Cougar14.2

Well, this is usually what happens after somebody plays Crosby. They take the moral victory, say "better be glad you weren't playing X squad" or point to the second round. I've been in here since 2011, I'm not going to crawfish on anything I've said. I still think Crosby should've blow Jasper out and we were a couple holding calls from doing so. Crosby got the ball across the goaline 9 times and missed three extra points, it's Crosby's fault we only scored 42 and I've said that multiple times already as well as "Jasper played s good game". I'll take what should've been at least a 52 point performance in a opener against a team we got a lot less possessions against than the other 7 spread teams we'll play in the district. IDK what you're talking about cover something up? You damn near got 60 put on you and you're still running your trap. They had a long interview with Riordan and some highlights of this game last night on High School Scorboard. After listening to that I actually feel even better about last night.

Based on week one performances I would definitely think BH is the favorite going into the district opener in their place.

Man, I hadn't seen Dayton but I did see Ned. This might be a looooooonnnnnnnggggg season for the Broncos. Good win Ned. It felt kind of weird this year, for the first time in probably 15 season I picked up a schedule and Dayton wasn't the first game I looked at.

I think we need to wait a couple more weeks to get a better hold on it, especially since you never really know how the flood situation effected each team. What I would feel more comfortable saying is that we're going to have 8 playoff teams who probably struggle to play just average defense.

I don't have any issue jumping on the crow thread. Crosby has to put 50/60 on Jasper in that game or not give up 36 and we did neither. Jasper played hard in their house and Crosby didn't take advantage of opportunities to put the game out of reach. For all you Jasper fans like JasperDawg still talking that hot garbage, welcome to what it's like when you play Crosby. You walk away with a moral victory and we walk away with a W. Seriously though Jasper fans I hope y'all win state, I see DC's has y'all ranked #9 preseason in your class. It's really been fun playing a new team and getting another fan base to hate me! We got bigger fish to fry in the Gas Pocket next week though.

At the end of the day I really expected Crosby to blow Jasper out. I figured we would get gashed a few times in the running game hence my 49-14 or 56-14 score prediction. We were a couple of holding penalties off the 56 even with some of the throws we missed. I think that's something Crosby can build on moving forward, not really concerned about that side of the ball. I feel like giving up back to back onside kicks to start the half changed the momentum. That being said, the defense still gave up 36. Jasper probably converted 5 fourth down plays on two or three scoring drives, Crosby has to get off the field in those situations but kudos to Jasper for making those plays. Defense made some nice strip plays on the Jasper running backs and #56 wreaked havoc on Jasper's center causing snap and fumbling issues. Surprisingly the plays I thought hurt the most were third and long/fourth down pass plays. Have to fix that because BH might put it up 40 times. I say we clean up the penalties, stop missing extra points, get off the field on third and fourth down and we're right where we need to be this time of the season. I'll take a W any way it comes though. Once again, good game Jasper. . . Maybe even great from your side of things. *PS: Crosby fans, this looks a lot like the 25-20 win over over Ned to start the '14 season. Let's see how it finishes?

Good game Jasper. Crosby definitely has a lot of work to do before next week. Now... for this long ride.

I mean seriously, if we're going to go the one less turnover route then we can say a couple less holdings and Crosby gets nearly 60. Smh

We scored 42 with multiple tds called back man, I'll take that for not clicking. I don't think any Crosby fan would tell you we were offensively.

With two onside kick recoveries, three tds called back, some ridiculous refereeing and an extra half a quarter played probably. It's all good though, good game. That's a game we have to play cleaner on offense and get 56 in and put it out of doubt. Or at least not give up 5 or 6 fourth down conversions and 36 points.

They were takeaways, the center was getting whipped all night and couldn't make a good snap.

I think we'll get 50 tonight and we're not even clicking yet. I will say I can see why Jasper is salty at their level though.

29-14 Crosby Halftime

Well, Crosby has 6 tds and a field goal in 16 minutes of play but only has 29 points so far.

Smh, more people buying into the hype I guess? #8 ranked dual-threat in the class with only making one varsity start so far. *On another note, how sick must Humble be right now to have lost the #3 dual-threat in his class and the stud receiver about to probably commit to OU that's at KP right now? Different ball game with those two in Turner.

By the way, I don't care if we play Caney Creek or the Sisters of the Poor. Deep down I worry about every game until it's out of hand or the whistle blows. I'm just not as worried about this one as I will be the one next week.

Yeah, I see what you're saying but when you actually watch the games at those levels you'll see we just have a hard time running the offense when kids like the Twins, Cotton, Netherly, Howard, etc. never play a jv snap or in Williams case never even take a freshman snap. I agree we shouldn't lose 40-14 in any case but that's usually what we look like on jv.

I agree it hurts the smaller school more to move youngsters up. My point is when you take the caliber of sophomore talent off those squads Crosby does it hurts just as much or more. At those lower levels we don't adjust to our talent just to try to win games so if something isn't working we may not necessarily get out of it, instead choosing to run it again and work on it so they have it down by Fridays.

So wait, Manvel was trying to play us again but instead we scheduled Jasper and you think Jasper is the game we really didn't want to play? Probably off on that one. Every time we play a team from SETX, no matter who it is, the sentiment is the same from said team's fan base. Yet we haven't lost to one of them since 2012.

I believe the only thing that has Crosby worried is the 5+ hours of driving we have to do to get there and back.

It's not going to show up as much on the underclassmen because you're only playing one grade of kids usually. If you have a couple of studs or a good class you can make up a lot. When you use nearly 1,700 kids to make a 45 man roster against a school using 700 to make a 45 man roster for varsity teams is where you notice the difference.

The way we throw the ball in our offense it makes a drastic difference when there's a drop off in that ability with the next man up. The sophomore qb that's on varsity has been a stud since 7th grade and I'm not sure how many games they've ever lost with him playing which is why he's up. I imagine he would start for half the teams in the district right now. That's a huge deal not having a player like him at that level of competition, as well as his top receiving target who's also on varsity and will be very good when it's his time.

You should ask Dayton, Barbers Hill and New Caney what those jv games mean? They're 0 indication of what happens the following night. Like CCRed said, the qb that should be on jv is backing up Howard on varsity. Kind of like how our jv record would've been a lot better last year had Howard not been on varsity picking apart Barbers Hill. Varsity has won 51 games the past 5 years while I would be surprised if the jv won more than 25 games. We go through these same comments and explanations every year in reference to Crosby's jv.

Never thoughts I'd say it but I think BH fans are the most realistic on here. Rarely do they overestimate their results on the field, at least for the last couple of years. I think it's something to be said for that.

If Dayton gives up a lot of points in this one I would be kind of worried about district play. Ned has a running back that's close to Santee and a pretty good receiver #22. They have another solid receiver but no players on the level of Kimler, Seay or Hopkins of years past. Are they showing this one on Texan Live?