Why Texas Stadium will be missed

[farmerfan]

What other place in the state could have 4 games and still keep its Identity?

What other place can we always rely on to know that no matter what, we would have 3-4 games a day on?

What other place can we rely on to know that they love having the HS playoffs at?

What other place could we always know, that know matter what, at least though the 1st 3 weeks of playoff action we will have a place to spend all day at?

So the place was old. So the place did not smell like a Macy's. So the place had epensive prices.

Let me ask you this, what other place could you spend a day at and enjoy HS football at?

All of you hated this place so much because you thought bigger was better but you all never saw what was coming. You all thought that we would still have a place to keep our tradition alive and we do not.l So I ask you all now, how do you hate Tx Stadium now?

[farmerfan]

I bet a lot of people answer that, "I was always going to miss that pkace" or that, it stank too much. Or something to that nature but methinks we will have a lot of metromess fans who were read to see it leave come back and say how much they miss it.

[SLC]

What other place in the state could have 4 games and still keep its Identity?

What other place can we always rely on to know that no matter what, we would have 3-4 games a day on?

What other place can we rely on to know that they love having the HS playoffs at?

What other place could we always know, that know matter what, at least though the 1st 3 weeks of playoff action we will have a place to spend all day at?

So the place was old. So the place did not smell like a Macy's. So the place had epensive prices.

Let me ask you this, what other place could you spend a day at and enjoy HS football at?

All of you hated this place so much because you thought bigger was better but you all never saw what was coming. You all thought that we would still have a place to keep our tradition alive and we do not.l So I ask you all now, how do you hate Tx Stadium now?


I was one of the ones that griped about what a dump it was and that I couldn't wait for them to stick some dynamite in it and blow it up. Even when we had threats of tornados in the area, I would say I sure hope it doesn't miss Texas Stadium (empty of course) if it comes through here...And now (and you and I have spoke about this on multiple occaisions) I am seriously going to miss it. I admit I fell prey to thinking we were going to be able to continue the same old good times at Jerry's Palace in Arlington and I didn't realize that wasn't going to be the case..(at least to this point it isn't). I do know that even if I had took the other path and longed for it to remain, as I now do, that it wasn't/isn't going to change a thing, it was going to come down regardless if I wanted it to or not...But I do now know that I will indeed miss not being able to spend the whole day there watching the game I love so much. That smell that lingered there, I am already missing it.


It sucks man it really does...I have no idea what things are going to be like now. there isn't a venue in the area that can handle what we were accustomed to seeing on those days. With what we have around here, we couldn't do more than a double header with..No more triple headers or quad headers. It's gone and I now realize that I too am going to miss it.

[SLC]

I bet a lot of people answer that, "I was always going to miss that pkace" or that, it stank too much. Or something to that nature but methinks we will have a lot of metromess fans who were read to see it leave come back and say how much they miss it.

Present and accounted for.:o

[farmerfan]

Present and accounted for.:o

thank you sir.

Just wait though, it is still coming. There are plenty of Trinity fans and Carroll fans and Plano fans that thought the best was getting ready to come and they do not even realize what was happening beofe their eyes. I am glad I at least have the small brains to see what was heading our way :D

I am sure people will take that first statement as an insult but remember you people were either the ones cheering on JerryWorld or did not speak.

We have lost a true landmark in Texas HS Football. I hope you greedy Metromessers are happy

[farmerfan]

I guess what I love most is how all the fans from this area took this place for granted and took the shots at it at every chance. Not even knowing how great it was or not even paying attention to Houston and seeing what they went through when the Dome closed down and they thought they could depend on Reliant.

Thank You thoug Cowboy Stadium you have just helped in ruining a great tradition in this state.

[farmerfan]

Hey Tx Stadium can you hear it????

This is the last call for hope and I know it will not go anywhere


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Gd6EhRRNJc&feature=fvw

[PCW Cats]

I moved to the Houston area almost three years ago from Plano and I will tell everyone what is coming. When the playoffs roll around you will be left only watching one or two games the whole weekend. It is not fun. Down here is seems like no one schedules multiple games and all the good games seem to start at the same time at different locations. I do miss Texas Stadium and even the Dome. (which was worse than Texas Stadium) Reliant does not embrace HS games and I guarantee Jerryworld won't either. End of an era.

[ktCarl]

What other place in the state could have 4 games and still keep its Identity?

What other place can we always rely on to know that no matter what, we would have 3-4 games a day on?

What other place can we rely on to know that they love having the HS playoffs at?

What other place could we always know, that know matter what, at least though the 1st 3 weeks of playoff action we will have a place to spend all day at?

So the place was old. So the place did not smell like a Macy's. So the place had epensive prices.

Let me ask you this, what other place could you spend a day at and enjoy HS football at?

All of you hated this place so much because you thought bigger was better but you all never saw what was coming. You all thought that we would still have a place to keep our tradition alive and we do not.l So I ask you all now, how do you hate Tx Stadium now?

You forgot to mention that it was an ugly stadium with an unfinished roof.

I DID enjoy going there last year for those 2nd round playoff games.

The same applies for the A-Dome in Houston. Used to have 3 to 4 playoff games on a Saturday afternoon. Even if your team wasn't playing you could walk up, buy a ticket and watch some playoff football all day. Now that Reliant Stadium is built.........no more marathons.:mad:

[farmerfan]

You forgot to mention that it was an ugly stadium with an unfinished roof.

I DID enjoy going there last year for those 2nd round playoff games.

The same applies for the A-Dome in Houston. Used to have 3 to 4 playoff games on a Saturday afternoon. Even if your team wasn't playing you could walk up, buy a ticket and watch some playoff football all day. Now that Reliant Stadium is built.........no more marathons.:mad:

Thats it Carl. That is what we are getting ready to miss. But we have those fans too that sway, it is a dump or it needs to go or how they hate it. What they did not realize is what we were getting ready to give up. I know I am somewhat young but I can honestly say I knew from the get go that we were losing a GREAT place. That is why I hate to hear from the Trinity or the Southlake folks why they hate Tx Stadium so much, they do not truly realize how special of a place that was. I am glad that you and the KT's did get to come up for the games last year becaue I have to believe that one of yall see what I am saying.

May you Rest IN PEACE TX Stadium :notworthy

[HebronHawk]

It will be years before Jerry World lets the HS playoff games return, if ever.

He built a multi-purpose moneymaker in Arlington. He can do concerts, basketball games, tractor pulls (:D), really almost anything that will meet his price but HS football will not generate enough money for him to keep the lights on that day.

He lulled everyone to sleep with hopeful statements but the school districts in the Metroplex are not going to meet his price.

I'm not sure that Herbstreit will even return to Jerry World.

An era has passed.

[farmerfan]

You guys clearly do not get it.


All hail the big dollar, bang bang I am the Warrior. I want a stadium that can not sit the people that want t come. Put me in Garland.......



Good Gosh peopl;e are yoll are you all really that stupid? I think so, yes I am that stuoopid too

[farmerfan]

It will be years before Jerry World lets the HS playoff games return, if ever.

He built a multi-purpose moneymaker in Arlington. He can do concerts, basketball games, tractor pulls (:D), really almost anything that will meet his price but HS football will not generate enough money for him to keep the lights on that day.

He lulled everyone to sleep with hopeful statements but the school districts in the Metroplex are not going to meet his price.

I'm not sure that Herbstreit will even return to Jerry World.

