Texas HS Football is Fantastic

[DevilDog]

Those of you here remember I used to do Throwback Thursday for Texas in the offseason.  Gonna switch it up a bit and show things that makes Texas HS Football Fantastic. 

This isn't to say we are better or your State isn't .  

Here we go.  

Where else outside of the CFL or Texas HS Football can you see a 109.9 yard Touchdown.  Yep that will never be broken

TX HS is Fantastic:  Sean Landez of Sharyland 

 

[DevilDog]

Texas HS Football is Fantastic

Just check it out around the 17sec mark. 

DE-CLEATING

 

[DevilDog]

Texas HS Football is Fantastic;

Highland Park vs. Manvel: Arguably the greatest HS game in Texas Championship History.

Yep Fantastic

 

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Yep Fantastic:  The Goat Plano East vs. Beast Texas John Tyler 

The commentary was as good as the game. "I Dun Wet Ma Britches" just one of the lines. 

 

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THE INTRO'S;   The HAKA 

YEP Fantastic 

 

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Katy Tigers walk out and the Flip 

 

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The Bands

Skyline Raiders jamming

Fantastic Friday  

 

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The Bands Part II: 

Allen Eagles 

 

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Greatest HS Teams in Texas History

Fantastic Infamous/Legendary 1988 Carter Cowboys.  

 

[DevilDog]

Best Team ever continued:  1983 Beast Texas Daingerfield Tigers.  Ask anyone from Beast Texas and this is the greatest Team ever in Texas.  No one scored on their Defense and the whole Secondary went to the NFL.  They outscored everyone in 3A 

The defense didn’t allow a single point in 1983. The Tigers, led by linebacker Vic Edmond, allowed fewer than 70 yards per game. The defense held opponents to less than one yard per play and scored 76 points as a unit in one season. The team had 14 shutouts, a national record at the time.

The 1983 Daingerfield team was the first Texas team to go 16-0. The Tigers outscored playoff opponents 246-0. They won the Class 3A championship game over Sweeny by a score of 42-0. If we’re judging by pure dominance, no team in history comes close to matching Daingerfield. The 1923 Abilene team is the only other Texas high school football team to not allow a point in the playoffs.

Dave Campbell breaks down the Comparison with 1988 Carter:

No singular Texas high school football team is more revered than the 1983 Daingerfield Tigers

https://www.texasfootball.com/all-time-matchup-monday-1983-daingerfield-vs-1988-dallas-carter/ 

[DevilDog]

The all Time Teams in Texas History per Dave Campbell:  Fantastic HS Football and Matchups:  

In no particular order Legendary Teams in Texas regardless of class 

2017 Carthage: 

2015 Katy:  Katy gave up 62 points all season. ALL SEASON. The Tigers went 16-0, allowing fewer than four points per game in Class 6A in 2016. That stat alone makes this team worthy of all-time discussion. Five senior defenders from that squad signed with FBS schools.

2015 Canadian:

2013 Allen: Kyler Murray was a ballet of offensive brilliance as a quarterback. The defense alone sent four seniors to FBS schools that year.  A seven-point win over DeSoto was the only game that Allen didn’t win by at least 19 points. he offense never scored under 31 points in a game all season. Allen scored 314 points in six playoffs games, including 63 in the championship game against Pearland in front of the largest high school football crowd of all-time.

2010 Aledo:  Johnathan Gray is arguably the best high school football Texas ever produced, and it’s produced a few in its time. Gray led Aledo to three state championships in his final three seasons at Aledo. It was the 2010 season that stands the test of time. Gray and Aledo won a Class 4A Division II title the year previous and were expected to make a run at another. Aledo did just that, scoring 780 points during a 16-0 season. The Bearcats knocked off Stephenville in Week 1, and again to win Region I in the state playoffs. Aledo also held a non-district win over Lake Travis. The toughest test of the season was a two-point victory over Mesquite Poteet in the state semifinals.

