L D Bell looked strong.

[TheScout]

Bell looked good after a slow start tonight. The QB is a Titan, ran 2 td's and threw 3 others. He is the key. I am still tempered by the fact that the teams they have faced are a combined 1-11 before tonight, and they played an 0-4 team tonight. I guess time will tell.

[Tsup]

I doubt it going to happen but wouldnt it be fun to have bell undefeated when trinity wins for the 11th time in a row :)

[TrueBlue]

Not a given that ET will be undefeated by then either -- but agree that Bell has a good stretch of games starting this week that will test them ahead and see what kind of team they are --

Scout, not sure where you are getting 1-11 opponent record before last nights action as last weeks opponent Keller Central was 2-1 before Bell played them and Burleson was 1-1 before Bell played them and are now 2-4 -- Haltom is 0-6 but has lost three games by a total of 6 points --

I do agree that Bell's opponents are certainly not setting the world on fire, but the only thing Bell has control of is how they play against the teams that are on their schedule -- and they have won their first five games by a combined score of 152-74 and have only allowed 12 points per game in their last four games --

Bell has moved up over 40 places in the Massey ratings since the season began which is an indication that even though they have not played a difficult schedule to date, they are still exceeding expectations based on the results against that schedule --

Before this weekend Bell was ranked #9 by the FWST poll and #20 in the DMN poll --

Bell has not come close yet to putting together 48 minutes of football in any game this season so far on either side of the ball -- and are a little behind the curve as the current qb was splitting reps for the first three games and has only been named the official starter for the past two weeks -- so their upside on the offensive side of the ball is still high --

And Bell's sophomore rb, Kenny Farrow is the clear soph of year so far in 5-5a. His ypc and touchdowns per carry significantly eclipse Tevin Williams at Trinity -- and he is not doing it behind Trinity's dominating o-line. Last night Grapevine did a good job of putting 7 guys in the box and their game plan was designed to stop Farrow --

Bell's defense allowed something like 40 yds rushing on 35 carries for Grapevine last night and the week before held Keller Central to 5 yds rushing and two first downs in the second half -- their big DE Josh Mauro is being double and triple teamed on most plays which is opening things up for other great play makers that Bell has at LB and DE --

Having said all that, Bell's second season starts this week against a very good defensive Justin Northwest team --

Then Bell gets Colleyville Heritage, Keller, Fossil Ridge and Trinity --

We shall see...

[jbusch]

Not a given that ET will be undefeated by then either -- but agree that Bell has a good stretch of games starting this week that will test them ahead and see what kind of team they are --

Scout, not sure where you are getting 1-11 opponent record before last nights action as last weeks opponent Keller Central was 2-1 before Bell played them and Burleson was 1-1 before Bell played them and are now 2-4 -- Haltom is 0-6 but has lost three games by a total of 6 points --

I do agree that Bell's opponents are certainly not setting the world on fire, but the only thing Bell has control of is how they play against the teams that are on their schedule -- and they have won their first five games by a combined score of 152-74 and have only allowed 12 points per game in their last four games --

Bell has moved up over 40 places in the Massey ratings since the season began which is an indication that even though they have not played a difficult schedule to date, they are still exceeding expectations based on the results against that schedule --

Before this weekend Bell was ranked #9 by the FWST poll and #20 in the DMN poll --

Bell has not come close yet to putting together 48 minutes of football in any game this season so far on either side of the ball -- and are a little behind the curve as the current qb was splitting reps for the first three games and has only been named the official starter for the past two weeks -- so their upside on the offensive side of the ball is still high --

And Bell's sophomore rb, Kenny Farrow is the clear soph of year so far in 5-5a. His ypc and touchdowns per carry significantly eclipse Tevin Williams at Trinity -- and he is not doing it behind Trinity's dominating o-line. Last night Grapevine did a good job of putting 7 guys in the box and their game plan was designed to stop Farrow --

Bell's defense allowed something like 40 yds rushing on 35 carries for Grapevine last night and the week before held Keller Central to 5 yds rushing and two first downs in the second half -- their big DE Josh Mauro is being double and triple teamed on most plays which is opening things up for other great play makers that Bell has at LB and DE --

Having said all that, Bell's second season starts this week against a very good defensive Justin Northwest team --

Then Bell gets Colleyville Heritage, Keller, Fossil Ridge and Trinity --

We shall see...
ET has hardly moved in the Massey ratings, thus Bell must be better

Any bets on which Sophmore RB will have more yards in the head to head game? or which team will have more rushing yards?

[TrueBlue]

ET has hardly moved in the Massey ratings, thus Bell must be better

Any bets on which Sophmore RB will have more yards in the head to head game? or which team will have more rushing yards?

Not sure how you are concluding the the Massey statement implies Bell is better than ET.

[TrojanFan4Life]

ET has hardly moved in the Massey ratings, thus Bell must be better

Any bets on which Sophmore RB will have more yards in the head to head game? or which team will have more rushing yards?


belly = smelly - until they play a real opponent -

true is jealous we have over 10 people who can put up farrows numbers if they didn't have to share the time - I'll take Tevin :notworthy over Farrow any day!

By the end of the season - the true soph more of the year will be crowned - and I seriously doubt he will be wearing blue - unless of course we are talking about band sophmore of the year :D

[jbusch]

Not sure how you are concluding the the Massey statement implies Bell is better than ET. I was being a wise A$$

[powerofthehaka]

Not a given that ET will be undefeated by then either -- but agree that Bell has a good stretch of games starting this week that will test them ahead and see what kind of team they are --

Scout, not sure where you are getting 1-11 opponent record before last nights action as last weeks opponent Keller Central was 2-1 before Bell played them and Burleson was 1-1 before Bell played them and are now 2-4 -- Haltom is 0-6 but has lost three games by a total of 6 points --

I do agree that Bell's opponents are certainly not setting the world on fire, but the only thing Bell has control of is how they play against the teams that are on their schedule -- and they have won their first five games by a combined score of 152-74 and have only allowed 12 points per game in their last four games --

Bell has moved up over 40 places in the Massey ratings since the season began which is an indication that even though they have not played a difficult schedule to date, they are still exceeding expectations based on the results against that schedule --

Before this weekend Bell was ranked #9 by the FWST poll and #20 in the DMN poll --

Bell has not come close yet to putting together 48 minutes of football in any game this season so far on either side of the ball -- and are a little behind the curve as the current qb was splitting reps for the first three games and has only been named the official starter for the past two weeks -- so their upside on the offensive side of the ball is still high --

And Bell's sophomore rb, Kenny Farrow is the clear soph of year so far in 5-5a. His ypc and touchdowns per carry significantly eclipse Tevin Williams at Trinity -- and he is not doing it behind Trinity's dominating o-line. Last night Grapevine did a good job of putting 7 guys in the box and their game plan was designed to stop Farrow --

Bell's defense allowed something like 40 yds rushing on 35 carries for Grapevine last night and the week before held Keller Central to 5 yds rushing and two first downs in the second half -- their big DE Josh Mauro is being double and triple teamed on most plays which is opening things up for other great play makers that Bell has at LB and DE --

Having said all that, Bell's second season starts this week against a very good defensive Justin Northwest team --

Then Bell gets Colleyville Heritage, Keller, Fossil Ridge and Trinity --

We shall see...

Can you say 0-fer?:eek:

[trinitytrojansdominate]

Ain't no way Bell can beat Trinity, true they look a whole heck of a lot better than the past 20 years, but there ain't no way they can break the 10 year losing streak to Trinity.

