In the fall of 1983, as their beloved college football team vies for the National Championship, a fatherless 12-year-old boy and his tomboy neighbor embark on a quest for his 'manhood'.

A famed major league baseball announcer who suffers an embarrassing and very public meltdown live on the air after discovering his beloved wife's serial infidelity decides to reclaim his career and love life in a small town a decade later.