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Coach Poth is my GUY....great dude.....known him since his days at Sul Ross

A well maintained grass field is preferred but thats often not realistic at the HS level....so unless you can be like Alice and have professionally maintained grass, turf is more practical especially when you factor in the wear and tear of junior high and sub-varsity games added in....I've seen some awful grass fields across our state because schools cant afford properly maintain them

I feel like this tweet is pretty concrete...just saying

He has a similar talent pool but not the same....namely he doesnt have a 5-star QB running the offense...there will be a drop off with Westlake's offense IMO w/o question, now I think the defense is still good enough to get the job done.....Salazar still has to prove himself, yes and its different being the man in charge, but this is going to be much different Westlake team than last year simply because of the QB spot

Yes the computers like Carroll over DV and I dont see why honestly....Duncanville has physically whipped Carroll in 3 of the 4 meetings the past four years with the margin being 44, 14 and 26...pretty dominant if you ask me.....I'm just not super high on Katy going into 2022 at the moment but I think we'll know pretty soon about Katy because KISD overall is stronger than its been in a long time and with Westlake likely going D1 I think Katy could easily play for a title this year, which I think is more an indictment on D2 in Reg 3 and Reg 4 right now in 6A

I dont think I've ever stated who matches up with who etc....I think in some years Katy matches up with anyone obviously (2015)....but I dont think it can be ignored that the vast majority of Katy's success comes when they are D2 either....its all factual context to paint the picture...I think its pretty clear the past few years where the power in 6A has been and Katy has probably been on the fringe of that power nexus Now I personally believe Duncanville has been better than Katy in 2018, 2019 and 2021....2020 I think you could make a good case for Katy, especially late in the year when they were peaking......but every year is its own story and what happened in 2015 or 1998 or 2010 doesnt mean anything going into this year

I certainly hope not!

Just for the record the vast majority of Katy's titles and appearances have come in Division II, not Division I which is where Duncanville and North Shore always live. Only in 1994 when they lost to Plano 28-7 and in 1997 when they beat Longview 24-3 was Katy in Division I. The next twelve title game appearances (and seven titles) have all come in D2

Agree Westlake especially up front is IMO better than anyone in Texas (at least they were in 2021) add in a few D1 kids sprinkled in at the skill spots and boom you have a juggernaut

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I also dont feel great about SLC over Duncanville, but that'll play itself out....Westlake/North Shore I think its gonna be universal Westlake #1 simply because of how dominant they were last year..but I was at the 2020 game vs North Shore and I thought North Shore was the better team I dont know what to think of Katy right now....but going D2 most likely certianly puts them in a nice position

I could see Tascosa over Cooper, just saying 2-5A D1 goes 5 deep..someone that's pretty good is going to miss.... Manvel needs to keep an eye on Angleton, I think they are going to be sneaky good... College Station's stud backup RB transferred to Decatur, they'll still be good but I'm not sure top ten good especially against that schedule...they will more than have their hands full in the opener against Lovejoy

I personally feel College Station, Manvel and Tascosa are way over-ranked...Tascosa is going to struggle to make the playoffs IMO this year...that district they are in is brutal

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I think when you get past the top 3 in 5A-D1 there are questions all over the place....

I think you are right in that regard, it was doubtful NRG would ever get the games back because if its location so they had the UIL over a barrel...

Part of the reason NRG doesnt host as mentioned is the stadium is owned by Harris County..so make that what you want AT&T is owned by the Cowboys and by Jerry Jones, who loves HS Football and has always been very welcoming of hosting games at old Texas Stadium and AT&T Stadium and the rent, especially when playing 3 games is pretty cheap...he's gonna make his money on parking and concessions.... However AT&T only hosted the state games last year, they didnt host any other playoff games if memory serves...they use the Ford Center for most of the HS games now.... As for the state games, NRG made good money on that deal...they knew they had the UIL by the throat because of the NFL screw-up and they charged the UIL for it..but the UIL didnt forget about that either.... Attendance at those games was low partly because the DFW teams that played didnt bring good crowds, but in DFW the neutral locals also show up in huge numbers.....neutral locals didnt show up in NRG at all...Katy people showed up...for the Katy game, but that was it..hell more North Shore people have come to Dallas three years than went to NRG that year ,lol

Diboll is the team I'm looking out for...I think we really underrated them

Free market!

There's a bit of new blood from last year pre-season....thing about 2A-D1 is all the major players from last year bring back the house...will be tough for a new face to break through

#1, #2 and #7 in the same district....whew!!!! China Spring has a big question mark at QB..going to be interesting how they handle the move up to D1 and the grind of a tough schedule where more teams will be able to wear em down I personally feel we over-ranked Calallen and Celina but the computer loves those two

As said, zero chance King would play willingly at Lufkin...SFA yes...Lufkin is not a no...its a HELL NO...Longview woud flip Shreveport or Tyler for Houston before going to Abe Martin lol

Ryan didnt have much depth last year and its even less this year...You are correct abour Ryan's defense still being strong but Longview did put 33 up on them in the playoffs so clearly the Lobos took big steps forward primarily IMO due to improvement on the OL, which returns mostly intact. I'd give Longview the edge over Ryan at WR, I'd give Longview the edge over Ryan at RB (each team has a 4-star stud, but Longview is much deeper there)...obviously Longview's OL gets the edge over Ryan...Longview's QB played a lot last year and struggled, mainly because I think he had a senior looking over his shoulder, he seems much more confident this year and according to the staff he's made major strides....Ryan's front seven gets a big edge over Longview IMO (thats where Longview has the most questions), but the gap between the two secondaries isn't as big as one would think...Longview's back four has some really talented young kids... Teams dont beat Longview four times in a row often, I'm playing the odds here in my personal rankings and giving Longview the edge over Ryan in a potential semifinal....and at least in the pre-season rankings, the computer agrees