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We will go D1 if two of the three schools out of BH, Dayton and Splendora make the playoffs. Humble and KP both getting in is Crosby's best shot to go D2. If Humble doesn't get in you're most likely correct that PAM would get KP in the first round assuming you beat both Central and Ned. I think district 23 sweeps their first round games leaving a four team combination of Manvel, FB Elkins, FB Marshall and Texas City waiting on the bi-district champs from this coverage area.

I agree with you 1000% but that's an argument I gave up on long ago on this site. If you ask someone from Houston to describe where they live they'll tell you southeast Texas, you ask them where Beaumont is and they'll tell you East Texas. To us there's really no difference between Beaumont, Lufkin, Cleveland, Marshall or Newton. Even if you look at it longitudinally places like Houston and Baytown are farther south than Nederland, Port Arthur, Beaumont or Orange. You'll never win that one here.

I've always said the day DCTF hits the shelves is the unofficial official start to Texas football season. I just think over the years they've tried to incorporate too much data into the Summer edition. While DCTF will always be the bell cow, the real Texas high school football magazine is the one The Old Coach puts out which should hit shelves not long after Dave's does.

That's why I said Ned vs WOS would be the SETX game of the week. I know Crosby vs Manvel wouldn't really be considered a SETX game, I just mentioned it because those are the type games the initial comment was incorporating.

It's definitely going to be a huge game in SETX, and probably a close and well played one. I don't think it will be anywhere close to one of the best week 1 games if you look at the schedule though. There's nowhere to hide week 1 and there are a bunch of Crosby vs Manvel type games around the state being played to open the season. Doesn't Ned play WOS to open the season too? I would think they make that the SETX game of the week anyway.

My prediction on DCTF's pre-season top 10: 1. Cedar Park 2. Manvel 3. Aledo 4. Temple 5. Lone Star 6. Denton Ryan 7. Crosby 8. Lancaster 9. Foster 10. Angleton A lot of the 5A powerhouses have either moved back up or outgrown 5A all together. Bad part is that the majority of 5A's strength resides in region 3 this year.

Normally I would have a retort for a remark like that but I somewhat agree. No other season has a district championship been more meaningless than this year. Crosby could run away with the district and get what I like to call the "2000s". PAM in bi-district, Manvel in the second round, Cedar Park in the third round only to have Temple waiting in the regional final. If Barbers Hill or Dayton miss the playoffs though, I think Crosby get another D2 regional title.

Jordan Hill, (WR), 6-3/180lbs. Has narrowed college choices down to Bowling Green, Fresno St., Colorado St., Kansas and Illinois. Probably one of the more underrated receivers in the state due to Netherly playing across from him but could be in line for a 60/1000/15 type season if he's healthy. High points the ball extremely well and can play the possession receiver or game-breaker role. I think Jordan could have an Allen Hurns type career in college if he continues to work: [Hidden Content]

The only thing I would say to that is A&M's top TE target is most likely Kedrick James out of La Vega now that Wright seems to be solid to Notre Dame. Even though two TE's are committed there's no way A&M wouldn't still accept a commitment from James which might put one of the two already committed in a predicament unless they think Horry has a chance to grow into a tackle.

IDK, nobody that's expected to have a big year is currently hurt? Normal tweaks here and there that happen throughout the offseason. Code Red is still healthy for the time being . . . knock on wood.

You just made and killed your own argument. You're basically asking teenagers to be held to a higher standard than a multi-million dollar athletic department as well as an entire board of regents. They covered up multiple sexual assault allegations and knowingly accepted transfers from kids who were accused of the same deeds. That's a lack of institutional control, the same as Penn St. was charged with which the NCAA eventually allowed any current player to transfer free and clear of restrictions. Not to mention a lot of these kids are guided by parents who may have been uninformed of the scope of the allegations before the Hamilton report came out. If you found out the company you were going to work for knowingly covered up sexual assaults of female employees would you still choose to work for them because you made a "commitment", do you stay because it's a good job? You're speculating the reason they all want to be released is because Briles got fired, what if they're trying to "man up" and do what's morally right instead of being "forced to get a free education"? The "play where you signed/committed" argument just doesn't hold water in this case.

