Football has always been a big part of coach Gordon "Tuffy" Nehls' life, but now a wave of anti-football sentiment is threatening the staple of American culture. In Fourth Down in Texas, Coach Nehls leads his players through a magical season as his school district considers eliminating the football program. Envisioning a dark future when entrepreneurs and street agents control high school football, Nehls defends the sport he loves while coming to grips with a changing world and living with the regret of a decision that altered a player's life forever.