An era has passed.

An era has passed and I bet you all will not remember who told you it would.

[HebronHawk]

An era has passed and I bet you all will not remember who told you it would.

Farmer, none of this took me by surprise.

[BHTX]

Where Cowboy stadium is concerned, I see a time in which they start charging other venues so much to use the stadium, those venues will laugh in their face.
Once that starts happening, those running Cowboy stadium (and responsible for bringing in the $$$) will start embracing anyone who wants to use it. Granted this is probably MANY years down the road, but it will happen eventually.

[farmerfan]

Farmer, none of this took me by surprise.

It might not have but I do not recall you sticking up for the place. That is where I am coming from.

Can you show me where you did stand up for Tx Stadium?

[farmerfan]

Where Cowboy stadium is concerned, I see a time in which they start charging other venues so much to use the stadium, that those venues will laugh in their face.
Once that starts happening, then those running Cowboy stadium will start embracing anyone who wants to use it. Granted this is probably MANY years down the road, but it will happen eventually.

So why could we not just be happy with Tx Stadium? It was a DIAMOND when you consider HS football. But everyboyd in the metromess was so ready to get rid of it. Cracks me uop now

[HebronHawk]

It might not have but I do not recall you sticking up for the place. That is where I am coming from.

Can you show me where you did stand up for Tx Stadium?

Jeez, Farmer. How would you go about trying to find an old post on this site?

[owlfan 1]

I always knew it would be missed. I had hoped that Jerryworld would host playoff games (they still claim they will, but they have very few open dates). Someone suggested that they install field turf at the cotton bowl so they can start hosting games their. It makes a lot of sense, so they'll never do it...

[dragonpants]

What other place in the state could have 4 games and still keep its Identity?

What other place can we always rely on to know that no matter what, we would have 3-4 games a day on?

What other place can we rely on to know that they love having the HS playoffs at?

What other place could we always know, that know matter what, at least though the 1st 3 weeks of playoff action we will have a place to spend all day at?

So the place was old. So the place did not smell like a Macy's. So the place had epensive prices.

Let me ask you this, what other place could you spend a day at and enjoy HS football at?

All of you hated this place so much because you thought bigger was better but you all never saw what was coming. You all thought that we would still have a place to keep our tradition alive and we do not.l So I ask you all now, how do you hate Tx Stadium now?

I thought it was a dump for a very high profile pro football team but for high school football, no better place in the world. Imagine the same 40-50K people that attended Carroll/Trinity 2006, what would that look like at the new place? EMPTY. It smelled bad, sticky floors and other than high school stadiums where are you going to get "reasonably" priced concession food. I always looked forward to the playoffs, tailgating and then getting my Texas Stadium Cheesesteak. Hanging out all day meeting tons of people from all over. It will never be that way at Jerry World if they even have playoff games there.

[farmerfan]

Farmer, none of this took me by surprise.

It might not have but I do not remember you sticking up for Tx Stadium last yearl
In fact I am trying to recall those that did and the only I can come up with on a weekly bsais is well your's truly. I hate it too but where where were you at>?

[farmerfan]

Since there will not be any games played here this year it is time to go ahead and say


FARMER WAS RIGHT

[chhspantherfan]

Jeez, Farmer. How would you go about trying to find an old post on this site?

i put hebronhawk and texas stadium in the advanced search function and found 94 threads that you have posted in with some reference to Texas stadium, good luck digging through them all :D

[HEB Star]

I always knew it would be missed. I had hoped that Jerryworld would host playoff games (they still claim they will, but they have very few open dates). Someone suggested that they install field turf at the cotton bowl so they can start hosting games their. It makes a lot of sense, so they'll never do it...

YUK just not the same atmosphere

[SLC93]

The first time I ever saw a football game inside of TS was not a multicard event but it hooked me right away. Carroll vs Daingerfield in 1988, a couple of 3A schools playing on the biggest stage in the state, hell the world to us.

The place is a hole. Jerry did let it fall apart to hasten his exit. Nachos were soggy. Drinks were overpriced. All that said, it's not what the stadium took from us or needed we're talking about here. It's what it gave to us and I'd venture to say the joy we all received via 10 dollar tickets over the years is more than a fair trade off for any inconvenience we ever encountered. That is now over, more than likely. TS was old school corporate, from a time when corporate cared and contributed in a meanigful way. Cowboys Stadium is cutting edge corporate and will only care about bottomlines and profit margins. It will contribute to the community via donations and tax dollars, not meaningful gestures like p/o football extravaganzas.

Our only hope is the the Cotton Bowl takes the torch and runs with it. God knows they need any business they can drum up. The location isn't as convenient and your car might be vandalized but it's the only other venue that could do it on the same scale. We're I on the promotions staff for the Cotton I'd be all over this. I'd actually make it our calling card, involving all classes and playing as many games as possible Thursday - Saturday.

[Find a way to WIN]

I played at the Cotton Bowl for a playoff game. SLC vs Dallas Lincoln. The field was great and we loved every minute out there.

However, the problem with having the cotton bowl play marathons on one day or a weekend is because they have the best natural grass field in the state (besides Kyle Field and I hate the aggies) which no team is going to want to be the 3 or 4th game in a given weekend.

[dragonpants]

Since there will not be any games played here this year it is time to go ahead and say


FARMER WAS RIGHT


You were correct but at least for me, I did not get too riled up about it because there was nothing anyone could do about it.

[chhspantherfan]

You were correct but at least for me, I did not get too riled up about it because there was nothing anyone could do about it.

and to think, my last memory of TS is having morning cocktails with you :eek:

[dragonpants]

and to think, my last memory of TS is having morning cocktails with you :eek:

There you go. A fond memory indeed and a great game if I remember correctly, oops, you were on that other side. :D

My version is that we had breakfast and needed something to wash it down with and since we are good parents, we did not want to take the chance that the kids and wives would run out of non alcoholic beverages. It was completely us taking one for our respective families.

[chhspantherfan]

There you go. A fond memory indeed and a great game if I remember correctly, oops, you were on that other side. :D

My version is that we had breakfast and needed something to wash it down with and since we are good parents, we did not want to take the chance that the kids and wives would run out of non alcoholic beverages. It was completely us taking one for our respective families.

brilliant. this is now my new excuse.

[The Observer]

I think there will always be the nostalgia (sp?) factor to the games at Texas Stadium. I loved Thanksgiving Friday more than any other, when regardless if my team was in it or not, we would all head down there the day after Thanksgiving and watch all the games. It looks like that won't be the case any more, which makes me sad. It actually might be a good thing for school districts because the schools made very little by playing at Texas Stadium. By going to some of the nicer, local stadiums, the schools stand to make more money, as well as help out financially the district that is hosting it. I know that doesn't seem like much, but for all the cash-strapped districts, it will be a big difference.

Anyway, outside of the money aspect, I am sad about it, and I don't think Cowboys Stadium will ever have the high school access that TS did. But give it a few years, and I'm sure some new traditions can develop. I can see big games in Denton, Birdville (it seats 20k)...TCU anybody?

[trojanbacker]

I will not miss Texas Stadium one bit. Nada. And, the new Jerry World has nothing to do with since he has gone on record as saying there won't be much high school football played in the new place. I will not miss Texas Stadium because it was, for the last four or five years, a dump. We all like to live in the past and think good thoughts when someone or something is gone, but I will not miss the standing water in the concourse area, the nasty concessions that made me make sure I had all my shots, the constant dripping of whateverthehell that stuff was that fell from the rafters or the way the restrooms made me feel like I was in a third-world country. Romantisize the place all you want, but I look forward to games anywhere else but there.