2008 LT:  It took Lake Travis less than a decade to go from one of the worst teams at its classification to a team that won five-straight state championships. The 2008 group is regarded as the best, mostly due to the passing prowess of all-everything quarterback Garrett Gilbert. The future Texas Longhorn set a state record for passing yards in a single season. The perfect record was secured with a win over Longview in the state title game. This offense crushed teams, even scoring 48 points in the state championship game against a loaded Lobos team, too soon forgotten by those outside East Texas.

2007 ET Trojans:  The Trojans claimed their second state championship in three years by knocking off Converse Judson. The 2007 team went 15-1 and held opponents to less than 10 points per game. The stout defense was led by All-State defensive lineman Mao Leota. The only time Trinity allowed more than 17 points was in a double-overtime victory over Plano in the state semifinals.  Trinity’s lone blemish of the season came against Permian in the second week of the season. The Trojans avenged the 30-3 loss with a 38-14 victory over the same Panthers team in the third round of the playoffs

2007 Liberty Hill 

2006 SLC:  A win over Westlake in the 2006 Class 5A Division I championship placed Southlake Carroll in rarified air. The victory gave the Dragons and head coach Todd Dodge their third championship in a row, fourth in five years. The 43-29 victory in San Antonio over Westlake also made the winning streak 48 games. Few teams dominated like Southlake Carroll under Dodge, and 2006 was the peak of its powers. Riley Dodge, the coach’s son, was setting records at quarterback. Running back Tre Newton made the offense two-dimensional. Southlake Carroll trailed at halftime to Westlake in the state finals game, but three rushing touchdowns by Newton and some timely passing by Riley Dodge secured the win and a place in history

2005 Celina 

2003 North Shore:  The Mustangs clinched the 2003 Class 5A Division I state championship in a 23-7 victory over The Woodlands. It capped the marquee season for a North Shore program that dominated the area throughout the first decade of the new century.  The 2003 state championship team went undefeated and was led by quarterback Bobby Reid, who went on to sign with Oklahoma State. North Shore bullied its way through the regular season and exerted its superiority over the top teams in the state en route to a championship. The Mustangs outscored playoff opponents 201-40, scoring at least 35 points in four of those games. The defense allowed 19 points to Houston Lamar, but held the other four playoff victims to no more than seven points.  2 NFL players. 

2000 Midland Lee: Cedric Benson could be the best Texas high school football player of all time. Midland Lee was the two-time defending state champion entering the 2000 season. Benson was a superstar. He capped off his career with 249 yards and five rushing touchdowns in the 33-21 title win over a very good Westlake team. Benson, who ended up playing at Texas and then for several years in the NFL, was a three-time MVP of the state championship games, rushing for a total of 15 touchdowns in three victories.  Early in the year, it was clear the Rebels were looking ahead. That early-season lag, plus some injuries, resulted in two regular season losses. Midland Lee lost to West Monroe (La) and Odessa in the regular season. The experience clicked in the postseason and the Rebels never looked back. Following the loss to Odessa, Midland Lee outscored its next nine opponents 326-97, holding three opponents to shutouts and five of those final nine opponents to single digit

1998 Stephenville:  Art Briles started his march to coaching fame with four championships in the 1990’s as a Texas high school football coach at Stephenville. From 1988-1999, Briles coached his team to 136 wins, 11 district championships, 11 playoff appearances and a 4-0 record in state championship games. The crown jewel of the era was the 1998 team.

Quarterback Kelan Luker led the Yellow Jackets into the offensive record books. Stephenville scored 712 points, a state record, in 16 games. The team finished with a 15-1 record, beating La Marque, 34-7, for the state championship. A 23-14 victory over Cleburne was the only time the Yellow Jackets were held under 30 points. Brownwood beat Stephenville by five points in district play in the only blemish of the

1996 Austin Westlake:  Drew Brees. The Chaparrals were quarterbacked by one of the all-time greats and that counts for something in any contest. Brees led a high-powered offensive attack back before Texas high school football was known for high-paced passing attacks. Westlake scored 659 points in 16 games en route to the 1996 Class 5A Division II championship. Westlake scored over 40 points 11 times and won every game by double-digits.

