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1 minute ago, NHSBulldogFan said:

Anyone want to talk about the atrocious clock management by Nederland 

Barrow gifted that last timeout to PNG. I think he got in his own head, playing chess too much. I can understand wanting to make sure your defense is settled though. 

Officials nitpicked PNG the entire game. I don't have a lot of sympathy for anyone claiming the officiating was against Nederland. That last penalty was significant, but the officials were AWFUL all night, and Nederland benefitted from it as well. In the end, PNG made one more play. That's almost always how this game goes. And as poorly as PNG tackled, Nederland had plenty of chances to score. 

PNG wins 22-21. Respect to Nederland. 

Kicking off from 25. 2 seconds left 

Bost kneels on the extra point to avoid chance of a block.

Touchdown PNG. 2 seconds left. Pending extra point. 

Unsportsmanlike offsetting

Boat and his receivers are connecting well. 

4:31 left. PNG ball at 25. 

PNG gets the ball on a fumble. 

These officials need to get their stuff together. This game is being so poorly officiated. 

This PNG defense is an embarrassment. 

PNG got to 3rd and 22, Bost with a huge completion down to the Nederland 40. 

21-16 Bulldogs. 

Arm tackling ...

5:27 left in 3rd, pending kickoff to Nederland. 

16-14 PNG on top. 

Touchdown PNG. 

PNG offense is waking up 

13 minutes ago, outanup said:

Ankle 

Sorry to hear that 

5 minutes ago, dme1111 said:

What happened to

Cunningham???

It looked like he took a bad tackle. But there’s been no word. 

Win or lose tonight, PNG isn’t going to even make the playoffs tackling this poorly. I can’t understand it. 

15 minutes ago, grayhair777 said:

We have buckets of mud on it way 

That’s a relief 

Nederland players confused by not-soaking-wet field; ask coach to explain the mystery of the dry, not-brown surface. 

4 hours ago, D.C.BULLDOGS said:

Hold on did Al Pacino just show up in this thread? Yep found it... I knew I heard this quote before without team names in it 😂
You find out life's this game of inches, so is football. Because in either game - life or football - the margin for error is so small. I mean, one half a step too late or too early and you don't quite make it. One half second too slow, too fast and you don't quite catch it. The inches we need are everywhere around us. They're in every break of the game, every minute, every second. On this team we fight for that inch. On this team we tear ourselves and everyone else around us to pieces for that inch. We claw with our fingernails for that inch. Because we know when add up all those inches, that's gonna make the difference between winning and losing! Between living and dying!

 

 

That's a good quote. I think I've miscommunicated my point: I didn't say PNG got any moral victory out of its loss. My point is that when we try to evaluate the strength of a team, the WAY a team loses can be indicative of future wins. For example: Nederland has often started out the season 0-3, only to go on to go undefeated in district. Their losses were still losses, but they don't tell the whole story. Nederland was playing good competition and at a point in its timeline where the X's and O's weren't working right, but used that to put things together down the stretch. See also: Silsbee the last two years. So while football wins are determined based on inches, per Mr. Pacino, I'd argue that PREDICTING future wins is based on a whole lot more.