Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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Sunday's Super Bowl LV at Tampa Bay will feature several historic firsts when the hosting Buccaneers meet the defending world champion Kansas City Chiefs in a game that kicks off a 5:30 p.m. on CBS. Super Bowl LV will be the first to pit the quarterbacks who won the game in the two preceding seasons, according to this week's issue of USA Today Sports Weekly. The quarterback match-up between Tampa Bay's Tom Brady, the 43-year-old GOAT, and the Chiefs' 25-year-old Patrick...
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers may be happy to get into Super Bowl LV Feb. 7, but they may not be overjoyed to be the first out of the last 108 Super Bowl teams to be playing in Raymond James Stadium-their home field-because they reached the ultimate encounter by winning all three NFL playoff games on the road. But the team appreciates the move the front office made last winter to obtain 43-year-old Tom Brady as their quarterback for the 2020 season. After all, this will be Brady's...
I predicted in last week's Korner that the Tampa Bay-New Orleans Divisional Playoff game would by hyped more than the other three match-ups. The focus of the media was about the head-to-head battle between the two oldest quarterbacks today in the National Football League-the Buccaneers' 43-year-old Tom Brady and the Saints' 42-year-old Drew Brees. I also pointed out that it was almost an impossibility for one team to beat the other three times in one season. Well, it didn't...
The opening round of the National Football League-the Wild Card Round-was designed to give some of the league's better teams that didn't win a division crown a taste of the post-season playoffs and of course, to generate extra income for the league and the teams good enough to qualify. Nobody will ever deny that 2020 was an unusual year for almost everybody in some form or another. Sports suffered dramatically especially on the high school and collegiate levels with many...
Playoff Games This Weekend AFC BALTIMORE RAVENS (12-6) over BUFFALO BILLS (14-3) 7:15 p.m. Saturday at Buffalo (NBC)—MY PROJECTED SCORE—Baltimore 31- Buffalo 27 (Upset Special). KANSAS CITY CHIEFS (14-2) over CLEVELAND BROWNS (12-5) 2:05 p.m. Sunday at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Mo. (CBS)—MY PROJECTED SCORE—Kansas City 34-Cleveland 20. NFC GREEN BAY PACKERS (13-3) over LOS ANGELES RAMS (11-6) 3:35 p.m. Saturday at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, WI. (Fox)-- MY PROJECT...
This is my annual National Football League "Wild Card" Playoff column and I had no idea what the Las Vegas odds were on the six games being played this weekend. Then a brainstorm hit me. Why not get some help from our newest resident Alexa. She supposedly knows everything. So, I asked her, "Alexa, please give me the odds on this weekend's NFL playoffs." She replied in her usual sweet voice, "Why, Mr. Joe, I'm waiting for your Korner to come out and tell ME the betting lines,...
5 NFL “Wild Card” Playoff Games This Weekend AFC Conference BUFFALO (13-3) over INDIANAPOLIS (11-5) 12:05 p.m. Sat. at Buffalo (CBS). BALTIMORE (11-5) over TENNESSEE (11-5) 12:05 p.m. Sun. at Tennessee (ABC/ESPN). PITTSBURGH (12-4) over CLEVELAND (11-5) 7:15 p.m. Sun. at Pittsburgh (NBC). NFC Conference SEATTLE (12-4) over LOS ANGELES RAMS (10-6) 3:40 p.m. Sat. at Seattle (Fox). TAMPA BAY (11-5) over WASHINGTON (7-9) 7:15 p.m. Sat. at Washington (NBC). NEW ORLEANS (12...
Here we are, two days before the beginning of a new year and four days before knowing which National Football League teams will be vying for the coveted Lombardi Trophy which goes to the winner of the Super Bowl. As sorry as our two NFL franchises have played during this weird pandemic-influenced season, both the Houston Texans (4-11) and the Dallas Cowboys (6-9) should be determining factors in which teams win the AFC South and NFC East divisions. That's because the Texans...