Brees accounted for four touchdowns in the championship game against Abilene Cooper, but an opportunistic defense forced eight turnovers in the 55-15 victory. Brees, and fellow NFL alum Seth McKinney, get the press clippings from that team, but the defense was dominant. Opponents averaged 11.5 points a game against the 1996 Chaparrals.

1989 Permian: A year after losing to Carter they came right back:  Permian scored 627 points in a 16-0 season to capture the Class 5A crown, only giving up 97 points in that span. The defense allowed more than 14 points only once during the season.

1988 Carter:  The 1988 Dallas Carter team holds an odd place in Texas high school football history. On one hand, it was one of the most talented, physical and dominant teams the state ever fielded. On the other, a cloud of scandal and regret will forever shape the memory of that team. For most, Dallas Carter is an answer to a trivia question: Which team won the state title the year Friday Night Lights took place? Three years later, however, Carter was stripped of the 1988 Class 5A title and it was given to Converse Judson following player eligibility violations.  The talent was obvious> On the football field, however, few teams in history could hang with that Dallas Carter team. Fifteen seniors from that team earned FBS scholarships. Armstead, Clifton Abraham and LeShai Maston all had NFL careers as defensive players. Edwards and Derric Evans likely do if not for the arrests surrounding the robberies.

1985 Yates:  Yates High School made Third Ward the mecca of high school football for at least one year in 1985. Yates went 16-0 to become Houston ISD’s first champion in football. Yates scored a record 659 points that season, led by All-State running back Johnny Bailey, one of the best prep players to ever come through the state of Texas.  5 players went to the NFL. 

1983 Daingerfied:  No singular Texas high school football team is more revered than the 1983 Daingerfield Tigers. The statistics from that season resemble a video game. This was the Stephen Curry of high school football teams. Daingerfield allowed eight points in 16 games. Those eight points were not scored against the defense. The Tigers gave up a safety after a botched punt snap in the first game against Kilgore and an interception return for a touchdown in the third game against Carthage, a team that reached the Class 4A semifinals in the same year. The defense didn’t allow a single point in 1983.   The 1983 Daingerfield team was the first Texas team to go 16-0. The Tigers outscored playoff opponents 246-0. They won the Class 3A championship game over Sweeny by a score of 42-0. If we’re judging by pure dominance, no team in history comes close to matching Daingerfield

1980 Permian

1997 Sealy The 1997 Sealy Tigers clinched historical heights when they claimed the school’s fourth straight Class 3A championship. Sealy became the first program in state history to win four straight titles, a feat only Lake Travis and Celina have matched since. It was an era of pure dominance for the Tigers. During the four-year span, Sealy went 63-1 and won 24-straight playoff games.

1978 Stratford

1973 Big Sandy:  The 1970’s signified an end of West Texas dominance in Texas high school football. Teams from the east were starting to emerge and Big Sandy’s dynasty testified to the area’s bourgeoning success at the state level. Big Sandy won its first of three consecutive titles in 1973. The Wildcats went 14-0 to claim the Class B state title, giving up 21 points in the entire season. Big Sandy’s defense, led by Lovie Smith, never allowed more than six points in a single game and posted 10 shutouts.

The offensive side of the ball was equally powerful. Big Sandy pounded the opposition like train-rail spikes with a well-fed offensive line and the legs of senior running back Bobby Mitchell. Mitchell rushed for 3,070 yards and 45 touchdowns in his final prep season. He ended his career with 7,260 yards rushing. Big Sandy scored 715 points on the season, a record that wouldn’t be broken for over two decades.

The Wildcats allowed three points in four playoff games, 12 points in six district games and six points in four non-district games. Big Sandy beat opponents by an average score of 51 to 1.5. No team in this state’s history can claim that level of superiority. It wasn’t done at the biggest classification at the time, but a lot of people would have picked Big Sandy over Earl Campbell’s Tyler John Tyler team, which won the Class A championship in the same year.

