Gasilla

I agree wtih that for the most part, but I do think vidor will be a good test as well. A completely different look than what we got from Dayton.

Actually Skipper, I was pretty impressed with our coverage. They didn't have open recievers. Pretty much all of their passing yards were short passes with yards after the catch. Don't think they completed any passes past 5 yards from LOS.

I was impressed with Garrett. He put the ball on the money several times with people all over him. Great composure. The O-line will have to improve. Not much blocking, but that defensive front for Dayton may be the biggest and the best they will see this year. Recievers have to catch the ball, but you expect that in the first scrimmage. Defensively, we did not look good in the first quarter, but got better every series which is a very good thing. The second half, they did not give up much at all. I think Daytons QB will be a good one, but he needs to work on his down field accuracy. The few times they did throw downfield, he was off, which is to be expected. Very good runner. WR #7 is a stud and the O-line for Dayton is huge! They were pretty tough defensively and I do believe that will be the strength of their team this year. #45 is a beast! He was a man amongst boys. I think this was a great test for both teams and each will benefit greatly.

So what about it Aggie 2-1, Silsbee or Kirbyville?

No, it's not "part" correct. It's all correct. While it is a fact 4A will have more athletes in the classification, but not so much when you get to the upper echelon teams in each class.

Our GM went to the schoolboard meeting after notifying them he wanted to speak at the meeting. They said sure. Well, he sat through the whole meeting and when it was his turn to address the board, they said meeting adjourned. They didn't want to hear what he had to say and ended the meeting. Everyone else got to speak but him. I guess its a socialist schoolboard. ha ha If they had my $600 I wouldn't go away that easily. No doubt!

i would think wos is in a no lose situation. on paper this will be their toughest test till third round, besides silsbee in district play. if dayton outscores them by 3 touchdowns, then dayton will leave knowing they have a pretty good club. I don't agree with that. WOS beat Dayton 2 years in a row and Dayton went on to win district and one of those years went on the the Semi-final round. I know it's hard for you guys in 4A to believe it, but there isn't much difference between the top 3A programs and the top 4A.

Obviously someone trying to start something. Probably not even from WOS.

I totally agree, Gas, Jeremy is a very special player and will make those around him much better. The Tigers do have some players ready to make a name for themselves too. I look for RB Chris Barnes to have a breakout year and for a couple of Silsbee's recievers to be in the top of the district standings in recieving. On defense the linebacking quartet of Bolton, Keefer, Simmons and Henry will be as good a set of linebackers in the district. Bolton is a monster, really looking for a great year from him. Like I said, this Tiger defense really reminds me of those very good WOS defenses that swarm to the ball with great speed. This is the fastest defense I have seen Silsbee have in a long time. When Silsbee and WOS square off this season, you'll see too very simular teams going at each other. This should be fun. Another factor many people don't take into account on the varsity level when you have players coming up from the JV is that they feel the kids do not have a rapport and experience with each other. However, in places like Silsbee and Orange, these kids come up playing together. I think silsbee will be better than some may think. On the flip side, the same goes for WOS. I think there will be plenty of fireworks this year. WOS will be breaking in a new QB, but he will have a recieving core like no other. Everyone knows about Franks and Haynes, but he also has Mark Roberts and a kid named Johnson who is a Sophomore. They will be incredibly fast and tall (all but the Soph are 6' or taller). They are going to throw it around a little bit.

LOL... shaking hands and kissing babies! ;D

Johnson is a STUD and if one person were going to beat you, what better than the guy who touches the ball on every play. He will be a hard person to contain. Also, players like him make everyone around them better.

Mondays would be good as long as it were before Monday Night Football.

No sir, you ARE mistaken. Nederland won the first three of the last 6 and WOS has won the last 3. One of those came at WOS. Two of them were in Nederland. Now, WOS HAS one the last 2 of their 3 in Nederland. Nederland won in 01 and 02 at Nederland. Stop showing the need for a history lesson and you will stop getting them.

If hard work equals prolonged success on the field then can you really argue that?

These threads always crack me up... Does anyone ever NOT think that their team is bigger, faster, in better shape and set to make a run at the district or states title OR going to "surprise some people"? It's funny, but it's fun. It's always fun to anticipate and hope that this will be the year no matter what your aspirations are. Anyway, I went out and watched WOS for a little while yesterday after I left the gym. The things that stood out the most to me was that we do appear to have more size and the sheer numbers in the program are up compared to normal. That's really all I saw that isn't status quo. I think the kids come in in fairly good shape most years because they know what's coming, so that is no surprise. Other than that, you really don't know anything from a practice in shorts and helmets. Here's to hoping... ;D

What are they running?

So why should Central be getting all the hype? WOS does every year what Central did one year and now they should be getting all the talk? Don't get me wrong, I don't have a problem with Central getting it. Just concerned why you think WOS shouldn't. I see quite a bit of hype across this board for different teams, too. So why did you bead in on this one? Maybe kicker hit the nail on the head...

LOL... Nice!

Bridge City

Jones Cowboys, Anderson Fighting Irish, Salk Tigers, West Orange Chiefs and Little Cypress Grizzlies. I think Doyle played for Anderson.

Kerry Sr was a running back at Oklahome State.

Paris, CE King, Ennis, and LaMarque are the only teams that have had our(WOS) number. Oh, and Waco Lavega and Wemberly :'( I think you have to have more than one loss against a team for them to "own" you. Definitely agree with LM and King.

I don't make predictions, but you can also factor in the fact that the WOS JV last year beat Ned 34-7. And it was a pretty bad whipping.

PNG went to the state finals in 99 and WOS in 2000 and Nederland went to the semi-finals in 01 (I think). Personally, I feel that, if a district prepares a team to get 4 rounds deep, they aren't "weak". Doesn't mean they are the toughest in the state, but certainly not weak.

Impressive