[Hoot Gibson]

My coach at Highlands 100 years ago was approached after a game by a coach. He just tried to ignore him. But he kept it up. So my coach turned around and said. I suggest you get a better football team. We can't stop our 2nd team wanting to score. They want to play too. They are doing what they are coached to do. Play defense and score points.

You keep talking about the second team and you keep ignoring the fact that the second team offense barely touched the field in the 67-20 blowout in which Patrick Towles was left on the field to chase a passing record. Many Highlands fans insist that Mueller running up the score was always the result of teams not being able to stop the Bluebirds second and third team offense, but that was certainly not always the case.

That's OK. By the end of next season, some Highlands fans will have a better appreciation for the ill will that Dale Mueller instilled in many of his opponents. Not every team is going to take their foot off of the accelerator the way that St. X did.