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Yep, it sounds bad when they do it and it would be worse if we did.

I loved it when some of the earlier models showed it coming in to the TX/LA border area since there is almost never a correct prediction that far out. I remember when Rita was looking like it might turn into Mexico. Then Brownsvile, Corpus Christi, Galveston and then the Golden Triangle. Even then, it actually turned into Louisiana first even though the eye crossed the Golden Triangle. This storm, like Rita last year (and others), show that predicting hurricanes is far from an exact science. Even the best science available really has no clue as to where a hurricane may be 48 hours from now. All you can do is be prepared and wait for the last 48-72 hours (maybe) and hopefully get an idea where it may make landfall.

I am not sure how you think they are underestimated. Almost every post that I have seen and every district preview has Dayton as one of five teams going for a playoff spot.

Was that the game that Silsbee won 48-44? If that was it, it was quite a shootout. Silsbee was running all over the field and Nederland was passing all over and nobody could stop the other team.

Nederland v. LaMarque @ 5:00pm PN-G v. Brenham @ 8:30pm

It will have to be recorded since I will be sitting in Reliant Stadium, hopefully watching the hated Indians pull off an upset of Brenham.

In the scope of life, teachers are more important than coaches. It is very hard to make a living if you cannot read and write but know how to play football (unless you are about 1 out of 5,000 that can make it in the NFL-I guess the other 4,999 are out of luck). I would bet that Bill Gates never played high school football and look where he is. The problem is the free enterprise system, supply and demand. How many teachers get offering bids from other school districts after the school year ends? Does the best math teacher in your school get an offer for twice the money from a neighboring district due to her teaching skills? I see the new Port Arthur ISD superintendent just signed a salary package that amounts to more than $200,000 a year. Compare that to the teacher's salaries in that financially strapped district. How does the new superintendent's salary compare to others in the area, especially considering that we have several high performing districts and Port Arthur ISD is usually near the bottom. The bottom line is that you cannot compare one position to another by "importance". I would say that to a parent, a great teacher is much more important to their child's education and future rather than a good superintendent. Why then does the superintendent make up to 500% more than the teacher? It is the apples and oranges argument. You cannot compare positions by saying which is more important.

I don't believe in prior history predicting anything but in 2003, Nederland lost the first game of the year to LaMarque 30-7. They then went on to go three games deep in the playoffs (only to be beaten by LaMarque again who then went on to win state).

I usually read tea leaves myself or if I am really worried, throw salt over my left shoulder while I am knocking on wood........

Is that like the Monday before Rita hit, it was going south of Corpus Christi?

Silsbee looked to have a stronger defense against the run. There was absolutely nothing that Jasper did that slowed down Nederland's running attack. I am glad that Nederland threw the ball a quite a few times because they need to work on the passing game but if they just wanted yards and scores, they never needed to put the ball up. Nederland would try two passes (incompletes) and get a motion penatly and have a 3rd down and 15 yards to go. They would use the run as their 3rd and long play and pick up 20 yards. Offensively Jasper and Silsbee did not seem much different. Jasper's third drive was a great 90 yard drive that took several plays so it wasnt a one play deal. They had some sharp blocking and opened some nice holes. Other than that, they were pretty much ineffective. They would put together a nice play or two but could not sustain anything. Other than the one long drive, I don't think they ever got more than two first downs in a row.

Moshier looked sharp. Unfortunately just like last week' date=' Nederland is still looking for some receivers to step up. 2-5

Ernesto looks like it is making a direct line toward the upper Texas coast and since they always seem to turn one way or the other...................

You can stop all the guessing because the Bulldogs will take this one.

"The sky is falling, the sky is falling.... Nederland lost a scrimmage!!" :shock:

The best you can work out of that is a tie with no overtimes.

I think it was in '93 when Nederland played WO-S in a district game. Nederland came back and went ahead with very little time remaining in the game, maybe a minute or so. I don't know if I have ever heard Bulldog Stadium any louder. WO-S was down to about their last play and about 70 yards away. They threw a long pass for a touchdown with a few seconds on the clock. If I remember correctly, it may have been the only pass they complete the entire game. Nederland lost 33-28 (I think). It was Nederland's only loss in district that year. The loss itself was not so hard to take as much as the way it happened. With a minute left in the game it looked like we pulled off a huge upset (and would have won the district undefeated), only to be crushed at the end. If it was in '93, it was Larry Neumann's first year as head coach and Nederland did go to the playoffs as the second place team. Maybe some WO-S fans can refresh my memory.

The title of this thread is "Importance of scrimmage scores". There is no importance whatsoever in the scores of any scrimmage as it means nothing. What is important is how much you have improved since the first practice (or last scrimmage), finding out who can play where and find what mistakes need to be corrected. Does coach want to "win" a scrimmage? Yes because we all want to win at whatever we do. I could be playing hopskotch or tiddlywinks and I would want to win that also. Is it important to outscore an opponent in a scrimmage? Not in the least other than ego or getting on bulletin boards. I am sure that all coaches want their team to perform well and make progress in working as a unit. I would bet that any coach would rather his team play a great scrimmage and lose some theoretical score rather than "win" a score like 2-1 or 3-1 and play lousy. In the regular season it is different. I would rather see my team walk off the field as victors even if they were outplayed. In Nederland's recent 10 year run at the playoffs I have missed exactly one game including the non-district and district games. I can tell you most of the scores for those 10 years (including back to 1966), can recount most of the big plays and can tell you how we played, win or lose. I think that I have been to all of Nederland's scrimmages in the last 9 years (but I wouldn't swear to it). I can't tell you any of the scores, even the ones from last year. I sure don't remember any of the plays. I have a lot of friends that love to point out how PN-G, TJ, WO-S or Lincoln beat Nederland in a particular game (like in '94 when PN-G won 54-0). I have never had someone approach me and bring up a scrimmage score. I wonder why? Wouldn't that make a great bragging point... "we went 0-10 that year but hey, we beat Nederland in a scrimmage 3-1!".