Odessa, Texas
Odessa , Texas is a small town in the middle of nowhere in the West side of Texas.
- Odessa was rated 5th worse city to live in out of 300.
- Separated by segregation Odessa had 3 different schools. Ector being classified as the "minority" school which had to compete in their own "nergro league". With the closing of Ector, the school boards from other schools in the community were arguing about how many blacks were going to be going to each school knowing that they can make their football team better simply because they were black and or course they could run faster than other people trying to join the football team.
- Football meant everything to this community their expectations were high for the team taking a trip to state. So their expectations were high for the 1988 Permian Panthers football team. Nobody saw why the Permian Panthers can miss a trip to state in 1988.
- Expectations were always high for the Permian High School football team. Football games were the only thing Permian High School students looked forward to every Friday night.
- Many people waited in like up to 2 weeks to get season tickets to see their Permian Panthers play football i mean they did go to state the previous year so they did not see why they wouldn't make it this year.
- Every year the Permian Panthers hosted a "Watermelon Feed" which was more of a fundraiser people came dressed for the event. Many kids wearing their "MO-JO" shirts or even just black and white. At this fundraiser they sat down and watched highlights from the previous year and introduced alumni from permian.Many of the residents in this community looked forward to all the Friday nights when the 1988 Season started in Odessa Texas because football was all this community had. Epi G
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