SLC Fans---Here are some pics of Homer Bryce

[slcdragons]

http://sfajacks.collegesports.com/genrel/081505aaa.html

[drgnbkr]

http://sfajacks.collegesports.com/genrel/081505aaa.html

It looks like all the visitor side is grass..will the players have a bench? Do they dress on the bus...:D

[LUFPAN]

It looks like all the visitor side is grass..will the players have a bench? Do they dress on the bus...:D

Actually the players will need to dress before they get on the bus and leave SLC.:D

I know its a long drive guys (I live in Grand Prairie and will have to drive it to). But its a great venue for play-off football. Standing room only for 25,000 fans all packed tight around the field. Its loud and rowdy.

[LPFAN]

Actually the players will need to dress before they get on the bus and leave SLC.:D

I know its a long drive guys (I live in Grand Prairie and will have to drive it to). But its a great venue for play-off football. Standing room only for 25,000 fans all packed tight around the field. Its loud and rowdy.
http://sfajacks.collegesports.com/genrel/081505aaa.html?pic=2
And this pic was the one when Lufkin and Longview played. We were on the home side. But like I said there was still a lot of space on the grass at both ends of the field and on the hills of each side. THERE WILL BE ENOUGH ROOM. But if sitting in the grass is too unbearable then bring a blanket and pretend you are having a picnick and just enjoy some great football. People forget that Lufkin playing on a Friday night in Waco took a lot of fans out of going to the game. Had the game been on Saturday I know we would have had a lot more fans at the game. Did anyone care? No! That is just life and life isn't fair. We just deal with it.

[SLCDRGN]

What a piss poor setting for a semi-final game between my 2 most favorate teams!!

[drgnbkr]

What a piss poor setting for a semi-final game between my 2 most favorate teams!!

Agreed, but if we don't show up we'll look bad...:D

[LPFAN]

What a piss poor setting for a semi-final game between my 2 most favorate teams!!
I know you might think so but I have a feeling that if you go to this one you will see how much more electrifying the atmosphere will be like with all of us packed in that stadium. I was at the Astrodome in 2001 when we won the title and there were so many fans there and it was great but the place still seemed kinda empty. When we packed out HBS last season when we played Longview it was just a whole different level of excitement. To me it was not because we were close to home but because the whole place was PACKED and VERY LOUD!!!! Maybe it is just me but I like it that way.

[abbimaci]

That is funny that SFA has that picture on their website. Appearantly that game broke the attendance record for the stadium, but school officials would not release the offical number becuase they did not want the record attendance for the stadium to be for a high school game and not for a 'jacks game.

There will be plenty of room for anyone who wants to come. Even with the 22-23K for the Longview game, the end zones were almost empty.

[LPFAN]

That is funny that SFA has that picture on their website. Appearantly that game broke the attendance record for the stadium, but school officials would not release the offical number becuase they did not want the record attendance for the stadium to be for a high school game and not for a 'jacks game.

There will be plenty of room for anyone who wants to come. Even with the 22-23K for the Longview game, the end zones were almost empty.
That is what I have been trying to tell everyone. I also think that the attendance record will be broken again this weekend.:eek:

[Plano Wildcat Fan]

I played at that dump while at North Texas. That place doesn't have 15,000 seats. What a joke for a semifinal playoff game.

Why the hell you guys couldn't find a site at A&M or Austin to accomdate all the fans.

Doesn't matter though. With Lufkin losing their QB. SLC will role. They just need to take care of the football no INT's. You see what happens when you have turnovers you almost lose to a team you outgained 600 to 300 yards,\


PLANO FOR SLC!!:D

[SLC fan]

Smart decision by SFA to use that pic. All the Lufkin fans dressed in purple make it look like an SFA game.

[lonny23]

What a piss poor setting for a semi-final game between my 2 most favorate teams!!
If you like them enough, you'll go wherever they play. The Astrodome is terrible, but some teams play there. I care more about the team than the venue. You can't always play at Texas Stadium!:D

[PackAttack2005]

What do the Dragon faithful want? They want Lufkin to play in a larger venue to accomodate the fans, oh yes that would be Texas Stadium, their home away from home.

Gimme a break, how could you honestly say that's a fair and honest call for Lufkin.

What other location did you have in mind? If there was someplace else available, Dodge didn't try to offer it to us. It is always Texas Stadium, you know, getting Southlake out of their element and into ours is exactly what they need for a change.

