Notre Dame is fertile soil for schmaltzy football pics, from Ronald Reagan's Knute Rockne: All-American to this mostly-true story of a never-quit walk-on. After two years of gutty, thankless toil on the practice squad, he's allowed into a game, sacks the opposing quarterback and is carried off the field by teammates. Sean Astin stars, with Jon Favreau as his obese, sour-faced best friend, a role he's set to reprise in the next Fighting Irish tear-jerker, "Hey, We Almost Beat Reggie Bush: the Charlie Weis Story."