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09/17/19

North Mesquite Ends Odessa Permian Dynasty With a Shutout

This week’s 25th Anniversary Flashback takes us back to 1996 where #1 ranked North Mesquite took on #2 Odessa Permian at Mesquite Memorial stadium. An overflow crowd of over 21,000 fans were on hand to see the stallions completely shutdown “mojo” by a final score of 27-0. The North Mesquite defense held the Panthers to 86 yards of total offense….the lowest in Permian history. The stallion’s win put an end to the Permian dynasty and helped shift the balance of power in high school football from West Texas to North Texas.

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09/17/19

The Game That Started the 42-0 Kyler Murray Dynasty With the Allen Eagles

This week’s 25th Anniversary Flashback takes us to 2012. Midway through that season after the Allen Eagles lost a hard-fought game to Coppell in overtime, head coach Tom Westerberg inserted sophomore Kyler Murray into the starting lineup as his quarterback. The future Heisman winner went 42-0 as a starter and led the eagles to 3 straight state championships. The Murray magic was impossible to stop as he threw for over 10,000 yards and 117 touchdowns during his 3 years at Allen. He was just as deadly with his feet, amassing 41 hundred yards and 69 touchdowns in his legendary career. In 2014, Murray won the Gatorade football player of the year and left a lasting mark on Texas high school football as arguably the greatest to ever play the game.

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09/17/19

Joey Florence Took the Advice of His Father & Started the Denton Ryan Dynasty

This week’s 25th Anniversary Flashback takes us back to 2000. Denton Ryan was coming off a 1-9 season and had only won 6 games in the previous 3 years. The head coaching job had been turned down by Ryan’s first 5 choices when they offered it to 32 year old, Joey Florence. Being the school’s 6th choice was a blow to Florence’s ego but he took the advice from his dad and accepted the job Joey Florence "And I thank my dad for that because I wasn’t about to take that job unless he yanked a knot in my head. “ After taking the job, Florence had to construct a coaching staff and convince his players to dedicate themselves to the program. Joey Florence “I came from a little 2A school in Cooper Texas where we had 75 kids in the off season to a 5A school in Denton where they had 27 kids in the offseason and I had no idea what was fixin to happen to us down the road” What happened in that first season was a complete turnaround in the culture at Ryan high school. The Raiders went all the way to the 4a division one state final game that first year. And they only got better after that as they won 4-a state titles in 2001 and 2002, under Florence, Ryan went from a dormat to a perennial power. Joey Florence “I feel fortunate to be a part of it and all the credit goes to the kids. They had to buy in and play with broken bones and when they were sick and they believed and they didn’t quit.

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