[farmerfan]

I love reading all the responses. SLC93 HAD a great one and I remeber being a 7 year old stuck in my seat for that game. My dad mad me watch the games we went to, he always told me that he was not paying 7 bucks for me to "dick around".

However all these memories and stories that have just been told are no more. You guys do realize that right? Yeah Tx Stadium sucked so much:rolleyes:

[farmerfan]

I will not miss Texas Stadium one bit. Nada. And, the new Jerry World has nothing to do with since he has gone on record as saying there won't be much high school football played in the new place. I will not miss Texas Stadium because it was, for the last four or five years, a dump. We all like to live in the past and think good thoughts when someone or something is gone, but I will not miss the standing water in the concourse area, the nasty concessions that made me make sure I had all my shots, the constant dripping of whateverthehell that stuff was that fell from the rafters or the way the restrooms made me feel like I was in a third-world country. Romantisize the place all you want, but I look forward to games anywhere else but there.

You must not be a Texas HS Football fan then

[dragonsdaddy]

I played at the Cotton Bowl for a playoff game. SLC vs Dallas Lincoln. The field was great and we loved every minute out there.

However, the problem with having the cotton bowl play marathons on one day or a weekend is because they have the best natural grass field in the state (besides Kyle Field and I hate the aggies) which no team is going to want to be the 3 or 4th game in a given weekend.

we all need to bow to the awesomeness that is field turf. after last weekends swim meets, there would be very few fields that weren't completely ruined for the year. anyone who played on grass the weeks after a huge rain event remembers it unfondly. even after drying, the torn up sod and irreparable potholes made for dangerous and unfit play. it will be next spring before fields destroyed last week will get to heal.

[dragonpants]

brilliant. this is now my new excuse.

I am always here for you, I have spent 44 years rationalizing good reasons for me to drink at pretty much any venue.

[SLC93]

I love reading all the responses. SLC93 HAD a great one and I remeber being a 7 year old stuck in my seat for that game. My dad mad me watch the games we went to, he always told me that he was not paying 7 bucks for me to "dick around".

However all these memories and stories that have just been told are no more. You guys do realize that right? Yeah Tx Stadium sucked so much:rolleyes:

Had that ability at a young age, did ya?;):D

I know I'm a homer and see most things through green tinted glasses but that game was a really unique moment the sports history. It's not often you actually witness the passing of a torch. That night, on that field, it happened for 3A football in Texas. Special night.

[trojanbacker]

You must not be a Texas HS Football fan then

Only if you believe it's impossible to enjoy the event without loving the venue.

[SLC93]

The way I see it, TS is like the first girl most of us slept with. Perhaps not the best built, a little dirty, probably wouldn't go there for any other reason, made you wanna shower and check your shot records but still a great time and a fond memory. :eek::D

[SLC93]

Only if you believe it's impossible to enjoy the event without loving the venue.

I think Farmer's not really claiming deep seeded love for TS, necessarily, but what it represents as a destination for and partner of HS football in north Texas. It's demise will leave a huge void for many of us come playoff times unless somewhere else steps up. Lots of little traditions will die as a result of this.

[trojanbacker]

The way I see it, TS is like the first girl most of us slept with. Perhaps not the best built, a little dirty, probably wouldn't go there for any other reason but still a great time and a fond memory. :eek::D

Genius. Plus, you'd want to take a shower and make sure you had all your shots after it was over.

[RedRage00]

I havent lived here long enough to say I miss it. I've only experienced Texas Stadium the last 2 playoff seasons. But I did like the fact that you could stay in one place and see 3 or 4 games. It was like the Alamodome of north Texas. I used to love going to triple headers at the alamodome. Okt0ber and I would go and stay all day. :D

[SLC93]

Genius. Plus, you'd want to take a shower and make sure you had all your shots after it was over.

Brilliant! I'm adding this to the original.:D

[The Observer]

I'm sure this was done on an earlier thread, but the main reason I will miss it is because of SO many Texas HS football memories I have had there growing up. What are some of the best games/memories you have of some HS football there? I know Colleyville-SLC in 2006 was the 500th HS game played at TS. So there is a lot to choose from. Some of mine:

Plano East - John Tyler has to rank about as high as you can get. I was pretty little and we actually left before the big comeback, but that still has to be one of the all-time greatest high school football games ever, right?

There was a Permian - Lamar game (I can't remember the year, I was small) in Lamar's hey-day (think JJ Joe and Shawn Walters) that I remember people walking across the bridge over the freeway because so many people were there. As a little kid, that was awesome.

Trinity-SLC was pretty special. Been to a lot of high school football games, but will never forget turning to my brother in the second half and saying "Holy crap....this place is full!"....awesome....

What are some of y'alls?

[baylordad]

thank you sir.

Just wait though, it is still coming. There are plenty of Trinity fans and Carroll fans and Plano fans that thought the best was getting ready to come and they do not even realize what was happening beofe their eyes. I am glad I at least have the small brains to see what was heading our way :D

I am sure people will take that first statement as an insult but remember you people were either the ones cheering on JerryWorld or did not speak.

We have lost a true landmark in Texas HS Football. I hope you greedy Metromessers are happy

I don't know what a Metromesser is, but I am happy.

[bigdaddydog]

Since there will not be any games played here this year it is time to go ahead and say


FARMER WAS RIGHT

Dude! This can't be about you being right!

This has to be about more than that. It has to be about the kids!!

You know the thousands of HS kids that got to play in that stadium on the same turf as the Cowboys, stand on the same star the Terrel Owens did before George teague knocked him on his butt. Did anyone notice at the new stadium there were nNO field markings besides the lines and yards!! Way to go Jerry.

Remember TO on the Star: (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTGkEo8ntsQ)

I remember many of the countless dramatic Games and plays that happened on that field with that Star. Who can forget the comeback that almost was. That Plano East vs John Tyler game in 1994 was the the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat!!

Greatest Comeback game: (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHkABO0VwCg)

And most recently for me was that 4th and 3 against a great Permian team in the 3rd round of the playoffs.

Permian 4th down: (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xq558HY8AGw)

Now besides the football players think about all the memories for all the kids in the bands, Drill teams, Color guard, Cheer Leaders, Trainers, mascots, and yes even the coaches.

The Allen Band March In: (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIH2OPFeCzw)

The Carroll Band "Lids" Show: (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nojDpZ44Mvg)

And of course one of the most higly attended HS games ever was the epic matchup between

Trinity vs Southlake Carroll in 2006: (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nojDpZ44Mvg)

That last touchdown run was a classic and I watched it from that endzone I have so many High School football memories from Texas Stadium...

It may be gone but as long as I live it will not be forgotten!!:notworthy


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[HebronHawk]

i put hebronhawk and texas stadium in the advanced search function and found 94 threads that you have posted in with some reference to Texas stadium, good luck digging through them all :D

Good suggestion, thanks.

[Thor]

What other place in the state could have 4 games and still keep its Identity?

What other place can we always rely on to know that no matter what, we would have 3-4 games a day on?

What other place can we rely on to know that they love having the HS playoffs at?

