On the night of the first game, Lillian gathers her children to pray for Ben's success, and for him to be a good sport and make the family proud. When Ben arrives at the gym, the locker room talk is of that night's dance. Art "The Fart" has a date, and the chatter quickly degenerates as he starts chanting his hope to obtain some "nookie." Coach Spinks overhears this, and says that this is no time to be talking "'about some cheap piece of poontang.'" (pg. 249) He tells them to cool their sex drives by imagining their girlfriends on the toilet taking a dump. The girls' game is just about finished, signaling the start of their own game. The players spend their last pre-game moments indulging their various superstitions. Ben ties and.....
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