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//**By:**// History Of MOJO In Regards to Permian HS**
 * __Janene Files__

The Origin of MOJO "Mojo" means magic, or magical ability, its the power to be able to get things done. Permian adoption of the word "MOJO" goes back in the early 60s. This one of the well known rumors that have been talked about for years as to how MOJO got into action at Permian HS. It was a very cold night in Abilene, TX. There was the Abilene Cooper game going on. Jack Crawly and Assistent Principal, was rumored to have been asking for more Coffee the third quarter of the game. There were fans near by every where they heard him say, "need more jo-jo java coffee." It was a very close game, it finally hit its peak in the fourth quarter. when fans in the same section where the principales were started shouting out "more jo." And by the time other fans heard the chant, it was shorten to Mo Jo. The word MOJO has been part of the Louisiana folklore for special voodoo for good luck. Over the next few years more and more fans started chanting the chant at crucial moments of the games. And in 1972 MOJO got really popular at permian HS that was the year when several fans started decorating their cars with MOJO. And in 1976 'MOJO' had become so widespread to everyone that the Permian Seniors were to let it be known MOJO and Odessa Permian were one in the same. There is no actual date where MOJO came into play, you could have been adopted even earlier than this. In the late 1970s is when MOJO got big at Permian.

Alan, Terry. //The Origin of MOJO//. Terry Alan. 2007. Web. 25. Aug. 2009. 



By: Danesha Jones Permian High School is a public school in Odessa Texas.It Opened in 1959 and is named after the Permian Basin. A Permian Basin is a sedimentary basin in the western part of the U.S.. Which extends beneath an area 250 miles wide and 300 miles long. Odessa Texas is a small town that extremely poor which gets a lot of there income from the Permian Basin. In Friday Night Lights by H.G. Bissinger a book written about Permian Panthers says, "A variety of names came up, but all roads led to West Texas, to a town called Obessa". Even though it is a small town is has done and is known for many great things. With the opening of Permian High School The Permian Orchestra was founded in 1959. Founded by J.R. McEntyre the program had and maintained a reputation for excellence. Then mains thing that Permian High School is known for is there football team. The Permian Panthers have had a long history of greatness. McCally, Regina W. (1986). //The Secret of Mojo: The Story of the Odessa, Texas, Permian High School Football Team.// Fort Worth: McCally.