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This game in particular, BU will need to run the ball a lot better than we have the last few weeks. We know we can throw it all over the field, but you need consistent running game to open up everything. And we also need our top receivers to NOT DROP PASSES. This is key because we need to be scoring points on 80% of our drives and hope we can somehow haul or disrupt at least 1 of their drives. I think this game will come down to a major stop late in the game. Their big RB will be a load, but I think BU has the defense to slow him down some. I just hope our kids realize how much of an opportunity out loss to WB was last Friday and how mandatory it is for us to sneak a win this Friday.

Not even surrounding. Or even transfers. Look at the numbers to start. 4 or 5 to 1? to start with?

I don't think anyone is saying it's a year-in, year-out advantage. Just the probability is a little higher for HH to get a better player from their surrounding schools than some of the schools around SETX.

I guess I can see why people would think we would get a lot of move-ins from those surrounding areas and to be fair there are a few, but I can't imagine it's substantially more than the other schools in the district. Like all school in this district, we have our good years and our bad years. If we had this never ending pool of talent I don't we would have gone 3-7 and then 1-9 only to turn around and go 9-1 and 7-3 the next two years with the exact same coaching staff. Anyways I was just curious why everyone thought that when we clearly aren't lining up with a squad of athletes year end and year out.

My statement was “based on the hype that was given pre season”. Shepherd was talked about and put in the contender discussion and not just by the community but by journalists that cover all of THSFB. Looking at them in that context, yes they’ve underachieved. Now that being said, I do agree with your statement 100%. I am a Shepherd grad and the teams from the past 2 years are hands down better than any team I saw in my 18 years there. There have been several players from various sports come from Shepherd and “make it”. Which is great for the community. Totally agree with your statement about the maroon and gold team as well, also happens to be the team I currently follow. They’ve underachieved year after year with basically the same demographic. To me, it doesn’t seem like sports has ever been a priority on the Prairie. It’s just something they do. That seems to be changing with this new AD and I think the future is brighter for the programs and a community that shows up.

Thats exactly what i specifically was talking about. They won't act like thats not an advantage vs primarily OC schools neither.

I believe the original comment was supposed to be a Houston area school, not a Houston school, and with Huffman being 20-30 (give or take a few minutes) from Atascocita, Crosby, Dayton, and Humble, it means they could potentially get kids from those schools for one reason or another. Again, this is me trying to make heads or tails of what the original post meant.

Houston area talent pool. (Harris) county population wise you out number almost every school in this district by a significant margin? Pure guess there on numbers but thats my gist there. Edit: short Google search Harris County has a population of approximately 4.84 to 5.09 million residents, making it vastly larger than Orange County (about 86,500 residents) and Hardin County (about 58,800 residents) combined.

I know an entire community who will debate you all day long. I can throw a rock twice from my house and hit the Liberty County line. Are we in Harris County? Yes. Would anyone from Huffman claim to be a Houston area school? Hell no. They'd probably be fighting mad lol. Most folks here live on a minimum of 2-3 acres. That's about as far from "Houston" as it gets. I still haven't heard an explanation as to why this means Huffman should dominate the district in football. But I am genuinely curious to hear it. I look forward to picking the explanation apart.

How long has this district been playing on Thursday nights? It seems like they adopted the idea nearly a decade ago? Maybe not quite that long.

Let's tap the breaks about saying Shepherd is underachieving this year and look at things historically. This current staff has won 1 of the 2 ONLY playoff games ever won in school history. The other time came in the 60's. I don't care if it was when they dropped to 3A...that's a lot of years of existence without a playoff win. Not too long ago, there was an athlete there that played for the Jets and the Steelers, one that I believe is still pitching in the majors, and had one on that team start at Sam Houston and they didn't win a playoff game...even though on paper they should have. Shepherd is one of those places where you rarely see people get out of there (or the surrounding area) and go make something of themselves. What I'm getting at, is when you see Shepherd, you think they should be better than they are. The issue is a community mindset that keeps them from being better at anything than they are. Are there good kids there? Absolutely! Are there good people there? Absolutely! Until you look at the dynamics of what really goes on in there I'd hold off on the underachieving part. There's a maroon and gold school not too far away that, on paper, has better demographics than Shepherd and the same could be said about them underachieving in all things.

