The fierce high-school football rivalry between two small Texas towns, Killington and Elmwood, takes on disastrous proportions when both teams seem headed to the district championship. The Elmwood Heights Badgers have always taken the title, but this year the Killington Jackrabbits finally have a winning team under a new coach and star quarterback Cole Logan that could win it all.

Juiced up on a wild Mexican mixture of steroids, the Badgers stage an accident that ends up plunging the Jackrabbits' bus into a swollen river. The only one who survives is the coach, as well as Cole, who wasn't with them because of an injury suffered that morning, also at the hands of some of the Badgers.

Vowing to do whatever it takes to save his team, Cole approaches his neighbor Black Mona, who's not only a witch but an avid football fan, since he knows firsthand her unique talents. Along with the coach's daughter, Savannah, Cole accompanies Black Mona to the site of the drowned bus, taking part in a ritual that raises the Jackrabbits players from the dead. But things don't go exactly as planned, and to save the boys' souls, a football game must be played within 48 hours -- and the Jackrabbits have to be victorious over the Badgers. With Cole being the only person who can control these zombie teammates, the fun and gore begins. Will they be able to defeat the steroid-hyped Badgers, if they are even able to make the game in time?

A great debut from a clever new author who proves talent runs in the family. Ryan Brown is the son of the illustrious, best-selling author Sandra Brown, as well as being a former film and television actor. He's got a winner with this darkly funny thriller that perfectly infuses Friday Night Lights with zombies.