slicklizard

West Point beat Tupelo last season and we all were saying the same thing about them last season about this time. Beware the Brookhaven

is Leake good enough to ome out of the North ? There’s not a lot being said about them . It would probably leave me a little confused.because in no way do I think NWR beats Patal . Meridian beating Petal was no fluke . They roughed them up from the start and made the bolio defense Petal has the big weakness that it is.

First off it’s really good to see Meridian back in the fold. You guys that are on this board especially. Y’all toughed it out and were proven correct that the support and kids were still there . All that was someone that could jump in with both feet from day one and make everyone see it could be done again. Big game Thursday. Petal. This part is gonna piss some people off, but I don’t care. You’re gonna have to swallow it. You wanna win something besides pre-District titles? For starters quit being jealous of what other people has when it comes to football. I don’t know if part of your jealousy is to try to go in and take coaches from other schools because of your jealousy or you don’t have what it takes deep down in your guts to pull yourself out. Before you grunt out, ” he just mad because Marcus left and came here” I’m going to respond with you damn right I am. Boyles never thought about leaving until he started communicating with Petal over a home and home game. Lo and behold a few months later he’s dressing in that ugly red. I know who did it. I know who was behind it. He moved to Petal from Waynesboro. I want to call out this horse faced choad so bad man ,lol .Some of his family are my friends I wouldn’t want them hurt . Hell I know him and he knows how I feel . Not second hand either. I better stop with this part for now and revisit later when I can convey my feelings in a more civilized manner. Moving about the WC people again has stirred a lot of memories up/ Chief being most have no clue on the events of that fall and are blaming the wrong people, More on this later. Pound Lampley is nitro grade fuel. Very few things run on Nitro. Hancock will win a playoff game this year. Diberville will not Don’t look now West Point has a good chance to make it in the playoffs. What happens after that people can make up their own minds. Madison Central keeps stumbling around like Rocky Balboa. Question is, Is it Clubber Lang 1 or 2 Rocky ? There is something about college football that is off putting to me that grows more every year. Point being I wish the MHSAA would entertain the idea of some playoff games on Saturdays during the daylight. Safer environment and more convenient for the elderly and shut in to go see the games. I get the feeling the coach at Pass doesn’t give a rat’s pill hole where this one or that one thinks he should be, He’s doing it his way . That’s freedom brother. To the playoffs. Have a safe week

Which one of these teams going to the playoffs will catch fire because right now it just looks like a few piles of brush smoking.

They called two sideline warnings on Purvis within the first few minutes and penalized them. I guess they got paranoid and called two on us shortly after.There was no room for anyone to stand. I think both hits were clean but the Purvis player left his feet with his head down he was so short, It knocked Isiah's helmet off and he hit the ground. The white hat and the other officials instantly started looking at our sideline . One of our asst coaches said something to white hat and white hat mouthed back . Then it escalated from there I cant help but think the ref had a history with our coach because it seemed personal The whole environment was caused by them not paying attention to what was happening on the field. Purvis came in pushing the edge anyway and when the refs didn't reign it in the kept getting more bold and late with it. They should have reigned it in. Pound called several time outs all game refocusing the team. They called four of five of our TDs back and IDK how many first downs. They called another sideline warning later in the game and said it was our first with no penalty. Second half of Vancleave and now these last two the opposition is doing whatever they can to stop play and keep our offense from fast breakng them. The first quarter took right at an hour to play last Friday with refs meeting for long stretches. I hope nobody draws that crew in the playoffs