What other place could we always know, that know matter what, at least though the 1st 3 weeks of playoff action we will have a place to spend all day at?

So the place was old. So the place did not smell like a Macy's. So the place had epensive prices.

Let me ask you this, what other place could you spend a day at and enjoy HS football at?

All of you hated this place so much because you thought bigger was better but you all never saw what was coming. You all thought that we would still have a place to keep our tradition alive and we do not.l So I ask you all now, how do you hate Tx Stadium now?


Cowboy Stadium in Arlington(of course). Its about time we wont have to get heat stroke from watching a game. Im glad they closed Texas Stadium down ... not only were the seats uncomfortable but it stuck like old beer, the prices were outrageous and the service sucked. I can come up with more if you would like

[HebronHawk]

The dumpiness of the venue didn't really disturb me much. I went to some Cowboy games each year and it wasn't any better looking for those games either but the field and the stadium has a lot of good memories all the way back to me hauling my 5 year old boy to his first Cowboy Game (he's 23 years old now, btw). :)

[SLC93]

The dumpiness of the venue didn't really disturb me much. I went to some Cowboy games each year and it wasn't any better looking for those games either but the field and the stadium has a lot of good memories all the way back to me hauling my 5 year old boy to his first Cowboy Game (he's 23 years old now, btw). :)

HH = old man :D

[dragonsdaddy]

Dude! This can't be about you being right!

This has to be about more than that. It has to be about the kids!!

You know the thousands of HS kids that got to play in that stadium on the same turf as the Cowboys, stand on the same star the Terrel Owens did before Roy Williams knoked him on his butt. Did anyone notice at the new stadium there were nNO field markings besides the lines and yards!! Way to go Jerry.

Remember TO on the Star: (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTGkEo8ntsQ)

I remember many of the countless dramatic Games and plays that happened on that field with that Star. Who can forget the comeback that almost was. That Plano East vs John Tyler game in 1994 was the the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat!!

Greatest Comeback game: (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHkABO0VwCg)

And most recently for me was that 4th and 3 against a great Permian team in the 3rd round of the playoffs.

Permian 4th down: (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xq558HY8AGw)

Now besides the football players think about all the memories for all the kids in the bands, Drill teams, Color guard, Cheer Leaders, Trainers, mascots, and yes even the coaches.

The Allen Band March In: (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIH2OPFeCzw)

The Carroll Band "Lids" Show: (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nojDpZ44Mvg)

And of course one of the most higly attended HS games ever was the epic matchup between

Trinity vs Southlake Carroll in 2006: (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nojDpZ44Mvg)

That last touchdown run was a classic and I watched it from that endzone I have so many High School football memories from Texas Stadium...

It may be gone but as long as I live it will not be forgotten!!:notworthy


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would that it twere. it could have been bad roy's calling card. unfortunately it was (pre federal investigators)george teague. sorry to spoil your image.

[HebronHawk]

HH = old man :D

You already knew that! :D

[dragonsdaddy]

yeah, my first memory of ts hs football was the best. plano v hp-1977. there have been plenty of truly exciting games witnessed since, but that one is tough to top.

[HUM398]

You forgot to mention that it was an ugly stadium with an unfinished roof.

I DID enjoy going there last year for those 2nd round playoff games.

The same applies for the A-Dome in Houston. Used to have 3 to 4 playoff games on a Saturday afternoon. Even if your team wasn't playing you could walk up, buy a ticket and watch some playoff football all day. Now that Reliant Stadium is built.........no more marathons.:mad:

unlike their scenario.....I didn't hate the Dome...

I am sad to see that it is not being used for anything, if anything they should refurbish it and give it to the dynamo....and let the HS football fans use it in November and December.

[farmerfan]

The way I see it, TS is like the first girl most of us slept with. Perhaps not the best built, a little dirty, probably wouldn't go there for any other reason, made you wanna shower and check your shot records but still a great time and a fond memory. :eek::D

THIS

M'FING THIS.

The beauty doesnt matte its the fact that it was done.

Well said BUDDY :notworthy:notworthy

[marcusdrillmom]

What I didn't like about Texas Stadium was the lack of upkeep over the last few years. That was very sad.

I will miss the games played there and the playoffs. Seeing my daughter perform on that field was amazing. So glad she got to experience it.

Had false hope that she would get to perform in Jerry's new world, wish I could be surprised by his greed but, I am not.

[Thor]

The dumpiness of the venue didn't really disturb me much. I went to some Cowboy games each year and it wasn't any better looking for those games either but the field and the stadium has a lot of good memories all the way back to me hauling my 5 year old boy to his first Cowboy Game (he's 23 years old now, btw). :)


I agree nice games here and there. And Lamar had some great games there over the years. But another reason is that I had to take my son (21 now) to the Astrodome to watch the Oilers for his first time. Also took him for the last game in the dome(Bengals I think)

I HATE THE COWBOYS .... LONG LIVE THE TENNESSEE OILERS
(titians):notworthy


My 2 favorite teams are the Tennessee Oilers and whom ever is playing the Cowboys that week:Censor:

[Thor]

The way I see it, TS is like the first girl most of us slept with. Perhaps not the best built, a little dirty, probably wouldn't go there for any other reason, made you wanna shower and check your shot records but still a great time and a fond memory. :eek::D

And that memory of that first one is remembered with that monthly rash:Music

[farmerfan]

So here is what I have got out of my thread. We have a bunch of spoiled brats in the metromess. Why am I not shocked?

This is something we are never going to see again by the way

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIH2OPFeCzw

[Thor]

So here is what I have got out of my thread. We have a bunch of spoiled brats in the metromess. Why am I not shocked?

This is something we are never going to see again by the way

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIH2OPFeCzw

Im sure they will do the same thing in Arlington ... But now we have concerts , College football and High School Football . In a much nicer venue.


PROGRESS BABY

[farmerfan]

bu hey who am I to say what is right and wrong now:rolleyes:

[marcusdrillmom]

So here is what I have got out of my thread. We have a bunch of spoiled brats in the metromess. Why am I not shocked?

This is something we are never going to see again by the way

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIH2OPFeCzw

When your right your right!

[farmerfan]

Dude! This can't be about you being right!

This has to be about more than that. It has to be about the kids!!

You know the thousands of HS kids that got to play in that stadium on the same turf as the Cowboys, stand on the same star the Terrel Owens did before Roy Williams knoked him on his butt. Did anyone notice at the new stadium there were nNO field markings besides the lines and yards!! Way to go Jerry.

Remember TO on the Star: (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTGkEo8ntsQ)

I remember many of the countless dramatic Games and plays that happened on that field with that Star. Who can forget the comeback that almost was. That Plano East vs John Tyler game in 1994 was the the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat!!

Greatest Comeback game: (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHkABO0VwCg)

And most recently for me was that 4th and 3 against a great Permian team in the 3rd round of the playoffs.

Permian 4th down: (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xq558HY8AGw)

Now besides the football players think about all the memories for all the kids in the bands, Drill teams, Color guard, Cheer Leaders, Trainers, mascots, and yes even the coaches.

The Allen Band March In: (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIH2OPFeCzw)

The Carroll Band "Lids" Show: (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nojDpZ44Mvg)

And of course one of the most higly attended HS games ever was the epic matchup between

Trinity vs Southlake Carroll in 2006: (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nojDpZ44Mvg)

That last touchdown run was a classic and I watched it from that endzone I have so many High School football memories from Texas Stadium...