1973 John Tyler:  The 1973 Tyler John Tyler football team is considered the best in Texas high school football history by some historians. The unit was voted the best team from 1960 to 1985 by Dave Campbell’s Texas Football Magazine. It was led by a Lone Star State Legend – Earl Campbell. The Tyler Rose is the most decorated high school football player Texas has ever produced. He was a state champion in high school, a Heisman Trophy winner at Texas, a three-time NFL MVP and was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

With Larry Hartsfield at quarterback, head coach Corky Nelson rode the legs of Campbell to a 15-0 record and a state championship victory over Austin Reagan in the Astrodome. The 21-14 victory capped off a season that started with the Lions returning only two starters from an 8-2 team in 1972.

 

 

 

[DevilDog]

Head to Head Matchups and voting by Texans:   Some Surprises. 

Week 1: 2000 Midland Lee vs. 1996 Austin Westlake
Fan vote results: 2000 Midland Lee

Week 2: 1970 Austin Reagan vs. 1973 John Tyler
Fan vote results: 1973 John Tyler

Week 3: 2015 Katy vs. 2013 Allen
Fan vote results: 2015 Katy

Week 4: 1983 Daingerfield vs. 1988 Dallas Carter
Fan vote results: 1983 Daingerfield

Week 5: 2008 Lake Travis vs. 2006 Southlake Carroll
Fan vote results: 2008 Lake Travis

Week 6: 2005 Celina vs. 1997 Sealy
Fan vote results: 2005 Celina

Week 7: 1978 Houston Stratford vs. 1980 Odessa Permian
Fan vote results: 1980 Odessa Permian

Week 8: 1998 Stephenville vs. 2003 Galena Park North Shore
Fan vote results: 1998 Stephenville

Week 9: 1973 Big Sandy vs. 2015 Canadian
Fan vote results: 2015 Canadian

Week 10: 2010 Aledo vs. 1985 Houston Yates
Fan vote results: 1985 Houston Yates

[DevilDog]

It's Fantastic:  The Crowds.  The Redskin and I arrived 30 minutes before the game at the Old Texas Stadium in Irving and it was halftime when we got inside.  Loudest HS game I ever attended not even close.  We were big SLC fans then too  It was insane two of the best fan bases in the State.  Freaking Awesome.  

HAKA VS. The Sneaky Blondes.  

 

[Frosty4024]

8 hours ago, DevilDog said:

Those of you here remember I used to do Throwback Thursday for Texas in the offseason.  Gonna switch it up a bit and show things that makes Texas HS Football Fantastic. 

This isn't to say we are better or your State isn't .  

Here we go.  

Where else outside of the CFL or Texas HS Football can you see a 109.9 yard Touchdown.  Yep that will never be broken

TX HS is Fantastic:  Sean Landez of Sharyland 

 

Sharyland....Texas team caught in the "Manvel" trap 😁

[World Citizen]

@DevilDog Outstanding post and much appreciated.

I still think the Texas kids would always remember going oos and experiencing other places.  Coaches might even appreciate the opportunity to develop team bonding.  Even if it only reminds them how great Texas hsfb is.  That's a win for everybody, esp us fans.  

#greedyfan

 

[BUFORDGAWOLVES]

19 hours ago, DevilDog said:

Texas HS Football is Fantastic

Just check it out around the 17sec mark. 

DE-CLEATING

 

Boom! 😎

[BUFORDGAWOLVES]

17 hours ago, DevilDog said:

It's Fantastic:  The Crowds.  The Redskin and I arrived 30 minutes before the game at the Old Texas Stadium in Irvin and it was halftime when we got inside.  Loudest HS game I ever attended not even close.  We were big SLC fans then too  It was insane two of the best fan bases in the State.  Freaking Awesome.  

HAKA VS. The Sneaky Blondes.  

 

Irving bro, but I went to Irvin HS in El Paso!

[BUFORDGAWOLVES]

1 minute ago, BUFORDGAWOLVES said:

Irving bro, but I went to Irvin HS in El Paso!

Went to a few games in Texas Stadium. NT vs SMU, Cowboys. 😎

[ChimpGrip]

20 hours ago, DevilDog said:

The all Time Teams in Texas History per Dave Campbell:  Fantastic HS Football and Matchups:  

In no particular order Legendary Teams in Texas regardless of class 

2017 Carthage: 

2015 Katy:  Katy gave up 62 points all season. ALL SEASON. The Tigers went 16-0, allowing fewer than four points per game in Class 6A in 2016. That stat alone makes this team worthy of all-time discussion. Five senior defenders from that squad signed with FBS schools.

