TheMissingBand

Somebody (I can’t remember who) asked a couple of years ago which would happen first… WOS missing the playoffs or WOS going back to state? Mustangs are headed back to state.

I haven’t seen Newton play this year, but they are whipping the hell out of people. I have no doubt them that they’re about to pick up some hardware again next week.

They learned how to spell “Gunter” on their spirit signs a couple of years ago. Nobody wants to teach them how to spell “Wall.” Just kidding, it’s an old joke. My apologies to Eagle Nation.

I’m thinking Newton is all alone in Dallas. But I hope I’m wrong. *edit. I hope I’m wrong about Newton being the only SETX team there. Hopefully all three can make it.

I was just about to report this post for vulgarity, but thought it wiser to just be thankful and mind my own business. 🤣😂🤣

We’ve been back and forth between D1 and D2 a few times. Truth be told, we’re a better fit as a school in D1. Our band and drill team are bigger than most D1 schools, plus we travel well. We’ll be fine wherever we end up.

It’s not a good insult to say “BC took the easy way out by opting up to whip our tails and go three rounds.”

It’s just a weak mindset. If you asked the PNG community if they’d rather go four rounds with 3rd or 4th generation Indians, or instead take transient talent from anywhere and proudly proclaim themselves the “MECCA” just to win against their crosstown rivals and even get another ring…. They’d be Faithful. But…. For my friends from DTX. A house built on shifting sand doesn’t last forever. In a few short years the winds will shift and all of that “talent” won’t be suiting up for SOC. They’ll be on to the next big thing. It happens over and over, and you’re nothing special. In a few years people will be asking “do you remember when SOC was good? What ever happened to them?”

Good job, Titans!

It’s not about demographics. It’s about stacking teams. And it’s currently within the rules, which is unfortunate to teams who don’t have the the ability to consolidate the athletes from six high 5a high schools onto onto one team, but still play 5a D2 football against teams who don’t have the ability to consolidate players to a single team. It’s just not anything to be proud of… that’s all I’m saying. How did TJ, Lincoln and SFA stack up against the Indians back in the day, before they consolidated into PAM?

Like I said… it’s a different way of thinking and it’s unreasonable to expect you to understand.

You’re missing my point. If a Golden Triangle school could pull athletes from the entire Jefferson/Orange/Hardin County area while still maintaining a 5A D2 sized enrollment, they’d be competitive, if not beat SOC. The athletes would be comparable, but facilities, community support, coaching, etc would outdo what SOC can offer. But geographically it’s not possible here in SETX, but it is possible in Dallas because the attendance zone is smaller in geographic size. The situation isn’t wrong, but it’s not really fair, either. But using a magnet or charter system to form a super team, then being proud of the fact you beat teams who aren’t able to consolidate athletes from a 6 school attendance zone isn’t anything to be proud of. Example…. Our local youth football league (STJFL) takes on all players, then fields teams accordingly. Some cities like ours (population 8,000) would field two teams for each age range because that many kids signed up. Then you have one of our neighbors (population 50,000) put together a single team. They hold tryouts, cut kids, etc…. It’s a select team. If your select team drawn from a pool of 1300 kids is beating the 30 kids assigned to a team from a pool of 90 kids… it’s nothing to be proud of. But I think it’s a flaw that isn’t seen as a flaw in some communities. But y’all have recruited another fine team this year. Congratulations on your “win.”

Any team pulling from a population zone whose size matched the zone that SOC pulls from would be equally stout, if not more so. It’s the reason that Newton can’t compete with Allen. When you have 300 kids to pick from, you get a certain level of talent… if you’ve got 15,000 kids to pick from, you’re going to end up with a team that wears out teams who have 2200 kids to pick from. That’s not coaching, that’s not talent… they’re not breaking the rules, it’s just not something to be proud of.

It’s comical to me when places recruit a super team then feel pride despite the fact that they couldn’t win with the talent they had on hand. Especially when you think what would happen if schools like PNG were willing to ignore the rules with all of the resources at their disposal. I’d rather lose with our kids that grew up here than win with some kids who stopped here for part of a season.

Does your team have a game thread for their matchup today? 😂🤣😂