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There will always be teams that miss the playoffs that could probably make it in other districts....and teams that get in or even win their district but probably couldn't make the playoffs in other districts.  Luck of the draw.  Happens on every level.  There are a lot of NFL teams that could win Houston's division but don't make it.

Some really great post.  Fact is imo, Evadale & Iola could've put 100 points on several teams in our Dist.  Tenaha will have to get creative - early.
Congratulations to the Bulldogs for making the playoffs though. And I hope they give it 110%.
In 2A-D2 football, playoffs should be limited to two teams, but if the UIL is making money, that isn't going to happen.

Cheaper to spray roundup on it than to keep it watered and mowed 

Well they dropped HJ and Centerville to pick up Warren and...kipp sunny side  or something.. might as well have been JV teams.  I’ll give you this...probably picked up the JV team to replace the HD game that canceled.  And there isn’t much choice mid season.  But Warren and that Kipp school couldn’t beat the jv team Hardin picked up.  So yeah...I find it relatively hilarious as well.  Add a new coach and a Senior QB (best player) and the hornets still have just 1 win vs the teams that were on the previous schedule.  So far.  But I doubt they beat Hempstead.

Not under the great Haynes regime?? No way!
Who stated it's not what you do in non-district but what you do in district? Didn't several predict zero district wins for Hardin and several Hardin fans dispute that prediction?

Hardin's defense is not as good as you think. They played against a JV offensive line. Oooh. When PNG QB had time the receiver's where wide open 95% of the time. PNGs coaches wanted to win this game but also wanted to try working on the run game more.  If PNG would have tackled better on defense that game would have 6--0  PNG or a 6-6 tie..

Im happy for Hardin being 4-1, not trying to rain on their parade at all but just because they held a JV to 6 pts, a charter school to 0 & Warren to 12, do i think their defense will give anyone fits.  Not sure if their defense can do the same to Hitchcock, La Marque, Anahuac & EC.  Little different caliber.  Congrats to Hardin on being 4-1 and on their win last night.

HD will travel to Houston Baptist University tonight to face Houston Westbury at 7pm. It should be an electric night as the Bobcats players get to play in a college stadium on turf. HD will be getting back two injured players WR/FS #5 Taylor and DL #70 Fregia. HD will need to get QB #14 Fregia rolling, and his supporting cast of RB/WR #9 Whiddon, RB/FB #33 McGee, WR #21 villanueva and WR #5 Taylor going. The Bobcats hopefully will continue to use #33 McGee more with power running and on defense the kid is a hitter. The O-line has some good holes being opened up by the 6'3 300lb OT #55 Downs, I'm sure the Bobcats will develop more plays to his side, the big man has been winning in the trenches all season. If HD gets QB Fregia comfortable with some good play calling on the ground and in the air, the HD defense continues to be salty, HD will get the win. 
 
HD 28
Houston Westbury 13
 
 

The problem is that most people that know anything... think they know everything.  Lot of peewee coaches out there that probably didn't even play football in high school but could've played in college (if the coach wasn't a jerk) and could have definitely led the Texans to a super bowl if they'd been allowed to run the offense. 

Unfortunately, there are a lot of 2A teams that just aren't any good.  We have Burkeville in our Dist and they only have 13 kids suited up.  And this discrepancy is even more pronounced when playing a team like Tenaha.
 

Kountze would have probably won this contest no matter what, and rightly so as a bigger school. Kountze definitely found a way to get their basketball and track athletes on the football field. The Lions looked fast and physically imposing, from the pre-game warm up to the end of regulation. If Kountze does not compete in District this year, it's not on the players, they have the talent. HD on the other hand, looked out of sync, chemistry and execution was lacking. Folks in the stands mentioned HD had four starters on each side of the ball, out with injuries. Anytime your a small school football team with injuries, your JV players will have to move up and help out, it sucks, but small teams across Texas deal with it. You definitely could tell HD had some young inexperienced kids starting Friday night.
 
