STATE FOOTBALL GAMES 12/12/15

All right boys, say your prayers and drink ur warm milk. Sleep well and dream dreams of good tackles and dominating blocks. All we want to see in Abilene is four teams of young men playing the way they have been taught to play. Trade football punches and expect to get hit. Get up, reload and bring it again. Adversity will come to all, don't be surprised by that...expect it and continue your job. Play smart and be strong as a team of brothers. Remember the team who loses usually does so because they haven't set their backbone for battle.

We are behind all of you. And after the game we will applaud both teams, whether disappointed or ecstatic with the end. You are already champions to many of us. You are among the four best teams in the greatest six-man land on earth. Good luck Panthers, Coyotes, Wildcats and Panthers.
Just dawned on me had BC won it would be a battle of Coyotes vs Panthers. (: I'm slow.
 
Both games were great. No glaring officiating mistakes, no cheap shots, good sportsmanship displayed by all 4 teams......... Very enjoyable afternoon.
 
Have attendance numbers been released? I thought Crowell v Abbott had a nice crowd. Fans for Richland Springs v Follett looked rather sparse.
I thought bigger gate was the reason for not going to NRG.
 
It takes a lot to make this old cynical, sarcastic, curmudgeonly self get teary and choked up but after the D2 game when coach Burkhart presented the game ball to the parents of Paul Gibson, it happened.
Very special moment for the family, and community. Things like this are just not duplicated in the large communities.
 
smokeyjoe53":8ny2pkio said:
It takes a lot to make this old cynical, sarcastic, curmudgeonly self get teary and choked up but after the D2 game when coach Burkhart presented the game ball to the parents of Paul Gibson, it happened.
Very special moment for the family, and community. Things like this are just not duplicated in the large communities.
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Smokey, as you've shared this could you explain why he would give a game ball to the parents of this Paul Gibson?
 
Paul grew up up in Richland, played football before all the successful seasons. He was 34 and passed away after a lengthy battle with cancer a few weeks ago.
 
smokeyjoe53":3qeiwtgo said:
Paul grew up up in Richland, played football before all the successful seasons. He was 34 and passed away after a lengthy battle with cancer a few weeks ago.
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Honoring his parents that way was a classy move. I'm glad I didn't make to the games. I would have been bawling along with Smokey.
 
smokeyjoe53":26fnayw1 said:
Paul grew up up in Richland, played football before all the successful seasons. He was 34 and passed away after a lengthy battle with cancer a few weeks ago.
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Did you happen to notice the very ironic think about this whole think. Paul wore #72 during his four years of Coyote football.
The Coyotes ended the game yesterday with 72 points!
 
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