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I think Kingwood Park needs to add 3 wins to squeeze in. You are predicting the following, I assume - Caney Creek - W Dayton - L Splendora - W Humble - W That takes KP to 4-4. And the win over Barbers Hill puts them at the #4 spot if they have equal records. (I am stating what I believe you are predicting). This scenario seems more likely than what I predicted.

The following is an assumption by me. Please correct If I am wrong. Four teams from the district make the playoffs. Those four teams are decided by (in order)- Win/Loss record in District Head-to-Head record (X and Y have same record, X beat Y, X has a higher rank for playoff eligibility) Well, lets start here. The following is attendance arranged from highest to lowest. File is found HERE. Caney Creek (0-4) - 1976.5 Kingwood Park (1-3) - 1836 Porter (2-1) - 1787.5 Humble (1-2) - 1719.5 New Caney (4-0) - 1706.5 Crosby (3-0) - 1668 Barbers Hill (2-2) - 1527 Dayton (2-2) - 1494 Splendora (1-2) - 1106 If the Playoffs started tomorrow - New Caney (4-0) - 1706.5 DIV I Crosby (3-0) - 1668 DIV II Porter (2-1) - 1787.5 DIV I Barbers Hill (2-2) - 1527 DIV II Dayton (2-2) - 1494 Splendora (1-2) - 1106 Humble (1-2) - 1719.5 Kingwood Park (1-3) - 1836 Caney Creek (0-4) - 1976.5 I expect Crosby and New Caney to be #1 and #2 regardless of last game outcome. That is a reasonable assumption. The only way Crosby gets pushed into DIV I is for Dayton or Splendora to take over for Porter. Splendora - They have BH, Porter, and Crosby in the next 3 games. Not likely they move into the group without replacing BH. And then it is just a wash. Dayton - This is possible. Beat Porter at Porter. Go to 3-2, Porter goes to 2-2. Win the Crosby game at home (doable)....my head starts spinning trying to keep track. My prediction with final W/L - Crosby (8-0) - 1668 DIV II New Caney (7-1) - 1706.5 DIV I Porter (5-3) - 1787.5 DIV I Barbers Hill (4-4) - 1527 DIV II Dayton (4-4) - 1494 (loss to BH) Kingwood Park (3-5) - 1836 Splendora (2-6) - 1106 Humble (2-6) - 1719.5 Caney Creek (0-8) - 1976.5

