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For those that can't make the game, it will be live streamed on easttexastoday.com but fair warning, it will be heavily swayed in the Tatum perspective.

2nd half of the JV game was a defensive struggle. Tatum JV 26 Newton JV 16 Final There was a ton of athletes all over the field from both sides. The future looks good for both Tatum and Newton.

JV End of 3rd Tatum 26 Newton 16

JV Halftime Tatum 26 Newton 16

JV End of 1st Tatum 12 Newton 8 Tatum driving with the ball at the 7 going in. Newton got some speed on JV.

JV - 3:15 left in 1st qtr Tatum 12 Newton 8

I think the surprise team in the region is New Diana. They look very very good. DF is loaded with athletes. I'd say ND, DF, Newton are for sure the top 3 in the region, in no particular order.

Defense has definitely gotten much better since last season. I expect Newton to be a good test for the defense. Porter is impressive.

I ain't drinking what everyone else is drinking. Folks saying we're gonna win by 40 or 50. Nah. Its gonna be a ball game. Porter is a unit. The one thing that hurts yall is the lack of a passing game. We'll load the box and all 4 of our LBs arrive to the ball angry. #8 Qwa Peoples has like 4 forced fumbles already. Our big NG is a freshman. About 6'3 300 and he's not just a big body. Strong, quick, has a motor. Porter is gonna get his. We're gonna have to do a good job of trying to corral him and then not let the QBs legs get us.

[Hidden Content] Some nice game footage from Box.County and ETBlitz.com

Yes, triple option out of the flexbone with a few wrinkles here and there. Think we threw 3 passes week 1 against Winnsboro. And 3 passes last week against DF. One went for like 40 yards, other was a 26 yard TD pass, one was incomplete. We'll throw if we have to. We have some shotgun packages. We have a 6'6 receiver that's a matchup nightmare one on one.

We've averaged 40+ a game since he arrived at Tatum with the Flexbone. Defense has been the issue. Defense is much much better this year. Much more opportunistic and aggressive.

Like TDB said, it can light it up quick if you're out of position. But we took over the ball against DF in the 2nd qtr up 14-0 with like 8:15 left til the half. Reeled off a 15 play 80ish yard drive and punched it in with 35 seconds left in the half. Essentially....we played disciplined ball for 4 qtrs chipping away and waited for them to make mistakes. Either out of position on D for a big gain.....or them turn it over on offense being careless. That's what broke it wide open. We were up 34-0 at one point. Then they returned a kickoff for a TD......then we went into clock drain mode....they scored one more during that.

Whoa now.....pump the brakes lol. Newton has some playmakers and a lot of speed. I do like our chances but don't go to setting the bar that high lol.

Lol....k