Word: midlands
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...many people loathe lawns; others ostentatiously show their wealth by the look of their grassy places (still others, sensitive to criticism, sneakily install root-system watering devices, eliminating the telltale arc of an aboveground sprinkler). In any event, there were three feet of water standing in some streets of Midland and Odessa the day before the game...
...distractions in West Texas, like mountains or lakes or anything, and most communities are centered around their schools." When the tickets for this game went on sale, the school's booster club gobbled them up before any could be offered to the general public, which got cross. The Midland Memorial Stadium seats 10,750. Odessa has a new stadium that seats 19,500, but district rules say the game has to alternate sites each year. "When we go out of town [to play] in West Texas, we'll carry 3,000 to 7,000 with us on the road," said...
...only game in town," explained Scotty Alcorn, a geological engineer for a Midland oil company. "You take pride in your football team. We call this district the Little Southwest Conference. It stretches from Odessa to Abilene, 165 miles. Why, back East in some places you'd be out of the state...
...boasted, "It's a deal where you can walk down the street and people will speak to you even if they don't know you, even the women." Truer words were never spoken about these warmhearted citizens, except when it comes to football. For example, just that morning a Midland sports columnist had used his forum to accuse a genial visiting correspondent of "worming a ticket...
Outside the RV, a young man selling programs, Midland's center last year, Keith Ward, asked, "Do you know what Mojo stands for?" A visitor said he understood it was the name of the Odessa mascot, a student in a panther costume. "No," said Keith, "it stands for Most Obnoxious Jerks in Odessa...