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Sumrall experienced tragedy this season so I can't really dog them hard. What can WC expect out of them offensively ? WC needs to get more snaps at RB for depth. They will be needed the next week when the leg breakers are probably coming back in for a visit. They started working in other receivers last week.

I'm not familiar enough with the process of what the options really are. Clarkdale to Alcorn Central or Kossuth is further than Ripley. North Tippah is further than Ripley as well. I simply do not buy what they claim to be selling.

Large region but less spread out? I assumed less spread out was the opposite of a large region.

I would probably do Pass/ McComb

19 hours ago, Rebel Bert said: “Lower numbered region hosts if both 1 seeds meet by rule this year which is region 2 and 4.”

Other regions and classes are larger, thus less spread out in general

Region 2 and Region 3 should all schedule each other to make up for the lost 7A game

Yep. 5 regions (6 at most) is plenty for many reasons - including geography. 7A schools have to make long bus trips all the time. And always have. But we all know that it is what it is when it comes to sports. This is what you sign up for as a student athlete. Is it always easy? No. Does it teach valuable life lessons? Absolutely.

Exactly why I suggest to let the school choose from the options I suggested: - stay close to home for the sake of $ and have the students play up a division - play within your fairly assigned competitive region assigned based on geography and enrollment

Playoffs R1. Well for 4A and down it is the second week It seems it’s the same faces year after year that are at the forefront at this point in the season. Gulfport showed us all last season it doesn’t have to be that way. Yet some schools and districts are content to not rock the boat over demanding better. If you know how to muddy a game up Coach Diberville , Petal can be beat . The defense needs to take extra time getting up , unpiling , etc, etc . Whatever it takes to bird’s nest their reel do it. Make them stand there fumbling over their line rather than fishing. Petal can’t be allowed to win the ref battle either. Stay on them, Better yet come on the field Vance style. As the game wears on Petal holds more and more. They are not set long enough before the snap either a lot too. Point it out every time. Watch what Meridians QB did. It will work again but don’t try to be anything that you haven’t trained on . The game is winnable but not without you cranking your own intensity up. Don’t lose another one. Just talk but there are let’s say rumblings from a few parents of youth players in Petal about being tired of Coach Boyles squads flaming out in the playoffs every season. Keep it up he will walk away. Speaking of being physical South Jones must figure out a way to hit East Central in the mouth.. if they don’t and try to play their little game of letting the other team hang around and maybe we can get back on offense at the end of the game then you’re gonna get ground down to dust . EC took the night off against Stone last Friday to get ready for South Jones. Whoever is south best player on offense they’re going to try and take him out. They gonna target them, hit them late flop on his legs , knee him when he’s on the ground and tackle to the ground after the whistle. They don’t care how many flags they get either .Watch This is their coach. He doesn’t win a lot he loses I can see why. It’s his brand of football I wouldn’t want him coaching my team. He’s a great value, Bubba Hathorne. Maybe South Jones can score enough but I don’t think they really can for this game. I really can’t pinpoint any upsets for this Friday. None of the top seeds have really limped to the playoffs Pass vs Poplarville may be a basketball type score when they meet . I think pass can score with them. Pass has been practicing for them too. I think they on side kick after every score. Pascagoula can’t help but feel buyers remorse when they look at the candidates they could have picked but instead went backwards from Sims. Although they did score more than 40 on Gautier but that is more a statement to what Gautier is, Which is toast by the end of Friday night Nobody needs to win this Friday or at least have a good showing more than Feaster and PRC. Hattiesburg’s offense has been trending down and it won’t be a good look to at least not slow them down. Starkville / Tupelo will be a closer game than Gulfport/ Brandon It would be nice to have to use the heater in the car after a game again but I don’t think this week is the one.. I don’t have the whole day Friday to kill on getting to a football game but I do plan on going to one. What’s going to be the most competitive ? Pass/ Mcomb Picayune/ George County Hancock/Terry Stone/Laurel That is all . Have a safe week

The association has been far too rigid about region placement or even class placement when a small modification would help travel for everyone involved. If a school wanted to play up or down if there is a miniscule difference in travel, then what's the big deal? I get the fairness aspect but it's unfair to the kids and schools to have regularly long bus trips on weeknights when it would help everyone. Of course the association does very little that makes sense. (7 classes.......)

