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WH will beat Sabine Pass and possibly Colmesneil. The only difference is that now they will be district wins instead of preseason wins. Which...by the way...there go your preseason wins because there’s no one left you guys can beat. Burkeville is going 6 man.

Jasper, Silsbee, WOS, Huntington, HJ, Shepherd Liberty, LaMarque, Houston Kashmere, Tarkington, HF ??? Who knows...

I’m just seeing this? lol. You literally won the Internet today. This is great.

No offense...but yeah no kidding they're looking forward to it. A drop in classification ALWAYS results in the ability to be more competitive. UIL makes a lot of winners and losers based on that number they decide on.

How do you know how well of a coaching job they do? It is quite possible that they just aren't as good as their fans/parents think they are. But putting the coaching staff on blast isn't going to make them win any more games...I have a lot of friends/family in coaching and none of the ones I know aren't doing everything they can to win games and balance the holding of kids accountable. And no offense...because I think Babin is an outstanding coach from what I've been told. But he hasn't had a winning season since he left Deweyville has he? How much longer is Lumberton going to put up with that? And wasn't Duboise (Bridge City) like the Texas Coach of the Year or something not too long ago?.. He only won one game this year. How much longer should Bridge City put up with that?

What a joke. Might as well have every starter on first team. That shouldn’t have to be said. Bad teams wouldn’t be bad if they had 1st teamers

Both.

I'm not saying they wouldn't do better. That's a given...smaller classification are "worse" and thus easier to compete in compared to classifications above them...that goes without saying. I'm just saying that the idea of Lumberton making deep runs in the playoffs as a result of dropping in class simply isn't true.

No offense...but what exactly are you basing that on? There's a lot of 4A D1 teams around here that Lumberton couldn't beat. Haven't been able to recently anyway. Aren't they normally in a battle with HF every year? HF couldn't even make the playoffs in D2.

What I’m saying is both are perennial powers in football but not the case at all in basketball.

Comparing scores isn’t the only thing my analysis is based on. And it seems to work out more times than not for me. I’m wrong plenty but for someone that doesn’t see games I’m usually relatively accurate with my predictions.

Probably about like WOS does.

It was sarcasm...and I was referring to the fact that Orangefield scored less than 10 points per quarter. Against a team that is most likely terrible based on the scored I've seen.

Well, their game with Orangefield is precisely what gave me the feeling I have. After going to OT with Lumberton (Ofield)...then the barnburner with Legacy...then OT again with EC...I don't know. I'm entitled to an opinion just like anyone. And this is my early opinion.

Based on some early scores I've seen I'm thinking Kountze takes the district. Before the season started I was thinking that it would be EC based on what they had coming back and the move-ins...But I haven't been overly impressed with the EC scores I've seen... yet. That may change. And I'm hearing Kountze may have depth issues at some point and that may be an issue in bigger games (EC). But my gut is saying Kountze. I wouldn't be surprised if they split in the district though. Buna's scores are deceptive but I think they take 3rd. Don't know a whole lot about Kirbyville. I guess Anahuac takes 4th...? The other 3 may fight it out for the (Don't be last) trophy.

After a 35-7 (or whatever) 1st quarter massacre I’m pretty sure the coaching staff has the authority to not give up but play as to keep it respectable if they choose.

Probably kept running the ball to burn clock. The coaches should be applauded in that regard.

I’m not negating anything Silsbee did. I’m just saying that it was 64-36....and not 84-21 because of Carthage. Point blank.

Not a knock on Silsbee at all, but they scored 36 for the same reason that Carthage ONLY scored 64. Either way very respectable season. Now on to what Silsbee does best.

Somebody forgot to tell Madisonville that they’re supposed to lose

That would be a heck of a soccer game... or baseball/softball.

I was kinda looking forward to this week's pickem. I generally do a little better during playoffs than regular season.

I’m hearing that Buna put a beat down on some really bad teams. Maybe they aren’t as good as their scores have indicated.

Ah.. makes sense. Friendly banter. For a quick second, I was thinking that If there was something in the conversation that warranted banning I should've been gone a long time ago.

lol. I just saw the conversation go from Silsbee and Carthage to someone getting banned...? I guess.. Maybe there's a PM or something I don't know about.