Rob Corpus

+1.  I watched the YouTube video (not live) where Dave Campbell's Greg Tepper interviewed UIL Deputy Director Jamey Harrison, and Harrison stated that the UIL contacted ISDs and ADs to accommodate as many school needs and wish lists as possible.  I had the exact same thought.  No one called PN-G or Lufkin.  And, did anyone at the UIL stop and think, something about Region 2 doesn't look right?  Which one of these is not like the others?  Crazy.  But, it is what it is.  Line up and go play.  Go Indians.  

Well, they’ll have to actually travel, is what I mean, probably won’t get their Dallas area refs, and probably will have a smaller crowd than they get at At&T, facing a not-at-all smaller PNG crowd. 

5ad2 makes no sense. 

PNG and Ned got absolutely hosed.

Until recently, all golden triangle schools have been in region 3 since the 70's until recently beginning with Westbrook 

This is the first time that Ned and PNG have been in Region 2 that I can remember, I could be wrong though.

When I hit enter, I was like, dammit, forgot Cy-Fair......

I’m speaking more on the travel. Especially when playoffs start.  Region 2 makes no sense. 

I heard SOC wanted to get the purple gloves out earlier

I have debated if I would even respond, but I will since I deal with equipment.
Here is the thing, the gloves are legal and not disallowed by rule.  If you want to spend the money on it, more power to you.  Its part of the game at this point.  And PNG overcame a perceived or real disadvantage and won.
Now here is the flip side, Knee pads are a rule.  As a coach I have to ensure that the athletes are properly equipped, if not I am liable.  I have officials come up to me before the game and tell me to cover back plates and I will ask about knee pads.  Then I am told we are not the equipment police.  See the dilemma?  What rules are they going to enforce?  I have to make sure my kids are legal before the game, but the other team walks out and they are not in compliance.  You say no big deal.  But it is when you are trying to teach kids to follow the rules and the people who are in charge of enforcing the rules don't do it.
If it is a rule, enforce it or change it, but dont ignore it.
My $.02

I can tell you at one time in the NCAA(90's) it was illegal to match gloves to opponent's jerseys.  I know this because we wore green gloves against Baylor and we were made to change them.  However, there is not restriction on color now.  I assume that changed after the grey glove rule.  If you can afford to buy gloves that match your opponents, more power to you.  I could not afford an extra $250-300 dollars on gloves.  
There are a lot of equipment rules that are not enforced.
Here is the big one.  Knee Pads. Knee pads must be covered by pants. Furthermore, the pants and knee pads must cover the knees. No pads or protective equipment may be worn outside the pants. 
I have asked the officials about this and they tell me they are not the uniform police.
 

On principle, I don’t think it’s right. It doesn’t just cover up holding. It can also disguise pass interference, horse collars and possibly face mask penalties or others I’m not thinking of. There are potential safety issues. At a minimum, doing so evinces a clear intent to obfuscate illegal activity. I think it should be illegal. In fact, I would support a rule requiring the home team to wear black gloves, if any, and the visiting team to wear white gloves, if any. Problem solved.
Having said that, if there isn’t going to be a rule against the practice, fair’s fair.

Pretty sure the PI and gloves controversy was about SOC because their colors are BLACK/GOLD/WHITE so the ONLY reason select players, mainly DB’s and OL would be wearing PURPLE gloves vs PNG, POWDER BLUE vs Emerson, RED vs Lovejoy…etc is because they’re PURPOSELY trying to hide PI’s and holding from the officials in order to gain a edge!!   Maybe there’s no rule against it, but I think it’s flat out “dirty strategy” 

Never said it didnt happen.  I also know in high school basketball the refs have made players take off or hide sleeves or leggings that didnt match their uniforms.

I have seen all the pi s and posts online about the interference call. The most interesting  thing to me was someone staying that Duncanville has made a habit of wearing the same color gloves as their opponents jerseys, thus making such calls a lot more difficult to see.  I saw some pics from a few games where that appeared to be the case, unless they were photoshopped pics.  Does anyone have any insight into this and if thats the case why hasnt there been a rule against this??

They played this at the stadium during the celebration peprally. Love it! 

And a couple of surprise guests at the end!  

Totally separate and unrelated to the football finals game. Besides, it's just whining by DISD, nothing will come of it. Who really cares...

So are you claiming Todd and staff won't be telling their team WE WUZ ROBBED and we (SOC) will be on a mission to hunt down and "avenge" PNG in 2024?  You are claiming the noble Todd and the noble SOC staff has just moved on from this point never to mention it again, correct?   

Faircloth ran a great tremendous program at PNG! Won many many games for them, and his last year there he went to what round 4? Faircloth had a great winning culture, solid foundation was laid for Coach Joseph and company to come right in and get to work. It’s crazy to me the transition PNG had tho went from an offensive team we going to outscore you to a defensive team and limit positions. I mean look at that FBM Marshall game 7-0 win they had. But look how it has played out, offense will win you some games, but Defense wins championships!! 

You really don’t have a choice unless you want to travel more during non district play.  It’s the reason we played BU the last 2 seasons, they were 6A by classification but worse than either of the 4a schools I mentioned 

Katy would be good. Also, Father against son....would be awesome!

Last year was a Dallas crew. Do we need to go pull backgrounds on them? Check Facebook friends? Relatives? Any ties to the SOC community? 
I don't like the optics of it due to all the negative conversation that it has triggered but the ref had absolutely ZERO impact on the outcome of the game. People need to move on. 

The ref in question is a Nederland Alumni? We should file a grievance over that. 🤣🤣

Todd was more busy organizing "white outs", ordering custom jackets and shoes, and talking about breaking the attendance record than he was preparing his team for the game. That is why SOC was beaten when they took the field. Bravado and flash are all fun and games until you get punched in the mouth. And don't forget walking onto the field to start the game. Humble pie isn't easy to swallow when you relish the spotlight as much as he does. Hell, I'll bet he had his afterparties already set up like he did last year. Some of the videos from the parties he was at after last year's game made me lose a lot of respect for him as a leader of men. Pride always comes before the fall Coach Todd. There is a new Sheriff in 5ADII.