When Sammy Balle is gravely injured on the final play of the big game his chances of going pro are as shattered as his body. While wallowing in self-pity and contemplating what could have been, he finds redemption when his niece is injured and becomes comatose. Death comes to take her away and Sammy challenges him to a football game for her life. Sammy must now research old time, passed on players for his team with the help of an elderly football "guru." Nitschke, Grange, Hutson, and a slew of other old-time greats return to the pigskin to help him along, for the game that ensues is not at...

Erosion You are the tide and I am the beach.
No matter how scarred and ugly you wash over me, cleansing me, making me feel new.
You are sometimes rough, churning me up and mixing me around, but always leave me settled and whole.
You are also sometimes smooth, coasting in and caressing the surface of my matter.
You erode the sand castle walls away, never fearing what's behind them.
I see you coming over me and for a moment we become one.
And even though you sweep back out again, there is never a doubt that you will return.
The relationship symbiotic,...

When Sammy Balle is gravely injured on the final play of the big game his chances of going pro are as shattered as his body. While wallowing in self-pity and contemplating what could have been, he finds redemption when his niece is injured and becomes comatose. Death comes to take her away and Sammy challenges him to a football game for her life. Sammy must now research old time, passed on players for his team with the help of an elderly football "guru." Nitschke, Grange, Hutson, and a slew of other old-time greats return to the pigskin to help him along, for the game that ensues is not at...