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Yeah, I get off at 6:15....so I will be getting there right at 7 at best  >:(

Is there alternative parking in case that fills up?  Is it even in danger of filling up?  I seem to remember having trouble last time I went, but that was 13 years ago.

If you go and look at the stats from the Manvel-FB Austin game....I think this is more a matter of GCM just not getting it done right now. Manvel won that game against Austin, but just looking at it, they didn't look too good on paper.

This game is in Dayton correct? Where is Dayton's stadium located now? Where's the best place to park?

Has Angleton moved up freshman Josie to varsity yet?

Whats happening out there guys?  I know Manvel has a good qb, but is GCM just that bad this year?

Lord have mercy

[quote name="NDNTime" post="842514" timestamp="1284061613"] A fight song cannot even be considered for being the best when a majority of the people have never heard it.  When you have to put a youtube link up so everyone can get to hear it for the first time cannot equate to being the best fight song.  With that being said, whether you love it or you hate, Cherokee is the most recognizable fight song and is known throughout this area.  And everyone's disdain for Cherokee is what makes it so great.  It creates a passion for those that love it and those that hate it. [/quote] Did you post on the wrong thread? This was the thread for best fight song, not most widely known.  Best fight song has about as much to do with how well known it is as football has to do with tiddlywinks.  The two are not now, nor ever will be related.

[quote name="bobbymcgee" post="842413" timestamp="1284050175"] Ball High fight song: We know no bounds or limits Victory is our aim. We stand tonight with all our might We're going to win this game. Greater than wings of eagles Stronger than the tide We are Tornadoes, victory-bound Tornadoes We are the greatest power known! B-A-L-L H-I-G-H T-O-R-S Tors! We never fear [b]Port Arthur[/b], Abilene or Ray We are Tornadoes, victory-bound Tornadoes We are the greatest power known! fight song comes on at 1:00 minute mark [Hidden Content] [/quote] That's the one. Gets me fired up for some football for sure.  Thanks for the link.

[quote name="baypat" post="842055" timestamp="1283981016"] panamamyers - nothing like Dixie and Dull Razor to get a Gander fan going!  What is the status of the band playing those songs this year?  Just remember talk in the past the band director did not let the band play them.  Can't wait till the last game of the season. :)  Sitting on one side but still a Gander! Merla Kramer (Former REL Coach Ron Kramer's wife) can sing every schools song and fight song.  :D  Now she's at GCM. [/quote] They played Dixie in the game against LP, because I made a note to listen for it.  In the Sterling game, I am not sure. I know in the past it would depend on who we were playing.  If we played Port Arthur, no Dixie.  If we play Deer Park, Dixie was ok.  Seems weird to me, but I think Port Arthur specifically complained about it. I would hate to see them do away with it. The song that got me pumped up even more was this one that I uploaded on youtube quite some time back... [url=[Hidden Content] Gander band[/url]

[quote name="swampdude" post="842274" timestamp="1284008337"] [quote author=king link=topic=72641.msg841930#msg841930 date=1283969390] What is bridge city fight song  ??? ??? [/quote] "Semper Paratus"     Is is the anthem of the U. S. Coast Guard [/quote] Just gave a listen to that on youtube.  That is a great fight song for sure.  I believe Deer Park also uses it. I just thought of another one. Galveston Ball [url=[Hidden Content] Ball fight song - AKA theme song from the movie Giant[/url] The key points that really sound like their fight song are at 22 seconds and at 45 seconds. My dad always used to sing words to it...not sure if it really was the words that Ball High put in there or what.  starting at 22 seconds to about 40 seconds with "we are the greatest, yes we are the greatest, we are the greatest team on earth"  always sounded like it fit to me lol It didn't sound quite as great when John Humprhey was slicing us up like swiss cheese in the second round of the 1994 playoffs.

Can't say I disagree with you.

I'll let you know after everyone plays Montgomery.

Chronicle only enters total stats based off what they have listed for each game. If they only list the one receiver who had 8 catches for 120 yards and a td for a certain game, then the other two that had 4 catches for 50 yards will never appear in the season stats. So the total stats are a little worthless for individuals unless they are the leading rusher, receiver or passer in EVERY single game of the season.

Paw Power by West Brook always got me fired up...not sure that's their fight song though. Baytown Lee and Baytown Sterling both have fight songs that get me fired up as well. I think it just depends on what you heard most growing up.  I've heard Lee play Dixie 5,000 times over the years, so it makes sense it's the one I am tied to most emotionally. Fight, fight, fight Sterling Rangers is another one even though I don't like Sterling much.  I heard it so much over the years, it's bound to trigger some emotion.

