TeamJagUS

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[quote author=Mr. Buddy Garrity link=topic=106664.msg1340225#msg1340225 date=1353730224]
FB Marshall beats Texas City 49-28. wow
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Just got back from this game and FB Marshall is big and fast! They have about 5-6 kids that can take it to the house at anytime!
[/quote]i didnt know anything about them
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Looks like the polsters were not paying attention again. FB Marshall will take Region III IMO.
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+1

[quote name="BHFAN" post="1334767" timestamp="1353169241"]
Elgin has three loses.

Lost to Vista Ridge 41-40
Lost to Georgetown 31-8
Lost to Manor 17-13
Lost to Connally 46-6

They are averaging 36.5 points a game and giving up 18.8 point a game

BH is averaging 35.3 point a game and fiving up 10 points a game
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None of that matters much now, it's all about matchups. You never know if a team had a play maker out (injury/grades) during those loses (and all those loses were against stout teams). That being said the Hill made a strong showing last night and it should be a good game.

[quote name="Hawkeye" post="1333364" timestamp="1353117994"]
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[quote author=ram0524 link=topic=106369.msg1333340#msg1333340 date=1353117757]
I hate this Color guy.
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I'll donate $100 to his favorite charity if he will leave the booth for the second half.
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I'll pay [b]him[/b]100 bucks if he puts a sock in it.
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I think he's auditioning for the next addition of Adam Sandlers "Pay" for view football

[quote name="ram0524" post="1333340" timestamp="1353117757"]
I hate this Color guy.
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I'll donate $100 to his favorite charity if he will leave the booth for the second half.

[quote name="texas2step4u" post="1333332" timestamp="1353117698"]
Think the color guy snuck a bottle in
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lmbo, he's out of control....

[quote name="Mr. Buddy Garrity" post="1324600" timestamp="1352486683"]
Liberty lost to Bye Week by a very large margin so give me Tarkington by 3
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It's all about matchups but lets keep it real, Tarkington has not lost a district game by less than 4 touchdowns, including last week to a guy I think had a broken or badly injured ankle (Townley) who had 5 TD's and nearly 400 yards passing against them and they play a team that just beat Shepherd who stomped the Horns. Hope they can end on a positive note but until they prove up nobody can in earnest pick them over even Liberty.

21-0 Huffman at half

[quote name="liltex" post="1315213" timestamp="1351658948"]
North Forrest old 19-4a re-alighned to 21-4 and almost closed by UIL  may be a D1 threat for some team taking them lightly ,Because they're in 21-4a. They're 9-0 giving up 25 tot points to 4 teams early(6* 6* 6* 7 pts. & have posted 5 straight shutouts.NF has scored (528 pts) allowed( 24) and the defense allowing 90.8 ypg  *offense avg 58.7 ppg  *defense allowing 2.8 ppg *off total yds=3,116 yds
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NF is the 3rd smallest school in a 9 team district, and with smaller Wheatley unlikely to make it wouldn't that leave NF and Sharpstown in D2? Also in a 9 team district you don't get to "pick" much pre-district competition. The stats are impressive but how's the competition?

[quote name="sports fan 9" post="1313354" timestamp="1351473819"]
So in two years when the sophomore are seniors they will compete for a playoff spot?
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That would be nice but for now just competing for a DISTRICT WIN would be nice. Lower levels have been doing "good" for a number of years, it's always "next year".

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[quote author=sports fan 9 link=topic=105287.msg1313015#msg1313015 date=1351444042]
Wow!  Team on the rise huh???
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Sadly, in comparison to past years, this is an improvement.
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??? How exactly?
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Tarkington actually won a game this year.  In past years they have had 0 wins
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That is not an improvement in program, that is an improvement in schedule. Did they play better in the first 4 games? Sure, but they didn't maintain that at all and more importantly didn't improve on what worked. That's a system failure not a player personnel issue. Of course you're entitled to think otherwise as I am entitled to think not so we'd just go back and forth all day, I just don't understand why this level of poor performance is defended by "well its bad, but better than the pathetic state it was allowed to slide to" and "give it yet ANOTHER year". It's that mentality that has put them here. That complacency will keep them there.

There were multiple win seasons in 08 and 09 (ok, 2 wins each) with at least one district win in each. So "improved over" 10-11 is not saying much even IF it's true.

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[quote author=sports fan 9 link=topic=105287.msg1313015#msg1313015 date=1351444042]
Wow!  Team on the rise huh???
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Sadly, in comparison to past years, this is an improvement.
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??? How exactly?

[quote name="SFAJACK02" post="1308103" timestamp="1351016990"]
Why dont they just let everyone make it then. This is getting crazy!!! All about money these days.
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Of course it's too many!! But really they're just giving the people what they want, more games for little Johnny and folks are more than willing to pay for it, especially if it's a "playoff" game. Kinda makes you wonder why not just allow one more regular season game (pre-district) so then EVERYBODY would get those extra games, oh those wouldn't be payoff, I mean playoff games.

The real kicker is now there will be TWO state champions in 3A. So why the heck not just reclassify everybody and make 1A through 10A so theres not 3ADIIpi%*GreenApple champ and 3ADI$#BlueDonut champ?

Didn't the district supers vote on this? Hey supers, when EVERYBODY'S special.........NOBODY is......

[quote name="sports fan 9" post="1300329" timestamp="1350227289"]
Heeere kitty kitty.
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I think kitty walked the plank.....

Good grief. Was Tarkington missing some key players or did Shepherd get a Heisman candidate off waivers? This was supposed to be competitive, 35-0 at half doesn't sound very competitive.

