Bigdog

None of the above!! ;D ;D But seriously, how can anyone who wears baby blue be dogging some else's jerseys?

Read the post !! I know yall are a little distraught because yalls Indian neighbors have the BEST stadium in Southeasttexas , but dont be mad at us..look at it like this..yall had the best scoreboard atleast for one year and now yalls thunder is gone.. man that turf looks good over there..I bet yall can hear the construction going on in the background while yall practice everyday!!! Nederland's bond comes up this winter. Care to compare stadiums now pirate??

One more question and I promise I will stop: Will the games be on TW Ch 7 or 18?

If not, Thompson might be looking for another job...

Hmmm. I know you are from Vidor, but you might ought to read the title of the thread.

Good deal!! ;D

Well, seeing as it has only happened 8 times in 60 years, yea thats an upset. Don't worry you wont see it this year.

Two questions: 1. Will 560 still be carrying the rest of Nederland's games? 2. Have yall added any bandwith to the site? If you have all of Ned's or PNG's fans listening on here its going to bog down quick!!

lack of tunnel vision or that he had tunnel vision?? ???

They stopped them in the fourth quarter. they went 3 and out 2 or 3 times in that period. Also, Burnett hasn't beat Neumann two times in a row in over 10 years.

Let me guess Buc2010, your not married? As for me, I leave mine at home, and take my buddy. She is not interested in going anymore.

Is the link broken??

Here's a new article in the Mid County Chronicle: Nederland Independent School District A look at the NISD to-do list By GREG HAYES July, 30, 2008 NEDERLAND - Just driving by any of the Nederland school district's campuses, it may seem that the buildings are in decent shape and not appear to need the $126,087,200 trustees here have put on the November ballot. Inside the schools, officials point to a myriad of problems Just talk to Ronnie Trahan, director of maintenance and transportation. He has to deal with keeping the campuses operational everyday. "If the bond doesn't pass, we'll just have to sit down and take a look at what is most needed, looking at requirements of the law and the safety issues," he said. "But we only get $300,000 budgeted to the department for projects. The other $300,000 is budgeted for preventative maintenance such as inspection on all campuses of elevators, alarms, sprinkler systems, fire extinguishers, orchestra pits and things like that." C.O. Wilson Middle School And $300,000 might be good enough to make a dent in some areas of the district, but it cannot solve all the problems for even one school, such as C.O. Wilson Middle School. "If we replaced all the windows, put in central air and heat, a new gymatorium and new classrooms at the older girls' facility, as it is not a full gym, you would be looking at about $20 million dollars," Trahan said. "A whole new school would only cost about $32 million. You'd be paying almost a full cost of a new school to have repairs." But with only $300,000 for projects, that many repairs could not take place at C.O. Wilson as it is. But Trahan knows one thing at the middle school that has to go ⦠the windows. "The school has all metal casing windows and they won't open," he said. One of the reasons for them not opening is because some of them have had to be screwed shut because they will no longer lock, Trahan said. "We couldn't screw them all shut in case there was a fire and the kids had to get out," he said. "They also leak and we've had to caulk them quite a bit for that reason." Under the proposed bond plan, new $32.8 million C.O. Wilson would be rebuilt. Langham Elementary At Langham Elementary, some of the problems are small bathrooms, classrooms open to the hallways and sagging floors, Trahan said. "The annex building with ten rooms just needs to be torn down," he said. "The classrooms are open to the hallways and anyone could just walk in the way that it is set up. That is a real safety issue." The bathrooms, though set up for small children, are too small and are not built to code, Trahan said. "You can't enlarge them toward the classroom because that would take up classroom space. And you can't enlarge them toward the hallway because that would take up hallway space." A ramp for those with disabilities is set up to the annex building, but the door is not made for a wheelchair to get through it, as there is still a small step up. In the original building at Langham, built in 1939, some of the wooden floors are sagging because the building is up on piers, Trahan said. "We need to have a look at the piers or floor joists," he said. "Some of it could be rotting. We also had to screw some of the floor back down because it was buckling. And if we have to replace the flooring it gets expensive trying to get wood that will match the existing floor." If the proposed bond issue passes, three new elementary schools would be built at Helena Park, Hillcrest and Highland Park elementary for a little more $33.1 million. The fate of Langham hasn't been decided. Bulldog Stadium Langham is not the only facility to experience rotting and sagging wood floors, however, as the same problem is taking place in the press box at Bulldog Stadium, constructed in the 1940s. "To fix the press box would take gutting it out ⦠walls, floors, everything and just start from scratch," Trahan said. "But once you start taking down walls and taking up floors the ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) requires that you put in an elevator. In the past we have painted it and patched it up the best that we could. I don't even come up here during the games." Trahan said that the covered roof area feels unstable, as though it is moving, yet during games as many as 10 to 12 people stand on it, some for game filming and some on the coaching staff. The floor area behind the seating area has rotting wood that already has a hole starting to wear through. There are also no bathroom facilities in the press box, so anyone needing to use a restroom must go down to the lower level via the bleacher steps. Possible wood rotting is also the concern for the coaches' box on the visitor's side of the stadium. "The best thing would be to tear both down," Trahan said. Under the bond plan, the press box would be torn down and a news $1.7 million one built to accommodate more people and comply with ADA. Nederland High School At Nederland High School, Trahan said that the library is still open to the hallway, as there is only a half wall separating them. "The library really needs to be reorganized and walls built completely up to eliminate the hallway noise," Trahan said. "Also the main switch gear for the entire school is obsolete." Trahan said that the chilling units for the high school are also out of date. "If one of those chillers goes out, it would cost around $300,000 to replace," he said. $300,000 would take up the entire projects budget given maintenance for the district for an entire year. "We can band-aid them, but that is about it." But at least the maintenance department does not have to worry about potential breakdowns to heating and cooling systems anywhere else in the district, Trahan said. "Besides the high school, every campus is operating with window units and heat pumps," he said. "Not very cost efficient." Under the bond plan, the library would be enclosed and other renovations and upgrades, including air conditioning and heating systems, electrical and other technology upgrades, made throughout the building. About $24.5 million of the proposed bond is slated for the high school. For or Against Jerry Albanese, a local business owner on Nederland Avenue, said that he supports the bond not only for the school improvements. "If our schools are not improved, our property values and business values will go down," he said. "Nobody wants to move to this area and send their kids to a school district with these type problems." Nicky Matt, who served on one of the early walk-through committees, said that people against the bond need to realize that times have changed. "I went to school here," he said. "But I can't say that these kids need to sit in classrooms with poor air-conditioning just because I did. Our teachers need to have the best place possible to teach these kids. "The committee saw that we have an issue and that we need to do something fast." In the Beaumont Enterprise archives, a letter to the editor from Nederland resident Charles Vaughn, on June 30, voiced an opposing view to the bond issue. "They wish to sell us higher taxes and unnecessary building programs," Vaughn said in the letter. "Taxpayers have shown that they are willing to approve bond issues when warranted, as we did several years ago. However, the elementary schools that the board wants to bulldoze are perfectly adequate with periodic repairs and renovations." In the letter, Vaughn went on to say that those below the age of 65, who cannot have their school taxes frozen, will have to deal with the weight of this bond for years to come. "Do you like paying unnecessary taxes? I don't," he said. "Can you afford it at a time when fuel and food prices are going through the roof? I can't." Matt said that money-wise, he is in the same boat ⦠but that is not the point. The point is better facilities for the teachers to utilize. "I don't even have kids in the school district anymore," Matt said. "All that passing the bond will do is cost me more money. But I'm all in."

