It's Not Only Football: Friday Night Lights and Beyond

Scott Porter, Zach Gilford & Mae Whitman discuss Friday Night Lights Season 1, Episode 9, "Full Hearts". It's NOT Only Football, this episode is about evolving parent-child relationships, muffins, & the TRUTH! Street confronts Lyla, Riggins feels the fallout from the team, Street & Tyra play quarters, Saracen & Julie try to go on a date, the members only jacket, Hollywood kissing, Coach & Saracen have a chat, Saracen sings Mr. Sandman to his grandma, cringy lines, Smash's homecoming to Gatling, Lyla takes more fallout at the game, Smash has a difficult conversation with his mother after a comment about his father, and more! In "Overtime", where Mae's true fandom lies, "anyone but her", and a funny slip. PLUS, "Pressbox" where the group answers YOUR questions from YouTube & the Apple Podcasts Rate & Review section!

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Street & Herc are back together! Scott Porter & Zach Gilford chat with actor Kevin Rankin, aka "Herc", and Coach James Gumbert! Kevin discusses his casting story on FNL, who he modeled Herc after, Scott & Kevin's first time meeting, lessons he learned working on FNL, BTS on their favorite scenes, as well as his post FNL career highlights, from Justified to Breaking Bad! NEXT, the guys are joined by the man that coached Scott & Kevin every step of the way - Coach James Gumbert! Coach Gumby talks about his path to FNL, stories from coaching Kevin & Scott, introducing Scott & Kevin to quad rugby, assembling the Murderball team, as well as his on-court credentials as Olympic/Paralympic medal winning player & coach, and so much more!

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Zach Gilford, Scott Porter & Mae Whitman discuss Friday Night Lights Season 1, Episode 8 - "Crossing the Line". It's NOT Only Football, this episode is about new beginnings, trauma, & going back to comfort. The group talks about murderball, loud kissing, sober Riggins-Hulk, Smash takes steroids & starts working at the Tasty Freeze, Smash tries to teach Saracen to flirt, Julie contemplates dating Matt, Street & Herc fight, BTS from Street punching Riggins, and Billy & Tim brawl. In "Overtime", Coach talks with Julie over ping pong. PLUS, the group answers your questions in the "Press Conference"!

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Scott Porter, Zach Gilford, & Mae Whitman discuss Friday Night Lights Season 1, Episode 7 - "Homecoming". It's NOT Only Football - this episode is about broken dreams, accepting change, and oral surgery. The group shares BTS stories from the episode, "little quarterbacks", Scott gives Zach his birthday present, Lyla calls out Riggins for being a drunk, sober Riggins goes off for 3 TDs, Texas BBQ, Tyra's mystery friend Lois, more backstory of Billy Riggins & their father is revealed, and Jason Street decides to go to Homecoming. In "Overtime", the group discusses their favorite scenes in the episode, & tell their real life homecoming stories. PLUS, the first ever "Press Conference" where the group answers YOUR questions from Apple Podcasts!

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Scott Porter, Zach Gilford, & Mae Whitman discuss Friday Night Lights Season 1, Episode 6 - "El Accidente". It's NOT Only Football - this episode is about truth seeking, perspective, sacrifice, & friendship. The group discusses bathroom etiquette for professionals, Voodoo trying to start a fight, the fallout from Reyes assaulting Kaster, how the young kids dealt with racism, "Oddvocado", Jason Street & Lyla discover yet another issue, Riggs breaks out Street for a day at the lake, & the Panthers are forced to forfeit the game.

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The INOF crew sits down with fellow co-star Aldis Hodge, aka Ray "Voodoo" Tatum! All three QB1's in one room! The group shares memories from shooting together, Aldis' history on screen prior to FNL, how he prepared for the role of Voodoo, VooDoo's character arch, being in NO right before Hurricane Katrina hit, Aldis' breakdown of Voodoo, his mindset of competing only with himself as an actor, Voodoo's return for the State Championship game, playing at old Texas Stadium, what he thinks happened to Voodoo after leaving Dillon, and more! Plus, Aldis' on-screen history after FNL, the relaunch of "Leverage", "Straight Out of Compton", "Black Adam", and what they think a FNL reboot would look like!

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Scott Porter, Zach Gilford, & Mae Whitman discuss Friday Night Lights Season 1, Episode 5 - "Git 'Er Done"! It's NOT only Football - this episode is about greed, finding a way out, & tough decisions! After Zach's episode summary, the group discusses Lyla & Tim both struggling with their secret relationship, "Under Review", Lyla stuck at a crossroads, Coach's tough decision to start VooDoo over Saracen, Coach & Tammy's #RelationshipGoals, VooDoo calling his own plays, Tyra gets played by Connor, Smash & Saracen's friendship begins, Scott's struggles settling in to playing Street, and so much more!

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Scott Porter, Zach Gilford & Mae Whitman break down Friday Night Lights Season 1, Episode 4 - "Who's Your Daddy"! It's NOT Only Football, this episode is about - rivalries, obligations & apologies! The group talks about love languages, real life rivalries, the Taylor's hosting the team's Bye-Week BBQ, Herc's introduction, a new Jason Street emerging after Herc's trolling, Tyra visiting Street in the hospital, Coach inadvertently telling Saracen to hook up with his daughter Julie, a tough phone call between Saracen & his dad, Saracen taking the blame for bashing the opposing QB's truck, Coach & Tammy's under-the-table fight, the Taylor household getting a brick through the window, VooDoo Tatum crashing the party, and Lyla & Riggins gets complicated!

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Zach Gilford, Scott Porter & Mae Whitman discuss Season 1, Episode 3 - "Wind Sprints"! The group discusses the team's loss and the fallout that ensues - some characters start acting out, Street struggles in the hospital, Coach Taylor get fired up for the first time, Saracen gets an atta boy from coach, Lyla pulls out Street's catheter, Street's blowup scene on Lyla, VooDoo Tatum gets introduced, coach tries to get the team back on track with a night practice, and the episode ending with LYLA AND RIGGINS MAKING OUT! Plus, rooting for & against characters, green screen & motion capture acting, Scott's fun facts, Zach remembers when Brad Leland (Buddy Garrity) took the crew to a Cowboys game during shooting, BTS on key scenes, and more!

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Our first guest! Scott Porter, Zach Gilford & Mae Whitman are joined by FNL Showrunner/Executive Producer - Jason Katims! Jason talks about how he came to work on FNL, his first meeting with Peter Berg, life as a Showrunner, what made him want to work on FNL, Tyra's complicated character arch, his favorite season to work on, how the show was nearly cancelled after Season 2 due to the writer's strike, the talented writers room, creating an environment of trust, lessons he learned from FNL, and so much more!

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