Friday Night Lights (2004)

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Wikidata Q1156648, film, IMDb tt0390022, TMDB 13416: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by made by Peter Berg, whose Hancock the episode also talks about (Dune with John Hodgman); 2 more episodes agree.

What a model would be handed about it, for corpus:ask.

The Rewatchables' awards

From ‘Friday Night Lights’ With Bill Simmons and Mallory Rubin (2024-12-31):

Double feature

  1. pick Varsity Blues: It is the obvious pick, but pairing the two gives the fun Texas high school football version and then the serious one.
    “Varsity blues is too easy, but I'm going to do it anyway.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:42:36
  2. pick Varsity Blues: She lands on the same pairing, the two films being relatively contemporary and showing both sides of Texas football.
    “That's my pick as well.”
    Mallory Rubin · 1:42:38

Most rewatchable scene

  1. pick Halftime speech through the second-half comeback against Dallas Carter
    “By the way, this whole, from halftime on is my most rewatchable.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:48:02
  2. pick Halftime and the second half of the championship game
    “But yeah, it's got to be, it's got to be halftime in the 2nd half of the game.”
    Mallory Rubin · 0:50:43
  3. runner-up The Billingsley family car scene and the morning-after ring conversation
    “It's either halftime and the 2nd half of the game, or I do really like the Billings League family car scene.”
    Mallory Rubin · 0:50:14
  4. floated The opening credits and the first day of practice camera cruise, with Coach Gaines's "we will win state" speech
    “I really like the opening credits.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:32:35
  5. floated The first game, the music leading up to it and Boobie getting hurt up 42-7
    “The, uh, the 1st game where we get some incredible music leading up to it.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:35:00
  6. floated Coach Gaines telling Winchell he has to step up
    “Billy Bob tells Winchell that he has to step up.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:35:47
  7. floated Winchell's bedroom visit from Coach Gaines, with the toy car in his hand
    “The thing I love best in that scene is, Mike is holding like a toy car.”
    Mallory Rubin · 0:36:34
  8. floated Chris Comer's breakout game leading into the season montage
    “Chris Comer's breakout game?”
    Bill Simmons · 0:37:07
  9. floated Charlie Billingsley throws his championship ring out of the car, and the morning-after conversation
    “Don's dad throws his ring out of the car.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:37:21
  10. floated The team bus to the Astrodome with Boobie on crutches and Explosions in the Sky
    “Uh, next thing I have, everyone gets on the bus for the Astrodome.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:42:02
  11. floated The first scene at the burger joint
    “I think the only like, the only things that you didn't have that I would even put in the consideration list or like that 1st the 1st scene at the burger joint.”
    Mallory Rubin · 0:50:22
  12. floated The inter-cutting of the booster dinner and the party
    “The inner cutting of the booster dinner and the party, I really love that stretch.”
    Mallory Rubin · 0:50:36

Ebert review · Reading Roger Ebert's review of the film.

  1. pick Friday Night Lights: Ebert gave it 3.5 stars; Bill reads it and agrees completely.
    “You're goddamn right, Roger Ebert.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:31:31

Most 2004 thing · The thing about the movie that most belongs to the year it came out.

  1. winner The brutal, video-game-style football hits: Borderline beheadings and clotheslines that he doesn't think would be filmed that way now.
    “This is the EA sports, Madden, like just people getting crushed.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:51:24
  2. nominee The Astrodome
    “The Astrodome.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:51:10
  3. pick A movie set in 1988 and released in 2004: She agrees, finding the pairing of period and release year the rich part.
    “It's the combination of it being set in 88 and released in 04.”
    Mallory Rubin · 0:51:47

What's aged the best · The things about the movie that have held up or improved.