[dragons08]

so the games what..4 hours away? big whoop, if you love the dragons like you say you do youd go out there and support them without complaing! i mean sure its a pain and we've been lucky enough to play majortiy of our games at TS but come on dragon fans lets not complain, we made it this far in the playoffs, lets support our team and not complain about the venue! and what time does the game start?

[LPanther]

so the games what..4 hours away? big whoop, if you love the dragons like you say you do youd go out there and support them without complaing! i mean sure its a pain and we've been lucky enough to play majortiy of our games at TS but come on dragon fans lets not complain, we made it this far in the playoffs, lets support our team and not complain about the venue! and what time does the game start?
Finally.....a sensible Dragon post. I was beginning to wonder if Southlake fans were concerned about footing the bill to put gas in their "Dragon Wagons".

[BAMF cowboy]

lufkin will need any advantage they can get. as an 'anonymous' player said to me today commenting on southlake being on the other side of texas stadium...'teams will do anything to try and take us out of our game...doesn't work much'

[PackAttack2005]

Here are some other photos of SFA's Homer Bryce Stadium, taken at the Lufkin-Longview 2004 3rd round playoff game.


http://www.lufkinpanthersports.com/Gallery/vs. Longview/index.htm

[SLCDRGN]

If SLC is to beat Lufkin next Saturday, they better eliminate the mistakes that occurred today and their place kicker better get more consistent!! Plano had a very good team but, I think they played a little over their heads and we relaxed a little after it was 13- 0 after 3-4 minutes into the game. Not taking a thing away from Plano......they played a VERY inspired game today!!

I saw the Lufkin game last night & the SLC game today. I still believe SLC will win this game and I believe the point spread could be the biggest since these 2 started playing in the semi's. I was very sorry to see #5 for Lufkin go down Friday night!!

[ftballin11]

And what is the max attendance for this stadium??? By the looks from those pictures, unless I am going completely blind, it is not near enough. Lufkin and SLC bring their whole families and there 3rd cousins to the games... This stadium doesn't look big enough unless I completely missed something. And if I did, I apologize:o

[PawPower]

What a piss poor setting for a semi-final game between my 2 most favorate teams!!

The SLC fans have a right to be upset over this. This stadium looks like it is smaller than Clark or Mesquite Memorial. Not appropriate for a semi-final game. Perhaps the UIL should set minimum requirements once you reach a certain round of the playoffs.

[uscdragon]

these are 2 of the most professional & respected coaches in the state... they agreed to home & home BEFORE the flip! Obviously, they both felt this was an acceptable venue. I personally think it is too small for a semi-final game...But, its where we are going lets trust & support our coaches decisions! Soooo, move on and get some good x's & o's and smack talk going!

[SLC13]

these are 2 of the most professional & respected coaches in the state... they agreed to home & home BEFORE the flip! Obviously, they both felt this was an acceptable venue. I personally think it is too small for a semi-final game...But, its where we are going lets trust & support our coaches decisions! Soooo, move on and get some good x's & o's and smack talk going!You're right, uscdragon.......they flipped, we lost and I for one will enjoy my roadtrip to SFA for the game. Just as I'm sure our LP friends will enjoy their trip to the metroplex to return the favor the next time we play. :)

[slc1knight]

While I would prefer a big time stadium wherever it would be, we lost the flip and this is what we have. Thanks for sending the pics - it actually looks kinda cool and has the makings an intimate, old time high school venue. I do wish the game started at 1:00 instead of 2:00 - it will be getting dark in the 3rd and 4th quarter. I agree it will be be nice to play at home the next time we play Lufkin - how about Dragon Stadium? :)

[LPanther]

I will say this. I've been to a game at Homer Bryce with a packed overflow crowd (LP vs. Longview) of close to 25,000, and games at Texas Stadium and Floyd Casey with crowds of 25,000 and above. The atmosphere at Homer Bryce was much more electric. Even with the big crowds the other stadiums still felt somewhat empty.

[my3sons]

Doesn't matter where the game is played. SLC could play in the Tom Thumb parking lot and win. Dodge will prepare the team to play. You think he'll stoop so low as to use the SFA as a means of further motivating the Dragons? I know Todd wouldn't think of doing that. Watch SLC jump out to a 21 point lead and coast home to a State Final birth. Lufkin is a great program, but playing a semi-final game against SLC without their starting QB, is their any wonder why Outlaw flipped for home and home? His first choice was the Lufkin cafeteria.:D

[exbearkat]

Homer-Bryce has seen some major improvements over the last 3 years that include a new press-box and new spin turf, and both are first class. I do agree that the stadium was once below par, but after attending a game there last season (SH/SFA) realized it is now an above average facility.

