Separation Scientist

Spot on. The composition of this 3A district will soon change, too. Tark will be 4A-II in the near future. Its inevitable, I know that. Orangefield just dropped down, and I don't know their situation but might they move back up soon? They have to be near the top of the 3A enrollment range. Maybe an OF fan can comment on their enrollment trend. Finally, Hardin could drop to 3A-II. If some of this occurs, Woodville or someone else might move into 10. As for EC, Adler is correct that community is changing. Unless some Beaumont skill kids are imported again futbol will be the future for EC. Finally, Anahuac is poised for steady growth and a program on the rise. Anahuac has a real good coach and growing talent and depth.

Man thats an awesome lineup!

The SETX curse! Ding!

KP a solid favorite.

Me too. I never want a team I support ranked. I shake my head at the chest thumpers who get all jacked up when their team is ranked. Travelling in Stealth mode is awesome.

Too much drama with him, good he moved on. The recruiters can deal with it. Absek and BH believes in the TEAM concept.

I agree. Even going 10-0 in a local district does not necessarily constitute a "good program" unless one purposely takes an exceedingly myopic view. You have to consider the local "competition". If a program really wants recognition, they need multiple 3rd round plus appearances spanning more than a year or two. Newton, and formerly WOS are good local examples. WB and Crosby's success was fleeting (although Crosby is still quite alive this season).

Lee is the only competitive team, and would be even more competitive playing against their own size in 5A-II. This year, easy call, Baytown.

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Agreed. Sterling likely 2nd seed. Go Rangers!

All good, I will zoom into the scenarios after this weekend. I get it that your district is pretty well definied and if the reverse was true I would be looking your way.

Yes its fun to look and think about all of this but lots more clarity will come very soon. Too much ambiguity at this point.

He is not retired, he still tries to throw his weight around here, and he is a huge, huge fan of Crosby and EC.

No you are not, I understand it but the NON CREDIBLE posters here are not capable of understanding that.

Obviously 5th place teams don't even participate. Why did you even say that? Oh thats right you just want to critique me every single chance you get. You and your fishing buddy 0.142. Now, IN MY OPINION its of little or no value for a team to stagger into the playoffs in 4th and get humilited by a ton of points against a Top 5 or even Top 1 team. What would you do Aggie? Wear your T-shirt and brag about your team if they endured a 60 point first round loss? Thats just NOT CREDIBLE to me but maybe thats the way soft sensitive PC type people of todays culture looks at things. The exception is if they can do what BH did last year, rise up and punch a Top ranked undefeated FBM in the mouth. Good luck whoever gets Longview, in Longview.

I did say 'thats my opinion". Try respecting that. I tell my kids to "earn it" and not count on wearing participation ribbons. All the power to ya, if thats what you want, though.

It would help. Lee fought hard but just didn't have enough horses to run the whole game. D-II would be a better fit.

LOL. I played...LOTS. It depends what your goals and expectations are. If you want a Playoff T-shrt, then a 200 mile bus ride to Longview to get embarassed 49-0 in the 1st round, have at it. I have a higher goal in mind, but I take no offense if you want a 4th place T-shirt and a participation ribbon.

Correct. They get them from Katy ISD.

I feel bad for Lee. They need to be in D-ll.

Anahuac is not as good as I thought they were earlier in the year. I don't follow it close so maybe injuries and such happened to them but right now I think Anahuac end up 3rd behind EC/OF (or OF/EC).

To me a 4th place finish is about the same as a 5th place finish, but thats just me.

I don't know where thats coming from. BH will be picked to lose the next two and then the last game is something like a toss up. BH could absolutely, positively miss the playoffs.

When people state here "they could not raise their kids without coaches" that's reverence. You are just looking for a spot of missed paint on my door.

Yes. Re-read and comprehend: A six figure salary is not unheard of. "not unheard of" is an accurate statement, and in NO WAY infers most make that. Coaching salaries and teaching salaries have definitely been trending UP. Why? Teaching shortages today demand higher compensation. I went to lengths to say teachers salaries have rose significantly. None of that is "negative" its accurate and part of an open discussion. Its actually positive. Sorry everyone "found something negative" in my words. I didn't mean to hurt everyone's DELICATE feelings.