#2 Gunter vs #1 Franklin 3A Div II State Championship

[Guest Tiger03lb]

1 hour ago, Eagleborn said:

24 was just a few yards from breaking game record but he was wore out. 

I bet you would have if that one td wasn't called back

[Eagleborn]

1 hour ago, Tiger03lb said:

I bet you would have if that one td wasn't called back

Yup

[randomuser]

1 hour ago, Tiger03lb said:

I bet you would have if that one td wasn't called back

Yup +1

[randomuser]

1 hour ago, Tiger03lb said:

I bet you would have if that one td wasn't called back

Maybe if he had saved some energy from the TD dances he did after he scored. He accidentally broke out in that dance in the endzone last week against Waskom and I thought Fannin was gonna kill him

[Pax]

3 hours ago, lionpride08 said:

Yes someone told me 590 last night but it was the unofficial number but they did break the rushing record with 523.. Old record was help by 2012 East Bernard of 511

It's a bit odd how they show the yardage on the state championship stat sheets.  They show positive rushing yards, negative rushing yards, and then net yardage.  The only number anyone cares about is the net yardage.  I'm not sure where the 590 comes from, but maybe it was just a typo from wherever you got the number.  Franklin had 560 yards gained rushing and 37 yards lost rushing (fairly sure that sacks count as negative rushing yards in high school stats).  Net yards of 523.

[randomuser]

17 minutes ago, Pax said:

It's a bit odd how they show the yardage on the state championship stat sheets.  They show positive rushing yards, negative rushing yards, and then net yardage.  The only number anyone cares about is the net yardage.  I'm not sure where the 590 comes from, but maybe it was just a typo from wherever you got the number.  Franklin had 560 yards gained rushing and 37 yards lost rushing (fairly sure that sacks count as negative rushing yards in high school stats).  Net yards of 523.

You’re correct Pax on the sacks.

[lionpride08]

32 minutes ago, Pax said:

It's a bit odd how they show the yardage on the state championship stat sheets.  They show positive rushing yards, negative rushing yards, and then net yardage.  The only number anyone cares about is the net yardage.  I'm not sure where the 590 comes from, but maybe it was just a typo from wherever you got the number.  Franklin had 560 yards gained rushing and 37 yards lost rushing (fairly sure that sacks count as negative rushing yards in high school stats).  Net yards of 523.

It was most likely a typo

[88YoePride]

4 hours ago, ObiOne said:

Pretty amazing y'all set a rushing record against Gunter.  Gunter defense was no joke and their first team only gave up a handful of scores all year.  Franklin got some bad dudes!

Also, Gunter hadn't given up more than 42 points since 2012.

[centex1]

45 minutes ago, 88YoePride said:

Also, Gunter hadn't given up more than 42 points since 2012.

2014

[armchair]

Congrats to Franklin. Long time coming. 

[lionpride08]

8 hours ago, randomuser said:

Maybe if he had saved some energy from the TD dances he did after he scored. He accidentally broke out in that dance in the endzone last week against Waskom and I thought Fannin was gonna kill him

He has done that all season.. My son actually dances with him after every game. Him as well as a lot of other boys are very involved with the youth and youth programs here. Great role models for all the kids. They teach them to play hard and with all your heart but to also have fun. That is how sports started for all of us because it was fun. Once you take the joy and fun out of the game you start to struggle and not care anymore

[BoyzNdaHood]

7 hours ago, lionpride08 said:

He has done that all season.. My son actually dances with him after every game. Him as well as a lot of other boys are very involved with the youth and youth programs here. Great role models for all the kids. They teach them to play hard and with all your heart but to also have fun. That is how sports started for all of us because it was fun. Once you take the joy and fun out of the game you start to struggle and not care anymore

#24 I don’t recall him having a big game against waskom... did he play? I was there, just remember #12, and #15 doing the work in that game

[lionpride08]

2 hours ago, JETT said:

#24 I don’t recall him having a big game against waskom... did he play? I was there, just remember #12, and #15 doing the work in that game

He scored a td against waskom and he was the one who stripped the ball out of the waskom players hand who was goin into score

[BoyzNdaHood]

1 hour ago, lionpride08 said:

He scored a td against waskom and he was the one who stripped the ball out of the waskom players hand who was goin into score

Ah OK

[LSUTIGERS]

2 hours ago, lionpride08 said:

He scored a td against waskom and he was the one who stripped the ball out of the waskom players hand who was goin into score

Still hurts

[GTAlumnus]

What can I say - Tigers fought hard but could not stop those two incredible backs.  Congratulations Franklin on a well deserved state championship. 

[88YoePride]

On 12/17/2021 at 6:43 PM, centex1 said:

2014

I read 2012.

Then I heard something else entirely. 

[centex1]

1 hour ago, 88YoePride said:

I read 2012.

Then I heard something else entirely. 

2014 regional final 

Waskom 49 Gunter 15

[88YoePride]

On 12/27/2021 at 10:00 AM, centex1 said:

2014 regional final 

Waskom 49 Gunter 15

See?

[lionpride08]

Just seen Franklin's head coach Mark Fannin was Maxpreps small school Coach of the Year. #15 for Franklin made the Maxpreps All American team. Franklin also rushed for 7,009 yards this season which is ranked 5th all time in the nation for rushing in a season