FOX 7 Football Field Trip: Hutto Hippos

1,264 views · Published 20 August 2015 · 5:04 · Indexed 19 October 2026

Channel: FOX 7 Austin · 2015 · News & Politics

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Why does Hutto head football coach Steve Van Meter roll out garbage cans to practice?

The answer has nothing to do with litter and everything to do with outworking the opponent.

Fox 7's Clif Thornton tells us why Van Meter's old school approach helped the Hippos make the state quarterfinals last year, and why we should expect more big things in 2015.

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