I should start with saying football is not really my thing. I still wanted to check this book out because the characters sounded interesting and often sports stories are more about the people in them than the sport. The first chapter of this book was so bizarre and unappealing I wasn’t sure I would make it through the rest. I did finish it and the story did get better, in some ways. This story is about how college football uses up their players giving them a half assed education in exchange. This story is about corrupt systems full of powerful, white, men. This story is about child abuse and ongoing physical abuse. And while Wally’s moral compass does hit some of the sins I see he engages in some others that I think are still part of them problem. Wally and his adoptive brother Henry are stuck in a tiny town with The Minister but Wally knows how to get them out. Henry is undiagnosed but has some delays and deficits cognitively and socially, but he is a super star kicker. Wally has dreamed of being part of The Tribe, fictional Bastille University’s football team. I did like The professor and Samantha, but I didn’t like most of the characters. Overall I gave this one 2.5 stars rounded up to make up for football not being my thing. I didn’t really like this one, but if you like college football this one may be more your style.