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Vannover has done a tremendous job of turning this thing around in 3 years. 
It was a complete teardown and rebuild.

From worst to first.
District champs.
Hats off to Hargrave. It's easy to see why they were the champs.
On to Tyler Chapel Hill.

Congrats on the DC, Livingston. Y’all really defied the odds. I love to see it 

Great game.  Even though Huffman lost.  Just a great game. 
 
turnovers and penalties.  Huffman has missed the turnover and penalty bug all year. Caught up to them tonight. Good teams will do that to ya. 
 
Congrats Livingston!!

First outright DC for the Lions since 1963. 

Great game.  Even though Huffman lost.  Just a great game. 
 
turnovers and penalties.  Huffman has missed the turnover and penalty bug all year. Caught up to them tonight. Good teams will do that to ya. 
 
Congrats Livingston!!

LIVINGSTON SCORES. Lions lead 21-20. 1:52 to go. Excuse my excitement, it’s just been 60 years since Livingston has won a district title. It’s been a long time in the making and just to be this close is exhilarating. 

Good game.  That is all. 

Amen on that! Celebrate your right and your duty!

I didn't feel like I was implying the whole "group hug" narrative.
I think we are aligned in regards to the statement "whether paid or volunteer, if you commit to a job, you should be held accountable to your performance."  
Two things can be true:
It is a difficult job that is not paid at a high rate.  The job comes with making decisions at speed on actions that (most times) do not leave evidence to support those decisions.  There will be abuse and criticism from people who have never done it, and most times, do not have the same perspective or expertise. Bad officials should be held accountable and the difficulty of the task shouldn't insulate the individual from accountability. This seems like one of the most obvious examples of a principle well researched in management and leadership.  The "Peter Principle", defined as "people in a hierarchy tend to rise to the level of their incompetence."

But I don’t want to join. Just like I don’t want to work at Whataburger. But if they get my order wrong repeatedly, I feel like I have the right to complain. 

I kinda already know. It was more of a rhetorical question. The coaching staff has to fill out a detailed complaint including quarter and time and supply video and if it’s egregious enough, something MIGHT be done. 999 out of 1000 times nothing happens (this coming from a retired head coach). 
But hey, these guys love the game. They give up their free time (to get paid) to just be around the sport. So it’s ok if they suck. We should embrace their half-hearted efforts and be ok with mediocrity. I feel another group hug coming on...

it's hard to see from this distance.  I played the clip over and over and the only thing I can see that would have made me throw the flag was HH#7 puts his left arm up and 23 has his hand inside under his pads and arm pit.  7 looks to pull away and maybe he had a handful of jersey?  When the ball carrier comes underneath, 23 had his arm on the outside of 7s right arm and that is what I think the ref saw. Ref was probably watching the ball and switched his vision to the block and saw the blocking player with an arm outside #7 shoulders.  
If the flag wouldn't have been thrown, I don't think anybody could say he was holding from this film.  I couldn't see it from the stands because the sideline blocked my view.
This is not an obvious holding from what I see and, more importantly in my opinion, is not consistent with the calls they were making in this game.
I volunteered to officiate a day of scrimmages years ago.  Just me, one "official".  I told the coaches "Nobody is paying me to do this, its a scrimmage.  If I make a call you disagree with, just roll with me.  I'm not trying to be unfair."  The only call that I got yelled at was a fumble.  The offense claims the kids knee was down and the defense disagreed.  I called it a fumble and reminded the HC's "Its a scrimmage, I'm not a pro."  
After that 8 hour day of officiating, I had a new found respect for the officials.  That is a tough job that I never want to do again.  I forget that sometimes in the stands but I try.

Well it has come down to this, winner take all for a playoff spot. I didn’t think either team would be in this situation, for different reasons but here we are. Vidor or Lumberton to represent our lowly district, as a 3 or 4 seed to face a tough Lindale or Kilgore team in the first round. Who ya got? I think the Pirates have the bigger, better athletes but Lumberton just might want it bad enough to pull out the W at home. I just hope we get some decent referees and the players give it their all because this will be the last football game ever played for the seniors on one of these teams. 
 

Me and my son have a tradition.  This time of year, at the end of the game, we don't leave until all the players are off the field.  We stand and wait out of respect, and we cry.  We started doing this years ago when my oldest was at Crosby.  At the end of season and playoff games, there is always a couple players that stay on the grass as long as the can.  For most of these young men, they will never put on a helmet again.  We watched young men refuse to leave, push their teammates away, trying desperately to grasp the moment like they are trying to hold on to castles in the sand.
Its a big moment, some of the things we love and the journeys we take come to an end.  The tide will rise, and the waves of time will reclaim what is rightfully theirs.
There are precious things in this life that will come to an end, and many times, when and how it will end is not your choice.  
I hear ya, "its just football".  But I would ask you to take a moment, after the band stops playing and the scoreboard is turned off, stand up and look.  Life in all its splendor and tragedy is unfolding before you.  
It's more than just football.

I had two Huffman O-lineman tell me after the game, “Best D-line they faced this year. By far”. 
 
they faced a D-1 senior NT at Needville and the NT for Splendora is highly recruited at center but he’s a monster on the D-line too.

I had two Huffman O-lineman tell me after the game, “Best D-line they faced this year. By far”. 
 
they faced a D-1 senior NT at Needville and the NT for Splendora is highly recruited at center but he’s a monster on the D-line too.

I had two Huffman O-lineman tell me after the game, “Best D-line they faced this year. By far”. 
 
they faced a D-1 senior NT at Needville and the NT for Splendora is highly recruited at center but he’s a monster on the D-line too.

I thought it was iffy but it was no different than the coverage the whole game. It’s inconsistent.
That’s the issue I see. If they call it loose or tight, I can live with it. Just be consistent. 

This is really the issue.  Both teams suffered.  This wasn’t a legitimate game.  The spots for Vidor were generous the first quarter and it’s like they overcompensated in the second quarter for Huffman.
the TD that was called back was iffy, it wasn’t blatant or much different than what they had not called all night.  The interference call on Vidor was iffy but, yet again, they had been letting them play earlier.  Nobody won this game. Huffman had more points when the clock expired. 
 
both these teams kids deserved better than that. 

This is really the issue.  Both teams suffered.  This wasn’t a legitimate game.  The spots for Vidor were generous the first quarter and it’s like they overcompensated in the second quarter for Huffman.
the TD that was called back was iffy, it wasn’t blatant or much different than what they had not called all night.  The interference call on Vidor was iffy but, yet again, they had been letting them play earlier.  Nobody won this game. Huffman had more points when the clock expired. 
 
both these teams kids deserved better than that. 

I agree. Too easy for somebody to misunderstand something and things escalate.  

and with the refs losing control of this game, it was certainly a possibility. 

the spots have been horrible, refs didn't even measure the ball right the first time. I never seen a crew measure a ball 2 foot away from it before.

Oh I am!! Horrible clock management among other things.Hence that’s why we’ve won 1 District Game!!🤬🤬🤬

Adjustments, let’s see what they come up with to stop the run.