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The first time Crosby got the ball they went about 60 yards in a few plays and pulled Williams on fist and goal and didn't put him back in. Howard also wasn't live and couldn't run the ball in a goal to go situation which is something Nederland has little to no chance stopping if we were to go read option with him and Williams there. Even prior to the play he threw the pick Ned had blown one of many coverages and #88 was wide open in the end zone but he's coming off a broken collar bone and I'm not sure he was live either even though he wasn't wearing a yellow jersey. Nederland is tiny, Crosby would wear them out a lot like we always end up doing BH because they get beat up at the line of scrimmage and worn down from chasing players like #11 who shredded Ned every time he touched it. Don't look anymore into it than Crosby trying to stay healthy. We have bigger aspirations than just making the playoffs in Cougarland.

Yeah, watched it from whistle to whistle. In a real game with the ones playing Craig Williams probably runs for close to 200 yard with a few tds and Jaiden Howard probably throws for close to 300 yards and a few more tds. Nederland probably scores in the twenties and Crosby in the forties or even fifties. Nederland is very small and would struggle to play four quarters with Crosby in a real game, can't over-analyze what you see in a scrimmage. Especially when you're swapping kids out during supposed 1 v 1 portion. To be honest, I would be surprised if they finish higher than 4th in their district.

I think it'll be a lot closer. I still think BH hits one or two big pass plays and ultimately wins but BH isn't set up to beat you with physicality right now, Vidor is. I think BH throws it so well and Vidor is so poor at covering the pass that they won't be able to take advantage of that physicality because BH will be up in the second half of game and Vidor's ball control won't matter. Vidor not throwing the ball hurts them twofold. One, they can't score quickly in games they're behind. Two, they don't get to play the pass in practice which always seems to hurt their pass defense during the season, even in years they're actually formidable.

I really wanted to play this one to other see where we were but one less opportunity for injury may be just beneficial. With the cancellation of this game look for Crosby to have its second undefeated regular season in two years. Without the probable loss to Manvel on the schedule there is a very good chance Crosby runs their record to 10-0 and has the hype train once again behind them when we line up with FB Marshall in the second round.

I think this game is goignto he BH by 21+. I think 21-5A has only lost once in our last ten or so non-district matchups. For whatever reason it seems like we're more ready to play early in the season. Not to mention BH is bringing back 8 off an offense that dropped forty in he Boneyard and Vidor is bringing back 9 of the kids that gave it up. Plus the game is in Mont Belvieu this year. BH pretty easy in this one, unless it's raining and they have to run the ball.

I him, a couple of people already touched on what the first goal should be. I still to this day think the '15 season ends differently if Grace doesn't blow his knee out against Angleton. I think if Garrison Johnson is eligible play the task gets much harder, seen a lot of preseason film with him and A&M commit Deneric Prince in the backfield together. Johnson looks to be the lead back though, runs it a lot like Pennemon. I think Crosby has a solid front seven but I we're going to struggle to stop Manvel from running th ball between the tackles. IMO this will have more to do with the outcome of the game than any other factor. Preston gets all the hype IMO he's always been the second or third best receiver on his team. While he's a game changer he doesn't really effect the game at the high school level like Missouri commit Kam Scott across from him, I think Preston only had two 100 yard games out of 14 last year. I think it plays well that Martin isn't a runner and Crosby should be able to focus strictly on coverage, that being said I don't see us being able to cover Manvel's receivers with any real effectiveness. All in all if Manvel comes out and executes cleanly those three tds Songone is talking about are a good bet, even if we do the same. I would like to see Crosby put 40 points on Manvel's defense or at least get close. We may give up 60 but if we're operating efficiently enough to score at that clip on the #1 team in the state, I would be awful scared to line up with Crosby ten weeks later come the D2 playoffs.

Nah, it's actually hot as hell. I told my son just the other day that's he's a idiot for going and working in this heat without getting paid. PDon't worry, I'll be right back on that arse once BH donkey stomps y'all again in the opener.

Yeah, after UCLA signed Rosen they moved Sharp to receiver. He stayed one more year, went to Blinn for a year, and then transferred to Lamar to get another QB shot.

Looks like the varsity scrimmage has been moved to Lamar at 6:45pm. Thank God, we will now have parking and functional plumbing on our side.

Manvel beat North Shore, who was coming off the 6A-D1 title, and 6A Pearland by a combined score of 59-13. They beat regional finalist FB Marshall 63-6. They're going to be even better this year though. We also have Houston Heights who was a 6A playoff team last year and had the best player I saw all last year named Cody Roscoe. They also have the highest rated player any team in this coverage area wil line up against, plus a couple other FBS kids. Pretty tough two game to open with before district.

Probably not going to be the case anymore. Former Summer Creek QB Aaron Sharp just transferred in from Blinn after leaving UCLA.

I was feeling the same sentiment, I just didn't say it because then you get the proverbial second round comment. I remember watching us in '15 during practices and scrimmages and there was just this sharpness that almost left you asking, "Where do they go from here?". Turns out that was exactly the case the first 11 games of the season. As long as Crosby can stay healthy I think you'll see vast improvements by the time we play KP. Like you said though, if Jaiden can stay on the same trajectory you might see something special. . . and I'm not talking next year.

CROSBY KNOCKS OFF MANVEL IN FRONT OF RECORD RECORD CROWD!!!

