Jackson Jambalaya

There were 26 students in my son's graduating class...

Don’t get me wrong, I played high school football, but it’s worrisome they take it so seriously.

This is absurd. I played football and love football but the amount of money involved disgusts me. A lot of it falling on the tax payers.

Then a majority will go to A&M and get yelled at for walking on the grass, wear their class rings until death, be male cheerleaders in overalls at midnight being #compound #complex fighten texasssaggies good bull Jake.

YES! America's problems would be solved if everybody would just unite and pour even more of ourselves into the glorious sport of football. Stop arguing over free speech, left against right, this that and the other, and just get in a damn football stadium or in front of big screen and do nothing but spend your money on and watch the antidote to all of life's troubles. All of those heroes in this pep rally deserve medals of honor.

I’ve spent 19 seasons around football as a player or coach and this is ridiculous. What a waste of money.

"This is how they do pep rallies in Texas. Mississippi schools, eat your hearts out."

Any reason why you didn't troll your own beloved
Louisiana high schools as well ?

Those lil' boys remind me of the weird azz Texas A&M (all male)
"yell leaders".

I love HS football, I have worked in HS football for 45 years, but this is stupid.

Maybe JA could get some players from Allen!

Regarding the Texas A&M comments, their endowment is ten times bigger than Ole Miss’ and State’s combined. Maybe they create successful alums?

Yes, their endowment is FAR larger than 10x, and UT's is far larger than A&M's. Certainly successful alumni have played their part. But, the most significant reason is the PUF, established by the Texas Constitution that owns 2 million acres of West Texas oil lands. There is much more of the Permian Basin to those endowments than there is academic rigor.

We've lost the plot! Get your kids out of public schools!!!

Fish - this is Friday AM in football season. You have a lot sourpusses in the crowd.

There was nothing big money spent on this one deal, they have the AV and DJ equipment. What you are seeing is a ton of Talent+Effort combined with decent genetics, fathers in the house and creativity. FYI--I detest football but these kids impressed me.

I know these communities can afford this stuff, and I know they probably also fund the choir and the debate team well. Oh, and I like football just fine. But I don't want my kid having to sit through this weird idolatry during the school day. It's Roman excess and reflects a civilization that has really lost the plot.

I'll never understand the money push for High School Athletics, like what is the benefit to the town or area for having a better high school team. People aren't coming from out of town to watch a high school football game, it's not going to bring in additional revenue to the city in terms of sales tax. Instead of issuing bonds to get better classrooms and make sure the kids can read and do some basic math they instead spend the money on athletic facilities. Then they go to church and the talk about having false idols goes in one ear and out the other.

Allen High School has around 1600+ children per grade. So only 4% of boys get the opportunity to play football. I wonder how such a large school functions socially for the children there?

in a student population that size, there is probably a group you can run with that shares your interests.