Ed Clemons discovers that the football team he is coaching has a problem of passing grades and his daughter Jill decides to pass on getting a college education.
A twenty year class reunion celebrating a state championship football title opens some old wounds. Ed's former girlfriend arrives which makes Maggie uneasy.
The school board plots to replace Ed as coach in the event they lose a big game and at home Ed attempts to reassign chores to allow Maggie time to study for her insurance board exams.
Ed Clemons takes a required class for his teaching certification and gets on the wrong side of his professor. Joe Willie stands up for an Italian exchange student interested in playing American football.
After inviting an elderly couple whose house was destroyed in a fire to stay at their home, Maggie and Ed discover it will be an extended visit when the insurance company won't settle their claim.