C.E. King vs Crosby

[Cougar14.2]

August 26th at 7pm from The Jungle in Crosby, TX 

 

Huge test for Crosby right out of the box as CE King comes to town with some momentum after their best season in 30 years. They went 10-3 losing to Katy in the 6A-D2 regional semis last year. You can pretty much say after the graduation of their two stud running backs and the transfer of their starting QB to New Caney, that CE King lost all of its offensive production from a year ago. They do have a couple of very solid returning receivers though. The Panthers picked up a QB transfer from Atascocita and an edge/DE transfer from Houston Yates who’s currently committed to Colorado. Opposite him will be 6’4” 240lbs Texas commit Dylan Spencer. A lot of people are saying CE King should have one of the best defensive lines in the state this year, I guess Crosby gets the first chance to test them. Will Hicks is a physical P5 level safety on the back end but not committed anywhere yet.  
 

From the Crosby side of things it’s just going to be about not getting dominated at the line of scrimmage. You should expect to see a significantly better pass rush from CE King than the one Lamar had but the o-line’s performance against Lamar gives some optimism that we’ll still be able to hold up. I think we’ll execute a lot better to open the season this year than we did in the opener against Carthage last year, and even the next week at Manvel too for that matter. 
 

One the defensive side of the ball I think things are less concerning. We’re going to give up some deep shots because we don’t have elite corners and if your QB can run it we’re probably going to get gashed a time or two from taking poor pursuit angles on a pass rush but overall Crosby should be very solid defensively. I think that unit should do more than enough to keep us in the contest Friday night. 
 

Crosby is going to be very good at some point this year if we can get healthy and stay there. The only two questions are when will we be good and will it be good enough? 

[BHFAN]

With what Crosby has returning they should be able to stay on the field with anyone. King is down from last year, but should still be competitive after that great year they had. Should be a good game.

[RETIREDFAN1]

Crosby

[Mr. Buddy Garrity]

Districtmates by a couple TDs. 

[Cougar14.2]

Listed measurables for CE King’s defensive line/edge players:

Dylan Spencer(Texas) - 6’4” 240lbs 

Kam Bizor(Colorado) - 6’2” 235lbs 

Jo’lacey Bernard - 6’4” 265lbs 

K‘mard Kimble - 6’2” 306lbs 

Jolaison Landry - 6’3” 240lbs 

[Cougar14.2]

For those Crosby fans that want to reminisce on the last time we played CE King. The weather conditions were sub-par that night but look at the stands, that’s what it’ll look like Friday night if the weather is even halfway decent. One thing that jumps out to me is how they looked bigger than us even back then. 
 

 

[Separation Scientist]

This is the premier game this week. 

[AledoAlumni]

Taking Crosby. Will this game be streamed?

 

 

*Can someone add a poll?

[Matthew328]

24 minutes ago, aledoalumni said:

Taking Crosby. Will this game be streamed?

 

 

*Can someone add a poll?

TexanLive has Crosby games

[WOSdrummer99]

1 hour ago, aledoalumni said:

*Can someone add a poll?

I would, but I'm not sure if it would delete @Cougar14.2 excellent first post. Just count the pick ems

[Cougar14.2]

 Just got through watching film of the CE King vs Westfield scrimmage from last week. If we don't turn the ball over and can stay away from the holding penalties I think Crosby may be able to put up a significant amount of points on King's defense. We don't have the personnel up front that Westfield does but I think a somewhat safe takeaway from the scrimmage is that CE King doesn't have that elite pass rush I thought they would. Their d-line is absolutely huge but they're run defenders. We played a better pass rushing defensive line against Texas High in '20 with Clayton Smith(Oklahoma) and Derrick Brown(Texas) and still put 60 on them. I don't think we'll do that to King because of how good they are against the run but I have a lot of optimism that the offensive staff won't be stymied by their personnel in the trenches, especially if all of the receivers are healthy. 

I think our defense will play very well against King's offense. Just on the hoof you couldn't tell if our ILB's played for the Crosby Cougars or those other red and white Cougars in Third Ward? I'm good friends with CE King's old QB that transferred to New Caney's dad. He told me King's receivers weren't the greatest play-makers on the football and that looked to be relatively true during their scrimmage. Our main question on defense is how many times will we get beat over the top? One positive before we even line up is that we're at least healthy on that side of the ball right now. 

[BHFAN]

Playing a different team 2 years ago with different personnel seems like a weird compare, but to each their own. Whatever the outcome of this game both teams will be better for it. If Crosby comes out on top that will be a strong start for the Coogs, but if not and they keep it competitive still good in my book. Goodluck and stay healthy 

[AledoAlumni]

23 hours ago, WOSdrummer99 said:

I would, but I'm not sure if it would delete @Cougar14.2 excellent first post. Just count the pick ems

Just copy and past his post for him. 

[WOSdrummer99]

1 hour ago, aledoalumni said:

Just copy and past his post for him. 

Done

[Cougar14.2]

11 hours ago, BHFAN said:

Playing a different team 2 years ago with different personnel seems like a weird compare, but to each their own. Whatever the outcome of this game both teams will be better for it. If Crosby comes out on top that will be a strong start for the Coogs, but if not and they keep it competitive still good in my book. Goodluck and stay healthy 

Crosby's o-line personnel from two years ago is very similar to what we have now. They actually play with even more technique since the hire of the new o-line coach. It's not weird to compare the preparation and game-planning Coach P and staff did for elite d-linemen/edge players like Smith and Brown to what they'll do to Spencer and Bizor. We didn't mitigate/neutralize TH's defensive effectiveness because we had borderline 5 stars equivalent to Smith in the trenches. We did it through scheme which from film it looks like we can can also do to CE King. Using a previous example, when we're actually a better team now, just highlights it can be done. For instance, if Crosby's defense had been destroyed by Huntsville or Texas High in the trenches the last few years then this wouldn't even be a conversation if Crosby could hold up, new personnel or not. 

[BHFAN]

I had to put my vote in for CE King, but will not be shocked if the Coogs take care of business. Hell Crosby could dominate it’s just hard to call this early. Picking the bigger school as a safe bet for this one.

[Cougar14.2]

If Crosby wins this game with the players we will have available we might be even better than I though once we get healthy. 

[Yeoj]

CE King hired a couple NS coaches and  got a nice group of transfers. They will be a lot more formidable. I would have them favored in this game. It should be a great game though.

[Cougar14.2]

12 hours ago, Yeoj said:

CE King hired a couple NS coaches and  got a nice group of transfers. They will be a lot more formidable. I would have them favored in this game. It should be a great game though.

That's the difficult part about playing teams like CE King, North Shore, Duncanville, Desoto, etc. They already have a bunch of talent to begin with, throw in the fact that they're also open enrollment and you basically end up with select teams playing UIL football. If the UIL wanted to add an additional level of "fairness" outside of the enrollment caps they could do something like the NCAA and allow the one-time transfer free of penalty.

Crosby has had kids denied even when they had legit Crosby addresses. We've had kids that had to sit out a season like one of our starting LBs this year, and still currently have kids with eligibility issues. It kind of puts you at a disadvantage for doing things the right way. Meanwhile, talent-rich schools get even more rich.