Odessa
Permian Football
The Players
The Author
The Fans/The Family
100
The men who "invented" Odessa were from this place.
What is Zanesville, Ohio
100
In the game against El Paso Austin, Don Billingsley continued to make this mistake.
What is fumbling
100
He often skipped out on practice.
Who is Boobie Miles
100
Bissinger lived here before he moved to Odessa for a year.
What is Philadelphia
100
These girls bring gifts and make signs for their assigned player.
Who are the Pepettes
200
Odessa was first marketed to potential home buyers as a ____________ HINT: What do you call a perfect place?
What is utopia
200
In the game against El Paso Austin, this player had the best game of his life.
Who is Mike Winchell
200
He was 13-years-old when his father died.
Who is Mike Winchell
200
Bissinger won this prize for reporting a six-part investigative series on the Philadelphia court system. HINT: P _ _ _ _ _ _r
What is the Pulitzer
200
Sometimes, Permian football fans would wait in line for ____ days for tickets.
What is 2
300
People could strike it rich in Odessa because of this natural resource.
What is oil
300
Boobie Miles said this is the reason why the scores of Permian games are so lopsided.
What is they only had one Boobie
300
He regularly drank beer like his father.
Who is Don Billingsley
300
Bissinger contributed as a ____________ to the TV series, NYPD Blue.
What is writer
300
Most people in the Odessa community would come out to this event each year to see the new Permian football players.
What is The Watermelon Feed
400
Besides weather, oil, and ____________, there wasn't much to talk about in Odessa.
What is football
400
The slogan for the 1988 Permian team was, "Goin' to ____________ in '88!"
What is state
400
He was the new star running back for Permian High School.
Who is Chris Comer
400
Bissinger has this many children.
What is 3
400
Played basketball in high school because his racially segregated high school did not offer a football program.
Who is L. V. Miles
500
Bissinger discovered that ____________ was a major social issue in Odessa, even in the 1980s.
What is racism
500
Don Billingsley is frustrated with the black players because them seem to receive __________ __________.
What is special treatment
500
He was arguably the smartest player on the team.
Who is Brian Chavez
500
Bissinger published Friday Night Lights in this year.
What is 1990
500
This was published annually by the booster club and raised $20,000 for the football program.
What is the Permian football yearbook
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