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Yep, no foul play from Nederland. Let's not start up rumors please. Nederland was nothing but class; thus, the last thing they deserve is a false rumor.

I agree. I saw someone limping off onto the side early in the game, and saw it was #49. Trust me, I was absolutely shocked. I know he wants to play, but a district championship title isn't worth a whole career.

Isn't a game already being played at Dayton? Nederland vs. C.E. King?

Son did u drink the whole bottle? LOL I don't claim to know anything about Crosby, but let us not forget what happened last year. Everyone was more than confident that Waller would be a walk in the park, and what happened? We got BURNED. Don't underestimate any team and take care of business. Every team you meet is going to have your number and their way of stopping you planned out.

LOL.......we're the little engine that could though............LOL :D :D :D Haha that one made me laugh pretty hard.

So I'm seeing tons of threads addressed to Lumberton with congrats, but I'd like to express my gratitude concerning how CLASSY Nederland was! Your announcer was awesome, and the game was clean (except for that one play where both sides had a few ... issues?). Good luck in playoffs!

B.M.F., does Dayton get to avoid Lake Travis this year? I hope so. LOL Best post ever. Seriously, both BMF and the Lumberton fans who are replying to him need to get a life outside of a surreal internet forum.

Not as far as I'm concerned, though some fans tend to fabricate things.

I guess you should listen to your own advice. How do you know for a FACT that the PNG player was already set to hit him? Were you seated where I was - RIGHT in front of where it happened? Yeah I doubt it, and even if you were, it was on the other side, where you couldn't see that particular play nearly as well. I specifically said in my post that I meant not to offend anyone. If you want to get offended for no reason and start crap up like that, you need to learn some social skills, because not everyone in life is going to say truths you want to hear. I sincerely hope you're a junior in high school or younger, because if you're older than me, than that's pretty pathetic that I'm having to say this to someone older than me. p.s. You claim that we start to point fingers, but I specifically mentioned that I respect PNG and that I don't claim that that hit was of "malice." I simply stated that it APPEARED to be malicious.

How does the animation in his signature compare to this play at all? Sure it may have been a late hit, but the key is this: it wasn't designed to cause an injury/more damage to an already-existing injury.

Okay I know things get touchy real quickly on a forum, so let me state beforehand that I have no intention, bluntly or subliminally, of offending anyone. The only reason I posted in the first place was to assert my own observations. Now on to your post ... like I said, I love watching football, but I wouldn't be the person to go to to explain football to someone. I'm sure you're correct when you say that players are trained to hit low to get maximum results, but on that play, it wasn't necessary (he could have made the tackle just as easily without going for the knees), especially when everyone in the Reservation knew that Beard's knee was already injured. That doesn't seem to shout "hit low so you can take him out easier." It shouts "go for his knees so that he won't be a threat for the rest of the game." And thus, won't be a threat for the rest of the season perhaps. So I hear your logic, but my thoughts are that it doesn't apply at all here considering that wasn't the objective, because if going low to take him out easier was the objective, he wouldn't have practically dived for Beard's knees. I respect PNG (yes, I know, hard to believe, considering some of my schoolmates and community members may not), and I find it extremely believable that they played a clean game, but on that particular play, I have to say that there was nothing clean about it.

(tl;dr version [too long;didn't read - basically means a summarized version] at the bottom) First of all, I read these forums quite often, though I never post. To establish who I am, I'm in the Band at LHS, but rest assured, I guarantee that I am extremely unbiased because I love watching football, and that's that. (The only exception concerning bias may be UT =D HOOK 'EM) Second, now that I've said that, I go to every game, as that is required of all band students, and on that particular play when Anthony Beard went back in the game, the hit happened right in front of the band. I know for a fact that the guy that had the tackle went straight for the knees. From where I was sitting, I can't tell if "U" is correct when he says that PNG was going for Beard's knees the whole game, offense and defense, but I guarantee you that if you saw what I saw, you would have no doubt that Beard's knees were the target, not Beard himself. At that time, I thought nothing of it, considering I watch NFL games all the time and see targets painted on knees all the time, but I do agree that HS is completely different from NFL. You aren't paid any more or any less for winning, so intentionally causing an injury is pretty awful. Beard's knee status was an intentional result. That's all I'm saying. Don't attach the bad reputation that Lumberton posters have on this forum with me. I may be a senior at LHS, but I'm well-minded enough to not fabricate claims or make arrogant ones, not to mention that I have pretty extensive experience on forums. So basically (if you didn't feel like reading all of the above): - I know for a fact that whoever tackled Beard was going for the knees on purpose. - I do not deny nor claim that PNG aimed for Beard's knees the entire game. - I am not claiming that PNG played dirty on purpose, if at all.

Vidorpirate, enjoy your winning season, but there's no need to bring up lumberton when lumberton is completely irrelevant. PNG gave you a low blow, so you turn around and do the same? Lumberton fans aren't all mule-headed and arrogant.