If you haven't heard of Southlake football...

Hey Rob, do you know anybody that lives in Southlake?

 

Todd Dodge, former Southlake head coach, is 5-31 at North Texas.

Riley Dodge, Southlake graduate, is 2-10 as starting QB at North Texas.

 

By the way, where does Kwame Killpatrick live now?

 

It is impressive how successful the Southlake football program is. I know the 6th graders are running the same formations as varsity.
Now when are we going to drive up 26 and see "Ferrarichat" painted on the top row of Dragon Stadium?

 

I know what you mean. My 15 year old is playing hockey in Michigan this year for Honeybaked. I am commuting to Ann Arbor every week. As my son says"Academics are over-rated.., it is all about athletics."

 

Doesn't Southlake have their own domed practice facility that the Cowboys use?

 

I actually like the Cirrus Jet but the FL250 limit is prohibitive. They will be getting a fractional one on lime at Plane Smart in Addison soon.
But you know, I do look forward to the chardonnay and warm almonds on a Sunday evening.

 

it's crazy how big high school football is down in texas, i read friday night lights a while back, a couple of years before the movie came out, if i remember correctly, gary gaines, the coach, made more money than the principal. it's a great read for anyone that's interested.

but yeah, chase daniel was the one that brought mizzou to its glory days a few seasons ago, along with jeremy maclin, and a few others. (one of my fraternity brothers played high school football with j-mac)

 

What State do you feel has the biggest H.S. Football program. I always thought, or I should say (followed) The Florida programs. (I'm a huge Miami Hurricanes Fan.)

 

I'm a '9'ers fan, so JJ is about as close to the anti-christ as it's possible to get

But, I assume he lets HS's use it for free, which is kind of cool - How much is admission? Parking? Are the concession stand offerings the same outrageous price as when the Cowboys play?

IIRC, someone posted here a while back about an autocross (?) event they were having in the parking lot and JJ himself came out and told 'em they couldn't even give away water - They had to "contract" with his "food & beverage" crew apparently - *******!.....

Cheers,
Ian

 

A bit off topic but I recall an article a few years ago stating that MS produced the most NFL players per capita. If this article is to be believed it is now: Louisiana boasts most NFL players per capita
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I'm a Texas native, OU fan, and Saints Who Dat so I'm very happy for Mr. Hartley. Amazing the difference a few months makes: New Orleans Saints kicker Garrett Hartley will serve four-game suspension after taking banned stimulant

Geaux Saints!

 

My high school played the first HS game in the new stadium. Fortunately we won by a comfortable margin against a nationally ranked team from Utah.
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My best childhood friend played for Honeyback when he was 16-18 a few years ago (almost positive he was a captain, I'll have to confirm). He got a ride to Ferris State, and after red shirting a year in St Louis, this is his 3rd year of NCAA and both him and the team are having a great year. Currently ranked 10th in the nation.

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/ranking?key=GENUSAMENSHOCKEYPOLL

Anyways, every time we chat I ask him about the potential he has to make it to the big show, and he replies...."there's a reason I play collegiate hockey (instead of junior a) and that was to earn a degree. I'm going to try and go for it and try my best at any tryout I can attend, but I'd be lying to you if I told you it was in my 5 year plan..."

If you son claims academics are overrated, I highly reccommend going for an OHL team or the like, but then again I also know some extremley talented players (two actually played with Tim Thomas, or "Timmy" is what they called him) and they are some of the biggest lowlife wash ups I've met.

I highly encourage you to pick up the book "So your son wants to play in the NHL" written by Dan Bylsma's (SP?) dad, Dan was a former LA King and now is head coach of the Penguins. Hockey (IMO) is by far the hardest sport to make it to pro,for the lowest pay.

 

I've seen that TV more times than I can count, and everytime I take a second look as if it could have possibly been photo shopped in. I'll have to make it down there sometime in the next few years to experience it for myself.

 

You forgot to show the whole article. Here is the important part.

Louisiana has 80 players in the NFL overall, which ties with Georgia for fifth in terms of total numbers. California (205) has the most natives in the NFL, followed by Texas (179), Florida (176) and Ohio (90).