December 19, 20232 yr Author 3 minutes ago, Masshole Horn said: Early Pick: DeSoto to win 5AD1 I can't wait for that Desoto/Aledo playoff match Â
December 19, 20232 yr Great Grandparents had a farm/family burial plot just outside of Lohn. I remember as a kid how run down and the town is not much more than a couple streets and a school, and I was amazed at the idea of kids actually going to school there. I went through there last spring and the houses were pretty well kept but just an empty, empty place
December 19, 20232 yr 4 hours ago, BurntOrange&White said: Might as well get it started as we approach the new year. Â Â Â PNG also has 15.Â
January 26, 20241 yr I can't wait for that Desoto/Aledo playoff match  Hopefully it’s Semifinal week and not round of 16. It’ll be interesting what district DeSoto winds up in.
January 26, 20241 yr Bumping to 2024 thread... Might see Todd Dodge go to Lucas Lovejoy HS https://footballscoop.com/news/todd-dodge-lucas-lovejoy-comeback  Â
January 27, 20241 yr I guess 3 straight years of getting knocked out of the playoffs by SOC has them ready to try anything.
January 27, 20241 yr 1 hour ago, LTtxfan said: Bumping to 2024 thread... Might see Todd Dodge go to Lucas Lovejoy HS https://footballscoop.com/news/todd-dodge-lucas-lovejoy-comeback   Rumor at Lovejoy is this is already a done deal
January 28, 20241 yr How do high school football programs attract and compensate "elite" football coaches? Â Do the boosters just pay the coach a bonus? Â I understand that it's attractive to have a nice stadium and facilities, but school districts are kinda broke right now. Â Do they just make football a priority and fire a science teacher so that they can pay the coach more? Looking at Lovejoy's website, they have all kinds of stuff about budget woes, needing to charge students for bus transportation, charging out of district transfers tuition, having a tax-rate election to access copper pennies (basically taxing yourself more when you know that some of the tax is going to go back to the state). Â They have maxed out their bond debt at 50 cents by building facilities. They are a wealthy district but a small school and they don't seem to be in the financial position to go for an elite coach. Edited January 28, 20241 yr by Texas Jeff
January 28, 20241 yr Collin County is objectively the worst place with the most awful people in the universeÂ
January 28, 20241 yr 2 hours ago, Texas Jeff said: How do high school football programs attract and compensate "elite" football coaches?  Do the boosters just pay the coach a bonus?  I understand that it's attractive to have a nice stadium and facilities, but school districts are kinda broke right now.  Do they just make football a priority and fire a science teacher so that they can pay the coach more? Looking at Lovejoy's website, they have all kinds of stuff about budget woes, needing to charge students for bus transportation, charging out of district transfers tuition, having a tax-rate election to access copper pennies (basically taxing yourself more when you know that some of the tax is going to go back to the state).  They have maxed out their bond debt at 50 cents by building facilities. They are a wealthy district but a small school and they don't seem to be in the financial position to go for an elite coach. This could be an entirely different discussion. With Dodge, this was the plan all along.  Sit out 1-2 years so that his TRS would kick in.  Then because he was out for more than 1 year, he continues to get TRS and whatever LL pays him so, he double dips. As for how they compensate.  Anything approved by the school board is public.  However, it is usually relatively easy to have a booster in a school district that has close ties in some way, shape, or form to a car dealership.  Coach gets a lease-free car to drive around every X-thousand miles and then repeats that again and again.  That is not part of the school district’s compensation package.  That, in and of itself, is fairly substantial.  That is the main effort to compensate that I am aware of off the top of my head.
January 29, 20241 yr We're already 15 posts in and nobody has mentioned the local car dealership slush fund for apartments for recruits yet. Yall slippin
January 30, 20241 yr Cool story about Nash Pils, a Franklin (Texas) High School 17-year-old junior with Down syndrome  https://www.espn.in/espn/story/_/id/39400720/texas-high-school-student-nash-pils-documents-franklin-journey-state-football-championship   "High School Football Pageantry" Quote    "Give it your Best" Quote     "What a Game" Quote     "Agony and Love" Quote    Edited January 30, 20241 yr by LTtxfan
January 31, 20241 yr On 12/19/2023 at 10:38 AM, cmontexas said: Great Grandparents had a farm/family burial plot just outside of Lohn. I remember as a kid how run down and the town is not much more than a couple streets and a school, and I was amazed at the idea of kids actually going to school there. I went through there last spring and the houses were pretty well kept but just an empty, empty place At least they had the sense to put the football field right by the cemetary:
February 1, 20241 yr Many a funeral potluck was held at the community center just across the street while my brother and I would shoot hoops on the court State Champs 86!
February 1, 20241 yr 1 hour ago, Beau Vine said: At least they had the sense to put the football field right by the cemetary: The football field has room for expansion.
