BMTSoulja1

If  you lose, I'll do #4.  ;D ;D If we win, ......  ;D ;D

[quote name="Mr. Buddy Garrity" post="1254817" timestamp="1346352504"] [quote author=BMTSoulja1 link=topic=102216.msg1254778#msg1254778 date=1346350166] [quote author=BMTSoulja1 link=topic=102216.msg1254757#msg1254757 date=1346348130] [quote author=NDNation link=topic=102216.msg1254700#msg1254700 date=1346344915] Best Show of Sportsmanship - Dayton Broncos 2011 Playoff game...Jayce Nelson drops to his knee with his head down after the interception...4 or 5 Dayton players are surrounding him with their hands on him...giving comfort. A picture was taken of it but I cant find it now...very touching. [/quote]Reminds me of when PN-G's Coach Faircloth, after the game vs. Central, immedatly walked over to Jacoby Hale as he was collapsed in desbelief and offered him comfort. [/quote]This was the 2009 season, I believe.  After thinking, I needed someone to offer me some comfort after that game. [b] I didn't eat for days[/b].  ;D [/quote]you might not eat for a week after what PAM is gonna do to the jaguarettes tomorrow. [/quote]You'll eat for days.....  Crow. 

Prayers sent to Coach Brown.  Get better.  Hope to see  him on the sidelines soon back healthy. 

[quote name="BMTSoulja1" post="1254757" timestamp="1346348130"] [quote author=NDNation link=topic=102216.msg1254700#msg1254700 date=1346344915] Best Show of Sportsmanship - Dayton Broncos 2011 Playoff game...Jayce Nelson drops to his knee with his head down after the interception...4 or 5 Dayton players are surrounding him with their hands on him...giving comfort. A picture was taken of it but I cant find it now...very touching. [/quote]Reminds me of when PN-G's Coach Faircloth, after the game vs. Central, immedatly walked over to Jacoby Hale as he was collapsed in desbelief and offered him comfort. [/quote]This was the 2009 season, I believe.  After thinking, I needed someone to offer me some comfort after that game.  I didn't eat for days.  ;D

Is there a SMRJ video?

[quote name="NDNation" post="1254700" timestamp="1346344915"] Best Show of Sportsmanship - Dayton Broncos 2011 Playoff game...Jayce Nelson drops to his knee with his head down after the interception...4 or 5 Dayton players are surrounding him with their hands on him...giving comfort. A picture was taken of it but I cant find it now...very touching. [/quote]Reminds me of when PN-G's Coach Faircloth, after the game vs. Central, immedatly walked over to Jacoby Hale as he was collapsed in desbelief and offered him comfort. 

[quote name="ThaGhost(P.A. ALL DAY)" post="1254717" timestamp="1346345913"] [quote author=uandme08 link=topic=102188.msg1254628#msg1254628 date=1346339979] Soooooooo disappointed! I was thinking this game was Saturday and that I was going to be able to witness it for myself... [/quote] Don't worry bro, the excitement will in town next Saturday. You can witness it then..... ;D [/quote] ::) ::) As exciting as watching paint dry?  ;) ;)

[quote name="PN-G bamakid" post="1254655" timestamp="1346341469"] Most Excitable Announcer - Livingston ;D [/quote] ;D

[quote name="Lions#80" post="1254646" timestamp="1346340945"] Good luck Soulja1, and I hope that QB stays healthy this year. Didn't get to see much of him last year but saw enough to know he's a good one. [/quote]He didn't have much talent around him last year.  I don't think that'll be the case this year.

Nope.  Friday.  Central don't play Saturday games untill close to the end of district.

[quote name="bigd92" post="1254610" timestamp="1346338873"] Soulja you know the Titans are gonna roll your Jags, smash your jags and toe tag your Jags. I like your enthusiasm though but it will fade as each quater ends. [/quote]Lol.  Maybe so.  Maybe not.  Who knows.  8)

[quote name="dustoff03" post="1254539" timestamp="1346330368"] where as MCM is a great rivalry game, it doesn't neccessarily make it a top game. for me it depends on what is at stake. make it the last district game and both teams are 9-0, now that would be a top game. jmo [/quote]Great point.

