CardinalBacker

It's alright... are you going to make it over to historic Larry B Ward Stadium in BC for the Week 1 Showdown? Our visitors stands are freshly refurbished.

We opened up at HF last year. We wore red and were overflowing the visitor's stands, but that's not saying much because I counted and the visitors stands only seat 175. That's the game where we returned the opening kickoff for a touchdown. Remember? If you weren't there, it's ok to admit it.

Like the old saying goes "I never owned any slaves, and I'm pretty sure you haven't picked much cotton..... so what do you say we move on from here?" Nah... because then certain groups would have to look in the mirror and admit that 95% of the problems facing them are self-inflicted.

I don't have it too bad at all. I feel very sympathetic towards the plight of so many of those raised in single parent households in violent neighborhoods, surrounded by poverty, with substandard schools, and believing that all of those problems are caused by "white privilege." I also feel bad because if the hate-mongers on both sides have their way, people who don't have hard feelings will generate them and the conflicts will only worsen. I mean, if somebody on the left was had plowed into a crowd of conservative protestors, it would be labeled "road rage," not a hate crime.

You've got to admit... there's not a lot of diffence between a group waving signs and blaming the Jews and "mud people" for all of their woes.... and the group of people waving signs and blaming "white privilege" and racism for all of their woes. Don't buy into the hype. Trump is about as responsible for that guy slamming into the rock-throwing protestors last weekend as Obama was for the guy who sniped all of those cops in Dallas last summer. The guys on the right always have to answer for the actions of the biggest jacksass out there who wants to be associated with the right. Let some Republican state senator from Idaho make a ridiculous statement about rape/abortion and he just spoke for every conservative out there. Nobody holds the left collectively accountable for what their most despicable voices are saying. Obama wasn't even associated with his own preacher's hateful speech. We're moving in the wrong direction. Instead of progress and equality, we're moving into more and more racially divisive policies. One group says a word and it's a term of endearment. A different shade of person says the same word and they're branded a horrible person, fit for firing, etc... A group of people tear down a confederate statue in NC yesterday and they won't be prosecuted. Let some other guy snatch down a similar statue of MLK or bust a window at the Holocaust Memorial and face hate crime charges. Unlike most of you, I actually used to know some guys who were white supremacists and belonged to certain groups whose names get thrown around a lot. They would talk about a coming race war and I thought they were totally out in left field on that one. These days I'm not so sure. I think what you're seeing now is that a lot of white people are sick and tired of being painted as a devil because it's a whole lot easier to blame whitey than admit that most of the problems facing black communities today are self-inflicted.

Are y'all still scrimmaging us the week after? It's not on the schedule.

You ain't got no fans!

This is also the era when a lot of kids don't even care enough to go get their drivers license anymore. I think a lot of kids are more concerned with getting followers on social media than yards or tackles.

My old boss went that route.... A&M then on to UT Law. He liked say that he went to A&M for an education and UT to learn a vocation.

I know y'all have to be excited about Coach Burnett coming on board. This could turn into a good season for the bears.

They're ready in LCM, too.

Nobody is certain that the "home" lights work on the scoreboard, either.

We're running the slot T.

They have us at six and Silsbee at nine.... I'm not sure how accurately that will actually play out. If they're basing it off of last year, how does Navasota come in at 10?

Coach Dubois' younger son will be back at qb, Max Baker and Hunter Denton will be back in the backfield. I expect Denton to take more snaps on offense this year, and I expect Andy Lara to produce big numbers replacing Draper. There aren't any Calvin Tylers in the bunch, but with four guys running out of the backfield and running up big rushing numbers you have to consider us one of the "most dangerous offensive backfields."

Keep sleeping on BC. All you have to do is stop the run.

I know.... the deficits are worse in the smaller classifications. I mean, how would a school with 125 kids fare versus a school with 425? 300 hurts a lot worse on smaller schools. We're closer in size to tons of 4A D2 schools than the 4A D1 schools in our district. I can't imagine how we'd do if we played schools our size. We might win a DC, LOL. I guess I shouldn't gripe.... the year before the top three finishers (Silsbee, Jasper, BC) were the smallest three schools in that district.

I think the split in 4A D1 is probably the harshest of the splits. When you compare a school the size of Bridge city at 783 and growing 2 years ago facing off against schools the size of Lumberton/LCM at 1100 kids, it's a killer. A three or four hundred kid difference isn't that big of deal when you're talking about enrollments of 3200 vs 3600. I always joke that you could add the entire Newton High School to BC and we still wouldn't be as big as District rival LCM, but it's true. I can't think of a spread that seems to create a disparity as big as 4A D1.

Heck, no! Have you seen the Indian Spirit lately?

Good gawd.

West Brook Almost anybody from 22-5A or 21-5A WOS BC OF Liberty LCM Silsbee etc, etc, etc...... Newton would win a game or two here and there, but even in Newton's best years there are plenty of teams in the area that will whip them, hands down. No offense, but if Legacy wins a state championship, you really can't put them up as the pound-for-pound best in SETX, in spite of their shiny award. Same goes for Newton. It's unfair, but it's true. T

Newton should be proud of all they've accomplished, but I believe they just don't get the same level of respect because they play in such a smaller division than most of the other "good" programs in the area. It's hard to say "we're the best" when there are probably 15 programs in the area (bigger schools) that would beat you on your best year. I admire the dedication and consistent results they get up there, though. It's impressive. Kinda like having a really neat model of a corvette instead of an actual corvette. WOS has my vote. And a big shout-out to Silsbee Tiger fans for not nominating themselves in this one.

For a couple of years you guys were having trouble with schools like us and Orangefield, and I wouldn't consider us top-level programs in those years... we were just bigger schools and had more bodies. I felt like we didn't come anywhere near playing to our potential in Newton last year, and I hope we're a lot better prepared this year than we were last. I expect you guys to be really good this year and I'm anxious to see how we stack up against y'all this year in Week 4.

I've always felt like that's where schools like Newton and Kirbyville struggle against bigger schools. Their starting groups are competitive, but they fade as games move along and they have trouble lining up across from fresher bodies. The best athlete on the field isn't really the best anymore once he's worn out. I understand that it has to happen, though.

I hate that... it always seems to me that the kids who play both ways have trouble finishing games strong, or making through the season uninjured. He'll do great no matter where he lines up.