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The day is fast approaching us. I pray that all the student athletes, coaches and trainers stay safe. We can all disagree on what we think about the testing and the virus, but I think we all agree, we want the best for everyone. To the athletes and coaches make sure you are already hydrating yourself. God Bless, stay safe!

People shouldn’t get paid for what they don’t do. Whether it’s coaching or working at the dollar store.

Can we give them this in return ?

The journey began in December of 1997 when my dad and I attended my first Lobo game. That game just happened to be the state championship game against Katy. I remember the atmosphere, pregame and the band. However most of all I remember the fans, the barking, howling fans and the train horn. Everyone remembers a missed opportunity to win a state championship. I remember how I got hooked on Lobo football. Each year we would follow Longview until they lost, not ready to end the season we would look at the remaining playoff games. After deciding which game to go watch, off we would go until the end of the season. I would be scared to know just how many miles we drove over the years but man did we see some of the best players and games that Texas High school football has to offer. Each week of each season for the next 21 years were spent planning for Friday night football. Dad had it down to a science. He would pickup tickets, game gear, check the weather, plan the route, pick the restaurant and the best escape route after the games. After work on game day it was a mad rush to get home, change and get on the road. Thanks to dad we were always at the gate early enough to pick our seats (50 yard line about half way up). To pass the time on the drive to the game and back home we discussed any of a number of topics but often the discussion included game strategy, players, and coaching for both teams as well as what we thought could have been done different, we were high school football experts in the car. At the game we were among the most loyal of Lobo fans. Over the years we were blessed to see each Championship game that the Lobos played in and like most fans the anticipation built each season. So many seasons we felt the talent was there but the season ended in coulda, shoulda, woulda. In 2017 I began to work the Longview home games on the sidelines. It was a bittersweet year as I was able to get permission for my dad to be on the sidelines with me. For dad it was a dream come true, he had one of the best seats in the house. He even got tackled on one play and at 77 years old he just looked up at me and smiled. He knew he made it on the big screen. The 2017 season ended with hope that 2018 would be the year Longview would win the state championship. 2017 was also the year we discovered dad had Lewy Body Dementia. In 2018 we held our breath and crossed our fingers as each game was played. Anyone who watches football knows (especially Lobo fans) that even if you have the team and the talent all it takes is a key injury or just plain bad luck and your done. That season we only went to the home games because of the progression of dads dementia. When the playoffs began we hit the road for what I knew would be our last season of Lobo Football together. We watched and game by game the Lobos won, but each week seemed to bring more and more confusion for dad. Finally we were back at Jerry’s world in hopes of finally watching Longview bring home the ever elusive state championship. No one in ATT stadium wanted to see Longview win more than I did. I wanted it for the kids and the fans but I needed it for me and my dad. As always dad wanted to get there early so we watched the Highland park game before the Longview game. I could tell dad was struggling as he asked questions he should have known the answer to, I could see his frustration growing. We were able to last the entire game and after 21 years and four state championship games dad got to see Longview win that trophy. In July 2019 needing 24 hour care, I was finally forced to place dad in a nursing home. Dad was a outside kinda man and being in a memory care unit was like caging a wild animal. This past Saturday after two weeks of battling Covid 19 alone, dad passed away. I will miss watching the games and the long drives to and from, but more than anything else I will miss the games and the drives with dad. We finally got the perfect end to a football season but it was also the not so perfect ending of what was way more than just a game. A huge Thank you goes to coach King and the Lobos for one Hell of a ride to the end.

Hey now, I almost wanted to buy a new weed eater after watching the ‘99 Independence Bowl.

I don't think there should be any mail in voting--anywhere. But the polls should open up on October 15--across the nation, they should be open 24/7 until midnight on the 1st Tuesday in November. Then the person with the most electoral votes will be President. Come on guys--voting in person is just as safe as a protest. If you can protest, you can vote in person. Otherwise, we need to arrest every person protesting from now until the election. But again, only the hypocritical democrats believe you can protest together and not spread the virus. Stupid is as stupid does.

