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25 minutes ago, Coach_Izzy said:

Nah they’re not sitting anyone…Desoto is missing it’s best player BTW!

Diff in this game is Desoto finally has kids in the trenches who can match DV upfront & when DV can’t out athlete you they in trouble. Cause they don’t do anything special from a schematics standpoint 

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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. 
 

Just now, outanup said:

School board members are notorious for overstepping boundaries.....

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

1 hour ago, navydawg31 said:

Nederland has never had big lineman but a handful of times that I can remember. PNG seems to have the better line, while seems Nederland have the better skill position players. And ever since faircloth came around better qb play that has continued… 

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

31 minutes ago, NHSBulldogFan said:

That was actually the Nederland school board reverting back to the past to force a good coach out

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

45 minutes ago, Bulldogpower said:

Those fights were ridiculous they had. And yes Ik what you mean by the transplants. But they get an A+ rating in education?? Please 

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

44 minutes ago, Reagan said:

Let me understand something:  PNG was on the go alone twice and couldn’t score?  May a FG and missed a FG.  How did they not score this close?  

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 

Just now, Bulldogpower said:

We were in as of last week I believe?

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. 

11 minutes ago, Bulldogpower said:

Starting to see what you're saying, PNG line moved earlier and nothing, then a score. What chapter they from? Cause they act like they reffing like...northside vs kipp  

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

2 minutes ago, Reagan said:

How’s Nguyen doing?

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. 

8 minutes ago, Bulldogpower said:

We're talking about two different things here. This play was incredibly fast and holding would be nearly impossible, especially almost a tackle 

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. 

5 minutes ago, outanup said:

Texanlive having trouble streaming

 

NDN Press has a free stream on YouTube

1 minute ago, Reagan said:

Is Adams playing?

Not yet 

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

15 hours ago, CS. said:

PNG VS NEDERLAND

PNGFreshman (A) Winning 34-28 
PNG•Freshman (B) Winning 21-20 
PNG•Jv winning 24-14

What were final scores? 

44 minutes ago, Looper said:

People put on the nostalgia tinted glasses and remanece about the good old days of law breaking in the name of a rivalry then turn around and blow up facebook about how terrible kids are now lol 

"All these kids cursing and sagging these days. Back in my day we destroyed public property like proper citizens!"

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.  

29 minutes ago, aki1994 said:

I saw one Nederland student is going to need more than Daddy's Money to avoid jail time. We had so much more fun with the rivalry in the 90's and now all it comes to is some twitter comments and half-@$$ snide chants. 

Need to do better and get back to burning letters in fields, egging yard signs, egging the stands, stuff like that. 

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

18 minutes ago, Stattrax said:

On a serious note. It’s a far cry from the old days. Waking up, reading what Bob West or Tom Halliburton wrote up Tuesday through Friday. The area coverage definitely isn’t what it once was. The rivalry is a lot calmer than it once was… I had a hand in burning some strategic letters on a certain field. But this game never goes as planned, other than the Ethridge years, Malone years, and Neauman years. So I expect it to be a battle from beginning to end. No prediction, because this game is simply unpredictable…… I do think it’s a huge game for Monte. But we are getting closer.

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. 

4 minutes ago, SmashMouth said:

I guess that's what it means. Makes no sense one way or the other. Stupid if you ask me...

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. 

52 minutes ago, Reagan said:

For PNG, will I. Nguyen get over 200 yards rushing?  Thoughts?

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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