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I think they will definitely be better next season. Just to much returning talent. We will have a legitimate duel threat QB. I think not having Kedren will force Green to open up the passing game and I like that.

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DeSoto is for sure the best team in Texas but I'm taking Mater Dei. MD came to Texas and beat Duncanville 45-7. They stack teams like you can't do in Texas.

Mater Dei, IMG and Miami Central are probably the only teams in America that could beat DeSoto.

I thought SOC coaching was horrible. Particularly on offense. They should have fed the RB. The QB was killing them. Thought SOC got hosed on the Pi call but a still image from the back showed it was indeed a good call

I definitely think they next hire needs to come from someone on the outside that's a proven winner.

For what it's worth I would take the Anna coach if I had to pick from the coaches I've seen so far from the state championships. What he did with Anna is more impressive then what Aledo coach is doing. Anyone with half a brain could of won state with Aledo talent.

It's just a totally different game then when Lufkin was running things. The metroplex areas are booming and it's easier now then ever to stack teams. The UIL just sits back and allows it. It doesn't matter who your coach is or calling the plays if you're completely out gunned. Nick Saban said it best. Sometimes it's not the play call it's the guy you have running the plays.

How about Chapel Hill getting their teeth kicked in. All those weapons and 50ppg and they got blanked. I got the Dallas sweep tonight. Although I'll be pulling for PNG, and Summer Creek. I hope Duncanville beats the piss outta NS

I think he translates much better on that side of the ball. He probably could be a pretty good CB.

Johnathan Brooks at Texas this year is a good example but he played RB in HS. Same with Colt McCoy he played QB. Bussey is going to be asked to play WR. It's going to be a major learning curve. Small school players have proven they can make it. I just don't like it when they get to college and they have to play a foreign position.

Maybe even longer then that. I can only think of 2 other RBs that caliber that played at Lufkin in my lifetime. Denvis Manns and Jorvorskie Lane. Bonafide NFL caliber backs.

I'm always on the fence about small town players like that. Remember Rashad Paul from Bremond was a similar 2A player that went to A&M that went 47-0 in HS with 3 state championships and eventually transferred to Arkansas St. They're always the best player on the field in HS and when they get to college you ask them to play a position that they've never played. He's going to have to learn to run routes properly. He's obviously a good football player but we really don't know how good of a WR he will be in college. I know this is going to be an unpopular take.

They wouldn't beat Diboll. Could you imagine Timpson trying to tackle Kedren Young lol. Why would you even bring that up 😂

They're in the same district as NS. They have had some good teams these last couple of years. Not sure if they will have much for DeSoto.

Most mocks have us going south with teams like Beamon Westbrook, Beaumont United, Port Arthur Memorial, New Caney Porter, Humble Kingwood, Barber Hill, Crosby and LaPorte

Malik Jackson had a pretty good season at Jacksonville St.

I can't really recall. He may have.

I definitely think they under achieved the years following 2017. They started one of those years #1. Had a really good team. Lost our QB before Lonestar and the back up. Lonestar also had 2 NFL players on that team. They just didn't lose to some guys. Now Texas High was a bad game. They had that game won several times and found a way to get beat. Texas High did have a few studs too.

Now that I think about it. Polk wasn't on that team. He would of been a freshmen in 2017. So they would of been on the 2018 and 19 teams together. 10-2 and 9-2.

They got to the 4th round with them and a last second play from the semifinal

Have to put them in the playoffs. Vegas has them the betting favorite over Alabama and Georgia for the last spot. I hope Texas draws Michigan first. Easy game.

There's no excuse next season. This is gonna be the best team they've had since 2017 and I think they're better then that team. This is the most experienced SR heavy team Lufkin has had in the Quick era.

With DeSoto apparently opting up. I don't think it matters where they put us but in Region 3 who scares you before the title game? DeSoto would of been the only team in 5A I look at and just can't see a way. Highland Park doesn't scare me like that. Aledo will be the challenge but they ain't DeSoto. Pre district I imagine will be Longview, Consolidated and Nac and possibly 1 more based on how the district shakes. In district PAM is probably the best team we face maybe Barbers Hill if they're in our district. So it's not like we won't play anyone.

Yeah I think they will be ranked in the top 10. They just return to much and 5A overall will be a little down. They just have to much experience. Yeah they lost some close games but to some really good to high level teams. Forney and Lancaster are still playing. Consolidated is still playing. I can easily see Lufkin playing in the quarter finals next year with a chance to get to the semifinals.