Championship Predictions

[oldtownag]

Now that we are at the Regional Finals round what is your updated pick for D1 and D2 state champs?

4AD1

REGION 1

Hereford (9-4) vs. Decatur (7-6)
7:00 p.m. Friday at Lubbock’s AT&T Jones Stadium

REGION 2

Waco La Vega (11-2) vs. Argyle (13-0)
7:00 p.m. Friday at Midlothian’s Midlothian ISD Stadium

REGION 3

Carthage (13-0) vs. Henderson (9-4)
7:30 p.m. Friday at Longview’s Lobo Stadium

REGION 4

Liberty Hill (11-1) vs. La Vernia (12-1)
7:30 p.m. Friday at San Marcos CISD Stadium


4AD2

REGION 1

Iowa Park (8-5) vs. Glen Rose (11-1)
5:00 p.m. Friday at Frisco’s Ford Center

REGION 2

Pleasant Grove (11-2) vs. Pittsburg (10-3)
8:30 p.m. Friday at Frisco’s Ford Center

REGION 3

West Orange-Stark (9-4) vs. Silsbee (9-4)
7:30 p.m. Friday at Porter’s Texan Drive Stadium

REGION 4

Cuero (12-1) vs. Navarro (10-2)
7:30 p.m. Friday at San Antonio’s Comalander Stadium


P.S. Im sticking with mine! Dawgs & PG

[jason]

La Vega
Cuero

[lbjacj]

Argyle
Cuero

[Dawgs]

After Carthage pulled off that miracle at The Star I don’t think they will get beat. If somebody was going to do it, MH was that team. Feels a lot like 2016. Will be interesting if we play Argyle. I think Argyle, MH, and Carthage are all very similar this year. It was funny playing MH cause they looked a lot like Carthage. I would expect Argyle to look and play the same.

I know LV steam rolled MH but that was the 5th game of the season, and MH fans told me their offense didn’t show up that night. Just don’t think LV can beat this Carthage team being 1 dimensional. We can match up somewhat athlete for athlete, and we have Surratt and Preston.

I think LV has too many superior athletes for Argyle to beat them twice. I would love to see Argyle Carthage cause I think the potential is there to be as good as the MH vs Carthage game. But I think it’s LV vs Carthage. That game will be very close, but would be a much different type of game than Argyle Carthage.

But don’t get me wrong. LV, Argyle, LH, and Carthage all can win state this year. A lot of parity. There is no 2017 Carthage or 2015 LV this year. I think all the big 4 left are very equal. It comes down to coaching, executing, and a little luck. Everybody knows Carthage is one of the luckiest teams ever under Surratt in the playoffs. Seems like every call or situation goes his way. Example: He goes for 2 and gets it. Van and Marshall do the same thing and they are at the house. People want to run the Marshall coach out of town (which I agree with). With all things equal I just don’t see how you would pick against the GOAT. There is no “elite” team out there this year to dethrone him. All 4 are great, but they all have flaws.

My pick for D2 is WOS. When you get a team from a program like that rolling they are hard to beat. And nobody looks special to me this year in D2. Another team to watch is Pitt. Them boys can go. They have 2a numbers, but they got 3-4 kids that can really ball. Not saying they will win, but they are the definition of darkhorse.

[Saggy Aggie]

Sticking with my pick em picks:

Liberty hill
Cuero

[cowboyandchrist]

Dawgs DI
PG DII

[MUSTANG69]

Carthage
Cuero

[YTBulldogs]

Carthage
Cuero

:iagree:

[greendawg84]

Liberty Hill
Cuero

[WOS87]

:1popcorn:

:wave:

No prediction here.

[regaleagle]

Argyle and Cuero in my Bracket Breakers.

[itmoney100]

I would really advise you to go look at some Waco lavega film! Waco La Vega is going to beat Argyle really bad this week in the rematch between this two team. I watched the Waco Vega versus Paris game and both of those teams are more physical and have way more athletes than Carthage and Argyle. Carthage doesn't have the defense this year in my opinion to match up with Waco La Vegas offense. Carthage's d-line is very good everything else is suspect in my opinion. Waco La Vega has three running backs that if they get past a d line nobody is stopping them. Carthage and Waco La Vega will meet in the state championship and when that happens I pray Carthage wins believe me we're definitely going to need prayer!

[regaleagle]

I watched the game on tape again this morning also. Okay....if you say so. I believe Argyle can get some stops on LV, but LV will also break a few. The real question is whether Argyle will be able to keep pace offensively with LV in the bad weather forecasted for this game. How many stops can the Argyle D get without allowing LV a score, and how many times can Argyle actually score under the conditions against the LV defense? IMO, Argyle will need to be very effective on offense and play a very good defensive game in order to win this game in the weather conditions that are forecasted. As a run-heavy type of team, LV definitely will have an advantage in wet weather conditions. The wild card is turnovers, field position, and special teams play.

