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I know the Hawks are way down this year and it's hard for me as a Bulldog to get up for this one, especially after the big win on Friday night. I know Coach Crumedy will get the kids ready to play and fine tune some stuff for the Tigers next week and beyond. Jasper 42, HJ 7.

Good question. We haven't had a true dual threat guy in a while.

I hate to hear about what's going on down there. I really hope it's just a bump in the road and that WOS gets somewhere close to what Mustang fans expect very soon. That may sound a bit naive coming from an outsider that is long gone from the area, but I love the rivalry as much as the one we have with Silsbee. We've seen the downfall of teams like LaMarque, Willowridge, etc. and it would be sad to see you guys heading down that road. If Hickman isn't the guy, who truly is? Now, Jasper fans have gone through this more than once and it looks like we finally found the guy that can bring us the same sustained success (or better) that we had a few decades back. Crumedy has that "it" factor and seems to have changed the culture from the minute he took the job. The Bulldogs seem to be getting better quickly, too.

Jasper just beat WOS 34-14. The Silsbee game will be for the district title.

I'm glad we took care of business, but it's more fun to win when the Mustangs are at full strength. The Silsbee game will loom large...

West Orange is just letting the clock run out. Jasper just scored again. 34-14.

I miss the old Willowridge juggernaut.

Fun to see this again. It was a shame that someone had to lose that game.

Agreed. That was the most physical football game I've ever seen. Most of the games we played against WOS and Silsbee were like that during that mid-80s to early-90's era. It was fun...

I agree, but the Silsbee/Jasper game for the district title would be even bigger if the Bulldogs win this game.

This list tells me something different, honestly. Seems like defense is harder to coach than it has ever been on every level. The best high school defenses seem to be willing to use their best athletes. West Orange has historically done that and so has Newton. That's why they win 75-80% of the time. Offense sells tickets, but defense wins.

I'll never understand why anyone in an authoritative position would ever compromise a career over something like this. We know it happens all the time and usually doesn't end well for anyone, The people doing it know that, too.

I know that Jasper fans that love the rivalry hate to see this, too. We haven't beaten WOS as much as we'd like to and who knows what will happen next week, but we always want them playing us at their best. It sucks.

That's why I think they'll score. 😁

Whoever does the DCTF point spreads has us as a 17-point favorite. I don't see it being that close at all, but stranger things have happened. Jasper 40, BC 6.

I honestly can't get a good read on this game, but we need to win and look good doing it.

That's very encouraging.

I can see us being 3rd or even 4th with a much better team come playoff time and maybe winning a playoff game. It would be unreasonable at this point to expect more than that.

Agreed. Silsbee's a juggernaut right now, so it's gonna be hard to take them down.

We love the guy. He wasn't gonna fix the offense overnight. My concern is that the defense hasn't been as good as we need it to be to beat good teams. I think we'll get better as the season progresses.

The past really doesn't matter in situations like this. We've got to be a lot better than we have been lately to win this game.

I agree with you. Those two programs are way down...

That dude's funny. Gotta come out of the locker room ready to play. Can't give Liberty any reason to think they can beat us.

I've never met Coach Danaher, but I've also never heard anything remotely bad about him. Praying for him and those that will struggle through this by his side.

Yep. They had to do something. NU is one of the worst defenses in the country. I don't know that it will matter much, but they just need to be aggressive and run to the ball. Chinander had improved that defense every year, so it's not like he forgot how to coach. The effort just hasn't been there on the field.