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BigArab
10-29-2005, 01:15 AM
Evangel 78 Arcadia 0 - Most points ever for Evangel

28 Fumbles caused

138 total neg yards

most rushing neg yards

22 points scored by the Defense

southlake thug
10-29-2005, 01:30 AM
damn

GoOwls
10-29-2005, 01:35 AM
holy-moley, that's a butt whippin'.

GarlandOwl06
10-29-2005, 01:36 AM
OMG 28 fumbles!?!?!? -138 yards?!?!? Too bad they can't do that against any Texas schools. ;)

Primetime536
10-29-2005, 01:38 AM
Evangel 78 Arcadia 0 - Most points ever for Evangel

28 Fumbles caused

138 total neg yards

most rushing neg yards

22 points scored by the Defense
wait 28? are you sure

GTown02
10-29-2005, 01:49 AM
Wow if those stats are accurate, absolutely unbelievable... I dont think i've seen a team get more than 10 fumbles in one game.. let alone 28! :eek:

gobuffs04
10-29-2005, 03:37 AM
damn that's hillarious...28 fumbles...i didn't think that you can purposely get that many :confused: my cousin goes to arcadia...they have a bada$$ vball team :)

lonny23
10-29-2005, 05:27 AM
Evangel is only like the 38th best team in Louisiana this year according to Calpreps. They have been blowing up some of the 1A teams so far.

lonny23
10-29-2005, 05:29 AM
Evangel 78 Arcadia 0 - Most points ever for Evangel

28 Fumbles caused

138 total neg yards

most rushing neg yards

22 points scored by the Defense
These guys played like Bonnie and Clyde. Dead on arrival! :p

mad_fan
10-29-2005, 07:08 AM
and I thought SA Madison had ball control issues. :(

dragonfootballfan
10-29-2005, 09:03 AM
This is a shame that the LHSAA would sacrifice 1A teams in order to try to destroy the private schools. This game should never have been played

lonny23
10-29-2005, 09:46 AM
and I thought SA Madison had ball control issues. :(
Crap, this is a good punchline I can't say.

mad_fan
10-29-2005, 09:50 AM
Crap, this is a good punchline I can't say.
:rolleyes:

Favpack
10-29-2005, 10:25 AM
Hmmm - assuming a team gets around 55 offensive plays for the game - that means you're fumbling almost half of them? Sorry - that's hard to believe - I think we're dealing with a drunk Cajun that reported the game or a typo. Plus - if you lost like, say, half of the fumbles - 14 - you'd never get 55 offensive plays off to give you a chance to fumble 28 of 'em.

Typical Louisiana nonsense.

lonny23
10-29-2005, 10:26 AM
Hmmm - assuming a team gets around 55 offensive plays for the game - that means you're fumbling almost half of them? Sorry - that's hard to believe - I think we're dealing with a drunk Cajun that reported the game or a typo. Plus - if you lost like, say, half of the fumbles - 14 - you'd never get 55 offensive plays off to give you a chance to fumble 28 of 'em.

Typical Louisiana nonsense.
I agree. There's no way that can be true. I'll check the paper myself.

GarlandOwl06
10-29-2005, 10:28 AM
Yea that had to have been a type-o, 28 fumbles doesnt seem right, they probably meant 82.

lonny23
10-29-2005, 10:30 AM
They got 8 turnovers off of Arcadia.
http://www.shreveporttimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051029/SPORTS0101/510290354/1001/SPORTS

Favpack
10-29-2005, 10:34 AM
Yep - I think it was 8, not 28, unless Arcadia recovered 20 of their own fumbles - that's good fumble recovery skill if they did.

