http://www.northescambia.com/2025/10/new-partnership-new-tech-improve-friday-night-football-experience-for-tate-aggie-nation Local News for Molino, Bratt, McDavid, Century, Walnut Hill, Cantonment Thu, 09 Apr 2026 02:43:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.northescambia.com/2025/10/new-partnership-new-tech-improve-friday-night-football-experience-for-tate-aggie-nation/comment-page-1#comment-578232 Dan Thu, 09 Oct 2025 22:46:46 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=599588#comment-578232 Plenty has changed in 50 years. A shout-out to Paul and his wife and the same QB Club that’s been around since the days of Carl Madison. A heart that gives back cannot be thanked enough. Their vision for progress and the future of our young people is applauded and commended. I’m reminded of the days in the mid-seventies when Paul was a lean offensive center snapping footballs to QB, Scotti Madison. That ‘73 Tate squad was a playoff team and quite good. I followed the team as a middle schooler as did my older brother who was the Tate Crimson and Gray school newspaper Sports reporter, beat writer and editor all rolled into one. He was a class behind Paul and one ahead of Scotti. As a high school reporter, he was a bit of a pioneer. One of his objectives was to capture live quotes from Coach Madison either at halftime or end of game and arrange to air those comments next day through historic, WCOA by a pre-determined deadline. Picture today’s SEC or NFL sideline reporters. With a hand held, battery charged cassette player and microphone in hand, he’d corner Coach knowing he had one shot to ask 1-3 questions the right way at the right time and patiently wait for and record Coach’s response. My brother would add a recap to the interview and then sleep on his product before calling it into the radio station the following day - Saturday. The transfer included calling the radio station using a landline, connecting with the station production team and playing the interview over the phone while the team recorded on the other end. The recording was then cut at the station and played later during a live broadcast featuring Pensacola high school football updates. I can still hear the sign off … “David Karp, Tate Crimson & Gray for High School Football ’73”. My brother took a different path professionally but remains a fine writer and colorful storyteller to this day. The pieces he learned to manage through that experience help him as an engineer ironically in the same sector Paul would one day lead. So yes, technology has come far in 5 decades. Thanks again to those who once found a way and to those who chose to give back providing the resources to invest in the lives who will lead us into the future. Geaux Aggies! Plenty has changed in 50 years. A shout-out to Paul and his wife and the same QB Club that’s been around since the days of Carl Madison. A heart that gives back cannot be thanked enough. Their vision for progress and the future of our young people is applauded and commended. I’m reminded of the days in the mid-seventies when Paul was a lean offensive center snapping footballs to QB, Scotti Madison. That ‘73 Tate squad was a playoff team and quite good. I followed the team as a middle schooler as did my older brother who was the Tate Crimson and Gray school newspaper Sports reporter, beat writer and editor all rolled into one. He was a class behind Paul and one ahead of Scotti. As a high school reporter, he was a bit of a pioneer. One of his objectives was to capture live quotes from Coach Madison either at halftime or end of game and arrange to air those comments next day through historic, WCOA by a pre-determined deadline. Picture today’s SEC or NFL sideline reporters. With a hand held, battery charged cassette player and microphone in hand, he’d corner Coach knowing he had one shot to ask 1-3 questions the right way at the right time and patiently wait for and record Coach’s response. My brother would add a recap to the interview and then sleep on his product before calling it into the radio station the following day – Saturday. The transfer included calling the radio station using a landline, connecting with the station production team and playing the interview over the phone while the team recorded on the other end. The recording was then cut at the station and played later during a live broadcast featuring Pensacola high school football updates. I can still hear the sign off … “David Karp, Tate Crimson & Gray for High School Football ’73”. My brother took a different path professionally but remains a fine writer and colorful storyteller to this day. The pieces he learned to manage through that experience help him as an engineer ironically in the same sector Paul would one day lead. So yes, technology has come far in 5 decades. Thanks again to those who once found a way and to those who chose to give back providing the resources to invest in the lives who will lead us into the future. Geaux Aggies!

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