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I think Manvel’s showing against Dickinson proved they’re as good as they’re projected to be. Dropped 42 last week on a squad that’s one of the better big 6As in the Houston area and only lost because of multiple mistakes in the kicking game. Katy Paetow is probably the only team left on their schedule that can stay within 20 points of them. They’ll need to tighten up the defense but I don’t see anybody stopping that run game before they get to Dallas.

Maybe you have a different answer to the question I asked you a couple years ago about why the basketball team was ready but the football teams wasn’t? When y’all aren’t plays us I root for programs like y’all, PAM, North Shore , etc., because demographically good sports programs in general benefits your kids more than a place like BH, PNG or even Crosby. A very good argument can be made for BU having the most talent in the district this year and right now you can’t convince me y’all can finish any better than 4th place.

Probably so, but I think y’all are getting some help from the offenses you’re playing too. For now it’s more impressive that PNG seems like they may be able to run the ball from the rb position this year.

Man, I wish I could post these videos of the plays we missed. Play calling was superb last night if we just hit the open receivers. We were never going going to be able to hold up to that Manvel o-line all night, especially with a back like Demontre Seymour which we probably won’t see for the rest of the year. You would’ve been able to take a whole bunch of money from me if you bet me we were going to hold them to 28 offensive points though. They used their size and pounded the ball on us at will at times but the only real mistake we made was a bad run fit on which Seymour hits us for about 70 basically untouched. Their qb went untouched on a read-option keeper but we were at the point where we had to sell out on Seymour so it was what it was. Even with Crosby getting in their own way, if we don’t have middle school level execution on the fg attempt we probably go into the half with a 10-7 lead. I mean, we roll the snap back there and kick it into one of our own linemen and it bounces right into the hands of a Manvel defender. We haven’t done that the whole 4 years Helburg has been our kicker and we probably won’t again. OC dials up a double move on one play and perfectly timed wheel route Manvel busts a coverage on on another play, they’re both wide arse open and we miss them both. Crosby is driving to tie it up before the half and Manvel gets us in like 3rd and 8. Manvel plays cover 1 man under and gets pressure off the left side with the Boston College commit, qb rolls right and had been effective running so the corner comes off the WR early leaving him WIDE open for a td and we don’t even see him. We’re going to make that play. At the end of the day we’ve just played Carthage and Manvel and the defense is giving up 24ppg. We’ve given up 14 points on special teams which I know for a fact will get fixed. Offense isn’t where you want it to be but it does feel like we’re on the verge. I thought it was a lot more likely that we would be 0-2 than 2-0 at this point in the season but I feel a heck of a lot better than I thought I would.

PNG is averaging 17.5ppg and is 2-0. That’s UFO level stuff right there.

Yes, he’s #40. Manvel had a double team on him almost all night and basically neutralized him. Still made a few plays but their scheme against him is why they probably ran for 300 yards on us. Considering the personnel on the field I thought there was very high level play in the trenches from both sides.

I think the ”unmade play” by Womack at the end of the game which would’ve made it 35-28 and gave us a chance at the onside was pure fatigue. He had another one on earlier on that drive he usually makes too. Very hard to ask anything more of him or Kirwood either considering the level they were playing at tonight. One thing we were talking about in my section was how much attention they had to give Casey to slow him down even with the caliber linemen Manvel has. Kid is absolute truth.

No reason for Crosby not to be 2-0 right now. We have to get what’s there WHEN it’s there. Good thing is we played better than last week. Again though, we lose a very winnable game.

Well, bad snap on the fg attempt probably cost us a lead at the half. Let’s see how we respond. Offense has got to help the defense out.

We’re running the ball effectively enough that Manvel can’t lay off the play-action, we just can’t hit a freaking throw. Would be ashamed to let these boys off the hook tonight, smh.

I’m cool with the decision making tonight. He hasn’t made a questionable one besides not throwing it away once and getting us in 2nd and long. He’s rushed throws to two wide open receivers and didn’t even see Smith(#2) wide open down the sideline for what would’ve been another td. Manvel is blowing all types of coverages and we’re not taking advantage.

