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Big Sandy Analysis (10/17/02)

Breaking down the Battle of the Big Sandy . . .

Best Quarterback: Advantage Bridgeport
Best Defense: Advantage Decatur
Best stadium: Advantage Decatur
Best High School Facilities in General: Advantage Bridgeport
Most Likely To Have A Failed Bond Election: Advantage Decatur
Best Coach: Advantage Bridgeport
Worst Coach: Advantage University of Texas
Town Resident Most Likely To Have Traffic Accident Within City Limits: Advantage Decatur
Town Resident Most Likely to Have Traffic Accident When Leaving City Limits and Getting onto Highway: Advantage Bridgeport
Best Fast Food: Advantage Decatur
Best Spot For A Fast Food Restaurant That Remains Vacant: Advantage Decatur (Grandy's site)
Most Mexican Restaurants: Advantage Decatur
Best Mexican Restaurant: Advantage Bridgeport
Higher Hispanic Population: Advantage Bridgeport
Most Likely to Have U.S. Senator Land At Airport: Advantage Decatur (Phil Gramm did it once)
Most Likely To Have Churches Build Huge Buildings: Tie
Most Likely To Have Baptist Church With Multi-Million Dollar Sanctuary: Advantage Decatur
Most Likely To Have Poor Sections of Town That Always Seem to be Neglected: Tie
Most Dangerous Parking Lot: Advantage Decatur (Walmart)
Most Aristocratic Town: Advantage Decatur (Come on, admit it)
Most Dramatic Fire in Recent Years: Advantage Decatur (candle factory)
Most Likely to Engage in Illegal Search and Seizure by Police: Advantage Bridgeport
Most Likely To Have Police Chief Resign or Vanish: Advantage Bridgeport
Loudest Railroad Going Through Town: Advantage Decatur
Most Likely To Have Rock Truck Fall on Its Side and Crash Onto a Fence: Advantage Decatur (getting onto 287 from 380)
Easiest Access to Metroplex: Advantage Decatur
Easiest Access To Alcohol: Advantage Decatur (thanks to Rhome's wet-dry election)
Most Residents That Deny Drinking But Drive Very Often to Rhome or Lake Bridgeport: Tie
Most Likely to Have Chamber of Commerce Director Resign: Advantage Decatur
Coolest High School Uniforms: Advantage Decatur
Wackiest High School Mascot That We No Longer Hear Of: Advantage Bridgeport ("Sissies")
Most Likely To Have Bank Merger: Advantage Decatur
Most Likely to Have Temperature Reported On Local Newscast: Advantage Decatur
Former College Town: Advantage Decatur
Most Conservative Town: Tie
Most Conservative Town That Has Lots of Secrets: Tie
Most Likely to Have Texas Tech Student Travel Through Town: Advantage Bridgeport
Most Likely to Have a Quarterback start for the Texas Tech Red Raiders: Advantage Bridgeport
Most Famous Wise County High School Football Player to Go On to Play in the NFL: Advantage Bridgeport (Kyle Clifton)
Only Former Wise County High School Player to Score Touchdown at Texas Stadium in an NFL Game: Advantage Decatur (James Maness in pre-season game while playing for the Chicago Bears)
Only Former Wise County High School Player to Intercept Troy Aikman: Advantage Bridgeport (Clifton)
Best City Pool and Park: Advantage Bridgeport
Best Convention Center: Advantage Decatur
Most Likely To Have Rebel Churches Spring Up: Advantage Decatur
Best High School Football Tradition Before Arrival of Danny Henson: Advantage Decatur
Best High School Football Tradition After Arrival of Danny Henson: Advantage Bridgeport
Most Likely Place to Find Egg Rolls in a Grocery Store: Advantage Decatur
Most Number of DVD players per capita: Advantage Decatur
Most Likely to Flood: Advantage Bridgeport
Most Confusing Town Slogan: Advantage Decatur
Most Likely to Be Accused of Having an Inferiority Complex: Advantage Bridgeport
Most Likely To Have A Citizen Write Confusing Letters to the Editor: Advantage Decatur
Most Subway Fast Food Restaurants: Advantage Decatur (2)
Most Texaco Gas Stations: Advantage Decatur (3)
Most Dollar Stores: Advantage Bridgeport
Most Likely To Score 50 Points on Friday Night: Advantage Bridgeport
Team With The Best Running Back That Doesn't Play Running Back: Advantage Decatur
Most Likely To Have Residents Move Away to Opposing Town: Advantage Bridgeport
Most Number of Convicted Felons: Advantage Bridgeport (Hey, it has two prisons)
Most Dangerous Intersection: Advantage Decatur (1810 and 287)
Most Likely Place to See High Tone Vehicles: Advantage Decatur
Most Likely to Throw an Interception on Friday Night: Advantage Chris Simms
Most Likely to See "I'm With Stupid --->" T-Shirt: Advantage Decatur (due to Walmart)
Most Likely Place to See Pick Up Trucks: Advantage Bridgeport
Most Likely Place to See Bicyclist: Advantage Decatur
Most Likely To Pray for Rain on Friday Night: Advantage Decatur
Chance Game Clock Will Run Extremely Fast or Slow Depending On Situation: Advantage Decatur
Best Water Tower: Advantage Decatur
Best Production of Team Running Onto Field to Start Game: Advantage Decatur
Cheerleading Squad Most Likely to Engage in Fist Fight: Advantage Decatur

Barry Green served as District Attorney for Wise and Jack Counties from 1993 through 2000. He is now a partner in the Decatur law firm of Smith & Green, P.C.