Do you recall me telling you that some folks in Texas take high school football very seriously? In the “you can’t make this stuff up” category, the following is from this article in today’s Chronicle:
Bigger. Faster. Better beards.
Looking back now, it should have been obvious that something was amiss about the adult football team that Texas Christian School fielded three weeks ago in Austin.
Not to mention the tattoos.
“Some of the guys had tattoos and full beards and looked like they were like 25,” Not Your Ordinary School senior running back David Johnson said of his opponents that Oct. 28 afternoon. “At the time, we thought they were just sort of big.
“Now we see why they looked so old.”
It turns out Johnson and his team unwittingly played a six-man team made up of college-age players, coached by Texas Christian [High School]’s Herc Palmquist. The Texas Christian varsity team was told the game had been canceled and they had the night off.
Instead, Palmquist brought eight college-age players to play what he called a “pickup game,” which NYOS won 28-18.
Now, Palmquist is serving a five-game suspension leveled by the Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools, which governs Texas Christian athletics.
Read the entire article. If Coach Palmquist gets canned over this, perhaps he could scout for the Texans? On the other hand, given that Texas Christian lost the game even while using college-age players, maybe not.
No, Tom, I think you misread the article. NYOS apparently stands for “Not Your Ordinary School”, which is the name given to the collegians by the author. NYOS won the game, 28-18.
You know, with Pat Robertson issuing fatwas on small Pennsylvania towns, and Christian football coaches bringing in college ringers to play a game, it makes me want to go to church this Sunday.
By the way, what were Chris Rock and Adam Sandler doing in Katy anyway?
No, Red. Given the absurdity of the situation, the Chron reporter had trouble presenting the story clearly. But after reading the story about three times, I concluded that NYOS is actually the Austin school that won the game.
Yes, chapel service at Texas Christian School must be very interesting these days. 😉
Tom’s right…the name of the school is “Not Your Ordinary School” — it is a top ranked public charter school that teaches K-12.
The events in the Chronicle are pretty accurate…Palmquist brought college students to play against the NYOS high schoolers…he didn’t tell anyone (other than his ringers) what he was doing…then they still got beat.
I don’t think it has anything to do with the fact that HTC is a “Christian” school — it could have happened at a public school too…
Even better, one of the parents from NYOS left a comment on my blog that one of the victorious NYOS football team’s players was a girl! 5 High School boys and 1 High School girl beating 6 college guys in football. Priceless!
You Reap What You Sow.