Football Fun - Jody

My autumn memory comes from the football field in 1978. It was my junior year and we had enjoyed a successful season thus far and we were preparing to play Washington County. Washington County was a new school in our district and as players we did not know what to expect from them. However we had a secret weapon, our coach Ronnie Massey.  He had played quarterback for Washington County when he was in high school and his high school coach was still their current coach. Yes Coach Boggs had been coaching Washington County for 15 years.

 I will always remember Coach Massey calling the defense together and saying. I don’t know if it will help but when I was the quarterback coach Boggs would signal in the plays to run and these are the signals. He proceeded to show us about 20 different signals that they had used when he played and what plays they represented. He told us that they may have changed the signs but he wanted us to know them just in case they had not. Well the night of the game arrived and we traveled down to Chatom to play them. The game started and we kicked off to them. Once their offense was on the field their coach signaled in the play. The offense got the play and also our defense got the play. Turns out that the signals had not changed in 15 years and we knew every play they were running. It was fun at first but then we started to feel a little guilty. They never passed the 50 yard line that night and we won 30 to 0. If only life was like that game and we always knew what to expect. 

Jody