Archive for August, 2007
Friday Night Scoreboard
Here’s the place to keep up with Friday’s Scores from around the Ark-La-Tex. Got a score? Click on “Comments” below and keep everyone up-to-date! Check here throughout the night to keep up with what’s going on around the area.
If you went to one of the area games tonight, let us know how your team looked. Who was hot?
Updated Scores:
| Arkansas High | 28 |
| North Little Rock | 7 |
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| Pleasant Grove | 15 |
| Hooks | 13 |
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| Liberty-Eylau | 20 |
| North Lamar | 21 |
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| Texas High | 38 |
| John Tyler | 7 |
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| New Boston | 44 |
| De Kalb | 14 |
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Filed under Local High Schools : Comments (6) : Aug 31st, 2007
Cutting the roster
NFL teams have to cut their rosters to 53 by Saturday afternoon. Let’s take a look at how the Cowboys can get their roster down from 74 to 53.
First let’s get the specialists out of the way. Obviously, the team has to keep a long-snapper (L.P. Ladouceur), a punter (Mat McBriar), and a kicker (it looks like Nick Folk will beat out Martin Gramatica for that position.) It’s possible the Cowboys could keep both kickers, but I doubt they will. I’d cut Gramatica. His salary is bigger, he’s older, he wasn’t as consistent as Folk in preseason, and he’s injured. Folk was decent on kickoffs and perfect on everything else. So that’s one cut. We’ve got the roster down to 73.
Now let’s look at defense. Read the rest of this entry »
Filed under Cowboys / NFL : Comments (4) : Aug 31st, 2007
Preaseason thoughts: Round 3
From a casual fan’s perspective, the preseason is now over because the next game will be largely an exercise in staying healthy. Starters probably won’t play more than two or three series for most teams. But to the avid fan, this is the time when you see the last-ditch efforts to secure a roster spot. It’s amazing to think about…. some of these guys on the bubble are gonna be making $250,000 a year, some will be on the practice squad, making about $80,000 a year, and some will be flipping fries for a few bucks an hour. And the difference between the guys on the roster and the guys at McDonalds might be nothing more than dumb luck. I mean, if somebody misses a tackle and you break a long run for a TD, then you made a play in the clutch, and that might be enough to keep you on the team. Or if someone misses a block and gives you an easy sack, that might just keep you in the league. Crazy stuff.
But let’s get to what we’ve seen in preseason. Read the rest of this entry »
Filed under Cowboys / NFL : Comments (0) : Aug 29th, 2007
A Call For Friday Night Scores And Highlights
Sportsdate 8 – 27 – 2007
We are 48 hours from the first Friday night of high school football season. We are hoping that as fans get home from their games they will use TexarkanaSportsBlog.com as a clearinghouse for information about games they witnessed. Read the rest of this entry »
Filed under Captain's Blog, Local High Schools, The Latest : Comments (1) : Aug 29th, 2007
Nate Jones To Start For Longhorns
Sportsdate 8 – 28 -2007
Former Texas High Tiger Nate Jones will be in the starting line-up this Saturday for the University of Texas. Jones, a senior will be starting at receiver in place of the injured Billy Pittman. Read the rest of this entry »
Filed under Captain's Blog : Comments (2) : Aug 28th, 2007
Heisman Run
The only other Razorback Heisman run that I had the pleasure of experiencing was that of Cedric Cobbs. The difference between Cobbs run and that of McFadden is that Cobbs had zero national hype, and very little local hype. It wasn’t until about the middle of his senior season that the University of Arkansas pushed his Heisman candidacy. Arkansas almost missed the bus on McFadden last year, but luckily Darren’s natural ability was able to hype itself. Read the rest of this entry »
Filed under Razorbacks, The Latest : Comments (1) : Aug 27th, 2007
(pre)Season of Surprises
Two weeks ago, I said that the Arkansas Razorback’s toughest opponent would be injuries. I was partially correct with the injuries of Marcus Monk and TE Ben Cleveland being huge downfalls, but there was another unknown I forgot to figure in… Read the rest of this entry »
Filed under Razorbacks, The Latest : Comments (0) : Aug 26th, 2007
Monroe Traded To Cubs
Sportsdate 8 – 23 – 2007
Former Texas High and Detroit Tiger Craig Monroe is headed to Chicago to join the Cubs. He was sent to the Cubs today for a player to be named later.
T. Kirk
Filed under Captain's Blog : Comments (3) : Aug 23rd, 2007