To obtain this point: You must experience Texas High School football. This can be done in several ways:
- You may go to a game featuring Permian High School in Odessa, TX. The Permian Panthers were the inspiration for Friday Night Lights (the book, 2004 movie, and now NBC TV show).
- You may go to a game featuring a Texas football team ranked in the USA Today Top 25 in the nation. Texas often has Top 25 national teams and as of this writing, there are 3 Texas teams in the National Top 25.
- You may go to a State Championship game in any of the divisions (preferably 5A or 4A).
Texas high school football is all about passion. Watching the hopes and desires of small towns or big city high schools rest on the backs of 17-18 year old athletes definitely creates a roller-coaster ride. Anyone from Texas can attest to the ferocity that is associated with high school football.
I would recommend going to one of the games and trying to soak up the atmosphere...the bands, cheerleaders, dance teams, popcorn, flirting in the stands, parents wearing team paraphernalia (buttons, jerseys, hats), proud fathers, medical staff, coaches wearing head sets and yelling, thrown clipboards, teachers trying to control the student body, push-ups after touchdowns, local sheriffs secretly (or not so secretly) cheering for the hometown team, and the occasional storming of the field after a big victory. Oh yeah, I guess you could watch the game too.
Enjoy Texas and did you know that the game featuring Southlake Carroll and Euless Trinity drew over 45,000 fans at Texas Stadium in 2006, but it was not the highest attendance to see a Texas high school football game. Can you name the game that had the highest attendance?
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