Revenge of the Jocks

The Lakeside Trojaneers are the best high school football team in the tri-state area thanks to quarterback BEN and his best buds, yes-man STEVE and party maniac WILL. They're the jocks and they rule the school.

Meanwhile, oppressed nerd PRESCOTT walks the halls spouting off about the part technology will play in the future, even as he's unceremoniously hoisted overhead and dumped into a trash bin by Will. The jocks share a high five, confident of their bright future and that nothing will ever change.

20 years later, out of shape, broke and having never gotten over his high school crush JULIE , Ben must again hock more of his prized sports paraphernalia to make ends meet. Steve, now hen-pecked and married to his nagging cheerleader high school sweetheart, and Will, fresh out of rehab - or what he calls "halftime" - aren't much better off. Out of sync with today's nerd-laden times, the jocks are now relics.

Hanging at the sports bar, "2 Balls, 1 Out", the boys mull over attending their 20 year high school reunion. Ben rallies the team, convincing them that having even a taste of their former glory would be better than just sitting there watching their balls get smaller. Which is true. So they go.

Upon arriving, they find that the place is on the verge of becoming a magnet school for computer technologies. Nerds walk the halls proudly, oppressing the brow-beaten jocks with their big words and fancy gadgets. The flailing football program's budget has been cut to almost nothing. The boys' old coach tells them that Prescott has been promising the school board all kinds of sweet deals if they let him buy the school, cut athletics and rename the place after himself.

Adding insult to injury, Prescott arrives in a helicopter and unveils the ad campaign for his newest gadget with a picture of three not-too-bright-looking guys who look just like you-know-who and featuring the tagline, "so easy, a jock could use it." In the midst of all this, Ben encounters Julie and finds out she's now working for Prescott despite the fact that he constantly insults her intelligence. The jocks leave early with their tails between their legs.

That night, after taking a hard look at themselves, the jocks decide they can't let Prescotts of the world win - but very specifically THIS Prescott, dammit. They hatch a hair-brained plan to drum up interest in the high school's athletic department .

Naturally, things don't go as planned and although they put up a valiant effort in organizing parties, bikini carwashes, amateur wrestling matches and other idiotic stunts, the jocks' efforts ultimately fail and Prescott's given approval to buy the school. But Julie has fallen again for Ben and tells the guys that Prescott's stock is actually down and that he's betting the entire company on the success of his latest gadget.

The boys realize they have to infiltrate the Consumer Electronics Show in Vegas and sabotage Prescott's unveiling.

Their plan massively backfires onstage and it all comes down to Ben doing what he does best - making a speech and rallying people together. He talks about Prescott's plans to shut down the athletic department of a small school because of a 20 year old grudge. He talks about how football isn't just about scoring points and being awesome, although that is part of it...It's about being the best you can be and passing that on. When he was dealing with all the blows life dealt him, the thing that got him through was knowing that somewhere out there his picture was on a wall and that some kid saw that picture and knew he could be great too.

His appeal works and Prescott reveals himself to be an ass onstage, not aware that both the school board and his own board of directors are present and hearing every word.

Prescott is fired from his own company and the athletic department is saved. Steve learns to stand up for himself, Will takes over the coach's job at the high school and Ben becomes the new head of the athletic department and Julie's new man.