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Texas High School FootballSanctioned by the ______________________________________________________ (UIL), which governs all public high schools (_________________) and 2 private schools (Similar to OHSAA)Compared to Ohio, which has ____________________ High SchoolsDivided into six divisions by enrollment: 1A, 2A, 3A, 4A, 5A, and 6A1A is the ____________________ schools, 6A are the ________________________ schools in the stateDuring the time period presented in the book (1988), there were only __________ divisions, with 5A being the largest schoolsWithin each division, teams are broken into one of 32 Geographic regions (i.e. Region 1 is in West Texas, Region 32 is in South Texas)When the playoffs arrive, the ________________________ teams in each region are eligible for the playoffsFrom here, they are split by their enrollment: The two with the highest enrollment are placed into the Division I tournament, the two with the lowest are placed into the Division II TournamentPicture an NCAA Basketball Tournament Bracket, Then double it. Then multiply those times six. That is what a High School football tournament becomes in TexasOdessa Permian High School PanthersFounded in ________________________ in _____________________, Texas, is currently one of two traditional High Schools in the Ector County Independent School DistrictCurrently, the school has an enrollment of 3,654Compare that to NHS, who has an enrollment of appx. __________________That said, the school is considered to be one of the smaller schools in Class 6A Highest enrollments in Texas 6A: Houston _________________________________ (4,664), Dallas _______________________________ High (4,555), ________________________________ High (4,147)That said, despite it’s size Permian has made itself into a powerhouse of a program____________ State championships____________ National Championship____________ State Final Appearances____________ Regional Championships____________ District Championships____________ Playoff AppearancesH.G. “Buzz” BissingerBorn _______________________________________Graduated in 1972 from ________________________________________, an exclusive prep school in Andover, MassachussettsAttended and Graduated from the _________________________________________, an Ivy League school, in 1976While at Penn, he served as ______________________________________ Editor for the school paper, ________________________________________________In 1987, while working for _______________________________________, he was awarded the _____________________________________________ for an exposé on the Philadelphia ___________________________________________________________After winning the Pulitzer, Bissinger sought out the opportunity to examine the role High School football plays in American Society, which led him to move his entire family to ________________________________ to immerse himself into the culture of Permian FootballPicture this: relatively wealthy and intelligent Ivy League writer placing himself into the heart of a VERY conservative society with a deep rooted, almost fanatical fixation on High School Football ................
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