Rez

There’s no transitive property in football. We can’t predict scores based on comparing who scored what against who. Matchups are what matters. There were a couple years (2014, 2015) where PNG beat a bad Goose Creek Memorial team 47-20 and 42-14. Nederland lost to GCM those years 56-55 and 18-14 (their only district loss in both years). Nederland beat PNG both years, despite PNG beating GCM by 17 and 28 points in those years. The point is, I don’t think we learn much, if anything, by LC losing to Magnolia and then Magnolia beating a team PNG beat. The only thing that matters is what can LC do on defense against PNG that specifically counters what PNG does, what can LC do on offense that PNG will struggle to counter, and how do both teams manage the game (play calling, clock management, etc).

There’s about four games I was really confident on that blew up in my face

It’s entirely situational - I don’t think either way adds an advantage in and of itself.

Silsbee takes this.

It would be cool to help LP break in that new stadium

Good game LP. I think both teams come away with a lot to work on. Exactly what you want from a preseason game.

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LP’s play calling is really impressive. They’ve been studying us

Good png drive. !!score:28/42/3

PNG has to stop arm tackling . It’s so uncharacteristic . That Rb probably squats 350. Hand grabs aren’t going to do it.

LP tries onside kick. PNG ball

!!score:21/35/3 That Rb is a problem

Pick 6 for png. !!score:35/14/3

I was surprised he ran it . But I respect the gamble. We’ve made a lot of tackling mistakes and pursuit miscues tonight, so it’s not unreasonable to try to make something happen.

I don’t know why PnG thinks 2nd and 3 is passing territory. It’s “just run the ball and get another first down” territory.

La Porte is doing a lot right. I’m loving their run game. Just wish we would stop it. Tackling is poor tonight. !!score:14/14/2

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Fumble LP, PnG ball on their 24

!!score:7/7/1 LP is well coached. Big defensive front. And, PnG’s getting exposed on outside coverage. On LP’s scoring drive the outside flat was left wide open for them. This is going to be a really good game for us going into district

Hopefully they can get healthy in time for district.

The defense looks lights out. And, I think the offense will come together. They’re getting great “do your job even when you’re getting beaten” reps against talented defenses.

Klein Oak was astonishingly poorly coached, but they had several D1 players and a frankly enormous o-line, so I think we got some good experience out of the game despite how utterly awful their coaching and preparation was. That exact same team could beat us today with an even slightly better coach. Beaumont United doesn’t do much right, if anything, at the moment. It was at best a tune-up game. La Porte is an entirely different animal. I don’t think anyone seriously thinks they’re just going to roll over. If our tackling, clock management, and play calling isn’t stellar the Bulldogs will make us pay for it in our own stadium.