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The coaches I've talked to that have 4-day weeks have had no issue with being off Friday.....kids get to school around lunch, usually they eat lunch, watch a little film, do a quick walk-thru and then get on the bus

I talked to an officiating buddy and he doesnt believe this will be a thing in TXHSFB 

Should get the first look at Silsbee in the May 20 7on7 Qualifier at West Columbia..really good field of teams scheduled to be at that one

The Saturday Crosby vs La Porte game will be a 1pm kick

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7 minutes ago, WOSdrummer99 said:

Excellent answer. Also playing teams that run specific offense. One that you wouldn't see in district play but would need to be familiar with during the playoffs. And rivalry games of course. 

yes there's so much that goes into it....its always a good question though because of the variance you'll rarely get the same answer twice

22 hours ago, navydawg31 said:

This! I always wonder what goes through the thought process… 

I think it varies by Coach, I've asked ten coaches this question and I get ten different answers....a lot just depends on where your program is at that time...for example teams like North Shore and Duncanville will play just about anyone willing to play them

If you are in a nine or ten team district and you move into district play quick you may want to try and get specific looks or systems based on those early non-district games that are crucial

If your program is down in the dumps you are probably just trying to find games you can be competitve in that maybe you can steal a win

If you are middle of the road to good you probably try and split your schedule...one really tough game, one game where you feel good about a win and one game thats maybe a coin flip...

If you are in a four or five team district that 5th and 6th non-district games are pretty much just seeing who else is in a small district and pairing up...thats how Brownsville Hanna and Amarillo Tascosa played a few years ago lol 

Just now, TheOutsider said:

Who cares this much? 4 pages of nonsense.  If your team makes it to state or even if they don't, if you wanna go, pack up and roll.  If it's to far I'm sure the teams playing will understand if you're not there to tell them to block somebody or tackle somebody.

It's the off-season there's not much else to discuss football wise...

3 minutes ago, AggiesAreWe said:

I understand. I don't think the little incident yesterday should take them out of the loop.

I think yesterday's incident just underscores one of many issues with the Alamodome when it comes to state football..its not a super well-taken care of facility, there's a lot of work that needs to be done....San Antonio will put the work into the facility in time for the 2025 Final Four...much like in 2018, but then they won't do anything after that and 4-5 yrs post Final Four you have a facility that has degraded...rinse and repeat w/San Antonio lol 

Maybe now that they have an XFL team the city will do a better job maintaining the 'Dome between big events

16 minutes ago, AggiesAreWe said:

If it's not up to par, then why is it being used for state championships?

Honestly what other facility could guarantee the UIL back-to-back weekend availability and is large enough to host the event?? 

2 minutes ago, WOSdrummer99 said:

Given enough time, at some point a snowstorm will shut down Big D during championship week too.

It would put I think the venue would hold up.....this is just one example of the Alamodome just not being up to par as a facility right now

CPS has not completed the investigation. I know of one athlete who had broken his hand during the season and was not cleared for upper body workouts was apparently made to do pushups as well....so not good there

Of local note to Southeast Texas there are now two Division II qualifiers locally with Hamshire-Fannett and Hardin-Jefferson

In Divison III there's a qualifier at West Hardin and not too far away is Crockett as well

9 hours ago, Coach85 said:

I had a nephew play for Liberty Hill. I watched games where they didn’t even mention throwing the ball. Liberty Hill is one of the top three teams in the state if not the top successful teams that run the slot T. I would say 2%! of the time they pass is about right for them. It may be even a little high.

If Liberty Hill throws it...something typically went terribly wrong...

The TSWA All-State team takes into account regular season and playoffs...typically the teams are loaded with players whose teams make deep playoff runs...the old AP All-State team which isnt done any longer was regular season only

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13 hours ago, Rez Ipsa said:

SOC would have had about 50 people if the game had been in Houston. Number of fans doesn’t control the game outcome, but it certainly didn’t hurt they were able to have a decent crowd since the game was played in their backyard. 

Hard to know how much SOC would travel to Houston...only time they've really traveled was the 2021 state semifinals when they went 3.5 hours to Abilene on a Friday night....Shotwell has a large home side that seats about 7500 and SOC did fill that up

1 hour ago, JBizzle said:

Are there any stats that show a home field advantage for the DFW teams or are we just making that up because we don't want to drive to Arlington? I know some losing coaches have brought it up, but does anyone have any data that shows an advantage?  Also, how close does a team have to be to Arlington to get the advantage?  I know Carthage played Kennedale a few years back and they could almost walk to the stadium.  Do the Dallas area teams stay and home the night before and get up and go to the game?  Wouldn't it be better to have your team in a hotel the night before so you can set curfew and make sure kids aren't out doing kid things?

With TV broadcasts, the games will stay at one location.  And with them playing all games at one location, they have to be indoors to avoid weather delays screwing up the whole schedule.  Sounds like NRG and the Alamo dome have to make changes to be considered.  Also heard NRG kinda blew their shot in 2015 by gouging the UIL.  I don't know that for a fact.

Some local teams stay home, others decide to get a hotel...just kind of depends...

This will become even more of a debate if NRG or Alamodome get their locker room situations in order....neither has 4 full locker rooms right now.....Alamodome would have 4 if they'd let people in UTSA's locker room but thats off limits

I will say I know South Oak Cliff did stay in hotels on Thursday night (they got hotels last year too)...some of the local teams will go get a hotel the night before just so the coaches can monitor the kids and what they eat etc