La Porte vs Deer Park: 65th Border Battle - 8/29, 7:00 p.m., Bulldog Stadium

[OlDawg]

1 hour ago, Old Ape said:

Santa Anna capture site is by the Washburn tunnel in Pasadena TX.

You're correct. That's where the marker is located as an approximate spot. South of the old Simpson Paper Mill. Deer Park is where the surrender treaty was drafted. Then, Santa Anna was brought back to San Jacinto Battlefield to sign according to the Daughters of the Republic. The marker is at the battlefield site by the Channel.

Deer Park likes to take credit for a lot of things. So, we let them have some just to make them feel better about themselves. 😜

They paid a lot of money for that big sign that says they're the Birthplace of Texas. Wouldn't want it to go to waste.

[OlDawg]

Okay…Bulldog Stadium is AWESOME!

For the Border Battle, the bands & drill teams will sit on the track area. Every single seat has been sold—not counting Press (4 local TV stations & other football sites/publications).

A lot bigger than it appears online, the sound system is LOUD, and the video screen is very large & crystal clear. The video board outside on the south side of the stadium already is showing info about the rivalry. Doesn’t look like the ribbon scoreboard around the horseshoe is totally finished yet. But, I was told it will be ready for Friday night.

Was worried about the heat with the horseshoe closed in. But, there’s a very nice bay breeze coming in.

Only issue I see is parking is a little lacking & spread out. They’re going to have shuttles for the Border Battle between parking lots for the disabled.

Wish I could post a movie. But, it wouldn’t do it justice.

Go Dawgs!

[Big Daddy Cool]

9 hours ago, OlDawg said:

Okay…Bulldog Stadium is AWESOME!

For the Border Battle, the bands & drill teams will sit on the track area. Every single seat has been sold—not counting Press (4 local TV stations & other football sites/publications).

A lot bigger than it appears online, the sound system is LOUD, [b]and the video screen is very large & crystal clear.[/b] The video board outside on the south side of the stadium already is showing info about the rivalry. Doesn’t look like the ribbon scoreboard around the horseshoe is totally finished yet. But, I was told it will be ready for Friday night.

Was worried about the heat with the horseshoe closed in. But, there’s a very nice bay breeze coming in.

Only issue I see is parking is a little lacking & spread out. They’re going to have shuttles for the Border Battle between parking lots for the disabled.

Wish I could post a movie. But, it wouldn’t do it justice.

Go Dawgs!

So you're saying you can see it without your glasses on?🤣🤣

[OlDawg]

3 hours ago, Big Daddy Cool said:

So you're saying you can see it without your glasses on?🤣🤣

I think so. One of the cool things I haven’t seen elsewhere at high school stadiums is—between the seating levels—on the concourse on both sides are large ribbon video boards that they programmed in things like ‘big hit!’, growling, and stuff like that with flashing colors & sounds, etc. like you’d see at a professional stadium. As it was getting darker, even with the stadium lights on, the graphics & sound lit up the stadium. I can see it really getting the crowd pumped up.

It’s going to be something else again tomorrow night. I asked the Superintendent (Dr. Jackson) to make sure they would announce crowd size when he had to let us out to the elevator. They’ve sold everything they could & still had people wanting more seats.

He did say they were going to have some type of temporary block to keep the fan bases apart in the stands for this specific game—if that gives people a clue on if this is a friendly rivalry or not.

[Big Daddy Cool]

1 hour ago, OlDawg said:

I think so. One of the cool things I haven’t seen elsewhere at high school stadiums is—between the seating levels—on the concourse on both sides are large ribbon video boards that they programmed in things like ‘big hit!’, growling, and stuff like that with flashing colors & sounds, etc. like you’d see at a professional stadium. As it was getting darker, even with the stadium lights on, the graphics & sound lit up the stadium. I can see it really getting the crowd pumped up.

It’s going to be something else again tomorrow night. I asked the Superintendent (Dr. Jackson) to make sure they would announce crowd size when he had to let us out to the elevator. They’ve sold everything they could & still had people wanting more seats.

He did say they were going to have some type of temporary block to keep the fan bases apart in the stands for this specific game—if that gives people a clue on if this is a friendly rivalry or not.

Randall Reed in New Caney has the ribbon video boards.