The Forsan Buffaloes aren’t getting a lot of love from the experts heading into the 2018 football season and, on paper, one might view that as justifiable.

The Buffs return only 11 of their 22 total starters from a 3-7 team with a district-low 13 lettermen and are picked dead last in District 3-2A Division I by Dave Campbell’s Texas Football magazine.

Tenth-year coach Jason Phillips, however, has at least one ace up his sleeve that may help his team pull a surprise: The Buffaloes are enormous.