1800 words in this post. Sorry. This is my TL;DR (Too Long; Didn’t Read) summary – · I am just a fan, band dad, Saturday Morning QB · Crosby was supposed to be in a down year, young defense. · Offense is better than expected, Craig Williams is an amazing RB. · 5-0 is 5-0. Beating the teams Crosby is supposed to beat. · Dayton and New Caney are the biggest games coming up. o New Caney has an interesting QB dilemma. I am 5,261 miles away from Crosby at the moment. I am jet-lagged. Hopped up on Turkish coffee and schnitzel. What do you do when you can’t sleep? Make wild assumptions and over analyze a game regulated by blind men, coached by angry workaholics, and played by children. I don’t have any sources on the team. I know a lot of the kids and their parents but I don’t ask them about football stuff. Seems weird to do that. I am fairly open about my ignorance on what happens on the sidelines, in the locker rooms, and the coach’s office. You don’t have to remind me. IMPRESSIONS Pre-season - The feeling was this was going to be a mediocre to down year. I didn’t count but a lot of kids that played last year are playing college football. A starter on the O-line did not return for his senior season. But you had a junior QB coming in that looked good last year as a sophomore. 21 is going to be 21. Nothing really to say about him. Watch the tape. Defense - Lots of starters on defense graduated. Returned one starter (now he is injured, I don’t want to talk about that). Going to be a young defense and quite a few sophomores were promoted to Varsity. Learning year for the defense. This assumption has been accurate. I was not a fan of this defense. Add a young DB group and it could get ugly. But it really hasn’t been a disaster. They make mistakes and get suckered. And then they play lights out for short spurts. It feels like a “bend don’t break” kind of defense but they bend too far. That is a topic for another thread. I think the defense has performed OK, done enough. Offense - I didn’t expect the offense to be this good. It makes sense though. 21 is great. That was a given. QB play has been better than expected. Decision making is better than expected. O-Line play is better than expected, it’s not great but I didn’t expect it to be. WR play is better than expected for the most part. 11 is over performing. He is really good. I would like to see a better distribution of the ball (9 had a heck of a game v. Porter) but that is tough when they score so fast on the first read. 88 has had a couple drops but he can’t get into a rhythm they have been scoring too fast. 10 is going to turn some heads if he gets the chance. Part of the overall game philosophy for Crosby is hitting homeruns. Score fast. Play sound defense. The longer the opposing offense is on the field, the more likely bad things(turnovers) will happen. This offense has left 7 TD’s on the field due to holding. 7 in 5 games. I think 5 of them in the first two games. I can confidently say 6 of the 7 calls were holds that would have had zero impact on the TD. But it is what it is. My point is, this team will find the endzone. Fast. The O-line has cleaned up the flags. They are steadily scoring more points. Overperforming. SCHEDULE – Games Played (5-0) So far this has been an interesting season. Lost the first 2 opponents to the hurricane and picked up Jasper. I have made all the games except Kingwood Park. I was travelling. I was updated by my wife, a couple of friends non-stop. (paid $21 bucks for United in-flight wifi, robbery). Here is my uninformed (see above) summary: Manvel (Cancelled) - I am going to go out on a limb here and say the Manvel game would have been a loss. I do love the idea of playing up when you get the chance, so not playing that game is a negative to me. Heights (Cancelled) / Jasper (Win 42-36) – (Psst…let me tell you a secret…Jasper is a better team than the Heights) Picking up Jasper was a positive. That was a physical game that was tougher than expected. Crosby scored early twice but Jasper never quit and was busting their butts to get ahead. Crosby errors worked against them and Jasper was capitalizing. It felt like Crosby fan had a guaranteed win here in the 1Q. Sure didn't feel that way at the end of the game. Hype doesn't win football games, but it will lose them. Jasper woke up a few of the Crosby kids, there are no easy games on the schedule. Barbers Hill (Win 48-32) - The final score is not fair to Barbers Hill. They led all the way deep into the 3rd quarter, I believe. This was a great back and forth game. They played hard but at the end, both teams may have been running on fumes but the Crosby speed was running better. As an aside, not only was this a winnable game for BH, but it is my opinion (about 20 rows up in the bleachers) that TW lost this game. BH took the lead early. Down two RB’s? Had one, two handoffs? Zero adjustments or creativity. I could set my watch to a QB run to the right on first down. It was run, run, screen or throw deep. BH was up until 2 minutes left in the 3Q. If you don’t love what TW is doing in Barbers Hill then you don’t love high school athletics. But this loss is on the coach. Porter (Win 42-35) – I really like the Porter QB. He had a good night. 16-26 for 219 yards and 3 TD’s. This game was fun but too close at the half 21-21. At the half, I was thinking this was another game that Crosby throws up easy points and then cruises way too early. Porter scores 21pts in the second quarter. Defense y’all. Crosby threw in some wrinkles in the second half that I hadn’t seen. Walked away throughout the second half. The second half of this game is where the offense begins a run that they are currently still riding. LCM-Mauriceville (Win 58-14) – I made it to the game right before the half. Score was 50-6. Not really a whole lot to say. But, I think LCM has some legit athletes. There is some speed there. I only saw a little bit of meaningful play so I can’t form an opinion that I can defend. Backup offense looked good. 50 points in the first half is a lot for Crosby. They do not post 50 on folks in a half. Everything was just clicking. Kingwood Park (Win 63-45) - I was on a flight with my wife and friends updating me. I couldn’t keep up with the TD’s being scored. Now that I have watched the video, this is a good sign. Not the score (which is good) but the different wrinkles thrown in. · Hook and ladder play · Direct snap to 21 · A-gap runs by 21 (he blew by the lineman and LB’s before they could blink) The team speed is really unique here. Crosby overall is fast. 21 took over this game but the whole team was working. Craig’s stat line on this game is pretty cool. 326 yards – 7TD’s. His coach at Baylor was at the game. 717 yards of balanced offense. Oh my. SCHEDULE Games Remaining (Prediction 4-1) If you are a Crosby fan, that “4-1” above will irritate you. I think Crosby should win the rest of the games on the schedule. The odds are they lose one. Undefeated regular seasons are not easy for any team. And not likely. But totally doable. I don’t predict scores. Way too much going on and I am too emotional to be trusted. Caney Creek (W) - This should be a win. This is the lowest ranked team on the schedule and I don’t think they have too many illusions about playing a hot Crosby team, in Crosby, on homecoming. Dayton (W) - Tied for most dangerous game on the schedule. It is in Dayton. Dayton will always play Crosby tough. It is a rivalry game. The fun part is the comments of people who aren’t from Dayton or Crosby and don’t realize how this game is just different. Every year. My boy in JH knows it. Dayton looks fast too. Just not fast enough. Splendora (W) - Don’t take the 20-7 loss from New Caney seriously. New Caney was not interested in airing it out. This should be a win but if Crosby blows out Dayton, the pressure for an undefeated season will mount. I don’t expect a lot of shenanigans if Crosby is up early. Humble (W) – Another win here. Humble just kills me. K Park too. They always have athletes but they never can seem to put it together. I have heard that it is too many good 6A schools that are too close. The better talent ends up at Atascocita. That sucks if its true. New Caney (W) - Tied for most dangerous game on the schedule. This game is at Crosby so there is a trend there. Last game of the season. District championship on the line. I haven’t run the numbers but possible playoff seeding also. Crosby scores a lot of points but they allow a lot also. New Caney can score and plays some defense. An advantage for Crosby is something that you may think is a good thing for New Caney, but it is risky (ask Barbers Hill). The New Caney QB started the year running the ball. Like a lot. He is their leading yard eater. But the numbers have come way down. The scoring in the last two games is down too. He isn’t a standout passer but he hasn’t had to be. He didn’t need to run the ball to beat Dayton or Splendora. To beat BH and Porter, New Caney is going to need him to run. A lot. There is a chance he comes into Crosby just after playing 2 physical football games or 2 losses. And maybe both. Playoffs?!?! Another post, another time. Can’t wait to get home!