[LHPfactory]

I would really advise you to go look at some Waco lavega film! Waco La Vega is going to beat Argyle really bad this week in the rematch between this two team. I watched the Waco Vega versus Paris game and both of those teams are more physical and have way more athletes than Carthage and Argyle. Carthage doesn't have the defense this year in my opinion to match up with Waco La Vegas offense. Carthage's d-line is very good everything else is suspect in my opinion. Waco La Vega has three running backs that if they get past a d line nobody is stopping them. Carthage and Waco La Vega will meet in the state championship and when that happens I pray Carthage wins believe me we're definitely going to need prayer!


Not making any predictions, LH is focused on La Vernia only until about 11:00pm Friday night.

[slingshot]

D1--Argyle
D2--Glen Rose

[panther89]

Carthage
Cuero

[Dawgs]

I would really advise you to go look at some Waco lavega film! Waco La Vega is going to beat Argyle really bad this week in the rematch between this two team. I watched the Waco Vega versus Paris game and both of those teams are more physical and have way more athletes than Carthage and Argyle. Carthage doesn't have the defense this year in my opinion to match up with Waco La Vegas offense. Carthage's d-line is very good everything else is suspect in my opinion. Waco La Vega has three running backs that if they get past a d line nobody is stopping them. Carthage and Waco La Vega will meet in the state championship and when that happens I pray Carthage wins believe me we're definitely going to need prayer!

Agree. Surratt is really going to have earn his money this year in the semi-final and final. Carthage can beat Henderson, but after that I don’t know. Both pass and run defense are suspect. I agree the D-Line is talented but they got zero pressure on the MH QB. It’s no secret Carthage is not as strong this year as some other years. But I do believe this team is a little bit better than the team that won a ship in 16’, so I won’t count them out yet. Surratt has done an amazing job this year going 13-0. This is right up there with 2016 as far as his best coaching seasons. To have this team 13-0 is amazing. As for Carthage standards in Surratt’s 12 years this team talent wise is probably one of the weaker teams. 11’, 14’ & 15’ he probably had less talent, but those are the only years I can think of. 16’ was pretty similar but he had better overall talent those years, they were just juniors.

One good thing is that a lot and I mean A LOT of the best players are juniors and sophomores. I think the next 2 years Carthage is going to be special again.The junior and sophomore classes are loaded.

I think Carthage and Argyle are very similar. I think Carthage can beat them because we have better coaching. But I think La Vega would be too much also. They are too big and too fast.

LH is the game I’m not sure about. I’ve seen us beat PG and Kennedale, but I wouldn’t be confident for us to be able to stop the run all game long. I want to say a balanced offense like MH is the way to beat Carthage, but I really don’t know. We will just have to play it out and see what happens.

I still don’t know how on the hell Carthage won on Friday. When it was 35-21 I thought it was over. But that’s one thing Carthage has over every other team. That belief they will win and belief in the coach and system is real. They are for real never say die. Other teams say it, but Carthage really does it. If Carthage wins it this year it will be because of the program Surratt has built. The kids do not believe they can lose. And with a coach like Surratt that is a dangerous team. Marshall, PG, and MH should’ve all beaten Carthage. But none of them did.

Going to be fun the rest of the season. Good luck to all remaining teams.

[Tejastrue]

Any school but Argyle or Carthage.
Cuero

[LHPfactory]

Any school but Argyle or Carthage.
Cuero

I’m good with your D1 not pick, hopefully LH can be the reason why they aren’t.


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[Caveman]

Argyle
Pleasant Grove

[Caveman]

If we get the amount of rain they're forecasting it's going to be hard for both teams to make cuts. Speed is not going to be a major factor unless you're running in a straight line. Running backs are going to encounter a lot of bodies on the ground if they run north and south and it's going to be hard for them to make the turn at the corners. Low scoring game. Final Argyle 17 La Vega 10.

[LHPfactory]

Not making any predictions, LH is focused on La Vernia only until about 11:00pm Friday night.


Make that Saturday @ 5:00pm, but honestly these boys only focus on Liberty Hill, who they play is incidental.

Very Special bunch at Liberty Hill though, Relentless and Tuff, love my football children.

[bleedgreen]

Argyle is on a mission and nothing will stop them.
I'm going with my local guys from Glen Rose, knowing they will get close but no ringer.

[WOS1]

:1popcorn:

:wave:

No prediction here.

No love for the Mustangs to make it 5 in a row. 😁

[regaleagle]

Argyle vs La Vega on NFHS streamlined at 7 pm on Friday night......regardless of the weather I guess?

[oldtownag]

5 What. PG won last year.

[bobcat1]

In my brackets I have Cuero and Argyle... But after last week I think LaVega could win as well. I'll be rooting for Argyle since they took out Celina. Kids played hard and coaches coached hard. I respect Argyle's team and coaches.

[LH Panther Mom]

Make that Saturday @ 5:00pm, but honestly these boys only focus on Liberty Hill, who they play is incidental.

Very Special bunch at Liberty Hill though, Relentless and Tuff, love my football children.

5? The Beast told us 1. :vrycnfsd:

Oh, never mind. That's the end time, duh. :doh:

[Tejastrue]

I’m good with your D1 not pick, hopefully LH can be the reason why they aren’t.


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To be honest, I believe it will be LH but it is so dang hard to say it. lol :)