Rez

So PNG won in the last few seconds, but still, as the premier rivalry game in the State of Texas, it did not disappoint.   From an outsider, it lived up to the history and tradition.   What a game.  What a rivalry.  Nothing like it.  Congrats to both teams who I know left it all on the field.

Better than Nederland vs Vidor Black&Gold Bowl?

They say you’re bad luck.  Lol.  I hope it’s not true.  Lol

BH playing Crosby then PNG back to back will make for an interesting 2 weeks
 

I hear all of you about the defense, tackling drills, etc. But holding Nederland and that running back to 1 touchdown in the second half??? To me that was huge! Too many penalties on offense that kept pushing us back and kept us from scoring, then we missed the field goal. Anyway I am proud of our defense and I see them getting better every week. 

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Tackling in general is our nemesis. I wish they would do more tackling drills in practice. I don't think they do any. And it shows. Defense wins championships. There I said it. 

You really can’t say the officiating was one sided towards nederland...the last flag was extremely late and thrown by the back judge who was 20 yards away when 2 officials on that side threw nothing...as with most games, many factors led to the outcome, most not to do with officials, but I can’t sit here and listen to png gripe about calls .  Another game changing example was the late hit on our QB that causes him to miss nearly 2 full quarters...that’s impactful.
 
entertaining game...congrats to png on the outcome 

Even the announcers on texanlive said that penalty was impossible to miss. It's not like the refs are required to keep their flags in their pocket with an obvious penalty just because it's a game changer. 

I also want to see more sure open field tackling. I think the defense just needs to move permanently to a 4-3 for the rest of the season. What is clear after four games is that if we can get a body on a runner right at the line of scrimmage we will be okay, but in just about every instance where the runner is able to build up a head of steam (read: anytime the runner makes it to the second level), we are looking at a huge gain, or a touchdown. So far every team has been able to exploit that. 

How about we clean up the penalties and watch the play clock. We do that we should be just fine. 

Other than Santa Fe this is the best matchup to have coming off of MCM cause if this was BH or Crosby I'd say this would be a letdown game. 
 
Png by 30 over Dayton. 

PNG finally takes an early lead and coast to the win! PNG fans uncertain what to do in this situation leads to record nacho sales😃 PNG by 21 going 2-0 in district.

Never really became a rival with Crosby. We like beating each other, but while Crosby and Dayton were beating up on each other we were a smaller school fighting it out with Liberty, Huffman , Anahuac and Hampshire Fannett . I agree Crosby is a mystery though because they looked good against GR , but after the Manvel beating they just don’t seem to be the team that 14.2 sold us at the beginning of the year. 

Both teams started the year ranked in the top 10 of the state to only drop their 1st 2 games of the season. BH’s loses come from two larger schools that still are having undefeated seasons while Crosby played two larger schools as well with one being juggernaut Manvel which beat up the Coogs like Manvel can. Last year BH won 24-7 in Mont Belvieu, but this year BH will travel to the Jungle To take on the Coogs.  Big district game here as we all start to battle for playoffs and district seeding. This should be a great game.

If ands buts and coconuts...lots of bad calls went both ways at the end of the day the scoreboard still stays the same...on to next week 

I was finally able to watch the video from that angle -- That ball was not clearly uncatchable. "Clearly" is the key to me. The ball "might" not have been caught, but the DB "clearly" pushed the receiver to obstruct the path to the ball, and the ball only looks so far away because of that obstruction. Without that, the receiver would have been able to make a play on the ball. No one, PNG fan or Nederland, wants the game to go on a penalty, but the idea that there wasn't interference is not defensible, in my opinion. 

I was finally able to watch the video from that angle -- That ball was not clearly uncatchable. "Clearly" is the key to me. The ball "might" not have been caught, but the DB "clearly" pushed the receiver to obstruct the path to the ball, and the ball only looks so far away because of that obstruction. Without that, the receiver would have been able to make a play on the ball. No one, PNG fan or Nederland, wants the game to go on a penalty, but the idea that there wasn't interference is not defensible, in my opinion. 

I seen this angle.  Looks to me if the Nederland player didn’t push off on the PNG receiver, kid would’ve at least put a hand on the football.  

Both head coaches must agree on officials or it goes to the UIL and they assign the crew. Each head coach grades the crew, probably the day after the game

Game hinged on many plays, dropped pick six with Ned up 14-0, clutch kicker, nails FG and perfect onside kick, great call by Faircloth on the half back pass when their offense couldn't get going, 3rd and 25 conversion on a perfect throw and catch.... lots of plays decide a winner and loser

Never play defense? Held Nederland to 7 in second half with starting QB? Really did you watch the game? Give a little credit. I heard on here that Nederland was going to put up 40? I think the defense did a pretty good job. Proud of the boys. Both teams played hard. 

Is there a way for both coaches to file a complaint about the officiating crew? They may be the worst overall I’ve ever seen. They never seemed to know what they wanted to do, and they appeared determined to make the game and the outcome about themselves. I don’t know if there is a process for that, or what that process would be. 

If PNG should be embarrassed, how should Nederland feel? Give me a break, it was a hard fought, good game, and someone has to lose. I’d say both teams should be proud. 

It was an entertaining game. You hate to see someone lose it. See ya’ll next year and good luck to the Bulldogs the rest of the season.