  1. pick The frantic, quick-cut filming style: Dizzying in 2004, now it reads as normal and he likes the movie more.
    “I got to say, I like the movie even more than I did when it came out because, and I think part of it is because I was going to do this in what's age the best.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:13:16
  2. pick The editing, montages and close framing: Documentary-like proximity that now feels appropriate.
    “I also had that in what's age the best, just the, the like editing and cutting and and honestly, the just like the movies in some ways a series of montages, like nature of the, of the film.”
    Mallory Rubin · 0:13:51
  3. pick The good guys losing in the end: Rare for a sports movie, and great from a rewatchable standpoint.
    “This is a top tier, what's age the best.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:16:46
  4. winner High school football as a religious text, with Slamming Sammy and Ratliff Stadium: Includes the pressure on kids who are gods but crumbling, and the "I don't feel 17" line.
    “High school football is a religious text in in a Texas story.”
    Mallory Rubin · 0:52:33
  5. pick The theme that this is as good as it will ever get at 17
    “It's never going to get better than right here, and we've seen it in some sports movies”
    Bill Simmons · 0:53:16
  6. pick Boobie gives Donnie his nameplate: The payoff of the tension between the two.
    “Booby gives Donnie his nameplate and he's like, I think it's going to be worth a lot of money and you're waiting for Donnie to tell him to fuck off.”
    Mallory Rubin · 0:55:55
  7. pick Dallas Carter never punting or kicking, going for it on fourth: A modern, analytics-driven approach.
    “They go for it on fourth.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:56:33
  8. pick The coach coming home to the for-sale signs on the lawn
    “I love when it goes badly for the coach and he gets back home and there's all the for sale signs front lawn.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:57:10

Great Shack Award · Most cinematic shot (also billed as the Fortune 3 Clap Award for most giftable moment).

  1. winner Don and Mike slumped at the one yard line: Total despondence at the end of the championship game.
    “Okay. Don and Mike slumped over the one yard line.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:58:01

Den of Thieves Benihana Award · Best scene-stealing location.

  1. nominee The Astrodome: Put up as a question, as an important sports-movie location.
    “Would you go Astrodome?”
    Bill Simmons · 0:58:51
  2. winner The undisclosed truck stop for the coin toss
    “I'm going undisclosed truck stop for the coin.”
    Mallory Rubin · 0:58:56

Big Kahuna Burger Award · Best use of food and drink.

  1. nominee Mike's burger at the start
    “Probably Mike's burger in the beginning because it may be hungry.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:59:16
  2. nominee Chocolate milk cartons and breakfast burritos outside the 7-Eleven
    “One would be the car, uh, chocolate milk cartons and breakfast burritos in front of the 7-Eleven, and then the cop pulls up and he's like, you're going to win state.”
    Mallory Rubin · 0:59:26
  3. winner Karen's Rice Krispy treat model of Billingsley
    “Karen's Rice Krispy model of Billingsley.”
    Mallory Rubin · 0:59:43

The Mallory Rubin Award for did this movie need a better sex scene · Which sex scene (or missing one) the movie most needed to do better; only done when Mallory is on.

  1. winner A sex scene between Coach Gaines and his wife Sharon: She says the marriage became the best portrayal of a marriage in TV history and the movie gives none of it.
    “It's Coach Gaines and his wife, Sharon.”
    Mallory Rubin · 1:00:51
  2. nominee The Mike and Melissa sex scene, the Donny and Karen payoff, Flippy and Charlie Billingsley, Preacher taking someone to church
    “Could it have been opening earlier on the Mike Melissa sex scene instead of just cutting to Lucas Black panting into the bathroom mirror, maybe.”
    Mallory Rubin · 1:00:19

What's aged the worst · The things about the movie that have aged badly or feel off now.

  1. winner Connie Britton's nothing role as the coach's wife as Sharon Gaines: Compared with Tammy Taylor, the movie just punted on the coach-wife marriage. He reads Berg's oral-history quote about it.
    “So I had that in what stage the worst, how they, I wrote, the coach wife marriage, they just punted on it.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:01:52
  2. pick Anything labeled based on a true story: He then says the movie actually stays pretty close to the true story.
    “Anytime I see based on a true story.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:11:19
  3. pick Connie Britton's 1980s hair
    “But I just am watching her like, oh, man, I just can't wait till she's Coach Taylor's wife with a more modern hairdo.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:11:44
  4. pick Derek Luke as Boobie Miles: Great in the part but was 30 playing a high school kid.
    “Derek Luke was 30 years old during the filming.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:11:55
  5. pick Don's dad interrupting the hookup
    “My last one is Don's dad interrupting the hookup.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:12:41
  6. pick The medical treatment of Boobie's knee: In 2024 you'd have surgery right away; reconstructive surgery wasn't unthinkable even in 1988.
    “Not immediately having surgery, trying to play again on the knee.”
    Mallory Rubin · 1:13:05
  7. pick No instant replay: Notes the dropped fourth-quarter catch and whether Winchell broke the plane, which the film does use for tension.
    “No instant replay because there are like really a number of plays where...”
    Mallory Rubin · 1:13:48
  8. pick Lucas Black as Mike Winchell: Argues the performance is a level below Hedlund and Luke, and that J. Hernandez seems too small as Chavez.
    “I feel like Garrett Hedlin and Derek Luke are like at a just a different level in the movie.”
    Mallory Rubin · 1:16:13

Butch's Girlfriend Award · The weak link of the film.

  1. winner Not establishing other high school students in the movie: She grants there was no room, but says the girls and other kids are what make the show a high school story.
    “My weakest link is... Not establishing other high school students in the movie.”
    Mallory Rubin · 1:10:25
  2. nominee The coach's wife role as Sharon Gaines: Says it easily could have been her pick.
    “that easily could have been for me, the Butch's girlfriend award for week week in the film.”
    Mallory Rubin · 1:04:05

Hottest take · A spicy opinion about the movie or the people in it. (Mallory's was framed as the Vincent Chase Award: are we sure this character was good at his job.)

  1. pick Coach Gaines as a possibly bad coach as Gary Gaines: Backed with a long list of questionable coaching decisions: the Boobie injury, lying to the team, not playing Preacher at tight end.
    “Coach Gaines, maybe just a bad coach. This is my hottest take, but maybe it's not that hot.”
    Mallory Rubin · 1:04:26
  2. pick Billy Bob Thornton as Coach Gaines: He should have played Coach Taylor in the TV show; Bill argues it would have been better for Thornton's career. Mallory objects on behalf of Kyle Chandler.
    “I think Billy Bob should have played the coach in the TV show.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:17:08

Can You Dig It Award · Most memorable quote.

  1. pick Nothing but babies and memories
    “It's probably nothing but babies and memories, right?”
    Bill Simmons · 1:16:42
  2. pick Billingsley at the burger joint: get laid, get drunk, win state, but not tonight
    “We're going to get laid.”
    Mallory Rubin · 1:16:49

Casting what ifs · Almost-castings and directors who were attached before the film was made.

  1. pick James Hetfield as Charlie Billingsley: Per a text from Peter Berg, he tried to cast the Metallica singer as Don's dad before Tim McGraw.
    “The person that he tried to get was James Hetfield from Metallica.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:19:24
  2. pick Richard Linklater as director: Linklater wrote a script and was all in, but it was too expensive, before Peter Berg got it.
    “Richard Linklater.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:18:45
  3. pick Matt Damon as Mike Winchell: The part would have suited a mid-90s Matt Damon, who was too old by 2004.
    “this would have been an amazing mid 90s Matt Damon part.”
    Mallory Rubin · 1:21:52

Best that guy · Best that guy / actor you'll recognize from elsewhere.

  1. winner Brad Leland as John Buddy Garrity
    “I think Buddy Garrity is the best that guy because I see him in anything.”
    Mallory Rubin · 1:20:38
  2. nominee Timothy F. Crowley as the official in the championship game: He is Coach Crowley on Eric's staff in the TV show.
    “I went with Timothy F. Crowley, who is the official in the championship game, but is, of course, coached Crowley on Eric's staff in the TV show.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:20:48

Dion Waiters Award · Small role with a big impact.

  1. winner The burger joint guy who takes a picture with his baby: Mallory's burger-joint pick; Bill agrees it wins.
    “I like your uh, burger joint guy idea.”
    Mallory Rubin · 1:21:27
  2. nominee The girl who seduces Mike Winchell, Flippy, and the girl about to have sex with Don Billingsley
    “Girl who seduces Mike Winchell.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:21:09

Announcer for the director's commentary · Who would best do the director's commentary or call the game.

  1. pick Chris Collinsworth: She can hear Collinsworth when Boobie gets hurt.
    “I think I, I was able to really like clearly feel, and hear Collinsworth when Booby got hurt though, like, oh, Mike, you just hate to see it.”
    Mallory Rubin · 1:22:40
  2. pick Chris Collinsworth: He imagines Collinsworth talking about Preacher.
    “I was thinking, Chris Collinsworth talking about preacher would have been really fun.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:23:02

Apex Mountain · Whether this is the peak of someone's career or of a property.

  1. winner Friday Night Lights as a property, the TV series: The movie is not the apex of the franchise; the TV series is.
    “Yeah, the property.”
    Mallory Rubin · 1:27:19
  2. winner Billy Bob Thornton as Tommy Norris in Landman: The apex is Landman, not the movie, Sling Blade or Monster's Ball.
    “With apologies to this and sling blade and monsters ball, let's just let's just carve out the necessary turf here for lamb man.”
    Mallory Rubin · 1:25:34
  3. winner Michael B. Jordan as Vince Howard: His apex is the TV show.
    “I still, I would think he would agree that the show is the apex.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:27:08
  4. winner Garrett Hedlund as Don Billingsley: His peak is Country Strong, which they covered on the show.
    “I think his Apex Mountain was the country's strong rewatchables.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:28:40
  5. winner Lucas Black as Mike Winchell: His apex is Tokyo Drift, not this movie.
    “It's probably Tokyo Drift, yeah.”
    unknown · 1:29:18
  6. winner Sports movie coin tosses: The movie's coin toss scene takes the apex of all sports movie coin tosses.
    “I'm gonna say yes.”
    Mallory Rubin · 1:29:13

Cruise or Hanks · Who plays the lead (Coach Gaines) better, Tom Cruise or Tom Hanks, with the running tally.

  1. winner Tom Hanks as Coach Gaines: A tie with Mallory; producer Craig breaks it for Hanks.
    “The answer's Hanks, but unfortunately, because we have a tie, we have to bring a producer Craig Early.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:30:46
  2. nominee Tom Cruise as Coach Gaines: She sees Cruise as deranged but mesmerizing, going toe to toe with the boosters.
    “I think the cruise version of this would be deranged, but kind of mesmerizing.”
    Mallory Rubin · 1:30:35
  3. winner Tom Hanks as Coach Gaines: Tiebreaker; says Cruise is too small and wouldn't be believable in Texas. Hanks wins and the tally is 21-16 Hanks.
    “The answer is Tom Hanks.”
    Craig Horlbeck · 1:30:56

Racehorse, rock band, wrestler, fantasy team name · Which name from the movie she would borrow for a racehorse, band, wrestler or fantasy team.

  1. pick Mojo: Chosen over Booby Miles and Babies and Memories.
    “My race horse is mojo.”
    Mallory Rubin · 1:31:54

Picking Nits · Nitpicks of a film they love.

  1. pick The coin toss, including the undisclosed truck stop: Everything about the coin toss belongs here, though it happened that way in real life.
    “Every frankly, everything with the coin toss belongs in picking nets, all of it.”
    Mallory Rubin · 1:32:48
  2. pick The 1969 Buffalo nickel as the coin
    “It has to be at least a half dollar.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:33:06
  3. pick The score going from 18-7 to 26-7 before the half
    “Last game goes from 18 to 7 is 26 to 7 right before the half.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:33:18
  4. pick Timeline wonkiness around Boobie's MRI and the standings
    “There's not only some scorekeeping wonkiness, but there's some just general timeline wonkiness.”
    Mallory Rubin · 1:33:27
  5. pick No penalties on late hits on the quarterback: Wild in the concussion-protocol era to see him kicked in the face and stay in the game.
    “I'm positive that was always a penalty.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:34:21
  6. pick Winchell being Will Levis, then Russell Wilson, depending on the score
    “I guess I'll just say, like, Winchell basically being Will Levis the entire movie.”
    Mallory Rubin · 1:34:47
  7. pick Preacher not playing tight end on third and short
    “And I would add preacher at tight end on any 3rd in short.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:34:36

Is this movie better with… · Whether the film would improve with an added actor, and what scene they would play.

  1. pick Danny Trejo as Chavez's dad: A bar fight scene, then Coach Gaines comes to see him.
    “We get one bar scene with him.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:35:32
  2. pick Wayne Jenkins: She says Jenkins fits every scene, best as a dirty cop pushing a player to throw a game or at the coin toss.
    “As a daughter of Baltimore, I'm always going to pick Wayne Jenkins here.”
    Mallory Rubin · 1:35:57

Unanswered questions · Open questions the movie leaves hanging.

  1. pick What stops two of the three coaches from rigging the coin toss
    “What's the stop 2 of the 3 coaches from just like, we're in cahoots.”
    Mallory Rubin · 1:36:54
  2. pick Why didn't Don move out of his abusive dad's house
    “Why didn't Don move out?”
    Bill Simmons · 1:37:53
  3. pick Preacher's rank among sports movie football legends as Preacher Billy Ray: He puts Preacher a solid 9 against Forest Whitaker in Fast Times at a 10.
    “Preacher's a solid 9 nine.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:38:33
  4. pick Where Friday Night Lights ranks among football movies: Says The Longest Yard is number one, with FNL somewhere from 2 to 6 alongside North Dallas 40, Remember the Titans, Rudy and Any Given Sunday.
    “But Friday Night Lights is somewhere, number 2 to number six.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:40:52
  5. pick Permian's preseason odds and the championship line against Dallas Carter: Speaker unclear; the answer was around +350 with Boobie and roughly 16.5-point underdogs without him.
    “Dallas Carter, probably like 16 and half point underdogs.”
    unknown · 1:41:47

Just one Oscar · Who should have won or been nominated for one Oscar.

  1. winner Explosions in the Sky (the score)
    “Probably the explosions in the sky.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:37:23
  2. winner Best adapted screenplay: Stands out more than the acting performances.
    “I think the best adapted screenplay would, would be the one now, like, for me that stands out more than the acting performances, honestly.”
    Mallory Rubin · 1:37:34

Zihuatanejo Award (what happened the next day) · What happened to a character after the film's events.

  1. pick Gary Gaines: He became a college assistant in various programs and returned to Permian in the late 2000s, which Mallory says inspired the show's season 2. She calls the category almost impossible for a true story.
    “Gary Gaines went to college after they won the title in the next year, became an assistant in a bunch of different programs, bounced around a little bit, and then came back to Perman in the late 2000s.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:43:05

Memorabilia · A prop or piece of the movie they would own.

  1. pick Charlie Billingsley's championship ring: Chosen for the emotional attachment.
    “I want, I think Charlie Billingsley's championship ring, given the emotional attached to that one.”
    Mallory Rubin · 1:43:46
  2. pick One of the player lawn signs: He would frame it indoors.
    “You know what would be really fun to have is one of the lawn signs.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:43:56

Coach Finstock Award · Best life lesson from the movie.

  1. pick You may never matter again in your life as much as you do right now
    “You may never matter again in your life as much as you do right now.”
    Mallory Rubin · 1:44:13
  2. pick Always keep your helmet handy
    “I'm going with always keep your helmet handy.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:44:20

Who won the movie · Who came out ahead from making the movie.

  1. winner Peter Berg: Because it led to one of the best TV shows ever. She also praises Derek Luke and Garrett Hedlund.
    “This leads to one of the best television shows in the history of television, so I think it has to be.”
    Mallory Rubin · 1:44:27

Producer's first-time watch · The take from the producer who had never seen the movie or the show.

  1. pick Friday Night Lights: Much better and more serious than expected, closer to Moneyball than The Replacements; admired the subtle details and the loss.
    “This movie was way, way, way better than I thought it was going to be.”
    Craig Horlbeck · 1:46:20
  2. pick Tim McGraw watching his son hook up with Maria: Called the most harrowing scene of the 2000s.
    “I think that is a fucking horrific moment.”
    Craig Horlbeck · 1:48:57

Overacting award · Best (worst) overacting in the film.

