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Earl Keyes has spent the last thirty years in the aviation industry. He has never ceased to regret not having finished his fourth year at Ohio State University -- he left to volunteer in the Second World War. He has also invented a spring to put in football shoes to let him kick 70-yard field goals; he can't find anything in the rulebook against it. So he enrolls for his final year and rejoins the football squad, where he helps the team do well.

Half a remake of the Bing Crosby vehicle HIGH TIME, half a Disney gimmick comedy for the older set, it's a decently written film. Even though few of the performers are particularly skilled, most of the older ones sound like they're actually saying things, instead of reading them off cue cards. There's also small roles for some sports greats, like Arnold Palmer and Tom Harmon.

there were some flaws in the copy shown on TCM last night. The soundtrack sounded muffled, and the colors seemed to have shifted a bit towards red. That's a common occurrence for chemical-dye movies. Add in the fact that few of the crew have other credits, and this turns into a decently made vanity project.