FINAL — Nederland 35 at Dayton 28 — Discussion

[Brubaker]

No effort… a losers mentality… I’ve been surrounded by lots of ignorance in my life, but some folks have a way of shining extra bright

[Razor]

Think of it like this, and I’m not saying they are a great football team, but they are amazingly and strangely close to being 9-1 right now if they could finish games…you are what your record says you are, but no one has beat the brakes off of them yet

[1989NDN]

3 minutes ago, spidersal said:

Finally got their head out of ??? And got the win. There are no words to eat. They had a 28-20 lead and gave up a 90 yd drive and then got the lead 35-28 and almost gave up an 89 yd drive. They got very fortunate that Dayton had a bunch of penalties. They are not anywhere a good football team. The good news is they will wind up 6-5. Huntsville will beat them like Texas High did their last playoff appearance Fortunately they are in a horrible district or they would be sitting at home next week

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.

[NHSBulldogFan]

2 minutes ago, 1989NDN said:

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.

We were down 20-0 at one point we truly looked uninspired out there but we didn't quit and came back and won it...onto Huntsville next week 

[Brubaker]

Down 20-0 at 1 point

[spidersal]

There was absolutely no effort in the 1st half and Dayton’s last 2 drives showed a lot of loser mentality The defense was looking for a way to blow it. Thank goodness the OL started blocking and the Bulldogs did a good job of getting just a few penalties

[Razor]

1989NDN, you gotta know ole spider…he’s our resident Debbie downer…everything sux and that is when he’s his happiest…best just let him be miserable 

[Bronco/Cat Fan]

41 minutes ago, Razor said:

Shouldn’t have been that close, but finally a game where they, dare I say….

 

FINISHED!!!

good win, Dogs!

Shouldn't have been that close? Nederland was fortunate to get out with the win.

[Razor]

Dayton scored 20 points in like their first 5 plays before Nederland realized there was a game…Nederland from there outscored Dayton 35-8…that’s what I mean when I reference “shouldn’t have been that close”…Nederland was the better team IMO…they just didn’t play 4 full quarters…both have a lot of room for improvement 

[1970]

Looks like it was a good game. Congrats both teams, and good luck.  

[Bronco/Cat Fan]

Same could be said of Dayton, they only played 2 full quarters.Good luck to both teams next week.

[spidersal]

The reason I said loser’s mentality - West Brook lead late in game - choked, PNG lead late in game - choked, Texas City lead late in game - choked, Dayton lead late in game - tried to choke. In everyone of those games they were looking for a way to lose. I would call that a loser’s mentality why - last year 3-7 and most of same players back. I think their minds revert to last season. On the bright side they won 3 more games this season and will have a 6-5 winning record thanks to BL, GP, and SF

[Razor]

You call it “losers mentality”, I call it “learning to finish”…i just don’t think these kids are losers by any stretch…I think they are developing and learning…step in the right direction last night 

[Razor]

8 hours ago, Bronco/Cat Fan said:

Same could be said of Dayton, they only played 2 full quarters.Good luck to both teams next week.

You' re certainly entitled to that opinion...best of luck to Dayton in the playoffs

[prepballfan]

Congrats Nederland on the win. Best of luck to both of you in the playoffs. Our Brothers and Sisters across the tracks, and our Purrple Brothers and Sisters I truly wish you the best and a successful playoffs.

[jayhawk]

I wasn't going to comment but after reading some of these before and after game comment s I'm going to weigh in.        Big Ned won the game and good luck going forward.  You don't hear anyone from  Dayton crying or complaining about the game. I think Ned is ranked 23rd and Dayton 60ish in the State and all of the Big boys had Ned pre-picked with a relative easy win.   ( only one fan in the pickems choose Dayton- one)  So to get on here  and say Ned was flat ,uninspired and let Dayton get a 20 point lead in the first quarter is a little disingenuous not  to give Dayton their accolades. The real reason for the anomaly - you got  punched in the face and underestimated  a team that was  alot better than you thought. Let's be honest saying things like we finally finished a game - ?when Dayton had 50 yards of penalties ( and this was all on Dayton being stupid) in their last two drives-odds on Dayton probably would of won.                 After being in the cellar for years Dayton is climbing out and getting more formidable every  season so don't sleep on us.