[quote name="Mr. Buddy Garrity" post="1294945" timestamp="1349728373"]
smh

Abilene drops a spot after beating their crosstown rival ::)
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Apparently VERY loose logic at work in the AP, it's shown itself to be pretty meaningless.

Isn't it Pirate's homecoming? This will be the week we see if Tarkington is really "improved" or just has a better record than last year because of who they played early on. It's been business as usual the last two weeks and with Shepherd hungry for a win too on HC I see Shepherd winning handily (14+).

[quote name="Touchdown22" post="1289779" timestamp="1349287096"]
[b]He has mercy on Tarkington, Cold by 40.[/b] If he used the line-up against Navasota like he did on Shepherd then maybe different outcome. His goal before district is different than the fans but the final run in the playoffs is always to win with the best line-up. He put 69 (The most ever scored on Shepherd by Coldspring) on Shepherd to estabilish his dominance ealier to the new coach, even though they said "Coldspring would be surprised in Shepherds play" by everyone including the papers. The most ever scored on Cleveland by Coldspring was last year and I love it when people say thats not happening this year. He maynot have mercy on Cleveland this year.
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This is a CS vs. Tarkington thread, I agree though, they let up on Tarkington, not sure what the motive is, maybe just being a gentleman, maybe the kids aren't as "up" for it? With that in combination with the Horns new stouter defense maybe they hold it to 30.

[quote name="Aggieallstar" post="1289284" timestamp="1349225654"]
Is this serious? My 8 year old son could answer this question.
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Nah it's all a big joke. Sign him up, let him vote.

Set this up so you can vote twice, curious what you guys think.

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They evidently don't even have to take an eye exam.
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lol,yeah, they don't see everything. and sometimes they see imaginary things. but, i was leaning more towards physical condition. like being able to keep up with the play.
[/quote]Noticed on the Ned - Vidor replay that several of the refs were really hobbling around. Didnt look to be in very good physical shape......with that being said, its a thankless job and Im gratefull to have them. I wouldnt wanna do it.
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yeah we wouldn't wanna get stuck with replacement refs....i do wonder sometimes though if they shouldn't just have officiating towers on each sideline, seems like you can see more of whats going on up there. maybe they should be allowed to use segways to motor about the field, and hey i'm not making fun, i could use one myself sometimes!!

[quote name="coach pops" post="1288177" timestamp="1349122372"]
Thats the article. I was in the wrong state. :) Good job on finding it.
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I was gonna say shame the yanks thought of it, glad to know it was a southern boy (I'm sure I'm offending somebody right now, all in good fun). May be worse that he's from Ark anyway  ;) lets hear it from all you RazorBacks!! Thanks for the info.

[quote name="Trojansfan" post="1288087" timestamp="1349118324"]
who is take this game and will coldspring be tested by anyone in 22-3A and can they have a deep playoff push
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Come on at least give an over/under.

[quote name="coach pops" post="1288127" timestamp="1349120465"]
I read about a coach in a northeast state winning state championships that never punts and kicks onside every kickoff. His reasoning was that the opposing team would score after a punt or conventional kickoff a high percentage of the time anyway and he usually had a 50% chance of converting on fourth down and his team recovering the onside kick 50% of the time. I thought he was nuts until he started quoting percentages and his logic. If you think about it he has a strong argument. Under the circumstances cited in this thread why not try the unconventional. That would at least give opposing coaches something to think about.
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Smart coach, was it a print article or do you have an online link to read?

[quote name="Hupernikomen" post="1288099" timestamp="1349118805"]

Is it okay to say some towns just have better athletes than other towns?  No need to knock on those who try their best but never seem to beat certain teams that perennially have better athletes.  It happens all over the state.
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Is it not okay to say theres a reason for that? [b]Accepting/Ignoring that fact only compounds it.[/b] Please clarify who are the "those" that you refer to, with all due respect? I'm not being adversarial and I certainly wasn't "knocking" the athletes. sportsfan's point I think was Tarkington's athletes need more development, whose job is that?

So to answer you question, yeah it's okay to say it, just not to accept it as your destiny IMO.

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[quote author=sports fan 9 link=topic=103834.msg1287681#msg1287681 date=1349090847]
Tarkington lacks the speed to compete with a good or even average 3A team. This is not a knock on the kids. Maybe the coaching staff should look into a speed and agility program. I know you cant teach speed, but you can improve it some. Size is always an issue with Tarkington, so as a coach why not try to improve the speed and strength?
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Wow you should be traveling around to all the area schools pedaling your wealth of knowledge about speed and agility programs you would make a killing!! You are a clown every coach in the state has strength and agility programs as well as speed training programs Takrington is no different they have some kids with speed but you probably wouldnt know that since you have never seem them play. Go back to your cubicle and continue being just a "fan" and [b]let the professionals take care of football.[/b]
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Ok so I've got a question, your apparent bitterness at someone making a suggestion ASIDE (I don't know if you've just got an axe to grind with sports fan or what), be objective. You say "Tarkington is no different they have some kids with speed". Then you say "let the professionals take care of football". There's obviously a "problem" when the score is 51-2. Which is it? Lack of talent (speed, strength, training, genetics, work ethic?) or "the program" the professionals have in place? Outside of one of those things 51-2 can only be attributed to bad luck, does T-town just have bad luck alot? Is Cleveland just that stinking good, that much better year after year?

Some real competition in the district would help ALL the teams. It's alright for one team to be mostly dominate in wins, but geez 40-50 points spread is ridiculous (look at CS vs. Shep. same thing).