Today: Varsity Blues.
Just to complicate things, Mox is dating Lance's sister, Jules (played by Smart), who's cute in an "I'm dating the backup QB" kinda way. In other words, she has small breasts.
He plays for West Canaan High, a perennial powerhouse coached by the legendary Bud Kilmer, played by "The Champ" himself, Jon Voight (back when he was making 20 movies a year so people would stop calling him "Angelina Jolie's Dad").
None of these things is bad. In fact, the Token Hot Blonde Chick theft from the previous paragraph? That leads to a scene where the THBC (played by Larter in a "Magic Johnson in Game 6 of the '80 Finals"-level rookie performance) gets undressed in his car, then coos things like "You don't always have to do the right thing, Mox." She also lures him over to her house and makes him a hot fudge sundae ... which basically involves her covering her body in whipped cream. Um ... where can I place my order? Can I get that to go?
At halftime, Dawson leads the rebellion against Coach Kilmer, eventually driving him out of the locker room and high school football altogether (although they should have had him shoot himself like the Warden at the end of "Shawshank").
When a talent like James Van Der Beek goes to that "place," the place that great actors hit from time to time ... I mean, we're just putty in his hands.