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One scenario that makes sense is that Clowney's agent has already begun negotiations with Houston and his client could only hurt himself with continued workouts. If I'm Houston and I have made up my mind and Clowney is my guy, I sure as heck don't want him getting hurt participating in a useless workout for the Jaguars or Rams!

  LT Smith could have a long and very productive career. He's still very, very young, but impressive and keeps improving. He could make the list down the road and maybe suplant Williams as a starter. MLB Sean Lee probably will never make the list due to playing time with the injuries (I don't expect him to play too many years in the league) but if he were healthy he would eventually make the list. Too early to tell, but Rookie Center Fredrick looked great last year. If he produces like that for any length of time he could see the list especially since he really only has to suplant an up and down player like Gurode. Thats about it.   Oh and Dez Bryant is on the list, but maybe a tad pre-maturely?? Not sure he should have suplanted Tony Hill yet, but given another year or two he should with certainty.

We've seen what Fitzpatrick brings to the table and he'll make for a good backup. Mallet was highly regarded out of college, but dropped in the draft due to some off field issues and has sat behind one of the best. Ready to prove himself. I say a fourth or even third is worth it. I'd rather Mallet in the third than any of the possible so called first rounders this year.

BINGO Mallett can begin to win games for a team with talent like Houston has week one. On top of this Houston could spend its top two or three picks on guys that should start day one and have immediate positive impacts. Get Clowney, best available top 2nd round (with emphasis on ILB, Safety, OL, TE). Then do same in third. You walk away with four immediate impact starters.

Just read that NE wants a 3rd round pick for Mallett. He is a Restricted FA after this year so they figure getting a 3rd now is better than a potential compensatory pick after the 4th next year when he leaves via Free Agency. If so I would offer the 1st pick in the 4th and see if they bite. I think NE is wanting to draft a guy like McCarron in the 3rd and start the team control on him until Bradys contract is up in 4 years. Mallet is not the heir apperent to Brady simply because he will not sit and wait another four years and rightfully so.

Draft Clowney...Then, what happened to the deal with NE for Ryan Mallett? Is he worth the 1st pick in round 2? If your pickng a potenial future QB there anyway, wouldn't it be worth it to get a guy in Mallett that you are extremely familiar with and is ready to start and produce day 1? He's also a Texas Guy!

Too much of a gamble to take with the first pick.   The young man could become a superstar QB, but he will have to refine his game quite a bit. Thats the big question with the scouts. Can he change his style enough to be successful??? I don't think any NFL front office is worried about his off field antics, because they really were extremly mild in comparison to many many others, but they were blown out because he was the first Freshman Heisman and the Media loves a darling!   I think he has the skillset and determination to be THE GUY at some point, but he is not THE GUY today and that makes him a gamble. He could be the next Russell Wilson, but even Wilson wasn't a first round QB. Tarkington and Flutie were later round picks as well and took a few years to create the NFL version of themselves.   I would have no problem with Houston selecting him, but not with the first pick in the draft. First pick has to be a no brainer future All-Pro...you don't get the chance that often to get the pick of the litter!

HS coaches need time as assistant coaches. They need to learn the recruiting business first. And make no mistake...it is a business that requires 24/7 attention.

Is this gonna be any use of the word? Since half the music industry uses the word like the and and.

Prospects like Springer, Appel, Singleton and Wojo this season plus the fact that young Starters Cosart, Oberholtzer and Peacock all pitched very well down the stretch last season. Added Feldman to the rotation and helped the bullpen that was miserably BAD last year and lost a lot of games for them with established guys like Qualls and Crain. Fowler was a good addition to the lineup and should do well in MMP. Villar and Dominguez should continue to get better.   So I expect this team to be over 65. Not by much, but not another 100 loss season.

So new QB who enrolled early and no action!   Thats gonna hurt.   NCAA is filled with morons

Both signed...Too late on them.

[quote name="vidor96pirates" post="1428152" timestamp="1377564590"] 0-2 to start the year. Poor Indians going to be crying Cherokee instead of singing it :( [/quote] Remember you posted that in a few weeks. I sure hope 20-4A sleeps on 2-8 PNG! 😉

[quote name="Now What?" post="1427377" timestamp="1377442941"] I wonder how this theory plays out across other sports such as basketball, soccer, baseball, and girls sports like volleyball, girls basketball, and softball. If this were correct wouldn't the curve of multiple state championships play out across other sports outside of football? [/quote] Basketball is the only sport were the inner city schools thrive, but to be fair it only takes two standouts in basketball to win a state title. In a big city school with 1500-2500 students there are going to often times be a few kids that are doing the AAU thing. Also seems like the big city schools have started hanging their hats on basketball. It is a much cheeper sport than football. Baseball, Softball, Voleyball...It's most of the same schools mentioned in the football article. Or at least schools from similiar demographics.

