Tiger90

For those over in the area they are having some BBQ dinners and a silent auction with UT,A&M,LSU, and other items up for a silent auction. I believe it goes until kickoff at WOS hs. The proceeds go to help Silsbee's coach Hickman and his wife Chrissy the WOS business director. They lost their son (my nephew) 3 weeks ago to cancer. I wanted to drive over myself but unfortunately am running a little too late.

Amazing what a few weeks can accomplish. Looks like a lot of folks have been shifted around for Silsbee. Three weeks ago Nederland couldn't score.

Where is that at?

EC 41 OF 13

West Brook Port Arthur Memorial Nederland Crosby New Caney St. Pius WO-S Dayton Barbers Hill Houston Wheatley Houston Sterling East Chambers Cleveland Carthage Liberty Newton Splendora Groveton West Hardin Burkeville Deweyville Anahuac Hull-Daisetta Baytown Christian Hitchcock Oakwood

I think most need to understand how the rankings have changed from last week. You might as well toss last week's ratings out as the formula is now different.

I hear they have good athletes and will throw it up, but that their lines are suspect. I hope the Tigers do well, but they got to get the qb to settle down a bit.

Looks good. It is nice to see the smaller schools at least get a mention.

I envision a high powered offense in PA. Nothing like high scoring to get the fans going.

I would say it was definitely in poor taste, but Reliant is not school property.

Let this show that scrimmages mean jack.

Pierce Rhodes (Kirbyville) -- 6-121, 3 TDs :?:

This is absolutely astonishing. We have a scrimmage where the game is controlled, only a mere 3 10 minute quarters, no real special teams play, and a full quarter of nothing but backup players to observe the team depth. I guess if you want to base your season on a scrimmage so be it. It is great to feel positive about your team. It would be about time for Lumberton to improve somewhat in this sport, but be realistic about what the past few weeks were really about. Silsbee nor Lumberton had the entire gameplans at these scrimmages. Each of these teams will see "real" losses this season. I would think if you wanted to talk smack it would be after a few games that at least counted. I remember a Paris team taking a few early season setbacks all to come back and beat a certain team in this area for the state title once. :wink:

So did they have the starters in there most of the game or were they still running new kids in and out?

It will take some time for the offense to gel but Silsbee has some good size and the ability to take it to the house. I hope they start strong this season.

If an upset occurs Liberty over BC. I could also see Livingston over Jasper if Jasper has trouble stopping the triple option.

We used to have KWDX 101.7 until it was bought out. I miss ol JP White and his ramblings.

Our scoreboard is still AWOL.

The state or federal government could care less the state championships,district titles, or hours a coach puts into a year. The schools are not there for sports, they are there for education. Whereas I do agree athletics are an important part of helping kids to become better citizens I do not agree that they are worth more than teachers. We predominantly talk about high school sports. Prior to a kid coming to high school they have 8-9 years in a classroom without organized sports. Are those formative teachers worth less than an individual who coaches a few months of the year? I'm talking head coach such as football. Assistant coaches usually do not make the "big" bucks. Look at Port Arthur....do more folks complain because they do not go far athletically or do they complain due to the school not performing academically? Whereas I understand a coach feeling pressure to win, the entire school feels pressure to succeed with TAKS. Whether standardized testing is beneficial is debatable, but it is the reality faced.

I have felt Dayton would make the playoffs all along.

I will have to say in '89 Silsbee vs Liberty. Silsbee had just come off of a nice playoff run in '88 and was a favorite. Silsbee had struggled early to find a qb to replace Randy Matthews from the '88 season. Liberty jumped out to a 17-0 lead. It was late 4th quarter Silsbee decided to try out sophomore sensation Bryan Doss. Anyone from the early 90s era probably remembers this guy. He also was the kicker. He kicked a fg and immediately followed with 2 tds. The Tigers tie the game up with seconds remaining. Doss lines up for the xtra point and it bounces off of the lower crossbar. The game ends in a tie 17-17. A few weeks later Silsbee knocks off #2 rated Jasper and ends with a district 4-1-1 record but misses the playoffs due to Liberty having more penetrations in the earlier game.

How did Sterling look? We have them in 2 weeks.

I hope people do not get too caught up in these scrimmages. What happens in "preseason" means nothing. I am sure a lot of coaches are experimenting with different kids. A score against a 2nd team is great for scrimmages but not reality on most Friday nights.

Yep. People were squealing when I believe it was Chris that formed well east of Cuba. We are gun shy now.