oldschool2

I've never known a tech to have anything to do with the possession arrow. But..if at the end of the half/quarter then the tech has to be honored (2 ft's plus ball opposite the clock) no matter who get's next possession. In this case I'm pretty sure the arrow stays, but the opposite team of tech gets their tech possession first.

Leave possession arrow alone. Team B should get ball from the tech (2 free throws and ball) at the start of the next half.. not as a result of the possession arrow. Techs don’t change possession arrow.

30-26 DF

Absolutely ridiculous.

22-15 GV

Thank goodness for home field advantage.

Loaded with talent?.. Maybe the fine citizens of Dayton have forgotten what talent looks like. I have a hard time believing that Dayton has all of this talent that isn't capable of winning football games. I have no doubt they have some talented kids but it doesn't seem to be enough for the likes of their competition. Maybe bring back the Dayton/Liberty game.

Possibly.. but we'll never know. I do know that my argument back then was that there were a lot of variables at play. Specifically, had WOS been in D1 those years they would have had a much tougher road to when they would've played Carthage. It's very rare that a team doesn't see competition until Arlington. That makes a ton of difference. Like I said.. Lots of things could have happened. It's easy to speculate. Back to the thread. I have a sneaky suspicion that this won't be much of a game past the first couple possessions.

When WOS and Carthage were in the same region... WOS couldn't get out. Times change and things happen but WOS's recent state titles happened after the classification split. In which separated these two schools.

Maybe you should ask him.. Or.. volunteer to help. I'm sure every coach in the state would love the advice of the plethora of sideline experts. I know I would. Sounds to me like with your advice of adjusting sooner then overtime could have been avoided altogether. Know what.. I bet HF could go all the way. You need to get down to that school, Shooter, and coach these kids up. Run the "Picket Fence". But don't you let em get caught watching the paint dry. *Yes I made a reference to the drunk, volunteer coach in the movie 'Hoosiers' who ended up being irrelevant in the overall success of the season.

Teams that are accustomed to being in the playoffs and making runs at it do this. It is very possible to focus on the team coming up and still prepare for the possibility of a win. It's not cocky.. it's preparation.

I really hope I’m included in the “same 3-4 people” that you’re referring to. It would truly be flattering. Not that it matters, but I’ll offer a reasonable explanation. Nobody talks down on anyone.. that doesn’t over exaggerate the predicted talent of the team they root for. Like some WH posters did. Do that and you’re gonna get attacked..every time. ALSO.. people who blame coaches for their team’s lack of talent (like you just did)... will also get attacked. Maybe you don’t read many of my posts outside of anything WH related, but I don’t discriminate against delusional fans or coach bashers of ANY school. You honestly think the coaching staff would’ve mattered against Evadale, Grapeland, Lovelady, or Mart? No offense but you guys just brought a knife to a gun fight. They all just have better horses in the stable. Setting yourself up.

No argument here. I think all 4, 5, AND 6 team districts should be done away with.

I’ve said it before.. most of the time the 4 seed gets absolutely embossed by a district champ, sparking the argument that too many teams go. But.. every once in a while the 4 seeds makes a competitive outing. Or wins. In my opinion, justifying the sending of 4. Yes, UIL needs to get rid of 4/5/6 team districts. Just this week: New Diana (4) played a ten point game with two time defending state champ Newton (1). Texas High (4) BEAT fifth ranked Lufkin (1). Winnsboro (4) BEAT Hooks (1). I’m sure there are other relative examples.

-Two years ago- WH- "Yay! We dropped in class.. now we're gonna.." (Evadale, Lovelady, Grapeland, Mart)- "You're gonna what?" WH- "Sorry guys.. I didn't mean anything by it."

Well then the UIL is missing it's chance. If it's only about money they should let every team in and do a double elimination tournament. Heck.. let's play two games a week. Or three. Who cares about what's good for students and schools let's just make it happen.

I’m not arguing.. but.. based on what? Just curious.

(Grabs popcorn)

Oh I was joking. While it may seem overly watered down (maybe it is).. every year either a 3 or 4 beats a 1 or 2. That in itself justifies taking 4 teams. Some districts are strong and some are trash. In the end.. it only takes two or three rounds to truly weed out the ones that don’t belong. As for teams in the playoffs with losing records.. you can’t punish them all to spite a few. Some teams have losing preseason records because they jumped on some giants before district. Some playoff teams only have winning records because they played cupcakes before district. You can’t base a playoff team on overall record.. otherwise nobody would play anyone that’s any good. Like I said.. it works itself out. The cream always rises to the top.

Everyone gets a troph..err.. playoff shirt.

26-7 HJ final

18/19 3-20. Yeah.. surely they'll do better than that.

That's 100% true.. there are talented teams all across the state incapable of making deep runs due to their attitude/commitment. In fact.. the "best" team in the state does not win the state championship on a regular basis. But.. there are ZERO teams making deep runs that lack talent. No matter what kind of attitude they bring everyday. See the difference?

If I had to make a guess on this one.. I'd have to say that Vidor wins fairly easily and Epstein didn't kill himself.

Technically.. if every school in the state fudged their number in order to drop then they would all be in the same exact boat they were trying to avoid to begin with. But seriously.. I'll never understand why the h*ll the state (A) advertises when the count is gonna be in the first place (B) depends on the schools to do their own counting. Like you said.. the state gives money based on that attendance so just randomly pick a day and do an average attendance report based on what the school turns in every single day anyway. It seems like UIL is asking for issues.