I think you might be reaching a bit. The facilities at BH are nowhere near where he came from in Allen, starting with the 18,000 seat double-decker stadium. Allen is pre-season #1 in the state and #6 in the country, much like North Shore if you just have an above average coach you're going to be a contender just do to the sheer volume of talent. TW probably signed 60 FBS players while he was at Allen, I can't remember the last time BH even signed 1. To get to Allen you have to go through Highland Park, Richardson and Plano. Little different than going through Jacinto City, North Shore, Channelview and Baytown if you know what I'm saying. For now most of the parents that move their kid to BH to play for TW are going to have kids that couldn't play elsewhere.

Well, at least we'll be able to test ourselves against the #1 ranked team in the state.

My worry about BH is that even with the coaching change they still seemed to struggle athletically against the better teams. I really like the Cullen Kirkland kid but he just needs to be a little more consistent target for Cauthen. More than any other players graduating in the district I think BH will be hurt a lot by the loss of Langelier. BH has to get a break like they did last year and stay healthy, they'll probably have to improve on their execution without Skyler being there to bail BH out. I definitely think BH will make the playoffs but will probably be in a lot more wars before they get there. As far as the PNG game, it kind of highlights what I pointed out before Westeberg got here. I felt like BH was the better team that night, I think TW may have gotten outcoached by Faircloth though. PNG looked like they knew every play BH was going to run those first few drives Cauthen kept throwing picks. For a decade and a half TW has been the one on the sideline with Roschon Johnson. I.E. Kyler Murray(A&M), Seth Green(Minnesota), Nathan Dick(Arkansas), Matt Brown(TCU), Alec Morris(Alabama) and so on. On the flip side of all that, houses are expensive in Lake Travis and Aledo and they seem to do alright. BH will eventually become what everybody expects but it will probably be when the enrollment gets closet that 1,900 range.

Really liking what I've seen from Crosby so far. I know a lot of Crosby fans have been worried about how the defense was going to look and if you watched the scrimmage Friday you probably walked away still wondering? I don't think the defense stopped the O one time when they went good on good but I really think the offense is just going to be that efficient with Howard at the helm. On defense I feel like we have playmakers at all three levels. I think the defensive line may have been the biggest question mark on the team but it looked like we have some big bodies and nice depth at that position. If Crosby is going to beat a squad like FB Marshall the defensive line has to play at a high level, especially against the run game between the tackles. I think the strongest position on defense may be the linebacker spot. Hunter Moore will be a kid that plays on Saturday's for sure and Rashad Singleton(Raelon's little brother) might be the most freakish athlete in the district. I expect Singleton to be in consideration for defensive MVP of the district, I doubt anybody blocks him all year. Offensively, the ball has rarely hit the ground during the scrimmage or team portion of practices. I would say we're a little less talented than we have been the past 5 or 6 years at the receiver spot but I'm not sure you need a bunch of big time playmakers when you have an efficient qb. That being said, I still feel like we'll have the strongest receiving core in the district along with maybe Porter. If Crosby stays healthy, which is a BIG if, we're going to be very hard to play with for four quarters if you can't out-athlete us. We're about three kids stepping up away from having a special squad/season.

Now now Soulja, I still think Crosby would beat Central handily if both teams lined up healthy in bi-district. I just think Nelson makes Central a legitimate factor for the first time in almost a decade. Guy is legit, question is can he stay off the UIL's radar?

I think Matthews probably gets the more out of his talent than maybe any other coach in the district, but as far as X's and O's go I think he's behind Nelson and Faircloth for sure. Maybe even Babin? He has too many seasons where Vidor isn't a factor and probably more than any other coach in the bi-district his results are direct reflection of the talent he has to work with. Jim Holley took a 1-9 team and had a 7 game improvement the next year with the same kids, Westeberg took BH from 4-6 to 8-3 with similar circumstances, Riordan took Crosby from above average to averaging 10 wins per season. That's what X's and O's guys can do, I think Matthews deserves credit for being an excellent motivator though.

Kind of finishing up my preseason research and looking at 22-5A it's hard for me to drop Central below second place. I use a athletes x coaching x experience = w equation to make assumptions prior to the season. Cemtral has the second best athletes in the district, in my opinion they have the best coach in the district and I can't find what they have returning but all this stuff is adding up to them having a Porter-like season. The way Nelson coaches he doesn't need a qb that is much more than serviceable, he does need a game-changer at the rb position though. I think given the athletes he'll also have a chance to put together a very good defense. 1. PAM 2. Central 3. PNG 4. Nederland 5. Vidor/Lumberton 6. Lumberton/Vidor 7. Ozen 8. Lee 9. Livingston

No doubt I want to win but I'm not really worried about the score. I'm more concerned with how efficiently we move the ball on offense and how we hold up against the run. They have FB Marshall picked to play Aledo in the state title game, we will almost certainly get them again in the second round. If we're able to beat them I think we're probably looking at a '14 type season. If we rack up 400+ yard and 35+ points I would feel good with our ability to move the ball on everybody else in region 3 division II. We might give up 60 but if we don't get continuously gashed in the running game I think that's a good sign regardless of point total.

Do they go 15 school days or 15 days from the beginning of school. Manvel starts school on the 17th, if he has to only wait 15 calendar days he would be eligible on September 1st which is the first game.

Some programs exist in a different space. I think everybody understood what he meant. Would've been different if he said A&M or something.