Lee has absolutely zero discipline.  No doubt. I told my wife at the game Friday that it looked like they were just out for their first day of playing football...ever. I do remember the make up of that 86 team pretty well...as well as can be expected for a 10 year old at the time. Lee no longer has the depth of talent to compete with North Shore and Eisenhower and those guys. Lee should, as you point out, have the talent to compete in 19-4A. Maybe a move to a sophomore qb will turn things around for them one more time.

Thanks for the video. Looked like a good game.

If the logic you are using is that Crosby got hammered last year at the beginning on the year then did well at the end, so that must be the case again this year....then I'm not going to buy that...sorry. As far as Lee sneaking in anywhere.... I, nor any of the other 3 Lee fans in existence, have no delusions of grandeur when it comes to the Ganders. I'm ate up with my desire for the Ganders to do well. That clouds my judgment and my ability to make cogent points in this forum. I still think the Ganders have a chance in this district....maybe not as good of a chance as Dayton and Crosby, but a chance nonetheless if things fall right.

Lee may struggle in 4A.  We won't know until we play some 4A teams. Haven't played any yet. Anything can happen.  This isn't 2000-2009.  This is 2010. I'd just be interested to see what you are basing your predictions on. If it's past year's performance, then fine.... I'd just be interested where the posters that are calling this a two team race are getting their information. Crosby has not done well at all.  I would think getting plastered by Montgomery and PNG would hold more water than anything they may or may not have done last year. Dayton I would guess has the best argument.  They worked over WOS, albeit in a scrimmage, and they also played a solid 5A team to a virtual standstill. 

I remember that too.  I was in about 6th grade that season when LM pounded Lee, then Lee came back and played them fairly strong in the playoffs. I did say everyone this side of LT in my post. I know it's not always the case, but it was an old argument I was having back in the spring/early summer with GCMPat.  As far as I am concerned, any team in the district, maybe save for NF, has a chance to win district. Barbers Hill nearly beat Dayton last year.  Crosby did beat them.  Crosby has not looked the same so far this year.  Dayton looked strong in scrimmages, but then got beat by a team that is perennially not very good(granted it was a 5A team).  BH, GCM and Lee have all looked suspect. I don't blame people for eliminating Lee from the equation already. It must be said that they have been without two of their top three skill position players and two others that would be playing a lot in the defensive backfield these first two games. Do those guys ever come back healthy this year?  Who knows? Would those two skill position guys have scored another 50 points on LP?  Of course not. LP was simply too good for Lee.  Lee would be able to strike a lot more fear into the hearts of defenses once those two guys come back though. Hopefully they will both be back for district.  We shall see.

Elkins is an average to above average team. I'll let you decide.  You're the one that was there. They will get hammered by a team like Hightower. I was giving Dayton props for staying with Elkins, because I was trying to reiterate my earlier point about 5A being tougher than 4A.  An average to above average 5A team like Elkins will give problems to a 4A team like Dayton or Crosby or Montgomery or PNG or anyone this side of LT. The fact that Dayton hung in there shows that Dayton is pretty good, but I don't know if I would want to predict the outcome of the district based on a bunch of teams that have all lost their games.

Dayton just needs to work on their fade routes. Angleton's weakness is the deep ball. The side to side passing game will not work that well in my opinion.

I am sure that Dayton is a good team. I'm just saying that we can't really crown them or Crosby at this point. Neither one of them has won a game yet. I guess we can, because this is all conjecture anyways. I just don't see any evidence to back it up after one of them is 0-1 and the other is 0-2.

Gregory-Portland didn't seem to have any trouble with PNG. Montgomery and PNG are good teams. I didn't say otherwise. Getting hammered by good teams does not make one good though. It just means you are not as good as those good teams. Losing to average 5A teams(Elkins) does not really say a whole lot about you either.

Look, Dayton lost to a mediocre 5A team. Crosby was hammered by two good 4A teams.  Lee lost to a mediocre to poor 5A team and was hammered by a good 5A team. Barbers Hill lost to two mediocre 4A teams. GCM lost to 2 mediocre 4A teams. Galena Park beat two horrible 4A teams. CE King beat a bad 4A team and lost to an average 4A team. NF lost to a private school and then beat probably the worst 4A team in the state. I guess you could say Dayton has the better end of that deal so far in that they at least played toe to toe with a run of the mill 5A team.