Friday Night Lights!

Matty and me at the game

Go Mojo!

Matt and I cheering on the Panthers

Odessa Permian Panther football

The scoreboard - with a live feed

Matt cheering on the Panthers

After our event in Las Cruces, Matt and I spent the next day (Friday, September 7th) driving to Odessa, Texas for our second and final Hick Chick event. The event doesn't take place until this evening (the 8th) so we had the night to hang out in Odessa. Because Odessa Permian High School - the school that the movie, Friday Night Lights was based from - was having a home football game that evening, Matt and I decided to go and watch.



As we parked and walked up to the stadium we talked to a nice couple about the meaning behind the school's catch phrase "Mojo" and they told us all about Odessa Permain football as well as the movie, Friday Night Lights.


As Matt and I waited in line to buy tickets, a nice older man walked up to us and just gave us a few extra tickets that he wasn't going to be using, SCORE! The stadium itself was huge (much like the stadium in Canton where Ohio State football tournaments take place). The home side was packed but there weren't many people at all on the visitors side. Fair enough, considering the opposing team traveled all the way from Amarillo - about a five hour drive from Odessa.


Watching the game, it felt a lot like watching a small town high school MAC football team play - aside from the size of the stadium. I would absolutely love to watch St. Henry play Odessa Permian, it would be a great match!


We only stayed until the end of the third quarter, but Odessa was beating Amarillo Tuscosa by a decent margin and ended up winning the game.