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might not be a slip up on yalls part, if we play our best and minimize the mistakes that we made especially against PNG, then we have a chance to shock everyone.

Or GCM and us could do you a favor and both beat Nederland.. Then you will definitely get a trophy!

PNG! I would hate to be the team playing them after a loss like last night. 

Without having any knowledge of what actually happened, my opinion is that play calling was "horrible" only because it wasn't executed correctly.. On the double reverse if they would have scored a td then fairclothe would be a genius right now.. That's how it always is on almost every game.... As my coaches always told us, every single play is designed to score a touchdown if it is executed correctly. In such a crucial play like the one last night, the coach has to make a tough decision on whether to keep it simple and do something that is expected, or try to catch them off guard.. 

PNG is still a great team and hopefully players can keep their confidence in their coach!

He is a special player. I'd love to see his stats too.. Definitely a hard runner!

I wore out my thumb pressing the refresh button on this one.. What a game!!

Ozen needs a new punter. Holds onto it way too long!!

that's sucks.. The last thing either team could hope for in a big game like this is to have one of the best players missing or not 100%.. 

I think it was Cropper

Is PNG running back hurt? I saw him limping and holding his hamstring on his 35 yard td run at the end of the game last week. Hope all is well there.

PNG offense is very balanced with him in plus the pass game. Gonna be hard for anyone to stop. I would love to be able to watch this one!!

I like the point you made.. Can't wait till varsity to start teaching them these things. By then it's too late. And the guys you mentioned are doing all those things without the recognition too. Good picks, and they are probably a huge part of Nederlands success.

Coach Babin at Lumberton. Turning boys into mature young men is what his mentality is centered around. And with such a low percentage of high school athletes that actually go on to play at the college level, and even less going pro, I would rather my kids learn under someone who brings that to the schools. Discipline, work ethic, and respect.. That's what will help them succeed at life not just sports.. Don't get me wrong, I believe he is a great football coach and has only began to show what he can do with his team, but that imo is his best quality.

Yes we are actually  much closer to some 4A schools than we are to the 5A schools in our district when speaking of enrollment. But with the growth I don't see us ever moving down.

Exactly! If Central quit then that means the only reason y'all won is because they quit...

i would retract that statement if I was him

I can agree with you there!

lol well them "pros" did beat Lumberton so I can't really talk there! But I agree with what your saying. 

Beaumont is home of the pros, and Nederland is home to a team that's known year in and year out to be competitive. So Beaumont creates good players that go pro, while Nederland creates good teams that win games each and every year??  From your post that's what it looks like to me! Are we rooting for our teams to do good, or for individual players?

Jaguars in my opinion. We had two dropped td passes which should have put 14 more on the board. Well the first was defended well by y'all but I still think we could have come down with it. 

Yall were missing yalls leader on defense, but we were missing our biggest threat in the receiving game. So that needs to be noted as well.

with that being said, central d line is good and looks better against the run. I can't comment on either teams pass defense. I would have to say in the end only based off of what I've seen that central has the better defense, but not by a long shot however!

I'll pick Central in this one after playing both teams. We ran the ball with ease against Ozen, their defense could not stop our offense. If I am not mistaken, the only drives we didn't score on were one where we fumbled, and the last drive when we kneeled. The others we simply ran the ball down the field 5 yards or more at a time. A few passes here and there. I don't see Ozen being able to stop Whaley, and if he doesn't get 60 carries in this game then I would be surprised!.. And on the other side, Central's great Defense will match up a lot better than we did.

Well looks like the rest of the D did a good job of pulling together and picking up the slack. Almost every tackle yall had I saw about 5 or 6 white helmets around the ball carrier. Very good pursuit, and that's what can put a stop to a good running game.

Good points made.. Our pass rush, or lack of actually, was the most upsetting thing.. The last thing you want to do when playing against an awesome quarterback is not get pressure on him... Was Morse even touched the whole night?? Key injuries definitely hurt us.. Still a chance to make the playoffs and that's what we need to focus on getting to!!

Does Silsbee even need to suit up their starting qb for this one?? Gonna be a blowout!

Yeah I'm sure there has been a LOT of potentially good players overlooked due to being undersized or too slow, and also a lot of ones who were over recruited just based off of those things as you said. It goes both ways. It's pretty much a gamble. But it's the same thing going from college to pro. How many stud college players did absolutely nothing in the pros.. Since you mentioned UT, Vince Young comes to mind when I think of that lol same with Matt Leinart.. It's a lot different when you take the next step up. It happens from HS to college, and college to pro level.

Actual from what my mom said, it was her friend's husband's drone, the initial use for it was to help the police officers direct parking behind the stadium before the game. It was hovering back there the whole time finding open parking spots until the game started... Pretty neat idea..

In my opinion they are scouts for a reason and know what to look for. Being a good D1 recruit and being a good High School football player are two different things. And the difference is speed and size. Because in D1 it's the best of the best. Just because someone can outrun a high school defense doesn't mean they would have a chance of doing that in college.

For example, Cody Hussey in 2007 was the best high school running back I've ever watched... But he was undersized and didn't get any big time offers that I know of and ended up playing for Lamar. Still something to be proud of! But it goes to show that you've got to be big, fast, and strong to play D1...