CardinalBacker

Bah.... I think our ranking is a joke with all of the kids that moved on. But since we're in front of the Tigres, I'll take it!

I've pretty much broken the fuel tank loose on my trimmer by pushing the nozzle against the spout on the tank. Those big five gallon gas cans are worse. Every time I use mine I'm like, "Thanks, Obama!"

I end up spilling more fuel with the new nozzles than I ever wasted with the old ones.

Buying them new and registering them just makes sure that Big Brother will know where to pick yours up when the time comes. I'll stick to used ones.

It's the next logical step... Since we're okay with corporate sponsorship of the "Trump Assassination" play as well as Kathy Griffin's "comedy," you can't be too surprised when people start taking shots at each other. I like the way that Trump was "causing all of the violence" during the campaign with this speeches, but having the President assassinated or beheaded in effigy is all just good clean fun and protected free speech and totally not connected to today's targeted violence.

My favorite one that didn't make it was "Life ain't easy for a Sioux named Boy."

Belichick on the sideline? No. Belichick for offseason, two-a-days and a scrimmage or two? Kirbyville by 14.

For real... I've heard a few people mention that. Most families would be ready to scrap over discussing somebody in the family who ended things that way. Maybe times have changed, I dunno.

No doubt he can be removed for doing something unlawful, but to this point I haven't seen anything to indicate that he's broken a rule, much less a law. He misled the news by saying the meeting with Reeves was nothing major, then it turns out it was a "resign or get fired" meeting. Dr. Wallis would defend his statement by saying that he was trying to spare the feelings of the family by leaving the bad stuff out when talking to the media. Here's a brainbender... the secretary is alleged to have told admin that Reeves had threatened to hurt himself if news of the affair got out. If that statement is true, then the secretary admitted that the affair occurred or was occurring. So, either the secretary admitted to the affair and expressed concern for Reeves, or Reeves never threatened to harm himself. Either way, Wallis is in the clear.

I can't speak for AHUDDLESTON, but many Kirbyville residents have openly questioned whether not Dr. Wallis could have pulled the trigger. The more this drags on, the worse it looks for Kirbyville. In most places, firing a principal for boofing his secretary is the only reasonable course of action... regardless of how charismatic the principal is. The good news is that all of the people of Kirbyville will get to share in any buyout of Dr. Wallis's contract should the school board opt to go a different way, and will no doubt pay for any settlement that the grieving family ends up receiving. So, when the citizens of Kirbyville are saying "I'll bring the diesel! You'uns fetch some matches! We'll meet up at the schoolhouse!!!," remember to yell "and we can all pay higher taxes!!!!" It's way too late for the school to replace a super, assistant super, high school principal, assistant high school principal, and junior high principal in less than two months. I doubt they can come up with enough candidates, much less good ones on such short notice.

Sounds like a party. I'm so ready for tackle football season.

C'mon! You gotta have a little faith in the locals! I wonder if we'll still have our first scrimmage against you guys again this year?

I thought all of y'all were boycotting that place.

I like to think that God isn't too impressed with those people from the Westboro Baptist Church and their "God Hates (gays)" signs.

Those are pretty subjective observations. Some people feel that both are sinful, and a lot of folks think that neither is sinful. I have my own convictions on the subject(s), but it's not my place to force my convictions on others. I think that's where we go wrong so often. I have to believe that it's wrong for me to particpate in some activities... if you don't feel like the same activities are wrong, then that's between you and your Creator....not my business. I guess we'll all find out for sure when we're standing tall before The Man.

I don't think any of the sins you mentioned are worse than homosexuality. The difference is that if you have the opinion that those behaviors are immoral, you aren't labeled as a hateful person.

