robanadana

Concussed, limping, planning Friday tailgate, some are thinking of next excuses, and some are verifying PAM enrollment #'s...  that covers it.

A few thoughts on the teams that you mentioned:
1.    Liberty - I guess whether they are a surprise depends primarily on where you are from.  I am like you, that the degree of improvement this season has been surprising as the past few years had brought nothing that Chad Taylor, who was hailed as the messiah in Liberty, had promised.  But I know that you and I had heard from folks like liltex that said the improvement was coming and we would see it as early as this year.  However, I would caution the Panther faithful to thinking that the path to a Week 10 showdown with WO-S is a clear one as just the week before they face someone that I would add to this list of surprisingly good teams and that would be Hardin-Jefferson.  Yes, they made great strides when Coach DuBois was there, but before then they wore the moniker, somewhat begrudgingly, of a basketball school.  And then last year in Coach Sloan's first year, they had a defense that was decimated by graduation and an offense that had trouble finding it's identity.  Things seemed to have been figured out by the Hawks which is gonna make that October 21 game an interesting one to watch.
2.    Splendora - The surprise to me with their success so far is not only that they were rising one classification, but that they had no success over the past 10 years.  The 3-0 start including the win over Dayton, but district losses in the last couple of weeks leaves me not as bullish on Splendora as I once was. And with the next 3 games being against Barbers Hill, Porter and Crosby, I fear that we might see that the Wildcats, as the late Dennis Green once put it, were who we thought they were.
3.    Porter - nothing to add there, other than they have some tough games coming up as well.  What Porter has done compared with what Kingwood Park has not shows that we may need to start mentioning Jim Holley as one of the area's better coaches.
4.    Evadale - not surprising, Torres at QB is the real deal, so is Williams.  The Rebels have had a line of good teams, it is just that the UIL alignments have recently been pretty unkind to them and place them behind teams like Tenaha and the like which has kept them out of the DC picture.
5.    Woodville - Again, not really that big of a surprise.  That Lockhart kid is something special. Did I think they would do what they did to Kirbyville? No, but they are a quality team who I thought would be safely in contention for the playoffs.
Teams that I would add to the list:
1.  Humble Summer Creek (4-0) I know it will please very few as we fear the Bulldog faithful with return to their arrogant selves, but the Bulldogs finally seem to be finding their footing in 6A where the success they found in 5A has eluded them.
2.  Hardin-Jefferson for the reasons stated above
3.  Sabine Pass - Yes, their wins have not been over especially accomplished teams, but then again, these were teams that usually counted the Sharks as a W on their schedule.  I think what has helped is that they had a bunch of experience that was returning and Coach Thibodeaux has been able to get the parts working this year.

Unless I say something good about Silsbee, I guess this is gonna continue. I actually meant this to be a GOOD topic about teams that aren't the Nederlands, Daytons, Crosbys, WOS of the world. But, since everyone is so hiney-hurt this year because their teams aren't performing up to expectations; I guess I'll just take this thread as a loss and move on. GO PIRATES!

Hasn't come up yet ma'am. I'll check back later. Gotta go out into the field and check with my guys.

Buddy is a good person and great football mind. Personally, I miss him on the board and wish he would come back. Enjoy sitting at football games with him for the color commentary. Hell of a lot better than Troy Aikman, I can tell you that.

Buddy is a good person and great football mind. Personally, I miss him on the board and wish he would come back. Enjoy sitting at football games with him for the color commentary. Hell of a lot better than Troy Aikman, I can tell you that.

Buddy is a good person and great football mind. Personally, I miss him on the board and wish he would come back. Enjoy sitting at football games with him for the color commentary. Hell of a lot better than Troy Aikman, I can tell you that.

Buddy is a good person and great football mind. Personally, I miss him on the board and wish he would come back. Enjoy sitting at football games with him for the color commentary. Hell of a lot better than Troy Aikman, I can tell you that.

