TurtleMan

Precisely. Four years at varsity, 10 years as an assistant/position coach and I never heard of my coaches and later my coworkers getting tipped from a durn message board. Coach's WOULDN'T HAVE A JOB if WE LISTENED TO PARENTS/FANS/ALUMNI.

Crosby is a better version of College Station? Let's not get delusional please. College Station just beat Temple and has a 7 pt loss to freakin Austin Westlake. Their freakin huge athletic and have some serious wins over really good opponents. Everyone from Crosby and PNG should be excited about this first round matchup. Crosby dodged playing Marshall second round and PNG gets a title game atmosphere in the first round. Make no mistake about it though neither one of these teams was going to win the region and that's fine. Only 4 teams in the state will be able to say that. This should be the best first round matchup in the state and I think both teams and fans should enjoy it. I will be willing to bet that there will be 8000+ people at this game and whoever does play for the region title will be lucky to have half that.

Nederlamd looks good. They get the ball to start the half. PNG offense can’t handle the pressure at this point. Going to need to make adjustments. Monte has his guys playing and is one step ahead at this point... Monemtum on Nederlands side...

Grad... I stole your stats!!!!
Here is the tell all....
Offensive Stats:
                                                       P.N.G.                   Nederland
Average Points Per game                51                            33
Average yards Per game                472                          391
Rushing Yards per game                197                          226
Passing yards per game                 275                          165
 
Defensive Stats:
Points Allowed Per game                 17                           16
Yards allowed per game                  310                         248
 
If you look at the rest of the stats, I do not see anything that really stands out. Both teams are balanced, however L.K. makes up a good percentage of the P.N.G. stats.
So, if Nederland is going to be successful, they will need to take away the left hand. Its a crap shoot, pick your poison. I do think Monte will have a plan together that will give the Dogs a chance at pulling this thing out.
For P.N.G. to be successful, it appears they will need to stop the run and make Fernandez pick the secondary apart.
Nederland will not want to play a fast paced game, a barn burner is not something they can win. Monte will want to control the ball, run it down the defense throats, mix in a few passes, and eat a ton of clock.
P.N.G. will play into their system and take what they get. If its running, they will run, if its passing, they will pass.
In years past, you always have the Neumann factor, this year, its Monte's show.
 
My prediction....
First half will be rather slow and sloppy, penalties, a few lead changes, and everyone will be on the edge of their seats, you will hear a little Cherokee, and a little dog barking.
Halftime will be, well a halftime...
2nd half L.K. and his crew start putting up points, Nederland will hang in for a few drives, but ultimately, in the end, L.K. takes over, and he is just really difficult to stop.
But as we all know, its a rivalry game, anything can happen...
For Nederland to win..... Simmons will have to have a career night.
For P.N.G. to win..... L.K. just needs to be L.K.
                                            

I don't know what the situation is of folks, so I can't criticize.  We are who are on here are very lucky, our current position allows us to devote our Friday night to those boys.  We don't know if it the same for them.  They may not have a reasonable way to get to Port Neches...it doesn't seem like very much of a drive but when you don't have reliable transportation, it seems like here to El Paso.  Also, I am sure that some folks who would love to be there to support the kids but can't make it to the stadium due to a job that they are working in order to put food on the table for those very same kids.
Now, I am sure that on some level, the lack of attendance is due to apathy and it may be on a much higher level than I think.  But I just don't know that I can point to it as the cause or question whether a person is putting their child as a priority, when what they may be doing instead of attending the game is doing exactly that.

If you have a child in the band, cheerleader, drill team, football team, rotc, etc., there is no excuse for not being there on a consistent basis.  Every one of those kids has atleast one parent. 

I’m sorry let me make an addition. If Pam had Shug, Riggs and replace Xbox we could win state!

Fine. High School game losses don't bother adults. Im not even a coach. I have no stakes if they lose. If they lose they lose. Ask anyone and I think they would say png goes about 3 rounds again anyway with a 4th round at the most with their limitations. As for the the 2-3 players thing, hate on em all you want but our #3 reciever has has more td receptions than your leading wr. That says that Jones and Hines does all the scoring. Maybe your reliance on 2 players  on offense is more than you realize.

And at some point PNg will have to start recruiting players in order to make a deeper playoff run... when will people realize that we are not in a talent rich area. Maybe the reason PNG hasn’t lived up to your standards is because of the players just not matching up, and maybe just maybe it’s not the coaches fault. 
Heck look at PAM, who everyone would agree has the best talent in this area, and yet they still won’t be a match for some of those other schools come playoff time. It would take combining PNG’s offense and PAM’s defense to actually make it to Jerry’s World. That’s not the coaches fault, it’s the area we live in. It is what it is.

On Monday morning of this week, Texas A&M made an offer to Nederland Sophomore Hayden Hefner. This is Hefner's 5th offer, others include:
Incarnate Word
Lamar University
University of Houston
Oklahoma University
Texas A&M University
 
I know his family well, and I have no doubt that he will continue to work hard and improve over the next 3 years!
Congrats young man...
 
