Bulldog92

Broadcaster, are you getting this game over the air, or the web?  I am trying to connect to KJAS and I am getting a "failure to find file" message.

I had to rollback to whatever my previous Windows Media Player was. Now the webcast comes in as clear as a bell. I did this be uninstalling the current version and it prompted me to roll it back.

yeah I am on KJAS web cast

Can you send me the link to the webcast? For some reason I can't get it to play on my Windows Media Player like I normally can. Thanks...

Not a bad start at all for the 'Dogs. Coach Mixon seems to be doing very well in following up probably the most successful coach in our baseball history in Mike Rogers. Where did Coach Rogers go anyway and how's he doing?

First lets get the team...

Let's also see what Dodge can do at UNT. I think he'll do well there, but you never really know. LU would certainly have to pour in a ton of money just to promote the product well enough to meet the 15,000 average attendance requirement for home games. Some of the bigger high schools in the area drew at least as well in those days.

Looks like there have been around 20 new applications and that Coleman won't be ready to present a coach to the school board until around 3/18. This is per kjas.com.

  Nothing like a middle age man with a personality!!!!

And I'm quite possibly the worst pitcher to EVER take the field in Jasper. I'm so glad Shawn has put more emphasis on pitching for the Bulldogs...

What about the relay team from JAsper a few years back????

1991- Jasper 4 x 400 meter relay (Charles Adams, John Davis, Bryan Bronson, Terence Davis) ran a 40.32 to set a national record.

1985- Current Bulldog track coach Tony Allen ran a 46.76 400-meter dash

1991- Jasper's Bryan Bronson ran a 36.53 in the 300m intermediate hurdles

2002- Bulldog Jaimoy Bryant had a 49-3.5" triple jump.

These are all 4A Region III records. The late Lloyd Weatherspoon (1955-2006) was our coach there. He has worked with every one of these guys and will be sorely missed and fondly remembered.

You can't compare other coaches/programs to Curtis Barbay.  He stands alone.  He's one of kind.  Great coach. . . . great man.

Agreed.  ;D

It's not a question of "if", but "when". LU approved softball and just announced the first womens soccer class. LU is now covering title IX. No reason to add those 2 sports unless football is coming back. The big conference realignment is coming in 2010. LU will need to announce football soon in order to upgrade out of the Southland. This area will not support a FCS(I-AA) playing in the Southland.

  I can understand covering Title IX to add football, but to jump right into D1 is very ambitious. The only conference I could see them joining at this point would be the Sun Belt and they would get mauled for the first few years and be amongst the national bottom-feeders. Why not start out in 1-AA while the facilities are being ramped up? You could still schedule the guarantee games with bigger schools to bring money into the athletic budget and possibly move up to 1-A after a few years.

  A similar example would be South Florida. They started out as Division II (I think) and worked their way up through 1-AA within a couple of years and up to 1-A a few years after that, making money and having success along the way. They are very competitive in 1-A and I would hope to see Lamar do something similar. There are plenty of schools that are in 1-A that might never win there (Idaho, LA-Monroe, LA-Lafayette, etc) consistently and might best be served dropping back to 1-AA. I would be very careful not to put LU too high too soon.

I completely agree, but is there enough of a groundswell in the community and within the university to actually put this in motion?

Lamar University will never beat out the UT's, A&M's, LSU's, Texas Tech's of the world of college football on a player. If those kids are good enough to play at the elite football schools it will be hard to land them even if Lamar had a winning football program rich in tradition. I somewhat disagree with the local economy statement. From everything I've read and heard, un-employment is the lowest it has been in 10 years and it is definitely better than back in the 80's. The wages for this area are comparable to other areas in the state. For example in my career field, I'm make more than I did when working in the D/FW metroplex.

In closing, there is a major population growth expected in SE Texas in the next 5-10 years with growth in population in the Triangle said to be over 500,000. That would be huge for the economy and Lamar University with or without football!

Your points are all well taken. If you're right about the population boom and the growth in the talent pool, it shouldn't take LU long to become a very respectable 1-AA football school. It would be nice to have some Jasper kids in the program, too. It always seemed like they would opt for everybody else (McNeese, SHSU, SFA, etc.) and being a lifelong Cardinal fan, that always bothered me. I know that those schools are pretty strong in football, but I'd love to see LU get to that level...

It would be great to have football back at Lamar, but at what level would they start and how would scholarship numbers be affected by that? I totally agree that the Cards would have to get as many recruits from the area as they can, but how many of those kids can afford tuition if there are limitations on scholarships? We all know the economy isn't very good in Southeast Texas, so for a while it might be tough to get some of the better available local kids when they can get their educations paid for at more established football schools. Thoughts?

I graduated in 89 with a class of 217.

Mine was projected to be around the same number in '92, but I left a year early. The lower classes then were bigger. It's just amazing how enrollment has dropped so much since then, but a lot has happened to make people consider leaving, too.

Jasper sure isn't. There were probably 1000 kids when I was there fron 88-91 and they're down at least 200 since then. It was getting bad before Rita and she certainly didn't help things. I'm sure a lot of people are wondering if that has something to do with it. Losing Moye didn't help, either.

It sure was. That game was the true definition of a slobberknocker. I'm surprised that two of the other great games we played with you guys ('86 quarters 15-21; '90 district 7-13) weren't mentioned. Even though they were both heartbreakers for us Bulldogs, they were great games. It's been a great rivalry, but it seemed a lot more intense in those first few years...

The 2 best games I have seen:

1987 - WO-S vs. Aldine MacArthur

I believe Aldine was #3 in the nation and the Mustangs beat them 6-3 on a late touchdown.  That was an awesome game.

1987 - WO-S vs. Jasper

WO-S kicks a late field goal to win 3-0 after each team had blown FG chances earlier in the game.  Both of those teams had great defenses!!  It was fun to watch!!

I was at that Jasper/WO-S game. I doubt there was 50 yards total offense all night between the two teams. Jasper fumbled deep in their own territory and that was the ball game. The Mustangs were #1 and Jasper #2 in 4A if I remember correctly.

Farrar an asst. will have a good shot at getting the job.

  From what I hear, that's the popular choice among the kids there that have played for him. The Dogs have had a pattern of getting guys that see the program as a stepping stone for something bigger and better. There were a bunch of coaches that applied for the job when Coach Brooks left, so I hope some good coaches will put their names in the proverbial hat. Sadly, it may never be the last stop that Coach Walkoviak might have envisioned when he took that job back in '77, but I would hope that someone could re-fortify the program and stick around for a while.   

  To that end, you have to admire what Coach Hooks and Coach Barbay have done at WO-S and Newton, respectively, and what Coach Alvarez has done in his time at Kirbyville. On a side note, I got to know Coach Alvarez during my last year in Jasper when he was working on Coach Walkoviak's staff. He's a GREAT guy and I'm happy that he's found success with the Wildcats, even though he's throttled the 'Dogs a time or two lately.