jake94

Nederland 17-13

Thanks. I had not heard Stevensons name this season. Mostly just Moore and Quirante. I remembered he looked solid last season, but had not heard anything about him this year. I remember Novak looked good vs Crosby. If y'all were going to lose a player for any reason, RB would be the place. Y'all are always deep there!

Was the Stevenson kid a senior last year? I could have sworn he wasn't. Did he move away or graduate? Who was the underclassmen RB that played in the playoffs last year?

Both of you guys are dreaming with those scores!

This game won't be close. PNG is not as bad as everyone is making them out to be in my opinion. I think they will win this game by 4 TDs or more. Lumberton is definitely in a rebuilding year and struggling to score points.

Actually,almost as many Pirate fans are picking Vidor by double digits as Ned fans are. I believe YOU picked Vidor by 10 and a score of 31/21 so why are you asking Buddy for 10 points now? I don't think the margin on this game will be double digits no matter who wins it. I also think it will be fairly low scoring.

Vidor by double digits: Robanadana, dustoff33, vidor96pirates, jmoore..

Nederland by double digits:thedogs1987, buddy Garrity, tdavis9, bulldog1984,mr. Happy, trocket, dmeast11111, png proud, dogs1988, godogs27.

I think it will be a close and low scoring game. I agree with a previous post saying that a big key in this game will be what happens the handful of times that Vidor throws it. I will take the Dogs 17/14.

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Never thought you would resort to the kid type argument of "we beat a team that yall lost to.......last year"

You do know how silly that sounds right?
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As silly as comparing defensive stats between teams with no common opponents?

Awesome game! Both teams will be better because of it. Good luck to both the Cats and the Dogs the rest of the way.

Great ballgame! Congrats to Angleton. Y'all deserved the win. I do like the call to go for 2 in a non-district game. Great job Dogs and Cats! Very entertaining. Hopefully, Prior and Hopkins will be healed up for the Vidor game. Can't wait!

Great win, Pirates! Much better competition and y'all still whooped them!

I've seen some wild predictions on this game with a lot of disparity. Anywhere from Nederland by 21 to Angleton by 24! I'd like to have both of those points! I think this will be a closer ball game than both of those predictions. This will be a good early season test for both teams and I hope it is injury free for both teams!

Looks like a good list. All four of those are good.

[quote name="Tim Riggins" post="1264808" timestamp="1347120680"]
[quote author=OlDawg link=topic=102784.msg1264783#msg1264783 date=1347118934]
CB not bad at all. As mentioned-- 0-2 deceiving. Option running game. Some good standout players. Good size. Good speed. (Surprised me for sure. Not that that says much.  ;)) DE excellent! Pass game virtually non-existent. How's Vidor's balance?
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Vidor leans a bit more to the run game.
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This may be the understatement of the year. I know the Pirates did not throw a pass last night. Did they in week 1? It is just a question, not knocking your offense at all. Vidor is a great power running and misdirection offense with a solid defense.

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[quote author=panamamyers link=topic=102668.msg1264653#msg1264653 date=1347106451]
How the heck did this happen GCM fans?
Turnovers seemed to be the culprit.  Maybe some long punt returns?

[size=10pt][b]Looking at the stats in the Chronicle, very surprising to see this score when GCM put up more yards of offense than Nederland.[/b][/size]
Did Durden play?  I didn't see his name show up in the stats.
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Look at the first downs though. It was 15 to 5 and could have been worse.

I have three reasons for the skewed yardage. There are others but the main three in my opinion.

1. Nederland worked with a short field. For the second week in a row their defense gave the offense great field position and they didn't need to drive 80 yards for a score.
2. Nederland pulled the main starters out at 6 minutes of the 3rd quarter.
3. GCM had a 59 yard gain on the last play of the game.

All those add up to it appearing in the stats (except first downs) that GCM won or played a close game.

Obviously the score and yardage could have been worse if Nederland had kept the starters in but what it the point? Most teams let the backup players come in when a game gets out of hand and so it was with this game.

GCM didn't look so bad as much as just the wheels came off. If it could go wrong, it did. Like one instance where they had one great play set up with a fake pass, a fake draw and then a toss over the middle. The play was run what appeared to be perfectly and the pass was dead on the money to a wide open receiver that would have gone a long way...... but the receiver dropped the pass.

It was just one of those nights.
[/quote]The 2 previous posts by Razor and tvc sum up the stat situation perfectly. GCM had a 74 yard "QB sneak" toward the final 2 minutes of the 1st half. It was their only real success against the first string D. Prior to that, they had one nice drive from their 30 to our 30 that resulted in a 70 yard pick 6 to give Ned a 14-0 lead. I wouldn't read anything into the stats on this one. The starters were pulled with 5:47 left in the 3rd quarter when we led 45-7. The Patriots scored on a long run on the first series against the 2nd teamers and scored a 60 yard TD on the game's final play.I think the GCM fans will tell you that Nederland is as advertised on Defense and VERY underrated on offense. Great team win against a talented team. Next week will be a MAJOR test! Angleton is REAL good from what I have heard.

P.S-- I do not think either of Nederland's first two opponents were weak. I would be surprised if either doesn't make the playoffs. I would say s game between Goose Creek and Crosby would be a high scoring toss up. Crosby has the better defense and GCM has the better O-line. Anyone disagree?

I will say Nederland wins 17-13. I remember the GCM QB from last season being a good runner and had some speed. They have a couple of good backs as well. I think Big Ned will get the W, but I doubt it will be a blowout. I hope it is a blowout though!

Not sure how big of an upset either of these would be, but I will take:

Central over West Brook
Hamshire Fannett over Anahuac

24 yards allowed is impressive no matter how bad the competition. Both teams had a great defensive performance. Good job 20-4A!

I think you will go 0-3 on these...

[quote name="mytwocents" post="1259224" timestamp="1346639121"]
PNG against WOS

GCM against Ned.

Ozen against Memorial.


Just to name a few.
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Like I said, I wasn't there. Thanks for the info. I did go to the 1st scrimmage though.

Did you say the Dayton freshmen scored 14 TDs to Nederlands 4 TDs? I sure hope that is a typo for our sake..

I am more concerned about the offense than the defense. WOS scored only 1 TD on the defense and that was on about a 10 yard pass that ended up going for 50 after some nice moves and some missed tackles. The other TD was on an INT return by WOS defense.

I did not see the game tonight, but it sounds like the Dayton speed gave us fits in 1st quarter. A big run by Dayton for a quick TD and a quick INT put us in a 14-0 hole 3 minutes in. 24-7 at the end of 1q and it sounds like adjustments were made. Dayton scored with 15 seconds left in the game for their final score I was told. I think the defense will be fine, but we have to get some continuity on offense especially in the run game.

24-14 last I heard

I wish I was your bookie... Nederland "lost" a scrimmage to Hardin Jefferson once. The bridge jumpers wrote that season off.. The result a state semi-final loss to Smithson Valley. Both defenses looked great tonight. Neither offense looked sharp. WOS made a few more plays on offense. Nederland had a lot of dropped passes. The defense will keep Nederland in games until the offense starts to click. There is talent there. Once the offensive line settles in, it will be business as usual for the Nederland offense. Mark my words.




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Okay back on topic. The pups aren't very good and WOS proved that tonight
[/quote]how can you say that after a practice?
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Cause i watched the game and they aren't that good. Now go to bed before I get Griff on you
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If the PA News is accurate, then it is a 4 quarter game-type scrimmage without kickoffs. Should be fun to watch! Two good teams knocking the snot outta each other!

Excellent! It is a 4 quarter scrimmage. I am very surprised!