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This movie a lot like Friday Night Lights in many ways, the only difference is that it is doesn't take itself as seriously. The movie reflects how important high school football is in Texas. In the movie there are parents that were former players reliving their old high school glory days through their kids. There are is also Bud Kilmer the coach who expects nothing but perfection from his players and gives little recognition to them when they manage to live up to his high expectations.

The movie starts off with a scene showing all the players in the movie from when the played football as kids. There parents were intense even then but for the most part you could tell the kids loved playing the game. After that the movie flashes forward to their last season of high school football ever and thanks to the coach back-up QB Jonathon Moxon is counting down the games of football he has left to play. He had pretty much lost interest in the game thanks to coach Kilmer and only played because his dad did. The rest of players didn't lose interest but instead just seemed to live with the fact they had to play for a jerk and didn't let him stop them from enjoying the game they loved. As the movie progress Kilmer's chosen QB Lance Harbour goes down with a major injury and he is forced to play Jonathon. When given the chance to play Jonathon excels but his changing of the plays in the huddle is enough to drive Kilmer over the edge. He even gets madder because for the most part they work out perfectly. So even with the team having a great deal of success Kilmer still rides them hard and eventually they snap. This happens because Kilmer demands that the running back take a shot of some drug, the drug's purpose was to reduce the pain and the swelling enough to ensure that he could finish out the game. After seeing this the team realizes that not only does Kilmer never give them any credit but he also could careless about them. As a result they tell him to get lost and when he does they finally start having fun. Of course they also manage to win the big game.

This movie really reflects how big the sports culture on the plains is. The whole town was crazy about the team, from the parents of the players to the guy running the convenience store. There was even a sign as the bus left town followed by a caravan of cars and trucks that said, "Last one out of town please shut off the lights." That phrase could definitely fit some class B towns during basketball season, especially during the state tourney.