Bowl Games This Week DUKE’S MAYO BOWL—11 a.m. Today in Charlotte, N. Car. (ESPN), Wisconsin (3-3) over Wake Forest (4-4). MUSIC CITY BOWL—2:30 p.m. Today in Nashville, TN. (ESPN), Iowa (6- 2) over Missouri (5-5). COTTON BOWL –6:35 p.m. Today in Arlington, TX. (ESPN), Oklahoma (8-2) over Florida (8-3). ARMED FORCES BOWL—11 a.m. Thursday in Fort Worth, TX. (ESPN), Tulsa (6-2) over Mississippi State (3-7). LIBERTY BOWL—3 p.m. Thursday in Memphis, TN. (ESPN), West Virginia (5...
While waiting in line to see if I was old enough to qualify for my vaccine shot, this burly dude with a white beard and straggly white hair comes barging in a shoved his way ahead of me in the line. “Hey buddy,” I told him, “you can’t just break into line like that!!” “I’m in a big hurry and besides I’m older than you, so I belong ahead of you,” he retorted. “Just because you look older doesn’t mean you are,” I told him as I was starting to lose my patience. “Now get your...
BOWL GAMES NEW ORLEANS BOWL—2:30 p.m. Today in New Orleans (ESPN)—Georgia Southern over Louisiana Tech. MONTGOMERY BOWL—6 p.m. Today in Montgomery, Ala, (ESPN)—Memphis over Florida Atlantic. NEW MEXICO BOWL—2:30 p.m. Thursday in Frisco, TX, (ESPN)—Houston over Hawaii. CAMELLIA BOWL—1:30 p.m. Friday in Montgomery, Ala, (ESPN)—Buffalo over Marshall. GASPARILLA BOWL—11 a.m. Sat. in Tampa, Fla. (ABC)—UAB over South Carolina. CURE BOWL—11 a.m. Sat. in Orlando, Fla. (ESPN)...
A few years ago, I was playing in a bridge tournament and during one of the breaks I got to talking with a gentleman from the Houston area about high school football. "So, you're from Orange," the man said after reading it on my name tag. "You must be proud of the team from West Orange-Stark that has won all those state championships," he asked already knowing the logical answer. I told him that I had the opportunity to watch several young men play well enough to go on to the...
Area Playoff Games of Interest to Southeast Texas—Carthage (13-0) over Gilmer (14-1), Hallettsville (13-2) over Tuscola Jim Ned (14-1), Franklin (11-2) over Canadian (14-1), Mart (14-0) over Windthorst (14-1), Argyle ((14-0) over Lindale (13-2, Shiner (13-0) over Post (15-0). Class 6A and Class 5A Bi-district Games---Beaumont West Brook over Pasadena Memorial, Manvel over Port Arthur Memorial, Barbers Hill over Galena Park, Beaumont United over Goose Creek Memorial, Crosby o...
Area Playoff Games of Interest to Southeast Texas—Carthage (12-0) over Wimberley (11-3), Gilmer (13-1) over Graham (11-1), Llano (13-0) over Hallettsville (12-2), Waskom (12-2) over Franklin (11-2), Mart (13-0) over Falls City (11-2), Argyle ((13-0) over Canyon (12-1), Lindale (12-2) over Austin LBJ (9-2), Shiner (12-0) over Timpson (14-0). over Beckville (10-3), Refugio (11-0) over Shiner (12-0). Class 6A and Class 5A Bi-district Games---Beaumont West Brook over Pasadena M...
Here it is December with Christmas less than three weeks away and the football post-season only a month away. Most of the scheduled college games are between arch-rivals with most of them being meaningless as far as having a bearing on conference championships and bowl games. But this is 2020, the year of strange happenings both on the field and off. The coronavirus pandemic has been dictating most of what goes on, like avoiding crowds and wearing masks. As far as football is...
Area Playoff Games of Interest to Southeast Texas—Carthage ( 11-0) over China Spring (10-2), Columbus (11-2) over Hallettsville (11-2),Waskom (11-2) over Elysian Fields (11-2), Mart (12-0) over Tenaha (10-2), Argyle ((13-0) over Paris (9-4), Lindale (11-2) over Kilgore (10-3), Geronimo Navarro (11-2)) over Wimberley (10-3), Columbus (11-2) over Hallettsville (11-2), Timpson (13-0) over Beckville (10-3), Refugio (11-0) over Shiner (12-0). Regular-Season Games---Beaumont West B...
