Cougar14.2

Go Crosby . Get that W

Well, we'll see what happens tonight. We're still going to be down seven starters and potentially eight depending on how you want to look at it. Hard to get a good evaluation on the team when we're missing so many impact players. Throw in the fact that none of the transfers are eligible yet and it makes us even shorter on depth. Hopefully the drop in competition allows us to play a little better tonight but it doesn't look like any of the injured players will be allowed to suit up until at least the BH game. 

They picked up about 500 kids since 2020 and aren't even finished with that subdivision right south of the school that exploded their enrollment. They're closer to being done with their other huge subdivision Liberty Lakes but they're going to be well over 4,000 kids by the 2026 realignment. Their school was only built to house 3,500 kids so they'll either need another one or a freshman campus. With their old head coach moving into an AD only position it leads me to believe that a bond for yet another high school may be in the works in the not too distance future. IDK where they would put it though, unless they bought the old golf course from the city and put it there. Sheldon ISD could easily split CE King's attendance zone into two 5A schools and still be formidable with the benefit of open enrollment. 

Its the first pre-district game of the season! The night is still young all Crosby has to do is stagger through district and land a play-off spot. Then when healthy make a run to the big dance.

If sucking means playing 31 games in the last TWO seasons, more than most schools play in THREE years, I’m glad we suck. 

Definitely will be paying attention to this one. Best of luck Crosby.

Absolutely not the same King which exactly why it’s hard to get any real gauge on how we can play with so many studs missing. We would’ve lost to A&M Consol. last year if we had as many injuries as we do now.  We lost to Ennis 62-16 in ‘09 and they were in the same class with us. We’re going to be fine when healthy. 

63-7 King final 
Flat out destroyed in the trenches tonight. Was going to be a tough go down 7 starters but man, this was bad. 

Crosby has played like this in a bunch of opening games the last 7 or 8 years. We’ve just never played anybody with the level of personnel King has. We’ll be alright once we get the players back who aren’t done for the season. 

Crosby has played like this in a bunch of opening games the last 7 or 8 years. We’ve just never played anybody with the level of personnel King has. We’ll be alright once we get the players back who aren’t done for the season. 

Didn't they have 7 starters out versus Carthage last year in the season opener?? 

Just one jab at 14.2 … what were you saying again about how you countered Texas High? Peace

My younger cousin played quarterback at Arlington Bowie from ‘06-‘08. I was going to college in East Texas so I would go watch as many of his games as I could his sophomore year. They lost in the first round his sophomore year so during the second round we all went to the Carroll vs Trinity game at Texas stadium. It was the greatest spectacle I’ve ever experienced in high school football. 
 
The next year Arlington Bowie actually plays Trinity in the regional final in the same location at Texas Stadium in yet another thriller and ends up losing on a late fumble. Trinity goes to state that year and while we’re watching the title game my girlfriend at the time goes “Yay, Coach Lineweaver is going to win another state championship!”. She then proceeds to tell me he was the coach when they won state at Commerce so I’ve always kind of checked on them since then. Her best friend, my kids’ “aunt” also lives in Bedford and has kids that will attend ET. They’re one of the more interesting  teams around the state with the Polynesian aspect. 

Meh.  The announcers, I think both Trinity Grads and I know one of them coached under the elder Lineweaver, said they are running a new defense and I saw that.  Running a lot of odd man fronts which they were a even front defense for most of the time I have been watching them.  Prosper's QB made some bad throws and Trinity picked him.  I wasn't impressed with the Eagles passing game.  Their run game was a different story based on how Trinity was lined up
And again, with a minute 46 left in the game, there were some poor play calling and poor clock management on Trinity's part.  Also, they are going to have to pick one QB sooner or later.  Both are Sophomores
 
I've been watching ET since the '09 season but I also know your gangster 14.2 lol

I think there's a very good chance Longview loses to Boyd tonight. DCTF seems right giving Longview the nod over Denton Ryan now but Longview has to prove they can get consistent QB play and that Taylor Tatum can stay healthy while carries the load at RB. Prosper was a regional final team in 6A-D2-R2 and Boyd beat them by 28 in the regular season finale last year. New Braunfels over DR was kind of a shocker but Boyd over Longview wouldn't be at all.   

