Odessa is depicted as a small, one-horse town, and never mentions Odessa High School.
Odessa is seen as being a primarily Anglo town, with a mix of African Americans and few Hispanics.
Boobie Miles was a captain as well.
Boobie is the tailback and is number 45, Brian Chavez is number 4 and is strong safety, Ivory Christian is number 90 and is defensive end, and Chris Comer wears number 42 and is a sophomore third string tailback.
Charlie Billingsley, Don's father, won a state championship, putting lots of pressure on Don to succeed.
Boobie injured his leg after being tackled by two players in a blow out non-district game at home.
The game between Permian and Marshall was the season opener and was played in Odessa, with Permian blowing out the Marshall Bulldogs.
Permian defeats Northshore Galena in a district game.
Players were seen wearing Under Armour apparel as uniforms and visors.
Permian's first playoff game was against Dallas Jesuit.
Dallas Carter is the state's top ranked team.
Dallas Carter is depicted as playing the green and white Rams of Hays High School.
Permian played Carter in the Astrodome for the state championship in front of 55,000 people, with Carter winning the game 34-28.
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Odessa is a town of nearly 100,000 in the metropolitan area of 250,000. Permian is one of two large 5A high schools, the other being Odessa High School.
One-third of Odessa's population is Hispanic and only five percent is African American.
Three captains of the team were Mike Winchell, Brian Chavez, and Ivory Christian.
Boobie plays fullback and is number 35, Brian Chavez is number 85 and plays tight end, Ivory Christian is number 62 and is middle linebacker, and Chris Comer wore number and is a junior second string fullback.
Charlie Billingsley, Don's father, lost in the state semifinals when he was at Odessa Permian.
Boobie injured his knee in a pre-season scrimmage on Astroturf after getting his foot caught.
Permian loses first game 13-12 to the third ranked Marshall Mavericks in Marshall, TX, a game under controversy about cost with Odessa Permian being flown all the way across the state for a non-district game.
Permian never plays Northshore Galena during the football season.
In reality, Under Armour did not even exist yet during the 1988 season.
Permian's first playoff was against Amarillo Tascosa (Dallas Jesuit was a private school, making it impossible for them to ever play Permian in the playoffs)
Dallas Carter was never ranked higher than third during the 1988 season.
Dallas Carter never played Hays, but actually faced Austin Westlake. Hays is red and blue and are nicknamed the Rebels. In 1988, Hays was 4A and would not have played Carter in the playoffs.
The game between Carter and Permian was the state semifinal game, played in The University of Texas Memorial Stadium under heavy rainfall. Carter won the game 14-9, played in front of 10,000 people. Carter then lost to Converse Judson in the state championship.