When the Tom Landry Middle School football team has to forfeit a game due to poor field maintenance, the booster club resolves to replace the school's elderly groundskeeper, Smitty, and Hank resolves to help him keep his job by secretly doing upkeep on the field. Meanwhile, Luanne starts dating a redneck named Lucky, much to Peggy's dismay.

Buck Strickland chooses Hank to plan the companys big event and John Redcorn tries to talk Hank into hiring his hard rock band. When he is turned down, Redcorn decides to have a casino built as a venue for his band to play at, however he is unaware of Texas law relating to gambling.