Football In MS

Probably trouble finding officials. Thursday is JuCo night already - so the best officiating teams are already committed there. And the others were contacted for the slew of games already rescheduled for Thursday. Then if there were any leftovers… they were left over for a reason…

They’ll need to beat 2 in-district to have a shot. Nobody would assume they’d stand a chance vs OG, Brandon or Petal. So they’d needs wins vs NWR and Pearl to have a shot at playoffs. We’re about to find out tonight. A loss vs Pearl means they’ve gotta stand around and wait on the other Region 3 teams to beat up on each other to get back into the convo

Yep. Brandon is a must win for the Panthers this year if they have any hope of approaching playoffs in the drivers seat

Yeah, well…. OG 29 Petal 28 FINAL OT Despite some REALLY questionable officiating all night long (and more picked up flags than I’ve ever seen in 1 game) courtesy of the Thursday night game change, I’m sure, OG pulled out a nailbiter in OT on a gutsy call to go for 2 at the end. Boyles is a great coach. No doubt about it. But give it to Causey at OG. That 2pt conversion at the end showed how big a boss he is. Ballsy call. Brandon comes to town next week - setting up a huge opportunity for a 3 way tie at the top of if Petal can take care of Brandon and then Brandon can best OG.

48-45 OG according to MaxPreps

OG should take this one Could be interesting from a fan perspective given those twins who left Petal to play for OG this year as seniors. Idk if Petal’s student section will be all razzed up about that or what. But if they are and can get OG players emotional and making mistakes, they may have a chance to make it a game. OG been fighting penalties all year. They gotta stay out of their own way and they’ll win.

Brandon’s livestream announcers whining about every single official’s call while up by 20 is the ultimate crybaby move. Someone tell them it’s a bad look.

When you take a look at the roster; yes Covid helped. Then factor in all the crazy sideline rules they tried to enforce with contact tracking and distancing… yeah

I remember that Horn Lake game. And I believe that was chalked up as more of a socioeconomic thing than a fan interest thing.

Fans get tired of a going to away games for a month in a row. So they pick only a couple instead of attending them all

Right - which is why I said 2 games on Saturday (anytime). And I have a hard time seeing any 4A fan base outnumbering Gulfport, Tupelo, Starkville, Brandon, Oxford… There’s a reason those schools are 7A. Higher student population = higher attendance at championship games

Ref calls and no-calls, combined with sideline interference (that was also no-called)

GC beat OG during Covid when they had recruits from 3 districts all converge for 1 season… didn’t have to contact trace like the public schools did and even still they had to use some questionable tactics to beat OG. That 1 example is not a great one if you’re trying to show that private schools “can compete” with public schools on a regular basis

A month in a row of no home games is suckish. Long stints of every weekend at home followed by long stints of away does very little for fan engagement