TC is not the 11th best team in 4A! And there are not 29 teams better than Nederland. Might outta swap those two. 

That almost backfired on LCM.  Bears had a very good team that year and PNG was rebuilding. PNG came out fired up and jumped out to a nice first half lead, but LCM came back and won it in the second half. Saddest part in that was that no one from LCM staff took control. It took PNG admins to squelch it, both times!

You guys keep pointing out the smaller schools 3A and down, but FWoodFans point was correct...sort of...At the 4A and 5A levels where there are more big money schools, the big money schools are winning. Its the big city suburban schools taking home the prize more often then not. When was the last time a Dallas, FW, Austin(and dont count Westlake cause it aint in the city), Houston, SA, EP team won a title?  Its because the rich kids spend all year training with their private speed and agility coach or strength and conditioning coach. Think about, would you rather coach a handful of great athletes that work on FB from August to November or a team full of kids that eat, sleep, and breath FB 24/7.  Oh and the later choice pays twice as much! I think the biggest difference in the two is the line play and QB play. The wealthy linemen goes 6'3" 270 and is fit and the QB spends all year learning the hardest position in sports. Where the poorer linemen is 6'3" 300 and slow and the QB is way behind the curve.

Not bad. Passing game looks very good with both QBs. Still need to beef up the ground game. Cropper #9 can fly as we saw tonight, but tuff going when you gettin hit in the backfield. Yeoj, Rose 36 led district in yards last year.

[quote name="BMTSoulja1" post="1425374" timestamp="1376844779"] They had to be content with practicing against another team...  Nothing wrong with that.  H-F gained a great deal.  PN-G gained experience for the young players on their squad... [/quote] BINGO I guess Central did spring fb?? Didnt see any scrimmage info.

[quote name="purpleeagle" post="1425372" timestamp="1376844446"] Totally shocked to see PN-G scrimmage a 3A team picked 7th in their district. You don't gain anything by this. Tx City will be a good opponent which will bring out the weaknesses in PN-G. Wait until next week to evaluate your team. [/quote] Two things.  1. PNG under BF has always had spring football so only one scrimmage. When they decided to forgo spring fb this year it left the scrambling for a first week scrimmage. HF was available. 2. HF was a 7th place team, but they were very very young. Still young, but they have talent. Most of that team Friday night was Sophs and juniors, much like PNG. C. Anytime you get to hit someone else its a plus.

If you want hitting in the Orange area I would recommend Jeremy Green at Grand Slams up by LCM.

[quote name="#62jjohnson" post="1423821" timestamp="1376399247"] did i hear correctly that next year they will have smaller schools playing one another ? i guess if a school is like 450 that will be schools that same size , instead of a school that is 450 playing a school 1004 ? im freaking out that they will have 4 schools coming out of one district going too the playoffs . [/quote] 3A will be like 2A and 1A are now. Divided into 3A Div I and Div II.  They will split the difference between the top half in 3A in enrollment and bottom half and form new districts 3A Div I (top half) and 3A Div II (bot half)...With four from each that means more playoff teams!  ::) Of course it will actually be called 4A! And 4A becomes 5A and so on.  Not because they are adding a larger classification for those gynormous 5A's, but because six man needs some love too and it will now be 1A with everyone else moving up!!! Think about 5A for a minute...Lets say that for every 100 students theres 1 good FB player and for every 500 theres a star FB player.  If you are a 3A with 460 students you got 5 good FB players and 1 star...A 3A with 990 students has 10 good FB players and 2 stars.  Still good odds for the smaller 3A. 5A with 2300 students has 23 good FB players (a full team) and 4 maybe 5 stars...A 5A with 6000 students has 60 good FB players and a team full of stars (12). Makes for interesting practices and depth that is unreal. So how can they compete??

Its not the enrollment numbers for these two. Remember Silsbee and especially WOS were powerhouses as tiny 4A schools before being realigned. WOS still whoops up on most of the area 4A teams in pre-district and I expect Silsbee to be pretty successful against 20-4A this year.

The only eyes SC will have on the State Football Title this year will be in front of the TV (FoxSports) in December!  :D

[quote name="AggiesAreWe" post="1421848" timestamp="1375810641"] [quote author=NDNation link=topic=113165.msg1421836#msg1421836 date=1375809965] I just looked at the schedules...Silsbee is playing 4 teams from our district. Should be some good mudslinging on here when we start comparing. ;D [/quote] That was the case last year. Silsbee played PN-G, LC-M, Lumberton and Livingston. Did not see much "mudslinging" when comparing. [/quote]No comparisons last year because only Liv really had a playoff team. The other three were down at the bottom so no real chatter.  I suspect Liv, PNG and LCM to be in the mix for spots 2, 3 & 4 in 2013.