It may be gone but as long as I live it will not be forgotten!!:notworthy


~

Here is where it is about me being right. There was a lot of fans in this area ready to leave Tx Stadium and got to the new palace thinking that we were still going to have it the way we were used to having. Not the case. I was criticized bad the last two years when I would tell peopl that wopiuld complain about Tx Stadium.
Fact is mister, the majority of the HS fans did not know how good we truly had it, they were ready to get rid of the place that haed become Home and think thye could replace it. Now that we can't just wait for playoff time and see all the *****ing and moaning that goes on.
YES, I Miss TX STADIUM

[pied]

I'm sure this was done on an earlier thread, but the main reason I will miss it is because of SO many Texas HS football memories I have had there growing up. What are some of the best games/memories you have of some HS football there? I know Colleyville-SLC in 2006 was the 500th HS game played at TS. So there is a lot to choose from. Some of mine:

Plano East - John Tyler has to rank about as high as you can get. I was pretty little and we actually left before the big comeback, but that still has to be one of the all-time greatest high school football games ever, right?

There was a Permian - Lamar game (I can't remember the year, I was small) in Lamar's hey-day (think JJ Joe and Shawn Walters) that I remember people walking across the bridge over the freeway because so many people were there. As a little kid, that was awesome.

Trinity-SLC was pretty special. Been to a lot of high school football games, but will never forget turning to my brother in the second half and saying "Holy crap....this place is full!"....awesome....

What are some of y'alls?

It was '89, the year after JJ Joe and the year before Shawn Walters.(88,91 were played out west). Loyd Hill was there. Got the game on tape.

That was a huge crowd as well.


I am with famer and have been forever. Texas Stadium was an incredible venue for HS football, plus they had SuperBowl Nachos.

[farmerfan]

Cowboy Stadium in Arlington(of course). Its about time we wont have to get heat stroke from watching a game. Im glad they closed Texas Stadium down ... not only were the seats uncomfortable but it stuck like old beer, the prices were outrageous and the service sucked. I can come up with more if you would like

I bet you have only been watching this game sinjce CHHS beace a school too.

[farmerfan]

yeah, my first memory of ts hs football was the best. plano v hp-1977. there have been plenty of truly exciting games witnessed since, but that one is tough to top.

I wonder, could that game had been played in front of the crowd like it was unless it was at the Cotton Bowl?

Tx Stadium is not the POS you people are making it out to be. Don'[t make me come in with mny Lewisville/Marcus stats now

[pied]

I wonder, could that game had been played in front of the crowd like it was unless it was at the Cotton Bowl?

Tx Stadium is not the POS you people are making it out to be. Don'[t make me come in with mny Lewisville/Marcus stats now

Had they kept up Texas Stadium klike a normal stadium it would be viable for eons. Great sightlines from every seat.

Do you have any stats from last year's Axe game farmer?

[farmerfan]

It was '89, the year after JJ Joe and the year before Shawn Walters.(88,91 were played out west). Loyd Hill was there. Got the game on tape.

That was a huge crowd as well.


I am with famer and have been forever. Texas Stadium was an incredible venue for HS football, plus they had SuperBowl Nachos.

Dad and I went to that game as well,. once again I was told to plant my *** in my seat. Lamar went up 10-0 and Permian came back and won 20-10. I would say at least 25K were in hand and maybe more.

I just cant get over how people are ready to see this place leave. This is the mecca for HS football in our state

[farmerfan]

Had they kept up Texas Stadium klike a normal stadium it would be viable for eons. Great sightlines from every seat.

Do you have any stats from last year's Axe game farmer?

Nt from last years since I was in Jackonsville but 2 years ago the crowd was 26,000

[pied]

Dad and I went to that game as well,. once again I was told to plant my *** in my seat. Lamar went up 10-0 and Permian came back and won 20-10. I would say at least 25K were in hand and maybe more.

I just cant get over how people are ready to see this place leave. This is the mecca for HS football in our state

The lower bowl aws full and they opened up the upper deck. First time I had seen that until the SLC-Abilene game I think. Had to be 30k+. Heard 40k, but no validation of that.

[SLC]

thank you sir.

Just wait though, it is still coming. There are plenty of Trinity fans and Carroll fans and Plano fans that thought the best was getting ready to come and they do not even realize what was happening beofe their eyes. I am glad I at least have the small brains to see what was heading our way :D

I am sure people will take that first statement as an insult but remember you people were either the ones cheering on JerryWorld or did not speak.

We have lost a true landmark in Texas HS Football. I hope you greedy Metromessers are happy


To be honest on that point I bolded...And I said this in my earlier post..The new stadium was coming and the old one was going down regardless if we metromessers wanted it to or not...So our stance on it didn't and wasn't going to change what was coming anyway.


Now that doesn't change that I will miss it and that is different from how I originally felt on the matter.

[farmerfan]

The lower bowl aws full and they opened up the upper deck. First time I had seen that until the SLC-Abilene game I think. Had to be 30k+. Heard 40k, but no validation of that.

Can I scratch my original comment?

I was in Fayeteville for the UF-UA game that weekend and in Jackonsville for the Marcus - FM game. Iwas told 26K for the LHS -MHS game though and it could have been more. Do you have pics?

[pied]

Can I scratch my original comment?

I was in Fayeteville for the UF-UA game that weekend and in Jackonsville for the Marcus - FM game. Iwas told 26K for the LHS -MHS game though and it could have been more. Do you have pics?

I was referring to the Lamar-Permian game w/the 30k+.

[farmerfan]

To be honest on that point I bolded...And I said this in my earlier post..The new stadium was coming and the old one was going down regardless if we metromessers wanted it to or not...So our stance on it didn't and wasn't going to change what was coming anyway.


Now that doesn't change that I will miss it and that is different from how I originally felt on the matter.

no doubt man I am just saying what I thoght and it looks to come true. I just wish the others in our area realized what we had all along

[farmerfan]

I was referring to the Lamar-Permian game w/the 30k+.

Yes in '89 there was well over 30K for that game.

[Thor]

I bet you have only been watching this game sinjce CHHS beace a school too.

Nope ... been watching HS football since I was very young . I have seen the teams in the past like Houston Wheatly and Yates . The days of Port Neches Grove and Permian. The days when Earl Cambell ran out of Tyler all over people, when Plano had its great days . The days of CUJO and MOJO. I was at the Permian - Carter Game and I was at the Aldine - Lamar game in the Dome. Its not the venue that made all that HS football great. It was the HS students playing that makes it great. 21 years ago I moved to Arlington Ive seen my old HS play at Texas Stadium , Ive seen my son play twice at TS. Ive seen SLC, Cedar Hill , Euless Trinity and Arlington Lamar and many others great HS teams play.

I would go to the game if they were playing in the field down the road behind the baptist church. Its about the HS players not the stadium , I couldnt care less about where their playing Ijust want to watch them play.

Please the only one whining is you ... about a place that really doesnt matter:cool:

[pied]

Nope ... been watching HS football since I was very young . I have seen the teams in the past like Houston Wheatly and Yates . The days of Port Neches Grove and Permian. The days when Earl Cambell ran out of Tyler all over people, when Plano had its great days . The days of CUJO and MOJO. I was at the Permian - Carter Game and I was at the Aldine - Lamar game in the Dome. Its not the venue that made all that HS football great. It was the HS students playing that makes it great. 21 years ago I moved to Arlington Ive seen my old HS play at Texas Stadium , Ive seen my son play twice at TS. Ive seen SLC, Cedar Hill , Euless Trinity and Arlington Lamar and many others great HS teams play.

