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at least it wasn't a hold.

Looking like a track meet so far from the descriptions.

missing Db's so that makes sense. Young guys getting to play.

Thank you if you could keep us updated that'd be grand as it seems to not be on line.

Yea it's confusing because im seeing it will be on ATT Southwest but nothing happening on Texanlive... yet they advertised it.

Thanks for the material.

Aren't we like two divisions removed from having to go to the trashcan of Texas? Why does the litter keep following us around.

Congrats to Titans we will be coming for you in a month or so.

Wouldn't be surprised if we saw contractions in numbers of schools into even larger schools.

Have a good feeling about this one.

rewatched the game until backups and took some notes. Notes on Scores. Crosby Scores on 40 yard drive. CE King Scores on 73 yard pass and catch C.E. King scores on 15 yard drive after Crosby muffs a kickoff. Prior to this point C.E King looked a little tentative they completely takeover after this score. C.E. King picks up a blitz on a beautiful counter-run for 80 ish yards C.E. King man modes for 70 and a TD C.E. King makes a huge hole and outruns everyone for 80ish TD. C.E. King returns a broken punt for a TD C.E King intercepts a pass to the 5 and scores couple plays later. backups come in for both teams. Notes on King C.E. King has the size offensively off A&M Consolidated/College Station last year on the O-line. Competent but not flashy QB Two very good running backs one extremely fast the other is a truckload and fast. The best front 7 I've ever seen Crosby play. It's not just the three D1/D2 commits all 7 guys are fast, smart and get to the ball quickly. Very very well coached front 7. No seriously that Front 7 was insane, how many other teams will have a D-linemen able to chase down Crosby's QB from behind. To beat king I think you need three of these things. Stifling Defense Exceptional QB play Exceptional outside receivers Huge offensive line to run directly at them. Superstar Runningback. Notes on Crosby Certain key players were not on the field. That's not an excuse but it definitely didn't help. Crosby did not have a #1 receiver on the outside that could threaten King and thus they were facing a minimum of 7 in the box all game. The game became inside the margins and that played to King's strengths (their front 7) Crosby Defense got gashed 4 times, that's going to be 3 too many when we play PAM. I expect the defense will decide the PAM game. If we limit their big plays we win if we don't then the offense is going to need a good bit of help to keep up. Mistakes... Muffed kickoff, bad punt coverage/broken play, interception, bad snaps killed any chance of success against King. Killed any ability to keep it close. Good things I saw. RB has the make up to be a pretty good back, feels more like a runner right now, needs to be a little more patient at times. TE can be a game changer if he commits to the position. He is athletic, big and brings a lot of versatility to the team. He needs to have a little more dog in him. During the stalled drive in redzone if he simply fights to get to the ball he could have gotten the flag but he didn't and the refs called in uncatchable little things like that will come with time. Defense did not get manhandled as badly as I initially thought. They gave up big plays which you have to correct but King did not have (to be fair they never needed to) a long grinding TD drive. The defense did make them punt a bunch of time before the starters came out. They gave up 6 TD's (of 9) 1 was punt return, 2 were not starters TD's in 4th. 6 TD's 2 from less than 20 yards out starting field position and 4 big plays. That's fixable and I have faith the coaching staff can fix it. Offensive Line did better than I expected going into this one. They clearly were physically outmatched but scrapped to try and give at least some time. Sometimes the dude across the line is just better, not sure we will face a better all around front 7. King looks good, They will have an interesting game against Atascocita and North Shore this year. I might even go as far to say they may get a share of the District this year. I think there's a real possibility all three of those teams split with each other. Take it for what its worth and its clearly a fans take but this was a lot uglier on the scoreboard than the film, which only means that you aren't disheartened by the film because it's mistakes that are fixable.

PAM by 28.

Let's see who suits up this week. I'll be routing from Illinois.

No one knows the answer to that question that doesn't have a medical degree. If we are missing significant numbers of starters then PAM will be a favorite for sure. Hopefully we heal up just in time and get to have another awesome game like last year with PAM. Of all teams, Crosby won't be licking their wounds after this one the staff is simply too good and the kids are too bought in for them to let this King loss linger. They may have played one of the best teams in the state in a classification above them, no shame in that loss. Crosby has struggled with consistency early in the year last two years and by about week 4 put it all together for a long run through the playoffs. Totally different set of challenges this year and I think I speak for all cougars when I say we look forward to the journey.

SFA is not a midway point.

Yea also, the last time we played GCM it was a final game of season and we threw up an absolute crap show of a game. Granted that's all the way back in the Flannigan era but still.

I'm so confused... 1) How was Crosby not ready for the playoffs? 2) How did our district with three teams going 3 deep not help us prepare?

5AD1 Crosby else. That is all.

We got reverse Highland park'd

keep dreaming. We will lose him eventually but likely to a powerhouse program.

Wouldn't surprise me if one of the Crosby Coordinators jumped over there.

BU doesn't lose.

BU is just too good. Hats off to those fellas. I see a State Championship coming back to BU again.

No just UIL redid number about 2 weeks after initial numbers last time because of opt ups.

I still have a bad taste in my mouth about that final GCM game. Last time we finished a season @GCM was a bad day for my cougars.