If President Trump had pushed Fauci out, you would have never heard the end of it in the liberal media ... I agree. Fauci has been all over the place with his comments. Fauci is on the team because of his past involvement and current position, but I don't think he is in charge of policy. The liberal media has tried to pit him against the President from the beginning ... that's just what they do and it wouldn't have mattered who was there, that's the agenda of the anti-Trump media. The President wants to open schools and if he had kept them open, it would have again been demonized by the left. The liberal governors, especially Cuomo, are directly responsible for most of the nursing home deaths ... that's a fact .... Bottom line is no matter what President Trump does in response to the virus, it's going to be attacked 24/7 by the dimocrats and media ... all to try and hurt his reelection chances ... it's all partisan dirty politics .... but what else is new?

Sugar, don't blame us because you get intimidated by our resumes, guns, & trucks. Go to your safe space. It'll be okay.

The black people rioting and protesting today for reparations and equality want what they didn’t earn. They are asking for pure socialism via the definition. Meaning, no matter what you do in our country, we are all living in the same house, same food rations, same pay, same cars. They are pawns for the puppeteers in Congress. That is all.

I agree, but I wonder if he would speak out against it in today's climate or if he would encourage it as the Democrats and media have done. I would say if this was going on during his lifetime in the 60's he would have called for it to stop.

Garrison's revised 2020 schedule ....

Send him home, put him to bed for 2 weeks, and watch other students for symptoms. Treat it just like the flu...

Poulan sold a bunch of snowblowers after the 2000 game. Tru storie

Prayers for his family and loved ones. https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/30/former-gop-presidential-candidate-herman-cain-dies-after-battle-with-coronavirus.html

Nice pic of Barry.....

Looks pretty suspicious to me...

I don’t see it happening. Not even the playoff honestly.

In the worst situations, doing what is right is what is called for. You are correct that the media would have demonized him however it played out. So who cares?Playing to the media is always a lose lose for Trump. I’m not saying he did the worst job ever. I just think he got played by the media on Covid. They knew he was a germ freak and found something they could get him to overreact on. By the time he figured it out, we were screwed.

Amad Arbery would still be alive today had he not charged the man trying to effect a citizen’s Arrest...

I actually saw a video yesterday that said for every election that Republicans have won since 1968, Democrats have claimed that election is illegitimate.

I always thought to get properly hydrated you should start drinking water well before you were active. This article is interesting. https://www.google.com/amp/s/breakingmuscle.com/amp/healthy-eating/how-long-does-it-take-to-get-hydrated What do y’all think?

Henderson vs Carthage

Each school will have three names to be voted on. On the 6th of August.

He is stuck in the ... Twilight Zone ...

They rolled them when Bear Bryant died. The only reason I can think of for them not rolling them over Updyke’s passing would be fear of another TP shortage.

From the article... “There are so many points at which Darren Wilson could have handled the situation differently and if he had, Michael Brown might still be alive,” Bell told reporters. The Same could be said about all of the black on black MURDERS in every city in America. No?

Not really! I’ve heard a guy that sounded just like snoop dawg and he was Asian. You must live a sheltered liberal life. You’ve been under your bed too long

It just means more.

Will we see a "repeat"? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHG0ezLiVGc And I have to wonder how many who were enthused about the possibility of the "first woman president" would have been so if that woman were Republican.

Any word on whether or not Auburn fans rolled their trees?

Questioning someone's manhood is good stuff but 'name calling', ! 'Conservatives' all about trotting out the 'resume', big trucks, lots of guns, to make up for what? Hmmmmmmmmm...

Revised schedule hasn’t been released yet as far as I know. Nick told me today he would email it to me as soon as he gets it.

I don't think much good has been done in the past 32 years. That's why we were in the place we were at when he took over. The only thing that has hurt him in my opinion is the Wuhan virus.

Better watch the moron crap.....read the rules of this site......and show me the racial background of those living in public housing......

You judged that tweet to be against blacks....just as many WHITES live in government housing as blacks.....you are the one you hate......lol

Barry couldn’t Begin to come up with a lucid, credible response. He can sling & insults with the Best of them, though.

And just HOW is supporting the most PRO-LIFE man to hold that office not Christian? Just how is supporting a president who has cracked down on the child sex trade not Christian?

Donald Trump's actions and record over the past 3+ years have been exactly what this country needed. I don't like his personality and I cringe at some of the things he says ... he's not a great communicator ... but I thank God he was elected instead of Hillary Clinton ... if congress would stop obstructing his pro America agenda, he would really do some great things. The pathetically dishonest and relentlessly brutal media coverage he has received from 95% of the media has been unbelievable ... I just hope the President that follows his 2nd term is half as good for America as he has been ....