Now that the Dallas Cowboys have made their traditional hasty retreat from the NFL playoffs, we can turn our attention to something near and dear to the hearts of millions of our friends and neighbors: Texas high school football.That the rosters of the eight remaining NFL playoff teams are dotted with former Texas high school players isn’t a surprise, given that many of us have long believed the level of prep football here is higher than anywhere else. If this sounds like Texas bragging, remember the words of Bear Bryant: “It ain’t bragging if it’s true.”All politics may be local, but that’s nothing compared with Texas’s Friday night lights. Any of us could recite a version of Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon that ends with a…View Original PostThe post Forget the Cowboys. The Heck With the Texans. Root for the Local Legends in the NFL Playoffs. appeared first on Texas Monthly.