Dang! Ned sells out the same day they go on sale! Whats up with the "purple pride"? ;D

Kelly by two tds.

Of course he wouldn't. Remember the play with Laird as QB(or maybe Hood was still in)? He rolls out, drops the ball , the ball bounces back into his hands and he throws a 60 yard TD to Butler. Who was that against? Some games everything goes right for one side. Anyway, we should be improved on defense if we go back to basics.

I was referring to current teams. I forgot BC won one.

Ned has 3 appearences, 1 Title. Just think of all the teams in this area, Jeff County, Orange County, Hardin, Newton county. Of all of those teams, only 5 teams account for all of the state titles in those counties.

Nederland's isn't that great either. We have a big field next to the stadium, but we only use it for big games like MCM. Maybe some of the bond money can go to paving at least half of it.

I think they're smart for only pushing for a new press box and turf at the existing stadium. With all the rising prices of materials I doubt the people of Nederland would have passed a bond with a entire new stadium on it. With the all the crying we hear about the upgrades to Indian Stadium right now I'm surprised ours passed. That's just my opinion and good luck, I hope it passes. Yeah, they did it right by building schools first. That will make it easier to come back in a few years and build a whole new stadium. Although some people are not happy about Langham being closed, myself included, i understand that the 80 year old school is not cost effective to keep open.

Yep, I think the addition of a new CO Wilson will give it the push it needs to pass. It was shaky before with the first proposals.

Looks like the bond is getting pretty close to finalized.... Published July 22, 2008 10:43 pm - Nederland ISD trustees gave their blessing to a $126 million master plan during Tuesday’s meeting. NISD approves $126 million bond master plan Mary Meaux The Port Arthur News NEDERLAND — Nederland ISD trustees gave their blessing to a $126 million master plan during Tuesday’s meeting. The next step, Superintendent Gail Krohn said, is to inform Lance Fox of Orgain, Bell and Tucker, L.L.P. the district’s bond council. Then the LanWalton Program Management firm will begin work on details regarding the bond. But, Krohn added, the board only approved the plan and did not ask for the issue to go before the voters. The plan, presented by LanWalton Project Manager J.P. Grom, calls for three new elementary schools, a new C.O. Wilson Middle School, heating, ventilation, air conditioning work for Central Middle School, main building modernization at Nederland High School, [glow=red,2,300]new press box and similar work at Bulldog Stadium, turf for the field, land purchase [/glow] and modifications to the alternative education. Grom distributed a detailed, spiral bound booklet titled “Facilities Master Plan.†The glossy cover includes pictures of the district’s mascot, students and several of the district’s facilities. Melissa Wong, business manager, said the district’s bonding capacity is higher then first thought. Officials had planned on a cap of $125 million for a bond and just recently heard their bonding capacity is near $150 million. Grom also addressed a second phase to the bond and with the better bonding capacity, the district could conceivably return to voters in six years for additional funding for phase two. [glow=red,2,300]Phase two would cover the district’s athletic needs and include a new athletic complex, natatorium, modifications to the boy’s baseball and girl’s softball fields, tennis court[/glow], new Central Middle School, modernization to the high school Career And Technology Education building, new administration building and Ag barn. Cost escalation to May 2009 puts phase two at $82 million. That figure jumps to $118.7 million in 2015 and $161.4 million in 2020.

how about the '57 Dogs? Undefeated that year and missed out on back to back Titles by a field goal the previous year.

is that supposed to intimidate us? Nope, just letting you know.

Lots of payback coming to the raiders this year, we don't forget.