I would go to the game if they were playing in the field down the road behind the baptist church. Its about the HS players not the stadium , I couldnt care less about where their playing Ijust want to watch them play.

Please the only one whining is you ... about a place that really doesnt matter:cool:

I disagree, I am whining as well. It is more than a place that housed games like a field. It is a place that unlikely will be duplicated. I can't wait to see Jerry World and am glad it's in Arlington, but TS was greatness that won't be there any longer.

To me it sucks.

[Thor]

I disagree, I am whining as well. It is more than a place that housed games like a field. It is a place that unlikely will be duplicated. I can't wait to see Jerry World and am glad it's in Arlington, but TS was greatness that won't be there any longer.

To me it sucks.


Aggies arnt allowed to disagree with older Aggies Pied:cool:

[OakTreeUp-n-Out]

Good post, farmer. I was a complainer about them not letting people leave and re-enter, but when playoffs roll around and I'm getting to watch 1-2 games a week instead of 3-4, I'm going to be really bummed. My father and I spent pretty much all of November/December in the place. We live about 80 miles from the metroplex... the drive was easy to justify for 4 games, but it's going to be a lot more difficult to commit to a single game, or at best a doubleheader. Depressing stuff.

[pied]

Aggies arnt allowed to disagree with older Aggies Pied:cool:

Not certain where you're going with that. I've been called worse than "Aggies", not much, but it's been done.

[farmerfan]

Nope ... been watching HS football since I was very young . I have seen the teams in the past like Houston Wheatly and Yates . The days of Port Neches Grove and Permian. The days when Earl Cambell ran out of Tyler all over people, when Plano had its great days . The days of CUJO and MOJO. I was at the Permian - Carter Game and I was at the Aldine - Lamar game in the Dome. Its not the venue that made all that HS football great. It was the HS students playing that makes it great. 21 years ago I moved to Arlington Ive seen my old HS play at Texas Stadium , Ive seen my son play twice at TS. Ive seen SLC, Cedar Hill , Euless Trinity and Arlington Lamar and many others great HS teams play.

I would go to the game if they were playing in the field down the road behind the baptist church. Its about the HS players not the stadium , I couldnt care less about where their playing Ijust want to watch them play.

Please the only one whining is you ... about a place that really doesnt matter:cool:

THOR
You have a grea recollection but Permiand Cater nevefr played at Tx Stadium and to my memory Permian and JT never did either. Permian did play Marshall at Tx Stadium though and there was well over 20K for that one. Permian made Tx Stadium their home away from hom in ''89 though.

You say it is just a stadium? You never went to games in the early '90s or mid 90's methiks. But if you did and did not like it, where else would have played those games??

[pied]

THOR
You have a grea recollection but Permiand Cater nevefr played at Tx Stadium and to my memory Permian and JT never did either. Permian did play Marshall at Tx Stadium though and there was well over 20K for that one. Permian made Tx Stadium their home away from hom in ''89 though.

You say it is just a stadium? You never went to games in the early '90s or mid 90's methiks. But if you did and did not like it, where else would have played those games??

Saw that as well, but he didn't state that Permian-Carter was at TS, just that he was there.

Permain had some good games prior to '89, including "beating" Arlington in '87 35-35.

[farmerfan]

:notworthyGood post, farmer. I was a complainer about them not letting people leave and re-enter, but when playoffs roll around and I'm getting to watch 1-2 games a week instead of 3-4, I'm going to be really bummed. My father and I spent pretty much all of November/December in the place. We live about 80 miles from the metroplex... the drive was easy to justify for 4 games, but it's going to be a lot more difficult to commit to a single game, or at best a doubleheader. Depressing stuff.

Thanks Oak,

You are one that has always understood what Tx Stadium was about in Nov-Dec for us HS fans. I appreciate the comments and do wish you well in fatherhood now. Can I also ask for to post more often?:notworthy

[farmerfan]

Saw that as well, but he didn't state that Permian-Carter was at TS, just that he was there.

Permain had some good games prior to '89, including "beating" Arlington in '87 35-35.

You are right Pied, he did not say that game was at Tx Stadium. I do find it amusing though how man people claim they were at thet Permian-Carter game. Much like they do the PESH-JT game. I would love to ask the people that were at the PESH-JT game if they were there for all 3 that day and to see if they remember the scores of the first two?

[businesstron]

I was kinda impartial to it....but then again I haven't lived in Texas for about 9 years. I figured the playoff games would transistion over to Arlington but I learned that wouldn't be the case last spring...

I'm a miss it though..

I remember playing in that staduim so many times when I was at Duncanville.. Alotta memories are on that field. One o fthe most memorable days I had there was when I came down for thanks giving and got to see the SLC/Trinity game, Cedar Hill/Hebron and South Grand Prarie/Collyville. Those games were good but the game the next day were even better.

All four games went down to the wire..... Carter/Berkner was the first one, Tyler lee/Plano East was the second one and that was close, Garland/Longview was the 3rd game and Madison/Tatum was the last game. I think that the single best weekend of football I've ever seen.....

Maybe some of these multi-use complexes like the one in Mansfield or maybe even Mavericks Staduim would be a decent place....

[The Observer]

You are right Pied, he did not say that game was at Tx Stadium. I do find it amusing though how man people claim they were at thet Permian-Carter game. Much like they do the PESH-JT game. I would love to ask the people that were at the PESH-JT game if they were there for all 3 that day and to see if they remember the scores of the first two?

Farmer - I get being bummed that Texas Stadium is no more...and I agree that it was a high school football mecca (see my earlier post)...but TS had been way past its time as an NFL stadium...high school games will continue to be played in the metroplex, just at different venues. Trust me, I will be hating life on Thanksgiving Friday as much as anyone without a triple-header to go to, but I am not sure what you are after with this post? Yes, I think it sucks TS is not there for high school games. Do I understand why its not? Absolutely. Not sure what more there is to it after that.

As far as the Plano East-JT game, I do agree what everyone says they were there, but I am one of the few I've ever heard admit that they left early. And not knowing who played before doesn't mean you weren't there, it just means you've seen a LOT of games from those same seats.

[SLC93]

And that memory of that first one is remembered with that monthly rash:Music

On the plus side I now have a lucrative career shooting commerical for the latest medications available for treatment.:cool::D

[SLC93]

Good post, farmer. I was a complainer about them not letting people leave and re-enter, but when playoffs roll around and I'm getting to watch 1-2 games a week instead of 3-4, I'm going to be really bummed. My father and I spent pretty much all of November/December in the place. We live about 80 miles from the metroplex... the drive was easy to justify for 4 games, but it's going to be a lot more difficult to commit to a single game, or at best a doubleheader. Depressing stuff.

And this, more than anything else written thus far, is the point. With TS going away, we're all losing a destination point for something we're all passionate about, a place where we've all made memories and started o own little traditions. Like the place or not, it's going to leave a void in all of our experiences once gone.

[SLC93]

:notworthy

Thanks Oak,

You are one that has always understood what Tx Stadium was about in Nov-Dec for us HS fans. I appreciate the comments and do wish you well in fatherhood now. Can I also ask for to post more often?:notworthy

Beat me to it! Stupid, mind numbing, Friday meetings!:mad:

It's the essence we'll miss. The experience we'll miss. No other venue in north Texas has provided us with the kind of haven TS has with their cards of p/o football.

[trainin' the game]

im going to miss ts, but my thing is we cannot go backward we only can move forward with that said and with people we have on here that love hs fb is there anyway we can set something to maybe get the cotton bowl to go field turf and then host some games????? do they think the field turf would take away from the tradition???? this is america people more importantly texas and we are talking hs football; i say lets find out and make some calls to the cotton bowl. i want my quadruple headers!!!!!!

what'cha think????

also what venuses will be used for playoffs you think???

[GoOwls]

You guys clearly do not get it.


All hail the big dollar, bang bang I am the Warrior. I want a stadium that can not sit the people that want t come. Put me in Garland.......


Good Gosh peopl;e are yoll are you all really that stupid? I think so, yes I am that stuoopid too

...under the bus we have been thrown

[PirateParent2011]

im going to miss ts, but my thing is we cannot go backward we only can move forward with that said and with people we have on here that love hs fb is there anyway we can set something to maybe get the cotton bowl to go field turf and then host some games????? do they think the field turf would take away from the tradition???? this is america people more importantly texas and we are talking hs football; i say lets find out and make some calls to the cotton bowl. i want my quadruple headers!!!!!!

what'cha think????

also what venuses will be used for playoffs you think???

Are you listening Dallas City Council? You guys screwed up by letting Jerry take his act to A-Town…but you could redeem yourselves by making the investment and putting field turf down at the Cotton Bowl so that it would be the new mecca for TX high school football playoff action. Just think of the money that could be made on that investment over the years! Come on <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-comhttp://forums.5atexasfootball.com/ /><st1:City w:st=</st1:City>Dallas…just do it!

[The Observer]

im going to miss ts, but my thing is we cannot go backward we only can move forward with that said and with people we have on here that love hs fb is there anyway we can set something to maybe get the cotton bowl to go field turf and then host some games????? do they think the field turf would take away from the tradition???? this is america people more importantly texas and we are talking hs football; i say lets find out and make some calls to the cotton bowl. i want my quadruple headers!!!!!!

what'cha think????

also what venuses will be used for playoffs you think???

I think for this year, get ready for the big games to be at Denton (Fouts), Birdville, or Masfield, based on location of the teams....I agree with you guys on the Cotton Bowl, but being realistic, I don't see it happening.

[bigdaddydog]

Here is where it is about me being right. There was a lot of fans in this area ready to leave Tx Stadium and got to the new palace thinking that we were still going to have it the way we were used to having. Not the case. I was criticized bad the last two years when I would tell peopl that wopiuld complain about Tx Stadium.
Fact is mister, the majority of the HS fans did not know how good we truly had it, they were ready to get rid of the place that haed become Home and think thye could replace it. Now that we can't just wait for playoff time and see all the *****ing and moaning that goes on.
YES, I Miss TX STADIUM

OK, so I missed putting in the strategically placed wink ;) and grin :D on you being right.

Folks should have realized that the motivation for Jerry Jones would not mesh well with High School Football. I for one don't think I was all fired up about losing Texas Stadium, but I've slept (and drank) since then.

I agree that many folks did not realize how much they would miss it and the memories that were made there. That's why I am so glad I had the opportunity to not only have my world come crashing down there, but also feel what it was like to be on top of the world there!!

The memories documented in pictures and videos are all we have left of the place and I am so glad to have those.

As bad as it feels to lose the place, I'd still like to raise my glass to you and all the other true fans of this game and toast not only the memories gone by but the new memories being made no matter where they take place. :)

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2494/3931642071_341efcc89b.jpg


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[GoOwls]

Come late November and December, there will be post after post here with people grumbling about playoff sites and the lack of an "event" to go to.....3 or 4 games in one day.....mark my words....Texas Stadium won't be missed until they don't have it anymore....and that day will be soon.....in Week 11.

[dragonsdaddy]

Come late November and December, there will be post after post here with people grumbling about playoff sites and the lack of an "event" to go to.....3 or 4 games in one day.....mark my words....Texas Stadium won't be missed until they don't have it anymore....and that day will be soon.....in Week 11.

it is too far in the future to be of much help, but new fouts field will be a help for some. uta will get some use now that they have field turf. smu would be a great venue with some innovative parking. it is right on the hiway, and is really nice, in a 30k kind of way. fact is, the cotton bowl has too many faults to ever be much of a player, i predict. the next trinty v slc type game will be a sro with lots of turn aways. and that is a shame.

[The Observer]

it is too far in the future to be of much help, but new fouts field will be a help for some. uta will get some use now that they have field turf. smu would be a great venue with some innovative parking. it is right on the hiway, and is really nice, in a 30k kind of way. fact is, the cotton bowl has too many faults to ever be much of a player, i predict. the next trinty v slc type game will be a sro with lots of turn aways. and that is a shame.

I agree with this...the days of the giant Texas Stadium crowd are probably over....doesn't SMU have some sort of restriction on how many games can be played there? I think it is the perfect venue for high school playoff games....like I said TCU is sitting there, but I've never really seen them host any playoff games, not sure why?

[PeterGibbons]

I think for this year, get ready for the big games to be at Denton (Fouts), Birdville, or Masfield, based on location of the teams....I agree with you guys on the Cotton Bowl, but being realistic, I don't see it happening.

Parking around the Cotton Bowl is a freaking mess, that's about my only complaint about that. There are plenty of other issues with other places though.

I haven't been to Denton so I won't comment there. I hope to God I don't have to go to Birdville. The people running that place are awful! Everytime I go there the people running things are just plain rude!

Mansfield is nice and Aledo's new place is great. But outside of Tx Stadium, I don't see many places that can handle 3-4 games in a day. It's really sad

[dragonsdaddy]

I agree with this...the days of the giant Texas Stadium crowd are probably over....doesn't SMU have some sort of restriction on how many games can be played there? I think it is the perfect venue for high school playoff games....like I said TCU is sitting there, but I've never really seen them host any playoff games, not sure why?

i'm pretty sure the grass there won't take a lot of play.

[baylordad]

You are right Pied, he did not say that game was at Tx Stadium. I do find it amusing though how man people claim they were at thet Permian-Carter game. Much like they do the PESH-JT game. I would love to ask the people that were at the PESH-JT game if they were there for all 3 that day and to see if they remember the scores of the first two?

Brother Dave, No doubt about it you have the best memory of High School Football in the Great State of Texas. I can remember Denver City beating us (Ft. Stockton Panthers) 68-6 in 1959, but now can't remember the Trinity final scores between leaving Pennington and getting home. That is what 50 years and cold beer will do to you.

[dragonsdaddy]

Brother Dave, No doubt about it you have the best memory of High School Football in the Great State of Texas. I can remember Denver City beating us (Ft. Stockton Panthers) 68-6 in 1959, but now can't remember the Trinity final scores between leaving Pennington and getting home. That is what 50 years and cold beer will do to you.

must not be the beer, considering the source of this fount.

[The Observer]

i'm pretty sure the grass there won't take a lot of play.

Didn't know if they were grass or field turf...but I was guessing that was the issue since you never see any games there.

