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Yeah, I heard BH fans saying the same thing when they hired Westeberg. You still have the same athletes and no Deshawn Washington though. Based on what I've heard about how Crosby feels about WOS after watching film and film I've seen of how Nederland looked against them, I would say Nederland would be doing well to stay within 20 points of this version of Crosby. 4-12 for 53 passing yards and a pick if pretty bad, as is 41 rushing attempts for 127 yards. It doesn't have anything to do with how good or bad Nederland is though, it's about them just not matching up well. You'll understand what I mean when Ned goes to BH in a few weeks. BH has looked subpar to date but watch how much of a matchup issue they are for y'all.

I think you're missing the overall point. You don't have to wait until next year without RJ, you saw a glimpse of what PNG was without him Friday against a decent team. You lost by 17 with him playing most of the game, do you honestly think you don't get beat by 30+ without him? He makes PNG's whole team better because of the way you have to defend him. PNG's defense is still bad, a lot of that gets covered up because RJ can keep the sticks moving with his legs and maximize PNG's time of possession. Thus minimizing the amount of time the Indians defense is on the field with chance of exposure. Do you really feel like PNG is good for any reason other than having RJ at qb? He's literally 90+% of the offense. PNG has a faithful fan base and I'm sure the community will do what it takes to win but much like Westeberg is finding out at BH, it's hard to continuously beat good teams if you don't consistently produce the athletes that give you a chance. I can't remember the last time PNG had one but I think you're underestimating the value of a transcendent player.

They're one of the worst 5A programs in suburbs. They're averaging over 50ppg against two bad opponents but Vidor shouldn't have much trouble with them. Kind of big due to their enrollment but just not very good.

Didn't lose any in '15. None of our opponents in this district are on par with the Summer Creek team in '13 or the C.E. King squad we lost to in '14. It would have to take a '16 and '17 type debacle we had against NCISD in those years. I very confident this defense won't allow it to happen though. Crosby may not make it back to the semifinals but this looks to be Riordan's best team he's had during his tenure.

Tomball Memorial would beat PNG by 30 without RJ. They're one of those new schools with exploding enrollment who have already moved to 6A in their 7th season. Quick refresher on Houston football. Tomball beat region 4 finalist Foster and also beat the Huntsville team y'all just lost to 17-3 in district play last year. Huntsville is good and will finish second in their district this year only because it's putrid once you get past A&M Con., watch how College Station does them this weekend though. Santa Fe isn't as bad as you may think they are either. Probably going get a reality check this weekend as to what PNG is without RJ.

After a thriller with Newton, WOS travels to Crosby to finally get what they've been asking for.

If they had let us kick the extra point we would've had 50 on the best defense in the region which is most likely the second best defense in 5A-D2 behind Aledo. I think Nederland is the second best team in the district but they're probably one of Crosby's easier matchups in terms of the way they play. Crosby is much more likely to lose to Vidor or Barbers Hill than Nederland.

You can expect them to look pretty close to Huntsville minus T'Vondre Sweat. Physical and likes to run downhill on you with Jakobi Holland who's one of the best backs in Houston. Probably a double digit favorite at home and with PNG missing RJ.

This will probably be seen as an arrogant statement but what else is new? Crosby is fully capable of losing to WOS, Dayton, PNG, BH and Ned. If we're being honest though, the only team left on the regular season schedule that concerns me is Vidor. I don't think anybody else has the firepower to score enough on this Crosby defense. Not that Vidor does either but they're the best at limiting Crosby's opportunities and just frustrating the hell out of the Cougars. As far as Vidor getting lucky, don't count on it. You don't get to be overlooked when you come into a district opener undefeated.

Updated forecast: 1. Crosby - no explanation needed 2. Nederland - looking for an undefeated matchup when Crosby comes to town 3. Vidor/BH - BH has Vidor’s number but Vidor has looked better to date 4. BH/Vidor - BH probably backs in by default, would draw Manvel in bi-district 5. Dayton/PNG - just lost AT home to Galena Park . . . 6. PNG/Dayton - losing RJ is probably worse than losing to Galena Park 7. Santa Fe - primed to play spoiler 8. Lee - averaging 41ppg through their first two, might surprise somebody

LB was concussion protocol, I’m not sure with the LT but was told he should be good to go for WOS.

