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Thank you We sneak in determination and perseverance in extracurriculars

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Ah la shmoop who was a mouthful Aren't our buddy

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horse here has decided to take up football He can

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catch He can throw And he personally thinks he can

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rock a case of helmet hair So horace tries out

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for his varsity team and patch that'll hurt tomorrow He's

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not worried though He knows he's A shoo in for

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the j v team Seriously have you seen his helmet

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Hair it's Great but all the helmet hair in the

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world can't help him after he fumbles six in a

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row Coach is a nice guy and he agrees to

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let horace play for the j v team Is the

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official benchwarmer seriously Anything to get this kid to stop

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bragging about his hair So while his teammates play horace

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cheers for them and waits patiently he's determined to persevere

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and gets a chance to play some horace is nothing

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more than a benchwarmer Okay fine to all except horses

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mom he's Nothing more than a bench warmer at least

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on the team But the horses mom Well her little

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boy has strength character and tenacity of spirit He has

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A goal and he won't quit until he sees it

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done filling that hair thing horse anyway at first horse

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doesn't mind waiting for his big break He goes to

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practice with the rest of the guys and tries his

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best to learn the plays He does all the exercises

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that his teammates do in hopes of getting stronger but

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still he seems less playing time than the team mascot

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so i can't really blame the coach for that decision

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Don't look at that cool dancing cow horse contemplates given

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up after all he doesn't have to be here He

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could fail and spend his time after school catching up

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on doctor who and hanging out with this cat instead

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of waiting for his chance to play But horse knows

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that if he gives up now he'll never surpassed the

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dancing cows Field time So let's be real should anyone

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get more field time than the dancing cab He's got

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some sweet anyway horses touchdown celebration might not be legendary

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khao level but it's still pretty good so he decides

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to stick it out so he can one day bogey

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in the end zone where hangs in there He trains

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It gets better faster stronger He may not be the

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best player on the team but he impresses his coach

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with his tenacity and drive And because this is a

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feel good story ah la the blind side but with

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less sandra bullock horses lock is about to change His

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team is down forty seven nothing in the fourth quarter

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Even the cow is utterly depressed so coach decides to

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put horse in the game because well why the heck

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Not really can't get much work So horace dons his

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helmet finally rock that helmet hair jogs out on the

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field and takes his place The ball is snapped and

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horace runs He remembers the plays he remembers coach's advice

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He remembers how hard he worked to get here He

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remembers how cool his celebration dances And then he does

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something that surprises everyone he runs right into the cow

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lets the ball get intercepted It is getting going Calm

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down We said this was a feel good story here

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for pbs didn't we He actually catches a longhouse runs

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down the field faster than he ever has and scores

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his teams one and only touchdown And while the team

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still loses Forty seven to seven Horses feel good story

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boost morale and people walk away happily wondering if sandra

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bullock will play horses Mom when this becomes an academy

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award winning film because boris persevered worked hard and was

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determined to be a part of the team coach decides

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to make him a permanent member of the j v

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team Looks like the cow will be warming the bench 00:03:10.238 --> [endTime] from now on

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