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If the issue is attendance, then let's address the issues underlying declining attendance. In sum: The increasing popularity of watching livestreams and broadcasts of the games, instead of actually going to them. Distance, both with respect to convenience and to the costs of transportation and lodging. Weather, which is less of an issue in domed stadiums but still factors into travel. Rotating locations probably isn't going to address all of those issues very well. If you move the championship games from AT&T to NRG and you have another year where four greater D-FW area schools are playing in four out of twelve championship games, you're probably going to see even lower attendance. Will shorter drives for greater Houston-area schools improve their attendance numbers? Probably. Enough to offset the losses among Dallas-area fans, overall? That's anybody's guess, but I'm skeptical. I know the UIL will never do this, but if the UIL really wants to gin up attendance numbers, reinstitute the ban on live broadcasts of the games. Make going to the game the only option to see the game in realtime. Regarding location, I think the smart play by the UIL would be to contract with multiple stadiums across the state, like AT&T, NRG, the Alamodome, DKR and Kyle Field, and assign championship sites based on which locations are the closest to being equidistant from the two high schools competing in each game. Would that improve attendance numbers? Probably in some games (I guarantee you that playing in Houston or College Station would have increased PN-G's already impressive numbers from last Friday), but I'm skeptical that it would increase attendance across the board. Either way, I suspect it would reduce the cost borne by most of the involved schools to get their students to the games, and generally make it easier on traveling families. Again, I know it's something the UIL will probably never do because of the cost to itself, the problems that would cause with respect to media coverage and the UIL's obvious preference for broadcasting games.

I really hated seeing Katy lose to Vandegrift last week, partly because I’m a Gary Joseph fan and partly because I just don’t like the Vandegrift faculty I’ve had to deal with in the past. But, my first thought on seeing that was that PN-G had just gotten a new assistant coach for the week, and I’m looking forward to seeing what he helps the Indians cook up. 😎

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Before we close this chapter, a great video of the crowd going absolutely wild as time expired last Friday:

Y'all are welcome to join the PN-G crowd! I have a few cousins in Orangefield that made it to the Brenham and Fort Bend Marshall games. Trying to get them to come to Dallas, too.

I was taught Cherokee my first day of Kindergarten at Woodcrest in 1998. Still know it. In those days, they handed all the kids a picture of an Indian and a purple crayon.

Should be in the ticket thread now.

Port Neches-Groves Indians vs. South Oak Cliff Golden Bears 7 PM, Friday, December 16, 2022 AT&T Stadium, Arlington, Texas PRICE: $20 per tickets for all 12/16 championship games; $15 per ticket for PN-G game only (use discount code 5ADIIN). LINK: [Hidden Content] *** ALL TICKET SALES ARE ONLINE ONLY; NO TICKETS WILL BE SOLD AT THE GATE *** *** TICKETS ARE GENERAL ADMISSION ONLY *** All of Southeast Texas is welcome on the PN-G side of the field. Let's show this state what real fan support looks like in high school football. See y'all in Dallas!

UPDATE: PN-G HAS SOLD OUT ITS TICKET ALLOTMENT!! Tickets are still available on the Liberty Hill side, though. Just saying. 😉 [Hidden Content]

UPDATE: PN-G HAS SOLD OUT ITS TICKET ALLOTMENT!! Tickets are still available on the Liberty Hill side, though. Just saying. 😉 [Hidden Content]

One last post to fire everybody up before we all hit the road. See y'all in Katy!

Brought to you courtesy of @Mr. Buddy Garrity: Alright folks, listen up. As of a few hours ago, PN-G had sold nearly 90% of the seats on the visitor’s side and was down to well under a thousand tickets remaining. We are fully expected to sell the remainder of our tickets before kickoff tomorrow. In anticipation of that sellout crowd tomorrow, Katy ISD is opening up overflow accommodations. REMEMBER: YOU CANNOT BUY TICKETS AT THE GATE. All ticket sales are online. You can purchase them at the following link for $10 apiece: [Hidden Content] Show up tomorrow, be loud, be proud, be everything the Southeast Texas is known across the state of Texas for. This is history in the making. Let’s go win a state championship berth! #AlwaysBeFaithful

Alright folks, listen up. As of a few hours ago, PN-G had sold nearly 90% of the seats on the visitor’s side and was down to well under a thousand tickets remaining. We are fully expected to sell the remainder of our tickets before kickoff tomorrow. In anticipation of that sellout crowd tomorrow, Katy ISD is opening up overflow accommodations. REMEMBER: YOU CANNOT BUY TICKETS AT THE GATE. All ticket sales are online. You can purchase them at the following link for $10 apiece: [Hidden Content] Show up tomorrow, be loud, be proud, be everything the Southeast Texas is known across the state of Texas for. This is history in the making. Let’s go win a state championship berth! #AlwaysBeFaithful

I confirmed this a few moments ago. We've sold around 3,680 tickets on the PN-G side (visitor's side) of the stadium for Friday's game so far. Adding in the band, Indianettes and twirlers, that leaves a little less than 2,000 tickets available at this time. Don't forget that tickets will not be sold at the gate. Tickets are on sale online only. Tickets will still be available for purchase online on the day of the game for $10 apiece, provided that we don't sell out by then. Let's sell out another stadium! Y'all know what to do: [Hidden Content]

Name another high school football team that's gotten a shoutout from the Governor AND the Speaker of the House over the last two months.

As I recall, 35,000 tickets were allotted to each school. PN-G nearly sold out its ticket allotment. Stephenville had maybe 5,000 fans present for that game.

39,102, to be precise.

[Hidden Content] Some interesting history regarding the Slot-T system Coach Vance has implemented at Liberty Hill. Veteran PN-G Indian fans will recognize a name on that list of Coach Vance's Slot-T mentors. Makes for an unexpected connection between these two teams.

Tickets will only be sold online. Prices are: $6 for students through Thursday. $8 for adults through Thursday. $10 for all attendees on Friday. TICKET SALES: [Hidden Content] STADIUM INFO: [Hidden Content] Let's show up, Southeast Texas!

Please thank your brother for coming Friday night. That meant a lot to the PN-G crowd.

!!! NO SEATS LEFT !!! “By the second quarter of this past Friday’s games, visitors entering Galena Park ISD Stadium from Port Neches-Groves were told as they arrived that there were no seats left. But that didn’t stop the sea of purple and white from standing along walls, sitting on stairs and finding a way to watch the Indians advance past the fourth round of the playoffs for the first time since 1999.” [Hidden Content]

We started getting in full weeks of practice, for one, and the kids acclimated to the new system. People forget that the Memorial game was the first game under a new head coach who wasn’t able to get in all the practice he wanted due to the weather leading up to that game. There were a lot of people, including a few on this site, that doubted the new coach after that game. What did I tell y’all then? Be patient. Patience is paying big dividends right now.

That’s Nguyen. Maybe the shiftiest runningback I’ve ever seen at PN-G. One head on a three-headed purple monster this year with Adams and Hebert, though I believe Hebert is injured.

As soon as I have ticket details, I’ll post them here.

Y’all spread the word. I keep an apartment in Leander for my job in Austin. I want to pack both sides of the stadium and give them a Southeast Texas welcome.