A passion for golf drives this story about fame, schemes and paying the bills. Having successfully failed at everything, Anthony "Babe" Lombardo rises from his couch with one last hope. He is the proud inventor of a new golf swing that "will revolutionize the game!" Determined to make it bankable, Babe frantically maneuvers amidst suspicious investors, vanishing friends, and a disenchanted wife. So while most backers are trying to break 100 or maybe win the U.S. Open, Babe has bigger plans.

In small-town Texas, high school football is a religion, 17-year-old schoolboys carry the hopes of an entire community onto the gridiron every Friday night. When star quarterback Lance Harbor suffers an injury, the Coyotes are forced to regroup under the questionable leadership of John Moxon, a second-string quarterback with a slightly irreverent approach to the game.