2015 Canadian:

2013 Allen: Kyler Murray was a ballet of offensive brilliance as a quarterback. The defense alone sent four seniors to FBS schools that year.  A seven-point win over DeSoto was the only game that Allen didn’t win by at least 19 points. he offense never scored under 31 points in a game all season. Allen scored 314 points in six playoffs games, including 63 in the championship game against Pearland in front of the largest high school football crowd of all-time.

2010 Aledo:  Johnathan Gray is arguably the best high school football Texas ever produced, and it’s produced a few in its time. Gray led Aledo to three state championships in his final three seasons at Aledo. It was the 2010 season that stands the test of time. Gray and Aledo won a Class 4A Division II title the year previous and were expected to make a run at another. Aledo did just that, scoring 780 points during a 16-0 season. The Bearcats knocked off Stephenville in Week 1, and again to win Region I in the state playoffs. Aledo also held a non-district win over Lake Travis. The toughest test of the season was a two-point victory over Mesquite Poteet in the state semifinals.

2008 LT:  It took Lake Travis less than a decade to go from one of the worst teams at its classification to a team that won five-straight state championships. The 2008 group is regarded as the best, mostly due to the passing prowess of all-everything quarterback Garrett Gilbert. The future Texas Longhorn set a state record for passing yards in a single season. The perfect record was secured with a win over Longview in the state title game. This offense crushed teams, even scoring 48 points in the state championship game against a loaded Lobos team, too soon forgotten by those outside East Texas.

2007 ET Trojans:  The Trojans claimed their second state championship in three years by knocking off Converse Judson. The 2007 team went 15-1 and held opponents to less than 10 points per game. The stout defense was led by All-State defensive lineman Mao Leota. The only time Trinity allowed more than 17 points was in a double-overtime victory over Plano in the state semifinals.  Trinity’s lone blemish of the season came against Permian in the second week of the season. The Trojans avenged the 30-3 loss with a 38-14 victory over the same Panthers team in the third round of the playoffs

2007 Liberty Hill 

2006 SLC:  A win over Westlake in the 2006 Class 5A Division I championship placed Southlake Carroll in rarified air. The victory gave the Dragons and head coach Todd Dodge their third championship in a row, fourth in five years. The 43-29 victory in San Antonio over Westlake also made the winning streak 48 games. Few teams dominated like Southlake Carroll under Dodge, and 2006 was the peak of its powers. Riley Dodge, the coach’s son, was setting records at quarterback. Running back Tre Newton made the offense two-dimensional. Southlake Carroll trailed at halftime to Westlake in the state finals game, but three rushing touchdowns by Newton and some timely passing by Riley Dodge secured the win and a place in history

2005 Celina 

2003 North Shore:  The Mustangs clinched the 2003 Class 5A Division I state championship in a 23-7 victory over The Woodlands. It capped the marquee season for a North Shore program that dominated the area throughout the first decade of the new century.  The 2003 state championship team went undefeated and was led by quarterback Bobby Reid, who went on to sign with Oklahoma State. North Shore bullied its way through the regular season and exerted its superiority over the top teams in the state en route to a championship. The Mustangs outscored playoff opponents 201-40, scoring at least 35 points in four of those games. The defense allowed 19 points to Houston Lamar, but held the other four playoff victims to no more than seven points.  2 NFL players. 

