Summary

Chapter 14, Friday Night Addiction, I – The Panthers’ first playoff game against Amarillo Tascosa is an easy victory, but the game against the Andress Eagles is not so easy. Gaines comes down hard on the players, urging them to do better and calling them out when they do poorly. Still, the Panthers take the game, 41-13. Over Thanksgiving, an anonymous letter who the players believe is written by one of the coaches, appears in their lockers. The letter calls them out for not doing anything to outdo past champions. The next game against the Irving Nimitz Vikings arrives. Thousands of fans turn out. Gaines leads the Panthers in prayer before the kickoff. The Panthers win the game, 48-7.

Chapter 14, Friday Night Addiction, II – Jerry Hix, a football star from eight years before, watches footage of his playing with H.G. Bissell. Hix laments no...