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10:30 will definitely bring emotions.  Hope they are good for both of us. 

Thanks for the encouragement Alpha. No doubt  your boys and the other 5A teams have made us better. 
Glad to have you Smash.  We have not played a game with this much on the line in ten years so I will guarantee one thing.....you are gonna see a war and 110% effort from the L-Trrain. 

Thanks for the encouragement Alpha. No doubt  your boys and the other 5A teams have made us better. 
Glad to have you Smash.  We have not played a game with this much on the line in ten years so I will guarantee one thing.....you are gonna see a war and 110% effort from the L-Trrain. 

That's pretty fair Alpha...I think this game could potentially be so close as to be decided just like the LC-M / Splendora game...whoever gets the ball last will win the game. I hope both teams stay safe and play their hearts out. Can't wait for Friday Night! This is the game I've picked to go watch for the week, so I'm looking forward to a good one!

As an old district foe of Lumberton's (Beaumont Central) for the last several years, the Raiders earned my respect the last 2 games.  They have also played teams like PA Memorial, PN-G, Nederland and Vidor the last 2 years and for this reason, I picked them at the beginning of the season to win district.  I won't predict a score but I'm sticking with the Raiders at home...

Not sure on that LCM but if he is, you know what they about friends like that. 

VP93 I’m on your side. But coach23 makes some honest points. Is Lumberton in a weak district? Yes. But so what! Look at University of Alabama’s schedule. They won’t get their first real test until this weekend’s LSU game. They’re still ranked no. 1 all year. And they deserve it. Lumberton has had some good years, and a lot of not so good years. Let the moms, dads, student players, coaches, etc. toot there own horns. It’s fun. It’s exciting! It’s the reason some of these athletes (kids) even go to school! And they deserve it! Coach23, I’m a realist. Sometimes it gets under my skin to hear all the hoopla, hand clapping and high 5’s over something you might consider average at best. But who cares! Nobody said Lumberton was going to state, did they? Let em have their moment to shine. A lot of those kids will never play football again after this season. I’m proud and happy for every student athlete that ever walks into the arena...that puts in the effort and enjoys every win or hopefully learns from every defeat. They are KIDS. Let them shine. 
(Man, I may run for office after that speech.)

My bad on if I was not clear on the stats.   I was only considering the district games.  Pretty sure we are right at 400 for those.  Not sure on the Splendora QB and interceptions thus far.  I have watched some film on them and have not seen one.  He is pretty dang good.  However, since the first quarter of the Huffman game, Lumberton has played lights out on both sides of the ball.  This is gonna be a good one and the team that comes out on top will have played their best game of the year.  Will take 100% effort and a break or two to get the W.

Agree totally with your pass defense check list.  We will definitely need to cover well and pressure the QB as he throws as good as any we have seen this year.  We only did it well for 2 quarters against Huffman and barely got the W.  Will have to get it right for 3 in this one.

You are right and he got what he was looking for.  We should just keep talking about the game and ignore what is not football as you would probably much rather do as well.   So here is a question for Soulja and anyone else that would like to give their prediction:
Assuming Splendora cannot run the ball any better than our last 3 district opponents (Less than 100 yards) and we run to our average (About 400 yards).......
Can Lumberton win with 1 pick per 100 yards given up through the air ( I think we have 15 on the season with 3 returned for TD)?

As the thread topic is titled, I am pretty sure this one will decide who takes the DC.  Preseason talk was the Lumberton/Huffman game was going to be the one that decided who would finish at the top of D11.  Not sure why Splendora was not considered as I had them picked as a toss up with Lumberton from the beginning. 
This one will come down to who wins on defense and who is able to make adjustments.  Lumberton will move the ball on the ground and Splendora will connect through the air. 
Lumberton leads the district in run defense but has probably given up as many passing yards as any other team.  However, they lead in interceptions and have three scores off of them.  One of which began a run of only allowing 17 points total in the last 10 quarters.  As stated in an earlier post, the return of one key defensive back has made a huge difference against the pass.
Splendora will bring a balanced attack that will certainly challenge the Raider defense but, ultimately,  they will have to rely on the pass to be successful.
Pretty sure the lights on the score board will get used next Friday night but I see Lumberton taking this one by 7 with a defensive score being the difference.

I think at some point, Splendora will need to pass some to have success.  L-Train11 is right.  Lumberton has the ability to stuff the run.  

Amen. The most embarrassing loss of my college career was when this small horrible team from California flew into town. They had already announced the program would be shut down the next year. When I tell you this team was not very good, I'm just being polite. We were prob 30-40 pt favorites. I don't know cuz nobody cared.  So most of our team was either drunk or high the night before the game and we just "showed up" the next day. That was over 25 years ago and I remember it like it was yesterday. The lesson: Never go into anything in life thinking you've already got it won. And be humble or God will humble you!

I just did a cal prep projection and they have Navasota by 10 points against LCM. They also had Spendora at 10 against LCM and it was a lot closer. I think we should be fine in the first round and it should be competitive for the 3 and 4 seed in bi district. 
 

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. 

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

Yes he’s back! 

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 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!

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. 

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. 

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. 

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. 

Ok, what a good game by both teams last night but have  to give credit to the Lumberton coaching staff on making adjustments at half.  With the  exception of one play Lumberton  shut Huffman down the second half.  Now we just have to get better on Offence! Lumberton will be playing with a lot of  confidence going forward.  Huffman will be fine and yes that QB can sure throw it.