Bi-District: Pflugerville Weiss @ La Porte, Bulldog Stadium, 11/14, 7 p.m.

[OlDawg]

Weiss travels to Bulldog Stadium carrying an 8-2 record overall after knocking off previously undefeated Austin Anderson in their final district game. They average 47.7 ppg, and give up 16.5 papg. They feature mainly a passing attack with a brother QB to WR combination along with other outstanding receivers. They average 316 passing ypg with 44 TD's, and 12 INT's. Their QB completes at about a 70% completion pct. They average 128 rushing ypg with 17 TD's. Total ypg average is 445.

Pflugerville Weiss combined opponent record: 48-52

La Porte carries a 9-1 record, and is almost a mirror opposite. The Bulldogs average 45.7 ppg, and give up 23.9 papg. They feature a rushing attack led by Simon and Ruffin that averages 366 ypg with 44 TD's, and a passing attack that averages 138 ypg with 17 TD's and 2 INT's. The La Porte QB's combined have completed 60% of their attempts. Total ypg average is 504.

La Porte combined opponent record: 55-45.

Weiss gave up 367 yards on the ground to College Station two weeks ago, and La Porte's pass D is their weakest part of their D. La Porte will really need to wrap up the Weiss receivers, and get pressure on the QB to create errant throws and TO opportunities. They can't allow quick strikes and breakaways. On O, the Dawgs will need to play error free & control the clock to wear down the Wolves defense.

Should be a very good first round matchup.

Thoughts?

[LPILA1351]

Couldn't agree more with your analysis. LP's secondary has given me grey hair this year.  As much as I hate to see corners playing 10 yards off the receivers I can understand why. Even with the large cushion the corners and safetys still get beat deep and are out of position more times than not. Weiss QB will be licking his chops watching game film. Ok done with my rant. Pulling for LP. Optimistic prediction is LP doing just enough again 49 - 42. 

[1970]

LP in a close game; hopefully no untimely penalties or mistakes. 

[OlDawg]

I’ve noticed the Weiss QB makes a lot of plays when the original play breaks down. His brother comes back to him in open spaces, and bails him out. LP can’t lose track of him when they apply pressure. Passing lane discipline is going to be crucial.

This will be a very tough matchup. No lead will be safe.

[OlDawg]

2 hours ago, LPILA1351 said:

Couldn't agree more with your analysis. LP's secondary has given me grey hair this year.  As much as I hate to see corners playing 10 yards off the receivers I can understand why. Even with the large cushion the corners and safetys still get beat deep and are out of position more times than not. Weiss QB will be licking his chops watching game film. Ok done with my rant. Pulling for LP. Optimistic prediction is LP doing just enough again 49 - 42. 

Mine was already gray. I’m reaching the scab stage from scratching. Irritating because they seem to lose focus sometimes. They’re great one play, and bomb out the next. The arm tackling is going to be their downfall if they don’t correct it. This is one of the poorest tackling LP teams I can remember. Hopefully, they’ve addressed it again. Quit trying to make the spectacular play, and just tackle with fundamentals. Make Weiss drive the entire field on a sustained drive. If they can do that—problems solved. With the DL, not many will be able to sustain long drives without a solid run game which plays into LP’s strength on D.

Weiss also has a big OL they play both ways and move to DL. He’s a D1 talent. Big disruptor. Both of Weiss’ lines are big. They have a talented 6’4” receiver who can come down with big time catches as well.

They’re really only a few plays from being a 1 seed.