Baseado no livro de H.G. Bissinger, o filme acompanha os Permian High Panthers, um time de futebol americano que, a despeito de todas as adversidades, se torna o orgulho da cidade de Odessa, no Texas, um local assolado por uma desoladora decadência econômica.
Michael Chambers has come home to Austin, Texas to his mother who's starting a new life, to his brother whose driven by old jealousies, and to Rachel—the woman he married and then betrayed with his passion for gambling. Now she's together with Tommy, so Michael devises a plan to get Rachel out from under Tommy's control.
Reverend Julian Shay (Willie Nelson) strode into the saloon, pulled out his six-shooter, and killed his adulterous wife (Morgan Fairchild) and the man she had left him for. It was the beginning of his violent transformation from God-Loving preacher to ruthless outlaw.
