Texas Stadium Triple Header Review

[toonman]

I had the great fortune to be at Texas Stadium to witness the playing of 3 high school football games. Congratulations to the winners and commiserations to the losers. But now we have actual play-offs games completed; we can now use facts to assess the strengths or weaknesses of the teams still in post season play.

SGP (Co-District Champs 9-1) vs DR (2nd in district 7-3) – very close game and best of the day; in which I feel DR lost the initiative and allowed the momentum they had going to slip away to SGP. DR did a great job in sending the game into overtime. I guess the turnovers/interceptions hurt DR eventually. In the final analysis – 2 average play-offs destined for a short runs in the play-offs.

ET (Co-District Champs 9-1) vs FR (3rd in District 6-4) – considering ET were playing the third placed team out of district 5, with only a 6-4 record, I was not very impressed with ETs inability to put the game away early. Only because D1 is so weak that ET will probably get to the Championship game. The Haka was great

The third game; perhaps the least exciting of the day, because SLC had won it by the end of the first quarter. As a contest the game over when SLC went 27-0 early in the 2nd Quarter. 41-0 at half time. SLC slaughtered I-Mac; who had no answers for the SLC offense or defense. I-Mac earned their first 1st Down in second half and that was when some of the SLC back-ups were in. I-Mac was able to score in mopping up time. Remember I-Mac are Co-District Champions coming into the game with a 9-1 record.

But, let me say first and foremost – SLC was by far and away the best team of the day. Let me assure you SLC are for real and deserve their #1 Ranking. SLC would have put 40+ points on any of the other 4 teams that played yesterday in Texas stadium. The significance of this result :-

SLC beat I-Mac by 48 – 21, where as ET beat I-Mac 31-24

SLC scored as many touchdowns in the 1st quarter, as I-Mac did points in the entire game when thy beat SGP 3-0.

SGP beat ET 35-28. SGP beats DR 48-35 where as SLC beats DR 41-0.

SLC would beat all three District 6 Co-Champions and perhaps District 6 is not all that strong after all. Where I was seated I was surrounded by many neutrals; we all agreed that SLC is a different class to the other teams playing on the day

[baylordad]

Well put toonman. SLC looked like a fine oiled machine. Trinity played the most sluggish game of the year. Still there was no comparison of SLC's execution and the other teams at Texas Stadium yesterday. Good luck to all still alive in the playoffs.

[stinger]

Is that why district eliminated 2 out of 3 district 5 teams....You must be using the new math system. All that matters are the teams playing at the time....not stats from earlier.. Check out the upsets so far...stats did not win the game; players who did not believe them won. Numbers will never win, SLC played a great game...no doubt about it. But will they do the same next week? Remember, they have stumbled before, and the next team might be able to stop them from recovering. Trinity stumbled, but they still had the fortitude to keep in the game and do what they do well. They made many mistakes, probably the most they have had all year. Southlake started well, but mistakes can happen even when you feel at your best. Next week is a new game, with new plans. Good luck to all..

[GHSalumni]

Comparing teams by how they played common opponents is worthless, you could have just left it at "SLC was best team of the day," because how each of the SGP/I-Mac/ET teams fared against each other doesn't mean anything now. Any given night...

[businesstron]

I though Euless looked decent. They physically dominated Fossil Ridge. That game was over even when Fossil ridge kicked the FG @ the beginning. Euless controled that game...

[TrojanHorse03]

It's dangerous to compare scores especially with SGP. What makes SGP so dangerous is that their a very talented team that doesnt always turn it on against weaker teams, which is the only reason they lost to MAC by the way. Its really deceiving I think those stretches in which the dominated the 2nd half r reveal more what their capable of when theyre motivated. By the way good job by Coach Florence and his troop, he proved he's worth every bit of his billing. As for the Fossil Ridge it was a great effort by Ridge, however as RidgePride pointed out it was never in doubt, we simply had a unusually sloppy game. Also good job to Irving Mac on another good season but Southlake came up determined and efficient, which is what I expected from the defending national champs.