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Maybe Nederland plays like they did vs. Crawford and gets a road win @ Huntsville? These are 14-18 year old kids. Focus on what they did well. Down 20-7 and they keep competing for a road win. Find the positive. #10, #8, the defense getting a stop of 4th down to seal the win. This team could give you a bucket of gold and you would complain about the bucket.

Nederland plays well against purple and white. Nederland is the better team and will win. The Mid-County Madness hangover is gone. Remember, these kids are 14-18 years old and it's human nature for a letdown after a big week of hype. Can't explain it. It just happens to both PN-G and Nederland. TXC benefitted from the post madness hangover. Nederland's DL will get cranked up and play well.

AAW, thank you. Very well done and much appreciated.

I haven't seen Vidor play, but following this message boad, Vidor is believing and they have things rolling! Amazing what confidence and wins will do. Good luck Vidor.

Mr. George has the right attitude. Turn the page, flush the Texas City game, rally your kids, and get ready for Dayton. There is still a lot to play for and high school football goes by fast. Love your son, support your kids, and don't let a PN-G game or Texas City game beat you twice. Once you get in the playoffs, its a six-game grind. After the first playoff game, there are no "home" games. All of that, and get the ball to #10 and #8. On defense, run to the ball and wrap up. Enjoy the ride. It goes by fast. Peace. GO INDIANS!

Serious question...did I read correctly that Nederland was penalized on a kick-off for delay of game? If yes, how do you get a delay of game penalty on a kickoff? Special teams coach, can we have a word with you in the office?

Agreed. TXC will not be able to move the ball against NED. Get the ball to #10 and #8 and get the kids to recharge thier batteries and avoid the human nature effect of a letdown that usually comes after MCM hype and NED will win by three or four TDs.

Good game, Nederland. Evenly matched game that could have gone either way. Both teams played hard and played well. Glad PN-G won, glad no one was seriously injured on either team, and see the Dogs again at MCM in baseball season. GO INDIANS.

I have a co-worker who has a son on CE King's freshman team and he told me that King could go toe to toe with North Shore and I laughed at him. I guess he will have the last laugh at the office on Monday.

When LP commits a false start or procedure penalty, do the players always drop and do team pushups? I don’t remember seeing that in past seasons. LP’s Sean Simon may be the best north/south RB in SETX. At 5'9" and 195 lbs., he runs with power and he punishes tacklers. 3Q: PAM 27 and LP 24. PAM hit the long pass but couldn't score. LP marched down the field, converted a big 4th and 2, before finishing the drive and punching the ball into the end zone. That possession changed the momentum of the game. Good game by both teams.

Best game of the week. Good game to both teams.

Same...I can't see the replay. Is it blocked so future opponents can't watch the game?

Tip of the cap to PAM. #21 is a solid RB. He runs north/south with a mean streak. Stop fooling around with the QB/RPO package and give #21 the football. On defense, #10 and #45 were difficult to block and disruptive. #72 was a load in the middle. Nice call by the PAM staff on the TE pass. Heavy run formation, then hit the TE behind the defense. Well done. Good first game. PN-G got better as the game went on. They made some mistakes in the first half but played tougher and better in the second half. Lots of good pieces to work with this season. Good luck to PAM this year. GO INDIANS!

Best comment on the game. It's game 1 and fans are already judging the season. I bet both teams get much better over the next three or four weeks.

Coach Joseph's on the phone with Coach Todd at SOC...per Coach Todd, you have to let a player transfer out if you want a few players to transfer in...you know...for academic purposes. Over at PN-G, we are still learning the "process" and how to be SOC-like in the transfer portal.

SJ is an all-boys school with 1,400+ boys in grades 9-12. They are required by the UIL to multiply their student population by two to satisfy the presumption of an equal number of female students that would be present in a public school setting. Aggies Are We is right...notwithstanding the enrollment numbers, the UIL requires and SJ had to agree to play in the highest classification. For open enrollment schools, do you use the same rule...notwithstanding the enrollment numbers, will the UIL require and the school must agree to play in the highest classification? 14.2's post has prompted me to read about the select divisions being considered by some states. That's an interesting concept.

