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EC vs Franklin Friday - 7pm Mustang Stadium-Magnolia West

4A D2 Region III West Orange-Stark vs. Hitchcock Friday, November 20 7pm Doggett Stadium, Beaumont

Hitchcock vs West Orange-Stark Friday 7pm Dogget Stadium, Beaumont

People thought that just because Nederland made a similar hire like PN-G, there would be instant success and a possible trip to the state championship. There are way more factors involved than a good head coach hire. Even though the makeup of the kids at both of these schools are similar in background, the football culture and history is different. You have to get a lot of ingredients combined in the right way to achieve what PN-G has under Coach Joseph. It is not easy. Just prior to Coach Joseph arriving at PN-G, I thought schools in the 5A-6A class would only get to state if they were around the big cities like Houston or DFW (Southlake Carroll, Allen, Galena Park North Shore, etc.). I'm now convinced I was wrong, and there is proof.

Thanks for the record. It wasn’t as bad as I thought.

3 teams is my ideal but if coaches don’t want a bye week, then only the top 2 teams should make the playoffs. Sending 50% or more teams to the playoffs from a district feels too much like a participation trophy for the 3rd and 4th teams.

Any information on the Yates vs Madisonville Game

I don’t know that port Arthur’s defense is as strong as the stats show. They’ve played exactly one good team in their classification, and the defense got blown out. Have they improved since La Porte? Offense is suspect. If defense can’t clamp down hard on Weiss, port Arthur won’t keep up.

Sealy wasn’t the one seed

beat themselves I thought the sign of a good defense is to make turn overs, which we did. Van was bigger, had more offensive plays than we did. We better come up with something new on offense. The kicking team have to make all their points period, When the other team makes those spin move stop gabbing the upper body, tackle the leg and hold on.

Worth noting that La Grange without the starting QB handicaps their offense significantly…

3A D1 Region III Diboll vs. Lorena Friday, November 20 at 7:30pm Mustang Stadium, Madisonville

This was a very good game to go watch

I don't think EC had any turnovers and look what happens !!!! Great Win BUCS keep it up. Looks like we gained some pass defense experience!

3A D2 Region III Newton vs. Troup Friday, November 20 7pm Roughrider Stadium, Center

4A D2 Region III Hamshire-Fannett vs. Bellville Friday, November 20 7:30pm Pridgeon Field, Cypress

Going back to old Cypress. Pridgeon Stadium Friday at 7:30pm.

La Grange didn’t have their starting QB. Not discounting Yates’s success this season but it should be noted.

Another chance to do what? What has he done the past couple years to make you think that will happen? We been winning with or without Babin the past decade or so before this guy came along

With another football season officially in the books, I think it’s fair to have an honest discussion about the direction of Nederland football under the Scott Rich era. First, I want to say I appreciate the players and coaches who put in the work all season. Nobody questions the effort these kids put into representing Nederland. But looking at the last three seasons, Coach Rich is currently 16-16: 2024: 7-4 2025: 3-7 2026: 6-5 There are certainly positives. We bounced back from a disappointing 2025 season, made the playoffs, and showed we can compete with some good football programs. However, I can’t help but feel like this season could have been something more. We lost four games by a combined 16 points. West Brook by 5, PNG by 3, Texas City by 5, and Huntsville by 3. That’s a lot of close football games that could have gone the other direction. My biggest concern this season was defensive consistency. There were too many stretches where it felt like our defense couldn’t get the stop we desperately needed. We put ourselves in positions to win some of these games, but when it came down to making a play, we struggled to finish. The Texas City game is a perfect example. Scoring 35 points should put you in a position to win a high school football game. Giving up 40 makes that extremely difficult. Another thing I think deserves discussion is roster size and personnel. Nederland doesn’t always appear to have the same depth as some of the surrounding programs. Are we getting the most out of the athletes we have? Should more of our best athletes be playing on both sides of the football? I understand the importance of keeping players fresh and preventing injuries, but sometimes you have to get your best athletes on the field, regardless of which side of the ball they’re playing. I also think we need to look at developing more depth in the program so we’re not relying on such a limited group of players to carry the load. I’m not calling for anybody’s job, and I’m not pretending to have all the answers. I want to see Nederland football succeed. We have a proud football tradition, a community that supports these Bulldogs, and kids who deserve to compete for something special.

Saw they were 10-1 and beat down La Grange 45-21 in the first round. They almost beat Texas City earlier this year. Silsbee would have had them next. Sounds like they stopped having their better players transfer to Lamar. I think they can beat Madisonville.

According to the AI, Katy Taylor in 2019 and Joaquin in 2024 made it to the state semi-finals but no fourth place team has ever won a state championship or played in the state championship game.

Where's the poll? (Or pole as you would put it )

Only prediction I got is Jammer will house one cause of a mistake. Hoping BU pulls off the upset 💪🏾

Friday, 7:00 PM Deer Park’s Abshier Stadium. Predictions?