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When Kurt Bryan first introduced the A-11 offense at Piedmont High last season, he was nearly given the classic tar and feathers treatment, with extra tar. Parents didn't understand it, opposing coaches mocked it and his own players feared it, and those were the positive aspects. And when the Highlanders started 0-2, things really got tense in this sleepy Oakland Calif., suburb. But look at Piedmont now. The offense of the future, as some call it, has propelled the school to five straight wins, the past three by a total score of 139-55, as they march into the playoffs with an 8-2 overall record, 6-1 in league. I visited a Piedmont practice last week and tried to wrap my t-formation sensibilities around America's newest football fad, and I thought I was starting to get it, until it began getting even weirder. So I gave up. That made starting quarterback Jeremy George laugh. He could relate. More »
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