High School is over

Brian Chavez applies to Harvard and is accepted. When the football coach requests a game film to analyze his talent, Gaines sends the wrong film, one that is Brian’s worst game of the season. He defends himself by saying it was an accident. His father is angry, but Brian is deeply hurt, considering the sacrifices he had made to play for Permian. He goes out for football at Harvard anyway, but finds it hard to adjust to crowds that are so small. He can’t forget the glory of Permian, and he decides that his purpose at Harvard isn’t football. There are more important goals he wants to accomplish. Jerrod McDougal tries to adjust to a life without Permian football. But it’s difficult. Jerrod McDougal went to Odessa College but never earned a degree. He went to work for his father’s oil field construction. He feels emotionally stunted by his memories of Permian, but thinks there is a beauty to what he and his teammates shared and will always share. Don Billingsley began to study actively for the first time and was born again in his faith. He remained at East Central University and graduated with a degree in public relations in 1993. He did counseling work in Oklahoma City and then moved to Norman. He married and now feels good about his life. Mike Winchell went to Baylor, but left when he ran out of money and realized he was never going anywhere with football. Then he went to Texas Tech for a semester and finally transferred to Tarleton State and earned his bachelor’s degree in 1995. In 1998, he was working as an independent surveyor in Decatur, Texas. He said he didn’t care about the book anymore. Ivory Christian played football at Texas Christian, but dropped off the team in 1990.