2000 Midland Lee: Cedric Benson could be the best Texas high school football player of all time. Midland Lee was the two-time defending state champion entering the 2000 season. Benson was a superstar. He capped off his career with 249 yards and five rushing touchdowns in the 33-21 title win over a very good Westlake team. Benson, who ended up playing at Texas and then for several years in the NFL, was a three-time MVP of the state championship games, rushing for a total of 15 touchdowns in three victories.  Early in the year, it was clear the Rebels were looking ahead. That early-season lag, plus some injuries, resulted in two regular season losses. Midland Lee lost to West Monroe (La) and Odessa in the regular season. The experience clicked in the postseason and the Rebels never looked back. Following the loss to Odessa, Midland Lee outscored its next nine opponents 326-97, holding three opponents to shutouts and five of those final nine opponents to single digit

1998 Stephenville:  Art Briles started his march to coaching fame with four championships in the 1990’s as a Texas high school football coach at Stephenville. From 1988-1999, Briles coached his team to 136 wins, 11 district championships, 11 playoff appearances and a 4-0 record in state championship games. The crown jewel of the era was the 1998 team.

Quarterback Kelan Luker led the Yellow Jackets into the offensive record books. Stephenville scored 712 points, a state record, in 16 games. The team finished with a 15-1 record, beating La Marque, 34-7, for the state championship. A 23-14 victory over Cleburne was the only time the Yellow Jackets were held under 30 points. Brownwood beat Stephenville by five points in district play in the only blemish of the

1996 Austin Westlake:  Drew Brees. The Chaparrals were quarterbacked by one of the all-time greats and that counts for something in any contest. Brees led a high-powered offensive attack back before Texas high school football was known for high-paced passing attacks. Westlake scored 659 points in 16 games en route to the 1996 Class 5A Division II championship. Westlake scored over 40 points 11 times and won every game by double-digits.

Brees accounted for four touchdowns in the championship game against Abilene Cooper, but an opportunistic defense forced eight turnovers in the 55-15 victory. Brees, and fellow NFL alum Seth McKinney, get the press clippings from that team, but the defense was dominant. Opponents averaged 11.5 points a game against the 1996 Chaparrals.

1989 Permian: A year after losing to Carter they came right back:  Permian scored 627 points in a 16-0 season to capture the Class 5A crown, only giving up 97 points in that span. The defense allowed more than 14 points only once during the season.

1988 Carter:  The 1988 Dallas Carter team holds an odd place in Texas high school football history. On one hand, it was one of the most talented, physical and dominant teams the state ever fielded. On the other, a cloud of scandal and regret will forever shape the memory of that team. For most, Dallas Carter is an answer to a trivia question: Which team won the state title the year Friday Night Lights took place? Three years later, however, Carter was stripped of the 1988 Class 5A title and it was given to Converse Judson following player eligibility violations.  The talent was obvious> On the football field, however, few teams in history could hang with that Dallas Carter team. Fifteen seniors from that team earned FBS scholarships. Armstead, Clifton Abraham and LeShai Maston all had NFL careers as defensive players. Edwards and Derric Evans likely do if not for the arrests surrounding the robberies.

1985 Yates:  Yates High School made Third Ward the mecca of high school football for at least one year in 1985. Yates went 16-0 to become Houston ISD’s first champion in football. Yates scored a record 659 points that season, led by All-State running back Johnny Bailey, one of the best prep players to ever come through the state of Texas.  5 players went to the NFL. 

1983 Daingerfied:  No singular Texas high school football team is more revered than the 1983 Daingerfield Tigers. The statistics from that season resemble a video game. This was the Stephen Curry of high school football teams. Daingerfield allowed eight points in 16 games. Those eight points were not scored against the defense. The Tigers gave up a safety after a botched punt snap in the first game against Kilgore and an interception return for a touchdown in the third game against Carthage, a team that reached the Class 4A semifinals in the same year. The defense didn’t allow a single point in 1983.   The 1983 Daingerfield team was the first Texas team to go 16-0. The Tigers outscored playoff opponents 246-0. They won the Class 3A championship game over Sweeny by a score of 42-0. If we’re judging by pure dominance, no team in history comes close to matching Daingerfield

1980 Permian

1997 Sealy The 1997 Sealy Tigers clinched historical heights when they claimed the school’s fourth straight Class 3A championship. Sealy became the first program in state history to win four straight titles, a feat only Lake Travis and Celina have matched since. It was an era of pure dominance for the Tigers. During the four-year span, Sealy went 63-1 and won 24-straight playoff games.

