1989 Texas 5A State Final Highlights - Permian vs. Aldine - Mojo was Simply The Best

Kurt Kiser - KOSA-TV Channel 7 produced this fine recap. In 1989, Permian (Mojo) was "Simply the Best". Republished in 2014.

[@jordanwyles6428]

My dad was on this team. This was the year ESPN named them National Champions. He describes this as the best years of his life. I always love being able to find videos of his years at Permian! MOJO!

[@mistermojo66]

Glad you enjoyed it! Mr. Wyles carried his kicking skills from ‘88 into ‘89 and converted into a solid F back 😉 Pretty darn good years, I’d agree!

[@jaxontheboss2319]

same my dad was number 67 Dale Heath

[@FaydsterTV]

Nice. You can spot him at around the 2:33 mark.

[@DrVlarence201]

@@jaxontheboss2319did you play for Permian to is the culture still this serious about football there?

[@floridapmi]

Got in an conversation the day before the game with some Aldine players at the Galleria mall, they said they were going run through us like Yates did in '85. I told them it's going to be cold long day for you boys tomorrow.

[@chinap1993]

People have to experience Texas high school football to understand the passion behind it

[@MrEOM41]

Permian one of the greatest TX hs programs all time.

[@derekrodriguez6030]

Not anymore

[@DrVlarence201]

@@derekrodriguez6030what happen why aren’t they?

[@vincentaguilar1865]

Stoney Case played college ball at UMM &several pro teams

[@lukewalker2015]

Stoney Case is now my QB Coach. You can see him in my QB video. Me QB, Me QB 🏈😃👍. Best QB Coach ever !

[@lukewalker2015]

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[@akeemalston7506]

Waterbug was out there putting in work. RIP to Lee Thompson Young and the real life Chris “waterbug” Comer🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

[@wickedchef]

Must've been between 0°F to 10°F that day. Damn it was cold. But it made our Christmas

[@mistermojo66]

It was 3 degrees. Coldest day on record in DFW Weather history

[@wickedchef]

@@mistermojo66 Sounds about right. I was there along with the other 7000 folks.

[@mistermojo66]

@@wickedchef great! Thanks for coming in person! It was weird to have just 7000 there but 6900 were Permian supporters!! Made a huge difference to us on the field and demoralized them a little

[@gingermorgan6082]

It was so cold we could barely keep our signs taped to the walls with duct tape!!!!

[@leo29hornsfan]

The Permian Panthers 1989 state and ESPN national champs of high school football edging out Cleveland St. Ignatious another outstanding program who edged out Permian in the USA Today national championships polls that year. Either way Permian can call themselves National Champs because they did win it all that year.

[@gingermorgan6082]

I never knew all these videos were here. Chris Hill could always be heard over us peppettes and sometimes the band. I don't think she ever missed a game.

[@mistermojo66]

Yup. They've been here for a while. Feel free to share the good news!! 😉

[@dp2590]

That's a mojo touchdown!

[@letroybaker9262]

80's had Swag!!!

[@crom4023]

Do you have Lee /Permian 1993 game?? Ended in a tie 21-21.

[@LaggyMcstutters]

Thats a trip my dad went to aldine in the 80s.

[@martindunham4696]

Any idea where to get full game tapes?

[@alexh8613]

I wonder who wins between the 1989 Mythical National Champion Permian or the 1990 Mythical National Champion Aldine. Would the 1988 Dallas-Carter team beat them both?

[@mistermojo66]

1989 Mojo would win

[@hernandezmarkie7382]

Billingsley party at Taylors !

[@mistermojo66]

LOL! Billingsley had plenty of parties, but there was no one named Taylor! But that's become a catch phrase for many of us now too , thanks to the movie!

[@drewpac1765]

@@mistermojo66 I’m curious to hear your opinion on the book and movie, having lived it firsthand

[@mistermojo66]

@@drewpac1765 book was good. 99% true... though Buzz did act like a used car salesman while he was there, touting our book as a "Hoosiers" kind of book. It was not, but again , pretty spot on. Movie was good too, though I don't know why they had to alter game scores and some of our opponents, as well as key players' numbers. Chavez was NOT a smallish linebacker!! LOL.

[@drewpac1765]

@@mistermojo66 Yes that bothered me about the film also, i saw it first as young boy, and when i finally read the book for the first time it was a shock lol. Watched some ‘87-‘89 game film also, to get an image of it all while reading, man the game sure was different in yalls time. Its changed quite a bit even from mine (early 2010s). You know i only keep up with one of my teammates these days, one of my guards (i was qb), and only because we became best friends off the field as well. Is the a stronger brotherhood around Permian? How many of your former teammates do you still keep up with, if you dont mind me asking? Thanks for your time btw man, as a Texan its pretty exciting to actually get to talk to someone from permian, yall are legends around here no doubt lol

[@mistermojo66]

@@drewpac1765 glad you enjoyed it. I'd say the brotherhood is pretty strong. Facebook and texting makes it much easier to keep in touch. I text regularly with a couple folks and hangout still with a couple also when they're in town. It was a right place right time situation, and to be a part of it was a blessing. Nothing or no one was bigger individual than the program as a whole. I can't emphasize enough how much the mentality and confidence we had in ourselves, and often the psyche of the other team was that they were defeated already. Played a significant part in the 80s results for sure. Thanks for reaching out!

