SmashMouth

Lmao. Touche’. Although I’ve heard from the looks of it, you were actually from that generation.

I’ve got a section of 25 reserved, and you are more than welcome to sit with us. PLENTY of room for you and whomever you want to bring. It’d be an honor. Except please don’t bring Cardinalbacker.

You don’t know where I’m sitting or where I’ve been. I’m not going to post the real issues I have with the coaches. If you want to know, I will PM you. The attendance at the home games is just like it was at their playoff game. I’m quite sure some parents had to work. But I’ll bet that’s not the case all the time. I was raised by a single mom with 5 brothers and sisters. Financially we had nothing. Ever. I worked since age 12 and had 2 part-time jobs in high school. I bought my own school clothes, paid for my school lunch because my mom wouldn’t sign up for the free/reduced lunch program. She said that there were other families that weren’t as “fortunate” as us to have 3 people in the family that could work (my mom, my older teenage sister and me). She gave us everything she had. I attended High School at Westbury in Houston my Freshman year. I dropped out of school as a freshman and went to work at a record store on S Post Oak. Rode my bike that I bought babysitting, throwing newspapers and cleaning the grounds and laundromat at our apartment complex. 7 of us in a 2 bedroom apartment, by the way. Started the 9th grade back in the fall at Westbury but soon moved to Lumberton in early September. I was a big kid, and I lifted weights and jogged on my own that summer. The counselor at Lumberton asked me if I ever thought about playing football. I told him yes, and I played football for the first time. I worked all through high school and graduated with honors. Attended Lamar where I also played for coach Ray Alborn. Playing high school football literally brought me from the ashes. I don’t know where YOU came from or what you do now, but I sure as Hell know where I’ve been.

Yep. I looked on their website and education stats.

Friday 7:30 PM

He was in the press box calling the offense for sure. Did a pretty good job, I think.

Wasn’t a judgment at all. Plenty of problems everywhere. But if you can look past the problems those kids have then you’re a dumbarse or just wanna argue.

Sounds like Bickham did pretty well!!!

Let’s go HF. DONT LET UP!

Proud of them bears. Great work!

Glad y’all made a playoff game Cards. Hope everyone made it out healthy.

Let’s go boys. Keep it up.

Updates?

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Let’s go ‘Horns!

That was Coach Mackey eatin some sausages...

Updates anyone?

Good job BEARS! Way to represent!

I agree on the poor coaching, but the entire scene reflects WAY more than that...

To answer one of your questions, why shouldn’t they play? Agree or not, they made the cut just like everyone else. They should play and play to win.

I struggled with writing this post since the Train played Wheatley last year in the playoffs. This year’s game setting was very similar to last year. The opponent, Wheatley, with good sized kids and athletic ability made a horrible showing. Not just on the field, but in the sidelines, in the stands, everywhere you looked in their direction. The band. More like the size of a garage band than a school band (helluva loud drummer and cymbal player though). I’d be stretching the truth to say there were a dozen kids in their band. Even less were the number of cheerleaders. No drill team, twirlers, flag corps, etc. to be seen. Parents/Fans probably were fewer than 2 dozen. And their coaches - good lord. They should be ashamed to take their paycheck. They should be ashamed for the product they’re turning out. They should be put in jail for both stealing and child neglect. It was sickening. I felt bad for those athletes and the other kids (band, cheerleaders, etc) that it actually took some of the fun out of the game for me personally. This topic could actually spawn hundreds of pages, but I’ll leave it at this... Kids, parents, coaches, community, be thankful for what you have. I know we all like to come on here and piss and moan (me included) about play calling or down years or so many other real issues that need addressed. But I thank God my kids never had to experience the downright negligence that the Wheatley school and community has dealt out to those kids. It’s about as disgusting thing as I have seen. I literally prayed for those boys on my way home last night.

I’d definitely take him as a defensive coach.

🤔 Hmmmm.

Yep, there’s always 2-8! 😬

So, you’re a drinking man, are you?