Real Texan Football

Rating: 8/10 (27 February 2007)

I myself am a Texan and in high school I was a cheerleader. "Friday Night Lights" is a wonderful example of how Texan football is. Just as in FNL, a ton of pressure is put on the teams, at school, everyone knows and idolizes them. Everyone goes to the football game on Friday, especially if it's a district game. In FNL, it actually goes into depth about emotions that Texans have when playing football. True, we are not all living in "small, rural towns" Odessa is actually a quite populus town. We are NOT all rednecks, looking for a way out. If you noticed, at the end of the movie, most of them were still in Odessa or Texas. I was present at every single football game all four years of high school standing on the sidelines. IT is absolutely brutal!!!!!! I could hear the sounds of impact as players pummeled one another to the ground. I was even hit once by a player on the sidelines, much like a cheerleader in the movie. The pain and effort shown in the movie is true. The exhaustion frustration and exhilaration is real. FNL shows what football for high school students is like.