Texas: August 17 - Odessa Permian High School Football Practice
What the fuck is that? Of all the things they could have done in Texas they go to the high school football practice of a team that hasn't been good in 10 years? I hate you ESPN
Yes... but Odessa Permian sucks now... the only reason they're going there is because they made a movie about them, which is typical ESPN I guess... whatever people know about... IF they were going to go see a HS practice, they should have gone to North Shore or something...
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parchy wrote:
warehouse21sj wrote:
isnt high school football huge down there?
Yes... but Odessa Permian sucks now... the only reason they're going there is because they made a movie about them, which is typical ESPN I guess... whatever people know about... IF they were going to go see a HS practice, they should have gone to North Shore or something... but should have done something else
Yes... but Odessa Permian sucks now... the only reason they're going there is because they made a movie about them, which is typical ESPN I guess... whatever people know about... IF they were going to go see a HS practice, they should have gone to North Shore or something... but should have done something else
*austin westside or southlake carroll
Westlake you mean?
This may sound racist, but the fact that Westlake is good baffles me... I live here and went to school here and we have maybe 3 black kids in the entire district
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parchy wrote:
Mitchell wrote:
parchy wrote:
warehouse21sj wrote:
isnt high school football huge down there?
Yes... but Odessa Permian sucks now... the only reason they're going there is because they made a movie about them, which is typical ESPN I guess... whatever people know about... IF they were going to go see a HS practice, they should have gone to North Shore or something... but should have done something else
*austin westside or southlake carroll
Westlake you mean?
This may sound racist, but the fact that Westlake is good baffles me... I live here and went to school here and we have maybe 3 black kids in the entire district
Yes... but Odessa Permian sucks now... the only reason they're going there is because they made a movie about them, which is typical ESPN I guess... whatever people know about... IF they were going to go see a HS practice, they should have gone to North Shore or something... but should have done something else
*austin westside or southlake carroll
Westlake you mean?
This may sound racist, but the fact that Westlake is good baffles me... I live here and went to school here and we have maybe 3 black kids in the entire district
sorry, ya, i meant westlake
isn't it the same thing with southlake carroll?
Yeah I think so... usually those kinds of schools are able to compete every year, but Westlake hasn't won a state championship since Brees was here and Southlake Carroll is still pretty new to 5-A. It's hard to keep up that kind of success when schools like Dallas Carter and Galina Park North Shore have average line weight of like 310 pounds. Traditionally whiter school districts (the Woodlands is another one that's doing well right now) have always been small (just like Mojo in the late 80's) and they just get punished when they face inner city schools near the finals.
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parchy wrote:
warehouse21sj wrote:
isnt high school football huge down there?
Yes... but Odessa Permian sucks now... the only reason they're going there is because they made a movie about them, which is typical ESPN I guess... whatever people know about... IF they were going to go see a HS practice, they should have gone to North Shore or something...
Of course the fact that Odessa had a book and movie made about them is the reason they chose it. Duh, they want ratings. I don't know why you're surprised by this. I know I'm more likely to tune in to watch a piece about Odessa Permian than some other TX high school I've never heard of.
Yes... but Odessa Permian sucks now... the only reason they're going there is because they made a movie about them, which is typical ESPN I guess... whatever people know about... IF they were going to go see a HS practice, they should have gone to North Shore or something...
Of course the fact that Odessa had a book and movie made about them is the reason they chose it. Duh, they want ratings. I don't know why you're surprised by this.
I do believe I acknowledged that the only reason they're going there is because their school had a movie made about them... but it doesn't mean they can't go to like, oh I don't know, a high school football team that WINS games... the main fan base of Friday Night Lights (part of which was filmed at my old high school) is interested in sports and would watch the Texas show no matter what school they cover... they're gaining maybe 200 extra viewers by going to Odessa and as a result they're going to be filming a bunch of kids who weight 150 pounds. I'd be a hella-lot more interested if they went to an inner city Houston school where they consistantly produce collegiate stars under extreme circumstances... it's a shitty marketing ploy they're using
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LSYNERGYS wrote:
this 50/50 thing is useless....
You're exactly right! I began to feel the same way in the first stop. I thought the entire Sportscenter show would be filmed at their location. Not this bouncing back and forth from location to ESPN headquarters.
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You're exactly right! I began to feel the same way in the first stop. I thought the entire Sportscenter show would be filmed at their location. Not this bouncing back and forth from location to ESPN headquarters.
I wanted to knock Stu Scott on his ass when he was reporting from RHODE ISLAND and acting like that state actually mattered... "boo-yeah folks! Rhode Island is in the hizzie!!!!"
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resonance of distance wrote:
LSYNERGYS wrote:
this 50/50 thing is useless....
they really are doing a piss poor job with the whole thing.......and I am already tired of that damn brian adams song. you mean to tell me I have to hear that thing like 5 times every morning?
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they really are doing a piss poor job with the whole thing.......and I am already tired of that damn brian adams song. you mean to tell me I have to hear that thing like 5 times every morning?
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