National Football League fans from the Lone Star State really got short-changed by both the Houston Texans and the Dallas Cowboys who suffered different maladies which resulted in similar outcomes-a team that was clouded from the post-season playoff picture before the season was even half over. The Cowboys had a new head coach (Mike McCarthy) with plenty of head coaching experience while the Texans had a leader (Bill O'Brien) who supposedly learned from the best (Bill...
STEELERS LOOK UNBEATABLE; COWBOYS COULD WIN NFC EAST I know that when I figure out my Pro Picks on the weekly Fearless Forecast that I’ll have two automatic wins if I pick the Pittsburgh Steelers to win and the Dallas Cowboys to lose. That was true during the first half of the 2020 National Football League season, but it may not be entirely true in the second half. I believe that if the Steelers can get past tomorrow night’s meeting at Baltimore against the hot-and-cold Rav...
Regional Semifinal High School Playoff Games This Week Area Playoff Games of Interest to Southeast Texas—Carthage ( 10-0) over Salado (11-1), Yoakum (9-2) over Columbus (10-2), Omaha Pewitt (8-3) over Elysian Fields (10-2), Mart (11-0) over West Sabine (7-4), Argyle ((11-0) over Waco La Vega (10-2 ), Huffman (10-1) over Kilgore (10-1), China Spring (9-2) over Sealy (9-2),Geronimo Navarro (10-1) over Navasota (7-3), Wimberley (9-3) over Sinton (8-3), Lorena (9-2) over H...
Area High School Playoff Games This Week WEST ORANGE-STARK (8-0) over CHINA SPRING (8-2) 7:30 p.m. Friday at Magnolia’s Bulldog Stadium—The Mustangs took it to fourth-seeded Sweeny last week and merely overpowered them. Although this week’s opponent is a third seed in its apparently strong district, the Cougars had a relatively easy time defeating a good Jasper team 45-19 and should give the ‘Stangs all they can handle. DEWEYVILLE (8-2) over CHILTON (6-4) 6 p.m. Saturda...
As college football’s regular season heads into its final month in the Lone Star State, all but one of the 12 Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) schools have played at least six games on their respective coronavirus-abbreviated schedules. Rice didn’t open its 2020 season until early October. Nine of the 12 have had at least one game on their revised schedules affected by their own positive COVID-19 tests or those of an opponent, according to an article appearing in Sunday’s editi...
WEST ORANGE-STARK (7-0) over SWEENY (3-7) 7:30 p.m. Friday at New Caney—The Mustangs breezed through their entire abbreviated 2020 schedule—including District 11-4A-II--unscathed and should remain that way after Friday night’s bi-district game with Sweeny, who is not an unfamiliar playoff foe. SEALY (7-2) over ORANGEFIELD (4-4) 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Huffman’s Falcon Stadium—Although the Bobcats finished fourth in District 11-4A-II play, they lost to some very powerful...
Texas pro football fans have a dismal future as far as having a team to root for that will have playoff implications. Neither the Houston Texans (2-6) nor the Dallas Cowboys (2-7) have much of a chance for the NFL post-season unless they run the table and win the remainder of the games on their respective 2020 schedules. But, if you merely enjoy watching exciting games, then Sunday afternoon’s CBS doubleheader was where you needed to be tuned in. Houston was on the road to J...
Games This Week WEST ORANGE-STARK over BRIDGE CITY—The Mustangs have captured their tenth straight district title and would love to go into the state playoffs next week with an unblemished regular-season record. The Cards would love to stick a hickey on the ‘Stangs’ season mark but would have to play their best game of the decade and then some. SPLENDORA over LITTLE CYPRESS-MAURICEVILLE—The Battlin’ Bears have had a rough go of their murderous schedule this season but still...
There was little surprise that the Los Angeles Dodgers are the 2020 World Series champions because they spent three times more to “buy” the better roster than the runner-up Tampa Bay Rays. But did the Dodgers win or did Rays’ manager Kevin Cash lose it for his team with his boneheaded use of his low-dollar roster? Game Six was an elimination game for Tampa Bay so Cash sent out his best pitcher, southpaw Blake Snell, who was a Cy Young Award winner in 2018. The 27-ye...