[TheScout]

Not a given that ET will be undefeated by then either -- but agree that Bell has a good stretch of games starting this week that will test them ahead and see what kind of team they are --

Scout, not sure where you are getting 1-11 opponent record before last nights action as last weeks opponent Keller Central was 2-1 before Bell played them and Burleson was 1-1 before Bell played them and are now 2-4 -- Haltom is 0-6 but has lost three games by a total of 6 points --

I do agree that Bell's opponents are certainly not setting the world on fire, but the only thing Bell has control of is how they play against the teams that are on their schedule -- and they have won their first five games by a combined score of 152-74 and have only allowed 12 points per game in their last four games --

Bell has moved up over 40 places in the Massey ratings since the season began which is an indication that even though they have not played a difficult schedule to date, they are still exceeding expectations based on the results against that schedule --

Before this weekend Bell was ranked #9 by the FWST poll and #20 in the DMN poll --

Bell has not come close yet to putting together 48 minutes of football in any game this season so far on either side of the ball -- and are a little behind the curve as the current qb was splitting reps for the first three games and has only been named the official starter for the past two weeks -- so their upside on the offensive side of the ball is still high --

And Bell's sophomore rb, Kenny Farrow is the clear soph of year so far in 5-5a. His ypc and touchdowns per carry significantly eclipse Tevin Williams at Trinity -- and he is not doing it behind Trinity's dominating o-line. Last night Grapevine did a good job of putting 7 guys in the box and their game plan was designed to stop Farrow --

Bell's defense allowed something like 40 yds rushing on 35 carries for Grapevine last night and the week before held Keller Central to 5 yds rushing and two first downs in the second half -- their big DE Josh Mauro is being double and triple teamed on most plays which is opening things up for other great play makers that Bell has at LB and DE --

Having said all that, Bell's second season starts this week against a very good defensive Justin Northwest team --

Then Bell gets Colleyville Heritage, Keller, Fossil Ridge and Trinity --

We shall see...

Oooooh I was off by two......???? You struggled to put away bad teams, and have yet to show consistency in you r offense. I interviewed Coach O last night after the game, and he said this was the best the defense has looked all season. Geez I hope not. Grapevine has no O, got 0 points against Justin and didn't look that great last night, yet still managed to get 14 and moved the ball better than I thought they would. But until Bell can put away bad teams quick, they will have no chance in the second half of the season.

[TheScout]

By the way, I started this thread to show Bell a little praise. So temper your pride enough to accept a little constructive criticism. The only thing Bell can be sure of, is they won't have a losing season.

[Dallascaper]

At one time, Trinity was 9-0; state ranked, expected to be a powerhouse, and had beaten Bell several years in a row.

Bell had a history of bad football teams, there was little expectation of a winning season, and everyone expected them to lose to Trinity, again.

That was 1982, and the rest is history.

Just some perspective...and a warning to Trinity. You do not want to be the Trinity team that loses to Bell. Do not dismiss Bell and do not take them for granted. Some day, Bell will beat Trinity - and Bell will make sure we never hear the end of it.

[stinger]

At one time, Trinity was 9-0; state ranked, expected to be a powerhouse, and had beaten Bell several years in a row.

Bell had a history of bad football teams, there was little expectation of a winning season, and everyone expected them to lose to Trinity, again.

That was 1982, and the rest is history.

Just some perspective...and a warning to Trinity. You do not want to be the Trinity team that loses to Bell. Do not dismiss Bell and do not take them for granted. Some day, Bell will beat Trinity - and Bell will make sure we never hear the end of it.


The only BLUE BELL" that might beat Trinity comes in the form of ice cream. However, that would be after the company goes bankrupt and runs out of the stuff!

[TrueBlue]

By the way, I started this thread to show Bell a little praise. So temper your pride enough to accept a little constructive criticism. The only thing Bell can be sure of, is they won't have a losing season.

Not sure exactly what constructive criticism is being challenged -- I was only pointing out that the combined opponent record was not 1-11 --

I agree Bell needs to do a better job of putting away lesser opponents -- but other than the season opener, none of the scores have been close -- and all of Bell's margins of victory have exceeded what Massey predicted the scores to be...

