group of cheerleaders from a girls' reform school. The waterboy proudly waves to his girl; when the other boys keep asking which conventionally attractive girl is the one, he angrily complains he doesn't want some "skinny-ass bitch" and points out a very hefty girl.
* SaveOurTeam: The plot of the movie.
* SuperCoach: Sean Porter.
* {{Tagline}}: "One goal. A second chance".

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