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I will be pulling for my Cards, but I gotta say I am not expecting a W. We just don't shoot well enough to beat them at this point. Hopefully we play inspired defense lke we did against SFA, it's the only way we stand a chance.

Great job ladies!!! Very Good win in a field of 16 teams. Bringing home the trophy and respect to the GT. It was cold!!! As we drove in to the fields it looked like a lake on all the side streets, but we were very impressed with the work done on the fields. Lets hope the rains stay away for a while so we can all dry out. See you guys this weekend.

[quote name="Jcmeek83" post="758870" timestamp="1265944900"] He (Johnson) is a very good athlete, Best of luck to him at the next level. if Ford stays healthy he will be the frontrunner for the award nxt season. [/quote] You would think Ford would be the frontrunner next year, but I know of a couple of QB's in the Mid County area and one on the Westside that might steal his thunder!

Might not have been who I would have picked for offense, but they are all deserving. Anyone nominated has had a year that merits them winning. Congrats to both young men.

PNG has 4 returning starters on offensive line. 3 returning starters on DLine and 3 more that had significant PT. I am a firm believer that you start and end with the lines, both of them. I usually try and base my preseason predictions on who's lines are returning and how good those returners were the year before.

Offense - Ford (KVille) Defense - Garrett (WB) Who do I want to win (biased)  ;D Offense - Harmon (PNG) Defense - Dunbar (PNG)

[quote name="BLUEDOVE3" post="758158" timestamp="1265839617"] [quote author=LemonGello link=topic=65857.msg758093#msg758093 date=1265830606] Any win is big, but I know that I'm not trying to sugar coat it.  It's not going to help them against Corpus Christi and Sam.  The team is young and developing.  It's likely not to be noticed until next season. [/quote] ::) ::) [/quote] ::) ::) ::)

[quote name="AJ25" post="757830" timestamp="1265777068"] It's obvious to think that he's a sure fire guy to receive a lot of playing time, but he has to get here and work. He can't show up expecting to walk all over these guys because of the offers he received out of high school. I play baseball with guys that received offers from SLC, Big Ten, and Pac 10 schools, and they're at the bottom of our pitching staff because they don't work. [/quote] Excellent point. I know guys that never fulfilled their potential because of that same attitude. Hopefully he comes in with a chip on his shoulder about the whole thing and gets after it for coach Woodard and co.

Wesley hit his Free Throws!!! Looks like he is trying to develop an outside game. At 6'9" he could be a real matchup problem outside in a couple of years. Mathis looked like that three point threat we have been missing. I know it was Lyon College, but he was hitting from four feet beyond the arc, most teams don't gaurd out that far and if they do it will help your inside game!

[quote name="BLUEDOVE3" post="757397" timestamp="1265732646"] Thought I would check in and see the flava of the thread. I see there are still some believers out there. I hope you are right.  Oh and in real basketball a guy like Miles isn't a PG nor SG. The kid can't carry the team with his skills and size. [/quote] ::)

[quote name="coachacola" post="756905" timestamp="1265650726"] They have home games against SHSU, UTSA and TAMU-CC.  They need to win 2 of 3.  [/quote] Don't see them beating both SH and TAMCC, but if they play defense like they did against SFA, they could win one of those. [quote author=coachacola link=topic=65789.msg756905#msg756905 date=1265650726] They have road games at Texas State, NW State, UTA and Nicholls State.  They should win at least 2 of those games.  [/quote] Saying LU should win any road games at this point is ridiculous. Gotta win more than one on the road to start counting future road wins! I say LU goes 3-4 down the stretch (after Lyon) and finishes 17-15 (8-8) getting a 6 seed and facing TAMCC in a one and done SLC tournament because we really don't have an outside threat. Overall 17-16. Which is a very good year for a young and improving team. Gotta get a 40+% guy from downtown.

Gotta love HS FB in the GT!

A lot of gaurds played PG in HS because they were the best ball handlers on the team, but most are actually 2's at the next level. Minor probably falls in that category. He will never play PG for us. He is way to valuable on the defensive side of the ball. He is our Bruce Bowen! Put him on their best perimiter scorring threat. He also will knock down a few treys for ya like Bowen (just doesn't have Bowens size). His defensive intensity is contageuous.

Haven't seen alot of HS BB games, but saw SFA and HJ battle at Lamar in '95 or '96 (not sure). HJ had Jason Throp (sp?) and Spears SFA had Tobias Deans and company. HJ won a barn burner with each team scoring over 100. Fun game to watch. Maybe you HJ fans can fill in the blanks on this one.

I think 14 points and 12 rebounds (7 big off rebounds) out of our Centers (Nwevo & Custer) was very big. Also, Nabors worked harder than any Cardinal in years down low at getting position and making things happen (drew a lot of fouls). Great game from our Senior leader!

[quote name="mffl" post="755721" timestamp="1265408826"] [quote author=coachacola link=topic=65417.msg755611#msg755611 date=1265392545] [quote]Nuno isn't coming. Add Center Harris and SF Smith to that bunch[/quote] Mffl, did someone in the athletic department tell you this?  I have noticed that he's not on the Westwind Prep roster where he's supposedly playing this year.  I'm guessing he's still having citizenship issues. [/quote] Just taking a guess, we already have 4 commits, with Kyser, Lynch, Smith, and Harris. I think it seems unlikely that we will carry 6 PG's on the roster next year (Miles, Minor, Garza, Lynch, and Lopez). I could be wrong though. [/quote] Miles, Minor and Lynch are not PG's. They are 2's. Miles is playing the point out of necessity. Is Harris a walk-on or scholly next year? Losing three seniors and gaining a scholarship we lost from academic violations a few years back (??). Also a few players on non-BB scholly (Custer, Lopez).