I think there is a world where Auburn handles State and the last two games are led by interim coach Phil Montgomery. I’m not banking on it but I think it’s in the realm of possibility.

I think this whole deal is pretty important for Selmon’s legacy. I get the sense that he is viewed favorably by most State people, and I generally like him too. But whatever ends up happening with State football, it needs to work out. If he makes a change, he needs to make a good hire. If he decides to ride it out with Lebby, then by gosh Lebby better prove him right. Nobody will care that Selmon is a great fundraiser that has boosted State’s NIL position considerably from what it was 3-4 years ago, if he is the AD that can’t get football fixed.

Starting rb #10 hurt ankle in the Wayne county game. High ankle sprain I was told. Missed 3 or 4 games. Played sparingly against Terry and Hattiesburg and was limping after 2-3 carries. He had about 10 carries each game early and basically did not play second half. He was taken to hospital after Hattiesburg game and was in a boot last week. Backup rb was originally a de/lb #8. He was also the wildcat offense rb. He was hurt and missed about 5 games. That’s why #22 was pulled from cb to rb against petal. But his speed was missed on defense. #89 the freshman that moved up and saw his first action against terry has done well in late games when he got his chances. He’s the one that was discovered had fracture leg last week. Right tackle went down early in year. His backup went down a game later. That side of o line has gotten wrecked by opposing d line all year. Original backup qb that took over for tootie after his injury against Wayne county started the petal game the next week and had his season ended before the first drive was over. Part of the rushing issues is injury related. But also a coach that doesn’t care to run all that much has a little something to do with it. We got sone potential on o line in jr high but they need a lot of time in the weight room. Also 2 rb’s with potential. And the 9th grade qb that played 4th q vs Hattiesburg that seems to have a decent arm.

Pancho, do you think Winona, SE Lauderdale, and Clarkdale will appeal by Thursday. I believe a trip from Yazoo County High to Coahoma County High is much further than Clarkdale to Ackerman. I also believe if both Lauderdale County schools don't appeal its a moot issue.

I guess that's why we didn't even attempt to run it against Hattiesburg. Just let them pin their ears back and rush Lindsey. Our receivers didn't even have time to run a 10-yard route, and it's not like those guys are slow. I'm sorry, but this is a 6-A team. You can't tell me that we can't find somebody, anybody, that's bigger than a 145lb Freshman to run the ball? Pull a guy off of the defense. We've had linebackers in the past that came in to run the wild mustang. It's not like we would hurt the defense much. They have been middling all year anyway. It's a crying shame that we are about to waste one of best passing offenses in WJ history because we can't find someone to run the dang football every now and then to make defenses honest.

Maybe they think "3 Stripe Life" = "3 Star Life". It would be absolutely horrible if that were actually true. LOL

One OL flip won't move the needle one way or the other. State has got to work on climbing out of the 3 star hole and onto some higher ground. Pre-portal days you could be 3 star heavy and develop since those players were going to be around for a while. That doesn't work today.

1A 34 schools all but 2 make the playoffs. 2A Region 7 should be 6 schools and then a 4 school region in the south. 3A St Andrew's or Pisgah should go north and Yazoo County stay north. Maybe a 6/5/4/4/6/5/5/5 set up. 4A I would say its about right.

It appears lebby is flipping Olinemen and talking of more portal cash to aid next years team. There is no way he ship isn't sinking this year and they better hope they can at least beat Tenn Tech. I am not convinced of it myself.

Hamilton week 5 Tylertown week 4

I think if the ship is still sinking by the Egg Bowl then 75%

Diesel is at an all time high, some of these programs have to pay for it out of their budget. How big of a budget you guys think a 2A basketball, baseball, or softball program has?? Districts should make sense from a travel prospective. I mean what matters is the student athlete… right??

On Bo Bounds yesterday Steve R thinks he will be back. He said at beginning of the year he said 5 wins or less and he would be gone, but taking into account the toe injury and how good State looked prior to KT's there was a great deal of improvement. Also said KT loves Lebby's offense, wants to play in Lebby's offense and loves Lebby. So there's that.

Then the same thought pattern should be applied to other regions and classes. The MHSAA claims a blanket and even approach that is fair to all but in reality they just twist in the wind.