Great Teams That Didn't Make It....

[Bullaholic]

Through the years there have been many teams that were the consensus odds-on favorites to win State late in the season, but somehow lost before getting there.

Two of the most memorable examples I remember:

03' Burnet

03' Decatur

Any others, especially from the 70's, 80's, & 90's?

[44INAROW]

Gilmer in 2006

[jason]

00-03 forney

[LH Panther Mom]

'02 Burnet as well, Bullaholic.

[Pick6]

Originally posted by Bullaholic
Through the years there have been many teams that were the consensus odds-on favorites to win State late in the season, but somehow lost before getting there.

Two of the most memorable examples I remember:

03' Burnet

03' Decatur

Any others, especially from the 70's, 80's, & 90's?

Maybe I'm wrong, but I think '04 Decatur is the team you're thinking about.

[Bullaholic]

Originally posted by Pick6
Maybe I'm wrong, but I think '04 Decatur is the team you're thinking about.

May have been, Pick---I think it was the year that Decatur stomped Abilene Wylie during the regular season then lost to them in the playoffs.

[Pick6]

Originally posted by Bullaholic
May have been, Pick---I think it was the year that Decatur stomped Abilene Wylie during the regular season then lost to them in the playoffs.

That was '04.

Wylie beat Cuero in state that year.

[Pick6]

Brownwood Lions 1982. Ranked #1 and didn't make it to state.

[pirate4state]

Wylie in '01
Sinton/Burnet in '02
Cuero in '03 & '04
WOS in '04 or '05 (whichever year they dropped down in)
Giddings in '06 & '07
Gilmer in '06
Brownwood in '08

[Pick6]

Originally posted by pirate4state

Brownwood in '08

Who said they were great :stirpot:

[pirate4state]

Originally posted by Pick6
Who said they were great :stirpot: The words "YO MOMMA" just popped into my head! :D :D

[Pick6]

Originally posted by pirate4state
The words "YO MOMMA" just popped into my head! :D :D

My Momma?? Nah, she dislikes Brownwood. ;)

[Bullaholic]

Originally posted by pirate4state
Wylie in '01
Sinton/Burnet in '02
Cuero in '03 & '04
WOS in '04 or '05 (whichever year they dropped down in)
Giddings in '06 & '07
Gilmer in '06
Brownwood in '08

STR steal your password? :inlove:

[pirate4state]

Originally posted by Bullaholic
STR steal your password? :inlove:

:speech: No. I was just trying to get your thread jump started!

[Bullaholic]

Originally posted by pirate4state
:speech: No. I was just trying to get your thread jump started!

Thanks for that---but did you have to use a 220V battery? :D

[garciap77]

Originally posted by Pick6
Who said they were great :stirpot:



Originally posted by pirate4state
The words "YO MOMMA" just popped into my head! :D :D

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[GetRDoneStangs]

Sweetwater in 1989 (or was it 1988?) anyway, ranked #1 most of the year. Played Herford for bi-district on the frozen tundra at Jones Stadium. Tech and Houston played in a huge snow storm that afternoon and the snow had frozen solid in the turf.

It was like 10 below zero wind chill.....I have never been so cold in my life!

[garciap77]

Everman in 2000!

[Sweetwater Red]

Sweetwater in 1988

They were the consesus #1 4A team in the state and went 10-0
during the regular season. That team had roughly 17 starters
and 40+ letterman returning from a state semi-final team that
lost to Rockwall 13-7 in Amon Carter stadium the year before.

They were knocked out by Hereford in the first round up at
Lowery Field in Lubbock. Folks around here call that game the
Ice Bowl.

[RattlerDude]

Wasn't there a really good Jasper team that was supposed to roll but blew it?... Recently I think of Giddings 06-07. Thought it was the best team I had ever seen at the time. Gilmer from two or three years ago losing in the first round of the playoffs to eventual state champ Liberty Eylau. Wasn't around in the 70's or 80's so I can't really say much about that.

[Snydertigersrul]

Originally posted by Pick6
Who said they were great :stirpot:


WHO ELSE, ROCKET.

[Phil C]

Didn't Burnet make state in 03 losing the the champion Everman.

[trojan37]

2A Mart last year, ranked #1 all year I believe and losing in the 1st round to Hamilton, 43-21.

[Phil C]

In 1962 4A (Largest Class then) the experts thought the State Championship game was going to be between Dumas and Houston Spring Branch. At that time only District Champions advanced and there were only 16 districts in 4A. San Antonio Breckenridge had a great player in WR Warren McVea but they had lost I think 4 of their first 5 games and I think all the games were district games during the season. The district was supposedly weak so even with those loses the other teams beat themselves out and San Antonio Breckenridge won the last five and was barely able to win the distriect and advanced. They had been unfavored to win the district and were unfavored to win in all the playoff games. If you picked one team that you expected to not win state of all the playoff teams you would have picked San Antonio Breckenridge. They beat in Bi-District favored San Antonio Highlands 21 to 3. In the Quarterfinals they beat Brownsville Hanna 38 to 13.
Then in the semis there was no way they were going to beat Houston Spring Branch especially with the game being in Houston but they did just that 30 - 26. This was a shocker.

No way for them to beat Dumas in the State Championship game but Dumas was the one to be shocked again as they won it all 30 to 26. The West Texas sports writers couldn't believe.

Warren McVea was moved to QB in 1963 and the team had success but they were eliminated in the first round of the playoffs in a great game with San Antonio Lee 55 to 48. McVea went on to star at Houston and the Kansas City Chiefs as a WR and punt returner. He played and contributed to the Chiefs' success in their super bowl win in 1970.

[Pick6]

Originally posted by Phil C
Didn't Burnet make state in 03 losing the the champion Everman.

Burnet lost to Everman in '02 and Gainesville in '03.

[Rocket]

Originally posted by Snydertigersrul
WHO ELSE, ROCKET.

RM back me up on this one..I think 96.4% of all of STR's posts have my name in them.

[ccmom]

2007 Southlake Carroll

[nunya]

Cuero in 04

[Pick6]

Originally posted by ccmom
2007 Southlake Carroll

Only an injury stopped SLC.

[garciap77]

Originally posted by Pick6
Only an injury stopped SLC.

I thought it was #20 Chris Williams!
:confused:

[kepdawg]

Originally posted by garciap77
I thought it was #20 Chris Williams!
:confused:

Not so much.

[sinton66]

Originally posted by Phil C
Didn't Burnet make state in 03 losing the the champion Everman.
Nope, it was 02, the year after we lost to Everman. They lost to Gainesville in 03.

oops, didn't read down far enough.

[garciap77]

Originally posted by kepdawg
Not so much.

I was there after that hit, things starting going Abilenes' way!

[Pick6]

Originally posted by garciap77
I was there after that hit, things starting going Abilenes' way!

When the best player on the field is taken out, things do tend to change.

[Emerson1]

Originally posted by garciap77
I was there after that hit, things starting going Abilenes' way!
Because Riley was hurt. The stars aligned for Abilene to win

[ccmom]

Originally posted by Pick6
Only an injury stopped SLC.

Maybe, maybe not...but I don't recall the original post stating anything about WHY the team lost.

[coach]

odessa permian in 88

[garciap77]

Originally posted by coach
odessa permian in 88

:iagree:

[sinfan75]

Sinton 01' and 02' moreso 01'. Everybody and their dog in Sinton knew that team was gonna do great things. Unfortunately Everman put that to rest darn it.:bigcry: