Post by managermike99 on Jul 29, 2014 13:47:55 GMT -5
Show Synopsis
The alumni of Spiro Agnew High class of '82 are upset to find out that their beloved Football program is being cut next year due to a lack of funding. This once proud working class neighborhood has deteriorated over the past 25 years, and even the alumni of '82 don't live there anymore. But that doesn't stop the blow to their pride when they hear the news of the cutbacks. So the Agnew Americans come up with a plan to save the program.
Across town, on the good side of the tracks, things are as they always have been at Richard M. Nixon High, successful, both in affluence and on the football field. Six state championships, and an amazing string of 24 straight conference titles. It would have been 32 straight conference titles if it hadn't been for that fluky loss to the '82 Agnew Americans.
So the future leaders of our society over at Nixon High jump at the chance to win the trophy for that '82 loss from the Agnew trophy case, even if it won't be "official".
And that is the setting for the show, the '82 Agnew Americans bet the '82 Nixon Knights that they can still beat them on the field, and are willing to bet their only Conference Trophy against funding for the next 5 years to keep the Agnew team alive.
Of course this has all the makings of a reality TV show, so the Nixon Knights sell the rights to film the whole training and final game for broadcast to all of America.
Let the games begin!
Shot in mockumentary style with a large ensemble cast of unknown actors and non-actors.
episode guide
1.01 - "Illegal Formation, No End"
Jesse Anderson, the star running back from the '82 Americans finds out about the impending shut down of the program at Spiro Agnew High and begins to beat the bushes to put together a plan.
A funding drive falls far short because of the poverty now of the high school's area.
A few of the old '82 rivals from the Knights drive by to taunt the Americans. One of them says "maybe you could raise money by selling your only Conference Trophy". This plants the idea in Anderson's head that he tosses around with his old teamates.
The gauntlet is thrown down to Bradford Cross, the QB of the '82 Knights and CEO of a local chemical company. After talking with his preppy buddies they accept.
Bradford calls his doctor on the phone to get steroid prescriptions for some of his buddies while Anderson tours the rat filled equipment room of the Americans.
Anderson's long lost high school sweetheart bumps into him as he is leaving the school. She is a divorcee with two small children.
1.02 - "Recruitment Drive"
Anderson gets a couple key players back. Offensive Guard Lyle O'Dell, a hulking security guard, and middle linebacker Grover Lexington, a private bodybuard. They begin to try and get back the original team with only a little success. They can't get back their star wide receiver (in prison), their center (died when a vending machine fell on top of him while buying a Twinkie), and their kicker (in a wheelchair). Others however are found and a team is beginning to be pieced together.
Bradford has more luck putting together the Knights, as most of them are in a facebook group together. Commitment to play is made but the players work all over the country so face to face practices will be rare. They arrange to collaborate on-line and to practice with their local high school teams individually.
Bradford and Anderson meet to hammer out the details and rules of the game, and what players are eligible. It is decided to play a full contact game, with the rule book from 1982, and any student of the school in 1982 is eligible to play.
Anderson tries to arrange a date with Cynthia but blows it when he gets annoyed that the sitter stands her up and her kids come along.
1.03 - "Open Season"
Anderson runs his first practice under the watchful eyes of Cynthia who has agreed to be the teams athletic therapist despite her falling out with Anderson.
The practice is a disaster and includes out of shape players dropping like flies.
Spiro Agnew's Principal drops by and is not impressed by the attempt to save the football program, he says there are bigger problems facing the school and its resources are better spent elsewhere.
With morale at a low Anderson sends the team out for drinks at a local biker bar. He confides his plan to Cynthia, is that like in all sports movies, the team will get in a big brawl and he will have to bail them out of prison; but it will be a bonding experience.
Instead the '82 Americans just gripe about being too old to play football and find the bars biker patrons to by sympathetic, showing the ball players their many wounds and injuries from brawling and biking.
Over at the Nixon Knights, only Bradford and two of his preppy friends show up for an open practice with the current Nixon Knights. The coaches and the players though show them nothing but disdain and thoroughly trash them, physically and verbally; calling their loss in '82 to Agnew the program's lowest moment ever.
1.04 - "Watergate"
Bradford sends one of his buddies out to spy on the Americans, and to steal their playbook from Anderson's office; but when he's caught they tar and feather him and his Porsche.
Agnew welcomes two new recruits. A nerdy computer student who has developed a program to predict what an opponent's next play will be, and a track star who passed on football while in high school to concentrate on sprints. But he needs to learn to catch a ball.
Bradford offers a deal with Grover Lexington to come over and play with Nixon since he attended Nixon in grade 9 before transferring over to Agnew for his final 3 years. He says he'll think about it. He gets caught by Anderson making a copy of the offensive playbook, and covers it up saying he's thinking they could use him as a fullback as well as middle linebacker.
Anderson makes a peace offering to Cynthia that is accepted by her but not her children.
The former principal of Agnew (from '82) pays a visit to the current principal to read him the riot act on how important a football program can be to an inner city school.
1.05 - "When it Rains, it Pours"
Grover Lexington breaks the bad news to Anderson that he is going to play for the Knights, in return he will be getting a lucrative security contract from a friend of Bradford's. But before leaving he hands over his playbook saying he didn't read it.
Anderson and O'Dell have an argument over whether this is just Lexington's way of making sure they don't change their playbook. O'Dell thinks Anderson is a naive sucker. The dispute results in O'Dell quitting the team.
Cynthia's son breaks his arm at the playground but she suspects it was done by a local bully and confronts him.
Bradford's treatment of Lexington makes his think twice about his decision.
Practice is rained out three straight nights putting Anderson on the edge of quitting.
1.06 - "Ten Hut"
Anderson's spirits rise when Cynthia's kids help organize a fundraiser for equipment for the team.
Someone vandalizes Nixon High and the cops suspect and question Anderson.
O'Dell patches up his differences with Anderson and helps him clear his name, but it results in another player being kicked off the team for the vandalizing.
Bradford gets caught posting death threats to his own facebook group pretending to be an anonymous '82 Agnew American. The police agree to drop the charges when Bradford offers to donate the money for new football equipment for Agnew High.
Bradford brings back the Knight's old coach who is still kicking, old, and crusty. But he is so feared by his former charges that even though they are now captains of industry he finally gets them committed to practicing and putting in an effort.
1.07 - "Sauntering Sally"
A former cheerleader (Sally) who has added some comfort weight to her frame since high school tries out for the Agnew team as a linebacker. She channels some repressed anger at Anderson into every hit on the sled.
Cynthia tries to figure out what Sally's problem with Anderson is before she kills him; because Anderson is quite oblivious to the situation.
Bradford is starting to regret bringing back the old coach becaue he works them all hard in practice, including Bradford.
The new Nixon coach calls his contacts at the sheriff's department to keep an eye on the Agnew team and wait for them to slip-up.
Anderson himself falls into the trap when he gets into a fight with the father of the kid who broke Cynthia's son's arm.
1.08 - "Prison Rules"
Anderson is sent to jail for assault but it has its benefits. He reconnects with their former star wide receiver (Pennyworth) who while still in jail arranges to get a weekend pass to play in the big game.
The Nixon coach has a heart attack, but when O'Dell is sent as an emissary from Agnew, the crusty old coach hits him in the head with a bed pan.
Lexington breaks his leg in practice, and Bradford goes back on their security contract deal. Lexington goes to the jail to apologize to Anderson.
Pennyworth has his prison brothers design a unique training schedule to whip Anderson and himself into game shape.
1.09 - "Owned"
The repentent principal of Agnew organizes some workouts and an exhibition game between the current players and the alumni. The current players squash the alumni, but O'Dell reminds them all that they are without Anderson.
Lexington is accepted back into the '82 Agnew fold and helps coach the team.
Anderson and Pennyworth take part in an exhibition game in prison, without equipment.
A major stock brokerage company goes bankrupt putting the livelihoods of a couple of Bradford's teammates in jeopardy, and their participation in the game on hold.