Smh, oddly it’s the Crosby pass defense looking great tonight.

Cryrin has to make the plays that are there, plain and simple. If he does we’re up at least 21-7 right now.

Crosby gives up 7 freaking offensive points to Manvel in the first half and is again losing because of a special teams td given up. Meanwhile we miss three wide open tds. Defense flat out balling right now. Offense still looks like we’re playing Carthage, smh.

Ridge Point is better than Manvel on a normal basis but will probably be a lot better than Manvel this year. Unless Katy goes D1, RP will probably be 12-0 when they get the North Shore vs Atascocita loser in the third round. Crosby was 11-0 and ranked #2 in the state when we got RP in the area round and got demolished.

Conroe High is a school with a lot of pride that has been bad for a long time. They just hired Cedric Hardeman a couple of years ago though. They're the 9th largest school in Texas in terms of enrollment. Last year they went 0-5 in district play but four of those losses were by a combined 9 points. We'll have to wait a couple more weeks to see if they can keep it up but I really like the job CH is doing over there right now. Hardeman is nowhere near the coach Reginald Samples is yet but you can't help but to see the similarities in their current jobs. Duncanville is the 5th largest school in the state but had been pretty bad since they won their state title 20 years ago. All the talent was still there, they just need some coaching. There is still a truckload of talent in Conroe too, so it wouldn't surprise me to see him build a very formidable program up up there on the far north side of town. Conroe ISD pays so well that I doubt you would have to worry about losing him to one of the Klein schools in the neighboring district either.

Why AAW, why man? I’ve set this up perfectly the whole week and you come blow it for me on the eve of the game🤦🏾‍♂️

Lol, get off the thread and let's see then

Not really. All four coaches that beat our state finals team last year won by more points than y'all just did. Much rather him watch Tim Buchanan who destroyed Crosby or Jon Kay ten minutes down the road where his cousins play in North Shore.

He doesn't really care. Only cares about what goes on with his team in Crosby. I went D1 and had a bunch of teammates who were ballers that didn't live the game or research other teams. Kids now days have a lot more to do than sit around and read DC's you used to do back in the day. My older son couldn't have told you who Carthage was either. If the school is not close, if you don't watch the state games on tv or they have played them before, there are a bunch of young kids who don't know who a bunch of good teams are.

Where did I say they don't care about losing guy? He's seen Crosby lose a lot of games by a heck of a lot more than three to a heck of lot better teams than y'all. He still doesn't think Carthage is anything special. Hell, watched us lose by more points to Nederland in district play last year with a state finals team. Y'all aren't anything we don't see multiple times a year. I think it says a lot about your team that you have to dwell on a 3 point win. If y'all are that good go tell Surratt to schedule Duncanville and see if you can keep it closer than 70-0.

After Surratt and Manvel I think PAM will be a relief. Y'all need to take out BH first. Paetow was legit, and other than MAYBE qb you can't point to a position group on PAM's team that's better than what BH just saw against KP either. Especially at the line of scrimmage and the secondary even with Gilbeau. I think y'all should still win but probably only by a td.

ESPN just showed the game. Paragon has done the actual high school scheduling for ESPN the last couple decades. True, someone at the actual network probably should always go verify but Paragon said they have dealt with teams that have sketchy information before and never been burned. If ESPN was truly aware of any issues I'm sure the producers would've come through Luginbill's earpiece and told him to shut up. School is only really a couple of years old so I doubt parents actually understood what was truly going on until Sunday.

It's only a topic to people that won't be on the sideline Friday night. There's not a single coach or player that cares about what happened last week. Not saying they overlooked Carthage but before the season even started the kids were zeroed in on the Manvel game. I swear to God my son didn't even know who Carthage was. All he knew was that they were a 4A team. He asked me, "Why are we even playing them then?", and "Are they good?" He watched his big brother's squad beat Manvel and knows who they are and how big a deal it was to beat them though. I personally think we were ready to play but we came out and George Ranch-ed it like we did in the opener last year.

That's why you don't drop down and play the game. That win means a lot to Carthage as you can see a week later. If Manvel beats us they won't even care by Saturday afternoon.