Nederland Bulldogs Football 2026 Thoughts

[Reagan]

Thoughts on the upcoming season?!

[AggiesAreWe]

With 7 offensive and 10 defensive starters returning along with 33 lettermen returning, I don't see them going 3-7 and winning just 1 district game this season.

DCTF has them being one of the most improved teams for this season.

I got them making playoffs.

[oldman]

Realignment did them favors

[A BUC 77]

Can’t wait!

[spidersal]

I certainly think they will be better than last year if they learn to play defense which hasn’t happened in several years. With that being said, there is a very good chance that they will go 0-4 in non district with their schedule. A good buddy says that the coaching staff is weak

[NHSBulldogFan]

6 hours ago, oldman said:

Realignment did them favors

I think cutting out spring training with as many kids out for baseball as we have had did them favors too

[NHSBulldogFan]

1 hour ago, spidersal said:

I certainly think they will be better than last year if they learn to play defense which hasn’t happened in several years. With that being said, there is a very good chance that they will go 0-4 in non district with their schedule. A good buddy says that the coaching staff is weak

I think our defensive staff has been the problem the last 2 years and nothing has changed except the personnel is a year more experienced...slight improvement but nothing to write home about...as bad as the district is i see no issue with Nederland making the playoffs

[bullets13]

Best case IMO is 5-5 and finishing 2nd in the district. Worst case is 2-8 and finishing 4th. They're a playoff team because of how weak the district is beyond PNG. In my best case scenario they find a way to pick up a non-district win (super tough start to the season) and then only lose to PNG in district. In my worst case scenario they go 0-4 pre-district, which is a real possibility, and then get beat by Texas City, PNG, and Dayton in district. 

[1970]

On 8/6/2026 at 3:54 PM, AggiesAreWe said:

With 7 offensive and 10 defensive starters returning along with 33 lettermen returning, I don't see them going 3-7 and winning just 1 district game this season.

DCTF has them being one of the most improved teams for this season.

I got them making playoffs.

Wow, I seemed to think that they were Sr-laden last season.  They'll have a new QB and RB, right?  It'll be interesting to see how they do in pre-district. 

[NHSBulldogFan]

10 hours ago, 1970 said:

Wow, I seemed to think that they were Sr-laden last season.  They'll have a new QB and RB, right?  It'll be interesting to see how they do in pre-district. 

I think the key to this season is keeping the RB Ned healthy. Id also like to see improvement at the WR position cause it was awful last year

[navydawg31]

Make or break year for Rich and company… year 3 in the program… tough non district schedule 

[navydawg31]

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Edited 22 hours ago by navydawg31
Double post.

[Razor]

lol...i thought coaches got 7 years these days to make an impact...

[1970]

On 8/7/2026 at 4:31 PM, 1970 said:

Wow, I seemed to think that they were Sr-laden last season.  They'll have a new QB and RB, right?  It'll be interesting to see how they do in pre-district. 

Per a quick search for the '25 season, it looks like the Bulldog JV and freshmen beat PNG JV and freshmen teams, and walloped Dayton.  I know that's not a tell-all indicator but it's better than being the other way around.  In comparison, I know that PNG's '22 and '23 Srs did very well from 8th - JV, and carried over to their Jr and Sr varsity seasons.