[@patrickreilly2338]

Made the call at 17 teen no regrets

[@uoipuiop]

I remember this game, Aldine was the better team, they just dropped the ball probably 30 times.

[@mistermojo66]

Scoreboard says otherwise. Better team ---> Permian.

[@55scuba59]

I bet none of them were preforming armed robbery like another team we know from Dallas.

[@artcorvolet]

What team?

[@crom4023]

That was thev year prior

[@imbatmanbitchh]

Dallas carter boi

[@imbatmanbitchh]

It was like half the team

[@jorgealcocer2368]

Dallas cárte

[@HTXREP]

It's a shame how bad the Aldine football program has been since the late 2000s

[@77waygodh11]

😂😂😂😂

[@patrickreilly2338]

That's hs pretty good now let's do life

[@Agslions]

"We're gonna shut 'em out, like Yates did in '85!" Oops.

[@mistermojo66]

1985 Yates is likely best team for a single year that Texas HSFB has ever had, before or since.

[@rodimuspm]

mistermojo66 1989 Carter Cowboys was the best

[@mistermojo66]

rodimuspm well, except for the part where the 1989 Permian Panthers won state. You're a year off.

[@Agslions]

Meh. A matter of opinion. They actually tied an opponent, and did not blow out the majority of their schedule. They didn't even win their district (Duncanville did). Would be a fun game to watch, though.

[@colonelrobertsjr.7882]

Meat Rocket That was a shame how that Carter team threw away everything they had over some senseless BS

[@keithcrawford8931]

the 1990 Huntsviile Hornets team would have given Permian or Aldine a run for they money just ask Dallas Carter that game came down to a last second bullshit offensive interference call that cost Huntsville the game.

[@Vintage_Ndn71]

Hey I’m from Cali and I was wondering what it was like during the 88’ season specifically after the Midland Lee rebels. In other words, how did you guys move on after the game before the coin flip? Or how was the feeling of losing to a close game and having to be in a three way tie?

[@patrickreilly2338]

Which r u

[@dirklerxstpratt2112]

Permian had a great team that year but I sure wish that Jerry Jones stadium was available at that time. I'm certain we would have seen a much closer and perhaps different result. It was unbelievably cold that day and somewhere in the neighborhood of 10 degrees F. Permian could run their offense more effectively than Aldine could with that veer and was absolutely the better frozen weather team. Permian did a good job of controlling the clock with the lead. It was a turnover fest for Aldine on fumbled pitch outs not really caused by the defense. I'm not sure if Aldine even punted that game and the fullback rushed for close to 200 yards. Aldine massacred number 1 Judson the week before with a score of 48-14 after taking their foot off the gas with a 31-0 halftime lead. I have tapes of the title game and a homemade tape of that semifinal. If I can find that semifinal game then I will upload it. All that I'm saying is that Aldine would have scored at least 35 points in Jerry's World. Permian might have scored more but it would have been a much more competitive game. I remember that Permian was invited to come to the Astrodome to play that game. They wisely refused.

[@mistermojo66]

Interesting take. Having been the linebacker that caused 2 of those fumbles, I can attest that we did "cause" those fumbles. I remember watching film that Womack was a hot dog that tried to make something out of nothing, so I made a conscious effort to force him to pitch before he was ready by hitting him earlier in the play than he was used to. Slow-playing the option would have been a poor strategy given their speed vs. ours. Sure it was his choice to pitch it, but we were betting he would do it. Credit our preparation for that. Might they have scored more than the 14 they scored in Texas Stadium, I don't know. We still would have won, as we would have scored more than Aldine regardless. We were not going to be denied after the Carter B.S. the year prior.

[@JaimeBurgos86]

@@mistermojo66 Hey man, I appreciate watching these videos. I'm from PA. I've wanted to go to Tx just to visit Ratliffe and see if the MOJO love still thrives. I been wanting to watch the documentary that was done by Jeff Powers, I believe. How can i? Thanks again

[@jeffgarrett9281]

@@JaimeBurgos86 Glad you like them! If you come to a game, I'd pick either the Odessa High game or the Midland Lee game... I don't get the sense that the other games quite have the same energy, but the stadium is pretty much the same, except for 2 jumbotron screens now. I don't know how you can watch the Jeff Power documentary - the only thing I can think of is trying to connect with him on LinkedIn and see if he has it still. Or try his contact info is on jeffpowertv.com/about/ .

[@Agslions]

@@JaimeBurgos86 - I live in PA, attended Permian and have a copy of the documentary. You're more than welcome to borrow it.

[@emmettredding1]

@@mistermojo66 ....noticed toward the end of the clip during post game celebrations, a few Panthers didn't have names on the back of their jerseys and no P on the side of their helmets?!? Underclassmen maybe, freshmen perhaps??

[@patrickreilly2338]

USN needs some mojo . do u have the balls to be NAVY

[@ezekielthomas3501]

do anybody know the name of this song

[@mistermojo66]

+Ezekiel Thomas "The Best" by Tina Turner.

[@josephirey4660]

Terrible