We were taught that when the Bible warned the church about being "unequally yoked" it was referring to interracial relationships. I also was told that it referred to marrying non-believers rather than condemning interracial relationship. The good news is that we have become much more accepting as a society concerning interracial relationships. I worked up North 20 years ago and they were way more accepting than us in that respect. As a Christian and believer in the Bible, it saddens me that the word of God is now considered "hate speech" because of its unmistakable labeling of homosexuality as sinful.

Baker is fast. He started at the wing this year. Caleb Dubois will be a senior. He was the JV QB in 2015 while Camden Dubois started varsity. Missed the 2016 season recovering from surgery. Lefty, smaller than Camden or Trahan, but has a better arm, allegedy. I just haven't heard anybody say if he's playing football this year. The line is a question mark. The group that graduated started together for three years. The group that will be sophomores this year seem to be very similar and had a lot of success as a unit last year, but that wasn't against varsity defenses. The good news is these linemen have already been in Dubois' system for two years already. I think we'll be fine if they've been killing it in the offseason. But if they struggle, we'll be in trouble... finishing 3rd or 4th and getting sent home in the first round.

Draper will be replaced by Sophomore Alex Lara who had surprising success filling in for Draper last year. We'll have Max Baker returning and I expect to see Coach Dubios use Hunter Denton more on offense. I'm under the impression that Caleb Dubois will be back under center. It's the role players I'm concerned about. The entire O line graduated. Silsbee with a lights-out D would be scary.

The bad news is that Dr. Wallis is just over two months into what has to be at least a two year contract, and based on his resume I don't expect him to have been hired cheaply. My guess is that unless the ISD has $300-400k dollars lying around (which they don't), he's here for the long haul. You can absolutely fire him, but unless it's "for cause" the citizens of Kirbyville will still owe him the balance due to him. The sad thing about the Wallis hire is that Kirbyville is almost certain to never land a super with his proven record of success at previous positions. People might hate him, but the schools made dramatic improvements in testing (which Kirbyville needs) and he can manage the business of the ISD like few others can. He's just a prick. I've got a good friend that knows Wallis from before and knows Kirbyville. We talked two months ago about how this was going to end badly.... I just didn't expect this badly or this soon.

Silsbee did, too. There. I did Aggie's heavy lifting for him.

Silsbee ALMOST beat Carthage last year in the playoffs. I think Coach Smith has the program headed in the right direction. If they finish 1 or 2 in district I like their chances into round three.

Y'all are planning on losing to us, WOS, and who else? I predict 7-3, IF we get the quality of play from some kids who were big contributors that we need. We lost lots of kids to graduation. I think we'll start slow and build momentum as district play begins... kinda like the Tigers did last year. I see us handling HF and North Forest, I wouldn't bet against WOS, and we'll have real tests against Jasper and Newton. I think we'll hang on to beat the Bears (sorry LCM17), Cleveland, Navasota. I expect Huffman to regroup and be a DC challenger again this year, and I can freely admit that Silsbee has to be considered as a favorite for DC if you guys can replace some key pieces... but not as many pieces as we're trying to replace. It's definitely going to be a rebuilding year in BC for just about every starting position. Those BC kids had better be ready for one heckuva effort from the Tigers because I know y'all haven't forgotten last year. That's my honest perception. You can expect me to resume being an unrealistic homer as the season approaches.

I have seen my kid(s) come up wrong on a few calls, or not get calls that I felt they deserved. I didn't get ejected over it, if that's what you're asking. "Life's not fair and the world is mean. You're going to get passed over for a promotion you deserve. Tons of cars will fly by you right before you get pulled over for speeding. Your wife might leave you for somebody else... but your ol' Daddy won't be there to cuss somebody for you. And you're not going to get very far out of BC if your plan "a" is to flip your lid every time you feel slighted." For what it's worth, I wonder if we'd still be playing this weekend if so many Cardinal fans weren't trying so hard to take up for the team.

You know, there will always be those guys that can get pulled over for a busted taillight and talk their way into a ride in the back of a new Crown Vic. And still claim it was the cop's fault for over-reacting to a good cussing.