Does anyone have info on Shepherd live stream? This is the only way i know to follow this game. Audio only.

Say louder so the ones in back can it hear! They know who they are.

Big difference between a Houston school and Houston area school. 🤷🏾‍♂️

Huffman is absolutely 100% a houston area school. Thats not even a debate To add: Let's not get confused. "Houston school" HISD vs "Houston area" Harris county sure. There a slight difference but population wise its all Houston folk.

Lufkin finishes the season against us, and let’s just say we’re ready!

Does Lufkin make the playoffs? I never thought I’d see Lufkin football down like this. Is it a lack of talent, or is the new coaching staff struggling to get the most out of these kids?

Probably the most we’ve ever been hated on is in this district with these setx folks lol… It’s a cult. I hate we had to spend our time in this district during a program re-build. I guess our freshmen team has been letting them all know what’s up tho. You’d think they had 20 State titles between them all and we’re the scrub, but once Lufkin leaves the district will have zero 😂

Posted Thursday at 05:31 AM Week 9 - Locks Friday @ 7pm 1. C.E. King at North Shore 2. Kingwood at Atascocita 3. Summer Creek at Crosby 4. Baytown Sterling at PA Memorial 5. Lufkin at Goose Creek Memorial 6. New Caney at West Brook 7. United at La Porte 8. Baytown Lee at Santa Fe 9. Dayton at Texas City 10. Nederland at Port Neches-Groves 11. Porter at Splendora 12. Huffman Hargrave at Vidor 13. Liberty at Bridge City 14. Livingston at Lumberton 15. Hamshire-Fannett at Silsbee 16. Jasper at Hardin-Jefferson 17. West Orange-Stark at Shepherd 18. Tarkington at Buna 19. Diboll at Trinity 20. Hardin at New Waverly 21. Kountze at Woodville 22. Joaquin at Garrison 23. Shelbyville at Timpson 24. Sabine Pass at Evadale 25. West Hardin at Deweyville

SETXsports Staff 1. C.E. King at North Shore 2. Kingwood at Atascocita 3. Summer Creek at Crosby 4. Baytown Sterling at PA Memorial 5. Lufkin at Goose Creek Memorial 6. New Caney at West Brook 7. United at La Porte 8. Baytown Lee at Santa Fe 9. Dayton at Texas City 10. Nederland at Port Neches-Groves 11. Porter at Splendora 12. Huffman Hargrave at Vidor(easy win) 13. Liberty at Bridge City 14. Livingston at Lumberton 15. Hamshire-Fannett at Silsbee 16. Jasper at Hardin-Jefferson 17. West Orange-Stark at Shepherd 18. Tarkington at Buna 19. Diboll at Trinity 20. Hardin at New Waverly 21. Kountze at Woodville 22. Joaquin at Garrison 23. Shelbyville at Timpson 24. Sabine Pass at Evadale 25. West Hardin at Deweyville

Got this flyer in the mail today addressed to students of our family. Inviting them to join rallies and what to do if they need support and their parents won’t help. What the hell? This is a sick liberal agenda. [Hidden Content]

Rumors have it that Paredes and Walker may be trade bait since Correa will be back. Me, I’d trade Correa.

Officiating crew is why this one is Thursday.

I feel like if this is the issue for a team then a shot clock isn't going to make a difference. Not to be brash, but this sounds like what my old coach used to tell me, that's a YOU problem. You would still need to advance the ball past halfcourt in 10 secs, and if I'm the opposing team and realize your inabilities then I'm pressing you with simple M2M. Then the shot clock is the least of your worries cause even if you get it across I'm staying on you. Teams with short benches are going to struggle regardless, not as a reult of a shot clock. Let's be honest we're probably talking an extra 6-8 possessions a game. 35 seconds is a LONG time. The part I will agree with is the issues it may cause within smaller schools that you mentioned and officials, but make no mistake, if your team is bad it's not the shot clocks fault.