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After the first minute? After that it's only going to get uglier. (Not picking on you, btw, just tagging on to the last post.) 😀

That wouldn't matter, from what I've heard, Faircloth always got outcoached in the MCM games. This is all second hand, mind you, and has nothing to do with this week's game. But I don't know how many times I heard it over the years ... "if he don't beat Nederland this year then he's gone".

If the RB you're referring to was #25, unfortunately he was injured during the bye weekend (week-4) and hasn't returned. Don't know if he'll be back for playoffs, but from what I hear, I doubt it. And last week towards the end of the Santa Fe game, the Soph RB that had been brought up was wearing an arm sling. But still, there's #33, and the big fullback, and a couple of others. Very good depth on both offense and defense. But whether they are hurt or sick or whatever, they all want to be on the field, and especially for this game.

Lots of good games this week, but MCM has the hype, the Trophy, and Wade Phillips and many other alumni in attendance, which typically draws the press. But it'll be a good game regardless, with plenty of highlight material. Several years ago one of the Bulldog kids ran through the Indian banner and busted it. I don't know the kid but I play golf with his dad. It'll be fun, and hopefully things will remain civil.

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If both teams were required to only play the seniors for this game, would Nederland have enough seniors? It's a weird thought. But I would expect that the seniors will all at least start. This will be my first MCM game to attend (God willing) in many years, I can't remember the last one I was able to make. More than 20 years, for sure. In the last few years I've seen middle school, freshman and JV games between the two, but no Friday night MCM games. From what I hear, we should get there early.

Pretty much all of the PNG starters sat out the entire second half. A receiver in the 1st half, #19 played QB for a series, then #14 played QB for the rest of the game. Hopefully everyone played; if not then shame on the coaches. The PNG kicker had a good night, and was kept very busy in the first half, and in 2nd half kicked a field goal ~35 or so yards with plenty room to spare. QB #11 was on target, and so were the receivers. Looked very sharp. The defense allowed 38 rushing yards in 34 attempts, according to the PA News. The SF stadium was nice, but smallish, and reminded me of many 4A or large 3a stadiums that I've seen, with a small scoreboard, and sound system that requires old guys like me to have to listen closely, in order to make out what's being said.. Small band and drill team, but good, like most of the others we've seen this season, except for Dayton, which has a large band like PNG. They share PNGs fight song and school song tunes, and when they played it the PNG fans would stand and clap as though it was PNG band playing it. Overall the SF team appears to be a good well coached team, but small and over matched last night.

It's an extracurricular activity, and the student must have passing grades in order to participate.

I've said for a long time, that we (PNG) should have nothing to do with Cherokees. If anything we should be Caddoes or Karankawas; or Commanches perhaps. But if all else fails I wouldn't mind adopting "Welders" as a mascot. There's lots of possibilities with The Welders. Same number of letters, etc. "W -E -L -D- E- R- S, tack 'em Welders tack 'em!"

<Groan> (Actually, you beat me to it. The Indians win this one, either way, for sure.!)

I'm going with Nederland over Galena Park, simply based on Willow Ridge as a common opponent. Nederland beat Willow Ridge Willow Ridge beat Galena Park Otherwise, it's a toss up.

There were too many "what-ifs" to count in this game, for both teams. A missed field goal, dropped passes, dropped interceptions, missed scoring opportunities inside the 20, questionable ball spots, untimely flags. It was a good tough hardnosed ballgame.

Great game! I would like to see a replay of the catch PNG made, where the refs spotted it short and turned the ball over. From where I was sitting the receiver caught the pass and stepped out of bounds ahead of the first down marker. He was standing right at the marker, and he wasn't pushed out of bounds, he stepped out. The refs seemed to have trouble spotting the ball all evening, in fact. Another replay I'd like to see is Dayton's final TD. I was watching the linemen and linebackers and missed the play. Suddenly the runner was dashing down the middle of the field all by himself. I'm so glad to get this one behind us. I just don't like homecoming games.

Dang, I'm tempted to go to this game just for the pre-game tailgate party.

Sheffield live is offline.

Indeed. A really sad deal.

I couldn't find that one on a quick Google search. I once had two co-workers (male and female) who were both single, and they began seeing each other offsite. When anyone mentioned it to him, he'd always say "never dip your pen in company ink". Well, you guessed it I'm sure. She became pregnant, and he transferred to another job at another site, and I don't want to even think about the rest of the story. But, I remember the guys in the office from then on adopting and using the "company ink" line for many various situations. Seems like a good adage, or idiom perhaps, especially for teachers and students.

Local districts? I would hope that the AD selects the HC date. Or else greatly influences it. A coach on another site said he would always pick a date that was at least 5 games into the season.

So is Pimpin Burger the same place as the Crawfish place? Or are these two different spots. Edit: Never mind, I just looked it up. I've heard of this place, just down from the CC golf course. I guess I need to go try it sometime.

I'm curious now, how and when homecoming games are selected. I probably knew at one time, but don't really care now. But anyway, the Willow Ridge game was supposed to have been an away game, so the Dayton game actually was a true "homecoming".

1. Home field: advantage PNG 2. It's PNG Homecoming: advantage Dayton 3. Strength of prior opponents: advantage PNG (via PAM, FBM, WOS, TC) 4. All starters healthy: advantage Dayton 5. H.S. Football Logic: PAM defeated PNG + Porter defeated Dayton + PAM defeated Porter = no conclusion Looks like a likely close game. Just based on visual appearance PNG may have a bit larger team, and bigger O Line. The PNG defense has played the last two games with 3 or maybe 4 backups, but they've done ok, and have gained some good experience. One of the Sr linebackers may return to action this week. Still, lots of seniors on the team. Tough one to call, but overall advantage, I think, PNG.

Ok, I found Corrigan, it's between Moscow and Wakefield, but it took me a few seconds to locate Camden, nestled amongst Moscow, Barnes and Barnum. Moscow appears closer to Corrigan on the map than Camden. I've always heard of this school district, and I imagine they have to look at the map to find Port Neches, and for sure Groves. Or perhaps not, they're likely smarter than me. But anyway, I looked at the highlights in the other thread, and it doesn't appear to be the same players/numbers as the highlights on maxpreps. But one thing's for sure, those running backs simply do not want to go down. Especially that #24 vs Hempstead, in the maxprep highlight. They hit him at the 20, piled on, and he pretty much carried the entire pile to the goal line.

Underdogs? They've got a 5-1 OA and 3-0 District record. Do they have all of their starters, and no injuries? BTW, @purpleeagle, what is Calprep?

Yeah, be sure to tell Dayton coaches now, there's no need for them to practice this week, they've pretty much got this one already.