The Look

by Brent Schrotenboer

American Football Monthly December 2000 Issue OnlineEvery Friday in the fall of 1998, John Parchman would watch a big offensive lineman walk through his office and a ritual would begin

Parchman, a growing West Texas coaching legend, would look up from his desk at Robert E. Lee High School in Midland, give Rex Richards his famous look and ask the kid his famous question.

\"Rex,\" Parchman would say, \"you ain\'t scared, are you?\"

\"No sir,\" Richards would inevitably answer.

\"Good,\" Parchman would continue. \"I guess we\'re going...Login to Read More

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