Look at it this way, you guys could be playing in TULLY stadium like we are this weekend against SV, which is WAY below par for a Semi-Final game IMHO.

[my3sons]

I hear that SFA now has running water in their bathrooms!!!:D

[rich_pack]

I for one am glad it is not at Texas Stadium. I hate giving Jerry Jones all my money!! Freakin have to pay for parking, $100 to feed the whole family, and then another $60 for gas, that would suck. At least you will not have to pay for parking at this venue.

[LP_FAN_in_Plano]

What a piss poor setting for a semi-final game between my 2 most favorate teams!!
Then don't go

[LP_FAN_in_Plano]

The SLC fans have a right to be upset over this. This stadium looks like it is smaller than Clark or Mesquite Memorial. Not appropriate for a semi-final game. Perhaps the UIL should set minimum requirements once you reach a certain round of the playoffs.
No they don't have the right to be upset. The game is for the players and the school not you or me. Dodge made the choise to flip. He lost. If you don't like talk to him. I know you hate to hear it but the rest of the state outside of South Lake owes the you nothing.

[reed35]

just go play the game!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[taco_bockley]

the only slc carroll fans that are going to be able to see the game will be outside the fence because 13k panther fans are camping out the night before just to get a good seat

[toonman]

SLC fans - this is no big deal having to play at SFA. Remember next year when SLC plays Lufkin, the game will be at Texas Stadium. (I think this is correct, that if 2 teams meet within so many years the venue is automatically reversed)

[lufkin_82]

It looks like all the visitor side is grass..will the players have a bench? Do they dress on the bus...:D
there are actually some large, nice locker rooms there

[yankee]

And what is the max attendance for this stadium??? By the looks from those pictures, unless I am going completely blind, it is not near enough. Lufkin and SLC bring their whole families and there 3rd cousins to the games... This stadium doesn't look big enough unless I completely missed something. And if I did, I apologize:o
well theres plenty of standing room on the hills to the side. at dragon stadium, it isnt nearly big enough at least on the home side but people sit on the grass. i think we will be ok.

[dragonfootballfan]

No they don't have the right to be upset. The game is for the players and the school not you or me. Dodge made the choise to flip. He lost. If you don't like talk to him. I know you hate to hear it but the rest of the state outside of South Lake owes the you nothing.
So you are not depriving your players when you decide to play in a second class facility with a lower attendance figure? You are not depriving the school, by missing out on all of the revenue that could be made by having the game at a big venue?

[LPFAN]

So you are not depriving your players when you decide to play in a second class facility with a lower attendance figure? You are not depriving the school, by missing out on all of the revenue that could be made by having the game at a big venue?
GO AWAY. YOU ARE REALLY RUNNNING THIS THING IN THE GROUND AND IT IS GETTING OLD. You are not even going to the game so let it go.

[dragonfootballfan]

GO AWAY. YOU ARE REALLY RUNNNING THIS THING IN THE GROUND AND IT IS GETTING OLD. You are not even going to the game so let it go.
If it is getting old and you don't want to see it, don't go into a thread about a stadium. You know which ones they are and just don't go in them. You control what you read, I do not.

[dragons08]

i wont complain either, i get a seat, being in the band and all! :D

[Ditto]

well theres plenty of standing room on the hills to the side. at dragon stadium, it isnt nearly big enough at least on the home side but people sit on the grass. i think we will be ok.


So your own stadium doesn't hold all of your people and some of the fans have to sit on the grass?

If you do this at your home feild why are so many of the SL fans complaining about haveing to do it Saturday?

Both teams practice hard and leave it all on the turf.

[Ditto]

So you are not depriving your players when you decide to play in a second class facility with a lower attendance figure? You are not depriving the school, by missing out on all of the revenue that could be made by having the game at a big venue?


The smaller venue does not cost as much to obtain, so that means that the schools get to keep MORE $$$$$$.

The only reason SL and LP will lose revenue is if the SL fans CHOOSE not to come to Nac.

SFA will sell a ticket to anyone that wants to get in.

Not one person will be turned away. So don your green and white and enjoy the ride.

Safe trip to all.