I think Olivo may have been referring to the front seven of Bell's defense which did have a good game -- only allowing 44 yds rushing on 30 carries on the night -- Grapevine scored on two nice passes and Bell's secondary has been a work in progress --

In my opinion the best that Bell's defense played was in the second half of the Keller Central game the week before -- they held KC to 5 yds rushing -- knocked the qb out of the game for a series or two -- and KC had 2 first downs in the second half --

I do agree with you about Bel's qb -- he is a warrior --

And always appreciate a positive post about Bell -- thanks

[TheScout]

Your absolutely welcome

[TheScout]

At one time, Trinity was 9-0; state ranked, expected to be a powerhouse, and had beaten Bell several years in a row.

Bell had a history of bad football teams, there was little expectation of a winning season, and everyone expected them to lose to Trinity, again.

That was 1982, and the rest is history.

Just some perspective...and a warning to Trinity. You do not want to be the Trinity team that loses to Bell. Do not dismiss Bell and do not take them for granted. Some day, Bell will beat Trinity - and Bell will make sure we never hear the end of it.

It's funny you say that, I remember an 0-9 Trinity team beating a 9-0 Bell team.

[fridaynightfan]

Good review, True. Very informative and well-written. I don't think anyone is saying that Bell is going to kick *** and take names against Trinity, but on any Friday night . . .

what does seem evident is that Bell is better than expected this year. Every team will know that Bell was not a mere bump on the road when their game is over with them, and that includes Trinity, win or lose.

[Dallascaper]

It's funny you say that, I remember an 0-9 Trinity team beating a 9-0 Bell team.


What year was that? Early '70s?

[TheScout]

What year was that? Early '70s?

Late 80's early 90's...i think , I was younger

[trojanbacker]

It's good to see Bell doing well. I've only seen them play 1/2 of two different games this year, so, I'm no authority. I'll be more of a believer when they play and beat someone a bit tougher than the teams they've beaten so far. I think one of Bell faults in recent history has been their tendency to play a soft non-district schedule and then get blown up when they play someone good. It seems that the coaches have opted for easy early season wins vs. Trinity's approach to play the toughest schedule they can put together. And, in the end, I think it makes a huge difference come playoff time. But, I'll be pulling for Bell and I sincerely hope they enter the Trinity game undefeated. Having both teams strong is good for the respective teams and the district.

[Trinity Trojan Fan For Li]

It's funny you say that, I remember an 0-9 Trinity team beating a 9-0 Bell team.
Trinity has NEVER had a 0-9 team. You're referring to 1990 when Trinity was 6-4 Overall, 4-3 District and beat Bell 7-3.
http://texashsfootball.com/board/index.php?showtopic=12988

[SanAngeloBobcat]

Nice to see Bell doing well again. I witnessed most of the Bell-Trinity games in the early 90's to late 90's when the Bell-Trinity rivalry was still a real rivalry because neither team dominated the series like Trinity has the last several years.

[Trinity Trojan Fan For Li]

Nice to see Bell doing well again. I witnessed most of the Bell-Trinity games in the early 90's to late 90's when the Bell-Trinity rivalry was still a real rivalry because neither team dominated the series like Trinity has the last decade.
FIFY:D

[TheScout]

Trinity has NEVER had a 0-9 team. You're referring to 1990 when Trinity was 6-4 Overall, 4-3 District and beat Bell 7-3.
http://texashsfootball.com/board/index.php?showtopic=12988

No i was referring to a year that Bell was undefeated until the last game.

[Dallascaper]

No i was referring to a year that Bell was undefeated until the last game.


Are you referring to 1985? Trinity upset a 9-0 Bell team at TS, but Trinity was no slouch, either. Trinity had a good team that year and both schools were co-district champs.

I can't think of any other year you might be referring to, and I've been to the majority of Trinity/Bell games since '79.

