tvc184

Not to worry unless they are about to vacation in Pensacola.

Forget the models, I have already made the call.

Wow... the computer models have all changed from the time I went to bed and the time I woke up. Go figure. I am guessing Alabama or the panhandle of Florida. Landfall will be no farther west than New Orleans.... in my totally bias and unscientific guesstimate. Pensacola had better start boarding up those windows.

We can what if this thing until it makes landfall. Anything more than about 48 hours out is a guess based on conditions "at that moment". The odds of making an accurate forcast of landfall 7 days out are slim to none. Due to that, I am encouraged that the thing looks to be heading our way. ;D

I think that is a ton of talent for any size high school for being there all at one time.

Not me. I think they have a chance at being the surprise team of the year.

I think Vidor may be the Lumberton of last year. They have a lot of experience coming back from a decent team a year ago. Just like Lumberton in '06, they lost a lot of games but played good at times and then had most of the team returning for last season. Vidor has a chance to do the same thing this year.

I know that this drives some people crazy but this was just a practice. Dayton is obviously better than Lumberton but I suspect that the results would have been similar had Dayton played anyone in that district this week. This score will only be recorded on internet web sites. Lumberton got to see a great team up close and personal so it should let them know what they need to do. If nothing else, maybe some of the players might have retained some cockiness from last year's team making the playoffs (although I know no fans will admit that) and this should shake them out of any if it existed. Last year Lumberton had most of their team returning. This year they are breaking in a fairly new team. They don't need to be better than Dayton at this point, only better than most of the teams in 20-4A. I don't think they will have quite the success of last year but they can still make the playoffs and this was one heck of a test.

Do we have a hater More than likely just a realist. Speculation is great because we can guess at anything since it can't be proven. Woulda, shoulda, coulda...............

It actually sounds fairly decent considering the problems that can come with the knee. I think they should sit him out no matter what to give him plenty of time to heal. No need to push it for a scrimmage.

No, I said $15 a year (I rounded it off, there is actually an additional 87¢ for a total of $15.87 per year) if the turf and press box were $2,000,000. Remember, the bond is for $126 million. Take away the football stadium and it drops the bond issue down to a mere $124 million right? I don't know how much the football stadium upgrades are going to cost but it really doesn't matter if you are looking at taxes. Sorry games but break out your pad and pencil or just use the calculator on your computer. Either you failed math or you are just making up stuff for the sake of argument.

Yeah, I would rather "win" if I was just racing you to see who answers the phone first. If I was in practice, I would rather "win" while blocking you during drills. When watching game shows on television, I would rather yell out the correct answer before someone else beats me to it. It is still meaningless in a scrimmage.

Pretty much. It is hard to believe that Dayton's fan will feel a revenge on Lumberton knocking them out of an undefeated district last year by saying that this year, they won a practice.

No way, you've got it all wrong. If WO-S goes 15-0 this season and wins state but is outscored in their scrimmage this week, their record will show 15-1. Now that I am finished being sarcastic, I agree with you bh34.

You need to read up about the bond. Very little of the money is going to the stadium. They want to build three new schools and do major upgrades on the others. Thats where all the money is going. No kidding. If the new press box and turf costs $2,000,000, that is 1.5% of the bond money. Assuming that games24x7 is correct and a person has a $1,000 a year increase in taxes, the comes out to $15 a year for the football upgrades or $1.25 per month extra. If you want to break it down further, it is a little over 25¢ per week. If a guy can live in a $200,000 home, I believe that he can afford a quarter a week in extra taxes. The education part of the bond comes out to almost $20 per week. Let's see.... 25¢ for football compared to $20 for education. But let's go way out on a limb and say the turf and press box are $4 million. That brings the extra cost up to $2.50 per month on that big home or an unbelievable 57¢ per week. I think games24x7 is just against the bond and is trying to figure out a way to justify its defeat. Great. Go for it and let democracy rule. Let's just try to stick with some facts along the way and not try to make it look like education is being traded in for the sake of sports. That $1,000 extra per year would "only" be $985 if not for the stadium upgrades. So games24x7, pry open that wallet and spring for the extra $1.25 a month, it won't break your budget. :

A scrimmage is nothing more than a practice to see where you stand. I am sure that coaches try things in scrimmages that would not be tried in the same situation if it was a district game on the line. That is what scrimmages are for which is practice. I would rather my team kick another team all over the field in a scrimmage and look good to show that they are making progress and yet "lose" the scrimmage than to get lucky and "win" by a touchdown because of a fumble but my team got shoved all over the field. In the regular season if my team has negative yards of offense but wins on an interception run back, great. In a scrimmage where you are trying to see what works and what doesn't, that same scenario means we have a lot of work to do with little time left to do it.

You can view all of the area schedules at: [Hidden Content] Lumberton Raiders (scrimmage)Saturday, Aug 23 @ Dayton 10am Aug. 29 @ Hamshire-Fannett Sept. 5 Barbers Hill Sept. 12 @ Silsbee Sept. 19 OPEN Sept. 26 Livingston* Oct. 3 @ Vidor* Oct. 10 Beaumont Central* Oct. 17 Beaumont Ozen* Oct. 24 @ Port Neches-Groves* Oct. 31 Little Cypress-Mauriceville* Nov. 7 @ Nederland*

I'm with you. Between game cams and every device on the market today with cameras built in, why haven't we seen the pics? They might very well be out there..... but they seem to be as elusive as Big Foot.

Wally World have a few pallets of 40 pound bags for $6.67 this week.

Yep. Out of all the saltwater fish that I have caught over the years, my mother wants to keep the croaker. If you can get into some of decent size, it is even better. They are the one inshore fish that are tasty enough to keep up with freshwater fish in my opinion.

Imitation is the best form of flattery.

That's pretty much it. Sometimes I can't believe the amount of interest in scores. WHO WON, WHO WON? The answer is easy. Nobody won. It is a practice but against another team.

They'll take a scrimmage huh?

You keep it?

IF the article is correct, it stated about Nederland's defense: "Nederland did not allow a score and only allowed three first downs, including one to Kelly and two to Silsbee."