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I agree and if you take the model a step further, both Splendora and Lumberton are favored against all D12 teams. LCM is better than the model thinks and Huffman has the potential to play way above their statistics if they can have a break out in their passing game.

You will be shocked. The opposite is more likely. This district will be at least 2-2 in bi district. Lumberton, LCM, Splendora and Huffman vs Stafford, Navasota, Wheatley and Furr. Match em up any way you like and we take 2 or 3. In fact, if one district wins all four, it will be 11. Now, if only one team makes it past the second round, I will have to say that team played way over their head.

I saw that. Program is pretty spot on and getting better with each week as more data points are entered.

Ok. We caught a lucky pass. Huffman had 3 in the first half and one in the second that they typically don’t catch. If they run in second half to eat clock we still win. 2 minutes on 3 and out does not run much time off the clock. Coach had the right idea. Huffman’s only chance against Lumberton, Splendora and LCM is to win big through the air for 4 quarters. Splendora and LCM will both stop the run like we did. Falcons gotta have a game where the pass does not hit the ground or go to the wrong color to win and I can see that happening. Like I said, the QB is good and receivers are always open. Good luck Friday!

Thoughts on this game are much the same as the Lumberton/Huffman game. Outcome will be decided by the success of the Huffman passing game. Completion percentage has been roughly 50/50 all year. O line has protected the QB pretty well most of the time. QB has a good arm and typically has a receiver open every play. Keys here will be bumping completions up to 60-65% and QB feeling pressure early enough to make a safe incomplete pass or running if it's there. Do those two things and Huffman puts up 30-40 points. Splendora has a consistent offense and will put up 24-30 points against a pretty salty Falcon defense. With that said, I missed my Splendora pick last week so I will err on the the side of statistics and take them by 4 in a close one.

Raiders are getting better every week and will be ready when they get to Bridge City on Friday. Offense is starting to gel and the defense has only given up 2 touchdowns and a field goal in the last 6 quarters. Cardinals showed some spark at times last week against Huffman and they will be hungry in front of their home crowd. I see a close game in the first half but BC will not have enough in the tank to go 4 quarters with Lumberton. Raiders-31 Cardinals-17

Coolest homecoming celebration yet. Pyro show was awesome! We look ready to go.

Still got a lot of work to put in on O if we are going to get this done. Only our second game with modified offense and new personnel. We have made a few changes on D as well. Last week was sluggish in the first half but got sharper in the second. Livingston will come to play and give it their all and we have to respect that. If we are able to put our work in and get this one under control in the first half, every silver helmet will get plenty of reps.

Ok L-Train you know better than that. Do your research first like I do. Just watched 3 quarters of the game. They still had the same group in late in the 3rd up by 50 still throwing the ball. Obviously they started the backups. On a serious note, LCM definitely worked harder than all of us during the first 4 weeks of the season. Will see if it pays off on Friday. Bears will bring it at home and I think they get it done in a close one. If I am correct, the last three weeks will be intense and we will send 4 teams to round one and give Dist 12 more than they can handle.

I thought your summary was pretty accurate and almost politically correct. Don't think you said anything that will not get addressed and corrected next week. There are a few other threads you can dig up here around teams that win consistently and like you and your household live and breathe football throughout the entire community. Some of the comments in those make your critique look like compliments. Bottom line is, what you know and expect from that group of young men, is what I was worried about all week. Huffman can play on both sides of the ball. Defense is quick and slippery. Receivers open every play no matter what defense you throw at them. QB can sling it and at times looks really really good. If they can put a complete game together, all I can say to their opponent is GOOD LUCK. Good game last night. I am glad we got out of there with the W. Both teams will improve after this one and will be tough to beat throughout the rest of the season.

I saw the rusty can you speak of and it did indeed look like the lid was almost off in the first half. However, in the second half, as each minute passed and another play made on both sides of the ball, that lid got a little tighter. By the end, it was screwed down securely and wrapped with duck tape. I heard a few players drove to the Village Creek bridge after the game and tossed it over the side. As for the questions, I think we answered many. A lot of work still left to do, but we came away from this game with quite a bit to work with. We will improve offensively as we iron the wrinkles from an offense that saw its first live play last night. There is a lot we can do with the simplified version rolled out in this game to make it very effective and efficient. Defensively, we made some adjustments that will translate well to most of what we will see for the rest of district play. We showed we can do some things that will improve our pass defense and are already pretty salty against the run. Hard work and improvement each week and the Raiders have a real shot to run the table.

