CrankyOldMan
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6 hours ago, 2Punks said:
My thought exactly!
Anna would mudhole gunter.
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Does he still have the fire or is he just looking for one last payday? He is in a great situation to succeed. Especially if the district remains close to the same as now, not much competition except maybe Melissa but they are hamstrung by their HC. I expect it will be LJ and SOC going at it most years in region 2 until one of the two HC’s hang it.
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23 hours ago, GoodOleBoy73 said:
Congrats to these kids...but I've never understood Padilla Poll all-state lists. Don't know how you can call it an "All-State" list but only people who pay your subscription are eligible. Several teams across the state get left out of "the godfathers" list...
Padilla all state teams have ZERO credibility. It just quid pro quo scheme for him to get subscribers to his hack publication.
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He is a hack. Is basically a caricature of himself. The big ole cowboy hat and giant ring that evidently he had no part of winning is ridiculous. He adds no value to broadcast.
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You would think would want to move up. 3A-D2 is like peewee ball in the grand scheme of Texas HS football.
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Celina would spank em.
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3 hours ago, Pax said:
This makes zero sense. The year you are talking to, Meillisa was blowing everyone out until they got deep into the playoffs. I guess Mellisa shpuld have been playing up that year, eh? Or did you enjoy their run at a title? Nah, you hated it, right? It wasn't fair to all those teams they were blowing out....
I also remember another year where Gunter beat Melissa. Melissa went on to win state that year - again classes up from Gunter - handing Melissa their only loss that year.
By the way, Melissa would go on to be ranked #7 in 4AD1 that year, so that's TWO classes up from Gunter - which confirms what I was saying.
Also, why weren't you complaining and urging Melissa to move up a division back during their deep runs when they were blowing everyone out in the regular season? Eh? Where were you?
It's no different.
Sorry sir. Didn’t mean to make you angry. Just saying Gunter could compete up a one division and still win state but not up three divisions. Im sorry if that is offensive to you but it shouldn’t be. I used the Melissa scrimmage just because that was a recent example of them trying compete 3 classes up and it wasn’t competitive. Kudos to them for even taking that scrimmage.
I do remember Gunter putting on Melissa but it wasn’t the state championship year but a couple of years later. Melissa was at least a division or two above Gunter at that time and Gunter still spanked em. All this is said to complement Gunter not disparage them.
Edit: Gunter did beat Melissa the state championship year but also beat them after the state championship year.
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I know I am probably in the minority but it just seems there is too many di
11 hours ago, Pax said:Gunter will face better competition the deeper they get into the playoffs. If they played up, they would likely be blowing a lot of teams out at this part of the season as well, and once again meet better competition deeper into the playoffs. There is a LOT of overlap between two adjacent classes. Gunter is currently ranked #1 in 3AD2 according to Pigskin ratings. If they played a D1 schedule, they'd be ranked #2. In fact, if you ranked all of 4AD1 down, Gunter is ranked #5. They'd have to jump to 5AD2 before they would be outside the top ten - where they would sit at #13.
I don't mean this as a "look at how good Gunter is" kind of way. It's just the reality. Playing up won't eliminate these district/early season blowouts. They will likely move up to D1 next realignment anyway, so for those that think they shpuld be playing up, they'll probably be required to soon enough.
I agree Gunter would do we’ll certainly at 3a-d1 and even 4a-d2. I remember they scrimmaged Melissa during covid year 2020 when Melissa was 4a-d1 and Melissa very much dominated them. Gunter is in such a great geographical location drawing from the growing suburbs they are going to be very good no matter what division they play in for a long time. You would just think they would get bored but I guess winning is never boring.
I know I am probably in the minority but it just seems there are too many divisions and moving to a single division in each classification would make for better competition. If you want more teams that can be state champions then current system is better but competition suffers.
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Gunter ought to seriously consider playing up like several other schools across the state do. They have made their mark and really nothing left to accomplish at 3A-D2. I know the parents of the kids on the team love blowouts but my guess is the kids would like stiffer competition then maybe once a season. From this spectator’s standpoint football is only fun to watch if the matchups are at least in the same ballpark talent wise so there is really no need to ever watch Gunter because you already know the outcome.
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6 hours ago, collincountyfootball1 said:
Lovejoy boat races Argyle 42-14, game was never close. Very similar to the Melissa game for Argyle. I think this definitely makes me push Frisco Emerson ahead of Argyle in that district especially after the way Emerson handled a pretty decent Woodrow Wilson team. Final game of the year Melissa vs Lovejoy is going to be a good one. District championship game @ Melissa’s new stadium should be a fun one again.