February 1, 20241 yr Realignment day today. Desoto has actually appealed the UIL to let them compete in 6A despite their 5A enrollment. I wonder what their average margin of victory would’ve been against 5A comp.Â
February 1, 20241 yr 40 minutes ago, Helobious said: Realignment day today. Desoto has actually appealed the UIL to let them compete in 6A despite their 5A enrollment. I wonder what their average margin of victory would’ve been against 5A comp. That's not an appeal. That's an Opt Up.
February 1, 20241 yr Author Brock moved to 4AD2 Region 1, should be a cake walk to the semi-final then will meet up with a region 2 team. Most likely Gilmer or Carthage. Â
February 1, 20241 yr Damn, lower valley 6A is just a 5 team district. Don’t know how we’re gonna find 6 non district games. Will probably be 9 game seasons for everyone which sucks.  SA MacArthur is going to absolutely get their faces fucked off in 5A D1 district 13.  All the SAISD schools got thrown into 5A D2 region 3. Might be the first time ever. Â
February 1, 20241 yr Author 4A D1 and D2 are scarce with schools. A lot of really small districts, including 1 or 2 4 team districts.
February 1, 20241 yr seeing multiple 9 team districts including Conroe ISD/ Willis/ Cleveland. Even more so than normal, it's going to pay to have Senior heavy teams in those leagues. Edited February 1, 20241 yr by slorch
February 1, 20241 yr Realignment show with Craig Way didn’t even mention Aledo in 5AD1. Pretty much all about Highland Park in the division. Should be a great Semi Final if they both can make it. Wouldn’t be surprised if region 1 final is two schools from district 3.
February 1, 20241 yr 49 minutes ago, BurntOrange&White said: 4A D1 and D2 are scarce with schools. A lot of really small districts, including 1 or 2 4 team districts. 4A and below should all be one division per class, change my mind.Â
February 1, 20241 yr Smithson Valley back to Region 4. They'll win that every year. Holy shit, PNG to R2 with SOC!  That District 13 looks fun. Fucking hell, look at district 4!   Edited February 1, 20241 yr by Beau Vine
February 1, 20241 yr Wow, D13 is dogshit. Decatur now R2 and S'ville now R1. Cuero back to R4 thankfully. Driving between Wimberley and Salado for a Friday night game should be about a 5-hour trip. I really hope that "Harmony School of Innovation" runs the Slot-T.
February 1, 20241 yr I see that Lufkin is in a district with Joshua, Highland Park and Burleson?!! Two of those are 205 miles away one-way and HP is close to 185 miles one-way.Â
February 1, 20241 yr  2A-D2 District 10 Bremond Chilton Frost Goldthwaite Hubbard Mart Meridian Wortham  Meatgrinder. Damn.
February 1, 20241 yr With DeSoto opting up, the district of doom gets even harder as it now adds Lancaster who moved up to 6A. It’s now Duncanville, DeSoto, Cedar Hill, Waxahachie, Skyline, Lancaster, Mesquite, and Mesquite Horn. Poor MISD. 3 hours ago, Helobious said: Realignment day today. Desoto has actually appealed the UIL to let them compete in 6A despite their 5A enrollment. And Aledo fans everywhere breathed a sigh of relief.
February 1, 20241 yr I see that Lufkin is in a district with Joshua, Highland Park and Burleson?!! Two of those are 205 miles away one-way and HP is close to 185 miles one-way. That’s cute. Abilene has made 180 miles to Odessa for decades now and now will go 170 to Lubbock and 270 to Amarillo.
February 1, 20241 yr And Aledo fans everywhere breathed a sigh of relief.Not going to lie I was excited for the possibility even though DeSoto probably runs away with 5A if they stayed.
February 1, 20241 yr They should’ve forced Desoto to stay in 5A. Opting up out of travel cost concerns is a valid reason, opting up because you want better competition (to better sell yourself to recruits, let’s be real) is not. Edited February 1, 20241 yr by Helobious
February 1, 20241 yr 58 minutes ago, Herbie Hancock said: That’s cute. Abilene has made 180 miles to Odessa for decades now and now will go 170 to Lubbock and 270 to Amarillo. But Lufkin has schools within 90 miles to the south they could've been put with. Out west, there are no alternatives.Â
February 1, 20241 yr 7 minutes ago, Helobious said: They should’ve forced Desoto to stay in 5A. Opting up out of travel cost concerns is a valid reason, opting up because you want better competition (to better sell yourself to recruits, let’s be real) is not. I mean, which reason do you think they presented to the UIL? Duncanville, Cedar Hill and Lancaster are all right next to DeSoto.
February 1, 20241 yr 4 hours ago, BurntOrange&White said: Brock moved to 4AD2 Region 1, should be a cake walk to the semi-final then will meet up with a region 2 team. Most likely Gilmer or Carthage. Â
February 2, 20241 yr Loneliest man on realignment day: The Carthage coach trying to fill his non-District slate.
February 2, 20241 yr 5 hours ago, The Ace of Aces said: But Lufkin has schools within 90 miles to the south they could've been put with. Out west, there are no alternatives. Lufkin to Burleson or Cleburne on a Friday afternoon is just going to suck ass. They historically travel well, but they got fucked on this one.
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