The High School Football Huddle
The beauty of high school football has definitely changed at the top because of ESPN's constant desire to push the envelope with made-for-TV match-ups that are usually based national rankings that are based on just a couple people's opinions. In my opinion, the games usually disappoint.So instead of watching tonight's ESPN2 match-up between Lakeland (FL) vs. De La Salle (CA), why not tune-in on the web to the tiny Kansas team that is trying to break De La Salle's record 151-game win streak. You can check-out the Smith Center Redmen go after their 71st straight win against Phillipsburg tonight at 7 at www.weareredman.com.
For those of you that don't know about Smith Center, you may want to pick-up a copy of Our Boys written by NY Times author Joe Drape, which will take you right inside this tiny town of less than 2,000.
If you can't get to the book before the game, check-out this story from NCKSsports.com on Smith Center fullback and defensive end Matt Atwood.
Oh, and if you want to watch, Lakeland and De La Salle you can tune-in at 10 PM EST tonight on ESPN2.
That's a full night of high school football!!