After seeing Melissa, LJ & SOC play I give the nod by a pretty good margin to SOC in regions 1 & 2. They are big, fast, disciplined and surprisingly effective passing game. Melissa has a nice team but are undisciplined, way too many flags and honestly I don’t think their D is that stout. LJ like Melissa with just an above average defense. Don’t know anything about Emerson but seem to be taking care of business. They are definitely on the radar now.
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I guess I saw a different LJ then you guys saw last week. Offense is very good and defense gave up some garbage points at the end to make score looks closer then the game really was. Their stud LB didn’t play much of the third or any 4th qtr. That was against a team that was ranked #3 in a higher division.
Unless Argyle comes out as a completely different team then last week I have to believe LJ wins. Argyle did not look good at all last week and didn’t really flash anything to give a lot of hope for a one week turnaround.
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12 hours ago, collincountyfootball1 said:
SOC does return some pretty talented LB’s and they have great size along the line but even they aren’t as deep and talented as Melissa. Melissa is honestly more talented along the OL/DL than SOC and they have the better QB/RB duo than SOC as well. SOC is going to be similar to last year were you’re probably not going to see the best version of them until deeper into the season.
SOC to me looks loaded talent wise will it come together? It has in the past. I disagree that Melissa is better on the DL then SOC but do agree on the OL. I think SOC QB/RB compares favorably to Melissa. Depth who knows but Melissa 2nd team didn’t look great in the scrimmage or against Argyle. That being said it all about the Defense to win it all. Melissa my have advantage right now due to experience but I believe SOC will great when its all said and done. If those two teams meet again the winning team may not score more then 14.
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35 minutes ago, collincountyfootball1 said:
They also had a CB move in from McKinney Boyd that was an all district player and a starting LB is a move in from Allen as well. Lots and lots of transfers at Melissa.
I guess the better question is how is it everybody else in town from where they transferred from and where they transferred to know why they transferred but the AD’s and coaches don’t? A rule that is ignored is no rule at all.
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19 minutes ago, MattStepp said:
Did McKinney check the box that he moved for athletic purposes and if they didnt did someone in the DEC challenge it? If the answer is no then by UIL rules he's eligible
Thanks for the clarification. They may as well eliminate the rule altogether at this point. With all the brother-in-lawing between the coaches and AD’s in this state I would imagine that box rarely gets checked.
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2 hours ago, MattStepp said:
That's P-Nut Abrams moved in from McKinney
I guess I don’t understand UIL transfer rules based on the reason I heard he moved to Melissa. Can you move for athletic purposes now and be immediately eligible?
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This year Argyle’s team is a shell of it’s former self. Maybe they will pull it together but the talent fall off from prior years was evident. Luckily they are in a weak region 1 which amazingly still might give them a path to the semis.
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I was banned for posting an a popular movie clip 3 years ago. I don’t know for how long I was banned though but I won’t ever use it again.
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Also the stadium is very nice. Room for everyone!! Not quite Mckinney or Prosper nice but they didn’t spend near as much. Feel like they got good value for the $$. The team entrance would be awesome as they come out of the indoor facility and have some smoke machines instead of the tired old inflatable tunnel thing.
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Went to Melissa’s scrimmage against Anna. Anna was successful throwing the ball especially on the outside. Melissa’s Secondary seem to be the weak unit on D. Anna didn’t score a TD but they had penalties that killed some drives deep. The DL #2 on Melissa is trouble on the downs he decided to give effort. LB’s kinda meh from what I saw.
Melissa’s O is hard to say. The Oline definitely is not what it was last year at the end of the year. No push on running plays. Seemed a bit out of shape. #73 was yaking all over the field. The QB is pretty damn good at the zone read and will break off big chunks if not accounted for. Melissa’s big WR #9 will kill you one on one. He does not lose contested ball battles and has phenomenal hands. RB #3 is a hard runner but the RB depth doesn’t look great compared to last year with the stud safety/RB they graduated. The backup QB situation is dire at best. Kicking game is absolutely horrendous no two ways about it. Melissa still seems undisciplined and runs their mouths and coaches don’t seem to care.
I don’t who will win the game because I know nada about Argyle. I will say that at this point I don’t think Melissa stacks to either Argyle’s or SOC’s 2022 teams.
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Ok. Ah-right.
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On 5/3/2023 at 3:06 PM, JasonDellaRosa said:
It's almost like the tax base continues to grow -- they had 346 kids just at the high school alone in a two-year span and when Snapshot Day comes in the fall, I bet the increase is bigger than that. You add 700 high school kids alone in a four-span there is significant growth in that area.
“Give them bread and circuses and they will never revolt.”
Celina vs Gunter 2024
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Might not look like a blowout because the Anna and Celina coaches will have the class to not run it up too bad but it won’t be competitive after the 1st quarter.