Cougar14.2

I think this article highlights some good points about Crosby this year. I think our performance yesterday, limited as it may have been, reinforced some expectations for the season. We missed some things that were there on the offensive side of the ball but that’s somewhat expected early in the season, the execution was still crisp compared to where it was at this point last year. Even with our execution not being as clean we still pretty much dogged out Angleton in a last year’s scrimmage because of guys like Casey, Coop and Strahan doing work at the line of scrimmage. A huge question mark was how we would look in the trenches now that all of those guys are gone and I think Crosby has a sufficient answer. Crosby’s o-line coach is legit. If we’re not going to get pushed around by Lamar at the LOS then you’re talking about only a handful of teams that have the capability in 5A-D1 to do so. If we can get all the way healthy and stay healthy we may be on to something this year.

The Crosby vs Lamar scrimmage got called early but I think Crosby fans should be optimistic. Crosby held up very well in the trenches on both sides of the ball considering the personnel lined up across from them. It’s going to be all about staying healthy this year

That’s the issue though. You don’t know anything about football so you NEVER post about it. You spend more time on this site scrutinizing my post than telling us anything useful about BH’s football program. I post all types of information about Crosby football, the PA guys are in this thread posting about their squad, there are a couple of Baytown guys who have provided some analysis but nothing from you all offseason about BH. I think that’s because either you don’t know(which I do know for sure) or people just don’t talk to you? Crosby fans talk, everybody from Aledo to Texarkana and from Port Arthur to Port Lavaca know that. It is what it is but for whatever reason you in particular seem to have real complex with it. I “attacked Abseck”, I went on a “rant” about TW? Come on dude, for someone who has such a great life you sure do complain about a bunch of myopic issues. I think the only thing comparable to a 12 year old is all the whining you do.

No real surprise here as Myles gets the preseason nod as the top signal-caller in the Space City area: [Hidden Content]

I mean, you would think that there weren’t 11 other teams on their schedule last year

Lol, it's actually just the opposite. Information about player transfers has been taken off this site(I assume similar sites as well) and tried to be used punitively against transferring players during eligibility hearings. You're way too naive on the subject of THSF to understand any of that though. I don't claim to "know it all", I just happen to know exponentially more than you. However, numerous coaches from the SETXSports coverage area have DM'd me over the years to ask that I post stuff, ask that I remove stuff, tell me they love what I'm posting but can't like it, send me statistical corrections or just ask me a general high school football question. I was once even asked by a coach to write a letter of support to the TEA, which I obliged. I've had multiple parents DM me for recruiting advice and have been sent film to break down. I've even been asked if I would be interested in doing some freelance writing on THSF. Everything I've ever written about Crosby ISD hasn't been positive. I think the "powers that be" at Crosby understand that if I'm posting it then that's probably the majority of the sentiment. I've had at least one son in Crosby's football program since 2013 and can't even count the number of times their coaches have referred to me as "14.2", as do may fans who know me. The only things they've ever told me usually involve expletives of affirmation. For instance, they love reading the stuff I say to you. I'm a real THSF guy SS, you're just a guy who watches THSF football. Never forget that.

When you have to speak in front of people that make $800k it's useful to have a strong mouthpiece. It's not as simple as root, filler and cap.

I think we need to wait for more information to come out. Soulja might be right, BU may have had to resort to playing teams from Jerusalem this year? I'll hit up my Hebrew connect and see if he knows anything about this.

That should be a pretty kosher scrimmage

I think they look pretty good. They're just falling in line with the rest of the schools like Oak Cliff, Desoto, Duncanville and Cedar Hill in the are who have 10+ different uniform combinations. With the tax base in those areas being what it is it's pretty impressive how much funding their receive for athletic amenities and facilities.

Goes to show he didn't take the job because he wanted to live in a "great community" like SS thought. He wanted a bigger payday for him and his family before retirement and was setting up Jr. Not to mention his frustration with the supt. coming to him making suggestions on how he should be coaching the team, or kids pulling up with boats at Summer workouts or some of the other buy-in issues he wasn't used to dealing with at Allen. He was just there for the check, not because he actually thought he could turn BH into a winner on the football field.