It's hard to get a read on this game because both teams are going to come in trying to stop what the other one hangs their hat on offensively.. WJ's whole RB room was injured at one time I think and IDK how many of them has gotten back healthy. HHS best strategy on defense might be to just play back and keep the WJ passing game in front of them . If they try to man up and pressure Lindsey by bringing more people he's just going to roll out and throw it up to the rebounders they have playing receiver. A losing strategy for a defense IMO. Lacey is a defensive guy and I suspect he will try to disguise pressure and stop Lindsey from setting up and throwing. Honestly what Hattiesburg is hanging their hat on right now as an offense I'm not familiar with. Whatever it is WJ will almost certainly make them do something else. That's what Pierson does. Slow down the time the QB has to make a decision. So getting production running with something they haven't put on film would go a long way. I've said this before . Scott Pierson is a top five coach in the state . Lacey has been kind of hot and cold since last season so this is a chance for him to elevate his game again. If I had to make a pick I would say WJ just because of Pierson who loves to pick apart the special teams of the other side. Remember that. Teams are pretty evenly matched so it should be close with a turnover or special teams mistake deciding it. They are going to finish 1 and 2 in the region anyway so big picture a loss doesn't set either back . Facing PRC, Gautier or Pascagoula at home in R1 is not a make or break.

WC can wrap up the region this week by going 4-0 at Purvis. The first since 2013. I had to look twice at that but it's true. Purvis is one of the few places I've never visited for a game. It will be a goodbye of sorts too as they will be going back down a class. A pat on the back to our defensive staff for shaping the defense up after the non region schedule.

Im still thinking on that one .

Just a few things this week Leake Central is really going to win that region in their first year of existence as a school and have a good chance to make it to the title game. IN 5A 7A-4A Undefeateds left with very slim chances to make it to to the title game Lake Cormorant, Diberville and Pass Christian Tony Vance, I’ve never asked you for anything. Win that dam game this Friday for everything that is holy and just. Bring the drama as only you can. If Meridian pulls this off I will send you a bottle of top shelf of your choice through Vott. You got my word. Diberville now on to you. It’s all right there in front . Homefield all the way thru south State game. Consider this an intervention. Your defense is not gonna stop Gulfport . Your offense is not gonna be able to line them up and just push them out of the way like you’ve been doing to people. TWO WEEKS. Two weeks the coach has had to prepare for this. Undefeated and absolutely has the team to go in and win this game. Yet I can’t shake this nagging thought that they just gonna go out there and keep slamming into the line over and over and over and over. Congratulations brother unbeaten is a hell of an accomplishment, but all it does is buy you an opportunity like this Friday. I know sometimes it seems like I’m picking on this dude, but I spend a good bit of time over that way. To me over the years, they have wasted more championships than anyone I know. Let the chips fall where they may Two more weeks. . Be safe.

You could say first place is riding on this game Petal will be in the drivers seat with a win and chaos will reign if Meridian can pull it off. Petal likes to play it close and play for the last possession to protect their sorry defense. If this game is close and Meridian gets the ball with five or six minutes left they will win . They have the kind of style to grind it out and score . Vance won’t do like Brandon did with the lead Its hard to believe that Coach Boyles will lose this game at home plus you know what happens in Petal with officiating. Nobody has really given Petal a good arse whopping yet this season.. This would be a great time for it to happen. Fingers crossed. Meridian has the athletes to do it but they will need a few breaks to keep them hanging around until the end

I kind of did put Boyles in it indirectly in the poll, lol. Honestly I don't like it . Go somewhere out of the dam region, But that's Petal . I do know they pursued him. He was coming back to Meridian.

Strange things happen in Petal always to the visitors

You could say that . I could also make the case that they still are. I don't feel that way about Brandon at all. Gulfport will beat Brandon if they meet up and I could see OG beating them in a rematch. Brandon's coach is lacking.

There's a reason Paul put that statement from Tracey on the wrap up. He was on the sidelines too. He saw what was going on. I'm pretty sure they hurt one of the RBs ankle bouncing on it after he was down. It was something after every play. They were putting eight or nine at the line every at every snap. Their coach got mad when it didn't stop us from scoring.

IDK if huff the red was coaching for his job or something but he acted like it . He threw the kitchen sink tonight. EC played like they didn't think they could win coming in so they tried to put it in the refs hands. It didn't work. They lost the game on second down. They would gain yards running it on first down and invariably run some goofy play that took forever to develop on second and WC would run them down. They got some corn feds on the OL but they play with inconsistency. They could give someone a game in the first round It was needed. WC had to call on a different kind of craft to overcome them