The NFL wasn’t able to keep the lid on its big schedule unveiling last night, as we exceeded the over on leaked games well before their three-hour television special went live.
But that doesn’t mean there weren’t surprises.
Via Corbett Smith of the Dallas Morning News, Texas high school officials were shocked to learn that the Cowboys would be hosting the Jets on Saturday, Dec. 19, since they had already scheduled three state championship games for AT&T Stadium the same day.
The UIL, the governing body for high school football in the state, holds a one-year extension to an existing agreement with the stadium, which has hosted state championship games since 2010.
In 2013, they drew 54,347 fans to watch Allen and Pearland, and last year’s Allen-Cypress Ranch game pulled in 52,308, the two largest crowds ever for a Texas high school game.
But as big as Texas high school football is, the NFL’s not going to change the schedule for them, so they’re probably going to have to look for another place to play.