In America, football is king ... and nowhere is football bigger than in Texas. Esquire Network takes viewers inside the grown-up world of youth football in FRIDAY NIGHT TYKES, a new 10-part docuseries airing Tuesdays at 9p e/p, debuting January 14 with two back-to-back episodes at 9p and 10p e/p. With exclusive access to the 8 to 9 year-old Rookies division in the San Antonio region of the Texas Youth Football Association (TYFA), FRIDAY NIGHT TYKES follows five teams on and off the field throughout the 2013 season, from pre-season training through the state championships. Along the way, cheerleaders cheer, tailgaters barbecue and the crowd goes wild, but intense rivalries flare, parents and coaches clash and the young players face some very adult pressures and concerns, from extreme training drills, heckling from rabid fans, and balancing on-the-field expectations against a typical off-the-field childhood.
Weakness leaving the body
Whose house
Now they're playing scared
Protect our kids!
Why?
All for nothing
Today is the test
Win or go home
Send them home
Finish what we started
Tackling tykes
Welcome to the juniors
Conduct unbecoming
What's wrong with my dad?
It ain't nothing personal
Good luck but you suck
What are we doing?
We ain't in the playoffs yet
I got my light back
Men cry better
Divine intervention
Ten other offers
The kids are watching
Do you want to be a loser
Ain't no made-for-tv movie
Storms don't scare me
Jesus in football cleats
When the rabbit has the gun
Two danny devitos
I'm not ready to be done yet
Babies from texas
What's your malfunction
Home of the gods
God don't like ugly
We all failed him
Be the adult
Ain't the time to be holding hands
Ain't got to cheat us to beat us
Ruined by adults
My mama not here
If you wanna show, i'll give you one
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