History Film / TheProgram

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Although the film came out a good seven years before ''Film/RememberTheTitans'', it also features someone named Ray deliberately missing a block to make his tailback look bad. [[spoiler: The Ray in this film, however, redeems himself after getting a stern warning from his coach.]]

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Although the film came out a good seven years before ''Film/RememberTheTitans'', it also features a fullback named Ray deliberately missing a block to make his tailback look bad. [[spoiler: The Ray in this film, however, redeems himself after getting a stern warning from his coach.]]
** However, in ''Film/RememberTheTitans'', Ray is a Tight End, and [[spoiler: purposely ignores a call from his Tackle to block the DE that ends up sacking, and injuring the Titans starting QB. Enter "Sunshine" Bass.]]

!Let's put the women and children to bed and go lookin' for tropes!

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A 1993 sports drama set in the fictional Eastern State University (ESU), where coach Sam Winters (Creator/JamesCaan) is under intense pressure to deliver a winning season after two straight losing campaigns, or face the prospect of getting fired. His team is not without talent, as junior quarterback Joe Kane (Craig Sheffer) is a leading candidate for the Heisman Trophy, junior linebacker Alvin Mack (Duane Davis) is arguably the country's best defensive player, and Darnell Jefferson (Creator/OmarEpps) is a highly-regarded freshman recruit at tailback. He's also got Steve Lattimer (Andrew Bryniarski), a senior defensive end who mysteriously gained 35 pounds in the offseason, and is likely to start after spending his first three seasons on the punt return team.

* DumbJock: Bobby and Alvin. The former reads at a fourth-grade level, the latter is functionally illiterate.
* GentleGiant: Bud-Lite. His idea of trash talk is singing cowboy songs on the field.

A 1993 sports drama set in the fictional Eastern State University (ESU), where coach Sam Winters (Creator/JamesCaan) is under intense pressure to deliver a winning season after two straight losing campaigns, or face the prospect of getting fired. His team is not without talent, as junior quarterback Joe Kane (Craig Sheffer) is a leading candidate for the Heisman Trophy, junior linebacker Alvin Mack (Duane Davis) is arguably the country's best defensive player, and Darnell Jefferson (Omar Epps) is a highly-regarded freshman recruit at tailback. He's also got Steve Lattimer (Andrew Bryniarski), a senior defensive end who mysteriously gained 35 pounds in the offseason, and is likely to start after spending his first three seasons on the punt return team.

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:The Timberwolves narrowly defeat Georgia Tech and get a bowl game invite, effectively allowing Coach Winters to keep his job. Darnell and Autumn are in a relationship, with Mr. Haley approving of Darnell due to his improved grades and work ethic. He's also become friends with his old rival, Ray Griffen. Joe is finally sober and has reconciled with Camille. But his 28-day rehab stint and his crunchtime interception against Michigan have cost him a chance at the Heisman, though he has his senior year to make another shot at the trophy. Alvin's football career is essentially over. And Lattimer knows he's going to be an NFL bust and/or a loser in life, now that he knows that his sudden rise to stardom was almost exclusively due to the steroids, and that he didn't take his studies seriously.]]

* {{Jerkass}}: Lattimer on steroids. The movie has him screaming about being a starter while head-butting car windows, and later on forcing himself on, and on a much darker note, attacking the daughter of one of ESU's boosters when she refused to have sex with him.

However, each of these young men have their own personal challenges that could jeopardize the team's chances of making it to a bowl game and saving Winters' job – Joe comes from a family of alcoholics, Alvin is functionally-illiterate and sees the NFL as his family's ticket out of poverty, Lattimer is obviously and blatantly doping to get big, and Darnell is a cocky kid from the ghetto whose love interest, upperclassman Autumn Haley (Creator/HalleBerry) is way out of his league. And dating the guy who's starting ahead of him at TB.

* BlatantLies: Coach Winters' daughter Louanne, upon getting caught by the exam proctor taking a test for her boyfriend. She tells the proctor that her name is "Bobby Collins," which would have been plausible (as the name could pass for the feminine "Bobbi" or "Bobbie") had the proctor not asked for her ID.

* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: Darnell's initial attempts to woo Autumn are marked by his tendency to use, or should we say misuse, big words. Needless to say, she isn't impressed.

A 1993 sports drama set in the fictional Eastern State University (ESU), where coach Sam Winters (Creator/JamesCaan) is under intense pressure to deliver a winning season after two straight losing campaigns, or face the prospect of getting fired. His team is not without talent, as junior quarterback Joe Kane (Craig Sheffer) is a leading candidate for the Heisman Trophy, junior linebacker Alvin Mack (Duane Davis) is arguably the country's best defensive player, and Darnell Jefferson (Omar Epps) is a highly-regarded freshman recruit at running back. He's also got Steve Lattimer (Andrew Bryniarski), a senior defensive end who mysteriously gained 35 pounds in the offseason, and is likely to start after spending his first three seasons on the punt return team.

However, each of these young men have their own personal challenges that could jeopardize the team's chances of making it to a bowl game and saving Winters' job – Joe comes from a family of alcoholics, Alvin is functionally-illiterate and sees the NFL as his family's ticket out of poverty, Lattimer is obviously and blatantly doping to get big, and Darnell is a cocky kid from the ghetto whose love interest, upperclassman Autumn Haley (Creator/HalleBerry) is way out of his league. And dating the guy who's starting ahead of him at RB.