Welcome to TXHSFB Inside the Numbers — where Dave Campbell's Texas Football take the data that makes up Texas high school football, and try to figure out what it means looking back and looking forward. Today: the toughest schedules in Texas high school football in 2020.
The COVID-19 pandemic and the adjustments made by the UIL to the 2020 Texas high school football season sent schedules into the woodchipper, with coaches scrambling to fill suddenly wide-open slates at the last minute. And with all the changes, cancellations and forfeits, it's easy to feel like the 2020 season was a blur.
But when the dust settled, it became apparent that even with rejiggered schedules, some teams ran an absolute gauntlet. Nobody knew that better than Fort Bend Hightower and Hallettsville.