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[quote name="Smoking Baby" post="1254508" timestamp="1346327234"] It's funny that you say that.  I've came from a band background myself.  I look at the game and the other fesitvities.  I've been around, witnessed, and performed for huge crowds before.  Still, it don't really make it a 'top game'.  Not trying to drag this topic into the mud because you make some very valid points, but I don't think I'll ever understand how an 'atmosphere' makes for a top game, in my book. [/quote] UH........, Soulja rattling a little metal wand inside a triangle does not count.......just sayin...... ;D ;D ;D [/quote] ;D ;D

[quote name="BaseBow" post="1254503" timestamp="1346326561"] [quote author=BMTSoulja1 link=topic=102213.msg1254500#msg1254500 date=1346326293] Those injuries suffered by those other QB's were probably unavoidable and probably happend in the pocket.  Bellow wasn't a running QB, so I doubt that he got injured running.  With Raines at the helm, I would think Neumann would tell him to learn to slide instead of taking that hard hit.  No shame in that. [/quote]Bellow was running broke around the end and got to mid-field where the WOS linebaker was waiting ...And I almost lost my dinner and whiskey..Danny( DAD) was sitting next to me...If you run the spread you got to expect your QB to run every now and then... [/quote]Ok.  I see.  I never saw the play and didn't know.  I just know that Bellow was more of a pocket QB when he was in the gold and black.

Those injuries suffered by those other QB's were probably unavoidable and probably happend in the pocket.  Bellow wasn't a running QB, so I doubt that he got injured running.  With Raines at the helm, I would think Neumann would tell him to learn to slide instead of taking that hard hit.  No shame in that.

So, you're predicting pretty much the mirror image performance that you've gotten from Mitchell vs. Memorial 3 years in a row?  This is year 3.  smh.  Friday isn't getting here fast enough.  I'll be here waiting on the excuses to roll in.  'well, you see, whaaa ha-happened was.....'.  :D :D

[quote name="Yeoj" post="1254398" timestamp="1346296915"] [quote author=SFA85 link=topic=102147.msg1253970#msg1253970 date=1346261974] As I often tell my co-workers from MC, especially those from PN-G, they can't see past Nall Ave.  Midcounty sadness is the greatest rivalry since Cain vs. Able(allegedly) and there's no arguing the point [/quote] In the early 90s the Beaumont Bowl would sell out Lamar and have the hill full of fans. I don't recall even seeing one MCM highlight back then. I'm not saying their teams weren't good, but they weren't getting nearly the pub they get now! I think it has a lot to do with midcounty grads getting jobs in the local media but, that's just my opinion. [/quote]True.  We've had this talk before.  As kids, there was never any talk of PN-G, Nederland, let alone, MCM.

'Test Your Might' - Mortal Kombat  8)

Good stuff, Bandkid.  You keep those good posts up, you'll get poster  of the year.

LOL.  Yea, that's what I was thinking.  ;D

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[quote name="WOSgrad" post="1254050" timestamp="1346268416"] As someone who backs a school who is known for their speed, I never like to see rain in the forecast. [/quote]Amen!

