[walterwhite]

The two team concept and the offense-defense players in middle school would indeed be tough to pull off, but doable. You can play a thousand players in the grade school ranks, if you only end up playing 14 eighth graders, what good does it do?

Speaking of special teams/kicking, whoever is "in charge" (which should be the HS head coach) of the middle school should make it a rule that going for two after a touchdown should only be allowed when it's to tie or win a game, all other instances there should be a kid kicking PATs. At the very least the high school gets a freshman EVERY YEAR that has kicked an extra point or field goal.

I thought the grade school kick rule that Stepp put in when he was here was a good one. Run it in, get one point, kick an extra point, get two points. For some reason they stopped that this year???

Special teams, in particular PATS, have cost many a team wins. I agree completly about the kicking game. It also provides other opportunities for playing time. A kid might not be a top running back prospect, or a hard hitting linebacker, but he might be able to kick the crap outta the ball.