TrumpisDump Posted February 4, 2022 Share Posted February 4, 2022 Can we get some of the best area talent from here and have Labor Day classic and host at Rose or Longview... that would be pretty sweet. They do it in Dallas so why not here? Or else we get our top 6 schools and play against North Louisiana's top 6 at Independence or Longview.. just a nice shake up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mavchamp Posted February 4, 2022 Share Posted February 4, 2022 Marshall participated in a few kickoff classics. More often than not…. It’s a cluster. We we’re in the classic over in Shreveport in the early 2010’s….. those September noon/3PM kickoffs we’re BRUTAL. Mid 90s with heat indices over 100. Coupled with a couple of margaritas from Superior. You get my drift. . Toss in the sketchy parking, the concessions, and the general area around a independence stadium and it was a wash. Not to mention…. You give up a home game that likely would have had a bigger crowd AND most definitely would have made you more money than your cut from the classic. We also participates in the Hootens kickoff classic in Little Rock, Arkansas, in the early 2000’s. It was wayyyy more organized than the one in Shreveport. Attendance was better. Matchups were more even. Better games. But the stadium needed to be condemned. Was a loooooooong drive. But it was an OK experience. ———— Some folks may remember in the late 90s when we tried a few jamborees. I actually really liked those. I think they did it twice. It was at Lobo Stadium. They divided the home side in half for Longview and Kilgore. The away side was split for Marshall and Pine Tree. Marshall scrimmaged Kilgore. Longview scrimmaged PT. There were 8000 people there…..easy. Nearly packed out. For scrimmages! Never understood why they let that die. I think Coach Collins brought the idea here from La… where jamborees are huge. IMHO the secret of success is getting schools with close proximity to one another. A little history between them doesn’t hurt either. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villagegenius Posted February 4, 2022 Share Posted February 4, 2022 Didn’t rose use to do a kickoff classic? I feel like I remember watching Gilmer and Jasper play there at least once on a Thursday to start the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagleborn Posted February 5, 2022 Share Posted February 5, 2022 Doesn’t Tyler do one now? In a round about way? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagleborn Posted February 5, 2022 Share Posted February 5, 2022 30 minutes ago, villagegenius said: Didn’t rose use to do a kickoff classic? I feel like I remember watching Gilmer and Jasper play there at least once on a Thursday to start the season. We used to play Gilmer there in mid-late 00s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VonG Posted February 5, 2022 Share Posted February 5, 2022 They still do. It's just not as big as it once was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VonG Posted February 5, 2022 Share Posted February 5, 2022 The private schools around Tyler host one also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valhalla Posted February 5, 2022 Share Posted February 5, 2022 2 hours ago, Mavchamp said: Marshall participated in a few kickoff classics. More often than not…. It’s a cluster. We we’re in the classic over in Shreveport in the early 2010’s….. those September noon/3PM kickoffs we’re BRUTAL. Mid 90s with heat indices over 100. Coupled with a couple of margaritas from Superior. You get my drift. . Toss in the sketchy parking, the concessions, and the general area around a independence stadium and it was a wash. Not to mention…. You give up a home game that likely would have had a bigger crowd AND most definitely would have made you more money than your cut from the classic. We also participates in the Hootens kickoff classic in Little Rock, Arkansas, in the early 2000’s. It was wayyyy more organized than the one in Shreveport. Attendance was better. Matchups were more even. Better games. But the stadium needed to be condemned. Was a loooooooong drive. But it was an OK experience. ———— Some folks may remember in the late 90s when we tried a few jamborees. I actually really liked those. I think they did it twice. It was at Lobo Stadium. They divided the home side in half for Longview and Kilgore. The away side was split for Marshall and Pine Tree. Marshall scrimmaged Kilgore. Longview scrimmaged PT. There were 8000 people there…..easy. Nearly packed out. For scrimmages! Never understood why they let that die. I think Coach Collins brought the idea here from La… where jamborees are huge. IMHO the secret of success is getting schools with close proximity to one another. A little history between them doesn’t hurt either. They always give the Louisiana teams a favorable match up too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoboFan07 Posted February 5, 2022 Share Posted February 5, 2022 2 hours ago, villagegenius said: Didn’t rose use to do a kickoff classic? I feel like I remember watching Gilmer and Jasper play there at least once on a Thursday to start the season. I think they still do, but it’s nothing what it use to be. There use to be at least 4 games if I remember…Thursday/Friday/Two