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FBM used to be the SW Houston all-star team because there's about five schools that are within 5-6 miles they used to pull all the high end talent from, not to mention the notable transfers they used to get. They have better football playing demographics than North Shore so they really shouldn't have down years but Fort Bend ISD treats them like an HISD school. They also have a first year head coach which I'm sure is impacting them as well as people moving further out of the city to places like Fulshear, Iowa Colony, Arcola, etc. Could be another Alief Taylor in the making, smh

Out of all the games the Houston area teams played the only two scores I was legitimately surprised to see were North Shore beating Lancaster 35-0 and Deer Park beating Dawson 35-0. Dawson may have injuries or some other issue though? Still think Dickinson will win the district but DP looked awful good week 0.

From a recruiting standpoint this has to be the most talented team BH has ever fielded? BH has kids with P4 offers/committed at every position group that I can find beside OL and LB? Example of growth creating talent. Luke Babin(QB) - Composite #26 in the country at his position committed to Baylor Miles Spurlock(RB) - [Hidden Content] Keagan Morton(WR) - [Hidden Content] Raiden Cook(DL) - Composite #17 in the country at his position committed to Houston Chris Clark(DB) - [Hidden Content]

Wow, I had no idea we had played that many times? With 57 previous games maybe we have met while undefeated before? Start the 6A era with a clean slate in what I think is probably going to end up a standard non-district game.

I don’t know how many times these teams have played but I’m pretty sure they’ve never met when they’ve both been “undefeated”? On a serious note this is a good test for the new Crosby coaching staff against a program that’s probably a playoff team in their district. For Crosby to have any chance to finish higher than 6th in 17-6A we’re gong to have to figure out how to get stops and a team like BH that’s very good at scheming points is a great opportunity for the defensive staff to see where they stand. Of course BH is the favorite but I think Crosby will be more prepared than we have the last few years.

I think those games are purely played to suffice the “What state has the best high school football?” argument? Their argument is that out public schools have open enrollment which is like recruiting but apples and oranges is an understatement when it comes to what schools like Mater Dei, STA, St. Frances or Bishop Gorman do.

Having a different coach explains the result. Prieto could coach circles around Willis even playing with the short stack talent wise. Not saying Coach Williams is on Coach P’s level yet but he’s at least competent enough not to get embarrassed by teams he should beat.

He’s the defensive coordinator at Somerset now. Lol, I see Prieto did hire a couple of players off of his state finals team though.

I think North Shore is who you would choose if you had to select a team any given year. I still think STA would win 7/10 but North Shore is coached so well that they would probably have the best shot to mitigate the up and down talent cycles. For as good as our high school teams are it’s tough to compete against squads that can start a 3⭐️ at every position on the field

Man, they have great “football” playing numbers though. I really don’t know why they’re not Dickinson-level? Watching most of the 6A top 10 extended highlights I’m not sure North Shore and CE King aren’t the best two teams in the state

Good win to start the season for Crosby. Most complete game I’ve seen us play in three years, very easy to see the difference in the way the kids are prepared. I don’t expect the new, young staff to be as sound as BH next week but if they somehow do walk out with a victory I think the question immediately becomes “Can Crosby win a shocker somewhere in district play?”. Either way it’s the first time Crosby has been 1-0 in eight years so already kudos to the new staff.

Crosby is “6A” so it should look like this against a team two divisions below them. Would’ve liked to have seen this game with Poth still at DC for Dayton to really get a gauge on Crosby’s new OC but either way I think it was good work for both teams in terms of things they need to improve on moving forward.

I think the Crosby fans are more than sensible enough to understand that. The record isn’t going to be good and there will be those who give a lot of weight to “bad” coaching decisions but 90% of our issue is just going to be personnel, especially in the trenches.

I really don’t understand the Brewster transfer? His dad played in the league so purely from a football standpoint he has to obviously know he’s not going to get developed much more at Buford than he did at Cedar Hill if he’s already the #1 recruit in the country? He’s already leaving in December and can sign his NIL deal before New Year? This is an NFL type move(surely from dad) where you get to the guaranteed money ASAP, which in this case is five months earlier. His NIL deal is also going to be in the 7-figures though, so tough to say it’s not a smart move versus risking injury your senior year? That being said, I may be biased in my opinion because my little cousin is already the same size as Brewster and just picked up his fourth star and a Texas offer after his freshman season this past year. I would love for him to have this problem in a couple years.

For THSF to lead the way in pretty much every metric in the country one thing we suck at is title games. Tough for the small school teams to earn their right to play for a title under the Friday night lights only to have to ask their families/communities to accommodate a Wednesday game in the middle of the afternoon.

