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Agree with this, he just can’t help himself. I still can’t excuse voters that choose what’s detrimental to the country because they get butt-hurt but come on.

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Trump supporters love him because he's the jerk that they don't have the balls to be in real life.....then they cry that he's a "scapegoat" when the consequences of his actions come around to bite him in the butt. And for what it's worth, Trump is the biggest face-spitter that our country has ever seen. It's so comical that you believe that he "can't be bought" when literally everything he has is for sale for the right price. Want some nuclear codes? Pay me. Need a place to house my secret service agents? Pay me. You're right... he's not for sale. He's all about Trump, and does it by tricking people into believing that he's America First, Pro-Life, Christian, etc.... And his fanboys just keep lapping it up.

Bottom line, there was no tsunami and most of the blame is at Trump's feet. The red side need's to dump Trump and hitch their wagon to a better candidate. Too many voters are voting against and not for. That's the problem.

Here’s the deal, and I think most of you will agree, FOX is the only major news outlet to watch. Perfect? Heck no, but so much closer to being accurate than the others. That said, let me get this off my chest. FOX announcer have said, and continue to say, “The American people are too smart for that”. NEW FLASH FOX - they’re not. My eyes roll when they say that. This midterm election is added proof, as if any was needed. The 2020 election results was proof enough. Even if the Dems cheated (which I will always believe) for that many to vote Biden over Trump was insane. And with inflation running away like a spooked cat, and the country turning into a Third World Debacle, and the Government lying to us with every breath, this should’ve been the Red Wave everyone predicted. It should be in the bag now. The American people are too smart for that? No FOX, they’re not. They’re Dumber than a bag of rocks.

and that is my point. The Red needs to hitch to another candidate to right this wrong. There's just too much against Trump to win an election.

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Gee, I thought there was an answer in there somewhere. I haven’t seen where election denial was a requirement for Trump backing. The whole thing is, people will research which candidates lose that were Trump backed and totally ignore who lost with elite democrat backing. I have no trouble seeing where you stand. Trump is everyone’s scapegoat. Running both parties the wrong way is what I like about him anyway. He can’t be bought and that means everything to me. Everyone else will sell this country to the highest bidder and spit in your face while doing it

Are you talking about the ones that vote D or the ones that vote Trump? Because there's really not a difference. A vote cast for an opponent that can't win is a wasted vote. I think that I'm just saying what a lot of people think... and it sounds like a lot of people who have been Trump since day one might be coming around on the idea. The buffoonery just got old. He's literally that guy from high school that was kinda funny and always had a nickname for people that stuck.... and then we all got extra homework because of him.

.....and Jasper was the better TEAM.

None. Because you don't even realize what happened. Traditionally the Party (and more importantly the "figurehead" of the party" don't endorse any candidates during the primary process... that's where the parties are deciding who their candidate will be in the general election against the "other" party. Trump made it a point to endorse politicians in the PRIMARY process, and all you had to do was deny the election results and pledge your honor to his Trumpness and in return he'd get his red-hatted fools to vote for you. It worked out all over the place. Trump's hand-picked candidates secured the nomination of the Republican Party, but then performed poorly in the general election.

it's a different situation completely. across the country republicans ran out a string of less-qualified, more extremist candidates that were backed by trump solely because they fed into his election denial. The majority of the candidates he endorsed that were involved in tight races lost, whereas many of those races would've gone to the right had a traditional republican candidate been on the ballot. if you choose not to understand that, then that's fine. but ignoring the obvious is what cost us the red wave in the first place.

Republicans need to dump Trump. Him celebrating Republican losses last night of those that didn’t go along with him is not a good look.

5A DI Region II Forney (7-3) Barbers Hill (7-3) Forney favored by 8 5A DI Region II Longview (10-0) Crosby (6-4) Longview favored by 39 5A DI Region II Lancaster (8-2) Humble Kingwood Park (7-3) Lancaster favored by 30 5A DI Region II Port Arthur Memorial (9-1) McKinney North (7-3) PA Memorial by 8 DCTF computer projections for 1st round of playoffs between Districts 7-5A DI and 8-5A DI.

