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I say Buna and Kountze, mostly because of Kountze. For them to be playing for the lead in district this late (6 weeks-lol) in the year is a story unto itself. Let them have their day in the sun. EDITED: I forgot the E in KountzE.

In either case, you will be repeating one school from last week. Both Nederland and Central were the big school so it would not like giving preference to a school two weeks in a row. Either way we pick, that will happen. MCM is always a big draw no matter what. In this case, the winner is guaranteed first place going into the fourth week of the district and maybe (if Central wins), the winner will be alone in first place. I don't see how you can beat a MCM where both teams are undefeated in district and the winner is guaranteed first place going into the 7th week of the season.

I would be shocked if Central was not a playoff team.

That makes sense though. Once the muffed punt was recovered, the play is dead since the receiver cannot advance it. When the Ozen receiver got the ball in his hands at the 2 yard line, the play was dead. Had he picked it up at the 2 yard line and run it back for a 98 yard touchdown, the Dayton fans would have wanted the fair catch enforced.

Nederland started 0-2 in district last year only to make the playoffs. The pivotal game being the comeback against LC-M. There is still time for LC-M to make a run. A cat may have 9 lives but LC-M has three and two of them are already used up.

This is a tough game to call. Lumberton has deservedly gotten to the point of being believers that they will win. They are pumped up and ready to take on the world. A loss however to Central however bumps them off of their lofty perch. Lumberton will play a tough game to keep that from happening. Central is a very good team but with their backs almost to the wall. As a district favorite, to start 1-2 would be a tough blow with PN-G and Dayton still on the schedule. Central isn't dead by a long stretch and could still win the district championship. They just can't afford any more slip ups. I think it may make for a barn burner this week.

Also known as a coaching change. I guess you could say that Vidor fans are looking for "a change of philosophy".

Just my opinion but they got the right coach at the right time for their program. They played some decent football last year at times but were in a new system and they had almost no seniors. This year they have most of the team returning and have a year under Credeur's system.

LOL

I guarantee that the '74 graduating class painted the totem pole black and gold. ;D

Another good win for the Raiders. Congratulations.

Great game for PN-G. It has to be tough for LC-M fans after such high expectations only to start district at 0-2.

I wonder if patitan will pick both MC teams to lose again this week.

Nederland has been to the playoffs for 11 straight years. I would think that the fans from every team other team would be pulling for anyone that plays the Bulldogs. That is especially true of the Raiders. I mean, Nederland has gone to the playoffs more within the last year than Lumberton has gone to in their history. Can you blame them for wanting Nederland to lose?

You are probably right. I am sure that most people in southeast Texas wake up to the thoughts of hating Lumberton. I know that is the first thought the enters my head each morning. : Before Larry Neumann came to Nederland in 1993, you would have to go back to 1978 to find Nederland with a winning season. That was a mighty 6-4 team. I am sure that Nederland was not causing a lot of opposing fans to quake in their shoes. Since then Nederland has had no losing seasons. Winning gets people attention, talking does not. If Lumberon continues to win, they will be the talk of the town and there is nothing that a bulletin board forum can do to help or hurt it. Winning takes care of everything else. Keep winning and people will hate to see Lumberton on the schedule for that week.

That sounds good. How bad did they beat the 0-9 teams? You can't fault a team for beating teams that they should beat. They did play Stephenville to a 3 point game. They can't be too bad.

How far do you think they should drop after losing to the #2 team by a field goal?

For Marsh, 188 yards and 5 touchdowns is hard to beat. There are a lot of good yardage games posted by other players but Marsh is equal in yardage and had the huge touchdown display.

What was the score? I think that being 3-1 and losing to the second ranked team in the state is not that bad. I can see a tenth place spot for that, assuming that it was a decent game.

That seems true but it is likely true with most teams, especially the ones on the lower end of the rankings. Most teams don't go undefeated and the polls are always changing for a reason. Someone will lose and move down, someone will win and move up.

We went two games deep in the playoffs last year and we probably would not have been in the top 50. Everyone would like to be well thought of but I will trade polls for wins any day. If Nederland wins this week against a tough Central team and they do not make the top 10, you won't hear me crying because a team that is 3-2 is ranked ahead of us. I will take the win and the other team can take the ranking.

If Nederland could beat Central, then they will get a lot of consideration. It will still take someone above them losing.

I've made four hunts so far. I got one doe this evening. Back for more next week.

Dayton is almost in the same boat as Lumberton. Both are playing teams that they should beat. The only difference is that if they lose, Lumberton will lose all of the momentum and some respect that they have built up and Dayton the will go from district favorite to a candidate for the door mat. It is time for both to step up and make some noise.