Everything begins and ends with the Hogs up front! I have always felt like the best returning teams are usually those that return their OLines and DLines. If you can protect the QB and put pressure on the QB/RB you halve won 755 of the battle!

[quote name="Tim Riggins" post="755712" timestamp="1265405620"] OK, now maybe the jokes about the private schools scheduling will stop.  Texas High will  be a tough test.  And although BC and K'ville are 3A,  Kirbyville was a state finalist the past two years and BC is an up and coming team that the Pirates used to play regularly.  [/quote] I blasted Vidor for there previous non-districts and said they would have trouble against the top teams in the district because of it and they did. This years schedule is much better for them going into district, just not sure they will have the team to compete like last year? [quote author=Tim Riggins link=topic=65671.msg755705#msg755705 date=1265404209] [quote author=piratefan link=topic=65671.msg755703#msg755703 date=1265403780] Van,   You might want to do your homework and see who Vidor TRIED to schedule. Instead of writing a story on something you dont have all the facts to.. [/quote] Who besides Crosby?  What other teams are scheduled besides Texarkana? [/quote] Again who else local besides Crosby did Vidor try to schedule? I assume the Texas High game was a scramble after the Crosby debacle.

[quote name="Jcmeek83" post="755696" timestamp="1265402617"] Its just a Quess but It must be because Bennett had far less rushing attempts than ford, I really can't figure it out because I think ford is one of the best RB's in the State. [/quote] Ford had more attempts, but he also had a better average than Bennett, meaning given the same amount of attempts Fords numbers would still be better!

I think they meant his high game was 398 yards (not the title game), but they have the Bennet kid from Newton on there over Ford?? Me thinks someone didn't do their homework!

[quote name="PURPLE 4EVER" post="754592" timestamp="1265222954"] [quote author=etbu link=topic=65236.msg752328#msg752328 date=1264903548] Is the lack of support bc Lamar is a comuter school? [/quote] The reason there is lack of support is because the Triangle residents identify with their hometown high school football team. It is not just the Lamar football team that suffered... Any one remember the Beaumont Golden Gators...... [/quote] BINGO. All the more need to recruit local talent, which Woodard has done a good job with so far. [quote author=PURPLE 4EVER link=topic=65236.msg754592#msg754592 date=1265222954] I do think the # of students living at Lamar has drastically increased since I was there in the late 80's. This can only help the attendance at the football games. [/quote] Hasn't helped for Basketball yet. I am very dissapointed in the LU student sections or lack thereof. LU gets 3K-4K at every game of which maybe 200 are students in the student section. SHSU gets 2K-3K every game of which over half are students. If the students would show up (it's free for gods sake) over 1000 each night, that place would be rockin' to the tune of 5K-6K and I promise more wins. I've been there when we have big crowds and it gets loud and the team feeds off of it (BYU, Tx Tech, Both W's)

[quote name="LemonGello" post="755413" timestamp="1265348109"] Continue to give Roc time, and here's why:  Roc is not using this job as a stepping stone as any other coach would with the exception of Coach Tubbs.  Roc is a Triangle native, a LU grad, and has worked his way up from the bottom to the top.  In other words, he is fully committed to bringing the program back to where it was in the late 70s to early 80s.  Yes, he could have left.  He has had offers for more money at elite programs.  He wants to be at LU!  He knows what it is going to take to get there, and he puts the amount of hours in and then some to insure it will happen.  Be patient Card fans!  We are going to be in the tournament again and sooner rather than later. [/quote] I have to agree. I think with the crop of Freshman and Sophomores we have right now the continuity will be excellent in a couple of years. Add to that mix a real distributing PG hopefully next year. No more two and out JC's. [u]2012[/u] G So. Nuno 2 yr starter  G Sr. Miles 4 yr starter G Jr. Minor 3 yr starter F Sr. Harper 4 yr starter F Jr. Brown 2 yr starter G Jr. Lopez G So. Lynch G Sr. Davis F Jr. Wesley F So. Kyser/Osas

The name that stood out the most to me was Payton Ploch from Dayton. Multi-talented kid that was under recruited because he didn't really come on till last year. Take him off of that Bronco squad and they would have been a very average team last year. He made them a real threat each week.

[quote name="mat" post="755219" timestamp="1265316789"] I really expected more progress when Tubbs came into the picture [/quote] Like helping to resurect the football program and update the football facilities, updating the baseball facilities, bringing in a new Womens Basketball Coach that will turn that program around or a new Volleyball coach that would create a winner. Yeah I expected more outta Tubbs as well. ::)

[quote name="fbneanderthal" post="753912" timestamp="1265135664"] Me thinks that Katy which is not a true spread offense (more i-based), is pretty hard to defend.  The spread offense is a gimmick offense when all you have are athletes who cannot do anything else but run in space. [/quote] Katy runs out of the I. They don't come anywhere near any of the Bones...So what is your point about Katy in this context? The Bone is also a gimmick offense. It is designed to create confussion. Why is that not gimmicky?