Saturday. I know Lee played Bishop Gorman out of Nevada one year. We’ve played JT and Lee at it. It’s a fun idea if it’s executed correctly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoboFan07 Posted February 5, 2022 Share Posted February 5, 2022 3 hours ago, Mavchamp said: Marshall participated in a few kickoff classics. More often than not…. It’s a cluster. We we’re in the classic over in Shreveport in the early 2010’s….. those September noon/3PM kickoffs we’re BRUTAL. Mid 90s with heat indices over 100. Coupled with a couple of margaritas from Superior. You get my drift. . Toss in the sketchy parking, the concessions, and the general area around a independence stadium and it was a wash. Not to mention…. You give up a home game that likely would have had a bigger crowd AND most definitely would have made you more money than your cut from the classic. We also participates in the Hootens kickoff classic in Little Rock, Arkansas, in the early 2000’s. It was wayyyy more organized than the one in Shreveport. Attendance was better. Matchups were more even. Better games. But the stadium needed to be condemned. Was a loooooooong drive. But it was an OK experience. Longview’s been in their few fair of ones as well. Tom Landry Classic at SMU and Allen, The UIL one at AT&T during Covid, gonna be apart of the THSCA one this season and next in McKinney. No doubt that Battle on the Border in Shreveport has been such a complete cluster every time we’ve been there. There was one year we played Monroe Neville and it didn’t start until nearly 9:30 at night on a Saturday….I think we got home around 1 am or so, maybe a little later. Still livid about the last time we played in it against Byrd. Absolute mess, and our band left at freakin halftime. Like I said, if the execution can be paid off, they’re all great ideas. Just rarely happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearFan13 Posted February 5, 2022 Share Posted February 5, 2022 The battle of the borders was not kind to Gladewater the two years we participated lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VonG Posted February 5, 2022 Share Posted February 5, 2022 Lee never played Gorman out of Nevada. That will be Gilmer who played them in the classic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoboFan07 Posted February 5, 2022 Share Posted February 5, 2022 38 minutes ago, VonG said: Lee never played Gorman out of Nevada. That will be Gilmer who played tem in the classic. Ah you’re right, Gilmer player Gorman in the late game and Lee beat Chaminade-Madonna in the afternoon game. Got ‘em mixed up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagleborn Posted February 5, 2022 Share Posted February 5, 2022 I think Gilmer hosted Bishop Gorman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VonG Posted February 5, 2022 Share Posted February 5, 2022 Gilmer play Gorman at Rose Stadium. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagleborn Posted February 5, 2022 Share Posted February 5, 2022 8 hours ago, VonG said: Gilmer play Gorman at Rose Stadium. Cool… Crazy how Gorman wasn’t anything but average back then and now they are a “world power”.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrumpisDump Posted February 6, 2022 Author Share Posted February 6, 2022 Yeah that would be a nice money making idea along with some great entertainment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigLion10 Posted February 14, 2022 Share Posted February 14, 2022 On 2/4/2022 at 5:38 PM, Mavchamp said: Marshall participated in a few kickoff classics. More often than not…. It’s a cluster. We we’re in the classic over in Shreveport in the early 2010’s….. those September noon/3PM kickoffs we’re BRUTAL. Mid 90s with heat indices over 100. Coupled with a couple of margaritas from Superior. You get my drift. . Toss in the sketchy parking, the concessions, and the general area around a independence stadium and it was a wash. Not to mention…. You give up a home game that likely would have had a bigger crowd AND most definitely would have made you more money than your cut from the classic. We also participates in the Hootens kickoff classic in Little Rock, Arkansas, in the early 2000’s. It was wayyyy more organized than the one in Shreveport. Attendance was better. Matchups were more even. Better games. But the stadium needed to be condemned. Was a loooooooong drive. But it was an OK experience. ———— Some folks may remember in the late 90s when we tried a few jamborees. I actually really liked those. I think they did it twice. It was at Lobo Stadium. They divided the home side in half for Longview and Kilgore. The away side was split for Marshall and Pine Tree. Marshall scrimmaged Kilgore. Longview scrimmaged PT. There were 8000 people there…..easy. Nearly packed out. For scrimmages! Never understood why they let that die. I think Coach Collins brought the idea here from La… where jamborees are huge. IMHO the secret of success is getting schools with close proximity to one another. A little history between them doesn’t hurt either. Hootens has since started using colleges like SAU, Arkansas Tech, UCA, and UAPB for that reason lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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