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Prayers to you and your family. I have no doubt that his legacy will be carried on for a very long time.

That's what I told him! He told me that he was a Lee fan before he started high school, but his parents moved and he had to go to Sterling. This was in the late 70's.

I work with a guy here in Albuquerque that went to Sterling, but he's a Lee fan. Kinda weird. Anyway, should be a good one. I'll take Lee 28-27 in a reversal of last year's score.

I forgot about him. He moved to Diboll after Hurricane Rita. Great player.

Mitchell was something else. Ben Bronson brought us back in huge games against Liberty and Huntsville back in my time there, too.

Carthage would beat China by a million. Most of those kids don't even know what a football is. 🤣

I remember someone saying at one time that WOS put their best all-around football players on defense and focused more on keeping people off the scoreboard. We have enough athletes in the program that we should be able to find 11 guys to do that AND enough to run a good offense that can score. CB made a good point about our quarterbacks, though. We haven't had many historically that are dynamic enough to overcome deficits. Jasper has to become a defense-first program from the top all the way down. It's the only way we're going to have a chance. Walkoviak knew that and we went toe-to-toe with so many teams because of that. WOS guys from that era know how good those Jasper teams were. We were nasty on defense and we need to get back to that.

The Jasper football program is like the pretty girl that's bad habits drive you freaking nuts, but you're ugly and she loves you, so you put up with her issues. 🤣 It's time to move forward like some of you have that follow other schools. Who's back for the Bulldogs next year? Is there any word on whether the schedule will be similar to what this season's was supposed to be? Are we even gonna be penciled in as the #2 team in district behind Carthage? We're losing Adams and Limbrick to graduation, so the offense is going to take a hit, but Smith made all kinds of plays on defense as a freshman and it'll be exciting to see him grow in the next three years. How will the coaches adapt to what they saw against the better teams that the Bulldogs played? Will Coach Barbay change the philosophy at all?

I'll take the Bulldogs by 2 touchdowns. 35-21. China Spring is very good, but Carthage is on a mission.

They're very run-heavy with a very athletic and fast quarterback that can also throw it when they need him to. They also have a tailback that looks like he'd be slow, but that bowling ball can roll. He got past our defense like we were just standing there and did the same thing in the two games against WOS and Sealy. I think Carthage is strong enough on defense to limit them some. They'll probably make a few plays, but I think the Bulldogs should win by a couple of touchdowns....somewhere in the neighborhood of 35-21.

I've watched China Spring all the way through their run and they're a really good football team, but Carthage just has another gear in the playoffs. There's no stopping the Bulldogs.

My best memory of Saban is when he was coaching at Michigan State and had to play the 1995 Nebraska team that is considered one of the best ever. The Huskers won that game 50-10.

What does Nick Saban know about football? 🤣

I don't know who you think you are, but we don't have any room to talk sh*t about anybody right now. We don't act like clowns on this forum. Understand?

I can't relate. I decided to go Mr. Clean when I was about 30, but I don't have the patience to grow it back at 47. LOL

I think we can all agree on that last statement. Things have gone nuts here in NM the past two weeks or so. The governor issued stay-at-home orders that went into effect this morning. I'm sure Silsbee has improved and they deserve credit for pushing through adversity and getting this far, but Carthage is a constant buzz saw that won't be stopping this week for sure. I'll say Carthage 40, Silsbee 14. Good luck, Tigers.

The last time I saw anything on it (from one of the news sites), Barbay was getting around $95k in Jasper, so their pay scale is most likely very close to Lumberton's. I doubt that he's going anywhere, but I can't help but put Jasper in a hypothetical situation like this. I doubt they would start someone else out at a salary like that unless he came in with the same track record. It would probably be someone with less experience. Lumberton is in a tougher spot than Jasper would be just because there would be a lot more work to do to change the culture of the program and like someone mentioned, a lot of losses would pile up in the process. A college that I follow (Nebraska) is going through the same thing with Scott Frost. It's tough and requires a lot of patience from everyone involved. Just find someone that understands winning culture and give him time and money to build it. Most schools go through long periods of losing at some point. I've studied a lot of schools' histories that are posted here and it happens and then someone brings them out of it.

I'll probably listen to the game on KOGT since I've got nothing better to do. Gotta call a spade a spade. It's not my fault we lost. LOL 🙄

I was too young to see the Cards when he put them on the map in the late 70's, but I enjoyed watching his teams at OU after he left Beaumont and it was cool to see him come back to LU to finish out his career. His style of play was very entertaining. That's for sure. He'll definitely be missed.

The scoreboard doesn't lie. You're absolutely right.

I really hope that game is still on the schedule next year. Good luck to you guys next week. China Spring is no joke!

Me too. I still remember the first time we played them in 1986 in Orange and came out on top 21-8. I was 13 and I thought that was the coolest thing ever. At the time, I had no idea that they would have our number for so long after that. Those first few years were INTENSE. Almost every game was a nail biter and you could literally feel the angst between Dan Hooks and Gene Walkoviak. I wonder if they still don't like each other. LOL

You've always been more level-headed than some of your Tiger fans also. Tonight was tough and I hope you guys play Carthage tougher than we did. We'll never be fans of each other's teams, but I'd have a cold one and talk some football with you any day...

Yeah. You're absolutely right. It's called the transitive property and that doesn't mean anything in football. It's all about matchups.

China Spring has an excellent quarterback and tailback that we couldn't stop. They were up 3-0 after the first quarter and it looked like it was gonna be a good, low scoring game and then our wheels came off. They were faster than we are on both sides of the ball, no question. I'm looking forward to seeing how they measure up to WO-S. I love good football and that's gonna be a fantastic ball game.