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Boobie Miles is a prime example of a typical student-athlete. He is forced to go through reality, and now knows how it feels to be a fallen star. Boobie knows how it feels to lose everything that matters, and Bissinger shows us exactly how he feels. According to Bissinger, “When Boobie Miles returned to the football field, no one called out his name with those bellowing chants that had rocked the watermelon feed” (194). Bissinger states that no one was giving Boobie “bellowing chants”, because he was a lost cause in the city of Odessa. The city of Odessa placed a lot of pressure on the shoulders of Boobie Miles. Bissinger also states that when Boobie “returned” he was left thinking why he was un-noticed by the people of Odessa. But it meant absolutely nothing for the rest of the season; it was just a practice game pretty much. Boobie injure himself in the scrimmage, and was out for a long time. Boobie had very high expectations for the season, and he was taking extra easy classes as a senior to ensure that he was eligible for the whole season. Once Boobie returned from his injury no one seemed to care for him, the town had forgotten about him. The benefits of a student athlete are being able to enjoy sports as a reward for trying hard in school. The city of Odessa places very hard pressures on its athletes because it relies on being victorious in order for the town to run smoothly. “The Watermelon Feed” as Bissinger refers to it was a time where Boobie received a lot of praise and inspiration for the upcoming season. So being a student athlete is hard on a young adult for many of these reasons.

The poem Richard Corey by Edwin Arlington Robinson relates to Boobie Miles a character in the book Friday Night Lights. Boobie Miles is an outstanding football player in a small town that thrives on high school football. Boobie Miles the star and leader of his team and receives tremendous attention from everyone in the town, while Richard Cory is a rich kind gentlemen who also has a good amount of attention. Both Boobie and Richard Corey are admired like author Edwin Arlington Robinson express about Richard, “we thought that he was everything to make us wish that we were in his place”(line 11,12). “Everything” it is used in the poem to describe Richard and it could be used to describe Boobie Miles also because in both people think that they are everything they think they are perfect. In both settings everyone is envious of them and here respective talents. . Another word used in the poem is “Wish” in the book and poem people wish they were Boobie and Richard people think they are the pinnacles of their desires. Although in the book and poem both characters are unhappy in the poem Richard Cory takes his life and in the book Boobie has football and the attention taken away.