Que pass-a; Georgia High School football squad using Spanish snap counts

I hope they allow Google translators on the football field because a Georgia high school team comprised mostly of Hispanic players has decided to institute an all-Spanish snap count to take advantage of their heritage and confuse other teams. It’s an idea I thought of seven years ago after a concussion during a middle school football game had me speaking in a language only I could comprehend for a good half hour.

With his record at 2-5-1, Cross Keys High School coach David Radford needed something to shake up his program, and Spanish was the answer. Let’s hope skirmishes don’t result from false start penalties resulting from offensive linemen screaming at the quarterback that it was his fault because he “DIDN’T CORRECTLY PRONOUNCE THE TILDE!” They just need to make sure they don’t play any football games within the vicinity of Geno’s Steaks.

When Cross Keys’ football team started speaking in Spanish before some offensive snaps a few years ago, one referee thought the players were cursing. “We had a game where the official warned us about the language,” Cross Keys coach David Radford said. “I asked ‘What did they say?’ And when he told me, I was like ‘No, they are speaking Spanish. We do our cadence in Spanish.’”

Surprised by the revelation, the ref listened closely over the next few plays. Sure enough, Cross Keys players were communicating in Spanish before snapping the football.

Cross Keys is one of the most culturally diverse high schools in Georgia with students from more than 65 countries who speak at least 75 languages. The roster reads like a world atlas: Mexico, Zambia, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Honduras, Ethiopia, Liberia, Nigeria, El Salvador, and South Korea.

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Cross Keys speaks in Spanish on the football field [Sports Grid]