High School/Small College Football: Win One, Lose One

[missmacinthorpe]

My 2 alma maters were playing in their respective football championship tournaments this weekend. The University of North Alabama won in overtime to advance to the Division II semi-final game (http://www.timesdaily.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051127/NEWS/511270361/1019/SPORTS). UNA always has a built-in advantage whenever they make the playoffs: the school hosts the Divisioni II football championship every year. :lol: OTOH, my old high school failed again to win the Alabama 5A (largest schools are 6A, smallest are 1A) state football championship, losing in a semi-final game (http://www.timesdaily.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051126/NEWS/511260337/1019/SPORTS). :cry: The last time RHS won the state football championship, Lyndon Johnson was president and I was in the second grade. :( When I was in high school in the late 70s, the football team was extremely bad (they had to beat up on dinky schools to keep from being 0-10), so I wish they could win the state championship again in our lifetime instead of coming so close every year (for the past several years, they've either made the semi-finals or finals each year). Well, Go Lions!

MM

[Greg WibblyWobbly]

Didn't go to those schools MM but I'll root for ya none the less !!!

[dazzlestar14]

Me too! I hope you guys win! Good luck!

[missmacinthorpe]

Thanks, guys. I wish I'd bought the "I'm a Big Fish: TUNA" T-shirts the student bookstore used to sell when I was a student at UNA; the slogan is either sublime or ridiculous, but I can't decide which. :lol:

MM, UNA Class of 1983 (BA in math, minor in German, which explains somewhat the VVV's "German Week" Glossary (http://home.hiwaay.net/~emilyj/gerweek.html).)

[missmacinthorpe]

The high school football championships are on my TV right now, and the team that beat us is losing by 35 points at halftime. :D :D :D

MM

[dazzlestar14]

Hahaha!! :lol:

[missmacinthorpe]

They eventually lost 45-13. Sweet. :D Now I've got to root UNA on to victory today in their semi-final game today. Roar Lions!

MM

[dazzlestar14]

Go UNA!! I love getting into the spirit of these things, lol.

[missmacinthorpe]

UNA's game is on TV right now, and it's been going for them like Young Mr. Grace's yacht ("up and down, up and down"). They're behind by 1 point with 23 seconds left in the game. Waiting to see what happens before I click "submit"...UNA loses 25-24. :cry: :cry: :cry: Now there's a fight on the field, booing from the pro-UNA crowd, the Florence Police Department's finest, etc. The victorious coach boasts "the magic's still here for us in Florence" and claims next week's championship game will be like a home game for his team. I already want to ship this guy back to Missouri. He's being disrespectful to UNA, talking like that while standing in UNA's stadium. I hope they lose next week 50-0.

MM

[Lucas The Tucas]

:( I hate to hear of your mis-fortune Miss Mac. :(

Lucas

[dazzlestar14]

Don't worry, they'll get their turn in the end. That man boasts, and no good ever comes from boasting like that...Trust me. :wink: