Shotime, I have a bit of ET football history to share with you, since Gilmer will travel to Van for the first game.
Van, an oil town, were heated rivals of Grand Saline, called "Salt Town" (Morton salt operates a salt dome under Grand Saline).
These two teams used to open each season against each other. Many years ago, the day before the game and late at night . . . Van football players and their crowd snuck into Grand Saline's stadium/field and spelled VAN using crude oil in the middle of the field, right over the GS logo.
The bad thing is, oil kills grass. So Grand Saline was stuck with that VAN on their field the rest of the season.
The following year's game was played at Van. The night before the game, GS players and kids drove over and snuck into the stadium. They spelled out a big GS at midfield and they did it using copious amounts of salt. And you guessed it, salt kills grass.
You'll never see something like that happen again. lol
Daingerfield – Mt Pleasant used to be a big rivalry game. I played in that game three years running. We would routinely travel to MP and spray paint SUX on their water tower right after "Mt Pleasant." And they would do the same to our water tower. One year, we sent their coach a box of band aids a week before the game. lol. We shouldn't have done that. lol We got killed
