RonStopable

It takes me a little while to cool down. 
The immovable object is alive and well and the unstoppable force was proven to be very stoppable. 
The Jasper offense didn’t score much but they did a great job of keeping ours off the field in the 1st half. We ran 4 plays in the 1st quarter and 19 in the 2nd. 
Congrats to the Bulldogs and good luck moving forward 

4 minutes ago, Dirty_but_Dazzling said:

I wonder where the non stoppable RonStopable is tonight?

I was at the game. Jasper D took care of business. 
Do you have a problem with me posting or something?  

This is why I’m excited to see this game.
Rusk has scored 220 points in 5 games this year and only 10 of those points were scored in the 4th quarter. The game with Bullard is the only game we scored after the 3rd quarter. 
Jasper has only given up 38 points in four games. They gave up 8 points to Vidor whose offense was averaging 41 pts per game against their first three opponents. 

The immovable object versus the unstoppable force. 

8 hours ago, Dirty_but_Dazzling said:

since we have only "beat" Hardin Jefferson. so them being above HJ doesn't say much. just saying.

all loses have come from teams in higher classification at their home field

That was my point. Just like 3 of our wins being against teams from the 700 club doesn’t say much.
I firmly believe this game could go either way if Jasper can get some offensive success.

I’m interested to see IF we are able to move the ball on Jasper’s defense like we have up to this point. I will then know how good we actually are this year. 

2 hours ago, Hagar said:

Three of Rusk’s opponents are ranked in the 700’s in MaxPreps and one in the 600’s.  They’re probably decent but not the world beaters their 5-0 record may indicate.  Jasper has a legitimate chance, but as posted above, their offense has to show up.

Every team Rusk has beaten is ranked higher than every team Jasper has beaten.  Just saying 

I would agree with that. I’ve seen portions of all their games and the defense will be a major upgrade to every team we have played except Palestine but I do think Jasper has a better defense than Palestine. On the other hand Jasper’s offense...I’ll say this, their offense is why they are only slightly better than the teams we have played. 
The reason I think we will win is our offense is good enough to score 10-14 points against anyone, we scored 21 in last years game and we are much better this year. I just don’t believe Jasper can score more than that against us. 
Who knows we may get shutout and lose by 30. At least I will know our schedule was the reason for my optimism. 

28 minutes ago, Bansheefan said:

Yep playing bad teams so far

It doesn’t hurt 😁. 
In your opinion is Jasper a major upgrade to our previous opponents, a slight upgrade, or just another bad team?

3 hours ago, Setx fan said:

The QB was there last year I believe. I think they had a WR move in. Maybe 1 or 2 others also. Anyway I actually think Jasper will win this game 

Yes he was, two weeks before the first game. 
We had some move in and a bunch come out who were not playing. 

7 hours ago, Dirty_but_Dazzling said:

in other words, you don't think we are not going to win another game this season. 

5 team district 1 win and you are in.

you may very well be 100% correct. 

It’s a 6 team district 

21 minutes ago, oldman said:

Rusk QB is the best they will see in District.   Put him on the Carthage team and it would be a nightmare for any team

247 Composite Rankings lists him as the 49th best QB prospect in the country and 8th best in Texas.  He was in the top group of the Elite 11 regional in Dallas this summer. 

One guy doesn’t win football games regardless of talent or position. The whole team has continued to improve. If we keep doing that we will be fine. 

 

1 hour ago, Bansheefan said:

Im still very skeptical on em I think there easy schedule will get them exposed this game

I believe you share the same skepticism as most people and I actually think it’s fair considering Rusk’s schedule. 

I guess we will have to see if Jasper’s defense or Rusk’s offense gets exposed on Friday. It should be fun. 

Rusk

The Eagles are coming off a bye week. Through 5 games the offense is averaging 44 ppg and 450 ypg led by QB Owen McCown (University of Colorado commit) 105-155, 1,462 yards, 16 TD and 1 INT. Jaspers defense can probably slow them down but not enough to get the win. 

On 6/13/2021 at 12:34 PM, aTmfan06 said:

Rusk *

I’m not sure if Coach can repeat his coin toss streak but the majority of the contributors return. 
 

JD Thompson “Utility” is kind of funny. I didn’t see another pitcher at the tournament who could hold Sinton to 1 run for 5.1 innings. Those boys could hit and they have practically everyone coming back. 

1 hour ago, waltersobchak said:

While I respect McMurry knowing his team, these one gamers are starting to become annoying

I’m afraid you’re going to be annoyed during the next two rounds. 

This should be a good game. Rusk has a phenom Ace but that is not all they have. The #2 guy pitched the last 6 innings against China Spring and didn’t give up a run. He’s not overpowering but he gets ground balls and pop ups. Rusk has a good defense and a solid lineup. IF they put some runs up early they are really hard to beat. Their ace is as good as you will see in HS regardless of classification.