They’re also 1st and 2nd in talent and probably top three in coaching at the 6A level, pretty lethal combination. Only coaches to coach at least 23 of a possible 24 playoff games at the 6A level the past four years are Jon Kay, Reginald Samples and Todd Dodge. 
 
To be clear, I think Gary Joseph is the best coach at the 6A level and the state in general. I think Samples and Kay are top 3 now that Todd Dodge has retired. 

That's the difficult part about playing teams like CE King, North Shore, Duncanville, Desoto, etc. They already have a bunch of talent to begin with, throw in the fact that they're also open enrollment and you basically end up with select teams playing UIL football. If the UIL wanted to add an additional level of "fairness" outside of the enrollment caps they could do something like the NCAA and allow the one-time transfer free of penalty.
Crosby has had kids denied even when they had legit Crosby addresses. We've had kids that had to sit out a season like one of our starting LBs this year, and still currently have kids with eligibility issues. It kind of puts you at a disadvantage for doing things the right way. Meanwhile, talent-rich schools get even more rich. 

That's the difficult part about playing teams like CE King, North Shore, Duncanville, Desoto, etc. They already have a bunch of talent to begin with, throw in the fact that they're also open enrollment and you basically end up with select teams playing UIL football. If the UIL wanted to add an additional level of "fairness" outside of the enrollment caps they could do something like the NCAA and allow the one-time transfer free of penalty.
Crosby has had kids denied even when they had legit Crosby addresses. We've had kids that had to sit out a season like one of our starting LBs this year, and still currently have kids with eligibility issues. It kind of puts you at a disadvantage for doing things the right way. Meanwhile, talent-rich schools get even more rich. 

Smh, that’s what I meant🤦🏾‍♂️ Was watching RB film of Amarion Peterson and one of the games was against Dumas. Huff and Nate Palmer are both at Decatur. 

Huff at Decatur not Dumas. But yeah that sucks for Collins and CS. Seems like Duke has been getting some nice pieces from Texas lately. 

Crazy part is that MW can be salty and still miss the playoffs out of that murder's row of a district with Manvel, Foster, Angleton, Friendswood and Magnolia. I think they'll eventually finish 2nd or 3rd but there's definitely no off weeks in that district. 

Dayton has the offensive personnel to average 40ppg during the regular season this year, their playcalling leaves a LOT to be desired though. Their front 6/7 is also below average for a 5A-D2 playoff caliber team. Dayton will be improved this year but their defense is going to put so much pressure on the offense to constantly score that it's probably going to be a long season for the Broncos once again. 

For the people who’ve seen already I was wondering if PNG’s offense looked more like Katy’s or SLC’s? One place PNG has been well above average lately is on the offensive line and I think they could be a real factor in 5A-D2 with a more Katy-style offense that highlights that. I would imagine being at SLC so long that’s probably the route though? 
 
When PNG had success with RJ it wasn’t because of how great of a passer he was, it was because they could control the game on the ground with his running ability. Morse, Crippen and Bost are all better passers than he was. It sounds stupid for me to say after losing a game 72-69 but I never thought PNG really benefited from lining up and trying to play basketball with teams that had better athletes than them on the outside. You see BH was able to beat FB Marshall last year because of how dominant their offensive line was. Very interested to see how Coach Joseph uses PNG’s personnel versus what Faircloth saw. 
 
On the PAM side of things I know they have to replace a lot but it still feels like they should be two or three scores better than a team they’re superior in talent to that also has a head coach making his debut. I know with it being somewhat of a rivalry game weird things can happen but if PAM is going to win the 10 games I think they can this year then they should probably be able to take care of PNG relatively cleanly. 

King could have put up a better showing against King but they were one dimensional on offense. They lined up very well with them. I’m really surprised they are on our schedule. Very tough comp for the cougar in wk one. However I think we’re going to surprise some folks in wk 2 by dominating FBM

Just went back and watched that Shadow Creek vs CE King game from the second round last year. King had SC down 40-14 in the third quarter before they really got off the gas. King dominated SC at the LoS which makes me a little more worried about our game with them since they’ll be even better on the defensive line this year. Look how much bigger than SC they look in the trenches once the game starts. I think Katy and Summer Creek will probably replay it in the regional final in 6A-D2.