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Well the preparations are done. Livingston has a huge surprise for Ned. Reckon what it is? Probably something totally insurmountable. A real live lion? A sasquatch? A Liger (thats half lion half tiger). A 400 yd passing game? A megatron(whatever that is)? A Hypnotist? A big giant armadillo? Tyarmadillus Rex. (The tyrant armadillo king). Whatever it is we sho is scared. Maybe its walkin the walk instead of talkin the talk. You know the great part about this matchup is that there's absolutely no pressure on Ned. If they win it will be a huge upset. If they lose then they were supposed to. Some of Livingstons fans have warned us. We sho do appreciate the heads up. Gosh. If the unthinkable, impossible, nightmarish, one chance in a million happens and them poor, undersized, young, fearful, overmatched, slow, disorganized, nervous, undisciplined, lethargic, cowering, overrated Bulldogs were to happen to pull off the unthinkable, abominable, unlikely, never spoken of in public, ridiculous to imagine, task beyond all odds and win this game it's gonna be a long drive back to the woods. Maybe someone would truck in a bunch of counselors to help the populace up there overcome such tragedy. Course if Ned loses as we all know they will because we was warned then we simply go back to work to try and earn a spot in the playoffs. Pretty simple. We ain't no good cause the ultra famous Livingston oracles have said so, therefore it has to be true. They'll probably be state champs again this year in both divisions because the stars are properly aligned and someone up there has a chickens foot and maybe some other voodoo stuff. I'm hidin under my computer desk tomorrow night cause I'm a coward and scared of all that secret stuff. Lawd hep us. It ain't our fault. I better go have another beer medicine cause I feel another cryin fit comin on. Bye bye.    

Boy, man, shoot, heck, %&*#, golly. Maybe ole Neumann should just stay at the house with the remnants of his bad football team and not even show up for this game. HE'S OUTTA PLAYERS. They aren't very good anyway in some folks opinion.They lost a squeeker to the eventual 19 4A district champs [a real good team by three pts. in overtime that they could and should have won IMO] and have all these internal problems. They beat three teams that's probably gonna be in the playoffs but they're too young. Around 15 starters are underclassmen and everyone knows they're too young to compete with a perennial juggernaut. I sure feel sorry for them. Reckon they'll forfeit? Sure hope Livingston don't rough em up too bad if Ned gets crazy and shows up. 2 or 3 of their games they were the underdog. I guess they just got lucky. All them problems want me to tear my tickets up. I'll be ashamed to be seen supporting them. I probably won't go now but later in the season maybe they'll nut up and play someone so I don't have to be ashamed of them. If they got the stones to show up then either win or lose I betcha Livingston will remember Nederland. I have to go take nerve medicine and weep awhile. Bye.

There's been a whole lot of holier than thou BS about this whole incident. I don't know if these kids have been reinstated to play or not. IF they have it ain't gonna make a rats #$% to the outcome of this game. The guys playing in their places are just as capable and athletic as the two suspended. Now there is a huge conspiracy in an attempt to win a football game. If they didn't play another down this year that would be ok with me. These things are not coaching decisions so whoever has a problem with whether or not they are allowed to participate needs to nut up and call out the school board and supt. I've spent a lot of time with hundreds of boys in sports and know how capable kids are in making bad choices. Some of those choices were in mutual agreement of their girlfriends if you get my drift. The whole deal is about life lessons. People are not perfect. Those who are so judgemental need to review your lives and those of your kids. If you have no kids or never worked with other kids how is an opinion even justified. This would have never been news if those boys weren't in athletics. The folks that made this public need a boot in their ***. Forgive, forget and mind your own business. This thread should have been killed weeks ago. I'm done with this deal. Everyone let it go and get a perfect life. Put your rose colored glasses on and watch nick at night or something suitable to your intellect.

God bless the youngster and his family from Wesley Methodist in Nederland. Tragedy puts everything else in perspective. Our prayers are with those good folks.

I'm sure this has been considered before. I doubt either school wants the loss in revenue. If Lamar would consider donating their facility and concession revenue I believe everyone might be in favor of a Saturday game. In all fairness Ozen played all their home games at Lamar for years. Don't know if money changed hands from BISD for that honor. If not for the financial implications imo it would be a good idea.

to underestimate vidor would be a grave mistake. win or lose they always play their heart out against ned. this game should be approached like a playoff game. ned should be healthy on defense by then. time will tell with raines. the slot/wing t is a nightmare to defend. you damn near gotta tackle the whole team to find the guy with the ball. remember last year. that being said do you try to stop ned run or pass. you're probably not gonna do both. ned has two good qb, excellent rcvrs and a good o line. the only weakness i see on ned d is trouble containing the edges. ned will again go 5-3-3 or 4-4-3 on d. mathews knows this and will work on the passing game next 2 wks. ned needs to really work on blocking to get to the edges. this one will go down to the wire. i swear every year to quit going to ned games but football is my addiction. i would live longer if i did, but who wants to live forever. anyway this district game is huge. don't overlook vidor cause png is next or you start 0-1 in district. stay focused. texas high is no pushover; bridge city is good; k-ville is rebuilding and alverez is gone but they don't lay down for anyone. ned better snug down the pads for this one.

one great heavyweight defensive game. the late hit on ned qb was unfortunate. i prefer to believe it wasn't an attempt to knock raines out of the game but only the safety in question knows the answer. all coaches teach players to play with emotion but also to play within themselves. no doubt the safety knew raines was out of bounds but in the heat of battle if you get a chance to put a lick on opponents qb many players take that opportunity. sometimes that carries over out of the field of play. as for an earlier post saying neds kicker lost the game that is just plain wrong. imo the kid should never have had to kick what is essentially an extra point from the right hash. that creates a bad angle with way too much room for error. you can bet the coach is kicking himself for not centering the ball in the middle of the field. another thing i question is letting the clock run to two seconds. i could see stopping it with ten seconds in case of a bad snap enabling a time out and another try. the offensive pass int. call in the end zone looked like a clean catch to me but i didn"t have the best angle.sometimes you eat the bear and sometimes the bear eats you. either way the game shouldn"t have gone to overtime. congrats to bh on the win. ned has nothing to be ashamed of either. by the way some of the center exchanges and fumbles were a result of defensive penetration. both teams are playoff caliber. look for them to only get better.

Thisun will be all about defense. BH might be well served to come in with a 4-2-5 matchup zone. Ned a 5-4-2 or 4-4-3 man coverage. From what I've read you slow Hill running game and force them to throw. Just opposite for Ned. Should be a goodun. So far just from strength of schedule alone Ned in a close one.

I've read the arguments from all sides. I've dealt with hundreds of kids over lots of years. I don't remember any not knowing how old they were but I suppose this is in the realm of possibility. I will say that I have seen birth records altered by players or parents and possibly program officials. I'm certainly not saying any of these things happened in this case or in this area. The thing that has always perplexed me is being dishonest to achieve an edge over the competition, whether it is an opponent or your own teammates, and winning as a result of that action, is something that couldn't be so satisfying as to justify that action. Pride in accomplishment comes from within and knowing you have excelled in your endeavors. All successful sports programs have their fans and detractors. Nothing is so satisfying as winning the right way. Knowledge, diligence, teamwork and labor are what winning is all about. I suggest putting this incident behind and if intentional wrongdoing was involved, then I feel ashamed for those or the one responsible. Best of luck to all our athletes in the coming season and pray we don't have the heartache of last year with WO-S #12. When the dust has cleared and champions declared never question whether you earned it. If you didn't then it wasn't worth the effort.