I had the opportunity to watch HD play WH the week before, in that game HD ran a certain power formation in the 4th quarter that was unstoppable, gaining about 6-7 yards a carry, surely the Bobcats would game plan, to start off out the box with it vs Kountze... Friday night came, the Bobcats chose the start of the 4th quarter again, this time down big, to finally start running from this formation I mentioned above, they ran it very successfully against the Lions starters, averaging good yardage per carry...  I've tried to wrap my mind around why a team would not run something that has been successful.. HD is a power running football team, that is apparent, HD has three physically imposing kids on their O-Line/TE, #99, #55 and #75, all three big kids for a 2A team. #99 is about 6'1 225lbs, #55 is about 6'3 300lbs and #75 is about 5'9 245lbs on average. I've noticed the three kids mention are spread out across the O-line most of the time, seems like teaming up next to each other, they could be nasty at run blocking. I believe that successful formation I talk about above, lines these three up next to each other, and it works... Folks can see the giant #55 moving his man off the ball on almost every run play, not sure why we are not capitalizing on #55's run blocking more... HD will be ok once District comes around and they heal up. I'm going to follow Kountze to see what they do in District.

1988 Carter Cowboys lots of controversy surrounds this team but can't argue with the talent this team had. 

My heart is with HD, but my money is on Kountze.
(That usually means HD will win lol).

My final 2 cents on the subject:
Hardin definitely would've beaten HD.  I'll be the first to admit that I underestimated HD last year and was pleasantly surprised by their success...But they lost too much and even if Hardin stayed the same as far as ability last year was a pretty close game.  Doesn't matter because we'll never know.  If Hodges is smart he'll get that game off the schedule for the next 2 years and he won't have to worry about it.
Back to this Huntington matchup.  Neither are very good I think...I think Huntington may be worse.  We'll find out.
And yes nobody is bashing Haynes.  The man is a good coach there's no doubt.  But yes he was viewed as the "savior" to the program when he came in.  Even good coaches can't win a race horce with a donkey.  And yeah the way he acquired the position may not have sat well with some.  Like me.  But it is what it is.  Just glad football is back around and I'm sure the kids are happy for some normalcy after the storm.

Pass, there are just some things you can't sugar coat.

West Hardin in a close battle. 

Yes, Overton is very good.  But not any better than the Rebs.  Will take another great effort, but the Bobcats can do it.

Looking forward to this bi-district matchup.  These teams played an epic bi-district gem 2 years ago at a freezing Hemphill Hornet Stadium, with Timpson taking a close one.  Thinking this will be a good game, but thinking the Rebels can hold on.  I do believe the Rebels will be listed as the visiting team at Jasper's new stadium.  I guess that means Timpson bats last.  The winner will take on the winner of the Maud/Frost game.  Let's go Rebs!!!  
 
Prediction:
Evadale - 35
Timpson - 21.

Definitely a good season so far.
I looked up Overton's schedule...this will not be an easy one.  Overton is pretty good. (based on their scores)
best of luck HD

HD wins the district.........Iola won't stop them........

I'll do my part.  Picking Iola  

We'll need it.  Word is Iola got a satanic group to put an evil spell on the rest of our District.  

HD 3-0 in district travels to BURKEVILLE this week, looking to stay on track for a district championship. HD by atleast 3 TD's.

Sorry to make waste all the time, thought, stat searches, common opponents, etc etc, that you guys put into the above predictions.  Wins and losses mean absolutely nothing. You should know by now that the outcome of this game hinges on one thing, and one thing only.  Do I pick HD or do I pick Colmesneil.  
I'm 0-6 with HD this year.  Their win Friday made me a believer.  Sorry HD, but I'm picking you.  Only thing to discuss now, is how/why will Colmesneil win?  Will HD fumble 21 times?  The whole HD team get food poisoning prior to kickoff?  Will the five new transfers to HD from Katy be deemed ineligible?  Will the Refs discover the balls HD are using are under inflated?  The possibilities are endless.  Lmbo, good luck Bobcats, you'll need it.

Good thing they got Stark out of there.  Otherwise this one could've gotten ugly.