Red Dawn

Breakout year coming for Mr. Howard.

I think the district will be tighter this year. Crosby will come out on top but there is not as much distance from top to bottom as is recent years. Let the good times roll!!!

Prayers

I really like this year's Cougars and think they might grow in to being a very good team, but that is a tough Week 1 draw. Strap 'Em Up and let's go.

Why you got to throw Crosby under the bus. I didn't rank us as one of the best of all time. Did I miss something?

R-E-S-P-E-C-T

Tough crowd. Tough crowd. I get no respect!!! ;-)

Can't argue with that. The semi final run was 3 years ago. Crosby has improved from being a perennial 3rd or 4th place team in district to being the consistent top team in 21-5A, but besides the semifinal run 3 years ago we can't get past the second round. Until we can put 2 to 3 rounds on the books in most seasons we can't be considered an elite team. With that said, Crosby has a better program than 94.35% of all setx programs.

Great kid. And if he can avoid the injury bug, will put up 3000 total yards.

Agree with you. But I don't think Soulja is crazy either. Well, I do think Soulja is crazy, just not on this one ;-). I've seen two teams play the same type of game and then hear one described as athletic and the other as disciplined. You are correct. What you wrote above is how a team can beat a more athletic team. I'm just saying that a team full of good athletes can also have excellent discipline. And a non-athletic team can be undisciplined. I know this sounds like common sense but it's very hard for a team with athletes to get credit for their discipline as well.

I've never watched WOS but I can't imagine their success on just athleticism alone.

I agree. I just think teams that are disciplined and have athletes and win usually just get credit for being athletic. My point is that teams can be athletic and disciplined. The great teams are both.

In yall's opinion, can chaos be disciplined. For example, is a disciplined team one that plays conservative gap control, bend but don't break defense with a conservative don't turn the ball over run oriented offense, or can a an aggressive, shoot the gap, blitzing, create turnover style defense with an aggressive chunk the rock offense be disciplined as well? in other words is discipline a result of the style of play or how well the kids execute the style of play. I believe either type of team can be disciplined or undisciplined. I think some teams get slighted as just being athletic bc of their style of play when in fact it takes great discipline to create organized chaos.

Ha. I was chuckling bc you mentioned Dayton D. As in defense. Y'all have been tough to beat but putting up points on the Broncs has not been the issue as of late.

Gotcha. And as much as a Crosby Cougar fan as I am I try to be realistic. I thought we had a shot at it all in 2015. I thought that the #2 ranking was high but I thought being ranked somewhere between 6-8 would have been legit. Then we played a poor game vs a very good Ft Bend Ridge Point team and the dream was over. The team that went to the semis in 2014 had moderate expectations and look what they did. I think this 2017 team should compete for and win the district championship. After that, I'm not sure. If they stay healthy, play together, and a few unknowns emerge...

I agree. But My goodness, how much grief have us Crosby fans caught for mentioning that we thought we had a shot at a State Championship?

I've always thought the discussions about hypothetical games vs other classifications as well as downplaying playoff success bc of being in D2 vs D1 was a bunch of hooey. The kids play who the bracket puts in front of them. If you win 6 Texas High School Football playoff games in a row, regardless of classification or division, you're pretty dad-gum-good. And WOS is an ELITE program. The pride of SETX imo. Time for the rest of us to pull our weight.

Ok. I change mine to Crosby vs anyone in the State Championship Game then!!!

That and Porter's victory over Crosby hurt the Broncos a lot. I actually like it when Crosby, Dayton and BH are the top 3 in 21-5A but if Crosby hopes to go D2, that only leaves room for me to root for 1 of the 2 (Dayton or BH).

For playoff purposes you are 100% correct. That loss to Splendora last year was a back breaker.

Bronco94, you are definitely at the top of my list for 2017 fan of the year. I respect your support of your team. Crosby will lose to Dayton or BH again at some point. I don't see it being this year. But then again, I thought Crosby should have blown Dayton out the last 3 years and didn't. So you never know. "That's why they play the games."

So, just to be clear, you think Dayton will be back in the mix in 2017? ;-) I agree with you in that Dayton and Barbers Hill are our big games too. For accuracy purposes, Crosby's last 2 victories vs Dayton were not OT games. OT was in 2014 & 2016. 2015 was a 10 point win for Crosby in Dayton. It's easy to get the years mixed up due to all the Crosby victories in a row. Although it's easy to identify Dayton and BH as Crosby's 2 big games, they get that status in two very different ways. Crosby vs Dayton / BH 2013 33-27 / 63-26 2014 OT 41-35 / 30-7 2015 30-20 / 40-21 2016 OT 41-34 / 42-18 Crosby is 8-0 vs Dayton & BH over the last 4 years but the Dayton game is always close (7.25 avg margin) while BH has struggled to be competitive (25.75 avg margin). Its interesting that most odds makers would give BH a better chance than Dayton of competing with the Coogs in 2017. Although I agree that BH is more of a lock for the playoffs in 2017 than Dayton, I'd give Dayton a better chance of beating the Cougars due to their history of being able to keep the game vs Crosby close until the end. With that said Crosby will be 2-0 vs their two biggest rivals again in 2017. Go 21-5A Go Crosby!!!

I think it could be fun but: 1) I don't think us regular fans can be impartial. 2) I really only know 21-5A.

Yep. And just bc you have concerns about your team doesn't mean that you aren't a faithful supporter.