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Can they make another run at the Championship?

What else will it be? I know you're not conceited about it and that is appreciated, but unless someone in the South miraculously gets better I really don't see a different outcome.

Who honestly wants to be the sacrificial lamb and the whipping post for West Point? Might as well send a bad team to Oxford anyway. Heck they might as well draw straws at this point LOL!

Damn! Well there's no telling who coming out of the south. Before the season it was Laurel or WC now I have no idea

Seth is in over his head. Being the play caller like he was at East Central HS and being a play caller at the collegiate level are two different things. Questionable recruiting has doomed them. Other than East Central CC, I do not see a game where I think they can win. Seth I believe is suited more for high school and that is fine. He gave this his best shot and it does not seem to be working out.

I think their game last Friday hosting McComb is still up on Facebook . Go watch the second half of that game. Laurel has no defense and is soft. Them short dawgs on the McComb lines was fighting them off. They don’t have a running game. I thought they had the same QB from last season. That QB now looks like he’s pulling light poles trying to get to the edge. The one last year could fly. Like you say though it could be anybody. I look for someone in our district to start getting better and better now that it counts. Things are starting to play out very different from what I expected from all these non region games. I think they are going to be revealed as foos gold on both sides of the won loss column. Let’s see.

I agree with everything you said. My problem is that I like to try to use a conventional line of thinking. Well guess what? With the way these classifications are watered down now you really can’t. When you schedule tougher opponents and you come up on the short end of the stick like in Laurel’s case it absolutely has no bearing on region play or postseason play. If Laurel can run the table in region play and navigate their way to the playoff finals, nobody will remember they started 1-5 because what happened in non-region play was just vanity.

Absolutely not. When Gautier made the trip back over there for South State and I saw Picayune come out and rush 3 and drop 8, I knew it was over. I could’ve left after the first play cause I knew what kind of night it was gonna be.

If Gautier had any coach other than the one they had, they’d have a shot. They are so hell bent on being an “air raid” team that they completely disregard any run game. They run the ball a few plays successfully and then abandon it completely, especially near the goal line. 5A south seems really really weak. It might actually make the division race and playoffs fun lol

Provine has the best record in 5A South right now at 4-2. Take that as you will. It probably won't hold a drop of water though.

Call me crazy, but Gautier might actually be the best team in Region 4-5A, at least right now. Region 3 has Brookhaven, Florence and North Pike who might factor in. 5A south is a mixed bag right now in my opinion

Laurel is currently 1-5. Just sayin'. Surely there's got to be someone better in 5A South.

I agree! I don't like the state of 5A in general. Laurel and WP are the 2 I expect to play for the 5A title. Holmes is 6-0 but looking at their schedule I'm not truly sure how good they are with the teams they've played.

I think Bay Springs and Raleigh can beat all 3. Bay Springs will do it offense and Raleigh on defense. No one will score over 40 in the championship game. Enterprise team can come watch.

Yes. Hattiesburg dominated the line of scrimmage Friday night. We played the officials and the team and still somehow won the ball game. Thst speaks volume. Film don't lie. And why throw the ball when you don't have to? I guarantee you this if we have to we will.

Brutal schedule. I was shocked to see they came back and beat Tupelo, blanking them in the 2nd half. No shame in losing early to Starkville and Louisville who is my pick as best overall in North half (again). Not a slam dunk, but they should be in great shape to make it back to the final weekend if for no other reason because of the shake-up. 5A feels the impact more than any other class imo at least up here.

I’m thinking that the George Cty. we saw earlier, the GC that Hattiesburg saw, and the GC that hits the field in the playoffs will be three different teams. Once Knight gets back in synch with his offense, they will be much better. They won’t beat Picayune or West Jones, but they just might be the third best 6A team in the south eventually.

Fell off? Hattiesburg?? When? Had you went to the game I'm 100% certain you wouldn't have the same take.

Slick as to WC you are right. I was an have been there for all the glory years, several of those that ended a West Jones state championship run for my team. And as Merlin, I have enjoyed the lately. But just watching the WC offense the last few years, I’m asking “what exactly are they trying to do?”. There is no deception, there is no calling these plays to setup this play. And I understand they may not have a Lampley or Johnson, but my gosh they have some winning players on offense. I just don’t get it.Something is holding them back an I don’t think it is Hankins himself.