Typical Louisiana crap - Evangel gets dogged by good Texas teams - then beats up on other private LA schools that probably field no more than 20 players -- and seems proud of it. Arcadia had one play for positive yards - big whoop!

bleedgreen
10-29-2005, 10:46 AM
ECA---you should be ashamed of yourselves!!! bring that crap to Texas!! oh yea, that's right, youv'e already tried that--LOL :confused:

lonny23
10-29-2005, 10:50 AM
For the record, Bonnie and Clyde died on Highway 80 (Now I-20) right outside of Arcadia. That's why I mentioned them. I think I make a lot of comments that people don't understand. There's a lot of double meanings and a story behind my comments and it won't seem funny if you don't know the story.

ruffshod
10-29-2005, 10:52 AM
It just goes to show the difference in the level of competition between the states. There's never such a mismatch even scheduled in Texas. that I can recall. Even the worst HISD teams have a smidgeon of fight in them.

dragonfootballfan
10-29-2005, 11:04 AM
It just goes to show the difference in the level of competition between the states. There's never such a mismatch even scheduled in Texas. that I can recall. Even the worst HISD teams have a smidgeon of fight in them.
Evangel is playing in a 1A district. They are a 5A caliber team playing 1A teams. The same would happen if Longview were to play a Texas 1A team

lonny23
10-29-2005, 11:06 AM
It just goes to show the difference in the level of competition between the states. There's never such a mismatch even scheduled in Texas. that I can recall. Even the worst HISD teams have a smidgeon of fight in them.
I hope you played RB in high school. I'd love to hear the coach tell the Left Tackle, "I'm running ruffshod over you all night!" :D

Lobo9498
10-29-2005, 12:50 PM
ECA isn't playing private 1A schools, they're playing other publics in their district. They're in 1A, where they BELONG. Who cares about caliber, they are there because of enrollment, just like they do it in Texas. They would've never made it to 5A in Texas, unless they got about 1800 more students. Their enrollment is around 250, and a majority of those are on the football team.

lonny23
10-29-2005, 12:59 PM
ECA isn't playing private 1A schools, they're playing other publics in their district. They're in 1A, where they BELONG. Who cares about caliber, they are there because of enrollment, just like they do it in Texas. They would've never made it to 5A in Texas, unless they got about 1800 more students. Their enrollment is around 250, and a majority of those are on the football team.
I agree they belong in 1A based upon attendance. The other teams have to get better.

Texas Bob
10-29-2005, 01:31 PM
For the record, Bonnie and Clyde died on Highway 80 (Now I-20) right outside of Arcadia.

Ambushed by a Texas Ranger

lonny23
10-29-2005, 02:07 PM
Ambushed by a Texas Ranger
They robbed the bank in Longview, too.

BigArab
10-29-2005, 02:48 PM
So did the Dalton's. A couple of them were shot dead too.

dragonfootballfan
10-29-2005, 06:11 PM
ECA isn't playing private 1A schools, they're playing other publics in their district. They're in 1A, where they BELONG. Who cares about caliber, they are there because of enrollment, just like they do it in Texas. They would've never made it to 5A in Texas, unless they got about 1800 more students. Their enrollment is around 250, and a majority of those are on the football team.
that is ridiculous. If you can play with the big boys you should.

RidgePride
10-29-2005, 08:08 PM
I agree they belong in 1A based upon attendance. The other teams have to get better.
That 1A crap is misleading. They are a private school that athletes come to just to play football and get a scholarship. They get some of the best talent in their area.

They should not even be compared to a true 1A school. They may have 100 boys at the school and 75 will play football.



in a normal 5A school there will be around 2000+ students and 75 will play varsity football.

unoit
10-29-2005, 08:12 PM
What do you say if your their coach. Hold on to the ball???

odessapermian.com
10-29-2005, 08:24 PM
- I think we're dealing with a drunk Cajun that reported the game or a typo.

Typical Louisiana nonsense.

Maybe he was thinking about how many teeth a human is SUPPOSED to have. Can't blame him for dreaming. :p

Redneckn
10-30-2005, 12:36 AM
Oh dear GOD!!! More crap about ECA from Texas..hahahaha..

Ok.. Let me break this down real quick.. They aren't taking any loss out on anybody.. They are playing the games that LHSAA TOLD them to play. After 35 point margin, the clock runs steady. I feel fairly certain that 2nd and 3rd teams were in sometime in the 2nd. If not, for sure after the half.

And I know... scholorship and recruiting.. They are breaking no rules first off. Second off, they don't give out nearly the amount of "scholorships" that most of you seem to think.

