Media Day Questions THE QUESTION
THE QUESTION
What is the first thing you would buy if you won $20 million in the lottery?
What is your favorite movie?
Some of the Brazos Valley football players at The Eagle’s Media Day kept it simple and practical when asked how they would spend their lottery winnings: Harrison Armstrong, BVCHEA — a house with land Tyler Dykes, Iola — shoes Niall Creager, A&M Consolidated — new helmets for the offensive line Criston “Cheeseburger” Jones, Navasota — food Hunter Konderla, St. Joseph — a Twix candy bar Cole Sheppard, Milano — probably a Gatorade • Some thought big: Grant Peimann, Lexington — a golf course DYKES Garrison Tullos, Bremond — a yacht Josh Hitchcock, Caldwell and Tyler Raley, Iola — a ranch • The outdoorsmen showed up: Sam Gaertner, Brenham — A fishing pole Cal Bauer, Navasota — Bass boat and a hundred-acre lake • Numerous players said vehicles. Some were specific: Cameron Tucker, Somerville —Dodge Viper Kennon Williams, A&M Consolidated — C63 Mercedes-Benz Andrew Perez, Rockdale —Camaro Kyle Foster, Brazos Christian — 2015 Corvette Stingray Mark Hargrove, Somerville — 1998 Dodge Ram 3500, 12-valve, tricked out FOSTER Joshua White, Bremond — ’69 Pontiac GTO Ty Brock, College Station — 1965 Shelby Cobra • Several players suggested opening a savings account and some would invest. Some directly pinpointed their future education. Many others planned to buy a house for their mom. Some would also get her a car. Mothers were very popular on the wish list, although fathers, family and friends were also mentioned. College Station’s Quandree White and Caldwell’s Devin Morris also wanted a new house for grandma. For some, a house wasn’t quite enough. John Mather of Brazos Christian said he would buy “a mansion.” • One wanted a new home base: Colton Orsak, Snook — Donate a majority to the school for a football field (Orsak was one of several anxious to donate to his school.) • Another wanted to get away from it all: LASTRAPES Caleb LaStrapes, BVCHEA — my own island
• One covered the most popular trio of things (house topped the list) with one answer: Quentin Casarez, St. Joseph — a big truck, a house and a fast car • And two Franklin guys just wouldn’t be willing to settle for $20 million: Jacob Dorsett and Ian Knight — another lottery ticket
Thursday, August 27, 2015
The Eagle.com
Who needs Rotten Tomatoes to grade movies? Not the high school football players who voted for their favorite movie at Media Day. Many of the movies selected had a sports theme and the top two were football movies. Friday Night Lights, the 2004 film about Texas high school football, topped the list with Remember the Titans a strong second. You don’t have to dig far down the list to find movies that received Academy Award acclaim, with Shawshank Redemption, The Blind Side, Braveheart and Forrest Gump among the vote-getters. Here are all of the movies that received more than one vote in our gridironplaying, movie-watching poll: Friday Night Lights.................... 25 Remember the Titans ............... 12 The Sandlot............................... 5 The Shawshank Redemption ....... 4 Southpaw .................................. 4 Friday ........................................ 4 When the Game Stands Tall ........ 4 Gridiron Gang ............................ 3 American Sniper ........................ 3 Ant-Man .................................... 3 Joe Dirt ..................................... 3 The Waterboy............................. 3 The Blind Side ........................... 3 Forrest Gump............................. 2 Braveheart ................................ 2 Smokey and the Bandit .............. 2 The Longest Yard ....................... 2 8 Seconds................................. 2 Shooter..................................... 2 The Avengers............................. 2 Mama’s House .......................... 2 The Lion King............................. 2 Tombstone ................................ 2 Paid in Full ................................ 2 Stepbrothers ............................. 2 Bad Boys................................... 2
DON’TFORGETTHESE Other football players at Media Day recommended these movies: The Incredibles — Dre Browning, Bremond Godzilla — J.T. King, Rudder Pearl Harbor — Colton Orsak, Snook Scary Movie — Tyson Washington, Bryan Ted — Kyle Poe, Madisonville The Green Mile — Colton Renick, Iola Act of Valor — Logan Lipscomb, St. Joseph Talladega Nights — Ryan Bennett, Iola
The Terminator — William Efendiev, College Station Pirates of the Caribbean — TreBeaux Broussard, Milano Anchorman — Kyle King, Milano Stand By Me — Cristian Lara, Rockdale Star Wars — Cameron Tucker, Somerville Nightcrawler — Eann Felder, BVCHEA Space Jam — Dillon Thielemann, Brenham Old Yeller — Jonathan Flores, Navasota Iola’s highlight film — Canyon Ramirez, Iola
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