Greatest football pain: mistakes

By Willis Webb

Few would dispute the claim that, in Texas high school sports, football is king. That’s changed some over the years but that headbutting game is still dominant. Friday night frenzy is adequate testimony to that claim.I don’t know everything that runs through players’ minds today but “don’t fumble,” “don’t miss a tackle” and “man-up” are probably in the top five. Injury or physical harm never worried me when I played. If it had, neither I nor anyone else would be likely to go out for football, or almost any sport actually. But, I did incur some injury. You’re going to “get your bell rung” on an almost daily basis — where you see stars or get woozy even if you don’t pass out or are knocked out.

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