[dragons08]

So your own stadium doesn't hold all of your people and some of the fans have to sit on the grass?

If you do this at your home feild why are so many of the SL fans complaining about haveing to do it Saturday?

Both teams practice hard and leave it all on the turf.
the only one i see complaing is dragonfootballfan, like i said in another thread, the true fans will go and not complain about it

[yankee]

So your own stadium doesn't hold all of your people and some of the fans have to sit on the grass?

If you do this at your home feild why are so many of the SL fans complaining about haveing to do it Saturday?

Both teams practice hard and leave it all on the turf.
well i cant speak for them. if i could, i wouldnt be crying like they are right now. and im in the band with D08, so i have a gauranteed seat.:D

[dragonfootballfan]

The smaller venue does not cost as much to obtain, so that means that the schools get to keep MORE $$$$$$.

The only reason SL and LP will lose revenue is if the SL fans CHOOSE not to come to Nac.

SFA will sell a ticket to anyone that wants to get in.

Not one person will be turned away. So don your green and white and enjoy the ride.

Safe trip to all.
The stadium has enough seats for 15,500 people. I don't care how many people will be let in. That does not matter. Texas Stadium costs $500. I think that there would be atleast 51 more people if the game was at Texas stadium.

[dragons08]

well i cant speak for them. if i could, i wouldnt be crying like they are right now. and im in the band with D08, so i have a gauranteed seat.:D
the advnatages of being a loser

[dragons08]

The stadium has enough seats for 15,500 people. I don't care how many people will be let in. That does not matter. Texas Stadium costs $500. I think that there would be atleast 51 more people if the game was at Texas stadium.
let it go, what diffrence does it make either way your not going

[dragonfootballfan]

let it go, what diffrence does it make either way your not going
if something does not affect you, but you know that it is wrong do you just sit there and say well it doesn't effect me so I should not do anything about it.

[sldragondad]

Its gotta track around it!! Nobody builts Football Stadiums with a track around it anymore, for goodness sakes?:confused:

[PawPower]

No they don't have the right to be upset. The game is for the players and the school not you or me. Dodge made the choise to flip. He lost. If you don't like talk to him. I know you hate to hear it but the rest of the state outside of South Lake owes the you nothing.

You took my comment the wrong way. Decision was made, they flipped the coin, all's fair and Lufkin did nothing wrong.

I still think the SLC fans (and Lufkin for that matter) have every right to be disappointed. Many will miss the game. And in terms of the game being about the players, ask any of the players in the SLC vs. Plano game this weekend. They will always remember playing in front of 35,000 fans!

And by the way, I'm not from SLC and I have not heard any of their fans suggest that the state owes them anything!

[reed35]

I wander if both coaches are getting as many emails about their decision as the number of posts on this board?

[Jethro]

I don't care where they play or how far we have to drive. I would go anywhere to see this game. Are you sure they will let everyone in? I am taking my whole family and I would hate to get there and not be able to get in. I will try to buy tickets this week at the high school but I suspect they will sell out quickly.

Hopefully it will be as great a game as the 02 and 04 games.

[LPFAN]

I don't care where they play or how far we have to drive. I would go anywhere to see this game. Are you sure they will let everyone in? I am taking my whole family and I would hate to get there and not be able to get in. I will try to buy tickets this week at the high school but I suspect they will sell out quickly.

Hopefully it will be as great a game as the 02 and 04 games.
I promise you that you will get in. We had a packed house against Longview last year and people were sitting in the grass but there was still MUCH more room on the grass all around the stadium. And there was well over 20,000 at that game. We weren't even close to filling up all of the grassy area. It will be a great atmosphere I can promise you that.

[Jethro]

Ok, Thanks LP. I'll see you there.

[drgnbkr]

I'll be the one in green playing catch in the parking lot with my little Dragon at 10AM!

[slorch]

i bet SLC wants the UIL to mandate all playoff games to Texas Stadium.
How dare we inconvenience you with travelling like the rest of the state does.

The Dragons have a GREAT program, and I really doubt Homer can make any tackles or catch any passes, although I have heard rumors of a turf-monster lurking.

Your focus should be on travel plans to get there early, because you could have some purple on your side of the stands if you wait too late.

The first game I ever saw Lufkin play on the road was at Conroe ISD against the Woodlands during the regular season last year. I met a relative from Lufkin at the game and he said to be there at 11:30 for a 2:30 start. I was amazed at how early everybody came for a crowd breaking the record for that stadium when Earl Campbell came calling in the '70s.

