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I think Silsbee will be a bit better than HF...who gave Liberty all they wanted. I'll take Silsbee by 2/3 scores.

Unfortunately, I think West Hardin is done scoring points in football. The 3 remaining games will be Lovelady, Grapeland, and Mart. Sounds like basketball season to me.

Warren is a common game as well. Hardin won 54-14. Anahuac won 71-0. I know it's hard to gauge when the common opponent isn't very good..because either probably could've made the score worse if they wanted. But it's a common game nonetheless. I think the KV game will give a more accurate idea if anyone is going to compare opponents (which doesn't always matter by the way)

I don't see why they wouldn't have a tough time stopping him. Anahuac has put some points up at various times this year, too. I think it may be back and forth for a little bit.

My original thought was that this would be the 6/7 game with Anahuac pulling it out. I think Hardin has the momentum though. The OF game was a big win. Surprised many of us. I still think Ana will have some kids that may give Hardin issues but I think Hardin gets it in a relatively close one. 10-14 or so

I definitely think EC wins this one. It probably gets a few scores out of reach by early second half. Arlington ain't happening tho..unless they buy tickets. Sorry.

Well..yes and no. I personally don't consider a team to be good because they got into the playoffs. When UIL decided to let 4 teams in it watered down a lot of to me. I see your point tho. Hardin has the odds stacked against them because most of these teams are usually pretty good and do have experience getting a playoff spot. That's not necessarily the case this year. I didn't think I'd see a year when Kirbyville would potentially be 0-10 or 1-9 especially in the classification they're in. If Hardin was going to sneak in this would be the year to do it since the district is weaker than normal. The game tonight should all but decide it.

Finally. Welcome to 2018.

The strength of a district can be seen by how it does in the playoffs. Based on that.. this is not a tough district. It has never been a tough district being how I don't know if you can tell me the last time a team from this district won a round 3 game. Usually, the first time a school around here plays a team out of the area they're toast. Woodville may have a good shot at winning a round 3 game this year if the D11 champ makes it thru...but they'll likely get knocked off by R10 (Yoe or Rockdale). So that's who WV will get to play Rd3. I wouldn't bet on winning that. I don't think any other team in this district has a chance at getting there.

1. Beaumont West Brook 2. New Caney 3. Port Arthur Memorial 4. Nederland 5. Crosby 6. Port Neches-Groves 7. Barbers Hill 8. Huffman Hargrave 9. Lumberton 10. Little Cypress-Mauriceville 11. Jasper 12. Silsbee 13. Liberty 14. East Chambers 15. Orangefield 16. Buna 17. Woodville 18. Corrigan-Camden 19. Newton 20. Hull-Daisetta 21. Shelbyville 22. Lovelady 23. West Hardin 24. Katy St. John XXIII 25. Beaumont Legacy Christian

I would think that putting a stop to 70% of the offense is the best bet.

I know you weren't. Like I said.. I know that Haynes knows his stuff when he has a kid that can throw and a couple that can catch. You could almost argue that that seems to be his preferred offence. However.. it certainly seems that Hardin's bread and butter is the running back. If that's the case then loading the box might be the best option.

Don't fret. 18 year olds are better than 14/15 year olds.. that's how it's supposed to be. If KV is playing a lot of young ones then they'll be fine. Varsity experience never hurts.

Not meaning to seem argumentative.. but why do you say that? I know that LH is known for throwing it around but isn't Hardin's RB raking in a good portion of the offence?

History matters...zero...when talking about 2 teams that are playing this year. Unless you're talking about last year or year before when talking about history it doesn't really matter. Burkeville won a state championship in 2001. See.. history means nothing. That said.. I think OF wins this one by double digits.

EC big.

This district is unusually weak this year.

Livingston won’t win a game this year. Lumberton should roll.

If you’ve read my posts on this site you’d know that I don’t discriminate against any school. And hate to break it to you.. but there isn’t a single thing in this or any other post I’ve made that is “attacking” anyone. I’m realistic and I’m not a fan of delusional posts. I also defend coaches probably more than anyone on this site. Someone implied Hardin was good by saying they could kill someone? I’m just bringing up the fact that Hardin has only beat bad teams. If you say they’re good based on their record and I can also say that they can only beat bad teams (because of record).

Before you start letting your cockiness run away with itself.. think about this. Hardin as won 5 games this year. 4 of those 5 schools are 0-6. The other is 1-5. I’m glad for y’all’s kids that they’re having some success but I wouldn’t be throwing statements that they’d kill..anyone. Every team they’ve beaten is garbage. Maybe Hardin would beat HD. We won’t know but we know this for a fact. Hardin has only played 1 team that has at least 2 wins and they were destroyed.

You're right.. And I'll give you another one since we're looking for exceptions. Refugio is another. Calallen and Refugio are two schools in the region 4/San Antonio or south of..areas that have beaten a school from a different region in the last decade or more. About 20 or so state semifinal or final games per year and you found a couple that disprove what I said. Good job. I'm still sticking to my point that region 4 teams (except Austin WL and LT) are irrelevant when it comes to football. You can speculate as to why that is however you feel like.

Baytown Sterling Beaumont West Brook Galena Park North Shore Beaumont United Port Arthur Memorial Nederland PNG Vidor Lumberton LCM Splendora Center Hamshire-Fannet Silsbee Diboll Anahuac Woodville Kirbyville East Chambers Shelbyville Hull Daisetta West Hardin Evadale The Woodlands Legacy Prep Corrigan-Camden

Of course I know of Calallen and Phil Danaher. I've met him.. I don't need to check the history. His vast success still doesn't disprove the point that I've been making. Calallen and Phil Danaher has beaten a football team outside of Region 4 in the state playoffs twice in his entire coaching career.

I didn't say they were an issue. I'm saying that statistically it isn't always the ideal situation for a football team because football relies on numbers. Having a large group of kids that don't play football...will not help the situation of a football program.

I have a good friend that coached there up until last year. He told me this would happen exactly how it's happening. The dropping enrollment coupled with the demographic shift has caused the number in athletics to fall considerably. Not to sound ugly.. but a lot of those kids don't play football around here (SeTx).