The Republican Party is, like it or not, the Trump Party to the general public and a lot of people love him…. But even more people hate him. Don’t get me wrong, any reasonable person would look around and vote for change… but people have biases and prejudices and unfortunately, they come into play when people vote. It’s an intangible thing, but it’s real. I think that the damage that’s been done over the last six years to conservatism and the Republican brand will take years to overcome. If you stood around in 2020 and said “I don’t see how this happened” and are standing around today saying “i don’t see how this happened”…. guess what? It’s not that everybody else is just stupid. If you’ve been dumbfounded twice in a row, you might be the one who’s missing something obvious. The abortion argument didn’t win this election cycle. The bad economy/inflation didn’t cost the Dems this cycle. The Rs have a perception problem and it’s costing them bigly. At a certain point the Rs are going to have to look in the mirror and ask “how can we keep being the right answer, but still losing? What are we doing to keep costing ourselves elections that we should be winning on paper?” The Democrats should deservedly be getting smashed everywhere for their performance. But they’re not. Long story made short, voters don’t like us. My feeling is that we’ve laid down with a guy who went out of his way to be unlikable and it’s all just working against us now. We are the party of the red-hatted, hateful, mean-spirited bullies who assaulted the Capitol. It’s not hard to see when you look at the big picture. I’ll repeat… 2024 will be a bloodbath for Rs if Trump even announces again. If your instinct is to say “Trump wasn’t even on the ballot! That’s just your TDS talking” you’re probably not capable of a big picture conversation.

Well looks like I'll be back in the saddle again. Going to be helping with the East Chambers broadcast Friday night vs. Woodville.

Go back to 6 HS’s, and bring community support back. It would lower classifications, create a Beaumont-centric district, and bring tradition back. But…….that’s not cool to not have a mega school, plus it’s hard enough to find teachers period, much less opening up new schools. Grew up in Beaumont, went to BISD all the way until we moved north in HS. Black and white, rich and poor - we all made it work. Now, go ahead and cut it to pieces.

I’m not a Beaumont guy, I know I been told over 1k times that it won’t ever happen. But still I will say it again. Beaumont needs to be 1 High School city. Build a brand new state of the art High School give the athletic department all the resources it needs, pay those coaches a great salary to come coach in Beaumont and keep them.

No Beaumont school makes the football playoffs this season. That has not happened since the 1993 season when Central and West Brook missed the playoffs. What is the issue? Players? Coaching? School support? Lack of interest? What is it? There is too much talent in Beaumont Texas to not have at least one of their teams make the playoffs. Particularly when 4 teams go. I know having both teams in 6A did not help, but the fact remains that the football in Beaumont looks to be on the decline.

Congrats to Lumberton on their first outright DC in school history

DC had us losing this game too😩 the underdog trend continues! Just hope the Jack Rabbits don’t hop on our logo.

Couldn’t agree more.

here's where i'll disagree a bit. Yes, WOS has had a terrible season by their standards, and yes, they've not responded well at all to the new coach. But this is still the same talent that they fielded last year. 2-3 years from now, if things don't turn around, then yes, it'll be "in name only." but right now this team is full of kids who've had success in the program, and full of kids with a ton of talent. So there is still a chance that they catch some spark and win this game.

you see what you want to see, that much is clear. It's not who backed who, but why. The Donald backed poor candidates who were willing to toe the orange line and claim election fraud. Those weak candidates won nominations based on his support, but lost elections the right should've and would've won had they put forward decent candidates. Instead of acknowledging this, it's just more of the same "low information voter" nonsense. It would take some low information voters to elect some of the nutballs that Trump backed.

