It’s not just Texas, but ALL over the South, football even at the peewee level, is HUGE. It’s seen as a man-thing; as opposed to limp-wristed soccer up North, where non-athletes can “compete” in a game (not really a sport for athletes or men).
Uh, we play lacrosse up North. Think of it as football, without as many of the girlie-man Southern padding.
Nope, I have lived outside Texas in the south, and in Texas. There is a difference. There is a reason Friday Night Lights was based here.
“It’s seen as a man-thing; as opposed to limp-wristed soccer up North, where non-athletes can “compete” in a game (not really a sport for athletes or men).”
We have hockey up here; it makes football look like a bunch of men using any pretense to repeatedly hug each other...