Buddy is a good person and great football mind. Personally, I miss him on the board and wish he would come back. Enjoy sitting at football games with him for the color commentary. Hell of a lot better than Troy Aikman, I can tell you that.

Buddy is a good person and great football mind. Personally, I miss him on the board and wish he would come back. Enjoy sitting at football games with him for the color commentary. Hell of a lot better than Troy Aikman, I can tell you that.

Gonna be a great game, I promise.

Gonna be a great game, I promise.

If he has done that, he has gone through a lot of effort for nothing as he was never banned from posting here.

This thread will be out to 20 pages by Monday, that's what I think.

I can't understand Porter beating Cosby, being undefeated and Cosby is ranked and they're not? Seriously guys?

5 pages indianforever.

I think my favorite part of this video is the purple indian trying to stab the bear with a rubber spear. That is priceless. I would buy both of them the dinner of their choice if I knew who they are. I'm laughing my arse off right now again.

OK, this is the year of the underdog, the downtrodden, the team that simply stinks over the last couple of decades. Here are five that have really impressed me this year.
1. Liberty. Perennial doormat, the Panthers are undefeated and crowing about their upcoming meeting with WOS, presumably for the district championship. I've always wondered out loud to liltex "why doesn't Liberty have a good team?" Question answered, this year they do.
2. Splendora. With 1106 students compared to the rest of there district sporting 1400 or better and first season in 5A ball they were expected to get clobbered from the get go and 0 - 10. Interstate 69, Splendora 0. A district victory against mighty Dayton and two other preseason wins have most teams scratching their heads. "Where is that W we were supposed to get against them?"
3. Porter. Another of the US59 - IH69 growth spurt teams, Porter is the darling of 21-5A, undefeated with a victory over the greatest team ever from football Mecca, Crosby. We'll see if Cinderella gets her Spartan playoff chariot at the end of the season.
4. Evadale. How many of you can even find them on the map? Easy to do, head north on 105 outta Vidor and follow your nose. The Rebels are 5 - 0 and have the best team I've seen them have in a couple of decades. They might make a run in the playoffs.
5. Woodville. After a huge one-sided win against Kirbyville, the Eagles finally can do something other than play baseball. That new wood pellet stadium finally feels good under their pulpwood cutting, Brogan wearing feet and they're looking like a playoff team this year.
What are you guys thoughts? This has been a heck of a football season...well worth the $6.00 admission. Cheap.

Versus 0 passing TDs it is.

No, I for one understand and I believe you raise a valid point.  There is a difference between showing pride in your community and engaging in good natured ribbing and just being plain mean.  And I will tell what I mean, in this week leading up to this weekends game we have had, among other things, Vidorians subjected to talk about "white sheets," Port Arthur folks subjected to talk that they live in a ghetto and one board member who had his child rearing skills questioned.  And there is probably more that I just didn't happen to see.
When it gets to that point, it is just plain senseless, and more and more threads are getting to that point.
It's sad.

We all live vicariously through the kids on the field, passionate about our community, love of sports. There are a few that take it too far; I think we're all guilty of that. I can't be too hard about it; it's why boards like this exist. I would rather be passionate about something than having never been about anything. Best $6.00 you can spend on a Friday night. Good post New Caney.

Ol' Uncle Robanadana has an extra room, food and a car for a legit 4.4.

We all live vicariously through the kids on the field, passionate about our community, love of sports. There are a few that take it too far; I think we're all guilty of that. I can't be too hard about it; it's why boards like this exist. I would rather be passionate about something than having never been about anything. Best $6.00 you can spend on a Friday night. Good post New Caney.

Don't choke on that hater-aid, dude.

Outmanned are you talking about the injuries or are you whining about the numbers...  Numbers that neither school has control over?
Bigger and faster?  To me, it's the typical PA Memorial team.  They have size and speed every year.  We know thay because we play them every year for about 8 years...