Football Town: Barrow, AK

• bigkahuna

  NFL Network premiered a documentary series on Barrow, AK football last night.
  
  
  If you've never heard of the town, it's the northern most town in the US. It's 300 some miles north of the Arctic Circle. The school there has a football team, and they play on the banks of the Arctic Ocean. I saw a short documentary on the school a few years ago, and this series caught my eye. The first episode was really good, and I'll be tuning in from now on.
  
  
  
  
  http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000536309/article/nfl-networks-football-town-undrafted-premiere-tonight
  
  
  
  
  
• CenterBHSFan

  

  Seems odd to put a field right there. Any particular reason why it is being structured so close?
• hasbeen

  

  Didn't watch the episode. Have seen some things about it.
  
  It probably sucks playing up there, you have 4 other schools within 3 hours? (I have no idea about Alaska's geography, population, or school system".
• ernest_t_bass

  

  Interesting.
• Uz2Bon36

  

  CenterBHSFan;1752728 wrote:Seems odd to put a field right there. Any particular reason why it is being structured so close?

  Limited choices is my guess.
  
  
• bigkahuna

  hasbeen;1752744 wrote:Didn't watch the episode. Have seen some things about it.
  
  It probably sucks playing up there, you have 4 other schools within 3 hours? (I have no idea about Alaska's geography, population, or school system".

  In week 1, they played a team from Juneau, AK. That's about 1300 miles away. Juneau is a 9hr. flight to Barrow. By comparison, it's a 6hr. flight to San Francisco from Juneau.
  
  I'm not sure why they chose to have the field on the banks of the ocean, but it's definitely a home field advantage for them. I guess during some games, people actually stand on the ice of the ocean to watch the game.
  
  HS football in Alaska is a whole nother animal. I think only 30-40 schools actually field a team. Think about how many teams are in some of the biggest counties in Ohio to compare that to. It really is a different world up there.
• hasbeen

  

  I sure hope one of those buildings is a bar for the coaches to go to after the game.