The bottom line is this. Many colleges would love to have a following like SLC or the Pack. There will be room for everyone. If you feel the need for aluminum, you'd better be early. The Pack will need their best effort to play another week, I doubt either team is ready to give up because of the little miscellaneous things going on in the fans' lives.

[slorch]

SLC fans - this is no big deal having to play at SFA. Remember next year when SLC plays Lufkin, the game will be at Texas Stadium. (I think this is correct, that if 2 teams meet within so many years the venue is automatically reversed)

you are right- it is within 3 years.

[slorch]

The stadium has enough seats for 15,500 people. I don't care how many people will be let in. That does not matter. Texas Stadium costs $500. I think that there would be atleast 51 more people if the game was at Texas stadium.

$500 is entirely too much for that dump!!!

[slorch]

Its gotta track around it!! Nobody builts Football Stadiums with a track around it anymore, for goodness sakes?:confused:

I guess DK Royal Memorial is not a real stadium... Just a pasture right?

[dragonfootballfan]

I guess DK Royal Memorial is not a real stadium... Just a pasture right?
Where is the track on DK Royal?

[WildcatFan]

It doesn't matter where you play it could be a Pop Warner field in San Angelo!!!

SLC 52 -- Lufkin 17

[Ladypack34]

What a piss poor setting for a semi-final game between my 2 most favorate teams!!

Actually it's kinda fun to be all packed together..SFA is a fun place to play at...does it not meet the SLC standards...'cause us "hicks" from east texas don't know anything bout that fancy stuff......:confused:

[Redneckn]

The games are not played for the enjoyment of the fans. Would the Lufkin fans have a "right" to be upset if the game were played in SLC's back yard?
No. If the shoe were on the other foot, all the little SLC people would be telling the Lufkin people to "get over it and quit whining".

One thing is for sure, all the pissing and moaning in the world isn't going to change where the game is to be played.

I feel fairly certain that the SLC people would rather be driving down to watch the team play in an undersized stadium than sitting at home thinking about basketball.

[PHL4SLC]

What a piss poor setting for a semi-final game between my 2 most favorate teams!!

No Kidding dude!!! We need to convince some of these businesses in the DFW area to relocate down there - - - get some freakin tax revenue going and build a bigger stadium!!!! C'Mon!!! Its not like this is Cali where only the parents come to watch . . .:confused: :D

[PHL4SLC]

The games are not played for the enjoyment of the fans. Would the Lufkin fans have a "right" to be upset if the game were played in SLC's back yard?
No. If the shoe were on the other foot, all the little SLC people would be telling the Lufkin people to "get over it and quit whining".

One thing is for sure, all the pissing and moaning in the world isn't going to change where the game is to be played.

I feel fairly certain that the SLC people would rather be driving down to watch the team play in an undersized stadium than sitting at home thinking about basketball.

Who cares who's Back Yard its in dude - - - thats not the point - its just trying to fit the people who are going to travel 3 hours to get there . . . I don't care if the game is on the Lufkin Campus - just get a stadium that will at least fit the Band!! :D :D :D :D :D

[PurpleNation]

Looks like sombody is a little afraid to come drive there Escadlade to East Texas. dont worry Ill make sure the Pack makes short work of the dragons.



Hold on let me put my locks on :cool:

[PHL4SLC]

Looks like sombody is a little afraid to come drive there Escadlade to East Texas. dont worry Ill make sure the Pack makes short work of the dragons.



Hold on let me put my locks on :cool:

HAha . . . HAha . . . HAha . . . Dude - gimme a break - Greyhound / Escalade doesn't freakin matter . . . we are ALL coming - - - not gunna let our players down at this point!!! :D By the way - whats the closest airport??? I'm comin from PA

[slcphotoman]

Who's complaining? I've been waiting for a road trip. Fact is, we've never played Lufkin in Texas Stadium and it hasn't stopped us yet. Get ready Lufkin....Here come the Dragons!!! :D What do the Dragon faithful want? They want Lufkin to play in a larger venue to accomodate the fans, oh yes that would be Texas Stadium, their home away from home.

Gimme a break, how could you honestly say that's a fair and honest call for Lufkin.

What other location did you have in mind? If there was someplace else available, Dodge didn't try to offer it to us. It is always Texas Stadium, you know, getting Southlake out of their element and into ours is exactly what they need for a change.

