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Last time Santa Fe beat somebody we were in lockdown. Not only did Vidor lose, they really got beat down. Santa Fe just got off the gas once they house ruled them. Any time you lose to Santa Fe is basically basketball season. 

Y’all just lost to Santa Fe. You need to worry about not finishing last in your district. 

Me neither. You know I cheer for the underdog. They just have a couple of posters that always feel the need to slide in Crosby’s threads and provide non-football commentary. 

I’ve never talked about anything past Longview in the third round, don’t put words in my mouth guy. I didn’t crawfish on anything either. I said “it’s hard to get a good evaluation of the team with so many injuries”. You’re on here talking about this game like this is what we’re actually going to look like. We just beat FB Marshall at 65% strength. 
 
It’s always what somebody else did to lose to Crosby instead of what we did to win. How about if we have the starting DB over there on FBM’s first drive he doesn’t fall down in the end zone and actually catches the interception that would’ve been thrown right to him? What if on 3rd and 7 in crunch time we don’t have to go up top to the pitcher/backup qb and could actually throw to a receiver? 
 
What about Crosby having it down there near the red zone on 2nd and 3 about to go up 21-7 and instead of handing it off and keep pounding it we run some type of backwards pass and lose yards and eventually stall on the drive. How many time do we have to do the “Well, Crosby won but they really shouldn’t have” thing?

I really try to be as objective as possible when looking at these games in hindsight.  Its hard to do it in real time because it is an emotional game.
I just don't understand the tendency to diminish Crosby wins against good teams.  I get it.  Years of Crosby chatter and "THE JUNGLE!!!" stuff has poisoned the well so to speak.
And...now that it is the next day and I have processed the game a bit, FB had some unforced errors that would indicate it was an off night.  #1 was their primary target and he dropped a couple of passes when he was very open in the 4th quarter.
Coaches - This comment about the coaches is a stretch.  I don't know who those coaches are but:
FB Marshall has been a good team for a while. they tackle very well. they are not penalized a lot and the penalties aren't coaching errors. #4 in the state 5A-D2 division. Hard to believe these things above can be accomplished with a "not well coached" team.
Luck - Luck is a thing.  And every game has some form of luck (they are usually wearing stripes on Friday nights...ahem).  It seems foolish to think Luck is the primary factor or pivot point in whether a team wins or loses. The argument really loses steam when Luck is the default factor when a team earns a win but mysteriously absent when they lose a well matched game.
The process to define winners and losers is described below:
Competition defines who is Better. Better Teams win. Crosby won last night because Crosby is a better team than FB Marshall. All discussion after that is speculation.

Funny how everyone has off nights against Crosby... 

I mean, if you know you know .  .  . 

A*K*A the Crosby poster who no doubt holds the SETXSports record for the amount of times being banned under different screen names, lol. 

Y’all keep that same energy from last week though .  .  . 

Idk, his pops on a bad nite will pace a line in the stands. Rumor has it that is how he hurt his leg last year by throwing a fit lol

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Crosby and Fort Bend Marshall lived up to the hype of their high-profile matchup Thursday night as the Cougars prevailed with a 27-21 overtime victory at home.
Running back Levi Ray Fontenot scored the go-ahead touchdown for Crosby in the extra period, and Nathan Holder secured an interception on the ensuing possession to seal it.
The Cougars (1-1) also defeated Marshall (1-1) last season, 37-28. This year’s Buffalos entered the week at No. 4 in the Class 5A Division II state rankings.
Crosby opened the first-quarter scoring with a touchdown pass from Cyrin Myles to David Ards. Marshall answered when Jarrod Howard reached paydirt on the ground.
Myles scored on a touchdown run of his own in the second quarter to give the Cougars a 14-7 lead. They would take that score into halftime.
The Buffalos scored 14 unanswered points in the third quarter. Jordon Davis connected with Andre Feast on a score, and Jonathan Haynes scored on the ground.
Crosby fought back and knotted the score at 21 early in the fourth quarter as Myles connected with Kade Eudy. That would be the final score before overtime.
Crosby begins District 8-5A Division I action next Friday against Baytown Lee. Marshall, meanwhile, has its final nondistrict tuneup against Alief Taylor on the road.
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Damn. He cut that upfield real quick. Quicker than his pops probably 😁

We’re one dimensional right now. We can’t even throw the ball because we can’t beat anybody on the outside to loosen up coverage. We still can’t run our base offensive set because one of our backs is hurt. Half of the guys we had in the box on defense tonight are backups. We’re not good in the return game because we’re down to the 6th return guy.
 
We have a layup next week so I’m not sure who’s going to be allowed to play but we should have at least the two receivers back in a couple weeks. 

We’re trying to be ready for the three week stretch of BH, KP and PAM. We have the last five weeks of the season off after that. It would be nice to develop at least some continuity before that stretch though. Even if we get some kids back for the BH game there’s still an acclimation period we’ll have to go through. Just glad the kids and staff Crosby’d tonight.
 
We’re not a perennial state title contender yet but regardless of who’s in front of us, when you lose a game like we did last week people in town get disturbed. 

Out of likes, +10 though. Football guys understand football. It’s not always going to look pretty when it’s good on good. 

Agreed. When y’all get healthy I think y’all will be really good. Y’all’s back is a stud throw in some receivers when they heal up and you become a DC nightmare. 

Yes, that’s where we’re hurt the most 

Luck is when opportunity meets preparation. The staff had the available players prepared and they took advantage of the opportunity to win the game. 

conversely Crosby defenders weren't set because they heard whistles... it happened, and i'm sure FBM is very upset they called the timeout but they did and it was their strategy. 
Miss Snaps on high pressure field goals seem more likely than not in HS football how rarely we see a well executed last second field goal is crazy. 
it's the nature of HS football, if those were college or pro-teams then sure that's a near certainty. It's not in HS and kids fold under pressure. Crosby doesn't. 

Props to the Crosby staff for keeping the ship afloat this week!

Or…and I know it might be hard to imagine…being consistently good looks like luck to people who might not be accustomed to witnessing quality.  
 
It’s Ok.  You will see it again someday. 

Just let them talk. Come November they’ll still be hoping and we’ll still be expecting. 

In the case of Madison/Westbury, one campus could be 9th and the other 10-12.
I'm not saying building bigger schools shouldn't happen. I am saying creating a new school will have issues getting it staffed with the teacher shortage.
Most of the statewide shortage is happening in the inner city schools and not the suburbs. That's where I see school districts having to consolidate some of their schools eventually because of shortage and money.

Did you know that he can bench press 400lbs of Crawfish? 

Nah, that ended in July. It's dream killing season, we just haven't woken up yet.