tvc184

No kidding. I wish that I only had to follow the rules that I agree with.

Sure there is a rule. A school official walked up and told the students to cover up. They have that authority on their property. The school officials can go as far as having offenders arrested for trespassing if they fail to leave when asked. I have seen that in person. I don't see a problem with no shirts and think the principal is being too strict but when told to comply or leave, the students made their choice. How much of a rule do you need?

I don't care one way or the other. I don't think the students have a complaint however about being put out of the game. There seems to be different versions of the events but there seems to be one that is not in dispute. They were given a warning before they were tossed out. I have a problem with students not following rules whether they like the rules or not. If a school official tells you something you don't like, oh well. Follow the rules and file a grievance later. Get the parents to go in front of the school board. I have no problem with appeals or grievances. There is a time and place to fight a rule or regulation and they chose the wrong venue.

Pretty much, with the exception of a team that has been struggling for a couple of years now. Even they have the chance to play a good game and shock someone. I think a lot of PNG fans (not the players) fell into the trap of beating up on LCM and thinking that meant they were ready to take on all comers. This district is full of traps just waiting to be sprung.

I have a feeling that Central, Vidor and Lumberton may have a different take on that. Even though a rivalry game, I don't think PNG put up the best fight that we will see. Maybe on another day they might have but not that night. I hope that you are correct but I don't believe it.

Yeah, Jordan Landry from Nederland could be up for defense. Thanks for the notice.

The Load

This is beyond silly. You can't even have a toy gun without offending someone now. It takes about half a brain to see this as a skit that has no evil intent. Apparently they have a few student protesters that are future members of PETA.

He's from PNG, you have to read between the lines. ;D

At least it is good to see PNG rated 22 places higher than Nederland. ;D

Maybe it is how you look at or use words. I think stating a reason is not making an excuse. To say that another team kicked our butts or that the other team had better play calling or we didn't execute is not making an excuse. I know that by definition, excuse and reason is roughly the same. In my opinion however, when I hear someone trying to make an excuse, it implies whining. It is like saying that if the refs hadn't blown that call or if the other team didn't cheat or maybe the refs let the other team get away with the that they called on us. That is making an excuse in my opinion. Anytime someone loses in any game there is a reason for it. Stating the reasons is different than making excuses. Obviously other people have a different view on how words are used.

It seems like on the Lumberton/Vidor threads, there has been a lot of talk from some Lumberton fans about all kinds of reasons for the loss. I haven't seen much of anything from the PNG people. Most of theirs is, we got our butts whipped and I wish the coach would have done something different. If the PNG fans are complaining, I must have missed it.

The refs blew the holding/unsportsmanlike call. PNG got robbed of a down when Nederland declined the holding call. As far as hitting the receiver on the supposed fair catch, I never saw a fair catch signal and I was right in front of where he received the ball. I never saw his hand go clearly above his head and start waving side to side. If that was claimed to be a fair catch, either the receiver doesn't know how to signal it or he was trying to get away with one.

You bet. We have been very busy censoring these boards this weekend. Hopefully it will slow down a bit until next weekend.

Yep. This is the kind of games that scare me the most. I know which teams is better but so does everyone else.... including the players for both teams. LCM would like nothing more than to knock down the team that knocked them out of the playoffs a couple of years ago in their stadium.

Maybe the cheerleaders.

This is the schedule for week 10 in 20-4A. Beaumont Central at Port Neches-Groves Beaumont Ozen at Little Cypress-Mauriceville Vidor at Livingston Lumberton at Nederland I am going to guess that the LCM/Ozen game will be meaningless in the standings but the other three games have playoff implications. It might be a wild night to finish the district.

I don't know about being in a panic but PNG looks like they have a strong passing game. I think they should have gone to is sooner. That is not their tradition of student body right or left and ball control but I think they need to be passing more often. I think PNG has the people to pull it off.

you don't understand we never ever get over confident I heard the same thing from some Lumberton fans this last week.

Geez.... time for a group hug.

The PNG fans didn't seem much of a factor after all and were strangely quiet for most of the game. I didn't hear Cherokee played very often either. PNG might have been hungry but they found bulldog a bit tough to chew on. Maybe that tender bear meat on Tuesday night spoiled them.

could be a record ??? Not hardly. We have had a couple of one post wonders.

I'm with you Sherm. I watch the Boy Scouts raise the flag at most games and they do it wrong, technically speaking. I thought the scouts were big on the Flag Code and the respect that goes with it but they do not raise the flag in the correct manner. In the scheme of bad things in the world, this is miniscule in nature.... but I still wish they would do it correctly.

Yeah, he must have been daydreaming on that pick.

Unfortunately for Lumberton, DCTF doesn't have a very good track record.