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The story of Permian High School's 1988 Permian Panthers team and its run towards the state championship was the subject of the best-selling book Friday Night Lights, published in 1990. A movie based on the book was made in 2004 and the NBC television network aired a TV series loosely based on the school and book.
Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream is a 1990 non-fiction novel written by H. G. Bissinger, following the story of the 1988 Permian High School Panthers football team from Odessa, Texas, as they made a run towards the Texas state championship.
Miles was a key figure in Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream, a 1990 book by H. G. Bissinger that followed the story of the 1988 Permian High Panthers football team as they made a run towards the Texas state championship. In 2002, Sports Illustrated named Friday Night Lights the fourth-greatest book ever written about sports.
Oct. 7—Although Ector County ISD has had Mascot Media apps for its Odessa and Permian High School games for several years, this is the first year they've had a full TV production for the games ...
Oct. 31—It's win or go home. Simple as that. The District 2-6A standings may be chaotic with numerous different scenarios but for Permian head coach Jeff Ellison and his Permian Panthers, the ...
Gary Gaines' 1988 team at Permian was the subject of the "Friday Night Lights" book and movie.
The real-life final featured Carter versus Converse Judson (which defeated Permian in the 1995 state championship). The Carter-Permian game was played in front of 10,000 people in a heavy downpour at The University of Texas at Austin's Memorial Stadium, not in front of 55,000 in the Astrodome in Houston. While the game in the film was a high ...
Oct. 15—Permian's strong second half performance ended up making the difference in the Panthers' 50-26 win against crosstown rivals Odessa High last Friday at Ratliff Stadium. After building a ...