Podcast: Bob West talks about the origins of The Bum Phillips Bowl

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Posted By: Jeff Fisher May 23, 2020

After I wrote a story two weeks ago about The Bum Phillips Bowl that is played annually between Port Neches-Groves and Nederland high schools in Southeast, Texas, I got a nice email from Bob West, the sports editor at the Port Arthur News between 1972 and 2015. Bob did such an awesome job of outlining the origins of the game and its great trophy (below), I thought it would be great to have him on the podcast.

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Bob not only talks about the annual rivalry between the neighboring schools, but he also gives a history lesson on high school football in the tradition-rich area.

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Jeff Fisher
Jeff is an award-winning journalist and expert in the field of high school sports, underscored with his appearance on CNBC in 2010 to talk about the big business of high school football in America.Jeff turned to his passion for high school football into an entrepreneurial venture called High School Football America, a digital media company focused on producing original high school sports content for radio, television and the internet.Jeff is co-founder and editor-in-chief of High School Football America, a partner with NFL Play Football.