Wow! Great game. Been in Lumberton 41 years and this is the best adjustments and strongest willed bunch of young men I have seen here. At least 15 plays made on both sides of the ball that were essential to this second half comeback. MVP to the whole team!

Good call from what we have seen so far from both teams. It should be a 10 point or less game. However, assuming Lumberton scores 24...... That will be enough. Raiders 24 Falcons 17

Tickets are 6 bucks. Game is at 7:00. Come see. Gonna be a good one.

Middle of the field hasn't really been challenged much in the 5 games we have played, BUT, we have given up a few yards and at least one score to the pass. Huffman receivers run good routes and seem to get open regularly. Passing accuracy and catching consistency have been suspect though. Pretty sure they will get some opportunities but we will bring more pressure than the QB has seen and there will be turbulence in the middle of the field.

I think Huffman will be right there in the mix as well and could very well finish higher than 4th. Everyone got the pre district bye week memo except Splendora. They took theirs a couple of weeks ago. However, it looks like they scheduled a Friday night extended practice this week. Splendora puts up 50+ any way they want.

This will be the most important game in week one. Winner will all but lock up a playoff spot. Although I have not seen any BC film, I gotta believe they will bring a more potent WingT than what LCM saw last week. This should be a good one. Lumberton/Huffman should also be a good contest with subtle implications of its own. Winner will be in a position to make a run at a DC and the loser will have to scrap to get one of the top four spots. Splendora should have no trouble in week one and will divulge little to the rest of the teams. Will be week two before we see what they have. The loss to Shepherd showed they may be vulnerable but the win against Liberty says they are pretty darn good on offense and probably the team to beat. Gonna take 30+ to beat them but appears that their defense likes hearing other fight songs as much as they do theirs.

Two weeks until we get some really good data to see how the district shakes out but these are my predictions before week one: 1/2: Lumberton and Spledora (Pick em) 3: Huffman 4/5: LCM and Bridge City (Pick em) 6: Livingston First round of the playoffs will be against District 12. I say we will have at least two teams advancing to round 2. Those left will have Carthage, Van and Henderson waiting. Don't see any of us getting by those guys. Gonna be a fun season and we should see some good games with all the 1 thru 5 picks.

Looks like STigers85 found 3 more games than I did with Lumberton winning all 3. Thanks for the correction. Looks like the forecast is improving slightly. Hopefully it will be enough to keep the field from getting too bad.

This matchup began in 1978. The last meeting between these two teams took place in 2013. Silsbee and Lumberton crossed the creek a total of 22 times during that span. Silsbee currently holds the "OAR" as the 2013 contest was won by the Tigers. Silsbee has dominated this series winning all but 4 of these contests. "With the Good Lord willing and the creek don't rise", we are looking forward to the 23rd meeting in Silsbee on Friday night.

Pretty sure this topic is about the Lumberton/Silsbee Village Creek Classic/Battle/Bowl. Let's talk about the game, the history,and the tradition. If anyone has accurate data regarding history and results please share. I know we took some pretty good beat downs in the early 80s. However, the Raiders took the 84 Classic with a 4th quarter drive that consumed nearly all of the 4th quarter. Pretty sure that was the first Lumberton win in this match up. Ran 1 play 9 times on "The Drive". This should be a good one, but like last week, grass field conditions will make for a sloppy game. Avoid the big play and win the turnover battle and Raiders pull this one out. Gonna take 28 points to win. Hope to see a great game that will help both teams get ready to dominate their respective districts over the next 6 weeks.

Back to the original question, I do not believe this will be a cupcake game. Another site shows them to be a pretty even matchup. Concordia will have some talent and a lot of discipline. With that said, I think we will be ok in this one and will get some looks we need to prepare for district.