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Alabama high school snaps 101-game losing streak...

Posted on 8/23/26 at 6:26 am
Posted by RollTide1987
Baltimore, MD
Member since Nov 2009
71733 posts
Posted on 8/23/26 at 6:26 am


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HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) - After eleven years and 101 straight losses, the Columbia Eagles are winners again.

Hosting Greensboro’s Raiders in a rare Saturday evening game, Columbia soon found itself trailing, in a 14-0 hole. The very first offensive play for the Eagles was a pick-6 for Greensboro.

But, thanks to some Greensboro turnovers, the Eagles tied things up in the second quarter. In the final seconds before halftime, they took a 20-14 lead into the locker room.

In the second half, the Eagles did not get off the gas. They added three more touchdowns, while keeping the Raiders off the scoreboard. Final score: 41-14

Head coach Sammie Coates took over the program last year. He made it through the 2025 season with just 28 players. That’s about half what the competition has. This year - he’s working with a full 60 person roster. “They seen the culture change, they seen the shift and what we was trying to build, they came out. That was huge. That was my biggest problem last year. Numbers,” Coates said in a pre-season interview with 48. “They buying in because we show we really care about them,”

Columbia will try to start a two-game winning streak when they host East Limestone Friday night.


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Posted by nes2010
Member since Jun 2014
8046 posts
Posted on 8/23/26 at 6:48 am to
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Head coach Sammie Coates


Posted by chalmetteowl
Chalmette
Member since Jan 2008
55413 posts
Posted on 8/23/26 at 6:56 am to
There goes all the attention…
Posted by MoarKilometers
Member since Apr 2015
21423 posts
Posted on 8/23/26 at 7:04 am to
It takes a lot to turn around a complete dumpster fire, who lost 91 in a row before you arrived. Wild he was able to do it week 1 of season 2.
Posted by GC Guy
Member since Apr 2026
19 posts
Posted on 8/23/26 at 7:13 am to
Going from 28 to 60 players helped. When I played, we usually had 35 players going against teams with 60+. We held our own the first half but usually was out of gas by end of third. W/L record showed it too.
Posted by Stealth Matrix
29°59'55.98"N 90°05'21.85"W
Member since Aug 2019
11983 posts
Posted on 8/23/26 at 8:03 am to
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101-game losing streak

How do you even let that happen. I get a school might be understaffed, few students, tough district, etc etc but I would have to think at some point in those 101 games you'd encounter and beat someone just as bad.
Posted by udtiger
Over your left shoulder
Member since Nov 2006
117259 posts
Posted on 8/23/26 at 8:22 am to
Nice
Posted by kciDAtaE
Member since Apr 2017
17803 posts
Posted on 8/23/26 at 8:55 am to
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It takes a lot to turn around a complete dumpster fire, who lost 91 in a row before you arrived. Wild he was able to do it week 1 of season 2.


So you consider winning one game, “turning it around”?
Posted by TheRouxGuru
Member since Nov 2019
14602 posts
Posted on 8/23/26 at 9:14 am to
It’s a hell of a start




Every streak starts with 1
Posted by Enzos Tiny Pito
Member since Oct 2019
2267 posts
Posted on 8/23/26 at 10:13 am to
Was looking at their max preps

For whatever reason they seemingly never played a school lower then 5A through all of this?

They finally won against a 3A school

You'd think they would have tried that a lot earlier in this process
Posted by NotStupid
Member since Jul 2026
72 posts
Posted on 8/23/26 at 10:16 am to
A high school that lost 100 games in a row getting an ex NFL player to coach them is pretty impressive
Posted by OU Guy
Member since Feb 2022
33119 posts
Posted on 8/23/26 at 12:09 pm to
Famous old quotes

Posted by OWLFAN86
Erotic Novelist
Member since Jun 2004
198109 posts
Posted on 8/23/26 at 1:57 pm to
Awesome
Posted by BengalShark
Member since Jul 2017
4522 posts
Posted on 8/23/26 at 2:01 pm to
Happy for them
Posted by 0
Member since Aug 2011
18011 posts
Posted on 8/23/26 at 2:09 pm to
quote:

You'd think they would have tried that a lot earlier in this process


I think after the first year of going ofer I would be looking at alternative teams to play.
Posted by MoarKilometers
Member since Apr 2015
21423 posts
Posted on 8/23/26 at 3:25 pm to
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So you consider winning one game, “turning it around”?

After 11 straight defeated seasons, absolutely.
Posted by SOBmustpay
North Louisiana
Member since Jun 2026
450 posts
Posted on 8/23/26 at 4:59 pm to
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A high school that lost 100 games in a row getting an ex NFL player to coach them is pretty impressive

Oh so it is the same Sammie Coates. I just thought that was a joke at first. Good for them. One win might not seem like a lot to other people, but I guarantee it probably does to that school.
Posted by lsudave1
Baton Metairie
Member since Jan 2005
12629 posts
Posted on 8/23/26 at 10:59 pm to
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Head coach Sammie Coates




He and Nick Marshall had a great rapport at Auburn.
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