Tradition Never Graduates

Objective, data-driven analysis of Class 6A Texas High School football, featuring content based on an Elo ratings system.

[Scott Leech @ScottLeech72]

The trade is the trade.

Nobody forced you into it.

If you chose football, you chose early mornings, sore legs, long lifts, hard coaching, hot summer workouts, and the expectation that you’ll show up ready to work whether you feel like it or not.

Too many people want the rewards of the trade without accepting the cost of the trade.

The truth is simple: the price was listed before you signed.

So stop complaining about what comes with the job. Embrace it. Own it. Attack it.

The trade is the trade.

[THSCA @THSCAcoaches]

Great dialogue at the THSCA HQ today with our Ad Hoc Committee💫 We have the greatest structure in the country concerning our education-based and community-based athletic programs, and this group is working hard to make sure that we preserve those values, including our rules regarding athletic transfers and residency requirements. #THSCAStrong

[Tradition Never Graduates @TexasTNG]

This is how it should be everywhere and this is exactly what we need to protect at all costs in Texas.

[Coach GDaddy @mojorizn1]

High school football is Alabama like it use to be. You take a coaching job in a community. You start building your program. Get the kids in the weight room. Build relationships. Get the middle school kids involved. Get them in the weight room. (1)

[Rick LaFavers @Coach_LaFavers]

I will say this….with the Houston weather (heat/rain/lightning)…it is a fundamental athletic/fine arts need for these structures in the Houston area. D/FW has 70+ facilities. There are 144+ state wide. Houston has 3!!!
Houston area needs to close the gap!!!

[Tom 🇺🇸🇵🇱 @TommyD6336]

Is it just guys in Texas that can drive through a small town in the middle of nowhere and be like oh ya this town their football team when 12-2 last year and lost and the 2AD2 state quarterfinals

[Tradition Never Graduates @TexasTNG]

@TommyD6336 That and calling out the mascots of every town we go through probably drives my family nuts. "Did y'all know their mascot is the Wampus Cats?!"

[Coach Fri @JesseFrisinger]

So many kids NEED sports programs to be successful in school. Also having coaches as teachers helps build a positive school culture.

[Tradition Never Graduates @TexasTNG]

@Anthony_Russo97 Trying to see how someone thinks on their feet by placing them in random on the spot gotchas to project how they'll perform when they'll have prior prep, proper context, and a direct application of their actual talent is dumb. Some people are really good at quick BS. Useless.

[Tradition Never Graduates @TexasTNG]

@stevemagness I think without aggressively addressing 4-7, 1 couldn't go high enough to turn the tide and 2 won't change either. The schools/districts that handle 4-7 the best will attract and keep the best.

[Kevin R Swift @CoachKdawgSwift]

41 years of coaching football taught me that while scheme, and coaching are important, the biggest indicator or predictor of success is player, parental and communities Investment! When everyone puts in the quality time to outwork & out prepare your opponents, success happens.

[ESPN @espn]

Jack Hughes with an all-time quote after his all-time moment in the Olympics 🙌🥇

[Coach Tom Yashinsky @CoachYashinsky]

Yesterday we had a coach on our staff experience a cardiac emergency. He is alive and recovering today because people on site knew CPR, knew where to access and how to use the AED, and didn't panic/hesitate when the emergency happened. Take CPR/AED classes seriously.

[William Wilkerson @DCTX_William]

5 ⭐️ Kennedy Brown is just refreshing.

“I’m not necessarily into NIL as much because if you’re good, the money will come. I’m big on relationships. O-line development. Academics; you’re getting a free education. That’s amazing."

https://t.co/C6zVZ7nXPY

@Kennedybrown75 | #DCTX

[Shawn Syed @SyedSchemes]

Kenneth Walker is an aggressive runner, but it has been his agility and acceleration on display in the playoffs

Using SumerSight, @SumerSports' advanced tracking data model, I took a look at a few plays where Walker outperformed his situation ⤵️

[Texas UIL @uiltexas]

𝐎𝐍𝐄 𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐊 𝐎𝐔𝐓!🚨
The new 2026-2028 district alignments will be shared in full to the UIL X, Instagram & Facebook channels (handle @uiltexas) as well as the UIL website on Feb 2 at 9 AM.

[Logan Simmons @CoachLSimmons]

Champions are different. They act different, think different, believe different.
Must embody the mindset.
Must win in the mind first. You become what you think. Carry yourself like who you want to become.
Those habits become your destiny.
Must build that mindset now.
Believe in yourself. Believe in the process. Have confidence in them.
Rise To The Standard. The standard can’t lower for anyone.

[Bobby Burton @BobbyBurtonOTF]

Longhorn fans, please lift up Jordan Shipley and his family. Jordan is currently in surgery after being involved in an accident on his ranch earlier today. He received third-degree burns on over 20-percent of his body. Jordan's dad, Bob, asks for everyone's prayers. He is currently in stable but serious condition. #HookEm

[Houston Stressans @TexansCommenter]

CJ Stroud on if God is blessing the Texans because of their testimony:

“I don’t want it to ever be confused, I don’t think God is like ‘the Texans are gunna win.’, but I think regardless, win or loss he gets the glory, and that’s up to us, that’s just worship. Him giving us our talents, abilities, & these jobs, he’s more than worthy of all the worship is really why we do what we do. It’s not because we want favor from the lord. In my opinion, you don’t just get favor from the lord just because you give him glory, he deserves it. It’s not because we follow Jesus that we win every game.”

[Tradition Never Graduates @TexasTNG]

@junior_miller @ProfessorDiggs 7.5 hrs from home, or about halfway from Denver. Passed it many times. I wonder how many fades into that right corner have ended up in the road?

[D3Direct @D3Direct]

Playing a college sport is a privilege

Out of the 7+ million high school athletes in the U.S., only ~6.4% or 450k end up playing their sport in one of the NCAA’s three divisions (D1, D2, or D3)

Full breakdown by sport 👇