God....I love 8-man football

2 defensive struggles from the great state of Kansas Thursday Night.


Natoma 84
Logan 82


Moscow 84
Rolla 54

 

Saw the Moscow/Rolla box. Damn thing took up about four inches.

 

Go St. Paul! Go 45-point rule!

 

Christ, those look like Arena League scores.

 

OK, I'm dumb.

What's 8 man football--besides the obvious, of course?

 

The rules are basically the same as 11-man football but you play on a smaller field.

They play 6-man here in Texas and, I think, Nebraska. In that version there are no ineligible receivers. Not sure if that's true in 8-man though.

Minnesota plays a 9-man version of the game too.

 

Dammit! I thought the under 152 1/2 was a lock in the Natoma game.

 

Yeah, 9-man is fairly popular around the upper midwest. I think Kansas has six man, as well.

And it's for smaller schools who would struggle to field a full 11-man team, per JR's quiestion.

 

I thought Rolla was in Missouri...

 

South Dakota still plays nine-man football.

State finals are played on a normal-sized field in a dome. Covered those marathons at previous job.

 

Sounds like 3 on 3 hockey.

Wide open spaces.

 

A few private schools in Mississippi play 8-man, too.

An aside...
Was talking to an old coach once who had coached 8-man football in Texas. He said they sometimes played 11-man teams (after borrowing a few players) by basically playing 8-man. They'd split two receivers waaaaay out wide, then just play their normal game between the numbers. Thought that was interesting.