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town of losers

posted 12 years ago by Chaseterrier
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I predicting that a lot of the town is a bunch of losers and drunks.

If the town, school and team care more about academics instead of football, maybe their town would be better off.

James "Boobie" Miles is a good example of what happen when a school makes football more important than academics. Read this article http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/preps/football/2009-08-06-permia n-gaines_N.htm that states he flunk out of college, has no job, lives with his mother, and has been arrested for aggravated assault. Maybe if he would have worried more about his education in high school instead of football, his life would be better off.

Success in the classroom is more important than the success in sports.

[–] poppyshack 12 years ago

Your point is a very good one...but its a cultural thing for that area for several generations. They were not all losers and drunks. If you have ever been to that area, you would see that the size of their football stadiums are college size. Obscenely large, which is funded by boosters in the community.

[–] Can_a_bitch_get_a_donut 12 years ago

*State of losers. The whole state of Texas. This is coming from a former Texan.

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[–] writejulio 11 years ago

"I predicting"
"a lot of the town is"
"If the town, school and team care"
"what happen"
"he flunk"

You should attempt to make your point about education without making so many mistakes in grammar. However, I would not expect anything else from someone making an assumption about an entire town's populace based on a movie about high school football. Had you paid careful attention to the movie, you would have noticed that one of the players went to Harvard. That would mean that your assessment of the town, school, and team are incorrect.

As for the Texas hater, I am guessing that she is not happy that she could not sit all day on her hindquarters, cashing welfare checks and smoking weed in Texas. Then again, I may just be making an assumption about an entire political party based on millions of welfare recipients...

[–] activista 11 years ago

@writejulio

Oh, you mean like dirt poor Republicans.....in Texas? Bwahahahahaha!

[–] behjeh 11 years ago

Your estimation is not far from the truth. That's not as if to say everyone from Odessa is an idiot. But the people who stay and work there are typically blue collar oil field workers. People in that industry are rarely of the intellectual sort. Football is really the only thing they have to entertain them there other than sex and getting drunk.

[–] TerryInTexas 10 years ago

Wow. I had no idea as to how many people knew so much about a city they have never visited or lived. Movies are made in Hollywood. Real life resides in Anytown USA. But I'm sure the negative observations are coming from those that live in a flawless and perfect community. Something to think about maybe?

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[–] bahlsdheep 10 years ago

I would agree with this, but it's not so cut and dry. Firstly, just like sports, not everyone can be good at academics. Almost anyone can pass HS courses and do fairly well, but not everyone is going to do well enough to go to a top tier university, grad school and end up earning a decent salary. Even Chavez, who went to Harvard undergrad ended up graduating from Texas Tech law-school (US News ranked #107) and probably barely, if even, eeks out a 6-figure income. Second, for most of these guys a football scholarship is the only way they could ever afford post-secondary eduction. It's not like Boobie Miles could have gotten a full ride to UCLA Berkley on an academic scholarship -- even if he could it would be just as much or more work as football. Focusing on academics and sports equally, even if it means forgoing any social life for 4 years, would probably be the best path...

[–] Chibs83 10 years ago

Turst me, it's not just Texas, High School football is taken way too seriously all over the country and a good number of the star players wind up being absolute degenerates. My graduating class are in our 30's now and I can tell you that almost all of the "star players" on our football team are some of the biggest losers in town. Two of them went to prison, 1 for credit card fraud and another for drugs, and the ones who didn't all still hang out with eachother, drink and party like they're still in high school/college, and all of them continue to dwell on their "glory days" of playing high school football. There were a select few who grew up and really did well for themselves, but the majority of them are just pathetic nobodys. But because they were treated like gods in high school, by students, staff, and the town itself, none of them ever saw past when the "friday night lights" go out and you're high school career ends.

[–] jpowers4667 9 years ago

"Dirt poor Repulicans...in Texas!"

You clearly have no clue what you're talking about. Even with the oil bust right now, you will see tons of money in that area. There's a lot of very wealthy people in Odessa and Midland that have more money than you will ever see.