Home of THE Friday Night Lights

Ratliff Stadium, Odessa, TX.  Home of the Permian Panthers and the site of the filming of the movie Friday Night Lights.  We played them in subvarsity football on Thursday night, meaning that our Maroon (junior team) and Silver (sophomore team) faced their black and white.  We won both games easily.  Regardless of the outcome, it was neat to see Ratliff in person.  On a side note, in 14 years of coaching the lockerroom was the most disgusting I have ever visited by far.  It smelled like the Permian opponents had urinated all over the place and no one had ever cleaned it up, pretty awful. 

Ratliff is a nice stadium - they did a nice job of designing it symmetrically with the trees in the end zones.  It is also set into the ground to a degree and the stands are very close to the bench area. 

This is the largest high school jumbotron in Texas and was just built this year.