Two-A-Days

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This article is about the MTV television series series. For the football term, see Two-A-Days (football).

Two-A-Days

Genre	Reality TV/Documentary/Teen drama
Running time	30 minutes (60 minute pilot)
Starring	Alex Binder Kristin Boyle Max Lerner Ross Wilson Repete Smith Bryan Morgan Rush Propst Goose Dunham Jeremy Pruitt Dennis King Cornelius Williams
Country of origin	USA
Original channel	MTV
Original run	August 23, 2006–October 18, 2006
No. of episodes	9 episodes in Season 1.
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Two-A-Days is a reality-show on MTV that chronicles the teens at Hoover High School in Hoover, Alabama, a suburb of nearby Birmingham. It follows members of the highly-rated Hoover High football team during the football season, while they balance athletics with school and relationships.

The show premiered on August 23, 2006 at 10:30 P.M. EDT and subsequently was broadcast weekly on Wednesdays at the same time. The show began on MTV Canada on September 7, 2006 at 10 P.M. EDT.

In Hoover, the show's premiere episode was shown to the cast, their families and supporters at a local theater; the event was staged as a movie premiere, with the tradional red carpet replaced by a carpet of artificial turf, complete with stripes as would be found on a football field. A second season is currently in production.

1 Controversy
2 Life after Two-A-Days
- 2.1 Minor Characters
3 DVD Release
4 Second Season
5 References
6 External links

[edit] Controversy

The show has generated controversy at Hoover, beginning when the show's producers first approached Hoover City Schools officials for permission to use the school for their production. Critics predicted that students would be exploited and the school and its football program would be misrepresented.

In particular, two individuals have been criticized for the way they were shown in the show. Head Coach Rush Propst was criticized by local news media and commentators for his use of language considered objectionable by some; he later apologized on several occasions, including local radio interviews. Team chaplain Terry Slay, a youth minister at Hunter Street Baptist Church in Hoover, was also criticized for his pre-game inspirational messages, which appeared to be more in the line of a coach's pep talk instead of focusing on religious themes; supporters claim Slay was a victim of selective editing by MTV.

[edit] Life after Two-A-Days

Spoiler warning: Details about events in aired episodes and events that took place after the end of Two-A-Days follow.

Alex Binder accepted a baseball scholarship to Bevill State Junior College in Sumiton, Alabama, despite the fact that he missed his senior season of baseball due to shoulder surgery. Alex was also arrested in July, 2006 for breaking and entering a motor vehicle.^[1] He was also arrested again on November 2006 for the same action in Pelham, Alabama. Alex is still dating Danielle, who is currently a sophomore at Hoover High School.

Kristin Boyle is currently attending University of Alabama, and is still friends with Alex.

Max Lerner accepted a Division I scholarship from Division I-AA school Furman University in Greenville, South Carolina^[2], where he is currently taking a red shirt during his freshman season ^[3]. Max was the only featured player on the show who actually earned a Division I scholarship, despite many references to college football throughout the first season.

Ross Wilson is a senior at Hoover High School and is still the starting quarterback. He has announced his intention to play college baseball for the University of Alabama.^[4]

Dwarn "Repete" Smith walked on at Auburn University during the 2006 season after turning down several scholarships from Division II and Division III schools. He eventually quit the team, ^[5] but has announced his intention to walk on again for the 2007 season.

[edit] Minor Characters

Cornelius Williams accepted an offer to play at Division I-A Troy University [1].

Goose Durham is currently attending the University of Alabama. He is not playing football.

Spoilers end here.

[edit] DVD Release

MTV announced that the first season of "Two-A-Days" will be released on DVD on Tuesday, December 26th.

[edit] Second Season

On September 27, 2006, Hoover City Schools and MTV announced plans for a second season of "Two-A-Days," that would air sometime in early 2007. MTV sent out a film crew to Hoover to begin filming, starting with the Bucs' Week 6 game against John Curtis Christian High School of River Ridge, Louisiana. Then sixth-ranked John Curtis rallied from a 14-0 first quarter deficit to defeat top-ranked Hoover 28-14. The game was nationally televised on ESPNU.

The 2007 senior football class, which will be the focus of the second season of the show (currently being filmed) is considered by some recruiters to be superior to the 2006 class portrayed in the series' first season, with wide receiver Brandon Clear, guard Patrick Crump, center Ryan Pugh, defensive end Byron Clear, and defensive tackles Josh Chapman are all considered legitimate Division I prospects.^[6] Defensive Tackle Kerry Murphy, however, has been consistently ranked as one of the top 150 prospects in the nation. Exactly which of these players will be featured in the second season's shows is not known, though it is likely that Wilson — the lone player from the first season who is a part of the team during the second — will be featured.