The book The Underdogs is about a boy named Will Tyler. Will finds out that the city will not have enough money to have a football team this year. Will comes up with a crazy plan to save the season.p He lives in Forbes, Pennsylvania. The whole town is known for having a big shoe factory. It was best known for the shoes with the wings on the side for the high school football team, the Forbes Flyers. But, then, the factory closed. The city across the river called Castle Rock, had the best football team in the league. They beat Wills team last year in the championship.