Sport: Texas Leaguers

In the Southwest Conference, where razzle-dazzle football comes from, no college has ever won the championship two years in a row. With the highly developed Texas Interscholastic League as its kindergarten, with many a local angel who would rather invest in a footballer than a race horse, with sufficient funds to lure some of the smartest coaches in the country, the Texas league breeds no weak sisters. At the start of each season, at least five of its seven members are considered potential champions. Last week it looked as if this year it...

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