BevBrownJr

If I correctly read the DCTF magazine that I bought this past summer, it was 800 last time (2 years ago).

That was two playoff-bound and playoff-worthy teams going at it last night in Bulldog Stadium. Van had a great plan. They had 9 first downs on their first 2 possessions of the game, which ate up all but 2 minutes of the first half. That resulted in Carthage having to hurry to score its second touchdown of the game, taking the lead 14-7 with 6 seconds to go in the half. It’s hard to score when you don’t have the ball. The Bulldogs did exactly what they.needed to do after the break, stopping the Vandals on their first possession and then taking the ball and scoring on a drive that was all on the ground. The tide was turned. I expect to see a rematch of these two teams in early December. I don’t expect to be able to comfortably wear short pants as I did last night.

Thanks. Sounds like a good test for Carthage. I suspect Coach Surratt will have them ready for it.

Do I correctly understand that you believe in the latter case that Van could score as many points Friday against CHS as did Center last week?

The defending state champion Bulldogs are 9-0 and have won 106 of their past 108 games (including playoffs). The 7-1 Vandals’ best hope for an upset win probably lies in their defense, which has only been giving up an average of about 3 TDS per game (just over 12 points a game in district play). I see a a CHS win of around 35-14. How do you see it?

Did Colt Hodges (#70) play defense last night, or only offense?

7 of Center’s were a defensive TD (returned fumble)

Final score?

I missed Carthage’s 2-point conversion after their 1st TD?. How did they do it?

Sounds reasonable, as Daingerfield has averaged just under 40 points per game in its other six games. Spring Hill is another team that scored fewer points against Center (20) than against the other teams it has played this year (average of 32). Don’t know what the story behind this is, but I suspect one of the other followers of this thread will soon let us know.

Question of the day: Did Center’s losing to Van last week, which took some of the luster off this Friday’s game, help or hurt their chances of pulling off an upset against the defending state champs?

It’s probably a good thing that the two toughest district games are the last two. It’s an opportunity to really start getting in playoff mode.

Lowest thus far was 28 in a 7-point win against Daingerfield.

Panther, will Carthage be seeing Spring Hill in playoff round 3 or 4 rather than round 1?

Biggest surprise of last night’s game: Jett Surratt running a QB draw 2nd biggest surprise: The Bulldogs’ senior blocking back #20 getting a carry. Just 2 more things for the D-Coordinators of future opponents to have to prepare for!

Carthage wins 49-21. Per Larry Allen: Rushing yardage CHS 159, RHS 34 Passing yardage CHS 289, RHS 147 Total yardage: CHS 448, RHS 181 CHS’s 105th win in its last 107 games!

Total offense in the 1st half: CHS 293 RHS 90

Coach Surratt told the radio audience he wasn’t happy with the lack of pass rush in the first half. I suspect the next thing he did was to so inform the team.

Rusk fans: After playing both Center and Van the past 2 weeks, which one do you think will be undefeated in district play when Carthage meets them in 1 and 2 weeks, respectively?

Over 50 years ago, Kent Aldridge and Lemon Boyd - who were likely kin to 2 of the 3 mentioned above - joined Marshall Johnson (later an NFL player) to form a terrific backfield for the 1970 Fightin’ Indians.

For those of you who find comparative scores meaningful, Rusk lost to Center by 28 points in the district opener and to Van by 32 points last Friday. Perhaps Van by 3 at home this week?

I find it mildly interesting that Rusk lost by a larger margin to Van last week (3-35) than they did to Center the week before (48-76).

Carthage’s 3rd-string RB could start for most of the teams they have played this year.

Wow! Maybe there will be a Carthage-Spring Hill playoff game after all.

Where will it be played?