The premise is simple yet effective. Kevin O'Shea is the town hero, a Heisman Trophy winner who returns to Urbania to coach the local Pee-Wee football team. Naturally, he holds tryouts and selects the best athletes—creating a team of genetically gifted, polished "giants." Danny O'Shea, the younger, smaller, and less athletically accomplished brother, decides to form his own team comprised of the kids Kevin rejected.