The PVIL Story

More than just another sports documentary. Release date March 2026. The film will feature Hall of Fame football players who grew up in Texas before integration.

[Michael Shapiro @mshap2]

Trevor Cobb won the Doak Walker Award in 1991. He caught a pass from Joe Montana in Kansas City and played with Adam Vinatieri in Amsterdam.

He says he takes the most pride in his current passion, which now fuels the Trevor Cobb Helping Hands Foundation.

https://t.co/LpmRcTzwGS

[Michael Shapiro @mshap2]

New @chron:

Rice legend Trevor Cobb lived a charmed football life in the 1990s. Post-football depression, major weight gain and a stroke derailed his life decades later.

How did Cobb bounce back? He thanks a new passion: one-armed golf.

More ➡️ https://t.co/LpmRcTzwGS

[John McClain @McClain_on_NFL]

Bleach celebrates its 30th anniversary Sunday. One of the special guests is Kingwood’s Ryan “Dirk” DeLange. He attended Baylor, is Nashville based and the son-in-law of my good friend Rob Lynch. Dirk does the music on our documentaries, including the new one on Dan Pastorini.

[ROB @bigdaddyrob1300]

Congratulations Coach Jackie Sherrill on being included in this year’s @CollegeFBHoF ballot. Fingers crossed. You got my vote !!

[The PVIL Story @PVILFootball]

Thank you for these kind words. Glad you enjoyed the film

[ROB @bigdaddyrob1300]

What an honor to be able to participate in the @GoldenTriFB Bum Phillips Coach of the Year Award. Congratulations @coachhick77 Well deserved!!

[The PVIL Story @PVILFootball]

Happy Birthday to my guy JRo. - Johnny Roland

[Wade Phillips @sonofbum]

Jay is a great guy with outstanding integrity and personality that makes him special.
Wade Phillips

[The PVIL Story @PVILFootball]

@portlavacawave @justanewsgirl

[John McClain @McClain_on_NFL]

Thank you to the Victoria Advocate for today’s story about our documentary, “The PVIL Story . . . Separate But Equal?” that’s showing Tuesday as part of the Lyceum Lecture Series.

[The PVIL Story @PVILFootball]

Free screening of ‘The PVIL Story’ highlights Texas high school football history at VC Lyceum event https://t.co/DBR568iWo4

[Robert Land | Houston Sports Talk Podcast Host @HSTPodcast]

Calvin Murphy is holding back a lot of choice words & looks like he’s about to brain hemorrhage talking Choke City 🚀

[John McClain @McClain_on_NFL]

I’m excited to interview one of my favorite people, Gary Kubiak, at the Dick’s in Katy. Gary and I will cover a lot of football-related subjects, starting with new Raiders HC Klint Kubiak, who’s following in his Pop’s coaching footsteps. We’ll also talk Texans and Aggies.

[Mad Dog Entertainment @maddog_ent_tv]

Seven Pro Football Hall of Famers came from one Texas high school league. A league most people have never heard of.

The Prairie View Interscholastic League (PVIL) existed from 1920–1970, when segregation forced Black schools in Texas to create their own athletic system separate from the white-only UIL.

Despite limited resources and little national recognition, the league produced some of the greatest players in football history:
• Mean Joe Greene
• Ken Houston
• Dick “Night Train” Lane
• Charlie Taylor
• Winston Hill
• Cliff Branch
• Emmitt Thomas

From segregated Texas high school fields to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton.
This is the legacy of the PVIL — a forgotten chapter of American football history.

🎬 Watch the documentary on Mad Dog Entertainment TV
https://t.co/71W1bsTDRF

Who is the greatest PVIL player of all time?
#PVIL #NFLHistory #TexasFootball #FootballHistory

[Mad Dog Entertainment @maddog_ent_tv]

Join us at Victoria College for a free screening of The PVIL Story, the history of Black Texas high school football.

Q&A with Hall of Fame sportswriter @McClain_on_NFL

📅 April 7
🕕 6 PM
📍 Leo J. Welder Center
Reception 5–6 PM + Q&A after the film.
https://t.co/NOHbmbKpKh

[Mad Dog Entertainment @maddog_ent_tv]

For generations of Black football fans in Houston, Thanksgiving Day meant one thing: The Turkey Day Classic.
A proud Texas football tradition.

Watch the documentary on Mad Dog Entertainment TV.
https://t.co/mRDItNEFSt

Cinematic illustrations created with AI.

[Mad Dog Entertainment @maddog_ent_tv]

Legendary football coach Jimmy Johnson says go watch the documentary.
The PVIL story shaped Texas football — and helped launch Hall of Fame careers.
Some chapters deserve to be remembered.
🏈
Watch the documentary on Mad Dog Entertainment Tv. 
https://t.co/mRDItNEFSt

[Mad Dog Entertainment @maddog_ent_tv]

500 Black high schools once competed under PVIL.
After integration, most were closed or consolidated.
Some historians call it a “hostile takeover.”
Integration was necessary.
But was preservation neglected?
Watch the documentary!
https://t.co/mRDItNEFSt

[Mad Dog Entertainment @maddog_ent_tv]

Hall of Fame sportswriter John McClain spoke on HPM radio about why the story of PVIL needs to be told.

After decades covering Texas football, he admits he had never heard of PVIL. That realization is what led to the making of this documentary ⬇️

https://t.co/mRDItNEFSt

[John McClain @McClain_on_NFL]

We're still blowing and going on our documentary "The PVIL Story . . . Separate But Equal?"
For 50 years, Texas had two high school football leagues. One white. One Black.
🏈 Watch The PVIL Story ↓
https://t.co/atfz698Oia