Big Frank Hits The Airwaves

I am proud to announce that I will be doing a weekly show with Randy Shortnacy covering East Texas High School Football. This is perfect since I have a great face for radio. Randy is a native East Texan who has been in broadcasting for 18 years. Randy is also the author of his own blog Short's Sports Corner.

Randy shares my desire to help promote the players, coaches and fans of the great football programs here in East Texas. I hope through this radio show we can help draw more attention to the teams we all love to follow during the season. Over the next few weeks Randy and I will be previewing East Texas teams as we lead up to the start of the football season. The shows will be available at TheOldCoach.com.

Thanks to Randy Shortnacy, Matt Stepp and The Old Coach for this opportunity.

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/rshort

Area Scrimmages

Two-a-days start for most schools on August 3rd while others start August 10th. The following is a list of upcoming area scrimmages.

8/15/09
Tatum @ Daingerfield (7:00pm)
Troup @ Gladewater (9:00am)
Brownsboro @ Rusk (9:00am)
Paris Chisum @ Hughes Springs (10:00am)
Henderson @ Sulphur Springs (TBA)
Chapel Hill @ Wills Point (TBA)
Jefferson @ Liberty Eylau (TBA)
Mt. Vernon @ Paul Pewitt (TBA)
Kaufman @ Spring Hill (TBA)
Lindale @ Palestine (8:00am)
Pine Tree @ Corsicana (TBA)
Harmony @ Hawkins (TBA)
Paris @ Gainesville (TBA)
Whitesboro @ Commerce (TBA)
Garrison @ Shelbyville (10:00am)
Center @ Newton (5:00pm)
Mabank @ Mineola (TBA)
Pleasant Grove @ Linden-Kildare (TBA)

Winona @ Beckville (TBA)

Jasper/Crockett @ Jacksonville (TBA)

Coldspring @ Woodville (TBA)

Lovelady @ Centerville (8:00am)

Arp @ Harleton (10:00am)

Gilmer @ Atlanta (TBA)

Groveton @ Grapeland (TBA)

Waskom @ Union Grove (10:00am)

Teague @ Palestine Westwood (6:00pm)

Tenaha @ Sabine (10:00am)
Joaquin @ Big Sandy (TBA)

Cushing @ Timpson (10:00am)

Maud/Hooks @ Clarksville (6:00pm)

Dekalb @ New Diana (10:00am)

Winnsboro @ Van (9:00am)

Canton @ Farmersville (10:00am)

8/20/09
Gladewater @ Sabine (5:00pm)
Rusk @ Crockett (5:00pm)
Bullard @ White Oak (7:30pm)
Arp @ Chapel Hill (7:00pm)
Atlanta @ Jefferson (TBA)
Mt. Vernon @ North Lamar (TBA)
Spring Hill @ Pine Tree (TBA)
Harmony @ Quitman (5:00pm)
Palestine @ Henderson (TBA)
Whitesboro @ Paris (TBA)
Prairiland @ Mineola (TBA)
Hughes Springs @ Paul Pewitt (5:00pm)
Linden-Kildare @ Dekalb (TBA)

Carlisle/Shelbyville @ Beckville (TBA)

Troup @ Van (TBA)

Cushing @ Lovelady (5:00pm)

Teague @ Kerens (6:00pm)
Ore City vs. New Diana at Pine Tree (5:00pm)

Diboll @ Tatum (TBA)

8/21/09
Carthage @ Whitehouse (TBA)
Mt. Pleasant @ Kilgore (7:30pm)
Daingerfield @ Wills Point (10:00am)
Marshall @ Liberty Eylau (4:00pm)
Longview @ John Tyler (5:00pm)
Nacogdoches @ Beaumont Ozen (TBA)
Palestine @ Henderson (TBA)
Hallsville @ Lindale (7:00pm)
Garrison @ Groveton (5:00pm)
San Augustine @ Center (5:00pm)

Newton @ Coldspring (7:00pm)

Grapeland @ Leon (TBA)

Big Sandy @ Union Grove (5:00pm)

Joaquin @ Frankston (TBA)

Timpson/Maud @ Redwater (5:30pm)

Clarksville/Idabel @ Detroit (6:00pm)

8/22/09

Jacksonville @ Pine Tree/Spring Hill (TBA)

Aaron Johnson racking up the offers

Longview quarterback Aaron Johnson has been racking up the offers. At last count no less than five D1 schools have extended Johnson an offer. Houston, Kansas State, TCU, Northwestern and Stanford have already offered. But Johnson is reportedly garnering interest from Oklahoma, Texas and Florida as well. And while the three big boys have not yet offered it may only be a matter of time.

http://stanford.rivals.com/viewprospect.asp?pr_key=89543

Pewitt's D.J. Burleson out for the year

Paul Pewitt's all-state fullback will miss the upcoming football season with a torn ACL. In 2008 Burleson ran for over 1800 yards and 31 touchdowns on 296 carries in Pewitt's Slot T offense. Tevondrick Finley is the most likely candidate to fill the starting fullback position for the Brahmas. Finley was expected to play mostly defensive tackle this year before taking over for Burleson in 2010. Finley may now pull double duty for the Brahmas.

Other players who may be expected to pick up the slack are runningbacks Jerry Braddock and Jerome Whetstone. Also, expect youngster Sedrick Johnson to see some time on offense as well. Even without Burleson the Brahmas should still be the prohibitive favorite to win district 12AA with the only serious threat coming from Prairiland.