LoboFan07

4 hours ago, Mr. Buddy Garrity said:

Well..........8-5A D1 just got interesting tonight. 

Man, y'all's district is crazy.

I thought it would be boring with y'all and Crosby walking away with it...but that's been completely the opposite. Crosby is staring at a real chance of missing the post season. 4 district losses for the Cougars would be insane, but it's right there if La Porte comes to play in a month or so.

And even if they get in...Crosby's looking at a trip to Lobo Stadium as the 4th place team...crazy.

2 hours ago, Mr. Buddy Garrity said:

Final 

Longview 21

Lancaster 13

Tigers came in with the perfect game plan. They have an impressive offense, but thankfully our defense is elite this year. I can see why they put up 70+ on McKinney North.

We had our moments and mistakes, but we overcame the test we needed. Great W.

I am shocked.

Oof that scoreline.

No doubt will be watching this one. Wish I didn't have to work the next day at 3 AM or I'd make it down there. Best of luck to both.

On 9/18/2022 at 10:55 AM, Mr. Buddy Garrity said:

Big game in 7-5AD1 this week: Lancaster at Longview.

Should decide the district title and the #1 spot come post season time.

Lobos are 50-2 all-time under coach King at home, and 99-9 in district games overall.

It's hard for me to even think Lancaster could come in here tonight and walk away with a W, but we'll see. Excited for the big challenge. Definitely the biggest left on our schedule this season.

Crosby should roll, but man...wouldn't it be something if Crosby ends up in 4th place...

This is beyond shocking to me. Wow. Congrats on the W, PAM, but man.....

Congrats BH!!!!!

Best of luck, BH.

Best of luck PAM.

The idea that Crosby has "nothing to lose," in this matchup is beyond baffling and hysterical.

24 minutes ago, CCRed said:

Crosby has nothing to lose. They are the smallest school in 5AD1 in the state.  Yes, the fans have high “expectations”, but the season is still early and many players are still out. Just because BH fans have an expectation level of “making the playoffs”, doesn’t mean our players have everything to lose. 

bahahahahahaha

1 hour ago, Cougar14.2 said:

"Forcing" the ball to someone doesn't necessarily mean the accumulation of targets or catches. Forcing it to him is when he runs a corner route, is double covered and Allen throws it anyway missing the wide open backside check down like he did against Marshall trying to hit Hale in the corner of the endzone. He did the same type stuff last year on film. We'll see how they look against MN this week but I think the game with Lancaster is going to be an interesting one simply because it'll be the first time this year y'all played someone who can match y'all athletically. 

Hale is a special type of player, imo, that you do try and force some throws. But it definitely hasn't been consistently as in years past. Last two years, Jalen was the only player that Jordan would even look at. That drive against Marshall though, I do agree. One of his worst this season. He hasn't had many thankfully.

No doubt Lancaster will be a good test for us, but I see them as the same Tiger teams that we have faced the last two seasons. I hope they're as good as some believe. We need a big test like that heading into the rest of the year. They haven't been able to play within 20 points of us when we've played in their back yard the first three times, we'll see if they can when they come to our place (note, we haven't lost a district home opener in 20 years either).

On 9/8/2022 at 2:32 PM, Cougar14.2 said:

I think there's a good chance Lancaster gets Longview this year. I watched both of LV's games with McKinney Boyd and Marshall and Lancaster looks better on the hoof and also faster. LV's QB still forces it to Hale and I think they're running game with Tatum is containable. They're probably smaller than FB Marshall on the defensive line and while they're dbs are highly rated it seems like there's still a good amount of space for receivers to make plays in the secondary if there's a competent QB that can get it to them.  On the flip side though, their collection of talent is so great that it really doesn't matter what they have going on right now. 

Lancaster is Lancaster.

Their defense is elite, they've struggled offensively all season. Throw in that they're averaging 96 penalty yards a game, and that they're coming to Lobo, and yea. I don't see it.

I think it's funny you think Allen is "forcing it to Hale," though. No doubt Jalen Hale and Taylor Tatum took over against McKinney Boyd, but the last two weeks have been much more spread about and team wins. 9 different receivers have caught the ball in the first three games. For Longview, that's unheard of. Hale has four catches in the last two games, yet Allen still has 20 completions in those two games.

But we'll see what happens.

If Crosby struggles with this team, the Cougars are way worse off than I thought they were.

Cougars roll.

On 9/3/2022 at 12:26 PM, Mr. Buddy Garrity said:

But some Longview fans minus @LoboFan07 said Haynes was the savior.

 

I like the kid. Be patient Aggies. He may torch my Hogs, then what you'll be saying? 

I watched the first half, and Haynes definitely looked rough. He'll get better, no doubt. It was his first real game in over a year, coming off an injury. He was going to be rusty. The play calling was horrendous from A&M as well.

I thought CE King was the next North Shore?

Congrats Crosby.

FB Marshall massively choked that game. How do you not come away with points when you have it first and goal with under 3 to go?! Just crazy.

Interested to see how Crosby looks when their "studs" come back as we keep hearing.

Definitely will be paying attention to this one. Best of luck Crosby.

20 hours ago, Cougar14.2 said:

Absolutely not the same King which exactly why it’s hard to get any real gauge on how we can play with so many studs missing. We would’ve lost to A&M Consol. last year if we had as many injuries as we do now.  We lost to Ennis 62-16 in ‘09 and they were in the same class with us. We’re going to be fine when healthy. 

Are you expecting your "studs" back before your showdown with PA Memorial? Only a month away.

........ummmmmmm what the hell happened?

1 hour ago, Cougar14.2 said:

They also have to replace a pretty solid QB while DR bring their back.

Allen is a three year starter outside of probably 5 total games the last 2 years.

1 hour ago, Cougar14.2 said:

I've already told my son that if they handle their business that they should get to play y'all in the 3rd round on Black Friday in Lufkin. Crosby filled the home side twice last year against Marshall and Texas High so I would expect a Crosby vs Longview game to get Abe Martin pretty close to capacity. Good luck to y'all and hopefully we can meet up healthy.  

I highly doubt King would agree to play Crosby at Lufkin.

It's not fun to play at that place. Tons of history for us there.

Now Saturday afternoon at SFA's Homer Bryce? That's more Lobo style.