headhunter
11-02-2008, 04:33 PM
Thoughts on how teams, fans, coaches, and players react to rivalry games.
Being from Cuero, Our rivals are Gonzales and Yoakum. When these teams matched up it was always a war. Every now and then one team has a down year and the rivalry tends to not be such a big thing because you know who is going to win. But when both teams are competitive then it is usually a dog fight. Also their will tend to be a few extra events that take place. Examples: dead turkeys throw on the field, paint the other teams field with your school colors, toilet paper the other teams school, steal their mascot, and many other things. I just wonder if other schools tend to do the same thing and if so is this acceptable?
I personally like it when there is a little extra fuel added to the fire. I like it when a team/coach really puts it on the other team. I have seen Cuero put it on teams and I have seen teams put points and run it up on Cuero before. I remember one year when Cuero was up like 49-0 and Yoakum pulled a trick play out in the 4th quarter and scrored, Coach Finley and the Gobblers then put the starters back in and score twice by throwing the football and making a statement. I can remember growing up and their was always trash talk the whole week on message boards and hear-say.
I actually like it, but I have heard a lot of comments on threads on how teams should not be so mean, I kind of like the old days, what do y'all think about rival games and how they are played?
Being from Cuero, Our rivals are Gonzales and Yoakum. When these teams matched up it was always a war. Every now and then one team has a down year and the rivalry tends to not be such a big thing because you know who is going to win. But when both teams are competitive then it is usually a dog fight. Also their will tend to be a few extra events that take place. Examples: dead turkeys throw on the field, paint the other teams field with your school colors, toilet paper the other teams school, steal their mascot, and many other things. I just wonder if other schools tend to do the same thing and if so is this acceptable?
I personally like it when there is a little extra fuel added to the fire. I like it when a team/coach really puts it on the other team. I have seen Cuero put it on teams and I have seen teams put points and run it up on Cuero before. I remember one year when Cuero was up like 49-0 and Yoakum pulled a trick play out in the 4th quarter and scrored, Coach Finley and the Gobblers then put the starters back in and score twice by throwing the football and making a statement. I can remember growing up and their was always trash talk the whole week on message boards and hear-say.
I actually like it, but I have heard a lot of comments on threads on how teams should not be so mean, I kind of like the old days, what do y'all think about rival games and how they are played?