Currently, they have enough enrollment to be in 2A... They dont play in a private league because La doesnt really have a private league of its own.. no privates in La can play with them anyway. The only publics in La that have consistantly given ECA a game has been WM.. They have only won against ECA the 1 time..
Speaking of beating ECA, I think the only teams in Texas that really can say much about it are Longview, Abilene, TexasHigh, and Teneha (from 1990).. You'll notice that Lufkin is not in that list.. Oopps.. prolly not sposed to mention that little fact...

Football in Louisiana sucks.. That score proves it.. Arcadia was NOT supposed to be the crappiest team ECA played this year..


And no, ECA would have never made it to 5A in Texas.. The publics here have the money that the privates in La have.. If ECA were in Texas and fielded the kind of teams they normally field, no Texas 5A would play them for fear of losing to a 1A team. That's why ECA moved up in the first place.. They couldn't get any competition... And they still have to leave the state to get a game..

*note for Lonny* Bonnie and Clyde did NOT die on hwy 80.. They died on what is now hwy 794, just outside of Gibsland La.

Bleedgreen.. They brought it to Texas this year and lost.. By your standards (based of what you've said before) playing ECA is stupid and is a game that shouldn't happen.. So I expect Longview to take that win off their record. And I fully expect Longview to not play ECA next year..

There are only 2 teams in Texas ECA has never beat.. Abilene (1 game) and Teneha (1game)
Othewise, they have beat Longview, Lufkin, Dallas Carter, JohnTyler, TexasHigh, & Marshall.

Overall ECA has a record of 8wins and 7losses with Texas teams.. of those 7 losses, 4 have come at the hands of Longview..


Honestly, I think the majority of the ill feelings for ECA coming from people are strictly based on the fact that ECA is a private school. Most of you haters have stated the same distaste for the Jesuits here in Texas..

pack0808
10-30-2005, 12:43 AM
Oh dear GOD!!! More crap about ECA from Texas..hahahaha..

Ok.. Let me break this down real quick.. They aren't taking any loss out on anybody.. They are playing the games that LHSAA TOLD them to play. After 35 point margin, the clock runs steady. I feel fairly certain that 2nd and 3rd teams were in sometime in the 2nd. If not, for sure after the half.

And I know... scholorship and recruiting.. They are breaking no rules first off. Second off, they don't give out nearly the amount of "scholorships" that most of you seem to think.

Currently, they have enough enrollment to be in 2A... They dont play in a private league because La doesnt really have a private league of its own.. no privates in La can play with them anyway. The only publics in La that have consistantly given ECA a game has been WM.. They have only won against ECA the 1 time..
Speaking of beating ECA, I think the only teams in Texas that really can say much about it are Longview, Abilene, TexasHigh, and Teneha (from 1990).. You'll notice that Lufkin is not in that list.. Oopps.. prolly not sposed to mention that little fact...

Football in Louisiana sucks.. That score proves it.. Arcadia was NOT supposed to be the crappiest team ECA played this year..


And no, ECA would have never made it to 5A in Texas.. The publics here have the money that the privates in La have.. If ECA were in Texas and fielded the kind of teams they normally field, no Texas 5A would play them for fear of losing to a 1A team. That's why ECA moved up in the first place.. They couldn't get any competition... And they still have to leave the state to get a game..

*note for Lonny* Bonnie and Clyde did NOT die on hwy 80.. They died on what is now hwy 794, just outside of Gibsland La.

Bleedgreen.. They brought it to Texas this year and lost.. By your standards (based of what you've said before) playing ECA is stupid and is a game that shouldn't happen.. So I expect Longview to take that win off their record. And I fully expect Longview to not play ECA next year..

There are only 2 teams in Texas ECA has never beat.. Abilene (1 game) and Teneha (1game)
Othewise, they have beat Longview, Lufkin, Dallas Carter, JohnTyler, TexasHigh, & Marshall.

Overall ECA has a record of 8wins and 7losses with Texas teams.. of those 7 losses, 4 have come at the hands of Longview..


