AthleticSupporter - Jock

One thing I’m proud of is in the past y’all know Lumberton would go into this game knowing they were gonna lose. It’s the loser mentality of this town. And I’m sure for the most part the community still thinks that way. But I can guarantee that Coach Babin, along with his staff, have built this program up to have a winner’s mentality. They are preparing to go win, they are gonna be confident going in. At the end of the day for a High school football coach, it’s not always about winning championships because most coaches will never do that. It’s about preparing young men for life. And sometimes life ain’t fair, and other times in life you lose because you were simply outmatched. If we go into this game confident, executing the plan, and leave it all on the field but get beat because Carthage is just a better team, then I don’t think there is anything negative that can be said about our players or our coaching staff.
But on the other hand, if we pull off the upset, these kids will remember this for the rest of their lives. I just watched a YouTube video of highlights from when we beat Lamarque and i still get chills watching that. And I wasn’t even on the team, I was a freshmen. That’s what HS football is all about right there!

I think Lum needs to take as long as they possibly can to score on every single drive... Just wind the clock and protect the ball. That’s really all that they have to do. 
 
And pray.  Pray a lot.  To Jesus, Baby Jesus, Mother Mary, Buddha, Allah, that Hindu she-god with the eight arms, and the comet that those guys in the purple Nikes were worshipping.
 

Pretty sure not one single 4 seed from a 4 or 5 team district won or at least not a 0-10 1-9 team.
That's my argument. Want to send 4 teams, then don't have 4 or 5 team districts.

“They will never be WOS.“
They could be. Wouldn’t be easy, wouldn’t be quick, but I refuse to place limits on anything because of perception. 

I remember a D1 caliber rapper that came out of vidor. What was that big hit he had?

Carthage is the better team but the better team doesn't always win. Injuries, turnovers, flu bug, trap games, more turnovers, etc can all contribute to upsets.  The kids and coaches have to believe that it is possible. I have seen bigger upsets than Huffman beating Carthage.  The fact that nobody thinks it will happen, including Carthage, is why it sometimes happens.  If y'all meet up, I think most of our district will be rooting for you guys.  Good luck

Carthage is the better team but the better team doesn't always win. Injuries, turnovers, flu bug, trap games, more turnovers, etc can all contribute to upsets.  The kids and coaches have to believe that it is possible. I have seen bigger upsets than Huffman beating Carthage.  The fact that nobody thinks it will happen, including Carthage, is why it sometimes happens.  If y'all meet up, I think most of our district will be rooting for you guys.  Good luck

Carthage is the better team but the better team doesn't always win. Injuries, turnovers, flu bug, trap games, more turnovers, etc can all contribute to upsets.  The kids and coaches have to believe that it is possible. I have seen bigger upsets than Huffman beating Carthage.  The fact that nobody thinks it will happen, including Carthage, is why it sometimes happens.  If y'all meet up, I think most of our district will be rooting for you guys.  Good luck

Honestly, I thought we were evenly matched before the game so I was shocked for 3 quarters. LCM has some big boys and some nice athletes. It took some crazy determination and great play calling to pull off that comeback in the 4th quarter. After watching LCM, your prediction should have been accurate. But like they always say, that's why we play the game. I would have lost a lot of money on the Splendora/BC game btw. Crazy night. 

Awesome job boys. I give credit to those kids who never gave up, who never hung their heads, who stayed in the fight. I give credit to the Coach who went out of the box and put faith in that scrappy group of kids who refused to give up. Hats off to number 13 from LCM. Almost too much to handle. Hell, I was almost ready to hang my head down after the 1st 1/2. It takes a lot of character and fortitude to come back and win a game like that when it feels like nothing’s going your way. Great job RAIDERS!

Congrats coach, but also congrats seniors! That’s what it’s all about. Got a good win in their last game in that stadium.

The babinator finds a way to get it done!!!! Ltown is lucky to have a great man/coach like him!!! Congrats coach!!! Hard work pays off!!

There are a bunch of people on here that should not give up their day jobs.  Forecasting, prognosticating and fortune telling is not for the faint of heart. And quite frankly, some of you suck at it. But keep trying. Statistically speaking, you have to get one right eventually. Hang in there. Go Raiders!!!

