OlDawg

Texas UIL rules require the pregame handshake as a sign of sportsmanship. This wasn’t a UIL game.

Obviously, you can’t say much negative about it. If you did, it would be kind of hypocritical. PAM vs. NS no hand shake game ring a bell? I guess it depends on if you think it’s just a game, or if you think some life lessons are supposed to be learned from the competition. If the coaches were the father figures for some of the players, would this be a lesson you’d want them to teach? I guess I’m an old schooler. My kid’s almost your age.

So, the students got a severe tongue-lashing, but nothing was mentioned about the coaches… Like I said in another thread, it’s all over national news and X. Makes the whole State look kind of bad. Should be some kind of UIL discipline for this type stuff for the staff.

Saw that. Wasn’t aware. Losing some good senior talent to other schools here in the last couple of years. I’ll wish him good luck. But, I’ll tell him like I said about the other two…It probably won’t work out the way you were told or thought.

National news about the lack of sportsmanship by Desoto & their coaching staff. It’s all over X, and even in my news feed via Outkick. Way to represent Desoto. 🙄

I didn’t see any attempts to Godbolt-Carr because he’s at Pasadena Memorial now. I had no idea. That’s two, key Sr. players that wound up elsewhere for their last year.

I don’t remember seeing any attempts to Reynolds (TE) or Godbolt-Carr at all. I did like the quick slant to Peyton that was called back for penalty. But, it was a solid play. Looked like Wells (QB) was just a step off on timing with Wallace (WR) and Smith (WR). I’d love to see a drag route underneath with the threat of Wallace & Smith deep. Wallace is going to be very good! As is Dieudonne. Seeing Quentin’s boy on the field just made me feel old. Quentin Sr. was a year behind my son. I actually thought the D was respectable for as young as they are, and being on the field so long. The more they play together, the better they’ll be. I think they have the potential to be better than last year by a lot. Just need the Varsity reps together. Nothing wrong with the DL. LB’s need experience. Wells (QB) reminded me of Austin Upshaw. His legs, and ability to extend plays will pay big dividends down the road. I also like that he knew when to throw the ball away. I do like the new scheme. It uses all the talent better. Slot T served its purpose for the personnel. But, the pistol/pro fits these young men better. Just need the OL to gel. That will come. Time is short though.

Deer Park has found themselves an excellent QB, and they return a D1commit RB in Yates. The Deer are an always solid, perennial 6AD1 PO team who just happens to always run into North Shore 1st Round. Game 1, they blanked another perennial 6A PO team--Pearland Dawson--in Pearland 35-0. It wasn't close. The Deer appear to have a team that can challenge Dickinson for the District crown this year. La Porte looked--without sugarcoating it--pretty bad while going up against a very talented Fort Bend Crawford team. They'll need to really start gelling with the new offense in a hurry with every game counting next week. Actually, this rivalry game counts as much as a district game to many of the fans and players. Against Crawford, LP lost 2 OL from an already younger OL on consecutive plays in the first quarter, and the losses could be seen in execution from there on out. Hopefully, the young men are okay and can return. Status is unknown to me at this time. The Dawgs also had snap issues on a punt after stopping Crawford at the 5 yard line, gave up a safety, and gave Crawford another offensive possession. Later, they stopped Crawford again, had a mishandled snap in the endzone, gave up another safety, and gave Crawford another offensive possession. You can't give another offensive powerhouse 4 points & two extra offensive possessions and expect to win. Even with these miscues, and not running Simon all that much, they were within one score midway through the 4th. But, they just looked out of sync all night. I expect the Deer to take revenge at home for last year's loss to the Dawgs in a big way if LP doesn't play flawless. Thoughts?

La Porte started out 0-3 in 2024. Wound up in the Regional Finals without playing a single home game all year. This team is arguably more talented. Just depends on if they can put it all together. As bad as LP played against Crawford, and down 2 OL, it was a one score game mid 4th.

Outlook from June. I still think it's accurate. Of course, I didn't know at the time the entire O would change. If they come within 2 scores of the Deer at Abshier, I'll feel better about their learning curve. Deer Park shut out Pearland Dawson 35-0 in Pearland!

Good win Cougars!

Where did I say it was better? The crazy is you reading something that wasn’t there. I haven’t had either Beaumont school making the PO’s this year. Nothing has changed yet. Lufkin gets both Beaumont schools at home. That factors into my thinking as well. If you want your own rankings, man up & put them out there. These are mine. I’ll probably update them each week.

Maybe so. I know LP's OL should look better if they haven't been decimated in the 1st quarter of the 1st game already. Berneathy is an All-American college OL. I'm sure he'll be working directly with the OL, along with the other coaches. That's why I don't worry about LP's OL as much. As long as the injury bug hasn't wiped them out. The Deer will still whip them though. Too big of an ask at Abshier, while still in learning mode. Plus, it will be the revenge game year for DP.

Only because I watched BWB, and they struggled. Hard to judge BWB & BU yet, and RSS opponent wasn't much of a challenge. (Sorry Ganders.)