Probably only one name that comes to mind that would be significant

Not many teams in this district has impressed me much. Watching the Crosby GCM game was tough. Yeah Crosby blew them out but it wasnt that imprssive of a W to me. Lobos 56 Crosby 7 Crosby gets a garbage time TD

Just because you're in the spread doesn't mean you have to throw it around the yard. Watch teams like Lindale, it all starts up front. Hard to develop qb when he runs for his life every snap. BC usually has tough kids, get big, stay in the spread and run the ball consistently. Can't tell me there isn't a shortstop in BC that cant sprint out and throw a completion.

HF beats Lumberton by about 6-8 points. Watch out for HF the next few years. Team loaded with Soph and Jr's. Soph Olivia Moore had a big 2nd half.

He is a senior this year. He missed most of last year with a injury. Kid makes good decisions. His size kinda hinders him but he is a good qb .

Lamar - 43 United - 40 Final/OT BU was down by 14 at Halftime and rallied back to force the OT. She-Wolves now 1-1

It doesn't happen often, but I agree with pretty much that whole statement.

Love the spin, Republicans gain the House but are still losers, lol. Blaming Trump is way too simplistic, this country is getting more dependent on government (more blue) and it will continue way after your Boogie Man Trump is gone. You “experts” claiming all the Republican’s problems are solved when he’s gone are ridiculous, the expanding dependent blue voters remain.

I am going with the Jasper. I think they did an amazing job against Silsbee. I also think that having hung in the game with Silsbee is a great sign. They are still learning a new offense and are a young team. I’ll be rooting for them all the way to Dallas.

There are some folks saying that WOS will be the most talented #4 seed in the playoffs. I do understand the opponent, locals, fans are trying to be gracious but I WOULD HOPE THAT THEY ARE THE MOST TALENTED #4 team!!!! Returning 8 players on each side of the ball that lost in a good contest to the champ....that spells talent. Someone posted a quote from the coach. Something to the effect “I think the players will be ready”. What about the coaches???? Are they ready? They haven’t been. They are responsible for getting the players ready. Hasn’t happened thus far.

The plot thickens: turns out that West Toronto Prep might actually be a fake school. Looks like we have another Bishop Sycamore situation on our hands.

Good news! Hope it's a great game!

Would be the second year in a row A&M held a commitment from the #1 LB in the nation and then lost him (LSU’s Harold Perkins being the other). Reminds me of that Seinfeld scene re: taking a reservation vs holding a reservation…

Afraid this game is gonna b closer than people might think, Columbia will try and shorten the game with wing T, and The Tigers are physically beat up from the tough Jasper game. Hopefully they can be back full strength in two weeks for the rematch with WOS. lol

Okay - Help or Hurt? Got rain predicted for Friday (no lightning/thunder). Could hurt both - Lindale dropping passes - Vidor fumbling ball handling. Imo, advantage Pirates. Kids have found out how to hold on to the ball. Killed us first 3 games. Anyone agree? Disagree?