Strake Jesuit does not have 3,000 kids. My son goes to school there. They have 1,400 - 1,500 young men in grades 9-12. I'm not just referencing SOC. The DFW suburb schools recruit or "steer kids" just like SOC. I have an in-law that coaches in the DFW; no, she's not a football coach; she's volleyball/golf. I'm not sure what the answers are for a level playing field. We are a mobile society. Families move for all kinds of reasons. Blended families have kids in different schools for different reasons (e.g., private, public, and possibly in different public school zones). It's a complicated issue. Some families seek out special education resources to help those children in need. Not everyone moves for athletic reasons. A lot do, but not all. I've always thought it was strange that Aledo has an OL with 6'6" 280 lbs. kids every year. Highland Park, too. SLC, SOC, Desoto, and the list goes on. It's not just SOC.

Should the UIL require open enrollment schools to play sports in the highest classification? The private schools who elect to play in the UIL are required to play in the highest classification. Houston's Strake Jesuit comes to mind. SJ's enrollment fluctuates between 1,200 and 1,400, but the SJ sports teams must play in 6A. Should the open enrollment schools be treated the same way? Both systems, private education and open enrollment public schools, can cherry pick athletes.

Tatsuya Imai has to go. He has failed to get out of the FIRST inning in three of his 15 starts this season and has thrown fewer than five innings eight times. This information is courtesy of Chandler Rome who I follow on the X (old twitter) platform. The Stone Cold Astros podcast believes Dana Brown is a lame duck. The Astros will let him ride out this season, the last year of his contract. If the Astros make a deadline trade, supposedly Brown wants a bat. Espada is asking for starting pitching. Which one will win that tug-of-war?

Slight lean in favor of Montgomery due to RB Keldrid Ben. He's not the biggest, fastest, or most elusive RB, but defenders just bounce off of him. You are not going to arm tackle him. Even when a defender puts a good hit on him, you better bring some friends to get him on the ground. He can take a hit, keep his balance, and keep going.

Nothing will change in Iran unless the United States commits ground forces and removes the regime in power. That is unlikely to happen because it would cost American military lives and could become a prolonged, Vietnam-like conflict. Dead soliders and a prolonged war will ruin President Trump's slim chances of hanging on to Republican majorities in the House and Senate during the midterm elections. President Trump can't bully his way out of this situation. He's not going to bomb electrical and sewer infrastructure in Iran. That will turn the Iranian people against him and may create a refugee crisis, which will anger the other nations in the Middle East. President Trump has similar problems in Lebanon. Turkey will not let the United States or Israel put boots on the ground in Lebanon. Iran knows that so Hezbollah keeps playing cat-and-mouse games in Lebanon lobbing missiles at Israel. I don't see how President Trump gets out of this mess unless he forces a regime change in Tehran.

Lunceford is a great pitcher and student...he exemplifies PN-G's core values of HONOR, PRIDE, and TRADITION. Happy for all of these kids and coaches. GO INDIANS!!!

Last night, LMJ just didn't have it. At times this season, he has pitched well. At other times, like last night, he just didn't have it and the hitters put the bat on the ball. 5 innings, 5 earned runs, the Yankees opened the game with three runs, and two long balls. Overall, not a good night for LMJ. He competed, he's not a quitter, and he doesn't sulk on the mound, but his "stuff" just wasn't there. The offense didn't do anything either. The crowd was probably 70/30 Astros over Yankees, but when the Yankees opened the game with three runs and then had back-to-back big innings in the sixth and seventh, those Yankee fans got loud. I hate when that happens. Yankees, Cubs, Rangers, and Dodgers fans can get loud at Minute Maid/Daikin Park. On to the next game. Let's go Astros! Win, lose, or blow-out, I'm sticking with you. Go Astros!

Astros Friends, I'm afraid our Astros may have a long and ugly season in 2026. After last night's 9-6 loss @ Seattle, our beloved Astros are 9-10 on the year and struggling with a five game losing streak. Ouch! Our starting pitching is hurt (Brown), or has too small of a sample size to say if they are good or bad (LJM), or they are not very good (the rest of the group). I've got my unwashed 2022 Altuve jersey out of the closet (I last wore it for game six of the 2022 World Series vs. Philly), my rabbit's foot out, and my rally cap on. Time to break the five game losing streak and get on a five or six game winning streak (fingers crossed). 143 games left! Time to go 143-0. GO ASTROS!!!

+1 baddog. We need the Astros to play clean baseball, keep the bats hot, and hope the pitching comes around. Maybe Abreu will break out of his funk and have a big year? I know its only been 10-games, but I'm a tad concerned about him. On to Colorado and Seattle. GO ASTROS!!!