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Wow. I bet Randle is wishing the fourth seed didn’t make the playoffs right now.

!score 33-0 HALF Timberwolves 33 Marlins 0 Halftime

Looking at scores from across the state but even just our coverage area, there were way too many blowouts in these first rounds. Of our 9 coverage area games last night, only one was competitive. (#3 seed Palestine Westwood beat #2 Anahuac 41-27). All the other games were complete blowouts. (well maybe not SA/UG as it was 33-7 but SA led the whole game and UG only scored with a minute left in game) 6 of the 9 games teams scored 60+. 4 scored 70+. The average margin of victory in the 9 games was 50 points. Take out the Anahuac/WW game and it's 54 points. Six of the nine games last night were #1 vs. #4. (technically the DP/NS game wasn't but NS is the #1 DI seed). All of those games were not competitive. Those scores: 62-14, 70-0, 70-0, 33-7, 75-14, 68-19. My point (and one that I have had all along) is the playoffs are too watered down. I never liked a 4th team being added to playoffs. Particularly when that 4th team comes from a district with just 4, 5, or 6 teams. I just don't think as a whole, you get a quality team going that far down in a district. Yes I know there are outliers. (have been some 4 seeds make it deep in playoffs) But the vast majority get their butt whipped (like last night) in the 1st round. Call me old school, but I liked it when it was just 2 teams. Rant over.

#6 Austin Peay has fallen at home to Abilene Christian. Get that W today Cards!

I wished they played the game in Sour Lake, for namesake purposes 😁

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

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.

Good showing by all 9-5A teams. But, let's face it. The competition level wasn't great. The real tests begin this week. Good Luck to all!

Just out of curiosity, what is Rich’s record and playoff record at Nederland. Every team deals with the same thing Nederland does. Injuries, coaching, and all the excuses one can think of. IMO Nederland is all over the spectrum in his tenure. Interested to know his record as the coach. And just because you’re under the same coaching tree, doesn’t mean you are the same caliber.

Nederland had it to win but you can’t have that many penalties, a pick 6, and a fumble when the momentum is in your favor. I understand mistakes happen but when you play these type of Teams you must put your best 11 players on each side of the ball. Not sure why the Collins player wasn’t starting as QB1? I’m not the Coach but those sacks and not getting rid of the ball definitely hurt us plus all the other penalties.

I blame Abe Martin. Good riddance

That was a punched ticket to an easy trip to round 3, Bastrop is hot garbage.

High scoring game.

Keep an eye on 2AD1-12 #4 seed Joaquin

Lamar 31-7 0:10 2nd

Lamar 17-7 8:29 2nd

Lamar 14-0 0:47 1st

I’ve been calling socialists communists for years, but have been corrected on the definition several times.

Huffman-Hargrave vs Bay City Sat 2pm Berry Complex CyFair FCU Stadium

You're certainly entitled to your opinion.

Times changed Big Sandy plays at 5:45 Brookeland at 7:30

For some odd reason alot of folks look at the final score of the La Porte game instead of watching the whole game. 🤷🏾‍♂️ It's amazing how much that happens concerning one football program.

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.

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.

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

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

5A D1 Region III La Porte vs. College Station Friday, November 20 7pm Tomball ISD Stadium, Tomball

I think with Rich the offense improved The difference from him to Joseph is that Joseph understands that defense wins games and every year under him the defense improves each week. With Rich the defense does not improve weekly. He needs to find defensive coaches that can coach. IMO opinion watching them all season, the lb’er and secondary coaches didn’t get the job done The other glaring differences is penalties and special teams, especially the kickoff team

4A D1 Region III Vidor vs. Stephenville Friday, November 20 7pm Merrill Green Stadium, Bryan

Just want to say what a garbage comment. This kid has a future in football. He doesn’t owe anything to anyone but himself. Few kids are in his position. He’s the one who has the ability to make a living at this. He had proved all he could at Woodville. The knock on him is he’s not playing against top competition. Look at almost every top QB recruit, they come from Big programs. Plus, college football is a business now. He was committed to Baylor and a coaching staff on the hot seat who did get fired. Colleges have walked bs commitments before. If anything he got better this year by playing against tougher defenses, kids going D1. A good year may be the difference in where he plays in college and how much NIL he gets. Almost every P4 QB signs a 6 figure NIL deal. Some 7 figures. You can’t sign a Letter on intent until December nor a NIL deal Until you sign. so tell me how you didn’t bail on your team when you had 100s of thousands of dollars on the line. I’ll wait for you to answer . . .

Per Ashly Elam: Port Arthur Memorial’s Area Round playoff is set for Spring’s Planet Ford Stadium Friday. #txhsfb 7pm Port Arthur Memorial vs Pflugerville Weiss

47 total fouls. Ugly game both teams lots of foul trouble was a battle of benches

Will be the last one this season I'm thinking, gets tougher starting next week.

Silsbee was just a pretty decent team this year. Nothing more, nothing less. It's not really a big upset when you look at it that way. I believe the Tigers will lose a lot of size up front to graduation. Hopefully we can do a good job of filling those spots next year.

Last team with the ball may win. Winner will get Yates.

29-29 going to the 4th — James Wiggins, SETXsports Broadcaster

Down goes Richmond Randle!!

Congrats bulldogs! Keep it going

Nfhs

Timberwolves 40 Marlins 0 End of the 3rd quarter...

Yeah, Friday the 13th, all kinds of weird stuff happening.

31-13 4th el campo Maxpreps

College Station 17 Friendswood 14 3Q FWD has no running game. Remind me of BU.

Agree!! Just run and punt.

Horrible play call in the endzone

Brookeland 84 Hemphill 44

3 min left in half

And of course DCTX app is screwing up as usual

NDN press has it on YouTube now. Working good.

!score 0-14 Q2