I am perplexed about this one. On the one hand, the poor guys lost another one to McCallum 38-14, but on the other, the night was such a perfect and beautiful night, it was great to just be outside and enjoy the evening. This is what Friday Night Lights means, really. Texas might be leading the country in Covid-19 cases, but don't you dare think about shutting down our high school football. Those pussies in the NBA and NFL with their million dollar contracts can all go live in a bubble, these boys play for the cheer pride of their schools.
It was Homecoming week and it was a little sad that bigger fanfare was not on display, the band was finally there and they sounded great, but they did not march during halftime, not sure if they didn't have a routine worked out or if it was because of the virus? They also mentioned kids for the homecoming court, but also they didn't go out on the field for applause, so it was bittersweet, I know this is a big deal for the kids involved in these popular contests yearly.
Still, there was a game and the game itself was a horrible display, sorry to say. Not only did Baby A not get to play, except for two plays, but I guess because of the bye week, they just seemed so rusty. They couldn't get a drive going, their tackling was sloppy, and the first two times they tried punting on 4th down, the punter took off running the ball in a trick play of some kind and both times he got hammered for a loss way back near the other teams endzone, which lead to some easy scores. Once they got going, the penalties did not seem to stop. They were bullshit technical ones too, like illegal procedure, and lining up in the neutral zone for a defensive lineman. There was just no flow at all to the game and I am pretty sure that the other team got extra downs in some drives that never seemed to end.
The crowd was really ten times bigger than normal, I was quite surprised because Wife drives in at the last minute (she does work 3 hours away and those a-holes can never seem to let her out early, she must be that important), but the parking lot was full, I had a hard time finding a spot to park when normally I can park on the first row by the gate entrance. Some parents just have no sense of how bad they sound. When one kid got hurt, a parent kept yelling "walk it off!" I thought it was some random adult yelling at a kid, but then he added "come on, son, you're tougher than that." I thought "wow, that is an idiot." Baby A said he was next to the kid on the sidelines and his knee was all swollen and looked like it was sideways, poor kid was close to the sideline and crawled off the field, like a dog getting hit by a car, and the dad is yelling "walk it off!!" I was half expecting to add in pussy at the end of that chant.
Boy loves this school and we couldn't move, but man, it is a rough crowd, for sure. This was not the worst parent yelling, some are trying to coach their kids from the bleachers, some have gotten into arguments with the coaches in previous years. Some just yell all game long until they wear themselves out. We just try and cheer for Mijo. Wife and I were barely paying attention watching until our son gets on the field, then we get all excited, then I fire up the video camera. I got almost two plays this last game, that is all he played, which I already mentioned, I was not happy about.
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