Friday Night Lights

Permian advances to the state finals and plays Dallas Carter High School. Carter dominates in the first half and leads 26-7. Permian comes back and the score in the 4th quarter is 34-28 Carter. After stopping Carter on forth down, Permian gets the ball back on their own 25 yard line with 1:40 remaining. They drive all the way to the Carter 1 yard line but a holding call pushes them back to the 10 yard line with just seconds left. On the last play the quarterback can't find anyone open and runs the ball. He is tackled just a foot short of the goal line. Permian loses 34-28. The next season Permian goes undefeated and wins the state title.

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Factual error: In one of the shots of the championship game, a player is seen wearing a shirt with an Under Armour logo on it. Under Armour came into existence in 1996, well after the 1988 championship game in question.

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Question: When Boobie hurts his knee after going back in when Comer can't find his helmet, wasn't Comer the third string running back? Why couldn't they have kept Boobie's backup in there? On top of that, there was only a minute and some seconds left in the game and Permian was up 42-7. Couldn't they have just taken a knee instead of trying to run another play? The game was out of reach, and there was no need to run another play.

Answer: I can only think of two possibilities. It could be that 'taking a knee' is not allowed in this division's rules. Or, getting into the heads of the coaches, their philosophy of the game could be to gain as many points as possible even in a lopsided blowout, honoring the game and continuing sportsmanlike competition to the end.

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