Tim Riggins

Yep. But we are talking about a 4A program whose previous few AD’s didn’t have a master’s either…not a Fortune 500 company. Where I work, our CFO, CEO President and all our VPs have Bachelor’s degrees only. A couple have no degree at all. It’s a very successful company that employs several thousand employees. A master’s isn’t necessary for the Lumberton AD/HC. 

That's not breaking news.
He is definitely a negative Nancy

Yes, and because Nederland is playing Silsbee, Nederland will have no chance to succeed. 

Tick tock Weak Brooke. It's on. Can't duck smoke now, it's more than a scrimmage. 7-7 getting broken Titans way this upcoming season. 

Katy would be good. Also, Father against son....would be awesome!

I would like to say Thank you for all the support for the Port Neches-Groves Indians. You have been amazing on here. Several Indian fans have commented to me at the number of area schools supporting this seasons run. Last week I spent most of the time standing up between the two decks.I saw so many people representing their respective SETX schools. This past Friday night I saw someone from every school in SETX. A group of what look to be LCM football players, many from PAM, folks from Beaumont, WOS, Silsbee. Vidor, BC, Orangefield, many from Dayton, a guy from Crosby, several from Brenham, and a large contingent of Nederland Bulldogs there. I am in know way saying thats all these are the people I personnaly saw. First please if you make the game we welcome you, we thank you, and though I cant speak for everyone. I have been to many other teams games in my life. I remember driving to Houston to watch Central play in the Dome. Many years ago. I say all of this to say Thanks for your support not only on the game but the support from staff and members of the SETXSPORTS.COM site. You have been most gracious and covered us well. Thanks for the love and suppot.

Orangefield folks wanting a coaching change is down right hilarious. Also wanting an offensive philosophy change is pretty funny too.
Smalley has done amazingly at Orangefield. It would be the Bobcats loss not gain if he decided to leave.

True! Such a long time away it seems like 

Saints definitely have a kicker. No doubter 45 yd FG.

Oh man i totally missed it. Good guy

It's hilarious to me.  The Orangefield Coach/Team was emphatically congratulated on the season they had... while running the Slot-T.  Coincidentally, the predicted front runner and spread team of the district (Anahuac).. had their season ended by eventual state champ and another Slot-T team (Franklin).
It's almost as if people don't realize the irony. 

I agree.  Most (all?) of the teams successful with the Slot T have a decent passing attack, like teams who use the Spread have a decent run game.

Vidor had 12 winning seasons between 1940, their first year of football, and 1998.  so basically 12 winning seasons in 60 years.  Mathews had 11 winning seasons (plus two more .500 years) out of 24 seasons.  So for people to act like he wasn't good for Vidor, or that the school district should have fired him long ago, is simply laughable.  I think most of his detractors have something a little more personal, like they didn't start when they were at vidor, or maybe he didn't play their kid enough for their liking.  

Anyone that thinks that way is an idiot & doesn’t understand what Coach Mathews has done. 

You are correct… matched up against two very powerful Lindale teams and lost a one score game to chapel hill when Coach was sent to the ER two hours before kickoff… but you won’t find a 12 year stretch in Vidor history that even closely compares 

Very impressive playoff run especially considering the caliber of competitive. 

Make SOC sustain drives all night.   Don’t give up big plays, and they can win this thing. 

It seems like the rest of the state is playing for 2nd place as well.

That was a great game

no pressure

Yup. 
 
Heck of a run by 25. 

I have tried to explain a million times. It’s not arrogance, cockiness, or disrespect. It’s simply SWAG. I started out my school days on an election year. The teachers gave us a choice to be republican, democrat, or independent. I chose Independent simply because it allowed me to wear an I on my shirt all day, of course it was crayoned purple. It’s said we are taught Cherokee day 1. That’s actually a myth, we all knew it by heart before the alphabet. Most will never understand, I have even heard of us being called the “The Purple Cult”… once again, it’s just misunderstood. Ironically, our rivals understand it the best. That’s why you see all of mid county supporting our games. I grew up in the 80s, hearing about the 70s, in a time we were led by a great guy, just not a good coach. That all changed in 89. In came Danny Malone. And he brought that SWAG back, Burnett carried it on, Fairclothe carried the torch, now Joseph continues the tradition. So what started out as playing football at recess, dreaming of being an Indian, ends with a shot at a SC this Friday. We are no longer a powerhouse, we are not a place people want to move or transfer to, we are just PNG Indians. Not the biggest, fastest, or strongest. Just a team playing with heart and support. These kids are dogs, they come to play and don’t quit. Always the underdog, yet playing week 16. A proud community, wanting a SC and that attendance record back. So for all of you who don’t understand us, we don’t expect you too. But we will say this, come be part of the family Friday night. You won’t regret the experience. A big joke on this board is ATMOSPHERE…. Come be part of it Friday, and make history. You won’t regret it. No matter what team or color you represent or bleed, we are one big ole family this Friday. Peace…. love….. 

I hope they keep the classifications split this way, as Iv stated before I always felt "robbed" when a solid GT team lost to the next years "6A" team. This would have been nice around 2011. Last team to state from the GT was Westbrook in that one point loss, finish the job PNG! 

If your team was still playing right now would it still be the weak route? 

Maybe PNG is just that good.