Im not talking the 80s I played in early 2000s. When you were still able to condition kids. Yes of course there is always cramping but not like today. 7 on 7 doesn't exhaust the body like a full contact practice plus conditioning.
Cramping happens at all levels of football the 1st week. These kids are not put through the same conditioning as back in the day. There are no more 2 a days heavy conditioning practices any more. That includes college and the nfl. Where the same thing will happen week 1
I believe their Enrollment is under 700 for a coed school. Hard to keep numbers with that little of a pool to grab from. Also think they get hit harder with transfers then other catholic schools because the public schools in their area are all very good schools and when a family is paying so...
The previous head coach had mailed it in. The the football program had extremely low numbers. Last year they had something like 6 or 7 sophomores starting. This year I think it's 5 sophomore and a freshman starting.