Chester86 Posted December 3, 2018 Report Share Posted December 3, 2018 Without reading 34 pages of ‘Stangs v Tigers where it is probably explained, can someone give me the short answer why 2 teams from SE Texas are traveling to the Houston area to play the regional finals? Lamar / BISD Veterans field, hell even McNeese are great options but they take a game that would be fun to watch and take it 2 + hours away. I could understand if they were playing at NRG or Kyle Field. No dog in the fight - just curious. Not trying to stir the pot or enrage the fan bases, just a quick question. mat and dme1111 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L-Train11 Posted December 3, 2018 Report Share Posted December 3, 2018 21 minutes ago, Chester86 said: Without reading 34 pages of ‘Stangs v Tigers where it is probably explained, can someone give me the short answer why 2 teams from SE Texas are traveling to the Houston area to play the regional finals? Lamar / BISD Veterans field, hell even McNeese are great options but they take a game that would be fun to watch and take it 2 + hours away. I could understand if they were playing at NRG or Kyle Field. No dog in the fight - just curious. Not trying to stir the pot or enrage the fan bases, just a quick question. It’s for the safety of the players and fans. This can be a heated rivalry, and you have fans from outside of these two towns who don’t particularly like each other either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CCRed Posted December 3, 2018 Report Share Posted December 3, 2018 24 minutes ago, Chester86 said: Without reading 34 pages of ‘Stangs v Tigers where it is probably explained, can someone give me the short answer why 2 teams from SE Texas are traveling to the Houston area to play the regional finals? Lamar / BISD Veterans field, hell even McNeese are great options but they take a game that would be fun to watch and take it 2 + hours away. I could understand if they were playing at NRG or Kyle Field. No dog in the fight - just curious. Not trying to stir the pot or enrage the fan bases, just a quick question. I’ve been wondering the same thing. The Butch or Lamar just make sense. studd88 and Alpha Wolf 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigers2010 Posted December 3, 2018 Report Share Posted December 3, 2018 25 minutes ago, Chester86 said: Without reading 34 pages of ‘Stangs v Tigers where it is probably explained, can someone give me the short answer why 2 teams from SE Texas are traveling to the Houston area to play the regional finals? Lamar / BISD Veterans field, hell even McNeese are great options but they take a game that would be fun to watch and take it 2 + hours away. I could understand if they were playing at NRG or Kyle Field. No dog in the fight - just curious. Not trying to stir the pot or enrage the fan bases, just a quick question. I think they are banking on the fans who would cause trouble, not making the drive. Whereas they play at Lamar, every turn in SETX would be there. That is what I am getting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CardinalBacker Posted December 3, 2018 Report Share Posted December 3, 2018 Hell, I think they should have flipped for home and got it on in Dan R Hooks Memorial or Silsbee Ford's impound yard. Alpha Wolf and Chester86 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fox Posted December 3, 2018 Report Share Posted December 3, 2018 it is sad when your town/school has such a reputation of fighting that you have to move local games out of area. VP93...., Tyler Dixson, Bobcat1 and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigers2010 Posted December 3, 2018 Report Share Posted December 3, 2018 4 minutes ago, fox said: it is sad when your town/school has such a reputation of fighting that you have to move local games out of area. Yes it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AggiesAreWe Posted December 3, 2018 Report Share Posted December 3, 2018 For clarification, both coaches agreed to play at Texan Drive. In fact, all 4 coaches (Jasper and Giddings) agreed last week to play the game at Texan Drive. Two reasons. One, Lamar University charges more than Texan Drive. (also BISD Stadium is unavailable due to construction) The other reason and it is the main reason that both coaches agreed on was to try to eliminate the riff raff that would attend the game if held in Beaumont just to cause trouble. Both schools have had their issues with outside people attending just to cause trouble. An example: Silsbee at PA Memorial basketball game just a couple weeks ago. The fight outside the gym was Beaumont folks, not Silsbee or PA. This is what neither coach or admins wanted to have to deal with if the game was held locally. Trust me, something would have happened if the game was held at Lamar. They just figured that the true fans for each team will drive to Porter, the riff raff will not. griff, JagMarine95 and dme1111 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chester86 Posted December 3, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 3, 2018 Thanks for the clarification. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L-Train11 Posted December 3, 2018 Report Share Posted December 3, 2018 I completely agree with their decision, only thing I would have against it is jasper and wos were able to play local with no problem, why decide this week to do different? Nonetheless, I think they are just trying to do what they feel is best. Oh well, I’m sure it will be worth the drive Alpha Wolf 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ST413 Posted December 3, 2018 Report Share Posted December 3, 2018 1 hour ago, Chester86 said: Without reading 34 pages of ‘Stangs v Tigers where it is probably explained, can someone give me the short answer why 2 teams from SE Texas are traveling to the Houston area to play the regional finals? Lamar / BISD Veterans field, hell even McNeese are great options but they take a game that would be fun to watch and take it 2 + hours away. I could understand if they were playing at NRG or Kyle Field. No dog in the fight - just curious. Not trying to stir the pot or enrage the fan bases, just a quick question. Orange is almost 2 hours away so they have a biggr argument than anyone. We are about 1:20 mins away. Not 2+ for any of us. Sure i would have liked lamar for distance but after the explanations i am fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wo-s#1 Posted December 3, 2018 Report Share Posted December 3, 2018 It’s all interstate from here about 1:40 ish, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STiger85 Posted December 3, 2018 Report Share Posted December 3, 2018 33 minutes ago, L-Train11 said: I completely agree with their decision, only thing I would have against it is jasper and wos were able to play local with no problem, why decide this week to do different? Nonetheless, I think they are just trying to do what they feel is best. Oh well, I’m sure it will be worth the drive Do you remember how long it took to get a place to play for the WOS/Jasper game. Maybe they where looking outside the area also. Hmmmm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L-Train11 Posted December 3, 2018 Report Share Posted December 3, 2018 6 minutes ago, STiger85 said: Do you remember how long it took to get a place to play for the WOS/Jasper game. Maybe they where looking outside the area also. Hmmmm No they were waiting on Lamar to get back in town. And the second option to play in Lumberton was also local. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5GallonBucket Posted December 3, 2018 Report Share Posted December 3, 2018 Why not for district play then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L-Train11 Posted December 3, 2018 Report Share Posted December 3, 2018 5 minutes ago, 5GallonBucket said: Why not for district play then Because other area teams are still playing, hence no other fans would show up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AggiesAreWe Posted December 3, 2018 Report Share Posted December 3, 2018 11 minutes ago, L-Train11 said: Because other area teams are still playing, hence no other fans would show up And the game is either played at WO-S or Silsbee. Let's just acknowledge the elephant in the room. Neither wanted to play in Beaumont because of the potential of outside (Beaumont) peeps attending. I personally think the right choice was made for both schools. Silsbee92 and L-Train11 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5GallonBucket Posted December 3, 2018 Report Share Posted December 3, 2018 40 minutes ago, L-Train11 said: Because other area teams are still playing, hence no other fans would show up 28 minutes ago, AggiesAreWe said: And the game is either played at WO-S or Silsbee. Let's just acknowledge the elephant in the room. Neither wanted to play in Beaumont because of the potential of outside (Beaumont) peeps attending. I personally think the right choice was made for both schools. I know I was just being a wise fill in the blank L-Train11 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Pig Posted December 3, 2018 Report Share Posted December 3, 2018 1 hour ago, AggiesAreWe said: For clarification, both coaches agreed to play at Texan Drive. In fact, all 4 coaches (Jasper and Giddings) agreed last week to play the game at Texan Drive. Two reasons. One, Lamar University charges more than Texan Drive. (also BISD Stadium is unavailable due to construction) The other reason and it is the main reason that both coaches agreed on was to try to eliminate the riff raff that would attend the game if held in Beaumont just to cause trouble. Both schools have had their issues with outside people attending just to cause trouble. An example: Silsbee at PA Memorial basketball game just a couple weeks ago. The fight outside the gym was Beaumont folks, not Silsbee or PA. This is what neither coach or admins wanted to have to deal with if the game was held locally. Trust me, something would have happened if the game was held at Lamar. They just figured that the true fans for each team will drive to Porter, the riff raff will not. Yessir the riff raff don’t have vehicles! Ha! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AggiesAreWe Posted December 3, 2018 Report Share Posted December 3, 2018 5 minutes ago, Uncle Pig said: Yessir the riff raff don’t have vehicles! Ha! Exactly! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUNHO Posted December 3, 2018 Report Share Posted December 3, 2018 Don't matter to me.See ya'll there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BMTSoulja1 Posted December 3, 2018 Report Share Posted December 3, 2018 I'm Beaumont riff raff. Lol. But they won't stop me from going... How them youngsters say? 'FrFr'. Lol Mytwocents3788 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger33 Posted December 4, 2018 Report Share Posted December 4, 2018 Beaumont folks were not problem at the Jasper vs Wos game last week at Lamar. Maybe it’s just a certain school mat and fox 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AggiesAreWe Posted December 4, 2018 Report Share Posted December 4, 2018 6 minutes ago, LC-M said: Beaumont folks were not problem at the Jasper vs Wos game last week at Lamar. Maybe it’s just a certain school That could be true, but there was a little issue with a Beaumont crowd last week. All I know is that Coach Thompson didn't want to play in Beaumont this week. Tiger33 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger33 Posted December 4, 2018 Report Share Posted December 4, 2018 4 minutes ago, AggiesAreWe said: That could be true, but there was a little issue with a Beaumont crowd last week. All I know is that Coach Thompson didn't want to play in Beaumont this week. I’m just picking around. I hope for a good game. Weather free Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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