Goblin

Highland Park and Abilene Wylie would never purposely put themselves in any position where they may potentially lose. It's been that way since 1938 when Highland Park pressured the UIL to split schools into 1A and 2A so they wouldn't have to play the Masonic Home Mighty Mites after they lost in the 1938 playoffs . Money talks. Notice they were the only team allowed to have fans rush the field. They also were allowed to choose to be placed in districts that included Austin, Tyler, Waco, Wichita Falls and Texarkana rather than any of the MUCH closer Dallas and Fort Worth schools in the early 1950's because that would be beneath them. That's why it's so awesome to see them lose in the playoffs.

Whatever... I was there in 1985 when WOS was the smallest 5A school in the state and had Houston Yates tied 6-6 leading in penetrations mid-4th quarter. The same Yates that shutout Permian 37-0 in the State Finals. I was there in 2000 when WOS was one of the smallest 4A schools in the state and knocked off Friendswood, LaMarque and Calallen in succession before losing in the State Finals. WOS has no control over where the UIL places them but we've been in the gauntlet more than once.

Just compiled it:
 
With 3 State Champions yet to be crowned in 2016 here are the current all-time rankings among all 448 11-man UIL Champs crowned since 1920.
Average Margin of Victory over entire victory season
1. Big Sandy 1975 Class B Champ 57.79
2. Aledo 2013 4A-2 Champ 55.19
3. Waco 1927 1A Champ 53.64
4. Big Sandy 1973 Class B Champ 49.57
5. Alto 2006 1A-1 Champ 49.00
6. Abilene 1923 1A Champ 47.17
7. Refugio 2011 2A-2 Champ 46.67
8. West Orange-Stark 2016 4A-2 Champ 46.38
9. Munday 2012 1A-2 Champ 46.13
10. Mart 1999 2A-1 Champ 45.93

I know right!!!! Thanks to whomever fixed my name. I'm only lost when I'm in the beer. Whiskey makes me loster.
 
And with all due respect to my Sweetwater buddies........I just don't see the train stopping. I hope it slows down enough to make it a game..........the Aussies prediction is 
WOS 48      Sweetwater 8. 
Safe travels and good luck to both teams and Go Mustangs........both of them!!!!

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1957 Nederland beat sweetwater 20 to 7 and dallas Highland Park beat port aurthur 20 to 9 

We can see the equivalent Smoak signals from here too regarding Gilmer  ;p

Eh... Carthage beat Gilmer... Silsbee came a hair from beating Carthage 

Eh... Carthage beat Gilmer... Silsbee came a hair from beating Carthage 

Eh... Carthage beat Gilmer... Silsbee came a hair from beating Carthage 

What could we do to get the PNG fans there. They would scare you to death.

What could we do to get the PNG fans there. They would scare you to death.

2A Refugio held Navarro to 14 points, almost won that game and yes Refugio is good but have you checked out their enrollment and size? If the top Offense and Defense in 2A can almost beat them surely WOS (the top defense in 4A AND the entire State)  can.

What could we do to get the PNG fans there. They would scare you to death.

That Calallen Semi in 2000 has to be the biggest showstopper though.

That Calallen Semi in 2000 has to be the biggest showstopper though.

Hola  SE Texans. Interesting matchup, seen Navarro only twice, last year and this year. Biggest thing I seen from those two times is the play of their qb, he can put the ball where it needs to be from what I've noticed. He wasn't the qb last year.
They seem to also be able to spread it out to mix things up. Region IV fan here so rooting for Navarro but no doubt WOS is the favorite and expected to win.
Their defense gets overlooked and might be their strength. IMO it's going be another good battle against R4 team.
 
 

Thank you. There's nothing there. The message is stay the course. We have been right where y'all are. The kids that read this think you expect them to win by 3 or 4 td and if they don't they have let you down. Their job is to win by 1. That's all I'm saying.

Just as I suspected lol

WOS, Orangefield, BC and LCM are all within 10 miles of each other. If they were to combine they'd be 6A.  But the tradition prevents that from happening as well as some school board members, county officials and some other reasons that everyone knows. My point is TJ, SFA and Lincoln had decades of success and tradition most importantly. Mergers generally do not go well with Forest Park, South Park and Hebert being a huge exception but even then 1982 was NOT a fun year from August until Thanksgiving.

It was more like THE Texas high school football historian! lol.  He is the modern day Joe Lee Smith..... 

Goblin, on the previous show they gave you a serious "shout out"(referring to you by one of your screen names on another site)....I don't recall the exact wording but something to the effect of "a Texas high school football historian". Very Nice!!
I'm sure you heard the show...but I know that I am appreciative of your work and glad to hear that it has a wide wingspan.

We can see the equivalent Smoak signals from here too regarding Gilmer  ;p

Go get em Eagles! WOS is behind you! Hopefully we can both make it to ATT! That will give me an excuse for a 4 day weekend!!

Newton and WOS will be at ATT again just like 2014.  The only difference is that they will both win this year.