Yes, winning will get you real respect dumbass. Not at your school as much as from your opponents. There you have it, if you don't care how other schools see your team, then fine. I'd rather have the reputation that Penn has, which brings me to my next statement.
Who gives a flying fuck if Jensen has a state championshiop ring? First off, he was playing when he recieved it. Secondly, he played for Penn, what a big fucking suprise. As previously stated, that's what Penn does. They win, and obviously Jensen didn't pay enough attention while he was there, because he hasn't gotten anywhere close to getting anymore rings, especially while coaching.
No, there is not class soccer, I'll give you that. However, Merriville, who beat us in the final round of Semi-State wasn't the first school of our size that we'd played. We have played teams like Northrop, Homestead (how'd you guys do against them? yep, that's what i thought. It was close, just like Penn, so maybe you could count it as another learning experience), Elkhart Memorial, and Northridge, which all have as many or more students than Warsaw usually does. Not only that, we beat those teams. Merriville was ranked in the top five of the state, and in the top ten of the country. No suprise that they beat us, they were damn good. The only team that beat them was Canterbury or Northside if I'm not mistaken, and that's because Canterbury and Northside can recruit the top players in the country, so their starting line generally has about five or six all-americans, that's fucking stacked.
Maybe soccer doesn't have the best history either, but it has put trophies in the case before. Not only that, when the post-season usually comes around, Warsaw is known as a major force, and with the outstanding performance of this past season's seniors, Warsaw made it to the final eight. That's kickass, football has never gotten close to that, but there's always next season, maybe a cinderella story is somewhere in the future for football too.
Finally, that list that i produced was a smart ass reply to your complaint about there being a sport that you can't take seriously and still succeed at. I also realized that you aknowledged almost all of the things i listed, except for yodeling, what the fuck is up with that? Someone might be training for the yodeling finals somewhere off in Sweden or Germany. Do you just not give a shit about them? I bet
Thomas Scholl wouldn't appreciate being left out. It takes a lot of energy to yodel. He's probably mending a tired throat right now, as you should be after sucking so much dick, bitch.