ESPN FAB 50 National Football Rankings

[EPFootball]

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/recruiting/football/news/story?id=3523310

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[EPFootball]

3 Texas teams in the top 25

1.Trinity (Euless, Texas)
12. Lake Travis (Austin, Texas) 4A
19.Plano (Plano, Texas)

Top 50:
30. Southlake Carroll (Southlake, Texas)
40. Katy (Katy, Texas)
44. Permian (Odessa, Texas)

[toonman]

Lake Travis are getting a whole lot of publicity. Is this 4A team really worthy of so much national recognition. Are they really so much better than so many of the' 5A big guns'

[drgnbkr]

Lake Travis are getting a whole lot of publicity. Is this 4A team really worthy of so much national recognition. Are they really so much better than so many of the' 5A big guns'

We'll never know. But my guess is no. But it's great some other teams are getting pub.

[Hitman49]

We'll never know. But my guess is no. But it's great some other teams are getting pub.

They have a good team, just not good enough to win state in 5A. I would take Longview over them.

[cajun]

9. St. Xavier (Cincinnati, Ohio) 15-0 QB Luke Massa (6-5, 200, Jr.); OL Matthew James (6-7, 285, Sr.); LB Luke Kuechly (6-3, 210, Sr.); DL Patrick Muldoon (6-4, 255, Sr.); RB Connor Earley (5-11, 190, Sr.)

Colerain Cardinals 13
St. Xavier Bombers 8

Bombers make a quick exit from the poll...

http://stxavier.sidwebcast.com/fb20080822/xlive.htm

[jbusch]

9. St. Xavier (Cincinnati, Ohio) 15-0 QB Luke Massa (6-5, 200, Jr.); OL Matthew James (6-7, 285, Sr.); LB Luke Kuechly (6-3, 210, Sr.); DL Patrick Muldoon (6-4, 255, Sr.); RB Connor Earley (5-11, 190, Sr.)

Colerain Cardinals 13
St. Xavier Bombers 8

Bombers make a quick exit from the poll...

http://stxavier.sidwebcast.com/fb20080822/xlive.htm

perfect example on why not to put much faith in preseason polls

[cajun]

perfect example on why not to put much faith in preseason polls

22. Carmel (Carmel, Ind.) 13-2 QB Morgan Newton (6-4, 215, Sr.); OL Brooks Michel (6-7, 295, Sr.); OL Alex Pierce (6-5, 300, Sr.); RB Kurt Freytag (5-11, 185, Sr.); WR Joe Rippe (6-0, 175, Sr.)

Cathedral High School 14
Carmel 7

This game is on ESPN right now...Not bad football really..

Morgan Newton (Carmel)
http://rivals100.rivals.com/viewprospect.asp?pr_key=69960&Sport=1

[Empire strikes back]

Cathedral 21
Carmel 7

[Plano West Wolf]

Cathedral 21
Carmel 7

They're actually pretty good for Indiana kids. :D

[shslb15]

Really none of these polls mean anything because if any of these teams really played one of those top teams in Texas...

We can kind of see if Lake Travis is when they play Westlake which ever week that is.

[Magellan]

Lake Travis are getting a whole lot of publicity. Is this 4A team really worthy of so much national recognition. Are they really so much better than so many of the' 5A big guns'

There are always going to be some 4A teams that will be able to hang with the 5A teams. But, like someone else said, they'll have their chance to prove their worth when they play Westlake.

And remember, this is ESPN we're talking about. If they don't already, they probably want to get the rights to broadcast the Lake Travis-Westlake game on ESPN 8 "The Ocho" and talk for weeks about LT's QB.

[Buckeye21]

9. St. Xavier (Cincinnati, Ohio) 15-0 QB Luke Massa (6-5, 200, Jr.); OL Matthew James (6-7, 285, Sr.); LB Luke Kuechly (6-3, 210, Sr.); DL Patrick Muldoon (6-4, 255, Sr.); RB Connor Earley (5-11, 190, Sr.)

Colerain Cardinals 13
St. Xavier Bombers 8

Bombers make a quick exit from the poll...

http://stxavier.sidwebcast.com/fb20080822/xlive.htm

St. Ignatius, who was #17 got beat 20-17 on a last second field goal by #48 Glenville. I attached a link to 6 minutes of the games highlights if anyone is interested. I went to the game and it was very good. Glenville has some big, fast athletes. There is a clip of one of the best catches I have ever seen in high school ball.

http://videos.cleveland.com/plain-dealer/2008/08/glenville_20_st_ignatius_17.html