  1. nominee The Dallas Carter coach: Raised during Craig's takeaways as too slapstick; earlier the main segment went without a winner.
    “Maybe he should have won the overacting award.”
    unknown · 1:47:46

Who talked about it

Blank Check with Griffin & David

The Big Picture

The Rewatchables

Came from

What the speakers say it drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

No line says it drew on another film or person.

Led to

What the speakers say drew on it, marked the same way.

No line says another film or person drew on it.

Connected to

Garrett Hedlund: 1 line what-if ×1

  1. what-if (casting what-if): Garrett Hedlund → Friday Night Lights. The two Riggins/Billingsley guys from Friday Night Lights as an 04-era roster.
    “And then the 2 Riggins is Taylor Kitchen Garrett Headland.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Miracle’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:55:07 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

Michael Mantenuto: 1 line people ×1

  1. people (actor comparison): Michael Mantenuto → Friday Night Lights. Mantenuto was good enough to be a Tim Riggins.
    “He easily could have felt like he could have been Tim Riggins.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Miracle’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:57:18 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

Miracle: 1 line verdict ×1

  1. verdict (speech ranking): Miracle → Friday Night Lights. Friday Night Lights is another top-three sports speech.
    “I think it's Friday, Friday night lights”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Miracle’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 1:08:23 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

Moneyball: 1 line craft ×1

  1. craft (mood and music): Moneyball → Friday Night Lights. Shares the score and music and people doing their best, more the show than the movie.
    “Really more the show than the movie, but the movie too, but especially the score and the music and people just doing their best.”
    The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 14 - ‘Moneyball’ · 0:32:43 · Amanda Dobbins (0.45 sure it was them)

Peter Berg: 1 line career ×1

  1. career (career): Peter Berg → Friday Night Lights. Berg was positioned as a serious director after Friday Night Lights.
    “I feel like particularly after Friday night lights, he was positioned as like, this guy might be a serious director in the making.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Dune with John Hodgman · 1:23:06 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Taylor Kitsch: 1 line what-if ×1

  1. what-if (casting what-if): Taylor Kitsch → Friday Night Lights. Taylor Kitsch, Tim Riggins, could have played a hockey player given his Canadian background.
    “Oh, Taylor Kitt should have been in this.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Miracle’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:55:11 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

Where it came up

What was said about it, by kind

career (1)

  1. career (career): Peter Berg → Friday Night Lights. Berg was positioned as a serious director after Friday Night Lights.
    “I feel like particularly after Friday night lights, he was positioned as like, this guy might be a serious director in the making.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Dune with John Hodgman · 1:23:06 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

craft (1)

  1. craft (mood and music): Moneyball → Friday Night Lights. Shares the score and music and people doing their best, more the show than the movie.
    “Really more the show than the movie, but the movie too, but especially the score and the music and people just doing their best.”
    The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 14 - ‘Moneyball’ · 0:32:43 · Amanda Dobbins (0.45 sure it was them)

people (1)

  1. people (actor comparison): Michael Mantenuto → Friday Night Lights. Mantenuto was good enough to be a Tim Riggins.
    “He easily could have felt like he could have been Tim Riggins.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Miracle’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:57:18 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

verdict (1)

  1. verdict (speech ranking): Miracle → Friday Night Lights. Friday Night Lights is another top-three sports speech.
    “I think it's Friday, Friday night lights”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Miracle’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 1:08:23 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

what-if (2)

  1. what-if (casting what-if): Garrett Hedlund → Friday Night Lights. The two Riggins/Billingsley guys from Friday Night Lights as an 04-era roster.
    “And then the 2 Riggins is Taylor Kitchen Garrett Headland.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Miracle’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:55:07 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. what-if (casting what-if): Taylor Kitsch → Friday Night Lights. Taylor Kitsch, Tim Riggins, could have played a hockey player given his Canadian background.
    “Oh, Taylor Kitt should have been in this.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Miracle’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:55:11 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

Fun items about it

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Who the speakers said made it

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