Rez Ipsa

I am a PNG fan, but I grew up with a bunch of Silsbee kids so I have been following and cheering for Sislbee for years. I say that to underscore that while I am biased in favor of PNG, Silsbee has a place in my heart and always will. That being said, my prediction is that PNG wins this one by at least three scores. PNG has Silsbee's number. Call it a matchup problem, call it "atmosphere," call it what you want -- Even when PNG is not that good, Sislbee tends to be a win for us. Silsbee will be good this year, but so will PNG. We don't have the same team we had when we last played Sislbee, but Silsbee doesn't have Calvin Tyler or Kalon Barnes anymore either. PNG will score early and get stops early. Silsbee will get its ground game going in the second half and put up some points, but just like in 2016 (where Calvin Tyler had something like four or five touchdowns against us), it won't be enough. Sidenote: The idea that pops into my head when I read "physical speed" is that Calvin Tyler had physical speed, while Kalon Barnes has "speed". One will run over you, the other will leave you in the dust. Both are fast, but I imagine it hurts a lot more to tackle Calvin Tyler.

Dayton scares me no matter what year it is. I guess last year is the only year we could say there were weak. They'll be dangerous next year.

Apologies. Much love to all.

This comment (in bold) should not be allowed to pass without some comment. I'm not a moderator, but how many times has blood gotten boiling about race on this site? (Remember a few months ago when two guys were banned permanently for spouting racial and racist rhetoric?) -- It has no place on a sports thread -- We aren't going to solve the country's problems (and yes, I agree that there are serious problems) on this site, so let's focus on what brings us together. We all love football, and I am going to assume that all of us are basically good, decent people who want the best for these kids and coaches. The accusation made here, that anyone who is white probably hates anyone who isn't white, is simply wrong, and represents the very bigotry we are trying to move forward from in this country. It's frankly shocking to read such an ignorant, bigoted, and irresponsible statement. You destroy your credibility, particularly the credibility you want to have in critiquing a white coach, when you reveal so brazenly your disdain for white people. Further, it is silly to suggest that people of one race should not be concerned or have opinions about thing that concern people of another race; what you are proposing is a bizarre form of "intellectual segregation" that would make Martin Luther King Jr roll over in his grave. Maybe, just maybe, people have opinions about the coaching hire because they genuinely care for, know, are friends with, etc., kids in Port Arthur? And it isn't that novel of an idea to understand that many of the people so interested are white. We can all be better than this.

Why isn't Silsbee playing Jasper?

All in good fun

pakronos can take the job

I wish PNG would play PAM and WOS in nondistrict. We have a way tougher district now, have to get ready.

Nederland/Vidor is not a rivalry. Vidor thinks it is a rivalry.

Manvel and Marshall got a soft district. I'm not excited that Manvel went D2.

Let's go Mustangs!!

West Orange is getting lucky on these turnovers the refs keep calling back in their favor. I'm not saying they unambiguously should have gone in Salado's favor, but if I was from Salado I would feel robbed. In any case, WOS better get better in the next seven days. Worst offense we've seen out of them in years (this week, not the rest of the season). Both of these defenses are a pleasure to watch. Old school. If I was the Salado coach I would have already been ejected.

Not to beat a dead horse, but he cheered AGAINST PAM when PNG played them in 2016. I don't understand it. Constant loyalty change. It's like reading Donald Trump's Twitter feed.

Congrats to Titans on a good season. Sorry about the loss.

For anyone watching on Texan Live, if I hear the announcer say "clickety clack" one more time...

Temple seems to be running precisely the kind of offense PAM is best at defending.

For some reason we don't seem to have opened up the playbook in the same way since that PAM game. We played with such a limited approach against Nederland and Texas City.

"my sources" = "I have no sources"

The whole point of this forum is for people to share opinions. Whining about the fact that people are sharing opinions on a forum dedicated to sharing opinions is like showing up to a football game and griping that people are playing football. These opinions aren't intended to influence the coaches. No one thinks they are. Lighten up.

I think PNG's defense has improved slightly. If the offense is clicking, we can stay in this game. Last year, College Station was able to take advantage of some serious miscues on PNG's part. Even so, I can't see us winning this game without scoring at least 50 points. College Station looks big, and their defense has been consistent and solid all season. We've got our hands full.

It looks like he is a little faster than Roschon. That whole team is a handful. PNG is going to have to do its best open-field tackling of the past several years.

I had the same problem. Paid them 30 dollars for access to all the playoff games. The feed choked up all night, especially for the PNG game. I was pretty mad.

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Yeah, he'll never be able to overcome the fact that he only looks so good because he plays on such an awful team.