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When Crosby has been full strength this year we've looked exactly like we're supposed to. Porter caught Crosby in a perfect storm with two SEC caliber players missing in the backfield, Crosby playing off a short week with Porter having the previous bye and as you can see a team that wasn't totally focused on playing football. The kids that sat out will have had about 20 days to get better, so will people's feelings so we should be good. As far as the game, Porter was just more ready to play. Jim Holley's teams always seem to give Crosby trouble, now he has a good qb that's four year starter and can actually throw plus a solid 6-3 receiver on the outside to make plays for him. Porter had the advantage of being able to deviate from film because they only had one game tape against Brazozport where Holley didn't have to show anything, Crosby couldn't figure out their defensive keys and Hall/Carney converted a bunch of 3rd and 15+ just like Ware/Harvey did when we went to OT with New Caney last year. Losses never help in the literal sense but realistically any win for a larger school in the district is helpful for Crosby. Crosby needs teams to push them D2, it was supposed to be New Caney and KP but if Porter takes that spot then fine. At the end of the day the goal is to get I of the D2 playoffs and avoid Manvel, Temple and Cedar Park in the region. Like I already highlighted, the year Cedar Park beat us in the semis they started off 2-2 with a loss to Aledo in the opener and were then shutout 23-0 by 3-7 Dripping Springs in the fourth game of the season to start district play. Even a squad like that couldn't overcome some of the issues they had at that point in the season. Crosby will be more than fine, for the first time in five years they just didn't prepare for a team like they should have.

I don't think Renner or Tepper went to Aledo like they supposedly did. They did get to the Porter upset of Crosby as one of the biggest stories in the state rather quickly though. Glad the players got to see that but it's not like they'll be lacking motivation. Probably also saw the national and local stories about high school players kneeling too though. Hopefully we can just prioritize in two weeks against KP.

I think it will cause the players as well as some in the community to prioritize. Other than the Dayton game and the Summer Creek/CE King games, boredom is exactly the way I would describe the regular season the last four years. Now there can be a focus on improving rather than starting out gangbusters like the last few years and trying to maintain that high level of play throughout the season. Good luck to you guys too.

Could be 14 days from now when we play KP, could be a month from now after KP and Caney Creek when we play Dayton. If the game was perceived to mean more all the starters might have played or at least gave it a shot last night. As long as we respect them I think we can beat KP and Caney Creek as we were constructed last night and focus on being our healthiest starting with Dayton.

I'm not going to leave over anything like that, it would be hypocritical after all the stuff I post. There's almost 8,000 views on a thread involving Porter, pretty sure where the focus is. For the 10th time, I still feel the exact same about Crosby. Timmy Ware and David Harvey also put up about 400 passing yards for New Caney last year in OT, it was what we needed at the time. Just saying, I'm sure I'm a lot younger than you and I don't follow PNG players because they tag Fairclothe in conversations. All the way to the point that I'm making judgement calls on what teenagers are saying to each other.

. . . At which point you decided to follow random kids Twitter conversations.

Kind of weird you follow random kids' Twitter conversations.

Lol, alright man. Don't know how many times I've already said Porter just outplayed Crosby regardless of the circumstances.

Haven't had 1001 explanations, I've said several times already that even though Crosby was down some starters that Porter played a better game and deserved to win. Good luck against Humble tonight.

LSU commit didn't play qb and kid rated #3 rb in the country who holds SEC offers didn't play either. I've already said it earlier on, I don't feel this changes Crosby's outlook any. Porter had two weeks to get ready and Crosby wasn't as prepared as they should've been. Great win for their school, had to turn down my IPad as I heard the coaches screaming in the press box while the kids rushed the field.

Crosby may not be as talented on the o-line but I think there's more talent and depth everywhere else. Last night we started four underclassmen on the o-line with a sophomore qb behind them. We just stayed healthy for the vast majority of 2014 so we had a lot of depth that year.

Yeah, it's actually the first time Crosby has lost two regular season games since Riordan's first year so we're fine. People can have all the issues they want, you lose a football game this time of year in Crosby, TX and all that stuff will mysteriously be irrelevant. All the focus will be back on football when we play Kingwood Park in two weeks, I promise you that.

All of this; . . . . Yet, Crosby had a football game to play.

I believe this loss with refocus and motivate Crosby just like their last district loss in 2014 did.

Crosby had some crucial kids not playing but Porter was better prepared to win the football game. I don't think you're going to get or really need an answer to those specific questions. Riordan is one of the top coaches in Texas and beloved in Crosby, I guarantee him and the staff will have Crosby back to looking like they're supposed to after the bye week.

Ok, my bad. Wrong Dayton fan then. Hope your son does well.

I agree, I'm glad it happened in a way. It gives Crosby something to fight for during the regular season versus waiting on a big game with Dayton or New Caney.

There's a sales rep. from Dayton that services the Baytown refineries who also has a son that's a 6-6 sophomore.

Appreciate it, trying to answer as many as I can before back to sleep. It doesn't happen often so I knew this would this would be the day all the posters that can't stand me would love, wanted to make sure they got their chances.

Lol, not even close. Porter threw for 400 on Crosby, Splendora completed 3 passes and ran for over 400 on Dayton.

Thought you were the guy at the job that told me about his 6-6 offensive lineman son that's a sophomore at Dayton right now, we were talking about our kids playing against each other and what his thoughts were on the season thus far. Didn't know Dayton had more than one 6-6 kid.

It was the biggest win in their school's history. That's exactly how they approached the game, Crosby got caught unfocused and trying to get to the bye week. Porter deserved to win, they we're a lot more enthused about the actual football game.

There's probably 10 people that mentioned me, lol. If I do that you'll be on here asking where I am? The only one delusional on here is you April.

Holley gives Crosby trouble every year, especially when we played them at Turner. We've only blown out two of his team's. We played two tight ones with him at KP but he finally got the win at Porter. The year Cedar Park beat us to play for the title they got shut out 23-0 in the 4h game of the season by 3-7 Dripping Springs, I'm not really worried about it plus we get the bye week to get healthy and clear up everything.

Think about how bad y'all must be now. Even though Crosby had their issues, Porter was still better than BH.