SETXanalyst

Lol thought adding 2 more points to each score would add some more flavor.

Oh boy, this is juicy. For informational purposes here are some scores. 2014 Newton 21 - WOS 9 2015 WOS 48 - Newton 7 WOW 48 to 7. Don't play stupid and act like Newton learned anything from that game except that they were not on the same level. I keep reading that coaches don't want to take loss to avoid tarnishing their record. Do you really think W.T. Is worried about that? These are the only 2 teams in this corner of the state, that have dominated in their divisions year in and year out. W.T. Is still going to get a win. But at some point you have to ask yourself as a coach. Is it worth risking my players health and letting them take a major hit to their pride just to be "competitive". Do you think that if Newton played Burkeville or Deweyville makes either team better? If I'm a coach and I know my team, I understand where I can and can't compete year in and year out. I think if Cornell took a 48-7 loss to someone like Manvel, we might be having this same conversation about him. It's a shame that some of you think it's about the W/L for a man like W.T. who has dominated as a coach be it as a DC or an AD for nearly 30 years and has 2 state championship visits in 4 years with 1 to take home while he has been practically at gods mercy for the whole ride. When 99% of SETX can't even put together a competitive team for 1 year much less 30.

I believe that Cornell and W.T. could win at any school they desire. Newtons HC had been with them since the early 90s. Both of those coaches take average kids and make them into athletes. Alot of teams in this area are unsuccessful because they don't have an offseason like Newton and WOS. A prime example of this is the team newton played, Gunter. They are a product of smart coaching are able to utilize their players to be successful. Also another factor is how involved the community is. And to answer your question about the EC coach going to Tatum and winning, well at the time everything about Tatum lined up, the entire coaching staff plus a community that didn't witness a losing game very often. Another thing is that within bigger schools in our region there are alot of politics about whose kids get to play, and what my kid can do in the offseason. I know that in Newton that once you are in the program there is no room telling the coach who should play or what they should be doing. Now there are rare cases where a player makes the world of difference, for example this year would be Boling. They had an Alabama commit who was 6'4" 240 and could run with the track team that played both ways. Now Boling was pretty irrelevant before his presence but it is up to the coaches to utilize him to the best of his ability.

It should be noted for the WR vs CC game, that CC drove the ball into WR territory but from what I've read that the turnover bug kept it from being closer than what it was.