The alumni of Spiro Agnew High class of '82 are upset to find out that their beloved Football program is being cut next year due to a lack of funding. This once proud working class neighborhood has deteriorated over the past 25 years, and even the alumni of '82 don't live there anymore. But that doesn't stop the blow to their pride when they hear the news of the cutbacks. So the Agnew Americans come up with a plan to save the program.
Across town, on the good side of the tracks, things are as they always have been at Richard M. Nixon High, successful, both in affluence and on the football field. Six state championships, and an amazing string of 24 straight conference titles. It would have been 32 straight conference titles if it hadn't been for that fluky loss to the '82 Agnew Americans.
So the future leaders of our society over at Nixon High jump at the chance to win the trophy for that '82 loss from the Agnew trophy case, even if it won't be "official".
And that is the setting for the show, the '82 Agnew Americans bet the '82 Nixon Knights that they can still beat them on the field, and are willing to bet their only Conference Trophy against funding for the next 5 years to keep the Agnew team alive.
Of course this has all the makings of a reality TV show, so the Nixon Knights sell the rights to film the whole training and final game for broadcast to all of America.
Let the games begin!
Shot in mockumentary style with a large ensemble cast of unknown actors and non-actors.
episode guide
1.01 - "Illegal Formation, No End"
Jesse Anderson, the star running back from the '82 Americans finds out about the impending shut down of the program at Spiro Agnew High and begins to beat the bushes to put together a plan.
A funding drive falls far short because of the poverty now of the high school's area.
A few of the old '82 rivals from the Knights drive by to taunt the Americans. One of them says "maybe you could raise money by selling your only Conference Trophy". This plants the idea in Anderson's head that he tosses around with his old teamates.
The gauntlet is thrown down to Bradford Cross, the QB of the '82 Knights and CEO of a local chemical company. After talking with his preppy buddies they accept.
Bradford calls his doctor on the phone to get steroid prescriptions for some of his buddies while Anderson tours the rat filled equipment room of the Americans.
Anderson's long lost high school sweetheart bumps into him as he is leaving the school. She is a divorcee with two small children.
1.02 - "Recruitment Drive"
Anderson gets a couple key players back. Offensive Guard Lyle O'Dell, a hulking security guard, and middle linebacker Grover Lexington, a private bodybuard. They begin to try and get back the original team with only a little success. They can't get back their star wide receiver (in prison), their center (died when a vending machine fell on top of him while buying a Twinkie), and their kicker (in a wheelchair). Others however are found and a team is beginning to be pieced together.
Bradford has more luck putting together the Knights, as most of them are in a facebook group together. Commitment to play is made but the players work all over the country so face to face practices will be rare. They arrange to collaborate on-line and to practice with their local high school teams individually.
Bradford and Anderson meet to hammer out the details and rules of the game, and what players are eligible. It is decided to play a full contact game, with the rule book from 1982, and any student of the school in 1982 is eligible to play.
Anderson tries to arrange a date with Cynthia but blows it when he gets annoyed that the sitter stands her up and her kids come along.
1.03 - "Open Season"
Anderson runs his first practice under the watchful eyes of Cynthia who has agreed to be the teams athletic therapist despite her falling out with Anderson.
The practice is a disaster and includes out of shape players dropping like flies.
Spiro Agnew's Principal drops by and is not impressed by the attempt to save the football program, he says there are bigger problems facing the school and its resources are better spent elsewhere.
With morale at a low Anderson sends the team out for drinks at a local biker bar. He confides his plan to Cynthia, is that like in all sports movies, the team will get in a big brawl and he will have to bail them out of prison; but it will be a bonding experience.
Instead the '82 Americans just gripe about being too old to play football and find the bars biker patrons to by sympathetic, showing the ball players their many wounds and injuries from brawling and biking.
Over at the Nixon Knights, only Bradford and two of his preppy friends show up for an open practice with the current Nixon Knights. The coaches and the players though show them nothing but disdain and thoroughly trash them, physically and verbally; calling their loss in '82 to Agnew the program's lowest moment ever.
