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Per the UIL 2026-2028 rank order reclassification Strake Jesuit has an enrollment of 2,974 kids. Maybe they're using a different formula than what you're saying but that's what the UIL is going by, probably doubling the enrollment to account for schools with girls. I know the Plano schools have senior highs and only about 2,400 kids on campus but are listed at enrollments close to 5k [Hidden Content]

Yeah, I'm speaking from experience of having buddies and relatives who currently have kids playing at P4 and G6 schools. IDK how much you follow recruiting but you can see on that list that even some of the most elite QB recruits in Texas over the past few years have already hit the portal. Pretty sure most would've stayed like the old days if they were being paid millions just to be a depth player instead of ending up at Abilene Christian two years after you make the Elite 11

Strake Jesuit has just shy of 3,000 kids so they would be 6A regardless but other states have already moved to this model or some type of hybrid. Louisiana moved to a "select" division similar to the Catholic League in California and Florida added an "open" division for their best teams regardless of class. You're probably referencing SOC and I agree, there's really no way they should be playing in 5A-D2 with PNG. SOC's actual attendance zone is very small but Molina, Kimball and Carter are all in the same neighborhood and supplement their roster before you even get to the actual "transfers". The South Dallas County coaching staffs also do a great job at identifying youth talent and "steering" them to programs so that PAPF's never even become an issue. It's going to be the same for Desoto dropping down to 5A-D1 this year

You're not giving a 3* high school QB $300k a year just for his signature at a lower tier P4 school. He would be very lucky to get $100k as a freshman from Baylor. That's why I pointed out that even a high school All-America transfer QB from the SEC is already headed out. I'm sure he would've gladly accepted $300k-$600k to wait in line behind Lagway versus transferring to a mid-major where he would be doing well to get $50k a year. These teams have GM's now and unless you're a school with extremely deep pockets you're not paying a kid $1M to sit on the bench and develop. Long before a coach with his job on the line like Aranda gives an unproven high school commodity $300K per year to be a depth player they would just go get another one of these experienced guys from the portal like they did with DJ. [Hidden Content]

If you and your family haven't grown up/lived in a community your whole life, are you actually beholden to the name on the front of the jersey though? When I was young my family lived in Trinity Gardens in NE Houston in what is now North Forest's attendance zone. Imagine being a life long resident of that community in today's time and having North Shore, CE King and Summer Creek who are all open enrollment football powerhouses 10 mins away. If your kid was any good you'd basically be doing them a disservice by keeping them there simply for "loyalty" purposes. It 100% matters where you play today

What's even crazier is that if you're only paying your starters $11M you have little to no chance of even contending for a P4 conference championship in this environment. Indiana was the outlier because a bunch of their team transferred from James Madison with the coach and weren't sought-after NIL guys. I love that the players are getting paid now but it's also kind of disappointing that the influx of money has led to the strip-mining of high end talent from the lesser conferences. Never again will you be able to turn on a MAC game on a random Wednesday night in November and watch a Chad Pennington hook up with Randy Moss in the snow or stay up late watching Derek Carr hook up with Devante Adams at Fresno St. in a WAC game.

No it doesn't, the only player making over $1M on Baylor's roster is DJ Lagway who was a 5* coming out of high school and started two years in the SEC. The only way you get those NIL numbers listed above are to be an elite high school recruit or a big time transfer that produced at your previous stop. A low rated 4* or a 3* is going to have to earn their money once they get to campus. Prior to Baylor signing Lagway this year they signed Walker White from the portal who was a top 5-8 QB in the nation before singing with Auburn out of high school, he's already out the door again on the way to Central Arkansas. I highly doubt he's collected $300k after three years on P4 rosters. Baylor has had three players drafted in the last four years which is basically when the NIL era kicked off, two have been linemen. If you're good enough to make "millions" in the trenches in college you're most likely getting drafted. Outside of a guy Baylor is willing to overpay for in the portal from time to time to get him to Waco nobody they're willing to pay that type of money to would actually stay there because better teams/playoff contenders would pay more.

There's two things I would point to: 1) If your child is planning to play in the NCAA they better get used to practicing at 6AM regardless of the temperature. 2) You're going to get more out of your reps, especially the ones later in practice, if you're not getting beat down by the sun. There's a fine line between the benefits of practicing in the heat vs the detriment due to sapped energy levels and attention span.

Yeah, our first district game is North Shore. It’s highly likely that game is decided by the end of the first quarter. Not sure how he expects me or any of the Crosby fans to discuss that if that was considered whining, lol?

And you are? I don't seem to be familiar with you work? Oh, and not a fan of cheese but I will take some Blue Label if you got it?

The new OC will definitely will definitely bring the offense back from the Stone Age. Was kind of surprised he would leave Colorado State and come to high school but that's the pull of Coach Williams already paying dues. At the end of the day math just doesn't math though. With our demographics we just don't have the enrollment to play with the top 4 teams in the district and probably not with Kingwood either. Have to remember Kingwood backing into the playoffs a couple years ago with a shocker over CE King and making the regional final. SEC commit in the middle of the defense and a 5* A&M commit at left tackle anchoring a very good offensive line and they have 0 shot. That's life outside the top 4 in this district. North Shore is ranked #2 but I think Summer Creek might be the best team in the district and by far the team set up for the most success over the next decade? They couldn't deal with the CE King run game last year but I'm not sure they don't win a state title if they had went D1. That being said it's almost crazy to think CE King will still field the best collection of skill players in the district and IMO opinion the favorite out of all those teams to win a state title now that Desoto has dropped to 5A. Atascocita is the wild card, for the first time in over a decade they'll get to play D2 and their new coach already has experience coaching high level kids being that he was on staff for Desoto's 2022 state title. Not that the record would reflect it in the next four or five years but I think Crosby is going to get very good relatively fast playing in this district similar to CE King's rise simply because of what it's going to take every Friday night just to be "competitive".

Crosby’s district schedule Coach Williams’ first year in 6A: North Shore- Reigning 6A-D1 state champs and then some. @CE King - 2025 6A-D2 state finalist. Basically a less accomplished carbon copy or North Shore Channelview - I’m sure this will be homecoming @Kingwood- 2024 6A-D2 regional finalist. Multiple Power 4 recruits. Similar makeup to some of the Cypress ISD schools Summer Creek - 2025 lost in the regional finals to CE King. 2024 lost in the semis to Vandy. 2023 lost in the 6A-D2 state title game to Desoto. Atascocita - Lost to North Shore 4 of the last 5 years in the 6A-D1 regional finals. @Humble - Possibly our only other competitive game in district play. Definitely the toughest district in the state and can make an argument the toughest in the country outside of the California CIF district with Mater Dei and Bosco. Across the next two classes 23-6A alone has about 15 of the top 100 kids in the state according to the 247 composite rankings. I think playing in this district expedites Crosby’s ability to be competitive in 6A but just flat out brutal for Coach Williams.

I think we’ll be in the ballpark with Kingwood most years too but not a legitimate threat to really contend for a playoff spot until our enrollment gets closer to 3,000

Lol, I’m sure it wasn’t about being in a district with Crosby. It was being in a district who has three 6A state finalist the last three years, a team who’s made something like 5/7 6A-D1 finals in Atascocita and even Kingwood who went to the quarterfinals when they were able to get in the playoffs last year. As long as these alignments hold though, if BH makes the playoffs they would be D2 and either get Atascocita or CE King in the bi-district round every year.

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