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You made a very good observation about Nederland's offense. Lumberton might be able to shut down Nederland's offense but it will take a great effort. Vidor came into last week's game with the #2 defense in district (I think). They also planned to keep the ball away from Nederland (which they did in great fashion) while their defense tried to clamp down on the Bulldogs offense. Vidor held the edge in time of possession with 32 minutes to Nederland's 16 minutes due to great ball control by Vidor. In those mere 16 minutes Nederland put 420 yards and 35 points on the board against a good defense. Obviously a shoot-out is not the best option although Livingston pulled it off.

Sure he is.

Therein lies the problem of what I talked about in my other post. I think PNG is down in talent this year but there is no blame involved or shouldn't be. If a player is slower than his counterpart on the other team, there is no blame to be passed. It is just life. Every kid that steps onto the field and gives it his best shot carries no blame no matter the outcome of the games. I have posted it before but it bears repeating. Teddy Roosevelt's "Man In The Arena". Read it and think of the PNG players and in fact, everyone else that strives in an endeavor whether they fail or not. To say that PNG had a down year in talent does not in any way a criticism. It is the effort that counts. It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat. An excerpt from a speech by Theodore Roosevelt in April 1910.

I think it is a year of less talent that hampered the Indians. They have a couple of really good players that could likely play for anyone but overall they just didn't have it. Compound that with everyone knowing the PNG play calling and almost the entire defense had to be replaced. Many years that doesn't matter since PNG has the people in place to run it. This just wasn't their year. I know that some people are looking to blame someone but some years are just down as far as players with a lot of talent. Maybe some people think that it is offensive or like belittling the players if someone makes a comment about them. I see that the talent pool is coming in a strong second in the poll and yet no one will make a post about it. The fact that kids go out and strive to play the game speaks enough about their character whether they are bigger and faster than other teams or not. Each year some teams in the district are going to have better players than other teams. Next year PNG might be at the top of the heap with the same coaches and a different group of kids.

No. We don't even let the visitors cheer. Back to reality. Nederland shows visitor replays.

Let me end the suspense. Nederland is 4-2 in district so NDNWarrior is 2-4 in predictions.

Grogan seems the obvious offensive MVP. A guy that was not a running back comes off of the defense and off of the bench after the #1 running back gets hurt and leads the district. Without him, Nederland's offense does not click. The fact that Nederland has a serious running threat has opened up the entire offense. Nederland is the #1 offense in the district and without Grogan, they drop down to the middle of the pack. If MVP actual does mean the most "valuable" player, it is Grogan.

............. after losing to Lumberton the first game.

Bend but don't break usually won't work against Nederland since they don't really drive the ball. They get in a couple of plays and then score from way out. It had better be just a "don't break" defense. You are probably correct about ball control. Central's best defense against Nederland was their offense. If Vidor can keep Nederland's offense off of the field, it will go a long way to winning. I don't think they are likely to trade scores with Nederland. It should be interesting.

Geez.... first you toss 'em a $10 million stadium and then they want to win also. I guess you just can't please those PNG fans. What are they, 0-2 in the "new" Reservation now?

I am going to say that the winner of the Nederland/Vidor game gets the final playoff spot no matter the outcome of the last game of the season for any team. There are mathematical possibilities for other outcomes (the most likely involving Livingston) but not likely.

I was hoping for a translation but I think that is stretching it.

I hate to do this but... HUH??

Like a mess.

I don't know about that one. Cammack was a vacuum cleaner and if someone went up with him to fight for the ball, he would come down with it. Cardenas might be as good but better?

Speaking of legalese.... I read some of the news stories that the teenagers were "charged" with sexual assault. I am thinking at this point they are charged with nothing. They have been arrested for sexual assault on a probable cause affidavit and a judge gave them bail. As far as I know, the District Attorney has not accepted charges on anyone involved in this case. Being a felony, if they are eventually charged then they have to be indicted by a grand jury. We are speaking some time in the future assuming that it is ever even brought to a grand jury. These accusations may very well be dropped without ever going to a grand jury. My opinion is that they have been charged with nothing at this point and have only been accused by a police officer that completed a probable cause affidavit. Just food for thought when people start saying what should or should not be done in the case.

You get released on bail. The normal way to post bail is to get a bondsman to post a bond guaranteeing the money in your name. That is because most people can't post the entire sum of the bail on the criminal charge. You pay the bondsman a percentage (I think the going rate is 10-15%) and he posts a bond in your name. If you don't show for court, the bondsman has to come up with the cash. An example would be a person being given a bail of $10,000. Most people don't have that kind of cash on hand but many can come up with $1,000 or 10%. They give that amount to the bondsman and he gets you out of jail but guaranteeing the sheriff that he is good for the money if you skip out. The bondsman makes his profit by keeping your $1,000. In reality, bail and bond are used as the same term by the media and the public.

40 years of frustration being released.

And I believe that LCM should be 0-5 overall.

Yes.

No. That would be a rational decision to the problem.

If you don't pay the fee, you lose the phone. A school district can ban all cell phones, pagers, etc. by students at any school event or school property. They can also dispose of the devices or charge up to a $15 fee to get it back. You might not pay to get it back but how many cell phones do you feel like purchasing?

Yeah, that's true. It is also true that when you are ahead 38-7 at the half, it is hard to keep the intensity. Does Central plan on spotting Nederland 31 points at the half again? ;D

I think it depends on what agreement the AD comes into the job with. The admin can set whatever parameters they wish. I am sure that most AD's have some leeway and some have all that they wish. It just depends on where they are offered a job and whose job the district wants to protect.

You Lumberton haters this................you Lumberton haters that. You dirty Lumberton haters you........... HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!