It needs to. Honestly, we need to get right and play a clean, dominant game and then do that consistently to the rest of the district. If we're not doing that, we're not gonna be ready for the playoffs and we're not gonna last long.
I'm white, but very sensitive to the use of the word because of what Jasper has gone through as a result of the behavior of racists. I wish this kind of stuff would stop, but it just seems to get worse with society being the way it is lately. Common decency and respect are becoming lost concepts to a lot of us.
Newton is a good example of this. Their economy has been awful for as long as I can remember. I think a lot of those kids work so hard because football is a way to move forward. The pros are unlikely, but a lot of those guys get good opportunities to play and get an education in college. Jasper is similar, but recently a couple of companies have brought in new jobs so things are looking up.
Shepherd has been playing pretty well on defense, but they can't score on anybody. They haven't played a strong opponent yet, so I think Jasper makes short work of them. I'll say Bulldogs 45, Pirates 7.
Wouldn't be surprised if we end up playing someone on the 10/25 open date just to get another game in. With the lack of quality in our district (all of the other teams are struggling badly), it would be nice to be able to play a halfway decent team that week.
The way I see it, y'all owe them 50 because they knocked you out of the playoffs and you can give them the other 50 for us just because they're Silsbee. I'm not pointing fingers at who's not scheduling who. Just go do us a solid. 😁