The NFL had Ballers , Dwayne Johnson’s five-season saga of unsportsmanlike conduct. High school football had Friday Night Lights — at its peak, one of the best shows on TV . But not since Craig T. Nelson’s Coach put down its whistle nearly three decades ago has the college game put serious points on the scripted-television board. Now, with the premiere of Hulu’s sweetly imbecilic Chad Powers , that long scoreless stretch looks set to end.

The six-episode series is produced by Eli and Peyton Manning , among others. As such, the prevailing tone is more than a little reminiscent of the elder sibling’s Nationwide Insurance ads: Motivatin’ Manning, but with swears. The star of the show, Twisters’ s Glen Powell, plays Russ Holliday, a washed-up Oregon quarterback turned co

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