Honestly, I think the majority of the ill feelings for ECA coming from people are strictly based on the fact that ECA is a private school. Most of you haters have stated the same distaste for the Jesuits here in Texas..



Lufkin would definitely be on that list if they played after 2001!! They had a great chance to win then. Considering Longview has beat them 4 times in a row and Lufkin has beaten Longview 9 times in a row it is very very obvious what would have happened. Longview lost to Evangel in 2001 by the way. Evangel is done like i have said. This 1a stuff has killed them. I mean 4a Texarkana destroyed them this year. :eek:

Redneckn
10-30-2005, 12:58 AM
Lufkin would definitely be on that list if they played after 2001!! They had a great chance to win then. Considering Longview has beat them 4 times in a row and Lufkin has beaten Longview 9 times in a row it is very very obvious what would have happened. Longview lost to Evangel in 2001 by the way. Evangel is done like i have said. This 1a stuff has killed them. I mean 4a Texarkana destroyed them this year. :eek:


I agree that Lufkin would beat them...
ECA is not done though...Don't count them out just yet... The whole 1A thing has kind of blown up in the face of LHSAA.. Things will change one way or the other by the end of next season.. Either ECA will be out of 1A or they will be playing strictly a national schedule.. There is actually already minor chatter about some "money" to back them on that kind of thing.. I would rather them be back in 5A where they belong and just have the 3 or 4 non district games..
Yes, I'm aware that ECA beat Longview in '01. I may have not posted it that way.. I had to cut some of my post out because it just falls on deaf ears for the most part.. People are going to think what they are going to think and frankly the ECA bashing has long ago reached a new level of pointless stupidity. You can only try and reason with blockhead for so long...

But yes, you are correct.. ECA would lose to Lufkin and most of your top 15 this year. And for the last 2 for sure...

They got caught with their pants down (so to speak) when Booty left early for USC...And really I don't think it was so much his leaving as what it was JohnBooty leaving, JohnDavid leaving, and Jack leaving.. I think Jack was the next gunslinger in line.. Now, he is at Calvary getting run over every week..
Not to worry though. ECA has a relative gun that will carry them for the next year and then they have a young gun coming in. DezDuron.
They really are in a pinch right now though.. The current QB, Powell, is not really all that good.. And I think his main weakness is not being able to really learn the plays...The other kid that QB's some, Tyson, I think has some grade problems and they can't really count on him. And Dez is a freshman.


And I was wrong earlier.. Powell, the starting QB was in for the whole game.. I think they are getting him ready to play 4 for the playoffs.. He has come out before the half every game since district started... Next week will be another pretty big blowout...

dragons08
10-30-2005, 01:01 AM
For the record, Bonnie and Clyde died on Highway 80 (Now I-20) right outside of Arcadia. That's why I mentioned them. I think I make a lot of comments that people don't understand. There's a lot of double meanings and a story behind my comments and it won't seem funny if you don't know the story.
speaking of bonnie and clyde, for those southlake people that have been down dove, theres a bonnie and clyde thing where they gunned down to police officers or something, right by kirkwood hollow and i think its a verizon office building? i can see it from my bedroom window everyday and dont know what it is, but i heard verizon..

pack0808
10-30-2005, 01:19 AM
speaking of bonnie and clyde, for those southlake people that have been down dove, theres a bonnie and clyde thing where they gunned down to police officers or something, right by kirkwood hollow and i think its a verizon office building? i can see it from my bedroom window everyday and dont know what it is, but i heard verizon..


There is a very old road that you can see from the main highway when you are heading 59 south from Lufkin to Houston that Bonnie and Clyde supposedly rode on but i am forgetting what town it was in?? Cleveland maybe??


Redneck, Evangel was great team when i saw them in 2000 and 2001 no doubt. The 2000 Lufkin team was by far the worst since since 98 but the 2001 Lufkin team was pretty good early but great later. Lufkin 2001 barely beat a 4a team early that year. I believe the score was 13-10 vs Corsicana?? I thought Lufkin played horrible vs them in 2001 and still had every chance to win that game late but could not. Very impressive Evangel( Booty looked great) team back then but it looks like they have hit major hard times if you go by their standards in the last 3 years. I am talking on a national level!! The 1a thing will kill them if they do not go national for all games like you said.

