The video
Boobie Miles True Story: What Hollywood Cut From Friday Night Lights (2004) (opens in a new tab)
H. G. “Buzz” Bissinger, Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream (Addison-Wesley, 1990)
The book the film is based on. Bissinger spent the 1988 season with the Permian Panthers in Odessa, Texas, and the scenes from that season in the video come from his reporting.
Robert Clark, Friday Night Lives: Photos from the Town, the Team, and After (University of Texas Press, 2020)
Clark's 1988 photographs of the Permian Panthers, taken for Bissinger's book. The 1988 photos in the video are his.
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H. G. Bissinger, “Stars of Friday Night Lights reunite to relive their story 25 years later,” Sports Illustrated, July 29, 2015 (print issue of August 3, 2015)
Bissinger goes back to the 1988 team 25 years on, Boobie Miles among them.
60 Minutes Overtime, CBS News, September 8, 2015
Interviews with Boobie Miles and Buzz Bissinger. Two of the clips in the video come from it.
KMID Big 2 News, “From football field to felon: The story of Boobie Miles,” April 17, 2026
Boobie Miles interviewed in prison. Four of the clips in the video come from it.
The Dallas Morning News, “Boobie Miles found fame, trouble under Friday Night Lights; his son sets course of his own at Irving,” October 31, 2015
His son's high school football near Dallas.
Odessa American, “‘Boobie’ Miles receives 13-year prison sentence in sex registry case,” October 2023
The 2023 trial and sentence in Ector County.
Lauren Munt, KCBD, “‘Boobie’ Miles sentenced to 13 years in prison,” October 16, 2023
The 2023 sentence.
Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Inmate Information Search
Public record. The booking photograph in the video comes from the department.
University Interscholastic League (UIL), 1988–89 Class 5A football playoff bracket
Permian's 1988 playoff run, including the state semifinal against Dallas Carter.
MojoLand.net, 1988 Permian Panthers schedule and results
Scores from the 1988 season.
Friday Night Lights (2004), directed by Peter Berg, Universal Pictures
Billy Bob Thornton plays coach Gary Gaines and Derek Luke plays Boobie Miles. Short, muted clips from the film are used for commentary, criticism and education, to compare what the film shows with what the record says. All rights remain with their owners.
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Robert Clark (1988 photographs of the Permian Panthers, from Friday Night Lights and Friday Night Lives); Texas Department of Criminal Justice (booking photograph, public record); frames from KMID Big 2 News.
CBS News (60 Minutes Overtime, 2015); KMID Big 2 News (2023 and 2026); 1988 game footage via MojoLand.net.
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