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Dayton made a deep playoff run and they are in another district now. Lumberton made a deep playoff run for Lumberton. Which was great for the program, but not a deep playoff run. When was the last time this district (and I am talking about a local 4A - not Dayton) has been to a Championship or even a Semifinal. The district is tough because of the parody, which is great for local intrest, but statewide this district might be top 15 right now. Take those SETX Gumbo tinted glasses off and you will see the truth. Districts That are better: 1. 4 2. 5 3. 8 4. 10 5. 13 6. 14 7. 16 8. 18 9. 23 10. 24 11. 25 12. 27 13. 30

Are you serious? look at the title of the Post! Get your panties out of a wad and try not being so thin skinned. Sorry I don't think your precious Bulldogs are a State Title contender because they beat PNG! Guess what I don't think PNG will get by 19-4A if they face either Dayton or Crosby, maybe not even Noth Forest. This Nederland team is just not as good as some of the other Nueman led teams have been. The offense is potent, but they struggle defensively. can't do that and win in the playoffs. And PNG has the same problem. Good offense, poor defense.

This is based on what? Recent History. What else?

It looks like they will dodge Dayton in Bi-District. But TC or Friendswood is a very good possibility in Rd 2. Don't think they will beat either of them.

I wouldn't put money on that. The district is tuff against one another, but I just don't seeing it being competetive outside of Bi-District this year.

Well when you take into consideration that more than half of the district will get into the playoffs, it ain't that big of an accomplishment. Winning district or runner up is the only thing to boast anymore. And as far as most are concerned the playoffs don't really start now until after bi-district.

Is ESPN Radio 97.5 not returning? Or did they move? How the hell are we supposed to keep the vehicle between the lines without Sports Talk Radio?

With four teams going to the playoffs my dog could coach a playoff team. Kinda low goals set there for measuring a coach.... Has your dog been missing since the start of football season? If so I think we found him calling plays over here at the Reservation! ;D

"Indians Chase Lions Off Of New Reservation"

Not for next week, but my favorite all time: Oregon State over USC headline: "Trojans Ripped By Nasty Beavers!" ;D

Mosley was way more dynamic. He was faster, had really good hands (you could split him out wide), was very good at picking up the blitz, was shifty, and powerful. While Grogan has some of these traits as well he doesn't posses all of them.

I think the muff had very little to do with the outcome. Even if we don't muff that kick, we come out in a tight/jumbo formation and try to run against 10 men in the box and get nowhere! Score might have been 34-21, that's about the only difference. Had to be alive before the muff to have been killed after it. ;D

I noticed he is also a guest!

Think his Blood Pressure is up?? ;D

Again produce one post that stats that the officiating was the reason PNG lost. I think I read were both Nederland and PNG fans were confussed by some of the calls or how the penalties were accessed. Don't lump PNG fans into that excuses category. There are always reasons why one team won and another lost. Most PNG and Nederland fans are knowledgable enough in the game to recognize. I for one will stand by my thoughts that if PNG would have come out in the mutliple receiver sets and winged it a little from the get go, it would have been one exciting back and forth contest. I still think Nederland wins, but in a close high scoring battle. I just don't think the total athletes are different. I think if neuman and crew were coaching PNG, PNG wins!

Produce one post that indicates that PNG lost due to officiating! I'll give you the out coached thing, but Nederland has had that advantage since Neuman came on board. ;D

You are correct, but when you see it on replay you will see that it should have been a block in the back. Also on the kick return before the waved of penalty occured, the PNG receiver waved his hand in the air once (I think to signal he had it) then took off running. Should have been a penalty on PNG. Oh Well. They ain't right all the time! ;D

Black and gold looks like something that I coughed up during a nasty sinus infection! ;D

I don't think he has said yet.

UNLV, you do realize that LU shut down it's program in the late 80's for lack of money and local interest? I think most of us LU fans and alumni want LU to play with the big dogs some day, but I don't want to be their whipping boys. I'd rather establish that we can fill the seats as designed and show a need for expansion, than have 12,000 show up and have 18,000 empty seats! That's just common sense to us backwoods country bumpkins. ;D Capacity Avg % Empty Seats La-monroe 30K 16K 54 14,000 La-tech 30K 18K 60 12,000 ULL 30K 16K 54 14,000 Southern Miss. 33K 27K 81 6,000 (no real competition for the entertainment dollar)

"The fair catch bobble does nullify a fair catch from my understanding" Not true...If a fair catch signal is made the receiver can bounce the ball all over his body until he catches it and the defenders have to give him room. But once it hits the ground it's a live ball. "and the guy was blocked into the receiver on that play." It looked like such was the case, but if so why no flag on PNG for illegal block in the back?? I thought for the most part the crew did pretty good with the execption of that one brain fart they had. I doubt all 12,000 people have ever left MCM without at least one fan complaing about the officiating.

That could be a good move on his part. LCM is very young and with the right direction could be dangerous in a couple of years. I think NDN nation really has it's heart set on Long becoming Burnett's sucessor some day. Not sure though that if it doesn't happen soon that it will ever happen because Long will be established elsewhere. It may end up being D. Long ;D.

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I don't know about being in a panic but PNG looks like they have a strong passing game. I think they should have gone to is sooner. That is not their tradition of student body right or left and ball control but I think they need to be passing more often. I think PNG has the people to pull it off. You are absolutely correct tvc. Should be spreading the field some early in games to allow for those wider running lanes. You cant over power teams in the playoffs. PNG's best team in the past 30 years (1999) spread teh field out and was very balanced and scored at will. This team has the talent to do the same with Tatum at QB and DeRon, Segura and Ceigelski at WR, two good TE's, a good line and two good backs! Drives us PNG fans insane that everyone sees it but the guy calling the shots. It will be interesting to see if Matt learned anything from this loss. Or if whatever his OC and QB coach where arguing with him about sank in??

The play hapened on second down. 1. Nederland should not have declined the holding. That makes it loss of ten from the hold and repeat 2nd down. Then the 15 yard (or half the distance to the goal line) dead ball penalty (because it hapened way after the play on the way back to the huddle) should have been assesed. So it should have been 2nd down and 25+ yards to go. 2. Since Nederland declined the holding it should have been the result of the play (which was a run for first down). then the dead ball 15 yarder should have been marked off from the end of the run. And it should have been 1st and 10 from that spot...Granted Nederland would never have declined the holding to let this happen! 3. Instead the officials really botched this one and it took them 5 minutes to get it wrong! They said Nederland declined the holding and excepted the Dead Ball foul (see scenario 1). And they gave PNG the ball with a 3rd down and 20+ yards!!! They were obviously very confussed as where both coaches (actually PNG was irrate). But in the long run it wasn't the officiating that killed PNG it was Nederland's offense and our coaches refusal to realize they were in a shootout no mater how much he hated it until it was too late!