[quote name="TradinUp BH" post="1253854" timestamp="1346250897"] [quote author=BMTSoulja1 link=topic=102147.msg1253837#msg1253837 date=1346249592] [quote author=PN-G bamakid link=topic=102147.msg1253771#msg1253771 date=1346244645] [quote author=BMTSoulja1 link=topic=102147.msg1253741#msg1253741 date=1346241283] [quote author=PN-G bamakid link=topic=102147.msg1253466#msg1253466 date=1346191251] [quote author=BMTSoulja1 link=topic=102147.msg1253426#msg1253426 date=1346188731] So, with all that said, explain to me again how the MCM would be the 'better game'.  Do 'more people' and 'more turkey leg sales' account for a better game? [/quote] It depends on how you define what a game encompasses. I think atmosphere is a huge part of it. I think having a packed house of 13,000 fans contributes to that atmosphere. I think the tradition of the rivalry and both schools involved contributes to it. The history behind this game goes back almost nine decades. And of course, the competition between the two teams is a huge factor, and this is the circled date on the calendar in both fieldhouses. But I think it goes beyond the game, because Mid-County Madness is more than just a game - it doesn't begin at kickoff and end when the clock runs out. It's an ideology. The kids on the field, on the track and in the stands on both sides were raised to be at this game and to compete with each other everywhere, all the time. You go over to Nederland and look into the crayon boxes at the elementary schools, and you'll notice that there's not a single purple crayon in any of them. Why? Because their teachers had the entire class break all the purple crayons on the first day of school. You go to a Port Neches or Groves elementary school on the day of the game and you'll find stuffed bulldogs torn up and thrown across the gym at the end of the day. You drive around Mid-County on the day of the game, and you'll be able to tell what town you're in (something that most people who don't live in MC find difficult) just based on the colors the people are wearing. You'll find people from all over Mid-County arguing about plays made at this game 30+ years at any given time of the year - in one case, you'll even find one of the former head coaches writing about it in a PA News column all these years later. Heck, even if you go to the UIL meets and band competitions, you'll find PN-G and Nederland kids trying to one-up each other there, sometimes not even focusing on the rest of the competition. I can actually remember at one point my senior year - not even during the week of the game - NISD had the day off, so a bunch of Nederland band kids got together, drove to our after-school band practice, played their fight song from their cars, and then drove off. Certain sports teams - volleyball, softball, basketball and so on - that otherwise might not get much attention from either community can count on the MCM game as a sell-out - some of them even have the bands come in. I mean, seriously, how often do you see people standing in the aisles at a softball game? You do when PN-G and Nederland play. Old people around Port Neches still say that if Nederland was playing Hell, they'd be in the stands wearing red, and I'm sure some of Nederland's elderly folks say it the other way around. Former players from each team say that getting beat by the other is worse than getting your teeth kicked in. Some of them even say the rest of the season really doesn't matter and whether or not your season is successful depends entirely on whether or not you beat Nederland. Since coming here, Coach Faircloth has banned the team from speaking the word "Nederland" during game week (they're referred to only as "that other town"). I've seen people fly back from as far away as Las Vegas and drive from Dallas just to come see this game. I flew back from Alabama last year to see the game. You remember how that PN-G fan had the heart attack when Dre' Dunbar made the two-point conversion against y'all in 2009? That wasn't the first time someone's had a heart attack in the stands. The first time I know of was at Mid-County Madness the year before. You know how Aggies raise their kids to hate Longhorns and vice versa? Or how Alabama fans raise their kids to hate Auburn and vice versa and how Michigan fans raise their kids to hate Michigan State and vice versa? That's how it is with Mid-County Madness. There have been magazines that have called it the fiercest rivalry in the state, and it was mentioned as one of the state's top rivalries in the football exhibit at the Bullock Museum last year. The game doesn't just get broadcasted on two different radio stations and over the internet by both teams, it's now recorded and televised the following day. Supposedly, whoever monitors the internet broadcasts has reported hits on their site literally from all over the world. It's crazy, I know. But I don't think you'll find any PN-G or Nederland fans here who disagrees with me. I guess it's something you just have to experience to understand. [/quote]I hear what you're saying, but I don't know.  I understand the packed house deal.  I understand the off the field festivities.    I understand the love hate thing. I  understand the towns old timers chatting it up.  I understand the plane trips to see the game, and boy, do I remember that PN-G fan getting sick.  What you fail to realize is that this very same thing happens at other rivalry games, with the Soul Bowl being no exeption.  What's a 'top game'?  IMO, it's the overall experience from a fan's standpoint, wich means the amount of people in attendence plays NO factor.  I'm looking at the game.  Good football.  Players's speed, size, will to win.  I look at the halftimes.  Soul Bowl halftimes are worth the price of admission.  (you have to be there to see it).  It's almost like looking at a game on TV.  Does it really make a difference of  who's in the room with you when you're watching a top game?  (a room with a bunch of people or you watching it by your lonesome). [/quote] I'm sure it happens in other rivalries. I just think there's a reason MCM is ranked among the top of those rivalries. I guess we just look at the game differently. Not surprising that I would put emphasis on the arbitrary factors coming from a band background. [/quote]It's funny that you say that.  I've came from a band background myself.  I look at the game and the other fesitvities.  I've been around, witnessed, and performed for huge crowds before.  Still, it don't really make it a 'top game'.  Not trying to drag this topic into the mud because you make some very valid points, but I don't think I'll ever understand how an 'atmosphere' makes for a top game, in my book. [/quote] Soulja, you have to excuse Bamakid. He's been sheltered in Mid County. He don't know about the hype between the North End and South End. He don't understand band rivalries like PV/TSU/Southern/Grambling as well as Central/Ozen. You may have to educate him. ;D ;) [/quote]I think he understands what I'm saying, just like I understand what he's saying.  Between us, it may be one of those agree to disagree type deals.  8)

[quote name="Mr. Buddy Garrity" post="1253764" timestamp="1346244159"] [quote author=BMTSoulja1 link=topic=102188.msg1253728#msg1253728 date=1346239027] Too bad these games are played on the field and they will actually have to show up.  We're here to shock the world.  Would that really be shocking the world?  [b]We've beat these guys before without a second thought. [/b] [/quote] only guy on your team who remembers the last win is probably R. Mitchell cause he was a freshman on Varsity i believe, he also remembers the 2 straight spankings yall received also as he was the starting QB. 56-17 Titans blowout Central may have improved, but not enough to hang with any top 21-5A team. [/quote]You're right on a couple of things.  Robert was present on that team that last won.  He remembers what it takes.  Also, I'm sure he remembers that butt whippings from the previous 2 years.  It's called learning from your mistakes.  Hang with a top 21-5a team?  Do you even consider Memorial as a top 21-5a team?    ;) 8)