High school football is the last bastion of the running game in the pigskin world (unless you want to include youth leagues). Pro and college football often looks more like basketball these days, with passing and hurry-up offenses producing hoops-like scores. Fans who like their football the old-fashioned way, with tough defenses and either 3-yards-and-a-cloud-of-dust inside running games or outside options featuring fleet-footed tailbacks are almost forcedto look toward high schools.

Such offenses, most contemporary fans would scream, are boring.