91-0 Texas Beatdown

Last friday Aledo High School took on Western Hills in a football contest. The outcome of the game was extremely lopsided with Aledo taking the victory 91-0. After the game the Aledo coaching staff had a report filed against them for bullying. A parent on the other team made a claim that the coaching staff of Aledo could have let the game slow down and ride out without the score running up as much, and because of the embarrassing beatdown, their children were being bullied.
While of course any athlete who is immersed in athletics knows that this is the most ridiculous idea ever by the parent, it is still something that is to be taken seriously because there is an ongoing investigation. The Aledo staffs counterclaim was that this is just how sports are. Every once and awhile when a top ranked team plays against a struggling program there will be a blowout of epic proportions. His rebuttal was important because he respected the person who filed the the report but he made a great point about our sports society and provided grounds to his side of the argument including important statistics from the game that prove he was trying to slow down his high octane offense. He spoke about how in our society instead of looking to better ourselves, we complain and expect others to play down to their level. He was unhappy because the woman pointing the finger at him instead of going to the Western Hills coach and asking how can we make sure that type of embarrassment never happens again. Just because Aledo is superior to Western Hills doesn't mean they should be forced to play down to their level. Its just not fair the Aledo players of they had to punt on first down. A warrant certainly exists in sports that when destroying the opposing team, it is inappropriate to talk trash and run the score up at the end of the game. ITs important to point out that Western Hills coaching staff had no issues with the way Aledo conducted themselves on the field. Unfortunately, When Aledo was scoring every third play they touched the ball, it seemed as if there was no way around a blowout and Western Hills just needs to improve as a football team.

http://espn.go.com/dallas/story/_/id/9863505/aledo-football-coach-tim-buchanan-accused-bullying-91-0-win