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This was in the fall of 2016 when the video was shared. I was taken during April of 2016. Kid wasn't even on Varsity and wasn't even the frontrunner for being QB the next season. Please leave football out of this.

At the time of the incident, it had nothing to do with football. Kid was on JV and no one was sold on him being QB. The family is saying that the school did not do enough to stop the video from distributing but I honestly don't know how that could have been done. All in all, my money is that he won't be the QB in Carthage next season.

My point was it's more about the coaching staff.

I'm just curious did they bring their own people. It happens

The OP is missing an important point. Surratt is the GOAT of east texas, but a lot had to do with his staff. I'm curious about the teams that kept winning after their coach left. I wonder the the majority of the staff stay. With that being said, if Surratt and his staff leaves Carthage, bye bye state titles.

I wouldn't say a furious comeback but they'll be in the mix. I think the semis are definitely a given.

Who didn't expect them to go to state? I sure did! Like i said in the preseason, WO-S is like Carthage now. They will have some exceptional teams and go deep. If they just have a good team, it just means that their with the rest of the pack and still have a good shot. At the end of the day, Pleasant Grove got a state title but WO-s will be right in the thick of it again.

Very well said.

I hope you're right. We have a tough rivalry game and a tough Lavega team.

Carthage is stacked for the next few years. Carthage will be contenders for a while

There are teams in the past (Stephenville, Henderson) who won state their first year after moving down. I know very little about Lumberton. Is there a chance of that happening with this team?

Heck did you look at that schedule? They almost scored 500 points alone on historically horrible Houston teams. I do believe they put their back ups in but with the schedule Carthage plays year in and year out, their backups could never put those numbers up against state contenders.

There you go with these numbers again. Carthage had plenty of chances to break a lot of the scoring and yardage records. I remember back in 2008 Dwight Smith only had 4 carries in the game and all were TD's and Suratt took him out. This dawg offense is special. Navasota 2012 was good but like another poster stated, you have to take in account the VERY weak schedule they had. Carthage has a top 5 schedule year in and year out. I just think it's pointless to use these skewed stats b/c Carthage rarely plays their starters a full game. One more thing, of course LH will have records rushing, that's all they've done for the past 10 years. Don't understand why you are discrediting this Carthage offense.

In class 4a?

I was talking to some people from Carthage and apparently there were Silsbee players talking smack to the Carthage fans during the Hargrove game. From what I hear that's what got the bulldogs so pumped.

Back in 2008 we were ahead of Tatum 63-14 at the half. Their two tds came from kickoff returns.

I will say this. If the tigers somehow pull this thing off. I think they will have a legit SHOT to make ti to the semis. If Lavega gets upset, they may even make it to state, but hopefully the Dawgs assist in your next state title by ending your season early so you can all be 100% for bball.

I never saw that game as a huge upset.

I was referring to the annual trash talk of Carthage fans on this site. I promise you the majority of Carthage fans would not have been surprised if they had lost that game. They weren't very impressive during the regular season.

The Bulldogs has NO business winning that game! It turned our season around. Don't know if you noticed or not last year but hardly anyone from Carthage posted here bc we were NOT expecting to win. This year I say Dawgs by 21.

Tenaha is loaded this year and I think they get their revenge this year.

Nice to see a fellow Trojan (my adopted team since moving to bedford). I'll find out next week if I'll be fortunate enough to be part of their coaching staff this upcoming season.

Oh ok. That makes sense.

How can you leave Tenaha out.?Technically it's closer to the area than Carthage, Kilgore and Henderson.

I don't think it's a problem I'd like to have. From what the posters are saying here is WOS will not be as good as next year, but they still have a shot. If that's the case, this team may need to be battle tested before they get to the playoffs. If not, I give the advantage to Gilmer this year if they meet.