Remember when Coach broke down a few episodes ago and said that he needed something good to happen? Well, some good things happened tonight. Coach agonizes over whether to start J.D. in the next game, worried that if he does so, he'll kill Matt. Tami almost loses her shirt when she sees how dreamy Coach is when he agonizes, telling him that his conscience is sexy, and then also advising him that he doesn't need to make a hard and fast decision now, to take the issue game by game. And so Coach develops an "unorthodox" offense for the next game: Matt and J.D. will trade off quarterbacking during the game.
Tami tries to throw her hat into the old boy's network, but the results are as mixed as that metaphor. One "accidental," "casual" run-in with the school superintendent doesn't hold a candle to Buddy's years of jostling with the guy on the golf course, and she realizes that she's going to lose the fight against the Jumbotron because they are all in agreement against her. So, she swallows her pride, and smilingly breaks ground for the new scoreboard with the boosters.
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