I don't think people really want TW there, it was a joke in response to KF89's comments. However, the people I show your post to really do think you're an idiot. They say people like you are the ones who give BH a bad name. I've never had a boss from BH but I have had several guys from later 20's to retirement age work for me and NONE of them have ever talked about "the quality of life in BH" as much as you do and these are guys who report/reported to me every work day. There ain't a lot of tech execs. or neurosurgeons living in BH, the people with sense understand that if they're working on the same unit or sitting in the same hall as you then y'all are probably more alike than different. I take/took jabs at Carthage, Manvel, Texas High, Huntsville, etc. I saw CE King's receivers' coach in the dollar store the other night and told him "You know we got y'all by 20, right?". Crosby and our rival Dayton used to legendarily go back and forth on here, Lil Tex could fire back with the best of them. That's because he was actually an avid high school football fan though, something you lie about being. The issue with BH, and not even really all BH fans but just you in particular, is that you're too naive on the subject of THSF to actually provide any real football analysis of your program. Your football knowledge is akin to the mother of the first chair in the clarinet section, which might actually be a slight to some of the PNG band moms. I'm not jealous of anything in the BH community because I can guarantee 90% of them ain't clearing it like this Crosby boy is. I'm jealous of the guys on this board that are living up on lakes and shooting dear off their front porch. Go back and read your post, you never talk about anything football related outside of complaining about results. Every one of your post has to do with something with the administration, life in BH or a poorly supported rebuttal to one of the other posters who know 10X the football you do. I don't need or care to know the inner-workings of BH. What I can do though is walk down the hall or pick up the phone and have all 22 kids named that are currently at practice running with the 1's, along with injury reports and anything else I could think to ask. You can't, otherwise you would've mentioned the big news out of BH camp last week.

After seeing Dayton in person and reading the Nederland review I’m going to have to go with FB Marshall, Texas City, PNG and FB Willowridge as my prediction for the playoff teams from the D2 district in that order.

Dayton scored 3 tds to Huffman’s 0 in the controlled portion. Dayton scored 11 points and Huffman scored 0 in the 1 live quarter. Two takeaways I have are that Huffman isn’t going to challenge the Orange County teams for a district title and Dayton is probably still a year away from making the playoffs. Unless the Dayton staff was holding back considerably with their play calling there’s no way you should look that much more physically imposing than your opponent and still perform the way they did.

I think it’s all about how that off campus environment correlates with your team. Playing district schools like Summer Creek, Kingwood Park and Humble all at Turner never felt like a huge disadvantage outside of the officiating. There are no logos on the field or end zones and not much difference in the home and away side seating. It always felt/feels more neutral than a huge home field advantage. On the opposite end of the spectrum is Glenda Dawson High which is seven miles away from Pearland ISD Stadium. Playing Dawson at The Rig when the Eagles are rolling is one off the more crazy environments in THSF. This year two of Crosby’s four away games are against the Baytown schools at Stallworth Stadium. Again, no logos on the field outside of the generic white district logo and no paint in the end zones. The two Baytown schools we play away are relatively close to Stallworth but they’ll probably still feel like Crosby home games. I think it’s the community and crows that make the stadium feel like home, not necessarily the colors on the field.

