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Randomness in Amarillo
November 18, 2007Before I head back with Jason Palmer (a TRN photographer) to Wichita Falls tomorrow, I thought I would share some things football and non-football related I witnessed here in Amarillo the past two days.
* District 6-3A, one of the toughest districts in the state, really flexed its muscle this weekend. 3-0 is not too shabby, and Burkburnett's takedown of Canyon was quality.
* And they weren't the only teams whipping up the weekend. Our area teams (counting six-man) went 8-3 over the weekend, with only Nocona, Holliday and Crowell falling. Since four teams were on byes, that means I will have more preview capsules to work on next week than I had this week. Kudos the the victors.
* There will be some big-time games next week: Rider vs. Stephenville may get top billing, but I think Graham-Argyle and Burk-Abilene Wylie will be superb ones too.
And here are some non-football thoughts, most of which were concocted in the Dick Bivins Stadium press box, which acted like a second home these last two days:
* Last time I was at Bivins, they hadn't remodeled yet. But it was really nice - high-speed internet, great seating and set-up. It would be very cool if Memorial Stadium could get an upgrade like this someday, but with the WFISD budget, that's probably not going to happen.
*The people in the press box were great, and whoever made those homemade cookies on Saturday, thank you so much. I think my waistline jumped a size just from scarfing down those things.
*Heard that Graham was going to The Texan to eat after the game. That's the steakhouse where if you eat a 72-ounce steak in an hour, then it is free. I heard that Coach McCoy banned his players from giving it a try. There's a couple of linemen who might have been able to give it a run for the money.
*The coaches from Argyle, which plays Graham next week, flew into Amarillo to scout, stayed for the game, and then flew back to DFW. There were at least five of them -- that had to of cost someone or maybe AISD lots of cash.
* But at least Argyle needed to scout that game. Guess who was also on hand scouting both the Graham-Dalhart and Vernon-Perryton games. A couple of Celina coaches! Celina isn't even in Region I. The soonest it could meet either of those teams is the state semis. Celina will probably get there, but do you need to scout four weeks in advance? And all the way in Amarillo. That makes no sense, but oh well.
* Drove a couple of miles out of town and saw Cadillac Ranch. Pretty neat, but we didn't bring any spray paint.
That pretty much wraps up my weekend in Amarillo. Check back early in the week when I look at some playoff matchups.
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