Argyle vs Lovejoy in the Tom Landry Classic

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Clearman will punt it again......only a couple of minutes left now in the game. Now the punt it muffed and recovered by the center Scotty Dunham. It bounced off the defender that had called for the fair catch.

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Now Lang picks up 6 yds on first down for Argyle.

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Now Lang gains a couple more. 3rd down for Argyle and short.

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Lang breaks a tackle in the backfield and fights for yardage to make the first down. Only 49 secs. left now.....that should do it. Here comes the victory formation as Copeland takes a knee. Argyle wins the opener for these schools in the final game of the Tom Landry Classic tonite.

Argyle 42
Lovejoy 21

Final

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The Tom Landry Classic is the longest running high school game event in the nation......17 yrs. this year. The Staubach Group started it as a tribute for Tom Landry.....they raise scholarship money for some of the students from each school that participates......not just football players. Any deserving student from these participating schools can be awarded a scholarship from this showcase event.

[Wayne]

Argyle has a special team this year. It's going to be exciting!

[d0tc0m]

Argyle has a special team this year. It's going to be exciting!

It certainly appears that way. Argyle looked - and largely was - unstoppable against Lovejoy. Eagles could be on a collision course with Carthage at Texas Stadium in a few months.

[Wayne]

I sure hope so. It would definitely make for another good Championship game in 4a

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Seems like quite a few of the better teams in most classifications put up some good offensive numbers to start the season. Why do you think this happens??? Probably because it's easier to score on defenses early in the season than it is when they finally mesh as a defensive unit. What does this really mean? It means it's too early to get all keyed up over just the season opener......regardless of the competition. Obviously, Argyle's offense looked unstoppable......but so did alot of other teams offenses in class 4A to start the season. The big question is what about Argyle's defense this season against a very good offense? From the boxscore, it appears that Lovejoy was too much one-dimensional in the passing game, and that made it easier for the Argyle defense. Not saying Argyle is not a very good football team......just saying it's too early to say that with full certainty. There are plenty of things the coaches saw that need some work. It's a natural tendency to rate a team highly that has had so much success in the past. Let's give the players a chance to prove themselves worthy first. Good first game win.......against what we believe will be a fairly good team.......that's all it was.

[Wayne]

Of course there are certain things that need improvements on, seen several myself. But this team is so much further ahead then I've seen in the past. The scary part is when they do start clicking on all cylinders. Argyle is a very dangerous team with several weapons on both sides of the ball. Going to be a fun season to watch.

[d0tc0m]

Seems like quite a few of the better teams in most classifications put up some good offensive numbers to start the season. Why do you think this happens??? Probably because it's easier to score on defenses early in the season than it is when they finally mesh as a defensive unit. What does this really mean? It means it's too early to get all keyed up over just the season opener......regardless of the competition. Obviously, Argyle's offense looked unstoppable......but so did alot of other teams offenses in class 4A to start the season. The big question is what about Argyle's defense this season against a very good offense? From the boxscore, it appears that Lovejoy was too much one-dimensional in the passing game, and that made it easier for the Argyle defense. Not saying Argyle is not a very good football team......just saying it's too early to say that with full certainty. There are plenty of things the coaches saw that need some work. It's a natural tendency to rate a team highly that has had so much success in the past. Let's give the players a chance to prove themselves worthy first. Good first game win.......against what we believe will be a fairly good team.......that's all it was.

Seeing things that need work and deciding whether or not a team is 'very good' or not are two separate things.


Does Argyle have things they need to work on? Of course. Every single team in the state has things they need to work on. And that sentence will be as true today as it will be for those few, those happy few, who play at Texas Stadium in December. That has zero bearing on whether or not we have the ability to project Argyle as a very good team, even an elite team. We can't project their final landing place this season, of course, but we can say, with certainty, that they are a very good team.