Don’t forget their All American Calligraphy Class!😁

After watching all but one of Crosby’s games and seeing everyone of Longview’s here are my thoughts. I will say that the parity in the district does make it hard to understand just how good everyone is. So take everything with a grain of salt. A couple of no brainer’s jump out. Crosby is not the same team that started the season. They are also not the preseason team we thought they would be. They have definitely progressed over the last few weeks (regardless of who they have played). If the team they have now had a few more weeks in district, I have little doubt they would end up with the no. 2 seed and quite possibly the no. 1 seed. Sloppy play, turnovers and penalties, have definitely improved. Crosby Offense Similar offense to Lancaster, Desoto, and Beaumont Westbrook but with multiple play variations similar to Forney or think 2018 Lobos. It is really hard to figure out what is coming your way. For example, they run so many variations of screen plays from different spots on the field (RB, WR, Tight end/H back, bubble screens, tunnel screens, etc.) I wouldn’t be shocked if they didn’t have a QB throwback screen. The running QB is what will set them apart in this game. They will quite possibly be the second fastest team we have played. Short and intermediate passing game is legit. Their athletic QB can make those throws and they will be designed to find the open spots in our defense. They also have some very sure handed receivers. The RB group is solid. The offensive line has improved but still can beaten. I did notice how the offensive play calling has adjusted against the weaknesses of the O-line. This will be a big challenge for our defense. I think seeing Forney, McKinney North, and Lancaster will definitely benefit us. One very clear thing that stands out, is the way they score. They torched an exceptional Texas high defense several years ago, and I know Crosby fans were not that impressed. I am not a homer and knew just how good that TH team has been. Their variability and athleticism in play calling was too much for TH to adjust to. Crosby has the ability to score and start an avalanche. Once it is going, it will be hard to stop. Lobos need to make them work for every freaking yard. The only defense that Crosby has seen that is close would be PAM. (I don’t count the CE King game because I believe that was a complete aberration.) Crosby will have to find a way to do something no other team has done this year, score more than two offensive TDs in a game. Crosby Defense Definitely not as strong a unit as in past years but good enough. They have seen the I formation (NCP) this year so it won’t be a surprise to them. They remind me a lot of Denton Ryan in their scheme. Blitzing or aggressive stunting and you don’t know where it is coming from. Very, very disruptive. This worries me the most. Allen will have to release the ball quickly. They are going to throw the kitchen sink at him. I am not sure he will get a chance for a lot of long developing pass plays. He is going to have to be accurate. Crosby does have trouble with the run and I know Longview can exploit that. The Longview O-line will be one of the better O-lines they have faced, if not the best. I also know that Longview’s set of receivers and RBs will be the best Crosby has seen, so this may end up being a chess match. Longview is going to score, the question is can Crosby keep them in the high 20s or thirties? Overall, this is definitely not a team I would expect us to blow out unless we can handle their blitzing/stunts and move the ball. If we can consistently move the ball on them, it could get ugly. I am very intrigued about this Crosby style offense against our defense. The variability with athleticism is going to be fun to watch. Crosby is going to have to have several things to go right to have a chance to win this game including a conservative game plan by Longview. Longview needs to jump on them early and often. We keep the QB from settling in or taking off, we win this game going away. If not, it could be tight for a while. Longview 38 Crosby 17

Unless I am needed, no. Silsbee football broadcast are in good hands with James and Charlie. Now there is some talk of me helping with some other schools playoff games. Stay tuned.

Nederland has always wanted to keep those jobs in house and keep assistant coaches that were friends of high up administration. Neumann is a legend for a reason and well deserved. However , the program has gone down since he left and Nederland isn’t really intimidating to play anymore. It’s a proud program, great community , I mean y’all do it right. Class act. Just got to get a new and fresh start in the football program with a new leader and some new assistant coaches. It’s time. The program is at an all time low, and Bulldog Football is too proud and too historically tough to remain in that shape. Good luck.

Having encountered FW on many occasions via baseball, softball, VB etc, they are an easy school to support. They have some of the nicest, classiest fans I have ever encountered. They do things right. I hope they find an outstanding coach to fill the shoes. FW always played football with great preparation and effort, and I am sure the right guy will be found to continue it.

Didn’t bow hunt this year, but killed a really good buck this morning with my rifle

They put they pads on just like Crosby does. Line that sh*t up and lets go!

Maybe go the other direction. Try having a whole bunch of 3A schools. Increase the odds of having a winner.

Imma make this last point. I follow Timberwolves football on FB. 8 seniors and 1 junior have scholarship offers from various levels. This is just Colbert's first year. Time is needed for improvement to show

Allen 'grew' into being the biggest school in the state. Beaumont's history of forced bussing, etc won't allow for that. Allen was a more organic transition

You have to pay good money for great coaching in some instances there are good young coaches out there but I guess In today world most of the time school’s want coaches who know the kids or have been around the program and also save money in the process please just pay the money and bring in a coaching staff that will bring in quality results with him .