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Figure we might as well get this started. What does Nederland have to do to beat Texas City? My gut says TC wins (and I think they’re a dark horse for the regional final), but I’m back to cheering for Nederland, so here goes. This is an interesting matchup because the two teams are loosely similar. They both tend to rely on one or two receivers, a key RB, and a more-or-less consistent dual threat QB. Where Ned falls off is TC is more consistent in their level of play, makes fewer mistakes, and is more physical. While most of the attention has been on PNG, FBM, and even Nederland (as the surprising contender in the season), TC has quietly stacked up double-digit wins. They have a strong defense and a score-at-any-moment offense. On the other hand, Nederland feels like the half-cooked model of Texas City. Similar, but less complete. Dangerous, but not always dangerous. Sunday will need to play mistake-free. I think we can expect Nederland to get better from MCM. So, let’s hear it.

Idiotic - I just assumed he was ready to relax. 1993-2016 is a long time.

Nederland had good size in the trenches in the 2012-2015 era, and it was complimented with serious conditioning.

They forced him out? That’s ridiculous. Between Nederland and West Orange, you’d think being a good coach was cause for termination.

Wait, were Nederland players fighting each other on the sidelines?

We have to clean that up for the playoffs. I think we had four trips (among others) to the red zone that combined resulted in three points. I would need to watch the film to check that. But our red zone performance was so-so tonight. Our receivers need to get more consistent on receptions. The passes are there. Bailey was scary accurate tonight. A lot of drops.

Wow

Dogs are in, but i think that changes if Dayton beats fbm and Ned loses to TC. But a Dayton loss puts ya’ll in, with the TC outcome affecting seed

Good game bulldogs. Thanks for hosting us. See you next year.

I’m telling you - terrible . There’s a ref shortage. I think it’s a statewide problem

Ref just missed a huge block in the back against Nederland right in front of the ref

He’s having a night

Thomas is a really good runner. Showing up tonight. On contact, he kind of glides to the side instead of absorbing the hit, so he never loses his balance.

That’s how the calls have gone all night. Some have gone against PNG with equal head-shaking. These refs aren’t great. There was also a non-call on holding earlier that sprang Sunday for a first down.

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Shea Adams is suited up and warming up. There’s something I didn’t expect.

What were final scores?

Right - The site holds a congressional committee every time someone sneezes from a little chalk in the air, and we’re supposed to believe it would be better if the kids were actually doing purposeful harm.

No - Criminality doesn’t make a rivalry “better.” It makes it dumber, that’s all.

I miss the coverage. Now, with old media and the newspapers dying, it’s probably all they can afford to do a post-game write up.

My (unsolicited and unnecessary) advice is don’t try to understand Gen Z humor. It’s a different language. I’m a millenial and I feel like a Baby Boomer when I talk to Gen Z.

I only watched Nederland against Santa Fe and FBM. The way their d-line played against Santa Fe, I thought PNG would have no trouble at all running against Nederland. The Bulldogs were better against the run for FBM, but FBM tends to do a lot of “run to the side, then try to cut up” stuff and Nederland was able to blow that up. PNG goes right at you, and the Indian o-line is very good, very aggressive, and they work well as a unit. That’s going to be a problem for the Bulldogs. They might try what Dayton did and pull everyone up close for the run. For dayton, that exposed the secondary more than literally pulling their pants down and Bailey had a career night. But for Nederland, that might tempt PNG into an interception.

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