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I thought the same thing at first, but I think the Kirbyville kid is dark skinned and that's a white LEFT hand on the BC kid's throat.... knuckles facing the camera. I may have been watching too much CSI. Honestly, Dubois isn't going to say anything. He was all over our kids, and I doubt He would even recognize Dr. Wallis. I've also decided that from now on I shall capitalize all pronouns used when discussing our Coach.

He's a menace. Lol. Honestly, it looks like somebody's white hand (his) is on the BC player's throat. I'm certain that the picture doesn't actually represent what was occurring, but that looks bad.

Good Lord, I hope that's not true. Nobody tell Angel San Juan!!! It would be the lead story tomorrow evening... probably before the Harvey coverage.

Sometimes I wish we would drop, but it's not going to happen unless they raise the lower limit a lot. I think we're officially the smallest school in our district. District champs, too.

Have I missed where Lumberton will be dropping to 4A DI? The school and community are growing... I can't imagine their enrollment numbers dropping enough to move down, and I haven't read anywhere that the top limit of D1 would be moving up by much.

Don't watch. You'll be singing it all day.

I wonder if that's up or down for Kirbyville?

Yeah... I'm not gonna lie. I felt bad for the K-ville kids last night. With all of the drama over the vice principal, coach Neece and much of his staff leaving, and a whole new scheme, it has to have been a rough few months. I wondered if a lot of kids had dropped out of the program. I thought the little scuffle was the best part of the evening for you guys... sometimes you just gotta let 'em know that you're not going down without a fight.

Wow..... that's impressive. Really impressive. I know Newton fans are already planning on playing at Jerryworld... How did the Eagles look, Bearfan? Was the scrimmage as one-sided as the "score" would indicate?

The rain held off long enough for us to host Kirbyville in a scrimmage. I thought that our defense looked solid. Our offense looked better than they did last week. If my count was correct, BC scored 4 times and Kirbyville didn't score. Things got a little chippy late in the "game," which is a little surprising for a scrimmage. The kids from Kirbyville never gave up... it just seems like the transition to the triple option is proving a little difficult for the Wildcats. Can anybody from K-ville tell me how y'all felt about the scrimmage, specifically how a Kirbyville fan would grade their progress so far? I know that the recent games (and scrimmage last year) have been competitive, even if BC came out on top. This year didn't seem very competitive, and I don't think it'd because we're that awesome.

You're right. Even the experts agree that your schedule is tougher. We don't have to face Bridge City.

So I guess you're saying that you don't expect to repeat last years 60-21 score because Shadow Creek is going to be so greatly improved? Like, such a great game that Silsbee might lose? It's hard to pretend they're a tough test when they haven't yet done a thing in their short existence. I mean, somebody has to be the worst team in 5A (and possibly soon 6A), right?

How are the Stangs looking?

It's okay this once..... BUT DON'T LET IT HAPPEN AGAIN. Lol. Thanks for all you do.

What happened to the field in Livingston?

I haven't checked my schedule, but I hope to go see this one. I've WOS by three touchdowns.

Nah... we just had this same conversation about Silsbee's toughest non-district schedule in the Lumberton-Silsbee Scrimmage thread. Trust me... Tigre fan is fishing for some love.

After starting 1-3 (and one point away from being 0-4), what was the final score against "powerhouse" Alvin Shadow Creek last year? 60-21. All I'm saying is, it's hard to show up seeking praise for having the toughest non-district schedule around when it's almost exactly the same as ours.

Well, let's see... Silsbee has: PNG WOS Newton Jasper Bridge City has: North Forest WOS Newton Jasper So I'd say Silsbee by far has the toughest non-district schedule in the history of tough non-district schedules. Besides that, Silsbee played the same schedule last year and started the season 1-3 after squeaking out a one point win over Jasper, so I must once again reiterate that Silsbee must have the absolute toughest non-district schedule.

Bridge City's is pretty tough, too. North Forest WOS Newton Jasper Lol. We've also got Hamshire Fannett in Week one... Do you y'all have "cupcake" for that 5th game? All jokes aside, whose bright idea was it to schedule WOS for homecoming? Jesus.

This could be a good year for you guys to compete. So far, other than Silsbee I wouldn't consider anybody as a "lock" for the playoffs. LCM should be in the mix, we could, but who knows about Huffman or Navasota. Besides... y'all really should make the playoffs at least once out of this district before the UIL moves y'all to 5A.

So in a few years, when white people total less than 50% of the US population, you'll be okay with whites getting preferential treatment as a "minority" group? The local news was talking a week or so about an elementary school in PA and they described it as a "minority majority" school. That must be a PC way of saying that the school is predominantly non-white. If I believe your way of thinking, then there is no way for a white educator or white student to be "treated fairly" at this school because "the majority (in this case, people of color) has never and never will be fair"

My wife works at a firm of about 100 people, and I think that only about two of them are black. There are some other people of color, but I won't pretend like their roster represents a cross-section of society as a whole. The funny thing is, you'll never guess who gets the promotions and raises. It's the "yes men" and those ones with the right affiliations. The "vocal" ones always seem to get passed over at promotion time. Things happen in her "segregated" office just like you describe them in your diverse workplace. She can't blame racism for the way promotions are handed out in her workplace, even though promotions seem to be handed out the same as they are at your job. I wish that I had a better answer to making sure hiring opportunities are equal. I don't agree with Affirmative Action, but it's what we have and it's what we'll do until somebody comes up with something better.

C'mon... it was an honest question. Re-read Tobie's post to which I was replying. It seems genuine enough to me. I can assure you that Tobie isn't working towards a future in which his company employs no whites. If we're ever going to get anywhere in this country on the race issues, people need to understand where the other guy is coming from. We don't have to agree, and we don't have to change each other's way of thinking, but just understanding where the other guy is coming from helps a lot.

I'm glad that worked out for you. Integrating workplaces is a great idea, but I've never really agreed with the way Affirmative Action works in reality. Hiring a person based on their race seems wrong to me, regardless of the intentions. I hear what you're saying, but I don't understand when you say "the opportunities were not (I get that) and still are not equal." At what point will you believe that opportunities are "equal" and all grievances can finally be laid to rest?