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Boobie Miles was once known as one of the most skill-admired running back at Permian High School. He believed everything would be in his favor after high school. Colleges were already pressuring recruitment options on him. He was cocky, hard headed, and thought he established the most swag out of any player in Permian. Art Wagner, a former teammate of Boobie said, “Miles has the //attitude//, he thought he was the //best//” (Bissinger 54). Boobie’s perspective, along with the way he carried himself made it seem as though karma was unavoidable. Boobie wanted to make state, every player on the team wanted to make state, the whole town of Odessa wanted to make state. Everyone wanted to live the same dream. Unfortunately Boobie’s dream quickly died. One injury to his knee, and he was finished. There was no way he would ever be capable to play football with his former talent.

The poem //Tears, Idle Tears// by Lord Alfred Tennyson is used as a representation of football player Boobie Miles. The poem analyzes “regret” emphasized by the words written by Tennyson, “In looking on the happy Autumn-fields, and thinking of the days that are no more.” It explains the feeling of realizing what was once had, is no more. Tennyson defines the reality of “loss” in his poem. Boobie’s inability to play true ball after his severe knee injury killed him. Together the book relates regret to loss when Miles injury occurs forcing him to face the reality of the loss of football in his life. His dreams were shattered. He had to face the actuality of his plans fading from his life. Boobie was left back at square one.