1.04 - "Watergate"
Bradford sends one of his buddies out to spy on the Americans, and to steal their playbook from Anderson's office; but when he's caught they tar and feather him and his Porsche.
Agnew welcomes two new recruits. A nerdy computer student who has developed a program to predict what an opponent's next play will be, and a track star who passed on football while in high school to concentrate on sprints. But he needs to learn to catch a ball.
Bradford offers a deal with Grover Lexington to come over and play with Nixon since he attended Nixon in grade 9 before transferring over to Agnew for his final 3 years. He says he'll think about it. He gets caught by Anderson making a copy of the offensive playbook, and covers it up saying he's thinking they could use him as a fullback as well as middle linebacker.
Anderson makes a peace offering to Cynthia that is accepted by her but not her children.
The former principal of Agnew (from '82) pays a visit to the current principal to read him the riot act on how important a football program can be to an inner city school.
1.05 - "When it Rains, it Pours"
Grover Lexington breaks the bad news to Anderson that he is going to play for the Knights, in return he will be getting a lucrative security contract from a friend of Bradford's. But before leaving he hands over his playbook saying he didn't read it.
Anderson and O'Dell have an argument over whether this is just Lexington's way of making sure they don't change their playbook. O'Dell thinks Anderson is a naive sucker. The dispute results in O'Dell quitting the team.
Cynthia's son breaks his arm at the playground but she suspects it was done by a local bully and confronts him.
Bradford's treatment of Lexington makes his think twice about his decision.
Practice is rained out three straight nights putting Anderson on the edge of quitting.
1.06 - "Ten Hut"
Anderson's spirits rise when Cynthia's kids help organize a fundraiser for equipment for the team.
Someone vandalizes Nixon High and the cops suspect and question Anderson.
O'Dell patches up his differences with Anderson and helps him clear his name, but it results in another player being kicked off the team for the vandalizing.
Bradford gets caught posting death threats to his own facebook group pretending to be an anonymous '82 Agnew American. The police agree to drop the charges when Bradford offers to donate the money for new football equipment for Agnew High.
Bradford brings back the Knight's old coach who is still kicking, old, and crusty. But he is so feared by his former charges that even though they are now captains of industry he finally gets them committed to practicing and putting in an effort.
1.07 - "Sauntering Sally"
A former cheerleader (Sally) who has added some comfort weight to her frame since high school tries out for the Agnew team as a linebacker. She channels some repressed anger at Anderson into every hit on the sled.
Cynthia tries to figure out what Sally's problem with Anderson is before she kills him; because Anderson is quite oblivious to the situation.
Bradford is starting to regret bringing back the old coach becaue he works them all hard in practice, including Bradford.
The new Nixon coach calls his contacts at the sheriff's department to keep an eye on the Agnew team and wait for them to slip-up.
Anderson himself falls into the trap when he gets into a fight with the father of the kid who broke Cynthia's son's arm.
1.08 - "Prison Rules"
Anderson is sent to jail for assault but it has its benefits. He reconnects with their former star wide receiver (Pennyworth) who while still in jail arranges to get a weekend pass to play in the big game.
The Nixon coach has a heart attack, but when O'Dell is sent as an emissary from Agnew, the crusty old coach hits him in the head with a bed pan.
Lexington breaks his leg in practice, and Bradford goes back on their security contract deal. Lexington goes to the jail to apologize to Anderson.
Pennyworth has his prison brothers design a unique training schedule to whip Anderson and himself into game shape.
1.09 - "Owned"
The repentent principal of Agnew organizes some workouts and an exhibition game between the current players and the alumni. The current players squash the alumni, but O'Dell reminds them all that they are without Anderson.
Lexington is accepted back into the '82 Agnew fold and helps coach the team.
Anderson and Pennyworth take part in an exhibition game in prison, without equipment.
A major stock brokerage company goes bankrupt putting the livelihoods of a couple of Bradford's teammates in jeopardy, and their participation in the game on hold.