United had two wins last season and has the chance to end this season 6-4. Not making the playoffs is disappointing but going from 2 wins to possibly 6 wins is an really good accomplishment for a team in their second year of existence.

the top enrollment of a classification should not be more than double the bottom enrollment #.  I do remember that rule that they set for themselves

No the numbers are correct.  600 something sophomores and 700 freshmen but the senior and junior classes are in the 300 to 400 range giving us the number reported.  Like Soulja said, it will be a drop to 5A for only 2 years before going back up to 6A with the projected freshman classes coming to BU being around 700 each year. 
I had a conversation with the BISD AD prior to the game Friday night and we are both in agreement that the drop will do the school some good not only in football but volleyball, soccer, baseball and softball as well.  Give those programs and respective coaches time to build and get a few more wins under their belt before moving back up.  Girls and boys basketball and track can hold their own in 5A or 6A.
Leave early college where it's at.  I don't like the program anyway for my own personal reasons...

I heard about this. I'm not opposed to the score being lopsided, but this dude waited until 2 minutes were left in the game to pull his starters. That guy has no business coaching kids. 
At that age, everyone needs playing time and if you're up big reward your kids who put in just as much practice time but don't get in when the game is close with some field time 
Your hs team will be better for it. And maybe those kids will stick with the sport a little longer.

I personally liked him as well.  And look at how Lumberton treated him after the awesome 07 and 08 seasons, when he didn't have the same playmakers and things took a turn for the worse.  Same coach, same system, same work ethic but the teams went 3 seasons with only 1 win.  Was that poor coaching?  Wrong player at QB? Wrong Offense?  I'm sure some of these daddies on here would say it was those things.  I saw that man and his family get attacked on here and in the community worse than I've ever seen happen to a coach.  And people forget, Babin was the OC under Credeur calling plays during those 07 08 seasons.
The answers to figuring out how to win in a community like Lumberton are not easy answers to come by.  Credeur and Babin have done a pretty damn good job of developing young boys into men and trying to prepare them for a world that is not so kind.  I thought that is why we encouraged our kids to play sports like football in the first place.  It's not for scholarships or trophies because those things are largely out of our control.  Along the way, these 2 coaches both managed to have some really good seasons when they had some studs on the team.  I don't fault Babin for choosing this offense for this team.  I also don't fault him for the many times we get behind the chains with penalties.  I don't fault him for the kids getting hurt and having to finish a game with a 3rd string QB or finding a way to be competitive while missing your starting Center and NG for the last few games.  I'm not making excuses because these are all parts of the game.  But sometimes they contribute heavily to why we lose the game and we just have to deal with and make the best of the situation.  And sometimes we are just not as good as the other team and it's not anyone's fault.  Hopefully these kids come out of this high school experience as Scrappers with some fight in them.  That's what it's going to take to be successful when this short period of their life is over and they move on to the important stuff.
 

I think it will be close

If it is anything like last year, that Carthage district will be the 2nd round draw. Which is no good for the teams in our district. That district is stacked. 

Exactly. NS with almost 5000 kids playing little bitty ole WB with only 2500. And how many times did WB score?  Amazing!  How would sportsfreak explain such a strange phenomenon?  

I like our chances against BC if we protect the ball and stay away from penalties.  

Agreed. I was curious why that would be considered a trick play. Great call and players executed perfectly.  Huffman coaches and players deserve credit for the win. They were the better team and should go 10-0.  Lumberton has nothing to be ashamed of. Just have to protect the ball better and keep getting better at executing. No need to press the panic button. 

Agreed. I was curious why that would be considered a trick play. Great call and players executed perfectly.  Huffman coaches and players deserve credit for the win. They were the better team and should go 10-0.  Lumberton has nothing to be ashamed of. Just have to protect the ball better and keep getting better at executing. No need to press the panic button. 

It's a football game not a track meet, so I think the raiders will be fine.  We have enough speed to play with anyone in our district, as long as the players execute the way they have been coached. If our offense can keep from getting behind the chains with penalties, the Raiders should win in a close game.