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Post by hawkeyedug on May 7, 2010 23:03:02 GMT -6
I assume you are the same Travis from the other board. You went to Russel? What year did you graduate?
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Post by TBELL on May 10, 2010 2:48:09 GMT -6
Yep, that's me. Graduated in 99.
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Post by hawkeyedug on May 10, 2010 9:45:32 GMT -6
You are a year older than me then. My senior year (00) we played you guys in football. You I think Russel was the worst HS football team ever that year. Somethings I remember about that game:
1) They are a member of the Blue Grass Conference.
2) Does the school have a Rodeo team? I swore that I saw a rodeo arena on school grounds.
3) I had to block this one big tall guy. He smelled REALLY bad. So bad I held my breath while blocking him. Sometimes I just hit him and released him because it was that bad. It didn't matter because the entire team was so bad that I think any 8-man team could have beat them 8-on-11.
4) I remember our running backs being confused by how bad their defense was. They never had to cut back, just run a straight line to the end zone. This was further en-grained in me during the Monday film review after the game when I watched a safety begin to backpedal at the snap and back pedal all the way to the endzone, untouched, on a long run for a TD. They were running away from our ball carriers.
5) Their best player was an Offensive Guard who was female.
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Post by Saggitariutt Jefferspin (ith) on May 10, 2010 16:20:18 GMT -6
how flattering...
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Post by poncho72 on May 10, 2010 20:34:49 GMT -6
Speaking of Russell, Iowa I used to do a lot of hunting on Rathbun and Browns Slough, we had a lease where we stayed on the weekends just about 2 miles south of town. During Hawkeye gamedays we would quit hunting early and head to the bar in Russell to watch a little football. Every time we went there there was this big, tall SOB named Drew ( who was always wasted ), he would start shit with us because we were Hawkeye fans and too loud..... This guy had to have been 6'5"+ and not fat, just a big dude. Does that guy sound familiar Travis? This was back in the 96-98 timeframe.
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Post by NOTTHOR on May 11, 2010 7:20:06 GMT -6
5) Their best player was an Offensive Guard who was female. I bet she was hot. I can't knock her, though, she will probably one day give birth to an All-American left tackle who will play at Iowa. |
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Post by TBELL on May 12, 2010 12:44:41 GMT -6
Yeah, that all sounds about right. It's hard to compete at any level when your football team only has 18 players. We couldn't even scrimmage. My senior year in football was the last year they played 11 man. We ended up being re-aligned conference wise. My senior year, Class A, we played Green Mt Garwin, HLV Victor, Van fucking Meter, Lynnville Sully, and there was 1 other team we played that year that ended up being rated at one time or another in the top 10. We had 20 kids on our sideline, they had 50 or more sometimes. We had no business playing those schools. And it only got worse after I left.
As for Drew, I can't remember anyone with that name being that big. Was the name of the bar the "Southside"?
Edit: North Mahaska was the other school I believe that year. Or Tri County Thornburg. It was one of those two.
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Post by TBELL on May 12, 2010 12:55:48 GMT -6
Class: 1A Class Rank: 372 Conference: (0-0-0) Overall: (0-5-0) Overall Strength = 5.91
N Date Location C Stren We They Levl Rank ( W- L) Opponent Resid I Predict
1 09/04/1998 Unknown L 8.72 12 44 1A 286 ( 3- 2) Murray 2.81 * -34.81
2 09/25/1998 Unknown L 2.75 6 56 1A 229 ( 1- 5) Thornburg Tri-County -3.16 * -46.84
3 10/02/1998 Unknown L 0.69 0 65 1A 150 ( 5- 2) Wayland WACO -5.22 * -59.78
4 10/09/1998 Unknown L 16.61 0 50 1A 102 ( 7- 3) Lynnville-Sully 10.70 * -60.70
5 10/23/1998 Unknown L 0.77 6 60 1A 227 ( 4- 3) Melcher-Dallas -5.14 * -48.86
Averages 5.91 4.8 55.0
Best game: 16.61 = 50 point loss to Lynnville-Sully
Worst game: 0.69 = 65 point loss to Wayland WACO
Team stdev: 6.82
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Post by TBELL on May 12, 2010 12:58:07 GMT -6
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Post by TBELL on May 12, 2010 13:00:01 GMT -6
5) Their best player was an Offensive Guard who was female. I bet she was hot. I can't knock her, though, she will probably one day give birth to an All-American left tackle who will play at Iowa. I swear to god dude if any male ever sticks his wang inside this girl...I shudder to even ponder the thought man...gross... |
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Post by hawkeyedug on May 12, 2010 13:26:43 GMT -6
Maybe we played you in 99 if that is the last year they played 11 man. I don't know if we were ever rated that year or not but we had to have been close. All 4 years that I played we were one of the last couple of schools out of the playoffs of the 16 teams that get in. We played in the conference with Lynnville, HLV, Waco, Tri-County, etc. Tri-County was definitely one of the ranked teams. Lynnville was for sure as they were the only team that we never had a chance against. I think 99 was the year that we went to 4 OT with WACO.
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Post by poncho72 on May 12, 2010 17:07:49 GMT -6
As for Drew, I can't remember anyone with that name being that big. Was the name of the bar the "Southside"? I don't recall the name of the bar, is there more than one bar in Russell? We didn't frequent much of anything in Russell besides this particular bar for football games, we would eat/drink in Chariton or Albia ( Bogie's Steakhouse rocks ) quite often. |
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Post by TBELL on May 15, 2010 15:32:36 GMT -6
Maybe we played you in 99 if that is the last year they played 11 man. I don't know if we were ever rated that year or not but we had to have been close. All 4 years that I played we were one of the last couple of schools out of the playoffs of the 16 teams that get in. We played in the conference with Lynnville, HLV, Waco, Tri-County, etc. Tri-County was definitely one of the ranked teams. Lynnville was for sure as they were the only team that we never had a chance against. I think 99 was the year that we went to 4 OT with WACO. Where did you go to school? |
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Post by TBELL on May 15, 2010 15:33:23 GMT -6
As for Drew, I can't remember anyone with that name being that big. Was the name of the bar the "Southside"? I don't recall the name of the bar, is there more than one bar in Russell? We didn't frequent much of anything in Russell besides this particular bar for football games, we would eat/drink in Chariton or Albia ( Bogie's Steakhouse rocks ) quite often. Oddly enough, for a town of 500, yes. There are 2 bars in Russell. |
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Post by Gumbyhawk on May 15, 2010 19:05:17 GMT -6
Glory days! Glory daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa-aaaaays!!  |
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Post by hawkeyedug on May 16, 2010 2:11:04 GMT -6
Where did you go to school? English Valleys, North English |
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