 

This was my first time seeing Central play since 2010 when they lost to Humble in the playoffs (due to work and relocation) 
i could only go by what I was hearing and from listening I really thought Central was headed down the path of Ozen, with all the good ones leaving and going to other schools, but what I seen tonight let me know Central still has the kids and speed there and now just has to be coached up by the coaches (which I believe Nelson will do) They May be losing enrollment numbers but I believe a good football team and program will once again have parents sending there kids to Central instead of cross town to WestBrook ..Goodluck Jags the rest of the way, look forward to keeping up with you now that I’m back around..
Also my first time seeing Johnson, and I can say he Deserves all they hype. Man amongst boys out there..Good luck P.N.G is always good when you guys are strong for the rest of the District , hopefully Central can catch up and it can be like the good ol’ 20-4A days when P.N.G, Nederland, Central and/or Ozen were all good and battled for supremacy ...I guess Memorial will take Ozens spot lol

That’s a punk a## comment from a PNG fan....
 

I agree, like someone else referenced, the New Caney playoff game from last year (which I would like a rematch of) and the 2nd CE King playoff game that they should have won after leading the entire game.
I was talking to another dad yesterday as the Jaguars practiced.  I told him I seen something in the Nederland game that I hadn't seen in MANY years.  Fight and not quitting from the boys.  Central led most of that game until late in the 4th.  As Nederland scored the late TD and later the FG to take the lead, many of the old Jaguar teams would have folded up, packed it in and quit.  They would have been arguing on the sidelines and coaches walking around with their heads down.  I didn't see that 2 weeks ago.  It was 3rd and 35 with less than a minute to go and I watched as the offense confidently broke the huddle and picked up half the distance needed for the 1st.  Then on 4th down, the QB drops back and with no hesitation tosses the 1st down to our best WR.  From that point they punch it in for the win.
I also told him, Nelson and Company don't "play" with the team like the predecessor did.  You know who is in charge, the assistants are out actually coaching, correcting and instructing, not just hollering and fussing.
Regardless of what happens Thursday, I like the direction that the football program is heading and glad to have 2 boys and a nephew under Nelson and Company... 

Since y'all can't stick to football in the football forum, this thread is done

You still whining? I used to give you the benefit of the doubt and think you were an adult but you got to be what like 17. Probably still in school. I used to get mad about Cowboys losses like this 10 years ago. 
 
anyways 21-0

I think its somebody messing around..lol

One can only assume you have an interest in a senior by your posts. I only said #20 because he appears to be one one of the fastest players on the team. I am not a BF lover by any stretch. But I can assure you he is not playing lower level talent because of last names or money. His job depends on winning. Period......

Tbh I don't think Png defense is as bad as some of you think it is. All they have to do is make 2-3 stops a game and yal will be alright. I will take Johnson in any shootout.

You guys are amazing, the team is undefeated and just knocked off a ranked opponent as severe underdogs and you start a thread to bash the coaches. 
I'll tell ya what boys, once that QB graduates my guess is your current staff will be out of there on the first thing smoking to a different school that appreciates what they are capable of, and nobody could blame them.
When that day comes, you guys go ahead and take the reigns of the program, bring in a few other good ol' boys that know what it means to be an true indian!, put in the ol' wing T offense and have all the boys go both ways, slam 'em into each other for 3 hours a day to "get 'em tough". Congratulations, you will have become vidor, every now and then put together a decent run but for the more part your sitting at 5-5, 6-4 year in and year out
did it ever occur to you, that playing kids both ways requires that the offensive kids spend half of their time at practice working a defensive position? Which then means the offense would have to be dumbed down considerably. No more gadgets, no more qb and wr's in perfect sync, you'll be back to the days of 2 runs up the middle on 1st and 2nd, then an overthrown pass on third down, then bring out the punter.....
your current staff has put the most dynamic kids on offense to go with your superstar quarterback, then put a bunch of average athletes with a lot of heart on D and coached them well enough to shut down a bunch of D1 athletes in the 2nd half of that game Friday night, you should be having statues commissioned of those coaches, but instead your going to run them out of town before too long, different town/same story all over the state, nothing ever good enough for some I suppose

Somebody complaining about the refs?? I mean, seriously, it’s getting ridiculous on here reading some of these threads. There are good and bad calls in every single game. Believe it or not sometimes your team DOES commit penalties. Wow, imagine that. And believe it or not sometimes the refs do make bad calls, both ways. 
Rant over.

Lightning delay gives PAM a chance to “get minds on this game”

Dude...you could have warned me.  This was the first half team, purple jerseys and pants.  Kid played RB and MLB.  He was good.  
He scored on the first play of the game.  The team recovered the kickoff.  Passing TD the next play.  Beautiful pass to a small kid that could catch.  Really good hands and he is salty.  Team was athletic and tough.  Not the fastest but powerful.  Score was 20-0 at the half.  I don't think that team was trying to run up a score after those first 2 TD's.  The Crosby defense did step up a little too.  That big RB didn't carry a ton after the first quarter.
Second half team (Port Neches? White pants) were also athletic but not as much.  Got hurt with some penalties (over aggressive DE's).  Final score was 20-13.  Aren't middle school PAT kicks 2pts?  Crosby kicked one but were given 1 point.  
I talked to one of the dads after the game.  He said this group were little league champions and they have a decent core group.  They looked really good.  Great trip with really friendly people.    

I'm sure jasper, just like Crosby, isn't "clicking" yet either.. so don't get too excited

The experience will help. Plus everyone should be used to Babin's system by now.
On a side note, I heard Aaron Credeur has transferred to Lumberton. And I'm assuming he will be coaching which would be really good!!

It wouldn't suck for PNG if this game went 18 or 19 innings.....