It's a new season......

By Lew
August 18, 2005

Dear Mustang Fans,

I get a kick out of pre-season rankings as it pertains to high school football. I think it's a great compliment for a website to rank Sweetwater #1 in class 3A for the entire state!

http://www.texashsfootball.com/index.html

My Momma always used to say, "if you have a state champ in your district from the previous year, it's sort of rude to say you are better than that team the next season." She didn't really say that, I just threw that in for entertainment. But the message is clear. There is no way I would rank the beloved Mustangs above Abilene Wylie and Snyder at this timeof the year. Why? Because you are not showing respect when you do that. All of those teams will play this year and that's when the score will be settled. Not in some pre-season poll.

When you rank a team that defeated you from last season, it sounds like the leavings of a farm animal when you start the next year's schedule saying you are better.

Let's make a deal right now. Let's just show some respect to Snyder and Abilene Wylie and in addition, let's not give them bulletin board material for this year. After all, this same website ranked Snyder #6 and Abilene Wylie #12. So even if you are a believer in pre-season websites, you would still need to give Snyder and Abilene Wylie their props on being ranked high this year. Let's not get carried away with this poll thing, even though we appreciate the compliment.

Lew

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