No players, no problem. One Minnesota high school keeps winning football games anyway

[CrimsonWhite]

Pretty good story, even for Reilly.

If what's happening to the McLeod West (Minn.) High football team right now sounds like a movie, it's only because it should be one.

Some teams in McLeod's division have as many as 60 players on their rosters. McLeod has 19. And three of those are ninth graders who weigh 110 pounds, including helmet.

Most teams kick PATs. McLeod always goes for two. Not because it wants to. The team doesn't have a kicker.

Most teams run players on and off the field—offense, defense and special teams. McLeod only runs one guy in and out—that's because the 10 other guys never leave the field. They play offense, defense and special teams.

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[Jon]

It was dumb for them to give up their weakness: HUNH. Now the rest of the teams they play are going to run the nu huddle offense, and these poor kids will be doomed.

It does sound like something out of the movies. Little Giants, pretty much.

 

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The kids get along great, but the parents just can't seem to co-exist," says McLeod West principal Mike McNulty. "They love to spread rumors about each other. They love to stab each other when they're not looking."

SHOCKING some adults do that!




That's a great story, thanks for posting. I'm a sucker for stuff like that!

 

[CrimsonWhite]

It was dumb for them to give up their weakness: HUNH. Now the rest of the teams they play are going to run the nu huddle offense, and these poor kids will be doomed.

It does sound like something out of the movies. Little Giants, pretty much.

Nah, high school teams can't put together the no huddle that quickly.

 

[Jon]

Some might argue that high school kids can't play an hour of football on both sides of the ball, too. But these kids are doing it.