OlDawg

Looking at how the two teams have played common opponents in back-to-back weeks, the spreads aren’t much different. But, I’m thinking it’s going to come down to who controls the pace/tempo the best. This year, PAM would probably prefer a clock control, lower scoring game. This year, LP would probably prefer a higher scoring game where PAM has to play catch-up. I believe the Dawgs are getting some folks back from injury. Not all, because at least one OL I know of is out for the year. Has been since game 1 I think. Computers will probably pick PAM bigly. I will pick LP.

La Porte has won a lot of games through the decades with a strong running game, good special teams play, and defense. You guys know that better than many. Our situations are somewhat reversed this year in Bizarro World. But—like y’all knew the O would be the weaker part of the team this year—LP knew the D would be ours. You just play the hand you’re dealt, and keep working on the rest, and hope to improve. One thing about LP since Berneathy’s been back, LP has—generally—slowly improved as the season has progressed. He schedules tough tests to learn. Not necessarily win. Last year’s PO collapse was an outlier. That was an epic collapse in the second half and an embarrassment. But—to give Weiss credit—their passing attack hit directly on LP’s weakness. Once they got on a roll with momentum, they rode it. Talented club.

PAM's Special Teams provided that win almost as much as the D IMHO. They constantly gave PAM great field position, and made BWB work the field. Those hidden yards added up. Bruins had issues on special teams. A definite difference.

Young man is definitely a track star with speed to burn.

Without the INT, and Richard's long TD the next play, this may have been a different ballgame. PAM was able to pin their ears back and apply pressure knowing BWB would need to pass. This game was much closer than 21-7. The Bruins actually controlled the LOS for much of the game.

I’m going to try and look at scenarios today/tomorrow. Off the top of my head, Lufkin is looking good for PO spot as they hold tie break over RSS in a head-to-head. If it becomes a 3-way, things could get iffy based on points. RSS is okay, but still have to play PAM, LP, and BU. BU is the real wildcard right now. But, I’ll dig deeper with remaining schedules and try to put something out. Most likely, it will change every week with the parity and remaining schedules. Can you help get tiebreaker info from Ghost? I don’t have any direct connections to anyone at LP.

They’re going to make a lot of schools drop their contracts & start streaming via school YouTube accounts. Personally, I prefer that anyway. Bias and all. Makes it fun. Plus, the commentators actually know the teams and individual players better.

!score 21-28 FINAL

Good, tough rivalry game.

Great INT

Strange play call on 4th & 17…

Any updates from anyone?

I didn’t even debate firing DCTX up. Just went straight to PAM/BWB. Was able to catch the coach’s show and all. Good program. Wish they had the clock like last week is all. Not that big a deal though. They’re calling the game time out pretty frequently.

Interesting half.

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Wow. That’s like NFHS tiered plans the way they do. If you want to favorite more than one team, you have to upgrade. (Or go around the system by changing your favorite team for each game you want to watch.) 😁

I saw a lot of stuff on my X as well. I saw where—if you’re not a subscriber—you can only favorite 1 team? I don’t know if true or not as I subscribe, so I didn’t have any limits on what I wanted to do.

I think I’ve seen someone with a screen name the same as the NC QB occasionally also. Just not regularly. With the way the DCTX app is right now, more folks may start posting on forums like this one again in the future. The new scoreboard feature & standings set up the way everything is linked is really nice.

I wish Lufkin had more fans posting here. I feel like I’m kinda out here outside of the ‘core’ SETX folks by myself.

As painful as the game was to watch, both teams still control their own destiny. All this did was make the tiebreaker scenario almost a surety. Lufkin’s win against RSS looms big right now. If points are involved for a 3-way tie, they maxed out the same way BU maxed out against them. Once over 18 (typical), any bigger spread is moot. NOTE: I still don’t know the tiebreaker rules for this district this year. Just going by usuals. GCM vs RSS was always a huge game this year. If GCM wins—which I think they will—it will make things really chaotic. 😂

I couldn’t get the scores to update. Had to just put them in the chat. Plus, my TL app on my ROKU doesn’t work again after this latest change. Boots me out before I can even log in. They have some definite work to do…

I’m sure I’ll make up for it somewhere else. 😂

My paint is dry.

I wonder if this ref crew was the crew working Ball/LP? They’re going to need to ice their arms down after this one.

I’m not sure what was worse. Watching this game, or watching paint dry. At least I got the pick ‘em right. Ha!