Friday Night Lights by H.G. Bissinger

Boobie and his uncle go to the doctor after his knee injury during his scrimmage. They find out that his injury was more serious than both he and his trainer believed it to be. The doctor tells them that Boobie tore his ACL, and that their really is no way that Boobie will be able to play his senior year of football. Both Boobie and his uncle knew that not playing this year would completely destroy both of their dreams. Boobie's uncle is very emotional about this, he wants Boobie to make it to college as much as Boobie does which is why he is so upset. I think the main reason that Boobie and his uncle want it so bad is because they are living in a time and place were racism is still a very large issue. Being black at this time was very hard, and many times black people did not have many options. Which is why playing football would be a way for Boobie and his uncle to escape from it.

Friday Night Lights by H.G. Bissinger

It still the pre season and scouts were beginning to look at one kid on the team, Booby Miles. He was an all star the previous season and his dream was to play in college, and one day, in the pros. Which is why Booby fully understood that his chances of playing in the pros depended on this season, his senior year. In the first scrimmage, Booby started out well. But then, on one good run, someone fell on his knee. Booby got up limping. As the doctor was evaluating him, he continuously asked, "how long will I be out for?" The doctor told him it could be 6-8 weeks. Booby knows that he does not have 6-8 weeks to waste if he ever wants to play college ball. So what should he do?

Friday Night Lights by H.G. Bissinger

I just started this book and, so far, have only read the first chapter. The reason I chose this book is because I really enjoyed the book I was reading before this one, and therefore thought it would be a good idea to stick with sports related books. This book mainly focuses on a high school kid named Mike Riley. He is the quarterback of the football team, and, to say the least, is very good at what he does. Riley's life long dream has been to play football in college. And being that he does not come from a particularly wealthy family, playing football might be the only way for him to get to a good school. For Riley's first game, his coach pulled him into his office to tell him that their was going to be scouts at the game, watching him. Riley knew what he had to do, he also knew that his future depended on it.

Raiders Night By Robert Lipsyte

I am getting close to the end of the book, and it still seems to be getting better and better the more I read. Football camp has now ended and the real football season has begun for Matt. The only problem is, its hard for him to focus on football with all the other things going on. His old girlfriend Mandy is still an issue, although Matt does not seem to care much about that situation, he still wishes that he never had to see his father, and he has one other serious problem. Throughout the camp, the other co-captain, Ramp had been picking on the Chris (the new kid). Matt tried his best to look away from it, he wanted to tell Ramp to stop but knew that it would be better not to say anything. However, on the last night of camp Ramp went way out of line. Matt is really bothered by this and is unsure of what he should do, but he knows he has to do something.

Raiders Night by Robert Lipsyte

So far, not much else has happened since the last blog posted on this book. Matt, the main character and a football player at Nearmont High School, went off to football camp for a week. However, before he left, he cheated on his girlfriend Mandy. Unfortunately she found out and he knows he going to have to talk to her when he gets home. As of right now Mandy seems to be Matt's biggest propblem. My prediction is that when Matt gets home, Mandy and him are going to break up. Matt has still been using steroids and other drugs almost everyday. This will probably have some sort of affect on him later on.