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ArtVandelay

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  1. I hadn't thought of grouping Pecos with the El Paso schools. It's 3 hours away from El Paso, but Pecos is not close to anything except Andrews. There are 9 El Paso area schools and I debated whether to make them one district or two, so adding Pecos makes it easier to have two districts. You really have to start with El Paso when doing a mock because what happens out there really affects how the rest of the state shakes out. It's such a domino effect.
  2. Just my prediction. I don't feel great about some of the districts, but I'm pretty confident in how the East Texas districts work out.
  3. I heard cutoff numbers won't be released until Friday. Only enrollment numbers today.
  4. So I guess this isn't happening today? Any update on when they may release this?
  5. What are the driving factors for such a large increase to the D1/D2 cut off? I've read where some are predicting that number to be 990. That would be a 110 increase from last time. That would be pretty unprecedented. Whether Henderson stays or drops will have ripple effects to the North and West. The Tyler area district in 4A D1 needs six schools. If Henderson stays it looks like they will be the 6th school. If they drop then looks like Mabank would slide over and create a void for the SS / Paris / Kaufman district.
  6. I can't speak to what the Jacksonville Freshman and JV have done the rest of the year, but I was at the first game of the season against Sulphur Springs. SS Freshman won 52-6 and SS JV won 39-0, so it doesn't look like they've got a lot of help coming up anytime soon.
  7. UIL and TAPPS rules are almost identical when it comes to inclement weather. Both governing bodies follow NCAA rules for football, which give coaches four options if the game is suspended before the end of the fourth period and cannot be resumed: 1) resume the game at a later date, 2) terminate the game with a determined final score, 3) forfeit the game or 4) declare a no contest. The coaches in this game mutually decided that the game could not be continued and that it would be declared a no contest. Officially Gilmer did not win. Paris did not win. It is a no contest. Unofficially anybody can say or print whatever they'd like, including Dave Campbell.
  8. I’ll go out on a limb and say Kilgore shuts them out. I didn’t see anything out of Hallsville’s offense last week that makes me think they can score against Kilgore.
  9. Well that was embarrassing. We flat out didn’t show up at all. Maybe the slow start against Jax was a red flag. Like I said we do have the potential to be really good this year, but I think we’re up to 12 Sophs on varsity and I think 9 started. 4 on the O line. They better grow up fast. We may still be a year or two away. Our kids spent too much time talking trash this week. If you’re going to talk the talk you better be able to back it up. Hopefully they learned their lesson.
  10. Sulphur Springs JV 37 MP 14 SS Freshmen 28 MP 0
  11. I'm biased but I think SS wins by 14. We didn't blow out Jacksonville, but I wouldn't say we struggled either. It was just a typical first game. Not as crisp as we probably would have liked to be. And don't overlook Jacksonville. They have a WR that is a stud. I think he has multiple D1 offers. He scored their only two touchdowns. They just don't have enough to go around him, but I think they have a good shot at making the playoffs. We should be really good this year. We have the potential to finish the season as a top 10 team. We started last year 7-1 and then our QB broke his ankle. I think what has everybody excited around here is our Sophomore class. That group is special. I think we have 8 Sophomores starting on varsity this year. I think the expectation is those kids will play for a state championship before they graduate. As for this year our success will depend on how fast those young kids mature at the varsity level, but mixing those kids with a lot of returning talent has the potential to make for a really good season.
  12. Sulphur Springs JV 39 Jacksonville 0 Sulphur Springs Freshmen 52 Jacksonville 6
  13. I think a big disadvantage for Celina is being in a district with the DISD schools, which is probably one of the least competitive districts in the state. It makes for an easy district championship, but it can't be good for preparing for the playoffs when you're last (and possibly only) competitive game is September 15th.
  14. JT vs PESH. November 26, 1994. Texas Stadium. I was there. I left with 3:00 left in the game and JT up 41-17. PESH went up 44-41 with 24 seconds left. JT returned the kickoff for a TD to win 48-44. Greatest ending to any high school game in Texas history and I missed it because I had to get up early the next morning. I think there were 48 combined points scored in the final 5 minutes of the game.
  15. All year long looking at the schedule I felt confident we would beat Kaufman in week 9 and set up a week 10 game against Anna for the district championship. Losing our quarterback for the season last week changes things a little. I think there is a lot of confidence in the backup QB. He's a sophomore and I think the general feeling is he's a good passer and we won't lose much in the passing game, but he doesn't have the running ability that our starter had, or the experience. Other than Hallsville no one has scored more than 17 points against us. Over the last 5 games we've given up a total of 7 second half points. So our defense has the ability to keep us in the game against Kaufman even with the backup QB. I'm not going to make a pick right now not knowing what we're going to get out of our QB. I'll just say this. Both teams have excellent kickers so I'm going to say one team wins by a field goal in a relatively low scoring game. Something like 24-21 or 20-17.
  16. No doubt. When you you're making predictions this far out, especially for the 4th place teams, it's just an educated guess, but I do think MP wins tonight and things play out the way I said. There's an oustside chance Whitehouse could beat Marshall as well. Regardless of how it all shakes out I feel pretty confident Lovejoy, Melissa, Crandall, and T High will be the teams moving on to the second round.
  17. I disagree. I hate to say it, but the level of competition over towards the metroplex has gotten significantly tougher compared to east Texas in the last few years. I think in the first round: Lovejoy blows out Whitehouse Melissa blows out Marshall Crandall beats Hallsville in a good game Texas High blows out Terrell I think Texas High's season ends in the 3rd round against Lovejoy after beating a good Everman team in the 2nd round. I will say however that it's not out of the realm of possibility for Melissa to upset Lovejoy and win that district. I don't think they are too far behind them.
  18. That’s kind of what I was saying earlier, they look really good getting off the bus. Something’s not right there. They should be more competitive with the kids they have. Can’t say it’s the coaching cause they’ve got a new coach this year, but same results.
  19. Most definitely. I was just making a reference to a comment made a few weeks ago that came across as a little arrogant and struck a nerve. I’ve been trying to tell people for a while I thought this was going to happen and was scoffed at. This wasn’t an upset to me.
  20. Hallsville’s powderpuff schedule continues with another win over the Sisters of the Perpetually Weak High School. #neverplayedagreatteam
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