oldschool2

I mean.. I'm not just a huge fan of the foot to foot, ground and pound, eat clock offense either. It's not entertaining. But. As far as small school standards go, Hardin is enormous. What would you recommend they do? I don't have a dog in the fight but after watching them for the 2nd year now, one has to admit that what they do is done very well. I was pleasantly surprised to see them spread it out on their last drive and be able to go the length of the field, although there was no other choice. But. I really wouldn't throw shade with the little league soccer comparison. Newton has more speed than Hardin (and most teams) will see on their schedule, but if a little league comparison is going to be made... it should be to Newton's special teams. 2 lost onside kicks... and zero PATs ? Seriously? Surely there's someone that can kick at least one out of 4 through the uprights after a score. That was the difference in winning and losing.

Monumental waste of time for everyone involved.

Time of possession will matter a lot in this one.

I grew up in one as well. There's definitely a lot of benefit to attending rural school districts as opposed to larger, urban school settings. Many of the life experiences can't be replicated... both good and bad. However, I am of the opinion that even rural settings need to be the size of 500-1000 or so for kids to learn what it takes to compete. I don't mean athletically or academically.. I mean in general. If a school has 100 kids (50 boys, 50 girls), and only half of that number participate in athletics, how much do they actually have to compete for their place on the team? If a football team has 5 seniors, 5 juniors, 5 sophomores, and 5 freshmen... those kids aren't getting a good picture of what it takes to actually have to earn anything. That's going to affect everything they do in life.

Don't feel bad. I wouldn't have let my kids go there either.. especially in recent years/decades. But that's not specific to HD. I feel the same way about all tiny schools. There's just not enough in terms of resources to give them a fair shot at the competition of life. Those kids will have to compete for jobs with the same kids from (insert school district). High schools with even a couple hundred kids are at a huge disadvantage.

HI's done it before, right? If so.. HD officially joined the group.

Called it.. although I thought the school would fold simultaneously. There's a lot of growth across the state.. but also a lot of dying areas.

Exceeded my expectations. Well done, Hardin. Definitely still capable of putting points up. How's CC? I don't know. I was assuming they were remotely similar to last year.

10-4

Where are the highlights you saw?

27-7. Hardin I need some convincing still that Hardin will be ok after losing what they lost.

I'm wishing them the best.. honestly.. but I fear there's a, "we did (blank) last year so this year's gonna be awesome" situation. Unfortunately, sometimes it's learned the hard way that personnel matters. But even still.. the blame will be placed everywhere else. That's usually how it goes in the world of sports.

There's an extremely high likelihood that losing two 1000 yard rushers (seniors) is going to hurt. Returning a huge line and a good running quarterback will keep them relatively competitive... Probably contending in their new district... but a hole was left for sure. Very few places can lose that much talent and just pick up right where they left off.

Uh oh. What did you hear? Difficult time adjusting to the ones lost to graduation just yet?