Good Point!

Coach Burkhart,

I'm willing to bet that if that is a conditioning,fitness class, that would probably fall under Strength and Conditioning Coach Rob Cole who is Stephenville Faith's AD. I bet he would like to here of this instructors views on 6 man football.

Look i understand just as Coach Burkhart does , that people love to throw stones at things that SHINE! Its a punishment weve come to enjoy ..........but i take no offense

" Winning is a habit.  Watch your thoughts, they become your beliefs.  Watch your beliefs, they become your words.  Watch your words, they become your actions.  Watch your actions, they become your habits.  Watch your habits, they become your character."  Vince Lombardi

First, congratulations Azle. Coach Burkhart, I've encountered the same rejection or dismissal of my enthusiasim for the game as simply a fan, never playing or coaching 6man from even friends earlier in life that I've tried to enlighten. Seen them grin, chuckle, roll their eye's.
I've also seen your son play, along with the last couple of years teams. I think he and you deserve the rings and trophies, y'all had to have worked hard or you woudn't have them.
Plenty of other teams out there, especially in UIL, that would have liked to have kept you from them but didn't.
I think it's a matter of ignorance and prejudice. Most of the people with that attitude have probably never seen a 6man game, or at least not a good one. Maybe they hear about 20 minute 70-0 games or 102 to 100 and laugh. They don't understand how a 350 # lineman couldn't handle 6man because he couldn't last even the 20 minutes. Or, the prejudice part, their narrow mind is made up. 11 man came first, is biggest, anything else is less.
As an employee, not in Athletics or Phys Ed, I can assure you not all TSU personnel hold 6man in such low esteem. I've even discussed the subject with a maintence guy that played and a couple of Professorrs who like the game.
Just curious, where did you go to school?

Tarleton

Coach Burkhart, the last time I checked the state trophies for sixman were the same size and all as 5A. Just saying.

Football is football! Congrats to both Coach Burkhart on his Championship and to Coach Rushing on his "Championships".

Both of you guys are special to me!

Thats like saying Bonnie Richardsons two team track state championships are not real because she did it representing a six-man (i.e. flag football) school.

Ive got tons of baseball openings if youll play us coach bear.........lol

Bonnie won State with no track to practice on. High Plains Drifter you are right. Thank you Broadcaster I am thankful to get to coach under you.

God Bless

Coach Burkhart

Perhaps a 6 man state title ain't got all the street cred of an 11 man 5A title or a big ol' shiny Super Bowl ring ...

But my rule is you play until you lose or somebody hands you a big shiny trophy at the end of the season and if that happens, you're the state champs. Most kids don't choose where momma and daddy are living and (usually) where they go to school. And if some dipso pointy headed professor-wanabee at South North Carolina School of Mines Teachers State Clown College says differently, well, he can stick it where the sun don't shine.

I thought I'd read or heard that before. Some would say you've done your alma mater proud. More so than some of us who have not climbed our particular career ladder all that far. Some might even suggest all that hardware - at whatever level - could qualify you as a distinguished alumni. With a right to question an instructor's absurd statement.