Per the UIL 2026-2028 rank order reclassification Strake Jesuit has an enrollment of 2,974 kids. Maybe they're using a different formula than what you're saying but that's what the UIL is going by, probably doubling the enrollment to account for schools with girls. I know the Plano schools have senior highs and only about 2,400 kids on campus but are listed at enrollments close to 5k [Hidden Content]

Yeah, I'm speaking from experience of having buddies and relatives who currently have kids playing at P4 and G6 schools. IDK how much you follow recruiting but you can see on that list that even some of the most elite QB recruits in Texas over the past few years have already hit the portal. Pretty sure most would've stayed like the old days if they were being paid millions just to be a depth player instead of ending up at Abilene Christian two years after you make the Elite 11

Strake Jesuit has just shy of 3,000 kids so they would be 6A regardless but other states have already moved to this model or some type of hybrid. Louisiana moved to a "select" division similar to the Catholic League in California and Florida added an "open" division for their best teams regardless of class. You're probably referencing SOC and I agree, there's really no way they should be playing in 5A-D2 with PNG. SOC's actual attendance zone is very small but Molina, Kimball and Carter are all in the same neighborhood and supplement their roster before you even get to the actual "transfers". The South Dallas County coaching staffs also do a great job at identifying youth talent and "steering" them to programs so that PAPF's never even become an issue. It's going to be the same for Desoto dropping down to 5A-D1 this year

You're not giving a 3* high school QB $300k a year just for his signature at a lower tier P4 school. He would be very lucky to get $100k as a freshman from Baylor. That's why I pointed out that even a high school All-America transfer QB from the SEC is already headed out. I'm sure he would've gladly accepted $300k-$600k to wait in line behind Lagway versus transferring to a mid-major where he would be doing well to get $50k a year. These teams have GM's now and unless you're a school with extremely deep pockets you're not paying a kid $1M to sit on the bench and develop. Long before a coach with his job on the line like Aranda gives an unproven high school commodity $300K per year to be a depth player they would just go get another one of these experienced guys from the portal like they did with DJ. [Hidden Content]

If you and your family haven't grown up/lived in a community your whole life, are you actually beholden to the name on the front of the jersey though? When I was young my family lived in Trinity Gardens in NE Houston in what is now North Forest's attendance zone. Imagine being a life long resident of that community in today's time and having North Shore, CE King and Summer Creek who are all open enrollment football powerhouses 10 mins away. If your kid was any good you'd basically be doing them a disservice by keeping them there simply for "loyalty" purposes. It 100% matters where you play today

What's even crazier is that if you're only paying your starters $11M you have little to no chance of even contending for a P4 conference championship in this environment. Indiana was the outlier because a bunch of their team transferred from James Madison with the coach and weren't sought-after NIL guys. I love that the players are getting paid now but it's also kind of disappointing that the influx of money has led to the strip-mining of high end talent from the lesser conferences. Never again will you be able to turn on a MAC game on a random Wednesday night in November and watch a Chad Pennington hook up with Randy Moss in the snow or stay up late watching Derek Carr hook up with Devante Adams at Fresno St. in a WAC game.

No it doesn't, the only player making over $1M on Baylor's roster is DJ Lagway who was a 5* coming out of high school and started two years in the SEC. The only way you get those NIL numbers listed above are to be an elite high school recruit or a big time transfer that produced at your previous stop. A low rated 4* or a 3* is going to have to earn their money once they get to campus. Prior to Baylor signing Lagway this year they signed Walker White from the portal who was a top 5-8 QB in the nation before singing with Auburn out of high school, he's already out the door again on the way to Central Arkansas. I highly doubt he's collected $300k after three years on P4 rosters. Baylor has had three players drafted in the last four years which is basically when the NIL era kicked off, two have been linemen. If you're good enough to make "millions" in the trenches in college you're most likely getting drafted. Outside of a guy Baylor is willing to overpay for in the portal from time to time to get him to Waco nobody they're willing to pay that type of money to would actually stay there because better teams/playoff contenders would pay more.

There's two things I would point to: 1) If your child is planning to play in the NCAA they better get used to practicing at 6AM regardless of the temperature. 2) You're going to get more out of your reps, especially the ones later in practice, if you're not getting beat down by the sun. There's a fine line between the benefits of practicing in the heat vs the detriment due to sapped energy levels and attention span.

Yeah, our first district game is North Shore. It’s highly likely that game is decided by the end of the first quarter. Not sure how he expects me or any of the Crosby fans to discuss that if that was considered whining, lol?