Texas High School teams considering mixed format game between 11-man and 6-man

[slorch]

http://www.timesrecordnews.com/news/...11-man-powers/
Unique matchup blends 6-Man, 11-Man powers
By Zach Duncan
Posted May 23, 2012 at 12:02 a.m.

Windthorst coach Bill Green doesn't pretend to be a Six-Man football aficionado.

"Have I ever seen a Six-Man football game? No. I don't even know the rules," Green said.

But the Trojans coaching staff will have to take a quick refresher's course before Oct. 5.

That's the night Throckmorton will arrive in Windthorst and will play an exhibition that will include one half of 11-Man football and another half of Six-Man football.

Throckmorton coach Mike Reed approached Green with the quirky idea a couple of months ago because both teams had a hole in their schedule that was going to go unfilled. That's what happens sometimes when you're a perennial contender.

The agreement will last two seasons, and both games will be played in Windthorst. Green said the teams will play 11-Man in the first half, then the portable goal posts will be brought in and the sidelines will be chalked (a Six-Man field is 80 yards long and narrower).

"My superintendent, half-joking, asked if I was going to go to Six-Man coaching school," Green said. "I told him, 'If you pay for it, I'll go.' "

It wasn't that long ago Throckmorton and Windthorst were playing in the same district. This game won't mean a whole lot, but it should be pretty neat to witness.

[UTPhil2006]

How is the 6 man team going to play 11? I know they have enough, but those are gonna be some worn out kids.

[Beau Vine]

I went to a Ft Davis 6-man game a couple of years ago -- they had 30 kids dressed.

Here's a picture from one of the 6-man state championship games last season. I count 21 kids dressed for the white team. Throckmorton is the purple team.