The nerds actually play football too. DigitalSports continues with their 20-team Northern Region football preview. Up next is Thomas Jefferson.
Tim Puvogel has a hard job. But he's still not doing a great job, going only 3-17 over the past two seasons. It's like being at a smart military academy, where there is high turnover and the kids have other priorities. But T.J. should at least be competitive.
What's with the coach not letting the reporters take video? It's not like you are good enough to big-league anyone. Football coaches are weird.
Telling quote: "When I was a kid and got to go home after summer football practice or between practices I'd go bail hay," said Thomas Jefferson coach Tim Puvogel. "I was from a farming area, so that's what I did. But now these kids say, 'Can I go to my NASA internship between practices?' I'm dead serious: 'My NASA internship.' And I say, 'Well, yeah! NASA? Yeah, I think you should go!'" Wow.
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a) TJ student athletes are not nerds just because we are smart. Many of our athletic teams are competitive.
b) Whatever the coach says goes. Who cares if they couldn't take video?
c) Sure, TJ has lost many games. But several were close. TJ is always battling against schools with teams 2-3 times larger than them, who many times have bigger and faster athletes, due to the nature of the school.
Many may say, "oh but TJ went to the playoffs a few years ago". That is when they were in the National District, facing much easier opponents than the Liberty District that they are in now (TJ plays Madison, Langely, Stonebridge).
Just because the school is made for smart kids, don't be hating on the student athletes and coaches who do their best when facing adversity.
Seriously... I'm guessing you weren't so privileged when you were growing up, huh? Hating on the "smart" kids because they can't play sports? Boy's Soccer, state champions. Crew, Tennis, Cross Country, all state-caliber teams.
Kids don't come to TJ to play football, they come for a good education. But those that defy expectations and do manage to step up and play with the big schools in our district deserve more respect.
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