[JagDad07]

I wish both these teams best of luck.....

..... but you just wait ......

If Lufkin beats Carroll, the long trip will be blamed for everything and Carroll fans will flood this Board saying they lost State on account of a coin flip.

[drgnbkr]

Looks like sombody is a little afraid to come drive there Escadlade to East Texas. dont worry Ill make sure the Pack makes short work of the dragons.



Hold on let me put my locks on :cool:

I don't have an Escedaddle...I'll be the one in the 84 RV in the parking lot Friday night!

[LP-79]

I said I was not going to get in this argument, but! I heard Coach Outlaw offered Kyle field, and Rose stadium in Tyler, but Dodge would not agree to the long trip for his players. Took a chance on getting the game at Texas Stadium instead. Then after he lost the flip for home or home tried to agree with Kyle field. Who cares where the game is played.. lets just play the dang thing! I loved Smoaky's comments on DFW football venues versus the rural venues

God knows, maybe if some of them come down this way, they'll realize we can speak English, we have running water, and I think we're expecting electricity any day now...and just think what might happen to "us" East Texans once we discover the INTERNET!!!

Now that is a man I can respect for his comments. By the way the gates open at 10:00 a.m. If you want to sit in a seat DO NOT BE PLAYING TOSS WITH YOUR SON IN PARKING LOT at that time! I got to stadium at 10:15 when Lufkin played Longview there and wound up sitting on the grassy knoll anyway.

[Jethro]

I am looking forward to going to Homer Bryce, looks like a great place for a game.

What is the quickest way to get to Nacogdoches from the metroplex. Should I take I-20 to 259 and go south, take 45 south to Fairfield and head east or take 175 through Jacksonville?

[Favpack]

The comments about "playing at your place next year" are EXACTLY why Coach Outlaw always attempts to go neutral first. Assuming Lufkin has a p.o. team next year with a similar run - the Pack gets to go to Texas Stadium for South Garland and/or SLC - or maybe both. That's a long way off - but it has "bit" several teams in the past - thus, Coach O prefers to go neutral. My preference would have been to play SGarland at Tyler and SLC at Kyle Field - neither happened.

BTW - CCove would come to to SFA next year because Coach Welch also didn't want to play on grass at Kyle FIeld - so LP packed back over to the FLoyd last Friday night. It's an imperfect system that works much better when venues are available (the FLoyd was already reserved) and coaches make efforts to go neutral.

[AHS Mustangs]

Why doesn't the UIL make contracts with larger stadiums from the get go. They already know that teams from different cities are going to be playing each other, they just don't know what cities. They could make a contract that says in year 1, the Region I & II semi final will be held at Texas Stadium, in year 2 it will be held at Rose Stadium, year 3 Texas Tech, or something like that so the teams that make it that far already know they are going to have to go to another stadium, but at least it will be a large stadium. Same with the state championship game, I don't know anything about Round Rock ISD stadium, but the Div I title at a high school stadium? They should do the same thing, only make it travel between Houston (Dome or Reliant), San Antonio (AlamoDome), Dallas (Texas Stadium), Austin (UT) and possibly Kyle Field. That way no one team decides on where the games are played, but it is predetermined before we even know who is playing. That seems more fair.

[Favpack]

In '01 Lufkin played Trinity in the semi's at Tyler Rose, and in '02 they played SLC in the semi's at WacoISD. Though both games were packed, it appeared to be suitable for both teams.

Last year is when it seemed the huge crowds for earlier games became more of the norm - SLC vs. AHS at Texas Stadium was huge, as was SLC vs. Lufkin at the FLoyd. SLC vs. Plano and Lufkin vs. Copp. Cove this year were both large - with PLano/SLC equalling SLC/AHS at TS in '04? So, the huge crowds prior to the finals as come about largely due to teams in DII traveling huge - namely Lufkin, SLC, AHS and Longview. Katy/SV are playing in a 12-15,000 (jammed packed) stadium in Houston - nobody seems to be complaining/concerned about it - may not even be a total sell-out.

[slcsportsfan]

Let me set the record straight fans.

Copperas Cove was to play the winner of Plano/SLC at Texas Stadium if they won. Outlaw was the ONLY one of the four who wanted to wait until Saturday to figure it out. Other venues were offered and he said the he wanted to wait. UIL says that if the coaches don't agree it goes to a flip. After the game, Outlaw decided to flip home and home. Nac for his home and Dodge offered Texas Stadium. We lost the flip.

