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Using MaxPreps ranking is not a good indicator, but there are several 6A teams Newton could beat in a one game scenario

Kudos to Coach Faircloth for stepping up and protecting his kids....no adult should be trashing a player from the stands...we forget sometimes but these are kids.... I am disappointed PNG administration didn't step up and ask this "fan" to either shut it down or remove him from the stadium....or at minimum some of his peers in the stands didn't confront him about it...sometimes peer pressure works great....

Cell phones are only considered recording equipment when they are used for that purpose in the context of this NCAA rule....so you can have a cell phone/Ipad on you and use it for non-recording purposes...this is per the UIL

Staffs use IPads all the time to take stats and chart plays etc.....you just cant take pics of video images from the coaches booth...

There's no rule against devices

There's no need to wonder, the NCAA rules are very specific about what technology is and is not allowed...

I've seen coaches run gassers before....I know at one school kids run gassers for every unsportsmanlike penalty....staff got a flag for sideline infaction and the whole staff ran

It is...Jim Bob in the bleachers yelling at Coach to call the touchdown play while live-streaming the game to Auntie Blanche over in Chester isn't making in-game adjustments or personnel decisions etc...but a Coach in the booth absolutely could...therefore potentially impacting the game

You've got it...they didn't take pics of game action therefore no rules violated....

No scouting teams are not allowed to video....what keeps them from doing it is scouts are generally placed in a public area and would get called out on it real quick

You can have cell phones in the pressbox and coaching booth; you just can't be up there taking video and reviewing it real time....yes there are others who I am sure violate the rules, but is that really an excuse? This isn't the first time a team has had to forfeit games for this and it won't be the last....

Coulda been a pressbox worker, coulda been a band parent coming up to announce at halftime....coulda been a media member.no rules against them having tecnhnology.....just remember someone is always watching

Rules are rules....teams have been pulled off the bus on the way to the state title game because of less...it happens...

PNG can still appeal if they want to Austin....but also keep in mind if they appeal it could potentially dig up other stuff (if in fact this wasn't the first time).....but if they believe they didn't do anything wrong and want to clear their reputation that is an option as well

AggiesAreWe we must have seen the same photos lol The photos I saw were pretty clear evidence IMO

No....when the day started and even if they beat Nederland the best they could finish was 4-3 but they'd need Santa Fe to lose out to get in.....now Crosby is in total control of their destiny....so its a quite different

Yes that's the thing....Crosby loses to Nederland and they no longer control their own destiny...they have to rely on help and need a lot of things to happen to get in.....

NCAA rules are very specific about when you can and can't review video...and the pressbox is one place you cant...

Crosby still has to beat Nederland; if they lose to Nederland they are back to 3 losses and the only way they can get into a positive tiebreaker scenario is if PNG loses both of their last 2 games....which is possible but IMO unlikely....if Crosby is 4-3 they need PNG involved because they lost H2H to Santa Fe and Barbers Hill

From what I was told the evidence was brought forth and Vidor made the motion to consider the forfeit; but the game in question was vs Crosby hence why Crosby did not vote...obviously PNG didn't vote either not sure why Barbers Hill didn't vote...the 2 votes the other way were Nederland and Baytown Lee

This doesn't impact things much UNLESS Crosby beats Nederland this week.....

I've confirmed it on my twitter...spoke to the DEC chair directly

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