Very good movie, I think it left out some important information.

Rating: 9/10 (18 October 2004)

In 1988 the American oil industry was in shambles, oil was less than $20 a barrel and it was cheaper to buy it from Kuwait than it was to drill for it.
Odessa was an oil exploration center in west Texas. The jobless rate was very high. So I think the pressure was even greater on this team because the whole self esteem of the town was in this team instead of the oil business and related industries that used to support them. Midland/Odessa was the smallest area to ever have a mercedes dealership because of the money being made in the late seventies and very early eighties. I think it accurately captured the amount of pressure put on those 16-17 year old boys.
Football in Texas is very important, and the more rural the town, the more important it becomes.