[TrojanMom88]

I am happy to see that Bell is coming along strong... there is alot of history here and thankfully there will be for years to come. Congrats to Bell for a successful season so far. May sucess continue to find you until Nov 6 2008!!!! I am ready for a good game that will keep us standing the whole game...oh that's right we are vistor's again this year...we will be standing the whole game....What ever happened to playing at Texas Stadium for the Bell vs. Trinity Game??

[TrueBlue]

I have heard talk of moving the game if both teams are 9-0 - a big if...

[TrojanMom88]

I have heard talk of moving the game if both teams are 9-0 - a big if...

Then I pray for Bell's Success!!!!!

It would be nice to play it at Texas Stadium being that it would be the last chance to!

[AE 8008]

whats that smell?:eek:

[TheScout]

whats that smell?:eek:

LOL, I actually heard a sportscaster on the local ESPN radio say that.

[TrueBlue]

Bell now #8 in FWST poll and #18 in DMN poll -- and moved up another 9 spots in the Massey ratings after better than predicted performance last week vs Grapevine --

[trinitytrojansdominate]

Bell won't beat Trinity
Bell won't beat Trinity
BELL WON'T BEAT TRINITY
nice try tho:D

[Trinity Trojan Fan For Li]

Are you referring to 1985? Trinity upset a 9-0 Bell team at TS, but Trinity was no slouch, either. Trinity had a good team that year and both schools were co-district champs.

I can't think of any other year you might be referring to, and I've been to the majority of Trinity/Bell games since '79.

I think I know which game TrueBlue is talking about and it was at Pennington Field. Bell was home and they had a banner up on the field wall in front of their student section on the east end that said something like Pennington Field was Bell's home/stadium. TRINITY WON in a close score. As soon as time ran out, some Trinity football players ran over to the Bell side and tore that sign down and mutiliated it.

[TheScout]

I think I know which game TrueBlue is talking about and it was at Pennington Field. Bell was home and they had a banner up on the field wall in front of their student section on the east end that said something like Pennington Field was Bell's home/stadium. TRINITY WON in a close score. As soon as time ran out, some Trinity football players ran over to the Bell side and tore that sign down and mutiliated it.


All I know is Bell was undefeated and Trinity was not so hot. Bell was home and Trinity pulled it off.

[atwelljroc]

Bell now #8 in FWST poll and #18 in DMN poll -- and moved up another 9 spots in the Massey ratings after better than predicted performance last week vs Grapevine --


How did my nephew do??? He is Tyler Atwell, your kicker...

[TrueBlue]

Atwell was the Fort Worth Star Telegram special teams player of the week a few weeks ago -- which is a great accomplishment -- imo, he is the best kicker in our district and is having a great season -- and definitely one of the keys to Bell's success this season --

Nice mention of Bell's DE/TE Josh Mauro and Trinity's Eyron Barnett in this mornings Dallas Morning News:

http://www.hsgametime.com/dfw/sharedcontent/dws/spt/highschools/leaderboard/v3/hurst/bell/stories/100608dnspotxoutherecruit.18505ac.html

[atwelljroc]

Atwell was the Fort Worth Star Telegram special teams player of the week a few weeks ago -- which is a great accomplishment -- imo, he is the best kicker in our district and is having a great season -- and definitely one of the keys to Bell's success this season --

Nice mention of Bell's DE/TE Josh Mauro and Trinity's Eyron Barnett in this mornings Dallas Morning News:

http://www.hsgametime.com/dfw/sharedcontent/dws/spt/highschools/leaderboard/v3/hurst/bell/stories/100608dnspotxoutherecruit.18505ac.html

That is great to hear...he has played soccer for years, and is VERY good at that...know that the coach talked him into playing football last year and he did fine...my son and he are the same age, but mine was a grade ahead and graduated from Judson last year...my son is about 6'6" and 270 lbs. and now off playing college fottball in Kansas...really hope that Tyler signs to play football, not soccer(just 'cause I like football more)...heck his Mom is a UT grad, how about kicking for UT???

[powerofthehaka]

Oooooooops.:eek: