Friday Night Lights

Good morning, West Texas.

Slammin' Sammy Meade coming at you with Panther football radio.

470 AM on your dial.

It's Monday morning and we all know what that means,

only four days till Friday night,

the night that our Dillon Panthers

bring the hammer down on the Westerby Mustangs.

Who wants to talk Panther football? I'm all ears.

Hey, Sammy, this is Susan, from South Bay.

This new coach... Coach Taylor, right?

Eric Taylor, that's right.

Well, he's got himself a lot of pressure right now.

He does.

And there's lots of expectations on him.

And what the heck is going on there?

You've got a news crew following him around

every step of the pre-season.

Who does he think he is? Mack Brown?

He's no Mack Brown, I'll tell you right now.

Well, no, Susan, I don't think anybody is,

but let me tell you something,

he has stepped into the number one team in Texas.

That's right.

And he does have a news crew following him.

I agree with you, that's a lot of added pressure.

But it's letting him know how important this football is to us here in Texas.

I want to add...

Okay, Grandma, I made you two tuna fish sandwiches

And I put your medicine in the green Gatorade, okay?

Green Gatorade. But I only want one sandwich.

Well, then, just eat one.

Well, but you made two and I just want one.

No, no, no. I'll eat the other one

when I get home from practice, okay?

You'll be hungry after that good old practice.

Yeah.

You,

I adore.

I think I'm going to get me one of those signs

that say, "Landry Clarke, utterly useless."

"All-state jerk team."

Yeah. I'd probably be on that team, too.

Jason Street has a 72% pass completion rate.

Not only is that number one in the state of Texas,

that is number one nationally. This boy...

Are you even going to play at all?

Nope. Seriously,

this is some kind of big misdirected "Daddy, love me" thing, ain't it?

I can't keep driving you to this practice and humiliation.

It's not good for either of us.

You're an insomniac. You're up anyway. I'm doing you a favor.

You should be thanking me.

You know, that was mean, man. That wasn't nice.

You got to get up, little bro.

Probably 49 players right now, up and at them.

Right now, this minute.

Forty-nine players on the move.

You're an ass.

Tim, they'll kick you off the team.

Yup.

You're a brother, don't forget, not a mother.

You ain't that good.

Twice the player you ever was, man.

This is life. This isn't Maxim magazine.

What's that supposed to mean?

Waste of time.

And no going out with Jason Street this evening.

We're having a family dinner tonight.

That means the entire family, dinner together.

Rally rehearsal tonight.

She's going to be rehearsing

how far she can get her tongue into Jason Street's mouth.

Nip it.

I love you, Dad. Oh, I love you, too, babe.

How are you doing, Coach? Tommy Hayskins.

Tommy? Welcome. NBC Sports.

How does it feel to be head coach after, what, how many years?

Six years, it is.

Got yourself a heck of a quarterback.

He's a good boy. Very proud of him.

Now you two have been at this together for some time, right?

Yes, sir. He was my coach all through Pee Wee.

And Coach Taylor's been QB coaching me since freshman and JV year,

so it's been a while.

So, Coach, is it a coincidence you finally get the head coaching job

the final season of Jason's high school career?

It is. It's a very fortunate coincidence.

You got to feel blessed

to spend your first year with a young man

who's got the talent and the moral strength

this young man right here has.

Hut!

We'd like to get you all on the field next Saturday

up in South Bend.

There are really no words to describe the experience.

Sounds terrific.

We're ready to get this thing done.

I think we are, too.

How good is he?

Mrs. Street, I've been scouting quarterbacks for Notre Dame for 27 years.

Your son may be the best I have ever seen.

We expect a lot of him, and he produces.

And we're very proud of him.

We go in undefeated, shattering records,

taking these high expectations to unimaginable new heights.

State champions.

What's after high school, Brian?

Me and Mack Brown are going to get our win on in Pasadena.

Get my National Championship on, my Heisman on.

It's known that a couple years ago,

your father passed away,

and he's not going to be able to see you play...

Look, I don't talk about that, all right?

You want to ask me football questions,

I'll answer your football questions.

Okay.

Let's shift gears a minute.

There's been talk of racism around this squad.

Have you experienced anything like that?

I don't let that faze me.

I just keep my blinders on and keep moving. I got things to do.

That's not racism, man. I just don't like him.

He could be from Saudi Arabia or Sweden or Czech.

That dude could be Santa Claus and I still wouldn't like him.

My name's Tim Riggins and I play fullback.

It's known that you're one of the more aggressive players.

What do you find appealing about that?

I just like to hurt people, just put them down.

This is a very good football team

And we all know each other extremely well,

so that's how we play.

Saracen, go take a look in that trash can for a yellow play sheet.

I think I accidentally threw it out.

That's the ball right there we want...

Tim, I don't mean to be inappropriate,

but I do smell alcohol on your breath.

Have you been drinking? No.

Not at all?

No. Okay.

Hey, you want to play football today?

What the hell is going on with you right now?

Are we not clear

that in five days a group of men are going to be coming down here

to try and destroy you?

Does that... Is that not clear?

Thirty-two.

Get up, Riggins.

These same men are going to be coming down here

and they're going to use everything they have to hurt you.

Eighty-four!

I'm tired of seeing that out here on this field!

Eighty-two.

Get up, Riggins!

Get up!

Do you feel a little extra responsibility?

There is a little bit of extra responsibility.

Of course, that comes with the territory. It's to be expected.

You want to do that, you take it somewhere else!

How good is this team?

We're a very good team.

Man, this team's the best team.

They got me.

Get up, Riggins.

They're going to attempt to do this

in front of your mothers, in front of your fathers,

in front of your brothers, in front of your sisters.

Eight!

Come on, son, get up!

You're making us look weak.

I hate that guy.

One person fumbles the ball, we all fumble the ball.

Hate him.

One person shows up half drunk, we all show up half drunk.

Twenty!

This is business. I keep it football.

We ain't got time for your games, Rig.

Leave all the other stuff at home.

We got a game to win.

Get up, son! Get up!

This is where pretty much everybody eats.

I come here and get the Aztec burger every day

leading up to a game.

Oh, yeah? Is that an endorsement?

Endorsement, sir?

That could be your first professional endorsement, the Aztec burger.

No, he doesn't have any endorsements.

No endorsements. No way.

I got some endorsements.

What you got?

Nike, Adidas.

Nike and Adidas? Isn't that a conflict of interest?

Not the way the Smash does it, baby.

I got so much skills, there's room for everybody.

Reebok, too.

I'm gonna do Big Macs and Whoppers. Coke and Pepsi.

Look, I'm going to bring the whole world together, baby.

Then, I'm going to bust up Paris Hilton's marriage.

Is that right?

The Smash is going to be running hotel chains.

So, you going to go for it?