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Great post from Slowly Going Bald.

"• The point is that I don't care about sports; I care about the story, and whether it's a good one. And "Friday Night Lights" is a great one. It's warm, and challenging, and realistic, and knows that there is no reason to watch a game unless you've given your heart to the players on the field. It's stirring and inspiring in the truest sense in that it engages the viewer on a visceral, emotional level and also pushes them to do or be something better. It's in the way Coach Taylor looked at a bed-ridden, paralyzed Jason Street and says, "You're a good man. You're what makes guys like me want to coach." It's in the way Matt drops everything to help out his aging grandmother. And it's in the electric moment when Smash and the coach stare each other down in the pourding rain in the "Wind Sprints" episode. Coach has already broken the team's ego, but it's up to Smash to swallow his pride and begin to forge the scattered parts into a powerful whole. He grits his teeth and shouts, "Clear eyes, full hearts ... clear eyes, FULL HEARTS," as his teammates echo his cheer and they turn, suddenly energized, to attack the hill once more. It's impossible not to run with them."