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things will have to return to  as normal as you can expect it to. People have to work. things may be different from what we are use to, but sometime in the future it has to be opened back up.

What about Ernie Holmes from Burkville?

1 hour ago, CardinalBacker said:

That just proves that I am obviously unbiased and my opinions should be given more consideration than yours, lol. 

I have given no opinion

I hate things like this, because there really is no comparison. Two schools from two different classifications and two different enrollments. If we had WOS enrollment numbers, who knows how good or bad we would be? Nobody.  If WOS  had Newtons enrollment numbers, who knows how good or bad they would be? Nobody. It is like comparing apples and oranges, there is none. Unlike CB these are my two favorite schools. Why, because one is my Alma Mater and because both have nasty defenses when they are good. I believe in defenses.

4 hours ago, CardinalBacker said:

Mayweather ducked Moseley for years.  Pacquiao for years.... etc, etc, etc.... 

So why has WOS been in existence since 77 (I think) and won four, but it's taken Newton 100+ years to win 5 against much, much weaker competition?

Do you really want to talk winning percentages? 

I'll put it to you like this... 2015.  The Eagles started out 1 and 4, losing to teams like WOS, Henderson, (neither of which are anything to be ashamed of) BRIDGE CITY  and Orangefield.  The Eagles then "flipped a switch" and went undefeated in District play and were "upset" by Franklin in a close game in the 3rd round of the playoffs.   Except it wasn't so much a "flipped switch" as much as the fact that there was a tremendous drop in the level of competition faced by the Eagles once district play started.  And that's true of every year. 

Newton's dominance has a whole lot more to do with playing sorry opposition when it counts.  It's not Newton's fault, but everybody realizes that you guys have a cakewalk through the playoffs compared to the paths taken by the teams to which you keep trying to compare yourselves.

Be proud.  You guys have won more than your share of small school championships.  It really is impressive.  But you guys believe that having the prize-winning pig at the Jasper County Livestock show is the exact same thing as having the Grand Champion at the Houston Livestock Show.  I mean, they're both pigs, right?

 

If you can't go back to 2014 and tell me a switch was flipped, then I have to wonder about your knowledge of football.

Give old CB a break, he's talking about  two of his most hated schools and can't talk bad about both of them.

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They just need to get past them slow starts.

If you go into battle thinking you are going to lose, you have lost before you ever set foot on the field.

Well another year of high school football in the books. Congratulations to all the champions on a great year. Everybody else, hold your heads high. You put a lot of work and sweat into this season. In 9 months we start all over. You better not shout, you better not cry, cause Newton’s coming to town. LOL No I don’t know how good or bad them Eagles will be, only time will tell. Merry Christmas and happy New Year to all SETX members. See y’all next year.

Great programs, it should be interesting next year with Carthage dropping down and Shadow Creek moving up.

Turn overs killed Hamlin, too many against a team like Mart.

To win a state championship is impressive period.

Great season Silsbee, keep your heads up. Stand proud. We’ll start again in about 9 months. 

31 minutes ago, Footballfan77 said:

Yeah the same giddings that had y’all down 14-0 with a backup qb. Be realistic and act like you understand football. Giddings front 8 held silsbee in check till midway 3rd quarter. Offensively they couldn’t really compete with y’all forcing the defense to be in the field longer, meaning they were tired. Hence why y’all took over towards the end. 

Just means they never gave up and fought for four quarters.

1 minute ago, BADSANTA said:

Could Wimberly be 11-3 if they played PNG? Newton? Nederland? WOS twice??

 

It's possible, and everybody has to remember teams get better as the year goes on. I mean I could be wrong, but it looked like there might have been some player changes. to me looked different than when they played Newton. Where there any changes in players?

1 hour ago, Hagar said:

My guess, the slow starts.  Folks forgetting that Silsbee played a tough pre-district schedule.  But peaking at playoff time - Priceless!

They need to quit looking at the beginning so hard and start looking at the finished product. I mean who wouldn't take some losses at the beginning of the year and wind up with a State Championship.

To clear things up, I am still riding with the Tigers. It'll be a slugfest from here on. Go Tigers.

2 minutes ago, BMTSoulja1 said:

Not really a fact, it's an opinion that's VERY subjective...

Easily backed up by data, all you have to do is look.

3 hours ago, JimThorpe said:

It wasn't 5 TD's, it was 4 TD's and 2 field goals and one very exciting and unusual looking 2 point conversion to tie the game with only a few minutes left.

