Against the Grain

Plot Summary

Insurance salesman Ed Clemons has just taken on the task of coaching the slumping high school football team of the small, but football-crazy town of Sumpter, Texas. He is given just one season to turn the fumbling teens around, and he throws himself into the job wholeheartedly. Though his methods ruffle the feathers of the quiet little town, he manages to make some real progress with the players. The show was inspired by Buzz Bissinger's book Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, and a Dream.

Top Cast

John Terry Ed Clemons

Donna Bullock Maggie Clemons

Ben Affleck Joe Willie Clemons

Vanessa Evigan Jenny Clemons

Stephen Tobolowsky Niles Hardeman