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A young defensive line does not bode well for Nac. Kilgore will eat you alive and make you like it. The great Nac secondary will have to stop Kilgore runners on every play, probably AFTER they have gashed through for a good gain. Oh, and Kilgore is gonna bleed the clock to death. If Nac wins this one, they have my respect and I'll expect even bigger things from them the rest of the year.

We are saying the same thing about Justice. Not as fast, but just so dadgum hard to stop and get him down. They are fun players to watch.

I heard is was gonna be on the new SEC Network. :o

Anyone else notice how many exclamation marks feartheleopard uses? Over 100 so far in this thread. It's gonna be a long season feartheleopard. Pace yourself.

He's just using a line from JACKPOT. You must be new around here.

Well, with that kind of logic, then Boyd is for sure the better of the two now. After all, he is now a year older and a year faster now.

Longview is not a worthy opponent. Get back to us after you've won your second state title.

This is the funniest post I've seen in a while.

The proportion IS close to the same. Longview starts off with more quality atheletes (than Gilmer, Tatum, Daingerfield) when their enrollment is 2000, otherwise they would not be able to compete and beat Allen with an enrollment twice their size, just as Gilmer, Tatum, Daingerfield routinely beat teams twice their size.

Maybe and Yes. There is nothing to show the quality of those extra 220 schools. The cream always rises to the top, regardless of numbers. Perhaps the odds are better with smaller numbers, but I would not bet on it. Flip a coin 180 times or 440 times and you will get close to the same result.

Gilmer has competed with and beaten teams close to twice their size multiple times, including for a state title. Please compare the enrollments of Gilmer and Abilene Wylie. I don't see the 2 to 3,000 difference at the top level being much different. Seems to be a closer comparison than some here want to admit. That being said, competing against the larger schools ain't no cake walk. It would be good if Smoaky had a page in the history section showing all state titles in all classes with the enrollments of the winning/losing teams and a total at the end showing how many bigger schools won it all, to see the advantage, if there is one. That would settle this question with certainty.

I was wondering if anybody was going to throw this one in the ring. Really good genes in that family.

Yikes !!! That looks like a West Coast starting time. :jawdrop:

I'll raise you one and take the GBs in 3.

Elite weight room. Next question.

I knew that was coming. Payback could be sweet.

What all have they offered?

Ditto. For those that seem to have been slighted, their playoff performances should get them the love they deserve on the future All-State teams coming out in a few weeks.

Congratulations JB and may the new little smack talker's timeouts be not nearly as long as you have suffered through. The early learning about Satan makes me think you will soon have some very stiff competition for the all-time timeout record on Smoaky.

I met a lineman from SLC that played against Stoney and he gave just about the same opinion. Bad to the bone and more. Lots of respect for that one Stonie Clark.

After seeing the photos and reading the game results from last week, I think the more accurate description of Gladewater is that their RB is HURT-ful. There other regular backs may be hurting, but Daylon Mack is carrying the load.

Glad to see the Bears come out of hibernation in time for the playoffs. Gladewater is now playing like we expected them to play at the start of the season. Better late than never, especially in the playoffs.

What's all this Whitehouse, run, Whitehouse run, Whitehouse run? I thought they were a passing team. I guess whatever works. Congrats to WH. Sounds like they really had to earn this one.

Keep it coming HK. You got us on the edge of our seats here.

Here's the AP preseason and they were at #17, Longview was at #20. Most people new better than to trust AP. Here is The AP preseason high school poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, points based on 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1, and the team's ranking in last week's poll: Class 5A School Total Points Prv 1. Allen (14) 227 6 2. Katy (6) 205 1 3. Cibolo Steele (2) 176 3 4. DeSoto 139 2 5. Southlake Carroll 129 7 6. Euless Trinity (1) 124 - 7. Austin Westlake 75 - 8. Galena Park North Shore 62 - 9. Houston Lamar (1) 49 - 10. Coppell 34 4 Others receiving votes: 11, Cedar Hill 33. 12, Dallas Skyline 19. 13, Lake Travis 14. 14, Arlington Martin 7. 15, Converse Judson 5. 15, Arlington Bowie 5. 17, SA Northside O'Connor 3. 17, Lufkin 3. 17, Tyler Lee 3. 20, SA Northside Brandeis 2. 20, SA Madison 2. 20, Abilene 2. 23, Abilene Cooper 1. 23, Longview 1.