Is Bill Belichick Their Coach?
At a time when running up the score has become the biggest controversy in the NFL — with a Redskins player calling Patriots coach Bill Belichick classless and a well-respected journalist advocating taking Tom Brady out with a late hit — maybe we should focus instead on running up the score in high school. High school players, after all, are supposed to be learning lessons about sportsmanship and the value of competition, not getting humiliated in games they have no chance of winning. But one high school is humiliating its opponents to an astonishing degree. Smith Center High School in Smith Center, Kansas, has outscored its opponents 640-0 so far this season. That includes two different games against Plainville High School, which ended in scores of 69-0 and 86-0. Now, it should be said that Smith Center was up 72-0 at the end of the first quarter and then only outscored Plainville 14-0 the rest of the way, so Smith Center seemingly could have made it a lot worse. But really: What was
