“Good Clean American Fun” starts with the ending.
The film, which premiered Sunday afternoon on NBC Sports Chicago, begins with footage of Jake Saunders and Trevor Kent dousing their defensive coordinator, Mike Hankwitz, with blue Gatorade following his 400th and final career victory as a coach, Northwestern’s season-capping Citrus Bowl win over Auburn. If you’re a Northwestern fan and are familiar with Hank and the 2020 ‘Cats, it’s enough to elicit some emotion all on its own.
The documentary finds its way back to Orlando several times, though, as it runs its course through the whirlwind of a year that 2020 was.