Friday Night Lights

[bjudge]

I just saw the movie last night. After watching the movie, it appears there are several exaggerations about high school football.

Doesn't Texas follow the Fed rules? They had a receiver returning the ball out of the end zone. Of course, under the Fed rules, the ball is dead during a kick play once it crosses the end zone, unless this has been changed since 1988.

Of course this was a movie, but I was still shocked about personal fouls that occurred during some of the plays. I saw two face mask plays that would have ripped the guys head off in a real game and/or would have been followed up by an ejection in my part of the country.

The other thing that irritated me about the movie is that they implied an official purposely made a bad call to help a team during a state championship game. At least in my state, the officials in the state championship game are some of the most highly regarded officials in the state. I know most, if not all, officials try their best to call a fair game. Is it that bad in Texas, or is it once again Hollywood and the media taking another cheap shot at officials?

Did anyone else notice anything interesting about the movie?