Crosby’s non-district schedule is brutal and so far they’ve performed as only one could hope. Bye week comes at a good time after an emotional win in the Jungle, meaning Crosby still has only one home loss since 2012. I think having the bye at this point in the season actually helps with game-planning for the district opener against Vidor in a few week. It also doesn’t hurt that we get a week to rest while WOS plays a headknocker against Newton before they come to Crosby. Long way to go before that time gets here but the way things have broken, it’s sure looking like there’s going to be a showdown for the district championship in Mid-County. PNG won’t be involved in this one though. Defense is one of the best we’ve seen at Crosby in recent years and the offense just put 50 minus an XP on the best defense they’re likely to see all year. Most impressive position group so far has been the offensive line, who led the way for three different 100+ yard rushers against Manvel. Howard and Simon both rushed for 100+ yards against NC also. Crosby has a chance for this to be a special season if they can stay healthy. Recap of Manvel: [Hidden Content]

This probably isn’t going to be much of a competitive game so I’ll bring up something else. Splitting 5A has done some teams a solid, it has done others a disservice. PAM is one of those squads that has gotten a much tougher road through the playoffs now. NC should be the only regular season contest PAM has left but 1-4 in the bi-district could go 1. Angleton 2. Foster 3. Hightower 4. Friendswood, Shadow Creek and Texas City are also in that district. 2nd round would be a combination of Cedar Park, Hutto and Georgetown. If you survive that you’re back to Angleton and Foster for the 3rd round. Austin Macallum, who was 14-1 last year, and a very good Dripping Springs team are also in the region now. Hands down the toughest 5A-D1 region in the state. With only one more competitive game on the schedule it’s just all about staying as healthy as possible for PAM.

C’mon man, it’s not like y’all were handing us the ball. Manvel had one mishandled exchange which led to a fumble y’all ended up recovering. All those other fumbles were forced. I think Manvel was a little surprised after they bloodied Crosby’s nose that Crosby swung back. In order to make up the talent gap with a team like y’all Crosby was going to have to play physical, force Manvel into some mistakes and capitalize when they did. That’s what happened. Hopefully we get to do it again in December. *Looking at it, that is Manvel’s first regular season loss since Pearland in 2015.

You would think that but I’m not so sure about the conditioning this year? That’s usually our strong suit early in the season. Second week in a row we had crucial players cramping up at critical times. Never saw one player cramp up for NC last week. Don’t think I saw one for Manvel last night either. That being said, I do agree we somehow wore Manvel down. We started gashing their d-line in the run game in the second half.

Yes, in the regional final if we both won our districts.

They took kids from both Manvel and Alvin. Yes they took talent from Manvel, they still probably have 7 or 8 FBS signees on that roster though. Johnson and Owens are one of the best, if not the best running back tandems in Texas. Layden Robinson and Kori Roberson are A&M and OU commits in the trenches. I still don’t think anybody in 5A-D2 is more talented.

Guzman and Hernandez carry Galena Park to the win, rough night for Naill with 3 picks: [Hidden Content]

Dayton has missed the playoffs two years in a row in an average district and just started the current season 0-2 with a loss most recently to an inner-city soccer school. There’s more to it than giving the defense time to rest. For instance, Crosby schedule Dayton for homecoming.

Excellent coaching job by the Cougar staff. I think it’s safe to say they’re one of the upper tier units in the Houston area. After spotting Manvel 21 points adjustments were made on both sides of the ball and the clock was managed beautifully in a close game. Not going to lie, lost a fingernail over the decision to kick the field goal on 4th and a short 2 yards versus going for it deep in Manvel’s territory when points looked like they would come at a premium for Crosby. Those three points turned out to be the difference though. That’s the reason Coach Riordan is the all-time winningest coach in Crosby history and I work at a refinery.

I’m a recruiting degenerate, I’m more than aware of who he is. He’s one of the reasons I feel Dayton shouldn’t be any worse than 7-3 this year.

The RJ I’m talking about is Roschon Johnson who was carted off the field tonight.

It was, I’m sitting here telling Johnnie Walker all about it.

First off, good win by those kids at Galena Park. This is just flat out unacceptable for the Dayton Broncos though. Until the powers that be at The Horseshoe decide they’re tired of losing football games to soccer schools you can expect more of the same. With every fiber of my being I hope RJ is ok, but if he’s not there’s no reason Dayton shouldn’t be competing for the second spot in this district. Instead, they’re probably going to struggle to go .500? At least when Dayton owned Crosby we were still a playoff team.

Just glad we have a bye week before WOS. I think we would be ripe for the picking next Friday after that emotional win. Going to take a couple weeks to get the kids refocused after that one.