NOW... For all the Pack fans who think business will be as usual for Homer stadium. they are sending HALF of the tickets to SLC. Pack fans will NOT be allowed to come on our side or visa-versa. One endzone will be yours and one endzone will be ours.

Than being said, there will be just as may Pack fans going home as Dragon fans. Thank Outlaw for that.

[Favpack]

Let me set the record straight fans.

Copperas Cove was to play the winner of Plano/SLC at Texas Stadium if they won. Outlaw was the ONLY one of the four who wanted to wait until Saturday to figure it out. Other venues were offered and he said the he wanted to wait. UIL says that if the coaches don't agree it goes to a flip. After the game, Outlaw decided to flip home and home. Nac for his home and Dodge offered Texas Stadium. We lost the flip.

NOW... For all the Pack fans who think business will be as usual for Homer stadium. they are sending HALF of the tickets to SLC. Pack fans will NOT be allowed to come on our side or visa-versa. One endzone will be yours and one endzone will be ours.

Than being said, there will be just as may Pack fans going home as Dragon fans. Thank Outlaw for that.

Very, very doubtful to me that Coach Welch and CCove agreed to that. The only point I will agree on is Coach O does like to wait and see IF a neutral site can't be agreed upon. Again, typical assumption that all should bow and agree that TS is the only viable neutral site existing on the face of the earth. Go read Smokie's take - he makes excellent points.

[LufkinPanthers2008]

does it really matter where we play? the last few threads all i have seen is slc fans *****ing and whining about what kind of stadium they are playing in the fans are not playing the students that play dragon football will be playing out on the field all u need to worry about is if u show up and support your team i bet if slc loses this game there will be about 2 or 3 threads blaming the venue on why they lost the game

[pack3]

you can sit where you want... first come first serve! i sat on sg side a few weeks ago along with several hundred other panther fans. but dont get all crazy, nobody will be going home.... sit in the grass i promise its not that bad and you will live! we want all the slc fans to come thats what makes it fun.
cant wait til sat! this is what 5a texasfootball is all about!!

[slcsportsfan]

Favpack, read my statement again.

Never said that TS was a neutral site. That was to be SLC's home and Homer was to be the Pack's. Once again, a neutral couldn't be worked out SO... UIL says you have to flip. SLC lost the flip.

Cove was coming to TS. Check with the Plano AD if you would like.

panter 08, not likely a venue would be the blame for a loss. The better team will have won. I think you are seeing people upset over the size of the stadium. Not the location.

Now if this game was in El Paso, now people can complain about location.

[slcsportsfan]

you can sit where you want... first come first serve! i sat on sg side a few weeks ago along with several hundred other panther fans. but dont get all crazy, nobody will be going home.... sit in the grass i promise its not that bad and you will live! we want all the slc fans to come thats what makes it fun.
cant wait til sat! this is what 5a texasfootball is all about!!


Not this week.

[pack3]

Not this week.


maybe not... might be in the grass but i dont care you wont hear me or any other panther fan complain! this is going to be a great game and i hope all of your fans will make the trip... it will be well worth it! good luck and safe trip

[packdad]

All i can say is that the good thing is the panther fans only have to drive 30 minutes. We will take over that stadium, we can make sure that the slc fans don't try to take home seats. That would be a mistake. All of Lufkin should be there by 8am-WE will have almost the whole stadium filled by then. :cool: :cool: :cool:

[SLC Dragon Fan]

All i can say is that the good thing is the panther fans only have to drive 30 minutes. We will take over that stadium, we can make sure that the slc fans don't try to take home seats. That would be a mistake. All of Lufkin should be there by 8am-WE will have almost the whole stadium filled by then. :cool: :cool: :cool:


Are you going to climb the fences to fill the stadium by 8am? My understanding is the gates don't open until 10!

[pack3]

they dont but lufkin fans will be first in line when the gates do open... that being said... lufkin fans wont sit on the visitors side until ours is full and by then most slc fans will be there... i really dont see it being that big of a problem... yea some ppl will be sitting on the grass from both sides.. big deal!

[Mr. Buddy Garrity]

they dont but lufkin fans will be first in line when the gates do open... that being said... lufkin fans wont sit on the visitors side until ours is full and by then most slc fans will be there... i really dont see it being that big of a problem... yea some ppl will be sitting on the grass from both sides.. big deal!posted on 12-4-2005 at 01:17 PM



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