Tepper: In a chaotic season, why did Texas high school football get more predictable?

Nobody will ever mistake the 2020 (or, we should say, the 2020-21) Texas high school football season for boring. From a jumbled schedule that pushed games past Christmas and into the new year, to the looming threat of COVID-19 outbreaks leading to postponements and cancellations, to limited attendance and Friday night broadcasts, this past season was singular in its strangeness.

But for all the oddities surrounding the game, the legacy of the 2020-21 Texas high school football season on the field may, in fact, be its relative predictability and stability.