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Sectional football games have the glory and the despair of war, and when a Texas team takes the field against a foreign state, it is an army with banners.
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
Football is compared with warfare through both emotional extremes and the image of an advancing army. Calling another state foreign makes the rivalry sound like a confrontation between nations. The comparison enlarges the stakes of the game without settling whether that intensity is admired or criticized.
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