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Crosby White FR - 0 Manvel B FR - 34 Crosby Red FR - 8 Manvel A FR - 35 Manvel is athletic. In case you didn’t know.

I think this point is way under appreciated. In Safety and Leadership circles it is called “resiliency”. They call it “grit” in education circles. I think it takes a couple of experiences of fighting out of the pit. Then the culture can start to assume the identity. And it works the other way. A culture gets down or behind, a couple people cave, and now, that is who you are. This is an identity, for a group or team, that is established very early and very hard to shed.

I love the fact this game is on the schedule. Manvel has been where Crosby wants to go. I can't think of a better way to show this level to a team trying to break through.

One or two years ago, when Crosby played at BH, BH had no running back. I think one was hurt and the others were benched for team rules or academics. I'm not sure. But basically no RB. They had "0" handoffs that game. Just QB runs and short passes. Then burn Crosby defense over the top once in a while. That was a Coach making the best of the talent he had available. I have only seen some clips from last nights game, so I am not sure. Did you see coaches putting kids in the best position possible to be successful? My kids have been playing against BH for years. A great group of kids and parents. They deserve better.

I think you hit the nail on the head here. Not just rings. Multiple rings. He knows what he is doing. Is what he wants to do going to work at BH? If what he wants to do doesn’t = wins, how long will BH let him continue?

Uh...no. When is the answer not “well, we have injuries, and I have faith in the system”? Seriously, I love Westerberg. But I don’t think BH is paying top shelf money for year after year of moral victories. That’s a good district with great support. BH is spending the money to compete for championships. This loss sucks. Maybe this isn’t going to work. Is that impossible to imagine?

Defense is much better. Corner got burned earlier but he settled down and the OLB corrected a bit to cover the seam. NC threw twice that way into dangerous coverage at the start of the 2nd and now seem more timid to pass. QB is floating the ball a bit too.

#10 Matthew Fagnana for the TD pass earlier. Crossing route wide open

New Caney FR B - 34 Crosby FR B - 0 NC Fr A - 8 Crosby FR A - 8 CR A scored with a TD pass as time ran out. Scored on another pass for 2pts to tie the game. Lots of defense.

Very few things in this world are either/or. Usually its a mixture or these things fall on a spectrum. But it does seem great coaches uncover great athletes. There are athletes everywhere. Are they motivated? Do they have the right mindset? Are the coaches putting kids in places that work the best? Do the coaches gameplan effectively? (way underrated) There is so much going on behind closed doors and at practices that we will never see that I find it hard to pin down this question. My answer would be "It's the coach, and a huge part of a good coach is finding and motivating talented athletes." On the pro level, who saw what Case Keenum has been able to do this year? (cue the rabid UH fan)

HAHAHAHA!!!!! *crickets from those PNG fans.

Crosby didn't sit anybody. Played the backup RB for the first series and he was effective. Craig never got loose and NC has the best shutdown corner in the district. Plays a lot of press man and can out-athlete any receiver on the field. He will lose some (not many) to tall receivers. Crosby has one tall receiver and he was on the trainers table early. But....Crosby was down 35 - 13 with 5 minutes to go in the second quarter. 4th and 2 on their own 48 yard line. Crosby punted. Read into that what you will.

I see some similar tackling from the Crosby defense. They will have streaks of good tackling but there seems to be some regression to grab-and-wait-for-help. My junior high son plays D-line. He is trying to sneak into a RB or backup RB position. I told him to just run right at the DB's, they won't tackle you and you will look like a stud. The teams that beat them (in JH mind you) had runners that just ran. No juking, stopping, hitches. Teams that would gladly take 7-11 yards a run and then break out for longer runs. I see too many HS ball carriers trying to out-athlete the defense. The ball carrier runs out of room, stops to make a juke or move, and get smacked from the side from the rest of the defense. I catch myself yelling at every game "JUST KEEP RUNNING!!"

after the New Caney game, I don't want to talk data. That....just sucked.

This is about gameplanning. If they can jump on a team early and keep their foot on the gas, they can out gun almost any offense. If they can get to Hutto, that will be the test.

The numbers, while not perfect, show Crosby facing a far easier schedule in 2013. I don’t like the rankings a lot either but it is a crappy algorithm for everybody so that flattens the outliers a bit. I am an emotional fan and I put too much stock in feel or opinion, I am trying to post on the data. Factoring in the Willis, New Caney, Porter, King, Barbers Hill teams.....the 2013 schedule was easier. But, and everybody here knows this as much as I, numbers may not lie but they certainly don’t predict the future. Every year in every division, there are teams with the numbers that go home early. And a team that will out perform their data. Hoping For Crosby.

The schedule was easier in 2013 but the team performed very well. Second round exit that year. Gross. 2013 Crosby Schedule Crosby Score Opponent Score Differential Maxpreps Rank Nederland 56 35 21 240 Willis 56 21 35 634 Barbers Hill 63 26 37 491 Dayton 33 27 6 334 Summer Creek 49 63 -14 166 New Caney 55 10 45 867 King 56 14 42 607 Kingwood Park 58 34 24 428 Humble 49 9 40 663 Porter 70 0 70 928 2013 Season Avg 55 24 31 536 Power # Based on Diff and OPP Strength 18

I addressed this elsewhere. Factoring in strength of opponent and point differential, the 2017 Crosby Football team is better than the 2014 Crosby Football Team that was one game away from a State Title game. The lower the number at the bottom the better. For reference, Manvel had a "7" a couple weeks ago. I need to refresh the numbers. 2017 Crosby Schedule Crosby Score Opponent Score Differential Maxpreps Rank Jasper 42 36 6 167 Barbers Hill 48 32 16 163 Porter 42 35 7 344 LCM 58 14 44 305 Kingwood Park 63 45 18 287 Caney Creek 57 17 40 732 Dayton 69 27 42 458 Splendora 38 20 18 599 Humble 59 20 39 671 New Caney 2017 Season Avg 53 27 26 414 Power # Based on Diff and OPP Strength 16 2014 Crosby Schedule Crosby Score Opponent Score Differential Final Maxpreps Rank Nederland 24 20 4 426 Angleton 38 20 18 145 Barbers Hill 30 7 23 363 Humble 17 10 7 422 Galena Park 62 10 52 851 Kingwood Park 24 14 10 287 Dayton 41 35 6 220 New Caney 24 0 24 491 Porter 39 13 26 747 C.E. King 21 28 -7 88 Team AVG 32 16 16 404 Power # Based on Diff and OPP Strength 25

missed the game, 21 with an arm or shoulder injury?

Padilla is putting that number at 1790 and Stepp has it at 1770. Padilla has been the default for a lot of posters. Wait and see at this point

I like you guys. don't get me wrong. It would be kinda cool if somebody would double check and make sure my email and name isn't visible from that link. Just curious. I don't need any more emails for "lengthening pills". I'm stocked up.

Snapshot Spreadsheet I used the projection divisional breakdowns for this. I probably spent stupid time doing this but if you want access to modify, just let me know. I didn't create sheets for the divisions.

Ok. I will update and highlight.

texasfootball.com data says 434. I scraped their data and I am adding the numbers noted in this thread. I will highlight the thread numbers. When there is a discrepancy, I will refer to the TF website (I think those are official). I should have a google sheet shortly.

BH has really started playing better.