Redneckn
10-30-2005, 11:07 AM
Pack...

I think the 1A situation will only kill them in that nobody will want to play them because they are 1A.
I was really shocked that the 3 out of state teams played ECA this year.. It would have been easy to back out of the game... WM is famous for saying "we don't play 1A teams".. The part they leave out is they don't for fear of losing.. Haynesville (1A) beat them a few years back.. Since then, I don't think they have played any team that has not been 5A as well. If they have, it hasn't been less than 4A.

I don't think the 1A thing will hurt ECA all that much really.. For 1, I don't think they will be in 1A more than this and next year. 2, When ECA was 1A before they were getting the whole states attention and some national attention.. When they went to 3A, they were considered a national powerhouse and they were. Some of their strongest years, they were 1A.

Everybody acts like this 78-0 win over 1A Arcadia is so huge and terrible.. This isn't the first time ECA has done this kind of damage and wont be last.. People tend to forget that in a 5A playoff game a couple of years back, ECA pummeled another 5A team 74-20. They have beat several 5A schools in playoff games by more than 35 points...

In my own opinion, if ECA were to stay in 1A it would only help them after a while.. Why would kids in the Shreveport area want to continue playing at their own schools that lose every week and get no attention when they could go over to ECA and be on a winning team and get some attention. We have all (in Shreveport) seen this before.. Southwood, Byrd, CaptianShreve, ect... get a little attention and get some players signed to some colleges.. While, across town at little 1A ECA, they are winning games and players are getting recruited by good schools..

I think we'll all see how this pans out by the end of next season though. For now, it's just sad that small programs are having to suffer.

lonny23
10-30-2005, 05:36 PM
What do you say if your their coach. Hold on to the ball???
If it was SA MacArthur's coach he would say, "I'm throwing it every down because you can't hold onto the ball!" :D He ran on a 3rd down last week because the players kept dropping the ball.

lonny23
10-30-2005, 05:40 PM
Oh dear GOD!!! More crap about ECA from Texas..hahahaha..

Ok.. Let me break this down real quick.. They aren't taking any loss out on anybody.. They are playing the games that LHSAA TOLD them to play. After 35 point margin, the clock runs steady. I feel fairly certain that 2nd and 3rd teams were in sometime in the 2nd. If not, for sure after the half.

And I know... scholorship and recruiting.. They are breaking no rules first off. Second off, they don't give out nearly the amount of "scholorships" that most of you seem to think.

Currently, they have enough enrollment to be in 2A... They dont play in a private league because La doesnt really have a private league of its own.. no privates in La can play with them anyway. The only publics in La that have consistantly given ECA a game has been WM.. They have only won against ECA the 1 time..
Speaking of beating ECA, I think the only teams in Texas that really can say much about it are Longview, Abilene, TexasHigh, and Teneha (from 1990).. You'll notice that Lufkin is not in that list.. Oopps.. prolly not sposed to mention that little fact...

Football in Louisiana sucks.. That score proves it.. Arcadia was NOT supposed to be the crappiest team ECA played this year..


And no, ECA would have never made it to 5A in Texas.. The publics here have the money that the privates in La have.. If ECA were in Texas and fielded the kind of teams they normally field, no Texas 5A would play them for fear of losing to a 1A team. That's why ECA moved up in the first place.. They couldn't get any competition... And they still have to leave the state to get a game..

*note for Lonny* Bonnie and Clyde did NOT die on hwy 80.. They died on what is now hwy 794, just outside of Gibsland La.

Bleedgreen.. They brought it to Texas this year and lost.. By your standards (based of what you've said before) playing ECA is stupid and is a game that shouldn't happen.. So I expect Longview to take that win off their record. And I fully expect Longview to not play ECA next year..

There are only 2 teams in Texas ECA has never beat.. Abilene (1 game) and Teneha (1game)
Othewise, they have beat Longview, Lufkin, Dallas Carter, JohnTyler, TexasHigh, & Marshall.

Overall ECA has a record of 8wins and 7losses with Texas teams.. of those 7 losses, 4 have come at the hands of Longview..


Honestly, I think the majority of the ill feelings for ECA coming from people are strictly based on the fact that ECA is a private school. Most of you haters have stated the same distaste for the Jesuits here in Texas..
Was it between Gibsland and Arcadia because Arcadia gets the credit?

Redneckn
10-30-2005, 08:56 PM
Was it between Gibsland and Arcadia because Arcadia gets the credit?


As towns on the map go, it is between Castor and Gibsland.. Both were established towns back then.. I think the difference is that back then either Gibs was as it is now, a really small 1horse town, or the highway then may have went between Castor and Arcadia.. Or it could be because it happened in the parish (county) that Arcadia is the "seat" of..
I used to have a customer that lived about .5mi from where they were gunned down.. He was about 100 (this was about 7-8 years ago) and he would tell me everytime I came out there to work on his tractor: "Youn man, do you know who Bonnie and Clyde were?" And I tell him I did, and he tell me how he was working in the field that day and they went to see what all the shooting was and how his dad "fussed at me and the colored boy for going to look and not picking the peas".
Going to this guys house is like stepping back in time.. Really kool though.
Nice old guy.. He's prolly dead now..Last time I went out there, he was in pretty bad shape and just called to have me "check the tires".. He just wanted somebody to talk to and he knew that either of the 2 of us that worked that area would stay and talk for a while...


Anyway.. I think Arcadia gets most of the credit because nobody really knows where Gibsland is. There is a bank, town hall, and an Exxon there.. Really interesting area out that way.. Lots of old places, old people, and old ways of doing things...They have some good haunted graveyards out that way too. If you into that kind of thing, that is a good place to go.

myround0
10-30-2005, 10:41 PM
Yep - I think it was 8, not 28, unless Arcadia recovered 20 of their own fumbles - that's good fumble recovery skill if they did.

Typical Louisiana crap - Evangel gets dogged by good Texas teams - then beats up on other private LA schools that probably field no more than 20 players -- and seems proud of it. Arcadia had one play for positive yards - big whoop!

I think ECA has done it right, you go out and play teams you know are better than you and that should get you ready to run over your rivals and win your state title. The problem the Lobos face is UIL won't let high schoolers play the Houston Texans.

lonny23
10-31-2005, 06:51 AM
As towns on the map go, it is between Castor and Gibsland.. Both were established towns back then.. I think the difference is that back then either Gibs was as it is now, a really small 1horse town, or the highway then may have went between Castor and Arcadia.. Or it could be because it happened in the parish (county) that Arcadia is the "seat" of..
I used to have a customer that lived about .5mi from where they were gunned down.. He was about 100 (this was about 7-8 years ago) and he would tell me everytime I came out there to work on his tractor: "Youn man, do you know who Bonnie and Clyde were?" And I tell him I did, and he tell me how he was working in the field that day and they went to see what all the shooting was and how his dad "fussed at me and the colored boy for going to look and not picking the peas".
Going to this guys house is like stepping back in time.. Really kool though.
Nice old guy.. He's prolly dead now..Last time I went out there, he was in pretty bad shape and just called to have me "check the tires".. He just wanted somebody to talk to and he knew that either of the 2 of us that worked that area would stay and talk for a while...


Anyway.. I think Arcadia gets most of the credit because nobody really knows where Gibsland is. There is a bank, town hall, and an Exxon there.. Really interesting area out that way.. Lots of old places, old people, and old ways of doing things...They have some good haunted graveyards out that way too. If you into that kind of thing, that is a good place to go.
I never did know they were gunned down in Gibsland. I've seen Bonnie and Clyde stuff over in Arcadia. Thanks.

lonny23
10-31-2005, 06:52 AM
I think ECA has done it right, you go out and play teams you know are better than you and that should get you ready to run over your rivals and win your state title. The problem the Lobos face is UIL won't let high schoolers play the Houston Texans.
That's too bad for the Texans. It might help them with the NFL! :p

Redneckn
10-31-2005, 10:52 AM
I think ECA has done it right, you go out and play teams you know are better than you and that should get you ready to run over your rivals and win your state title. The problem the Lobos face is UIL won't let high schoolers play the Houston Texans.

See, that's always kinda been my thing.. The teams you play before district should be teams that are going to give you a game. Playing teams from Texas is going to help La. teams in the state "run". ECA's biggest problem is that they haven't really had a solid QB since Booty left and they have been taking too many weeks into the season to settle down and play as a team.

dragonfootballfan
10-31-2005, 12:39 PM
See, that's always kinda been my thing.. The teams you play before district should be teams that are going to give you a game. Playing teams from Texas is going to help La. teams in the state "run". ECA's biggest problem is that they haven't really had a solid QB since Booty left and they have been taking too many weeks into the season to settle down and play as a team.
Isn't another reason why ECA has to play Texas teams in the preseason because many 5A Louisiana teams have a pretty big resentment for them and refuse to schedule them?

lonny23
10-31-2005, 12:44 PM
Isn't another reason why ECA has to play Texas teams in the preseason because many 5A Louisiana teams have a pretty big resentment for them and refuse to schedule them?
Anytime you're real good, some teams will not want to play you.

Redneckn
10-31-2005, 12:44 PM
Isn't another reason why ECA has to play Texas teams in the preseason because many 5A Louisiana teams have a pretty big resentment for them and refuse to schedule them?

Pretty much..Which is sad if you think about it.. The other week when ECA went and beat Haynesville, most of their players were saying "we were glad to get to play ECA because it gives us come good competition and prepares us for the playoffs.
Not many teams in Louisiana have that attitude.

lonny23
10-31-2005, 12:48 PM
Pretty much..Which is sad if you think about it.. The other week when ECA went and beat Haynesville, most of their players were saying "we were glad to get to play ECA because it gives us come good competition and prepares us for the playoffs.
Not many teams in Louisiana have that attitude.
As a former champion, I'd hope Haynesville would say that. Who was the former champ that thought about backing out of playing ECA? I thought it was Haynesville.

Redneckn
10-31-2005, 12:50 PM
As a former champion, I'd hope Haynesville would say that. Who was the former champ that thought about backing out of playing ECA? I thought it was Haynesville.


No way.. I think at the start of all this mess there were some people trying to get all the 1A's to forfeit so ECA would have no field time come playoffs. But I knew Haynesville wasn't going to go along with that.. There has only been the 1 team forfeit this year.

lonny23
10-31-2005, 12:52 PM
No way.. I think at the start of all this mess there were some people trying to get all the 1A's to forfeit so ECA would have no field time come playoffs. But I knew Haynesville wasn't going to go along with that.. There has only been the 1 team forfeit this year.
You told us one team said they were going to forfeit instead of having to play ECA. It caught me off guard because I knew they had been a good team for quite a few years. I thought you said Haynesville, but it was somebody on ECA's schedule.

Redneckn
10-31-2005, 12:57 PM
Yeah. It was CottonValley.. And then Sarepta was poised to follow suit but went ahead and took their beating like a man. In fact, that game was ECA's homecoming.. Sarepta showed up, fielded the team, and did not once give up. Even met with ECA in the middle of the field for prayer after the game.
I think early on there was talk about PlainDealing forfeiting.. That game is this coming Friday, and that I know of, they have ever intention of playing the game. PD is usually a pretty good 1A team in NorthLa. But in the last few years, the team has gone down a little as the town has as well.
They used to have a private school there as well that was pretty bad to the bone.

lonny23
10-31-2005, 01:00 PM
Yeah. It was CottonValley.. And then Sarepta was poised to follow suit but went ahead and took their beating like a man. In fact, that game was ECA's homecoming.. Sarepta showed up, fielded the team, and did not once give up. Even met with ECA in the middle of the field for prayer after the game.
I think early on there was talk about PlainDealing forfeiting.. That game is this coming Friday, and that I know of, they have ever intention of playing the game. PD is usually a pretty good 1A team in NorthLa. But in the last few years, the team has gone down a little as the town has as well.
They used to have a private school there as well that was pretty bad to the bone.
Cotton Valley was the guys I couldn't remember. Thanks.