http://highschoolsportsblog.dallasnews.com/2015/07/heres-the-preview-for-the-movie-on-carter-high-schools-1988-football-team.html/

I remember that team and I'm sure a lot of us remember them from "Friday Night Lights".

What's the historical accuracy here? Being from DeSoto, I always assumed they were guilty and would do anything to win. Felt great crushing them in the '93 playoffs...largest crowd I've ever seen at a high school game.

AFB related - GHT and Darren Lewis

What position did you play when you "crushed" them?

Easiest things to remember are that Permian recruited players and Carter had awesome thugs. Both were amoral; one was illegal. Any film that doesn't show that is inaccurate.

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What position did you play when you "crushed" them?

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52-27 is "crushed" worthy.

I did not play football, played baseball, but pretty sure people say "we" when talking about their school.

I went to Bishop Dunne and knew Greg Hill when he played there.

1988 Carter gets a bad rap because of how they were portrayed in the FNL movie. Yeah, they recruited. Yeah, they probably skirted grade issues with kids. Of course, it was a different time then and everything Carter did was not all that different from what everyone else did (and continues to do - that's you I'm looking at Aledo, Allen, etc).

In addition, that team was arguably the best high school team ever - 15 seniors on that team signed D1 LOI's - 28 kids total off that team were D1 players. 5 NFL players off that team. Just damn.

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Was that the time frame/year they beat Marshall in the Semi's in Waco ???

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Quarterfinals - 22-18, then beat Permian then Converse Judson to win State.

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15 seniors on that team signed D1 LOI's

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yeah but how many of those were to the aggies? gdamn it we suck

Oscar worthy, I tell ya.

I was there with my family (Dad was '51 or '52 Marshall High). One of the best I have ever seen. Jesse Armstead was a beast.

GO MOJO.

A few plays from that Marshall game are in this video:



and it's always a good day when Permian loses, no matter who they're playing!

Absolutely! Hawaii Five O!

No way!

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The Carter/Marshall game in Waco was one of the most exciting games I have ever seen in Texas HS Football.

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Coppell/Trinity a few years back was one of the greatest for me -- touchdown on the last play between two teams trading punches...

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I went to Bishop Dunne and knew Greg Hill when he played there.

1988 Carter gets a bad rap because of how they were portrayed in the FNL movie. Yeah, they recruited. Yeah, they probably skirted grade issues with kids. Of course, it was a different time then and everything Carter did was not all that different from what everyone else did (and continues to do - that's you I'm looking at Aledo, Allen, etc).

In addition, that team was arguably the best high school team ever - 15 seniors on that team signed D1 LOI's - 28 kids total off that team were D1 players. 5 NFL players off that team. Just damn.

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Haha, 11 players went to prison for armed robbery, a bunch of thugs if you ask me, but let's all focus on their athletic acumen since this is a football board.

Hardly the best HS team ever in Texas by margin of deafeat and W/L record.

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Hardly the best HS team ever in Texas by margin of deafeat and W/L record.

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They were 14-0-1. And you can't compare margin of victories from pre spread offense years to now.

I was in eighth grade that year, and I can remember the excitement over that squad as clear as day. Of all the crazy things I can recall, I remember Derric Evans signing his LOI to the Tennesse Vols from a hot tub while wearing a ton of gold bling and some sort of spandex body suit.

Derrick Evans was a hoot.

Q: "What makes this team so good?"
A: "Me"