I am curious of the snap count difference and scores for Q1-Q3 in the last couple games. This defense seems to be on the field for twice as long as the offense and only gives up half the points. The TD's in the 4th are not relevant. Crosby plays clock burn offense and the opponent is scrambling to score.

Ummm....yeah. Good job, good effort.

Dude...you could have warned me. This was the first half team, purple jerseys and pants. Kid played RB and MLB. He was good. He scored on the first play of the game. The team recovered the kickoff. Passing TD the next play. Beautiful pass to a small kid that could catch. Really good hands and he is salty. Team was athletic and tough. Not the fastest but powerful. Score was 20-0 at the half. I don't think that team was trying to run up a score after those first 2 TD's. The Crosby defense did step up a little too. That big RB didn't carry a ton after the first quarter. Second half team (Port Neches? White pants) were also athletic but not as much. Got hurt with some penalties (over aggressive DE's). Final score was 20-13. Aren't middle school PAT kicks 2pts? Crosby kicked one but were given 1 point. I talked to one of the dads after the game. He said this group were little league champions and they have a decent core group. They looked really good. Great trip with really friendly people.

Corner. He was 2nd team all district last year as a junior. 2 O-Linemen are not playing this week. I think. Just rumors from football parents around town.

I made a comment on another thread about TW and how long until BH starts casting some doubts. That thread got shut down. Not sure why. It felt constructive and I am a big TW fan, even more so after reading the article. Good people. This is a good thread to carry this conversation though - "Who in the world does this person think BH is going to hire who will "pick up the bill with W's"? From where will you lure a bigger fish than TW to come to BH and take advantage of the "resources and facilities"? You plucked a multi time 6A state championship winning coach from the largest school in the state and you guys still think there is a bigger fish that you can lure to MONT BELVIEU???? It's ridiculous." This was from 2wedge (I don't know how to tag that person) directed at my comment. My response is below. There are no bigger fish available. But.....Let's hire the best house painter in the world. Money is no object but he does get paid monthly. We have the best paint and brushes on the market. We know we have an amazing house, we believe in quality. But part of his process is apply some primer first and then the paint. Actually the priming task is the most painstaking, complicated part of the job. But we know, if the priming process is done correctly, this will be the best paint job in the neighborhood. Month 1 - He is priming most of the month. There is a little paint on the eaves but we knew this was coming. It's fine. Part of the process. Write the check. Month 2 - Still priming. Had a couple of rainy days. Slowed down the painting process. A little more paint on the eaves so that is OK. Write the check. Month 3 - Priming as normal. Some more paint is up so that is good. A little peeling on eaves from the weather but we can't control that. It happens. Write the check. ............you can see where this is going. At some point either the house gets an elite paint job (compete for championships), or you fire the painter. Doesn't matter how much priming he does. TW has to win to keep his job - Coaches get bigger and better jobs based on their history. They don't get to KEEP them based on their history. That is a fact. TW has a history of building a great program that won multiple champions in the largest and toughest classification in high school football in the country. That qualifies a coach for a job, that doesn't entitle a coach to a job. TW has to win to keep his job - Horrible programs have wins. That happens. Mediocre programs can have more wins just not consistently. Great programs compete for championships. The money, resources, and facilities that is invested and available at BH is not for a mediocre program. BH is expecting to build a program that competes for championships. If TW is building a great program (and I think he is) then the wins will be there. TW cannot keep his job building a program that does not accumulate wins.

Yep...He is out.

That's a good article.

