The East Central Hornets are rated number 5 by the Express News for the preseason rankings! Really. Why? Can you tell that I am really shocked? I was totally not expecting this! I am going to work at least 3 East Central games this season. Two of them are television games for Thursday Night Lights;…
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Texas High School Coaches Association All Star football game
Last night, I was at the Alamodome for the Texas High School Coaches Association all star football game. The Alamodome is one of my favorite stadiums for high school football. No matter what the attendance is, it is always loud! I have seen the Dome full of 60,000 screaming college fans for an Alamo Bowl…
How I got started as a Radio Statistician
High School football season is a month away, so I thought I would share how I got started as statistician for radio and television. I will start with radio since I have been doing it for a very very long time. Next week on my BLOG, I will have my write-up of the Texas…
No 7 O’Connor Panthers – Preseason Rankings from the Express News
I am telling you now, the O’Connor Panthers will have an opportunity to make a long playoff run this season. They are young and bring back a lot of experience. On offense, Tre Johnson will get most of the touches; he is fast. Last season, he had 96 carries for 835 yards and 7 touchdowns…
No 8 Judson Rockets – Preseason Rankings from the Express News
Judson is my “home team” as I have been working there High School football games for several years alongside Bobby Stautzenberger and Tony Franklin. Bobby and Tony are an amazing broadcasting team and the three of us get along like we are family. Besides Bobby (he owns the local affiliate of TSRNsports.com), I have the…
athletes and bathrooms
Have you ever seen an athlete run away during the game to use the bathroom? Probably not! Baseball is the only sport where an athlete can disappear in the clubhouse during the game and take a dump or a leak. We, the audience, have no clue!! Football and hockey players will likely need help getting…
Number 9 Brennan Bears
No 9 Brennan Bears I was shocked to see Brennan ranked this high; I mean, they have only been playing varsity football for two years! They went winless in the first year and improved to 7 wins and 4 losses (1 loss in district play to the Kerrville Tivy Antlers) last season. This season, they…
Why do Athlete’s do stupid things?
1. Because they can! 2. Because they have a lot of money! 3. Because they don’t give a crap about the consequences! 4. Because they think with their balls (no pun intended) (thanks dad for coming up with that one)! Something stupid can mean saying something mean, writing something mean, using your middle finger…
No 10 Kerrville Tivy – Preseason Rankings from the Express News
You can tell that High School football is just around the corner when the San Antonio Express News has “Preseason Rankings!” I figured why not provide my thoughts on each team that they ranked. I do have lots of experience as a High School football statistician for radio and TV. No. 10 Kerrville Tivy It…
Rule Changes for Nascar
Is it me or is Nascar really boring to watch? A dude named Kyle, Jeff, Clint, Dale, or Kurt will get in a car thru the drivers side window and drive 150 MPH for 350 miles in a circle. They only stop for gas, tires, and when another driver gets in an accident. And if…
High School Football
It is June 19th; High School football doesn’t start until August 30th!!! That is 73 days (you can thank Mark, the statman, for that incredible number). It will be my 4th year as a statistician for KMYS (television) and my 16th year as a statistician for the Texas Sports Radio Network (radio). Wow, that is…
fan’s
Fan’s are a huge part of sporting events. I don’t mean something that cools you off; I am talking about people!!! Fan’s get all decked out from head to toe. A few weeks ago, there was a student in San Antonio who got in trouble at school cause he had a picture of Matt…
tattoo’s
Basketball is the only sport where athletes can actually show off there tattoo’s. It could be a bible quote, a number, a name, a symbol, an animal, or something super strange that you are like what the fuck is that? Sometimes, a basketball player will get angry before, during, or after a game and take…
crowds
As I watch sporting events on television, I am amazed at how athletes can perform there jobs with tens of thousands of fans watching them live and many more watching on television and how they do this day after day. And then you have the media; they scrutinize every little thing that happens on and…
All Star Football Game
Last night, I was at Comalander stadium for the 34th Annual All Star Football game. I love working this game because I get to see the top San Antonio Senior’s from the 2011 season play high school football one last time. Even though I worked 33 games last season, I didn’t see a lot of…
2012 signing day
On Wednesday, February 1st, high school athletes around San Antonio had there opportunity to tell us where they will be attending college! Family, coaches, other students, and the local media joined the student athletes for there decision. Must be pretty awesome to be good at something and have a college offer you a scholarship to…
UIL Realignment
On Thursday, February 2nd, the UIL announced the 2012-2014 realignment, which is based on the enrollment numbers for each high school. Basically what this means is that some schools will go to a new District or change classifications (Texas has 5A, 4A, 3A, 2A, and 1A). This didn’t get as much publicity as signing day…
High School Football WRAP-UP
I came up with this brilliant idea to write about all the high school football games I worked 5 months ago. Not sure why I didn’t do this in previous years. Blogging kept me busy on the weekends and away from trouble! I hope you found my high school football writing insightful. I really…
Week 16 – Steele Vs Spring Dekaney (5A Division II state championship)
Last night, I was at Cowboys stadium in Arlington for the 5A Division II high school football state championship between our Steele Knights and the Spring Dekaney Wildcats. This was the 9th game played at the stadium since Thursday! Pretty cool to have one location for most of the championship games! I left yesterday at…
Steele VS Port Arthur Memorial
Yesterday afternoon, I was at Reliant stadium in Houston for the Steele Knights vs the Port Arthur Memorial Titans. I drove up with Mark Kusenberger and our journey started at 9:30am and didn’t end till 11:45pm! After the game concluded, we really wanted to get home to our family so we didn’t go to the…