9 Under 4, Friday Night Lights-ish

That could be my golf score through 4 holes, but unlikely.

Actually it's in reference to the number of children (9) under the age of 4 at James's house for Thanksgiving Dinner in Dallas. LP, Caroline, Anna and I cruised to Big D for the festivities and it was great. Except for the fact that I only felt good for about 2 hours over 4 days, it was fun to see the entire family and it was also cool to see so many little ones running around.

Football-- USC murdered ND and I'm ready to concede that they deserve to be #2. Arkansas lost. Well, that's life in the SEC. If we had cream puff schedules and no conference championship game like in the PAC 10 we'd prolly be in the national championship game much more often.

But enough of that, let's talk REAL football. The kind I got to witness while in Dallas. If you're like me and only read "Friday Night Lights" or seen the movie then you truly are only getting half the story.

James loaded up the boys and we went to Texas Stadium to see the #1 and #2 high school teams in Texas face off in the playoffs. Yes, we went to THE Texas Stadium-- Home of the Dallas Cowboys-- to watch high school football. Kinda shows you the magnitude right there.

This was Southlake Carroll High School (currently ranked #5 in the country by USA Today) versus Euless Trinity (#16 in the country) and it was OFF THE HOOK !! I have never seen such speed, size, accuracy and complex offenses from high school teams. The game also included a few unreal hits that could have made MNF's "Jacked Up!" segment.

The annouced crowd was 46,339 but that was only through half-time. I promise this crowd nearly hit 55,00 by the end. Yes, 55,000 people at a high school game. Craziness.

Next week Southlake Carroll plays Odessa Permian (the school that was written about in FNL) and I'm sure that's gonna be madness. Make sure you listen to the webcast at MojoLand.net

USA Today article covering last week's game