Earl Campbell Movies

The people behind the basketball mixed tapes Ball Above All and Ballin' Outta Control move from the playground to the football field with this project. Born to Ball: On the Gridiron compiles some of the greatest plays in the history of college football and edits them to a nonstop hip-hop soundtrack featuring Rawkus Records artists Pharoahe Monch, Talib Kweli, and Camp Lo. Among the football legends serving up the high-powered runs, tackles, passes, and kicks are Barry Sanders, Peyton Manning, Michael Vick, and Earl Campbell, all captured on film in their college days before they turned pro; other noted players, such as Steve McNair and Jamal Lewis, are featured in interview segments in which they discuss the high stakes of playing in the NFL. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

After a recruitment scandal, a struggling college football team is forced to turn to a rag-tag group of misfits in this sports comedy. It seems that Texas State University's football team has relied on some rather unorthodox -- and illegal -- methods to gain players, resulting in the disqualification of most of the team's stars. The desperate coach (Hector Elizondo) must rely on the school's actual students, a motley crew of unlikely characters that includes a female place kicker and a quarterback in his thirties. Unexpectedly, however, the coach discovers that the passer still has a heck of an arm, and suddenly the team again has a chance. The expected comic complications and obvious bits of slapstick follow as this band of eccentrics struggles to find a way to victory, resulting in a familiar reprise of a well-worn storyline. ~ Judd Blaise, Rovi