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I was hoping Woodville's Hudl camera would be streaming the games there but sadly it's only recording. Nothing live.

Hopefully cooler heads will prevail. Not sure where I would put the line. Both teams are playing better basketball as of late. Huntington is a little healthier than the last game. I will give Huntington the slight edge… but then there’s that Sutherland factor.

The targeting rule needs to be changed. I can't stand when a defensive player is penalized because an offensive players ducks their head. You see it all the time. DB/LB aims for the chest, RB/WR lowers their head to protect themselves, penalty called on defender for a blow to the head. I can't stand the shorts that the players are wearing. Make it a 15 yard personal foul and removal from the game. If you can't wear the gear properly, you don't need to play!!!

That's correct. Mustangs definitely have a chance.

These two teams share a common opponent. Both have played Center. Madisonville beat Center 68-44 and 55-36. Silsbee beat Center 70-18.

But both those losses were still during football. Hoping that was a different team early in the season. Think we can take this.

Always a chance. Hudson is tough but definitely getable. Mustangs will be one of the more athletic teams Hudson has faced this year. The key to me for WO-S is how well they shoot the three. They have a couple of common opponents. Hamshire-Fannett and PCA. Hudson beat both while WO-S lost to both.

Lamar survives a scare in the 8th inning before hanging on to win 5-3. Next at ranked Texas A&M before returning home next weekend to start conference play against UTRGV.

Any chance for an upset here?

Yes???

This is why Cornyn needs to go. This is why Cornyn WILL go! Vote Paxton!

These are the four that I am interested in order: Huntington vs. East Chambers Hardin-Jefferson vs. Wheatley Livingston vs. Mickey Leland Baytown Sterling vs. La Porte That Huntington/EC game could have some residual from their game earlier this season.

@thetragichippy knows. He and I usually agree on quite a bit. I'm surprised he likes the government involvement in rate setting. There's a good example of the differences between a conservative and a libertarian. One wants to control a social behavior based on their own moral values. (Even though it's an admirable desire.) The other doesn't.

That’s an overreach… but i do like having a health department around to make sure that things are sanitary around those restaurants… food temps, extermination schedules , etc. But I doubt the guy who’s forced to buy a permit, then gets fined/shut down by the health department feels the same way.

So, you think it's win for the government to involve themselves in private business? Is it also a great idea for them to tell restaurants what they can serve, and how much people can eat because folks love the food so much they eat too much and have health issues?

Probably not that much. Similar geographic area. Would depend on labor and flood/natural disaster ratings since y'all are right together more I would think. But, people also forget, your locale's fire protection rating also has a major impact. If your city's insurance is cheaper (the insurance they actually buy for themselves as a municipality) because of the way they have their fire stations located, it would have an effect on your personal insurance. This could also affect your rebuild costs. That's another reason it would be almost impossible to have exactly the same tax rates. Not totally impossible. But very rare, as no two houses are exactly the same. Individual credit ratings are another differentiator if using replacement value as appraised value, since part of your insurance cost to rebuild is based on your credit rating.

Amen!

Stafford in round 3 would be an absolute tough matchup

Are construction costs different in Port Neches than they are in Port Arthur?

Unfortunately I don’t think so

I'm lost. If the replacement cost is different, the tax bill would be different. If your land floods, and his doesn't, replacement costs wouldn't be the same. Insurance requirements to rebuild would be different.

That was exactly my scenario. Same exact house. Greatly differing values, same tax bill.

You are obviously very unaware of how construction estimating works. The prices are based on local areas as I've mentioned. The only way for the taxes to be the same--other than sheer chance--is if the exact same house was built in the exact same area, using the exact same materials, the exact same labor, and the exact same logistical costs. The scenario I described does occur. Drive up to Lower Greenville area in DFW. All you see now is McMansions filled with yuppies. Every so often, you'll see a nice, older home. But, not too often at all.

I honestly think the 10% cap on credit cards is a great idea. The point about they would only give cc’s to people with high credit scores that had less of a risk to pay it back and not to people who have bad credit scores is a win for the bank! The truth is, it is a win for customers who get credit cards, go crazy and spend more than they can afford…. There’s also a way around that, limit risk by limiting exposure. The person that got a $2000 credit card limit with 30% interest, now gets an $800 credit limit at 10%. As for mortgages and taxes….it is typically not the loan that gets you, it’s the taxes and insurance that consistently goes up. I’ve always wanted a house on the water, but flood alone was $3900 a year….add windstorm and fire policy, along with taxes, that would add almost $1000 a month to your mortgage