You think I am kidding when I say a scrimmage for the hundreds. Some one needs to give those middle school football coaches a huge bonus. There were at the beginning of school about 140 kids playing 7th grade football, I would guess a slightly lower number playing 8th grade. Some how these coaches are to determine in a matter of eleven school days who should play what position and how to divide them up into two teams. The eighth grade coaches have it a little better since most of them played in 7th and know the drill. Imagine being one of these coaches and running a scrimmage for one hour with 140 kids all wearing white jerseys, very few had a number on their jersey. With the exception of names on the helmets many looked identical. I am still amazed at how quickly the coaches have gotten the kids into a routine of arriving almost before sunrise to school and knowing exactly what is expected of them. Within a two hour period the 7th and 8th grade coaches worked easily over 200 kids into a scrimmage by grade level. Amazing!
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