Generally speaking, people don’t watch sports wanting to see the favorites win. Would anyone remember the Olympic ice hockey tournament in 1980 if the Soviets had beaten the United States? Would Super Bowl III be as memorable if the heavily favored Colts had made Joe Namath’s guaranteed victory look foolish? Would we even know the name of Buster Douglas if he had become just another victim of Mike Tyson?
Certainly not. Upsets are the great thrill of sports, when the down-and-out becomes the up-and-comer, when the nobody-believed-in-us makes us all believe. And Texas high school football is no exception.