Friday Night Lights

Standing underneath the Friday night lights is always nerve-wracking, but this time it was even more so than normal. It was the first time I have ever performed on the football field as a majorette; which is a very big accomplishment for me. As the drum major calls the band to attention, I pose and try to calm myself down. When the band starts playing, I start performing, but the thing is that it was nothing like doing during practice. This time I was not even thinking. Every move was strictly…

Outcomes for Film Adaptations of TV Shows --- Back in 2011, a very popular TV show called [Friday Night Lights](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friday_Night_Lights_(TV_series) "Friday Night Lights") was wrapping up it's final season. As with all shows that rally cult followings, fans cried out for a followup movie; but this one was different. What this meant is that in it's lifetime as a story "Friday Night Lights" was a real life situation that inspired a book, which was turned into a movie,…

The film Friday Night Lights (2004) is based on the real-life story of the 1988 Permian Panthers football team in Odessa, Texas. The film follows Coach Gary Gaines, portrayed by Billy Bob Thornton, and his talented group of football players as they try to navigate through the season with the goal of winning the State championship. The pressure is on for the boys in the film, where they receive stressors from not only their sport and coaches, but also the townspeople and their parents as well.…

At least filmmakers admit God is an issue, ignoring Him, Godawa says, “leaves the impression that He is… irrelevant to our reality” (Colson 2) Friday Night Lights is one example of a positive, true representation of the Christian faith. This movie provides locker room prayers and characters’ conflicts with Bible-based morality (Cohn 2). Christian grace, forgiveness, and redemption are shown through the…

"Texas Forever" is a mantra Tim Riggins, the main character in the television series, Friday Night Lights, lives by. The premise of the show is how an entire town base their dreams on the game of football and we learn those dreams do not come without compromise. It is easy to identify with the characters in Friday Night Lights because their lives and their situations are believable. When we base our life upon a dream or the person we believe we deserve to be, it can be a tragedy or it can be…

“Now when you are ready you can slide the safety switch over to the fire your gun should glow red when you do. Today your goal is to score the most points. The closer you get to the bullseye the more points you can get. You can fire when ready and when you run out of ammo set your gun down and flip the switch to safety. Oh and there is one other thing, you will rarely fire at stationary targets.” He reached up and pulled a lever down the targets began to move back and forth. “Now go.” I then…

Published in GQ in 1997, Elwood Reid’s “My Body, My Weapon, My Shame,” is a personal article that offers a behind-the-scenes account of college football. He describes his journey as a University of Michigan Wolverine, starting from his high school scouting days and ending with his retirement in Alaska. Reid recounts the strain he and his fellow players put on their bodies, both on and off the field, and explains the constant pressure to fulfill the image of a popular, powerful football player at…

Friday Night Lights “I can 't hear you Royals fans! Get on your feet and cheer on your Royaltonnnnn Royallllssss!” the announcer bellowed over the speaker system. Two minutes remained in the fourth quarter of my senior homecoming football game and we were on top of the Patriots 28-22. Ten yards back from the line of scrimmage, I stood tall at the safety position with the perfect field view of twenty-one players ready for the center to snap the ball. This was my first game back since I injured my…

John Grisham’s Bleachers captures the insight of American football in small town Messina. Every Friday night, Coach Eddie Rake and his Spartans storm the field preparing for battle. Anyone with a heartbeat attends the games. To the Spartans and their fans, the football field is a sanctuary and the bleachers are its pews. The Spartans are worshiped. They were given the special treatment and, “during the season, each football player could eat once per week at Renfrow’s at no charge” (Grisham 62).…

with different views of how they come to be. This can be seen in both Friday Night Lights by H.G. Bissinger and in Quiet Strength by Tony Dungy. Both of these books compare and contrast each other in ideas and principles when it comes to football at different levels. Bissinger and Dungy both examine how football is seen differently by people and how football leads to bigger impacts made in society throughout Friday Night Lights and Quiet Strength. In both respected books the coaches of the…