An advertising man is slowly sliding downhill. When he is fired from his job in Detroit, he signs up for unemployment. One day they find him a job: teaching thinking skills to Army recruits. He arrives on base to find that there is no structure set up for the class.

The Ducks are offered scholarships at Eden Hall Academy but struggle with their new coach's methods and come under pressure from the board to retain their scholarships before their big game against the Varsity team.

利亚姆·海姆斯沃斯扮演奥斯汀的好友兼战友，两人并肩作战、出生入死。奥斯汀在美国本土的女朋友让他情绪失控。于是，两人逃离军队，返回家乡拯救爱情。两人回到反战运动如火如荼的大学校园，奥斯汀将如何挽回他的爱情。