rally round yo family

Rally 'Round Yo Family

Miami Northwestern is the #1 High School football team in the country,

according to USA Today and ESPN. They've won 30 straight games and two

straight national titles. They will be sending 6-8 players to my

beloved Hurricanes next year. And they have also attracted controversy

a couple times. You've probably heard about the Antwan Easterling

fiasco from last year. But you've probably never heard of Taurean

Charles, who was a star at "Da West" in 2001. The documentary "Year Of

The Bull" chronicles his senior year exploits, in and out of the

classroom. The results are eye opening to say the least. Waldini sent

me this link and all he could say was "WOW!" Below is just an

appetizer.

Couple thoughts.

1.) T-Diddy? You knew that wasn't gonna end well. Kid was feeling

himself WAY too much. The whole, "I'm not trying to get hurt" incident

was priceless. I didn't think that really happened at the high school

level, but I'll be damned if it doesn't. Cautionary tale? Damn

straight.

2.) Those have to be the most gully ass coaches I've ever seen. I

would be scared as hell to commit a pass interference on that squad.

Nevertheless, this kind of thing didn't just happen at Miami

Northwestern. I remember hearing stories about our high school coach

taking on guys during practice...and winning. Don't forget that we

live in a world that's given us Bobby Knight and Woody Hayes, so

there's probably some coaches out there even more hard core. That's