Scottsbluff

Why is this film set in the Nebraska panhandle?

I lived in Scottsbluff, Nebraska in the mid 90s for about a year and a half.

And during that time, the beginnings of a novel that became the screenplay started in Scottsbluff.

And I wrote that screenplay when I was in graduate school a few years later.

And it sat around for a long time.

I actually didn't come up with the title until, or a different title until I was writing the screenplay.

And I was particularly inspired, like I said, by the Westward Expansion Trails.

And those folks who are in that Scottsbluff region know the name Rebecca Winters.

What's the Scotts Bluff? Scotts Bluff? Yeah, what's the monument?

It's Scottsbluff.

It's Scottsbluff's National Monument at Scottsbluff, but you're thinking of Chimney Rock.

Chimney Rock.

Now, Devil Tower's in Wyoming.

Okay.

Chimney Rock or Scott's Bluff? Chimney Rock, because I thought Scottsbluff was just a city.

I thought that was just some dude's name.

Scottsbluff.

All right.

Chimney Rock or Bob Carey Pedestrian Bridge? That's actually a good question.

Yeah.

I would never talk to a girl from Scottsbluff.

Was that Rushville?

Yeah, that's fine.

You have, uh, six teams that are in 70 points or higher in their ratings.

And then you have, uh, four teams that are within basically the top spot all the way down to number four between Gretna, Scottsbluff, Waverly, Aurora.

Not too far behind them, obviously, Scott Catholic, Gretna East in that category as well.

That's when you see the drop-off come after that.

Yep.

Um, it's, uh, two versus three in our coaches poll, um, with a lot on the line i- in that one as well.

Uh, and, and then, uh, Scottsbluff, uh, against GI Northwest is another, um, chance for, again, Scottsbluff, who what? 21-7, I think, th- this past week.

Um, didn't necessarily...

Let 'em be there." Because if you, if you actually look at it, the Western Nebraska conversation is how many ...

Scottsbluff makes it every once in a while.

Yep.

North Platte, not really.

And sometimes, Mike, just to be frank about it, I think sometimes because it is a girls' sport, we try to make it as even and fair as possible, when that's just not the case with what we do for any of the other sports, right? Like, we don't-

Right

... do this with state football when Scottsbluff has to drive.

There's a real possibility Scottsbluff could play in a state final in Lincoln on that Tuesday night against Waverly, right? Like, we're talking about a six-and-a-half-hour road trip or seven-hour road trip-