CardinalBacker

If HJ wins this one, I guess I'll be a Hawk fan for a while. 

I was at the game in Diboll... it wasn’t good. I can’t stress how badly our O-line got handled. All of the misdirection in the world won’t work with 3-5 defenders on your side of the line of scrimmage. I’m a big supporter, but I can also admit when things look bad.... and they do. 
I didn’t realize that Hamm was sitting out this year. Not that I blame him with a legit baseball future on the line, but we were counting on him on both sides of the ball. They really need to move one kid from RB to O-line. I really, REALLY didn’t see any breakaway speed from ANYBODY that was handling the ball. Turnovers were a killer. 
The QB is a bright spot. The bad news is that we still have to face tougher competition from here on out. 
All is not well in Cardinal Land. 

Bridge City by 10.  
 
I mean, we’ll be back to Bridge City by 10 if we leave after halftime. 

Bridge City by 10.  
 
I mean, we’ll be back to Bridge City by 10 if we leave after halftime. 

Bridge City by 10.  
 
I mean, we’ll be back to Bridge City by 10 if we leave after halftime. 

Bridge City by 10.  
 
I mean, we’ll be back to Bridge City by 10 if we leave after halftime. 

That really did make me LOL this morning. And thanks for staying for halftime...those band kids and strutters really do put in some time and work too.

It looks like a good year for people to snake wins over the Stangs while they’re down, but so is LCM and BC. 
We had one of our best groups two years ago that would have been competitive against WOS, except WOS had an all-time great team that year. WOS looks a little bit beatable right now, and I’m not sure we could handle the Stangs JV squad right now. FML. 

Their fans were all at Whataburger, standing around dipping snuff and revving the engines on their trucks. It’s just another Friday night in Woodpile. 

Gotta watch out for the small towns you can’t find on google earth 

Boy.... that was brutal.  Diboll has some good kids, but we played some really, REALLY bad football. 
Diboll’s lines absolutely destroyed us in the trenches. The only times we moved the ball were when we threw the it. That’s not a good look for a team that relies almost totally on the run game. Our only score was set up by a long pass play that put us deep in the red zone. 
Our qb Skinner was a bright spot.  Maybe the only bright spot. Well, unless you consider “opportunities to improve” all over the field a bright spot. We honestly looked like a team trying to implement a new offensive system. It was bad. 
Diboll has size. No offense, but I think we made them look a lot better than they are. Not trying to knock them, just being honest. They beat the crap out of us. 
An interesting note... Splendora edged out Sterling. Otherwise every team in our district got smashed by a smaller school this week. This is possibly the worst district in 4A D1. Lumberton (Jasper), LCM (Woodville), Huffman (Liberty), Livingston (Shepherd), and BC took big losses in games that should have been locks based on size alone. Sad times. 

I truly believe Silsbee will be fine. They play a bruising schedule to start and will only be better for it. I see an extended football season this year. They are going to be salty by regular seasons end.

Yeah.... that's what we said about the freshman group from 2016.... Which is the junior class this year. 

I'm going to edit my original response and just say....good luck to everybody tonight. 

Is that an offer?

Deweyville is where you can buy the best speed.....
 
Wait.... what are we talking about?

The real legal question is "who's getting billed for the time you put into this?"

Deweyville is where you can buy the best speed.....
 
Wait.... what are we talking about?

Deweyville is where you can buy the best speed.....
 
Wait.... what are we talking about?

Deweyville is where you can buy the best speed.....
 
Wait.... what are we talking about?

Diboll

I'm really thinking about driving up to Diboll on Friday and checking out the action up there.  I think I'll have a lot better feel for the team after that. 

Yeah, if you can throw, you will give them fits. Livingston, as poo as theyve been has been able to throw somewhat so i guess thats why they've beaten Lumberton

Lara is supposed to be the 2nd coming of the big, bruising FB... he didn't do as much as I'd expected last year.  Ply is one to watch from the wing, I believe.  Young kid, but poised to make some noise.  
 
Like I said, I've kinda lost touch with the program so y'all know about as much as I do about the state of things in Cardinal Country.  

Defending a well run Slot T offense the first game of the season is always tough so I would expect BC to have their moments. Overall though I think Diboll will be too much in this one.