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Perhaps the cancellations were due to actual active cases or at least a positive test. If there happens to be siblings (sister volleyball player / brother football player) then I'm pretty certain the rules say they must quarantine being in the same household. Or.. if a positive test in either locker room the whole team would quarantine per UIL/TEA mandate. People's feelings on the seriousness of the virus are irrelevant. The state hasn't lifted the regulations.. so.. Out of anyone's hands.

Perhaps he is. If so, they need to let him run the athletic program. I'm not saying that basketball can't have importance at a smaller school, but if the school has football.. then the program should be weighted toward football.

No clue.. but that district is too much. It won't matter. It could potentially be respectable but HD won't win a playoff game this year. Maybe next.

I predict for HD to go 1-1 over their next two games.

The correct response if to feel bad for the seniors. There's a chance that of those seniors, there may have been at least one that cared enough to not want to end the career this way. Hopefully they all did. However, as mentioned above, when the Athletic Director is as basketball heavy as the one they have... it's not surprising to see the football program go by the wayside. I'm surprised this didn't happen sooner in the year. It's hard enough to take losses but to do it with minimal players makes it all the more difficult. Hate to see it. West Hardin... get a football coach back in there.

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Similar to Travis High School and Lake Travis High School. This happens all over the place. [Hidden Content]

Yes and people seldom take things like this into account. They just make blanket statements like, "Well why is Celina so different than Orangefield (example).. their kids look just like our kids". Um.. yeah. Maybe. But.. have you ever been to that area of North Dallas? Beautiful neighborhoods, brank new businesses, 24 hour accessibility to whatever you need, etc.. There are no "poor areas" in a lot of school districts. Again.. there are ALWAYS exceptions. To deny that a kid's situation doesn't impact athletics/academics is just naïve, though. It's an unfair system that I don't see ever changing.

I'm not even talking about ethnicity at all.. just living condition. A kid that has a healthy diet, ideal living conditions, the financial backing to travel the state/country for speed/strength/academic camps, does not have to work summers and weekends out of necessity, and has a seemingly endless support system will come out better than an identical kid (height, size, age) who doesn't have those. Again.. there are always exceptions. And there are plenty of kids with access to all of that who are average or worse athletically.. but money plays a huge factor. There have even been studies done showing such. I read a very interesting article recently on the differences between Austin Lake Travis (I think) high school and Austin High School. Two schools within miles of each other with polar opposite football success over the last however many years. You can go look at the student parking lots of each school and see some very vast differences without even seeing the teams.

There are always exceptions to the rule. WOS and Newton have overwhelmingly athletic kids sometimes and sometimes the level of competition simply gets beat. Average income or not.. a group of future D1 athletes can and will have success if the teams they're playing are slower, weaker, and/or smaller. I bring up income because in cases all over the state, literally every year, you see teams of communities with money faring better than communities without. Yes, there are players in southeast Texas that come from wealthy families. But not many entire teams. Think about a scenario where every single role player on an entire team has two working parents. That player probably never has to worry about the next meal, the stability of living situation, probably gets to spend summers at speed/strength or sport specific camps instead of working, perhaps has academic tutors, etc.. You tell me if it makes a difference.

Kind of a racist statement, no? But this certainly helps: Households in Winnie, TX have a median annual income of $46,560, which is less than the median annual income of $61,937 across the entire United States. This is in comparison to a median income of $45,318 in 2017, which represents a 2.74% annual growth. The total population in Brock has increased by about 7.8 percent during the past eight years, moving from about 4,100 to 4,400, Smith said. Median income has also increased from $68,000 to about $77,600.

Also true. In my opinion, they should all be based on an individual player's performance over the duration of a season. Just like I believe the district MVP isn't always the best player on the best team. Sometimes, sure. I look at it like this: If the district coaches were putting together a team to play other districts, who's the one they pick first? There's your MVP. If a region was putting together a team to play other regions, the ones selected are your all region team. Same with all state. And I'll be honest, not all publications are the same...but it should be similar. If they're going on statistics of a player. I do understand that it's possible to exaggerate the stats of someone if they play weak competition but on the same token, it's not a player's fault if they're good but on a bad team.

So.. I'm glad that the region/state accolades are somewhat selective but as mentioned before, the spots seem reserved for the deep playoff teams. Mostly. Perhaps it's just laziness. I know what it is with the district picks.. it's trying to keep parents happy. Unfortunately, that mindset is rotting society. I don't even really think that all district is that big of a deal anymore. It's too watered down.

Also.. 20+ years ago they didn't have every starter and most of the bench making all district.

You're not wrong... but it is what it is.

The district champ will likely get the MVP. And there usually aren't many players that make All State anymore that aren't on teams with playoff runs. Maybe he makes it and congrats if so.. but politics usually wins.

No question. And I watched and re-watched several times. Even looked at individual pictures of screenshots the exact moment the ball passed the goal post. It was close and easily argued in real time. However, both officials who were directly beneath threw their hands up immediately. There was only a brief discussion after several MV players and coaches made a big deal out of it.

You didn't watch the video I saw. Was definitely not higher than the goal post and the ball squeezed inside of the left upright. By inches.. but it was definitely good.

Allen has nothing to do with this. Just your personal thoughts on football.. Trust me, you aren’t in my head. I just have a good memory. Again.. this thread is a shoutout to a former SeTx coach for beating an undeniably good coach. For all of those who believe it’s all about coaching.

Weren’t you the one who argued that Allen should win every year based on attendance? If so, your comments are irrelevant here. This post was more about the accomplishment of a former SETX coach than anything.

I think you’re right.. I thought that after posting.

You’re referring to me? If so, what gives you that idea?

Same

Random info: Former SETX coach Josh Finney took down Art Briles and #5 Mt Vernon last night 30-28. Time expiring field goal from what I understand.

Not every school. It depends on their policy.