Matthew328

Absolutely you file a protest to appease your base..standard operating procedure

The referee crew last year was a Fort Worth crew...SOC uses Dallas Contrary to popular belief Fort Worth is its own thing

Thats just being done for optics locally...I dont believe anyone in their right mind believes the UIL will even entertain that appeal

That used to be a rule but I dont believe it is any longer

Kids do it for instagram etc....its not a competitive thing its a fashion/disrespect thing that started in peewee ball and made its way to HS

There are a lot more open enrollment ISDs than you think that are out there as well....Dallas ISD is far from unique in that regard I do believe TX should consider doing like Louisiana and creating classifications and seperating out open enrollment ISD's vs non-open enrollment ISD's

Because thats an ISD decision, PNG could tomorrow go open enrollment if they choose to.

I mean you cant really do that because what if the other team wears white or has the same team colors as you? Refs dont need to be fashion police IMO

I'm not the world's biggest fan of open enrollment myself, but we can thank the Texas legislature for that along with charter schools et al..it is what it is and the UIL does the best they can with the resources alloted. The kids that play for SOC are all eligible under UIL rules, the open enrollment/recruiting conversation to me is just as moot IMO as SOC people complaining about some close calls that didnt go their way

It was a Fort Worth crew, SOC uses Dallas, it wasn't SOC's home chapter. Coach Todd said he agreed to the crew and he owned that, he admitted if he knew there was an official who worked in Port Neches he likely wouldn't have agreed to the crew (I wouldn't have either) thats not to say it automatically makes them a bad crew or a bad official but there's optics and its probably not fair to put him in that spot. Coach Todd did say he didnt agree w/the PI call and I wouldn't expect him to, its a close call that went against his team, no coach will be happy about it, its just the nature of the game

Probably shoulda been defensive holding, but still woulda resulted in 1/2 the distance and an automatic 1st down

They still are..they are the Mecca because of the late 60's/early 70s not now

I think it was more of a perfectly executed onside kick....not sure a lot of teams would have been ready for an onside there...it was a gamble and a great call by Coach Joseph but I dont think it was poor coaching from SOC

Full stop, I picked PNG to win because of the trenches and they were better team IMO, the bad DPI call shouldn't take away from their win

That was a pretty bad DPI...they let a LOT worse go both ways today and then how late the flag was....it was pretty bad IMO

That was a real gift DPI....didnt see much there

When they've run man they've really struggled

I've watched them all year, they've had issues in coverage not nearly as good on the back end as last year

They simply aren't near as good as they were last year...they can't cover as well in man IMO...been burned too many times

LOL

Danger zone for PNG here....that drop looms really large

SOC had zero first downs in the first half last week and still managed to be tied 10-10 lol

SOC's been a second half team all year, you could argue PNG outplayed them in the first half and they are still losing...thats concerning if I'm a PNG fan

Sophomore P5 talent is quite a bit different than senior P5 talent in terms of expeirence, big game execution etc....most of the SOC sophomores who are P5 guys are still behind seniors who are borderline FCS/D2 guys

SOC's not NEAR as loaded talent wise as they were a year ago...most of the P5 talent are underclassmen...