Rez

Good season, BH!

I don’t mean their defense is bad- I mean it is the one weakness that stands out. They are still well-positioned to move on.

Barbers Hill’s biggest weakness is that defense. Otherwise they are about as complete as a team would want to be.

I think BH can beat Manvel. They won’t be the favorite, but it’s not out of reach

Sorry for that Crosby - Good game and a good showing.

I’m sure everyone is hoping BH can take down Manvel next week! Tall order. It’s a game I want to see.

What about Huntsville’s defense? I know Crosby’s offense has improved since the beginning of the season, but can they move the ball against that defense?

You’re talking about one or two idiots who were immediately and unequivocally lambasted from all sides, most forcefully by PNG fans. And you’re talking about a fanbase that has been loyal for nearly a century, through all kinds of success and failure. Crosby had about five minutes of success and became so unbearably obnoxious that it’s now something of a joke; then Crosby had about five minutes of failure and collectively lost its mind. Now things are looking ok and suddenly it’s the Mecca all over again. And, it’s not a glass house, it’s a teepee, and it’s holding up fine. Good luck in the playoffs, we’ll always be back next year. All success to Crosby come Friday.

The biggest detractors against Crosby this season have been Crosby fans themselves. I’ve never seen a fan base get so immediately hostile to a program. It’s like Crosby’s ability to keep people excited about football is directly related to Crosby’s ability to manage a budget.

And Crosby’s offense only got one touchdown against PNG, the other was on a fumble recovery. To be fair, however, Crosby seems to be playing better. A whole different team. So who knows. I still think Huntsville wins it. The defense is too good.

“Good” and “vulnerable,” like all words, take meaning from the context around them. Thank you for providing more context. “Good” doesn’t mean “great,” “best,” or “won the game last night.” It means they made a stronger showing than I thought they would, and, at times, seemed to be in a position to keep up. Of course Nederland was outmatched. No one is doubting that. “Good” just means “not bad.” They played a tough game, took some hard hits, gave some hard hits, and for a few drives ran right through Manvel. As for “vulnerable,” I of course don’t mean that Manvel looked vulnerable to Nederland. As you read my comment, you know I was referring to Manvel’s vulnerability to other teams in the region. Manvel showed weaknesses last night that I think will bury them in these playoffs.

Is there a location for this game yet?

I was able to watch on Texan live and honestly, Nederland looked good. Really impressed with the run game. Manvel Just had too many weapons. Some of the play calling was suspect, especially in the long Nederland drive in the third quarter. Overall, my takeaway is Manvel looked vulnerable. I don’t think they will win the region.

Were there not many fans?

Mazyck is a hero. He is running through manvel like it’s easy

That is tough

Has BH ever won a playoff game in its current size classification (old 4a, current 5a)? I can’t remember if they won the first round last year.

And, to clarify: I don’t want to make it sound like the guy is a failure. Sometimes it’s a question of priorities as opposed to abilities. I have family in Vidor who know him and last I heard he is happily married and doing great.

Montana quirante went on a two-year mission for his church. However, a lot of guys do that and if they are recruitable they still go on and play ball in college. I read at least one article where he expressed an intention to walk on at BYU after his mission, but nothing apparently came of that. I’m sure he could have gone to some smaller program like Middle Tennessee or something like that, but if you say flat out at the beginning of the recruiting process that you only want to go to one school, it’s hard to get looks. I don’t think he was a true big-school prospect. It’s not like coaches don’t know where to find you if you’re good. Caveat: I’m not an insider, I’m just remembering what I read back when he was playing.

Seriously. A kid who transfers out of Vidor has basically never even heard of what the qb position is. I’m sure he’s a good player, but his education is stunted. I include Montana quirante in that - he wasn’t a qb. He was a running back who touches the ball first.

I don’t know why every team didn’t throw every single play deep over our secondary. We seem content to let them camp out behind us. Baffling.

Even with roschon last year we were totally impotent. The defense looked like they weren’t even running next to the FB Marshall guys. Even if we play our absolutely best game, we lose. I think they could afford to go down by 20 and still come back. Too fast. Always be faithful, though. I’ll be there cheering on the Indians, and maybe the same angels that helped LSU will come help us (though we need a lot more help than LSU did).

This was a poorly managed game on both sides. So bad. I don’t think you can point to any one thing - my point is you can see a measurable aspect of this game where the absolute puddle of a field made a significant difference. It helped Nederland at times, but it seemed to hurt them a lot.

If the bulldogs had been on turf tonight they would have won (all other things being the same). As much as the Indians shut themselves in the foot, it seemed the mud hurt the bulldogs throughout the game.

I will go to my grave wondering why faircloth didn’t call a time-out right before that turnover