Darth Texas

2022. Lost to Brenham in the 1st round.

Qb was out against WF. Backup did well. A good runner.

Montgomery’s going to roll. They’re as good as PnG with none of the emotions png brings into mid-county madness. Nederland makes too many mistakes to make this a ballgame. It will be over by halftime. Montgomery 52-14.

I wouldn’t call last season “very good.” Other than beating PNG, there’s not much to point at. They dropped their last three games, including getting pummeled in the first round. And, I disagree that Nederland is outmanned athletically. They aren’t. They’re big, well-conditioned, they run to the ball. They can toe up physically with anyone in the district. Nederland doesn’t need to wait for a better crop of players. They have good players right now. The problem is entirely in execution, and that’s on the coaches.

This is a good final game before the playoffs. Dayton’s offense is dynamic. Not as good as Montgomery’s, but good enough to present a different kind of challenge, better than the offenses we’ll see through at least the first two rounds of the playoffs. Their defense isn’t good, so we’ll get our points. Dayton is still alive for the playoffs (if they win and West Fork beats Lake Creek) so there’s something they have to play for beyond bragging rights. It should be a good game, but PNG pulls away in the second half to win 42-21. Let’s just hope everyone comes out healthy.

Anyone seen numbers for PNG and Nederland?

Yes

This was a playoff game. Hopefully we learned a lot. Defense went through a refiner’s fire tonight. We need to get better from it.

Good job La Porte!

Montgomery’s crazy good. If they had been more committed to the run in the third quarter they might have drained the life out of us.

The refs don’t understand forward progress at all.

!!:36/25/H Jackson just caught a huge 70-ish yd pass and catch with 7 seconds left in the half

DAYLEN JACKSON!!!!!

Does Montgomery have an amazing soccer team? Punting is crazy good, the field goal kicking is crazy good. Parker Crenshaw just hit a 51yrd field goal.

The refs are spotting the ball horribly. Not giving forward progress at all.

Predicting a blowout was delusional.

Montgomery’s qb and Rb are a problem

I think it was Brent Carroll on defense, the starting running back Traeshawn Brown, and one other guy on offense. @Eazy might be able to tell us.

The scores weren’t similar at all between Montgomery/Huntsville and PNG/Huntsville. Montgomery had the game won by halftime. There was about a quarter (the first one) where they traded punts and it looked like Huntsville could be in the game, and then Montgomery gave them absolutely no breathing room. PNG, after the comeback from 21-10 at the half, didn’t have the game fully in hand until the beginning of the 4th quarter. And of Huntsville’s three scores against Montgomery, two of them were in garbage time. There’s not any real comparison between those two games. Admittedly, Huntsville lost three starters in that game, so they might have played better in a different week. Comparing those two games doesn’t tell us anything, and if it does, it’s that Montgomery is really good and PNG better forget about La Porte and Huntsville and get ready for a war.

I thought HJ and BC didn’t even deny opting up for competition reasons — They pretty openly were trying to get away from Silsbee, WOS, and HF. I don’t remember a source, and I may be remembering what people were publicly assuming. Regardless, I agree: Opting up shouldn’t be allowed unless there are compelling non-competitive reasons justifying it, like travel distance.

Never mind - I should have read the whole thread. You already answered it.

Follow-up to my last question: I’m following how the point differentials move, I’m just not sure where “21” fits into it.

To clarify, Huntsville is still in the picture and likely to be 3rd seed (assuming they beat Nederland and Splendora), so this three-way discussion is just for who gets 4th. Next question: What do mean “21 point cap”? I’m not following how the points tie breaker works.

Follow up: what happens in this scenario? Dayton: beat WF, lose to PNG (district record: 3-4) WF: lose to Dayton, beat LC (district record: 3-4) LC: beat Splendora, lose to WF (district record: 3-4) Dayton would have tie-breaker over WF, WF would have tie-breaker over LC, and LC would have tie-breaker over Dayton.

You’re not wrong. My point is the only thing Ned’s defense has been good at is being aggressive attacking the runner and getting to the backfield. That lines up well with what Huntsville is trying to do. PNG, Montgomery, and Lake creek were very successful being aggressive against the run, and Huntsville doesn’t really have a plan B. They’re not good passing. So, Nederland needs to sell out completely against the run. Force them to win through the air. Yeah, Ned’s secondary and linebackers aren’t good, so just have the linebackers attack gaps and tell the secondary to do their best. That’s basically your best shot and it plays to the only thing Ned’s good at on defense.