Raiders94

I’ll give them that..they have the support..I mean they brainwash kids in pre-k...any grown man that wears ugly purple all the time has got to be brainwashed..lol

The Hornets look to bounce back this week from another multiple touchdown loss.  The baseball coaches will be working off a baseball hangover from the World Series today so look for the Sub-Varsity teams to get hammered by three touch downs or more.
The opening weekend of deer season is upon us.  This means the coaches jobs are safe this week because the talking heads will all be in the woods by Friday afternoon.  The only thing more important than high school football is a deep freeze full of back strap.

The women of Hardin are all getting their hair and nails done today to prepare for opening weekend.  This will be the busiest weekend of the year at Stetson's Nightlife in Humble. 
146 will be eerily quiet...Anahuac is less awful than Hardin by two scores.

Josh is going to be missed believe me.

Don’t get to his head like that,that head is already big enough..the Dad not the son..lol

Thank you! He really loves the game.  

I’m not much on moral victories, but if we could finish the season off with a win this week, give the seniors something to remember in their last game and give the younger guys something to be proud of going into offseason, that would be great!
Couple that with the possibility of us moving down to 4A next year, I think that would be a big confidence boost going into next year knowing that we beat a pretty good Nederland team.
Raider24, it’s been fun watching Josh truck people all year. Sure hope he can get a full game in this week. He’s got nothing to hang his head about, that kid played with a lot of heart every down!

I'm just hoping to see my kid be able to be on the field for a few snaps to finish out his high school playing days. Seems like it all went by way to fast! Would be nice to finish it off with a win and give the Raiders something to carry over into the offseason.

Matt Stepp new projection 
MATT STEPP’S ESTIMATED CUTOFFS
Class 6A: 2,170 and above
Class 5A Division I: 1,770 to 2,169
Class 5A Division II: 1,160 to 1,769
Class 4A Division I: 785 to 1,159
Class 4A Division II: 485 to 784
Class 3A Division I: 330 to 484
Class 3A Division II: 230 to 329
Class 2A Division I: 165 to 229
Class 2A Division II: 104.5 to 164
Class 1A Division I: 63 to 104.4
Class 1A Division II: 62 and below

Everybody can think what they want to about WOSGRAD (he has an opinion too), but he needs to be thanked for all the time he puts in here.

Well I think Lumberton should be good tonight.

Lumberton doesn't have 1157 right now, they are 20-25 below that. 

But I'm not trying to start anything.  Just saying what if and was responding to LTrains post.  I think the Raider fans should support Coach Babin and what he has going.  If Lumberton gets lucky enough to drop down in classification next year, his offense could be very successful.

If you work at it, it can be good enough. I thing sense the coach was there when they made their run, he is trying to make work what worked 10 years ago. JMO

Shouldn't be to many reads or options with 9 or 10 in the box.

The qb is good, just need to work on throwing more and teach the wr's how to run routes

I disagree with you here buddy.  Just imagine if you had 4 WR's lined out wide and #24 in the backfield.  Running lanes would be there.  The QB seemed like an ok passer and runner.  You alls offensive line seemed decent.  You had 2 decent WR's.  There are other schools across the state that are comparable in size and demographics that make the spread work. 

You’ve got a point, and he probably won’t be 100% but I know he’ll give it his all with only two games left in his HS career. Conway is a good rb too and I just don’t see ozen pulling a win out in this one  

Ok, so with the talent level that we have, what would you do different? We have a good qb but don’t have the speed to run the spread. Have the leading rb in the district so of course we are gonna utilize him. And if you watch film you will see that blown assignments are usually what stops a play from being a positive play. I don’t think it’s play calling being the issue, I believe Babin is doing the best with what he’s got.
We were in the red zone about 5 times against central and because of silly mistakes and penalties we almost came up empty in that game. At some point the players need to be blamed for stuff like that. We actually outgained Central, so I don’t think it all can be blamed on play calling...

If #23, #39, and #3 on Lumberton's defense are on fire it will be a low scoring game.

I don't know about that.  If Coach Taylor and staff load the box for the run, put their biggest DB on #11 and their quickest on #10, I could see this going in the favor of the Panthers.  #24 left the game with a sprained ankle.  I doubt he will be 100%. 

Since y'all can't stick to football in the football forum, this thread is done

This thread is ridiculous! Same as the PNG Defense Needs Help cause we're unhappy about our coaches having their head up their arse thread!
Give me a freakin break!!

According to defensive team stats they really aren’t that horrible. You’ve got to take info consideration that the offense scores so quickly and easily, which means the defense is on the field more. 
No participation trophies are given out in high school football. Doesn’t matter how long you’ve been playing/starting before varsity, the better players will play. Don’t like it? Work harder, get better, and beat the younger guy in front of you out! 

My .02 cents worth - based on pound for pound, it's about as good as you could made a poll.  Heaven knows come 4 games in the playoffs, 9 out of 10 of us would only pick Newton and WOS.  As good as WB, PNG, and PAM are, I doubt any of them go as deep as the Stangs & Eagles.  

Maybe, depends on what numbers they turn in. I also think bottom number raises to around 1200, which might effect Lumberton and couple of others. Of course this just chopping it up, who knows what the UIL will actually do. I do think there'sgoing to be alot of shaking up and more travel than this part of the state is use to.