Bleachers
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High school All-American Neely Crenshaw was probably the best quarterback ever to play for the legendary Messina Spartans. Fifteen years have gone by since those glory days, and Neely has come home to Messina to bury Coach Eddie Rake, the man who molded the Spartans into an unbeatable football dynasty.
As Coach Rake's 'boys' sit in the bleachers waiting for the dimming field lights to signal his passing, they replay the old glories, and try to decide once and for all whether they love Eddie Rake – or hate him. For Neely Crenshaw, still struggling to come to terms with his explosive relationship with the Coach, his dreams of a great career in the NFL, and the choices he made as a young man, the stakes could not be higher.
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This story is about a small town football coach that was nearing death. Football players that he coached over the years began to arrive in town and they all headed to the field where they used to play. They waiting for news of his condition and reminisced about the old days. As the stories are shared you learn more about the man, that he was mean and made mistakes, but he still meant a lot to all of them. It is obvious that he will not be forgotten.
