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Post by Bluff fan on Nov 2, 2012 9:31:30 GMT -6
Over 60 years of battles... the 1965 game where Alice beat Miller 7-5, for the first time ever... Friday night I say 6-3 Alice.... oopss 61-35 Alice 1965-1967 The greatest production of talent in the history of south Texas. I have a friend on the Miller State Champion team (59?) who would debate you on that.
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Post by Coyote Pack Attack on Nov 2, 2012 10:07:23 GMT -6
The Alice D is peeking right now. We should be good for tonight. Gotta peek in the backfield to peak on containing Clay. :-) haha oopss .. yeah good pear of athletes in that Miller backfeild.. Hey congrats on your title upgrade. Dont forget about us newbs
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Post by Coyote Pack Attack on Nov 2, 2012 10:08:28 GMT -6
The Alice D is peeking right now. We should be good for tonight. I agree CPA. Looks like our offensive line is coming around too. Took a year and a half but you are right.. They are quick off the ball now..
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Post by johnnyduval on Nov 2, 2012 10:10:12 GMT -6
Over 60 years of battles... the 1965 game where Alice beat Miller 7-5, for the first time ever... Friday night I say 6-3 Alice.... oopss 61-35 Alice 1965-1967 The greatest production of talent in the history of south Texas. My buddy, Levi Johnson, was a part of that great Miller football program who went on to a pretty good pro career. I remember getting Detroit Lions t-shirts for Christmas for about 4-5 years in a row there. His mom and I watched him pick off a pass one game and take it to the house....lots of yelling and screaming going on that day! A key member of the powerful Detroit Lions squads of the 1970s, Levi Johnson delighted National Football League (NFL) fans with his agile feats at the defensive positions of cornerback and safety. Johnson's career was prematurely ended by injury in the late 1970s. Since he had been named the Lions' most valuable player in 1974 and had followed that up with his strongest season two years later, however, some wondered how far he might have gone in a full-length career. One of three children, Levi Johnson was born in Corpus Christi, Texas, on October 23, 1950. Athletics seemed to run in the family, for Johnson's brother entered major league baseball straight out of high school. Johnson himself, attending Corpus Christi's Roy Miller High School, where he "basically played every sport there was except for golf and tennis," he told Contemporary Black Biography (CBB). He could have gone on to play one of several sports in college, but a coach pressed him to make a decision after telling him that several different college coaches had come calling to inquire about his talents. Johnson decided on football after noticing how much bigger typical football crowds were than those for other sports. Even so, Johnson briefly played basketball and ran track at Texas A&M University at Kingsville in addition to playing football. And he was all over the field on offense and defense as a football player as well, taking to the gridiron initially as a quarterback, wide receiver, and running back in addition to his eventual specialty in the defensive backfield. It was a single play that converted Johnson permanently to defense. "I ran a 7 or 8 yard out, and the defensive back read it to a T," Johnson told CBB. The guy folded me up like a jackknife, busted my pancreas." Suffering from internal injuries, Johnson was hospitalized. "I told the coach that's the last time I'm going to be the hittee." The decision worked out well, however, as Johnson became a defensive star at Texas A&M Kingsville. He set a team record for interceptions, and with his size and speed--he stood six feet, three inches and weighed close to 200 pounds--he had no problem attracting the attention of NFL scouts. He won postseason All-America honors from one magazine. In the 1973 draft, Johnson was drafted in the third round by the Detroit Lions. Johnson got into every game as a rookie, grabbing five interceptions for 82 yards and taking three kickoff returns for an impressive 51 total yards. Legendary Lions defensive back Lem Barney served as a mentor to Johnson, helping him fit in amidst the pressures of coming to big-time sports for the first time. Johnson credited Barney with "just basically making me realize football is a team game. What you do and what you say and how you act has a direct reflection on your teammates and your organization and you and your family," Johnson told CBB. Benefiting from Barney's guidance as he played opposite Barney at the position of right cornerback, Johnson flourished from the start with the Lions. After leading the Lions squad with five pass interceptions, he was named to All-Rookie teams by several publications. He did even better over the 1974 season, once again notching five interceptions, returning two of them for touchdowns, and amassing a total of 139 yards in interception returns. He was the sixth Lions player in history to score two interception-return touchdowns in the same season. Grabbing an opposition fumble gave Johnson another touchdown for a total of three, and with all these achievements on the field, Johnson was named the Lions' defensive Most Valuable Player for 1974. Johnson intercepted three passes in 1975, scoring one touchdown on a fumble recovery. In 1976 he had his best year yet, with six interceptions for 206 yards (sixth-best in Lion team history) and one touchdown. Between 1973 and 1976 Johnson didn't miss a single game, and he seemed to be hitting his stride on the way to a top-flight NFL career. In addition to his role in the defensive backfield he was a threat in the special-teams department, with five blocked punts over the course of his career.
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Post by FB fan on Nov 2, 2012 12:03:44 GMT -6
Gotta peek in the backfield to peak on containing Clay. :-) haha oopss .. yeah good pear of athletes in that Miller backfeild.. Hey congrats on your title upgrade. Dont forget about us newbs Never.
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Post by aic on Nov 2, 2012 19:21:38 GMT -6
Alice 10 Miller 6
Halftime
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Post by CC_Varmints on Nov 2, 2012 19:38:31 GMT -6
Very close game?
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Post by sotex on Nov 2, 2012 19:48:57 GMT -6
Yes it is. Alice is without #44, their starting fullback, and it shows.
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Post by aic on Nov 2, 2012 19:58:48 GMT -6
Alice 12 Miller 12 3rd qtr
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Post by aic on Nov 2, 2012 20:08:18 GMT -6
Miller 20 Alice 12
4 mins left in 3rd qtr
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Post by aic on Nov 2, 2012 20:50:54 GMT -6
Alice 24 Miller 20
Final
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Post by aic on Nov 2, 2012 20:51:30 GMT -6
Alice 24 Miller 20
Final
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Post by sailorsam11 on Nov 2, 2012 20:53:21 GMT -6
Whew! That was way too close. Look forward to hear some details from the game.
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Post by danrut on Nov 2, 2012 20:53:29 GMT -6
Does this game send FB to Div II?
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Post by FB fan on Nov 2, 2012 21:52:00 GMT -6
Does this game send FB to Div II? Yes. Miller had to beat Alice and Ray for FB to go Div I.
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