Time to run the bag up💰

Dude, you barely know anything about your own program. I have dudes sitting in my hallway at work I show your post to that think you're an idiot. I don't resent Abseck and I couldn't care less about the outcome of BH's season. I have several buddies with sons on the team and in the program so for their sake I want them to see their kids having a good time just like I do my sons. Backing into the playoffs in 4th place and winning one game isn't more than Westerberg did when he got BH to the third round at Reliant. Abseck went .500 with the most talented team BH has ever had. Now y'all will be back to normal this year and probably a KP loss away from 4th place. Your o-line is suspect, your defense is still bad, your star receiver is out, you don't have plus running backs and you'll be breaking in a new QB on top of that. I love that we have Coach P right now but I'm not the least bit worried that if he leaves Crosby's program will take a nose dive. It's been proven from the Flannigan led squad that lost to Dawson in the third round, to the Riordan led squad that lost to Cedar Park in the semis, to the Prieto led squad that lost in the state finals that if you give us a competent guy on the sideline that our kids will produce results. Just the opposite is true in BH though. Reagan talks about 7 years for a coach to win a state title. Well, the last 7 years BH has had three different state title winning coaches and only has one district championship, in a year everybody else was down, to show for it. It's been proven over the last 17 years that the only thing that can stop Crosby from getting into the dance is an inept school board and supt. My son turned 3 over the weekend and had his birthday party in south Dallas. My wife graduated from Dallas Skyline and all of her friends and relatives children attend school on that I-20 corridor from Oak Cliff to Duncanville. Her nephew is going to be the starting safety for Duncanville this year. When I tried to explain where Crosby was he cut me off and said, "Oh, we know about Crosby". This is after I ran into Carlos Lynn at Winners BBQ and tried to order two slabs of ribs from him while he was out to lunch with the Cedar Hill coaching staff. When I mentioned I was from Crosby he said, "Oh, y'all got something down there." So whether Prieto leaves or not, which I don't see with his son being in 8th grade, Crosby will be fine. BH on the other hand will still be trying to hire state title winning coaches just so they can beat us.

Seems like Crosby has become somewhat of a destination school for the free agents in NE Harris County. It's been requested that I not discuss our transfers in detail on this site anymore which I will oblige. All I'll say now is that West Texas Intermediate ain't the only thing getting exported our of the Permian Basin

I'll be attending the Dayton vs Huffman scrimmage this Friday, interested to see if the Broncos can give Lil' Tex something to look forward to this year. I'll also be attending the BH vs Shadow Creek scrimmage on the 19th.

After Abseck went .500 his first year that's probably just BH fans wishing Westerberg was still there. Seriously though, the leash at BH is usually pretty long. However, I'm not sure it's as long for Abseck as it has been for the past two coaches? BH doesn't really have high expectations for their football program but perpetual 3rd and 4th place finishes would probably still fall short of them, especially the next two years.

Maxpreps preseason 8-5A-D1 previews: Barbers Hill - [Hidden Content] Crosby - [Hidden Content] Port Arthur Memorial - [Hidden Content] Kingwood Park - [Hidden Content] La Porte - [Hidden Content] New Caney Porter - [Hidden Content] Baytown Lee - [Hidden Content] Baytown Sterling - [Hidden Content] Baytown GCM - [Hidden Content] Maxpreps 8-5A-D1 preseason rankings: #6 - Crosby #28 - PAM #55 - BH #57 - Baytown Lee #60 - Kingwood Park #79 - New Caney Porter #91 - Baytown Sterling #94 - La Porte #108 - GCM Average preseason district ranking = 64.2 Average preseason ranking for district 7-5A-D1 = 40.1

Just got one at the Crosby Walmart. I believe they have 5 left?

In the Crosby area it would be the Charles R. Drew High School Dragons out of Barrett Station, TX. The district eventually merged with Crosby ISD and the Crosby Buffalos to form the Crosby Cougars

I think Sterling fans are pretty realistic and realize how far away they really are. They've seen some good Lee teams so they know what good football should look like and they know they're no close to playing it. One thing that jumps out is the "He's in over his head" sentiment that someone posted in this thread earlier. I had a Lee graduate from the Dick Olin era who I really respect, who had a son playing for Coach Toomer, tell me the exact same thing with examples included. You can probably classify Sterling's personnel as "sufficient enough" to make the playoffs in this district though. As far as the playoffs I think there's only really one spot left up for grabs. Anything can happen but as of now I would give BH the nod with probably a 5-3 district record. I think they beat the three Baytown schools, Porter and La Porte for their five district wins. I think their game with Kingwood Park is a toss-up right now though? If I was to choose a dark horse in this district it would be La Porte. They have better personnel and now better coaching than the Baytown schools with the hire of Dobie's coach. They're also going to run a style of offense that this district doesn't defend against much. It's year one though, plus their coach got there late so I wouldn't be surprised to see them struggle again at all but I also wouldn't be surprised to see them go 4-4 in district play and back in to the dance on a tie-breaker.

Reminder of what 8-5A-D1 is in for this year: