"But this story is a clear example of just how crazy y'all are when it comes to football. Cheerleader moms and football dads think nothing of opening fire on coaches, other cheerleaders, or anyone else"
NOT ALL OF US! I live in Texas too and I don't do any of the strange things you listed! It isn't all football in this town, Lake Jackson. And it isn't all football in Houston. Heck, they didn't even have a pro team for years, and their new one SUX.
I think way too much emphasis is placed on SPORTS and atheletes at ALL levels!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And I used to be a cheerleader.
Hopefully you never had to dodge any bullets from an irate mom whose daughter didn't make the squad.
We haven't had a pro football team in Ohio for years either. Well, that's not quite true; we get pro teams in to play the Browns and Bengals several times a year.
I know it isn't all of y'all. After the deaths of the Pope and Schiavo I think we need a few laughs on Friday threads.
But y'all are crazy about football. We in Ohio like to think we love football; in Texas, though, football is King.