1. Deshawn Watson 2. Baker Mayfield 3. Pat Mahomes 4. Josh Rosen 5. JT Barrett

Very hard list to make. I can't argue with anyone on there but I would probably drop Hood out of the top 5 and put Joe Mixon in there. If they both come out this year I think Mixon could go higher than Perine. By the end of the year D'Onta Foreman or Chris Warren could be on here too.

Then I would think Crosby should be behind them too. It's a catch 22 to me though. While I would rank Crosby behind them I also think it would be doing a disservice to the pollsters to have them rank teams like Oak Ridge and Montgomery who they never see or hear about. I know Conroe sucks, but unless you've seen highlights or looked at statistics regarding why they lost to College Park then how do you judge how good wins are against those teams? We have at least three dedicated high school football tv shows that cover the area teams, about 15-20 area papers that cover teams and the Chronicle which provides the most in-depth coverage throughout the weeks of the season in print and online. We see it rather we want to or not over here. I just think its a gray area to be ranking teams over 100 miles away in some cases just for the sake of covering one team.

Well, unless North Shore is covered this year Crosby should come in pre-season #1 again in the SETX rankings. With that being said, August 26th the #1 team in SETX will be playing what might be the #1 team in all of 5A when the trophies are handed out. Week 1 Crosby @ Manvel - Alvin ISD stadium Two preseason top 10 teams in the state opening with what could be a second round preview. Hard to get any bigger than that.

Walker Little actually plays OT for them. Even with him and Pancotti last year Ozen probably could've hung with or beat Episcopal. They have high level players at certain positions but nowhere comparable to the speed they see in SETX and are very thin. Playing against PAM for four quarter is harder than playing against the Episcopal, St. Thomas and Kinkaid's of the world. Not saying Ozen will win or not get blow out, I'm just saying the overall team talent will be less than a Beaumont Central, Westbrook, PAM or even a Crosby who they've lost to a couple time in the playoffs recently.

Is he going to play TE for PNG this year like he will in college, or will PNG try to keep him split out since they really don't use a TE? He must have showed very well at camp yesterday to receive a committable offer. Good thing is that A&M has two kids playing TE right now that they probably hoped would never have to see the field, in SEC depth there's probably not a better situation he could've hoped for. Congrats to him.

I would rank Atascocita behind North Shore and Westfield and far as talent goes in the Houston area. Atascocita has the most valuable player in the entire Houston area with Daveon Boyd after he led the state in 6A passing yardage. Atascocita is definitely getting the looks because they just signed two 2-star players to an FBS school this past year. Boyd is small for the QB position but I bet he gets a low level FBS offer somewhere down the road simply because he plays for Atascocita. With their enrollment crawling towards 4,000 students it's becoming a recruiting hotbed just like Humble High was back when they had a similar enrollment.

Mannie Netherly, (WR/QB), #33 ranked prospect in Texas and holds 27+ offers. State runner-up in the 400m this past season and will play QB for us this year. Holds 15 offers from the Big 12 and SEC alone: [Hidden Content]

I think some schools will be/are leery of the knee until he shows it's not affecting him. If and when he's healthy he might get some more looks but I think he's pretty firm on UH. It's just a pleasure to watch the kid run the ball with the balance determination he shows, really missed that this past season.

Craig (Sqwirl) Williams, (RB), 2018 #3 rated all-purpose back in the country per 247sports. Already holds an offer from every power 5 conference in the country: [Hidden Content] Hopefully a healthy Grace and Williams can repeat the type of performance they had during the semifinal run a couple of years ago.

It is what it is. I didn't know anything about this site until after we lost to Vidor, otherwise I definitely wouldn't have been hush hush about an undefeated district championship and a narrow third round loss to Dawson in '09. You're right about me probably being hush hush the year you got on here and we lost by seven points to Brenham . . . in the second round.

The NCAA can make that null and void if they choose to, and probably will. Maybe not for the kids that are already there, which is probably 50/50, but for the kids that have only signed a letter of intent the NCAA can choose to make that particular agreement, for that particular school, for that particular year non-binding. The NCAA can basically do as it chooses but it's likely that decision won't be made until down the line leaving the current kids in a quandary.

You must not have seen what they looked like, Mustafa and Daveon had it covered.

In light of the end of the Spring evaluation period I will be posting Crosby's prospects film. First up will be the catalyst of the 2014 semifinal run. Carlos Grace(RB), committed to University of Houston: [Hidden Content]