Wildcats (1986)

After directing the Robert Redford pics Downhill Racer (1969) and The Candidate (1972), Michael Ritchie whipped out his … sports comedies: The Bad News Bears (1976) starring Walter Matthau and Wildcats (1986) featuring a young Woody Harrelson and LL Cool J. The latter flick follows Molly McGrath (Goldie Hawn), a coach who manages a track team at a posh high school. Although she fits in, Molly is dying to get her hands on a pigskin. So when a head football coach position opens up, Molly takes the job even though it’s at a rough school in Chicago. As such, the resident staff scoff, her ex-husband (James Keach) protests, and her team must come to grips with having a woman as their mentor. But when Molly convinces teen criminal and ex-football star Levander “Bird” Williams (Mykelti Williamson) to play, she proves she’s got a winning team to those who held her race and sex against her. Of course, we’d love to have Cerulo (Jsu Garcia) hold his bare body against us. That goes double for Trumaine (Wesley Snipes) — especially when both of these hunks show their junk in the locker room! Just 15 minutes into the movie, Molly meets her team players who are only wearing shirts and using their helmets to cover their lines of scrimmage. Mr. Snipes calls an audible and lifts his helmet, allowing his onyx meat stick to blitz its way into view. No need for a flag on the play, his tumescent trouser trout is a touchdown!