ctown81

34-14 Carthage

Carthage 17-7

in 2016, I just knew we were going home. I'm talking about before the game. That was Silsbee's best chance so far to beat us. 

Jasper's offensive coordinator may be the best defensive coordinator in the state. 

Lose to #1 team in state and run the coach off. Carthage had nothng to do with any of it. You think you can coach better, go apply for the job. I promise you its not as easy as you think sitting in the stands.

Lol.  How many turnovers would a backup have had?  I promise you HF wouldn’t have scored.  There have been a grand total of two teams score more than 14 points on Carthage this year, and one of them played in the 5A state championship game last season, and has a reasonable chance to get there again this year.  You guys are killing me expecting HF to put up 35 or something and not turn the ball over against the best defense in the state.  HF could’ve easily lost 3 district games.  Y’all are acting like they’re WOS all of a sudden and should be competing in this one somehow.

HF has a pretty good year and then gets soundly beaten by a team that has lost 1 game in five seasons, and people are on here blaming the coaches and Heckaman.  Come on, man.  This team probably doesn’t make the playoffs without heckaman (4th seed at best).  And they’ve had this good season running the same few plays over and over.  There wasn’t anything that could’ve been done to change the outcome of this game.  It was decided before it started.  It might could’ve been a hair closer.  That’s about it.

Heckaman should’ve been pulled long ago. Making bad passes, a terrible lateral. Two fumbles lost. Out coached, Out played. Simple as that. Carthage does not look as good as they have been in the past.
 
 
Good season Horns. 

That would be the two teams I’m talking about.  And I still think Carthage beats them both.  And Carthage is a little “down” this year.  I’d say gilmer as well, but Carthage already comfortably beat them.  

WO-S 28  Jasper 7 

That's a big concern of mine.

Yes the game we got our first dose of Surratt.  4th and 12 from like their own 18, and early. He goes for it and makes it, like he's saying "bring it".  Windy, yes  but the cold was worse.  On the way home I saw a dog stuck to a fire hydrant.  Lost to the state champions that night.

Good point.  Seems like WO-S has had a lot of short fields due to special teams, turnovers and such.  Going 75 yards against Jaspers defense is a different animal. And don't talk Carthage yet, we're talking different planet. Should be interesting this week tho.

It's just sad to watch my Bulldogs right now!!
The Defense is pretty darn good but the O is the worst I've seen in a long time .
I know a few of the young men on this team and when i talk to them i can hear the hurt and frustration in there voice!!

No offense but Jasper has no offense

He is back in the game now after all that. Jasper has a lot more problems than their offense.

Is Jasper trying to lose?

my friend for me personally its not just this game. As matter of fact a couple seasons ago I expressed my thoughts right on this website that Jaspee needed a change in leadership.

This one is over. Jasper won’t score 14. Carthage still better clean it up on offense. Turnovers are going to hurt us at some point.

Yeah, I never pay to much attention to sub varsity for that reason. The best JV players are usually playing on Friday nights.

As a Carthage fan, I absolutely see where you are coming from.  Carthage fans are excited to see what happens tonight so we can get an idea of if the offense has truly made some strides yet or not.  It's been about consistency at the QB position and cleaning up sloppy mistakes such as bad snaps/exchanges and missed assignments.  
As excellent as Jasper's defense has been, this should be a great measuring stick for the Carthage offense.  

Can’t believe there hasn’t been a thread on this game (if there is one, I didn’t see it). Imo, this will be a low scoring affair.  Will Carthage win?  Almost a lock, but here’s the deal - Carthage offense not firing on all cylinders - Jasper’s defense is awesome (as is Carthage’s D).  This may be the lowest scoring game for Carthage all year unless Jasper gets turnover crazy.  I’ll put the O/U at 36 points.  😜

I think it would be more interesting if Jasper had an offense.  I do not believe the Jasper offense will score on this Carthage D.  The only points Jasper may put on the board would be on defense or special teams.  IMO, it all comes down to the Jasper D against the Carthage O.  Carthage offense has struggled at times and looked brilliant at times while trying to grow up and season some of the inexperienced new starters.  This game will tell a lot about the state of the Carthage offense.  

Wonder how many losses the Carthage JV has sustained in the last two seasons?  Bet it’s not many.  If Jasper O, in desperation, doesn’t commit a bunch of turnovers, I think this will be a closer game than most suspect.

Hopefully we can put our worries away after this week b/c this is strongest defense we'll face the rest of the season.