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Is it just me or is the ref having trouble spotting the ball in this 2nd half?

Come on offense, pretend it's the first half again!

Doggone right they better!

Which team is predicted, (by those who do the official ranking and picking), to win?

Yep. And, nope. I was watching on Texan L., and just now turned it off. FBM has just been on cruise control for most of this season.

I'm hoping this will be a much better game than last week, against a little better team, with a lot more class than ALBJ. Go Indians!

"They're" going to let the PNG band and Indianettes, and Indian Spirit do their thing there at NRG?

What is the offense doing during halftime in these playoff games? Anyway, late 4th qtr Friday night would have been the perfect time for the tough, speedy RBs like #33 and #3. They are both very quick, and seem to really be effective late in the games.

Congrats H-F!

Congrats Titans!

True, that. And he looks so effortless doing it.

PNG 24 - Alexander 19 But PNG did just about all they could to lose the game in the 2nd half.

I don't think I've ever seen a team try harder to give a game away.

I'm planning for 7. If it turns out to be 7:30 then no problem.

Thanks for the updates. Congrats on a good season Anahuac!

And LBJ is ranked 10? (Per someone's earlier post up above.)

Sorry if I sounded, like, snarky. The statement that you reacted to is something that I actually said at the beginning of the season, before game 1. With so many seniors, and returning starters, two very good QBs, more good receivers than I can count, a big and athletic OL, and strong RBs, pretty much the same with the defense, and what appears to be a good coaching staff, I commented somewhere (not on this forum, I haven't been here very long), that "if PNG doesn't at least get to the championship game this season, then they are missing a good chance". With almost everybody back now and somewhat healthy, except for the RB Reed, I think that they still have a good chance. We'll see, of course, beginning this Friday.

If they aren't, then they sure are missing a good chance to be.

Just solely based on a couple of videos, vs Weiss, and vs Navarro, LBJ is no FBM. (IMO, of course.) I guess that's why FBM is ranked* #5, and LBJ #20, for whatever that's worth. Perhaps there are other ranking systems? *Maxpreps

And also they could play schools like Eastside Early College? I swear I read somewhere that that game was called at halftime, with the score 96-0, LBJ; but I can't immediately find that information now. 96-0 at the half. Do the quick math and that's a TD every 2 minutes or so for 24 minutes, roughly speaking, plus another couple scores thrown in there somewhere. PNG typically plays a slow game on offense, whether run or pass, so that should help against LBJ. Edit: Per MaxPreps the score was 89-0 at halftime, so never mind my earlier rumination, now italicized, above. Anyway, I'm hoping this will be a good game for PNG, without any of the miscues and mistakes we saw last Saturday.

Why is LBJ ranked so far down the list(s)? If they are really so big and bad and fast, then it shouldn't be any worse than playing FBM at noon in a sauna in Fort Bend with their refs, and spotting them 14 points.

Yeah I saw that one; it was very similar. I wonder if Prosperie hadn't made the reception, if the ref would've thrown a flag for PI.

Continued prayers your way.

If you can, look at the photo in the PA News, of #18 catching the pass behind the defender's back. That's a catch of the year IMO. And also IMO, there should have been a flag. No way that wasn't PI. Me and everyone else in attendance were waiting for a flag, and then I realized that he actually caught the pass.