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I think that the guy who kicked this year has plenty of ability to do the job. I'm just not real sure how much coaching he gets at practice. He may get a lot, I don't know. I do know that you don't see any toe punchers at the college or pro level. They have been extinct for several years. "kicker" has offered his assistance in working with #11. I think "kicker" could teach him to kick soccer style as he is self taught. "kicker" has also kicked in college, semi-pro as well as arena football. I really think he can help this kid be more accurate. He already has a really strong leg and is dripping with athleticism, so I think he could be a great one. I just hope that Hooks will take him up on his offer... It can't hurt.

OK if you are going to pick a team you know nothing about at least get their name right. It's La Vega. Don't be hatin just because the Tigers didn't make the playoffs... Their time will come and when it does, we will pull for them. I'll say this just like I did before the Giddings game. It's not about who they have and what they do, it's about what WE have and what WE do. Play Mustang football for 48 mintues and we will be OK.

Thank for the suport owl!!!

True, I guess I mean't the games that the Parr brothers played in. I hear they did not play in this one for whatever reason.

I don't know about better, just different. They like to run the power sweep and let the running backs make cuts up the field. Giddings uses a lot of misdirection and trickery. I think our quickness will benefit us against LV where it is used against us at times against Giddings with over pursuit. I'm sure they will get their yards, but the final score is all that matters and I'm certain they have not faced a defense (or offense) like that of the Stangs.

To add one more thing, and this is not to say they are not a great team, but both of their playoff wins were against 3rd place teams in their respective districts. On the flip side, they have not had a relatively close game. The closest game was a 42-28 win over 2-8 Waco University.

It's great to see 2 reps from both the local 4A and 3A districts still rolling!! SETX has always held our own, good to see us besting 23-4A and 23-3A. It's not the first time though, back in 99 PNG ousted LM on their way to the state title. Then in 00, WO-S beat both DII reps from that district, Friendswood and LM in back to back weeks.

Way to go Raiders!!! Man, you guys have taken a bunch of grief over the last couple of seasons. Way to believe in your team!! Good luck and keep on pluggin away!! One more thing... that just ain't right making the plpayoffs for the first time and not just winning your first 2 playoff games, but beating LM in the process! We are like 1- 1 million against those guys... Seriously, GREAT JOB!!

IF, and I repeat, IF this occurs. The closest it would be would be Dayton. Hooks will not play on grass unless he loses the flip and the opposing coach wants grass.

Good job Kats!!! One more game and you get your rematch!!! Question... how is it that our district runner up keeps getting runnerups and our champion keeps getting district champions????? WEIRD!!

You can go over to wacotrib.com and go to sports and read up on most of their games. I've read up on several of their games and, from what I can tell, they are going to be tough. Offensively AND defensively. They are probably not as good running it as Giddings, Giddings was probably the best in the state, but they are pretty dang good. The thing with La Vega though is that they are not one dimensional. As you can see from the stats, they don't throw it a lot, but they are good at it when they do. It also appears he spreads the ball around well including several passes to their backs out of the backfield which we haven't seen much this year. Defensively, they look tough against the run. They held Crocket, a second round opponent to just 40 yards rushing and 121 total yards. Crocket scored 13 points, but one of those was on a kickoff return. They gave up 388 yards to Cameron (in the first round), the majority of that being in the air as well as they only gave up 40 something yards rushing in that one. The Crocket coach commented that they had a very quick defense and could go far. Looks like they are a lot like us. I am confident from reading that they have not played anyone close to Dayton, Bay City or Giddings. The best team they have played so far is China Springs who is in the 3rd round of the 3A playoffs as well. I am also confident they have not faced and offensive line like ours. We may have to go to the air more in this game, but again, I feel like, if we execute and make the most of our opportunities, we will be OK.

I was trying to remember that too... Can anyone help us? I remember him saying it twice and thinking to myself, "I'll remember that"... yeah right!

I think you will see a shift in powers in the state when this hits. There are teams out there who have been able to stay on top mainly due to steroid abuse.

Hoooooly cow!!!! Can you say "deflated"?

The Giddings folks do not think the our offensive line can dominate the line of scrimmage. They don't think we can run on them. Boys, consider this a challenge!!!

I agree Gun, I think many of those voting against Giddings are doing it out of spite. There are, however, several of them who have played Giddings and just do not think they are what they were. If we go in and play Mustang Football, I feel we will move on. We did it in 2005, had we played like Mustangs last year the game would not have been close in my opinion. When we were up 7-0, we missed a wide open receiver for a sure TD that would have put us up 14-0. When you play a team like Giddings and they are forced to press a little, things can snowball on them. If we play like we can and capitolize on those opportunities, I feel like we will win this game.

Hurt?? It absolutely destroyed us. That was the single biggest play of the game for either team and ended up being the deciding factor. Fitz got the credit for the actual TD, but it was Bradley who struck the fatal blow.

If I'm not mistaken, it was the first year for 2 teams from each district to make the playoffs.

This guy makes a good point. Splendora beating WOS in basketball last year was about as unlikely as Coldspring beating us this year in football. BUT IT HAPPENED!! Food for thought. We better be focused.

It was a JV/Freshman combined game that WOS won 14-0. I think WOS, Jasper and HF were all tri champs with one loss each in district. (WOS lost to HF, HF to Jasper and Jasper to WOS).

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...or Saturday. I've dug up some links to articles on CS. Basically, they have 4 losses, all to playoff bound teams. They lost 44-55 to Diboll who is currently undefeated. They lost 53-30 to Navasota who is playoff bound out of 23-3A which many consider one of the tougher districts in the state. The other losses were the last 2 games against Cleveland and Splendora in close games. It appears they were playing some better ball at the beginning of the season. They ARE capable of playing well... [Hidden Content] [Hidden Content] [Hidden Content] [Hidden Content] [Hidden Content]

Anything can happen on any Friday night. I don't know a thing about Cold Springs and I bet none of you do either, other than who they won or lost to. I'd be really careful predicting blow outs. Just my (cautious) opinion...

Don't invite me to your home then... Where ever I be I let the gas run free... ;D

Does anyone know anything about them? I hear they have a good running back, past that I know nothing.