[RocklandDragon]

What will probably suck more is that San Antonio's Alamodome should still be serving tripleheaders and that DKR in Austin might be hosting a couple of doubleheaders or even a tripleheader of playoff football. The Metroplex will be missing out on that unless Jerryworld will finally allow more HS playoff games.

It's already been pointed out that the likelihood of tripleheaders in one venue around the Metroplex is doubtful. How come SMU's Ford Field isn't used more often? Is it hard to get access to? Is parking a nightmare around there?

I don't think TCU's field is made up of FieldTurf so it could really only host a game per week. Two would just tear up the field.

It will be hard to find a neutral site that can be used in the same capacity as Texas Stadium. It will be harder for the ISD's to agree to tripleheaders or doubleheaders at an ISD complex. Just for that alone, I too, will miss Texas Stadium.

Still, all that aside, Texas Stadium had to go. The City of Irving wanted it gone, and they did it. The stadium was a mess and since it was the Cowboys' home and they made the money for it, why keep it up when the Cowboys are no longer there? I won't miss the heat that the stadium kept inside on hot days. I won't miss the cold that it kept in when winter was in session. I hope the aisles of the new Stadium are a little wider because the ones at Texas Stadium were very narrow. I saw a few people tip over and fall trying to get to their seat. It just looked dirty and old...because it was.

It's good to have memories of the games at Texas Stadium. I am glad to have watched a few games there, but it was time for the stadium to go. Really, there is no other ways around it. Unfortunately, HS playoff settings were a casualty of it.

:(

[Thor]

THOR
You have a grea recollection but Permiand Cater nevefr played at Tx Stadium and to my memory Permian and JT never did either. Permian did play Marshall at Tx Stadium though and there was well over 20K for that one. Permian made Tx Stadium their home away from hom in ''89 though.

You say it is just a stadium? You never went to games in the early '90s or mid 90's methiks. But if you did and did not like it, where else would have played those games??


Moved here in the 80s ... the permian - carter Houston Astrodome like the Lamar - Aldine. What I hear you saying is that the City of Irving should keep the stadium so that HS football can be played 2-3 months out of the year with maybe a good turn out. Not possible the area is prime area for growth which Irving needs. The whole reason for the stadium is to generate revenue for the city . With just HS football it will cost more to up keep the stadium than the $$ it would generate....let it goooo

[pied]

Moved here in the 80s ... the permian - carter Houston Astrodome like the Lamar - Aldine. What I hear you saying is that the City of Irving should keep the stadium so that HS football can be played 2-3 months out of the year with maybe a good turn out. Not possible the area is prime area for growth which Irving needs. The whole reason for the stadium is to generate revenue for the city . With just HS football it will cost more to up keep the stadium than the $$ it would generate....let it goooo

Permian-Carter wasnot at the Astrodome except in the movie. The real game was played at Memorial Stadium in Austin. Lamar did play Aldine in the Astrodome which was a dump, and only the second worst place I have seen a game(the worst was Fouts).

[drgnbkr]

Can you say love/hate? I hated it for Cowboy games and almost never went to live Cowboy games unless someone gave me a good parking pass. Loved it for HS games because it was easy to park and you could sit where you wanted as long as you got there early enough. Tolerated the food and prices because you didn't have a choice. Saw some great games there! I'm sure the playoffs will be very different without it. edit...forgot about the partial roof...even when it rained you could find a place to stay dry with a great view.

[farmerfan]

Moved here in the 80s ... the permian - carter Houston Astrodome like the Lamar - Aldine. What I hear you saying is that the City of Irving should keep the stadium so that HS football can be played 2-3 months out of the year with maybe a good turn out. Not possible the area is prime area for growth which Irving needs. The whole reason for the stadium is to generate revenue for the city . With just HS football it will cost more to up keep the stadium than the $$ it would generate....let it goooo

So much fail in your post.
First, as Pied as already corrected you on, Permian - Carter was not in Houston but nice try.
Second, show me where I have said that Irving should keep the stadium up for just HS?
I started this thread to show all those that were ready for Tx Stadium to go because they thought we were getting a better place for HS football that was not the case. Tx Stadium was a great place for HS football and will be missed. Jerryworld will never equal what Tx Stadium brougt to the table for HS football and it's going to be a while if ever that we will get the same type of games and atmosphere that we had at Tx Stadium. Know what you speak of before you try to correct me. Ok? thanks.

[maxtor]

What other place in the state could have 4 games and still keep its Identity?

What other place can we always rely on to know that no matter what, we would have 3-4 games a day on?

What other place can we rely on to know that they love having the HS playoffs at?

What other place could we always know, that know matter what, at least though the 1st 3 weeks of playoff action we will have a place to spend all day at?

So the place was old. So the place did not smell like a Macy's. So the place had epensive prices.

Let me ask you this, what other place could you spend a day at and enjoy HS football at?

All of you hated this place so much because you thought bigger was better but you all never saw what was coming. You all thought that we would still have a place to keep our tradition alive and we do not.l So I ask you all now, how do you hate Tx Stadium now?

As a spectator the only value for playing games in the stadium are watching multiple games and accommodating an occasionally large crowd.
Watching multiple games is nice depending on who you are and the order of which teams are playing.
We'll see how things pan out without the old Texas Stadium. I'm going to wait before I actually REALLY miss it before I give that dump any credit.
I enjoyed watching playoff games at Floyd Casey, SMU and other neutral sites much better than TS.:)

[DrEdward]

Obviously there are lots of special memories for a whole lot of high school football fans at once was Texas Stadium. But Jerry really did let the place go over the last few years. Still, inside the bowl itself, it was a great venue for high school football and will be missed as such.

However, I don't think that even if all of us had stood up at once and called for the salvation of TS, it would done one bit of good. Jerry was going to move the boys out of Irving to wherever would vote him the largest subsidy and that was that. Without the 'boys as a tenant, there was simply no financially viable mechaism to continue with the use of Texas Stadium as a high school venue. Too bad, for with the absense of the new JerryWorld, the available substitutes are simply no where near as available.

[maxtor]

One way to look at it is that I can now afford a suite on the 50 yard line at the old stadium.:)

[Maroondog]

So much fail in your post.
First, as Pied as already corrected you on, Permian - Carter was not in Houston but nice try.
Second, show me where I have said that Irving should keep the stadium up for just HS?
I started this thread to show all those that were ready for Tx Stadium to go because they thought we were getting a better place for HS football that was not the case. Tx Stadium was a great place for HS football and will be missed. Jerryworld will never equal what Tx Stadium brougt to the table for HS football and it's going to be a while if ever that we will get the same type of games and atmosphere that we had at Tx Stadium. Know what you speak of before you try to correct me. Ok? thanks.

Farmer is spot on here. Jonestown is a classic case of "Be careful what you ask for". Lots of people ASSUMED that the doubleheaders and quad games would automatically move to Jerry's new palace. Not so my friends. Jerry has an entirely different agenda.

Now I wouldn't be surprised that after some time has passed, either because all the new has worn off, the debt is paid down, the big profits have been made, the place has become a dump or all of the above that HS games might once again be played there. But don't kid yourselves, right now Jerry is ringing the cash register and until HS games fit HIS plans, be prepared to see playoff games elsewhere.

[Point Made...]

My only thought when I saw the "Hoes" performing Sunday on the support columns was...

WTF!...now I've really seen it all!...Jerry has flat out gone insane with the strippers! :eek:

The place will eventually be re-named...Jerra's pig "skin" palace....:D