High School Football = Booooooooring

[Bloodshot Scott]

Sorry, THE worst high school sport alive. HS basketball, good. HS baseball, good. HS hockey, (in MN in particular) fucking awesome (we do afterall have THE largest state tournament in the country, period).

HS football = run, run, run, run, run, run, run, piece of shit pass, run, run.

Fuck. I just had to get that off my shoulders.

 

[Jack Davenport]

My nephew plays high school football. He is pretty good at it but he is waiting for baseball to start. He has his priorities in order.

 

[Mayhem]

It depends on where you are. I saw some HS games a cousin in Columbus, Ohio was playing in. This was some serious football and I remember being pretty damn impressed.

 

[Bloodshot Scott]

It depends on where you are. I saw some HS games a cousin in Columbus, Ohio was playing in. This was some serious football and I remember being pretty damn impressed.

To a degree. I just saw my state championship (teams with a number of blue chip prospects) and the game made me sick. The running WAS terrific at time, but I like to see more explosiveness - more variety (in plays).

 

[Jack Davenport]

Most high school football coaches are supreme douchebags.

 

[ragincaucasian]

you're in Minnesota?
well, THERE'S your problem

sports audience in general, though, largely relies on you having a personal interest (knowing/identifying with someone on the team)

personally, though, I find the NFL completely obnoxious and unwatchable

 

[PJpenny]

tell someone in Texas, Ohio, Florida or California that High school Football is boring, youll be lucky to live another 5 seconds. I like any other level of football better than the NFL cause esp. in high school you get a variety of offensive styles that the NFL doesnt have which makes it more exciting for me. I hate the high school rules that prevent exciting plays from happening, thats my only gripe with it.

 

[Bloodshot Scott]

you're in Minnesota?
well, THERE'S your problem

sports audience in general, though, largely relies on you having a personal interest (knowing/identifying with someone on the team)

personally, though, I find the NFL completely obnoxious and unwatchable

Like I said, it was the state championship title game with blue chip quality. It's the only game I watch, outside my alma mater, who has produced a few pros.

 

[grower_boy]

High school football teams run a lot, but the QBs still get the girls. How does that work out?

 

[ragincaucasian]

I've coached HS/college the past 16 years
Illinois has a pretty decent championship with all the Catholic powerhouses

Texas is another world. Where I'm at now is always fun. State championship isn't for another 2 weeks and every year its held over 2 days in the Superdome. So you catch a few games Friday, walk down to the quarter, get back to the hotel at 4 am, then check out the remaining games the next morning as you work through your buzz

 

[D-rock]

Whenever I watch high school sports it always seems like everybody is moving in slow motion and are midgets.

 

[assari]

European football is even more boring :eeew:

 

[Bloodshot Scott]

Whenever I watch high school sports it always seems like everybody is moving in slow motion and are midgets.

That is true. The best really do shine the most here in any sport because the lack of quality, I think.

 

[LukeEl]

Go to a high school football game in Texas, holy shit, those kids are good.

 

[Bloodshot Scott]

At least two of the backs I watched in the championship yesterday are going DI. A couple other players are definitely going DI. The running just go sooooo redundant I couldn't watch the entirety of the game.

 

[Bloodshot Scott]

Have to admit I just got done watching the AAA title game and it was pretty damn good. The quarterback was damn good for the one squad. Threw many great great passes - spirals, not that wounded duck shit. It was good I admit.

 

[PirateKing]

Watching sports in general is a snoozefest IMO, and I've never been an avid football player.

*waits for collective gasps*

 

[anomaly]

I live in a town where people who have never attended the local high schools go the games......:dunno:

 

[D-rock]

Another thing that is bad about that level of competition is that physical dominance of a few players is pretty much the deciding factor in almost all contest. Usually a few people are so much better than everybody else they force their will on everybody, wash and repeat again and again and again. Things like game planing, strategy, and tactical awareness of the players really don't matter nearly as much as they do higher up, and especially as much as in the pros.

 

[Ace Boobtoucher]

Another thing that is bad about that level of competition is that physical dominance of a few players is pretty much the deciding factor in almost all contest. Usually a few people are so much better than everybody else they force their will on everybody, wash and repeat again and again and again. Things like game planing, strategy, and tactical awareness of the players really don't matter nearly as much as they do higher up, and especially as much as in the pros.