It was a strange 4th quarter.  You kind of had to be there. WOS seemed to be in control with a 28 - 17 lead going into the 4th and then the wheels just came off.  Big plays, unlikely plays, a 48 yard field goal, a fake punt that shouldn't have worked, a lateral option pass that shouldn't have worked.  A Tiger defense that had been porous all night suddenly stiffened into a brick wall.  It was just one of those things.   Fate took a hand.

 

I was there, doesn’t change my thinking, a good defense does not give up 35 points. Sorry, don’t mean to hurt any feelings and no reference to anything other than what I believe.

4 hours ago, BMTSoulja1 said:

Are we really referencing a game that took place in week 2 and we are in week 15?

 No, just stating a fact.

40 minutes ago, JimThorpe said:

They have a good shot.  They just scored 35 points against the best defense in the state.  

The place where the Tigers had the edge was in the kicking game and that proved to be decisive.  Our place kicker scored 10 points and sent most kickoffs into the endzone.  Other than that it was a toss up.

Clearly it was the breaks and the big plays that decided that game.  As Yankees pitcher Lefty Gomez said back in the 30's, "I'd rather be lucky than good."

Anyway, It's been a great two years.  Even if both games had gone the other way it still would have been great.  But now Carthage has moved down into Div II and all bets are off.  We could both be in for a dry spell.  Our last debacle against them still hurts.  It was like Pearl Harbor.  We had no warning.

 

Sorry to hurt anyone’s feelings, but a good defense does not give up 5 TDs.

Well everybody still playing is one step closer to that ultimate goal. here's wishing everybody an injury free game and safe travels. Go Friday night lights. Here is something for all the Friday night heroes

Who am I? I AM A CHAMPION!

That's right, and you need to remember that all through this game

I will conquer what has not been conquered

Defeat will not be in my creed

I will believe what others have doubted

I will always endeavor to pull esteem, honor, and respect out of my team

I have trained my mind and my body will follow

Who am I? I AM A CHAMPION!

I will acknowledge the fact that my opponent does not expect me to win

But I will never surrender

Weakness will not be in my heart

I will look to my comrades and to those who are a part of me in this world and those who have trained

me

And I will draw strength from them

Who am I? I AM A CHAMPION!

I will gladly go out into the field of battle

And I will move in everything I can do

And I will reach my field of battle by any means at my disposal

And when I get there, I will arrive violently

I will rip the heart from my enemy, and leave it bleeding on the ground

Because he cannot stop me

Who am I? I AM A CHAMPION!

To my side I have comrades, comrades that have been with me through thick and thin

Who have sacrificed their blood, sweat and tears

Never will I let them fall, never will I let them down, and I will never leave an enemy behind

Because our opponent does not know my heart

Who am I? I AM A CHAMPION!

No one will deny me, no one will define me

And no one will tell me who and what I am and can be

Belief will change my world

It has moved continents, it has moved countries, it has put men on the moon

And it will carry me through this battle

Who am I? I AM A CHAMPION!

Defeat, retreat: those are not in my words

I don't understand those definitions

I don't understand when things go wrong

I don't understand mistakes

But I do understand this:

I understand victory,

And I understand never surrendering

No matter how bad things go my heart and my mind will carry my body through limits and weakness

Who am I? I AM A CHAMPION!

Today will be that day

Not tomorrow, not next week, but right now, right here

In your house and in your homes

Who am I? I AM A CHAMPION!

History will remember me

I will not let worrying affect my cause

I will define myself

I will write my own pages

And no one will tell me what I cannot be

I will never give up

Not until Ive given everything I got

Because who am I? I AM A CHAMPION!

Who am I? I AM A CHAMPION!

Who am I? I AM A CHAMPION!

Who am I? I AM A CHAMPION!

Wishing all an injury free game and safe travels. One step closer, go Friday night lights.

On 11/25/2019 at 12:03 PM, WOSgrad said:

PICK 'EMS

WEEK 14

 

1.   Katy

2.   Barbers Hill

3.   West Orange-Stark

4.   Silsbee

5.   Newton

6.   Joaquin

7.   San Augustine

8.   Mart

9.   Oakwood

10. Fort Bend Marshall

11. /Atascocita

12. Cypress Creek

13. Katy Taylor

14. Alvin Shadow Creek

15. Cedar Park

16. Carthage

17. Midlothian Heritage

18. Whitney

19. Cameron Yoe

20. Omaha Paul Pewitt

21. Muenster

22. Blum

23. Duncanville

24. Rockwall

25. Prosper

 

On 11/25/2019 at 8:39 PM, AEIOU said:

DF wins like they did in 98. 

Maybe he was being sarcastic?