Golly gosh gee whiz....I wonder if there was something...anything...that I could point at and say - "This. This is why so many people get irritated by Crosby fan on this forum." I guess we will never know....

Well....I think he can coach a varsity football team. I am a big fan of what I have seen as far as the athletic department. But...this is a different path. TW was an offensive coordinator/assistant coach for some years at Allen until he was promoted to HC in 2004. He was working under his mentor and then took over a position he was groomed to lead. And he had tremendous success. That isn't what he is doing at BH. He is stepping into the shoes of somebody else that he probably has no connection with. (I have no idea). This is a different process. And at this price point, do you think there is enough patience to allow TW to figure it out? If BH goes 2-7 this year (a real possibility) and then 4- 6 next year (not likely) then the shine will have worn off. Pressure may mount to see somebody else come in. Barbers Hill checks the boxes for resources and facilities. No expense has been spared for the AD/Head Coach. A professional coach is in the business of winning. TW earned a spot at this high paying table with his past history of success. He can't eat there forever without picking up the bill with W's. No coach can. Every team has bad breaks. Every team has injuries, blind refs, rainstorms, broken buses, and The Flash just enrolled at your crosstown rival. The Head Coaches employment status will be by Wins and Losses. I am a wuss, I love a good turnaround story. The more success he has then the more great experiences and life lessons those kids have. I wish them all Good Luck and God Bless.

I really hope 17 is not one of those. He looked hurt on the sideline.

I am going. I would imagine this game won't be attended as normal Crosby away games. Non-district, short notice (I had trip to in-laws cancelled....boo...hoo), a bit of a drive. Had tons of room at Jasper visitor side. LCM little smaller than that?

If there was ever a team to face that was an obvious mismatch, then it is this Crosby team. I don't think they are interested in posting huge scores against teams. 2 of the last 3 games looked like blowouts for Crosby and then the other team caught fire and made it a game. I want to say this is part of the plan to get to the playoffs healthy but that does a disservice to the other teams that are fighting to get back into the game. A good running game is going to have some success against the Crosby defense. Offensively, you probably don't have the speed to match. Couple of these kids are really fast. Play disciplined and preventing the home run can keep a team in it. Looking forward to the visit.

Chance Smith seemed to come out of no where last night. Hoping to see more of 88 and 10 as 11 gets more attention. But 9 looked good. Not super fast but caught some decent passes in traffic.

Run defense is not good. BH moved the ball on the ground until Crosby overcommitted and then stung them in the air. Porter ran the ball well too. Just didn't have the pass game to exploit. I don't know how much fixing can be done. Had a sophomore LB back in the game this week. He had at least one big sack and a few brutal hits on the porter QB. Made a difference in the 4th quarter. This defense is young. The only fixing that can be done at this point is reps and more reps.

BH had their QB go down last night. The leaned so heavy on him that if he is significantly hampered, going to be a tough road to get in the playoffs. Sounds familiar to a certain 2016 team in this district....

I think they are going to manage it like a scrimmage. At least I hope. That is a weird setup. The second half team comes in fresh and educated on what is working and what isn't. I mean...its 8th grade so lets not overanalyze. I am glad they found somebody to play.

I would quote that post if Microsoft Edge was a browser worth using. Hate it. The 8th grade is playing one middle school the first half and the other middle school the second half.

Yall are being coy. I ain't going on a google hunt to find out what he did. I am guessing it was of the female persuasion. I could be wrong.

Well.....Crosby has a Defensive End with 2 felonies, an ex-wife, a tattoo on one arm that says "Kill'em All" and on the other arm it says "Mama's Boy". You probably didn't see him last year because he had to quit the team to take a job as the head toothbrusher at the Anahuac Alligator Farm. He's a good dad and had to make those child support payments. He worked all summer bending manhole covers at his uncle's machine shop in Tarkington. He got fired for picking fights with rottweilers in the shop. He said he was going to open his own septic service company after football season. It just depends on his schedule this spring. He plays soccer too.

" We have added a game for our bye week. Both 7th and 8th A Teams only will be traveling to PNG on next Tuesday. The 7th graders game will start at 5pm and the 8th graders will start 8 minutes after. Here is the address to the stadium.1401 Merriman -- Port Neches, Texas 77651 " This is all the post said. I am really glad the coaches found a game for the kids.

This is probably going to get flamed but....We just found out the Crosby JH is picking up a game with PNG next Tuesday. I know it is 8th grade. I know this forum is about HS ball. That being said.....Anybody know anything about the PNG JH teams? I'm always curious about their style of play (Vidor being my personal favorite), kids standing out, etc....Just a shot in the dark here.

well, my Dayton comment was just fooling around. Now New Caney Porter on the other hand.....