A married middle age man with two children who are in college, who also didn't finish college decides to go and enroll at his kids' college. He also decides to try out for football, and makes the team. He becomes a phenom. But all of this causes friction between him and his son, and also trouble between him and his wife, who wants him to quit the team. But he chooses to stay with it.
Acting
Robert Conrad plays his actual son's on-screen father. Meta much?
Production
Real father-son tension probably saved on acting coaching.
Director
Robert Conrad
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Robert Conrad cast his actual son Shane Conrad as his on-screen son Mikey. The family tension you see? Possibly not all acting.
This 1988 TV movie arrived during the peak 'middle-aged man finds himself' era—think Field of Dreams but with more helmet hair and far less budget.
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