1978 Stratford

1973 Big Sandy:  The 1970’s signified an end of West Texas dominance in Texas high school football. Teams from the east were starting to emerge and Big Sandy’s dynasty testified to the area’s bourgeoning success at the state level. Big Sandy won its first of three consecutive titles in 1973. The Wildcats went 14-0 to claim the Class B state title, giving up 21 points in the entire season. Big Sandy’s defense, led by Lovie Smith, never allowed more than six points in a single game and posted 10 shutouts.

The offensive side of the ball was equally powerful. Big Sandy pounded the opposition like train-rail spikes with a well-fed offensive line and the legs of senior running back Bobby Mitchell. Mitchell rushed for 3,070 yards and 45 touchdowns in his final prep season. He ended his career with 7,260 yards rushing. Big Sandy scored 715 points on the season, a record that wouldn’t be broken for over two decades.

The Wildcats allowed three points in four playoff games, 12 points in six district games and six points in four non-district games. Big Sandy beat opponents by an average score of 51 to 1.5. No team in this state’s history can claim that level of superiority. It wasn’t done at the biggest classification at the time, but a lot of people would have picked Big Sandy over Earl Campbell’s Tyler John Tyler team, which won the Class A championship in the same year.

1973 John Tyler:  The 1973 Tyler John Tyler football team is considered the best in Texas high school football history by some historians. The unit was voted the best team from 1960 to 1985 by Dave Campbell’s Texas Football Magazine. It was led by a Lone Star State Legend – Earl Campbell. The Tyler Rose is the most decorated high school football player Texas has ever produced. He was a state champion in high school, a Heisman Trophy winner at Texas, a three-time NFL MVP and was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

With Larry Hartsfield at quarterback, head coach Corky Nelson rode the legs of Campbell to a 15-0 record and a state championship victory over Austin Reagan in the Astrodome. The 21-14 victory capped off a season that started with the Lions returning only two starters from an 8-2 team in 1972.

 

 

 

08 LT getting some love 😎

[DevilDog]

4 hours ago, ChimpGrip said:

08 LT getting some love 😎

You can't mention Texas Legendary and not have LT in it. I still remember that hit against Longview @ Baylor in the State Championship game and they just kept showing it over and over on the Big Screen.  My girl still talks about that anytime LT. or Longview is mentioned.   

[Texasball]

15 hours ago, World Citizen said:

@DevilDog Outstanding post and much appreciated.

I still think the Texas kids would always remember going oos and experiencing other places.  Coaches might even appreciate the opportunity to develop team bonding.  Even if it only reminds them how great Texas hsfb is.  That's a win for everybody, esp us fans.  

#greedyfan

 

Most coaches would agree with you.  The problem when you talk to most coaching is the scheduling of all the under varsity games.

For example.  When Katy and North Shore play -  All the freshman and JV teams play each other.  It becomes scheduling nightmare.

It also helps when few other teams in the area have OOS games - They can schedule each other at the lower levels.  Which is what Trinity, Allen, SLC, Aledo have been doing.

Keep in Mind we have pretty good slate of games this year.

[ChimpGrip]

9 hours ago, DevilDog said:

You can't mention Texas Legendary and not have LT in it. I still remember that hit against Longview @ Baylor in the State Championship game and they just kept showing it over and over on the Big Screen.  My girl still talks about that anytime LT. or Longview is mentioned.   

It’s been almost 10 years now. It all goes by too fast.

[DevilDog]

17 hours ago, World Citizen said:

@DevilDog Outstanding post and much appreciated.

I still think the Texas kids would always remember going oos and experiencing other places.  Coaches might even appreciate the opportunity to develop team bonding.  Even if it only reminds them how great Texas hsfb is.  That's a win for everybody, esp us fans.  

#greedyfan

 

I agree and the Texas kids I assure you want to play anyone anywhere.  unfortunately we are a big public school state and a lot of travel just don't happen by those type of schools. But our privates will travel and they are doing that right now. I would love to see Allen, Lake Travis and Katy bring the Texasthump to other states. 

[World Citizen]

3 hours ago, Texasball said:

Most coaches would agree with you.  The problem when you talk to most coaching is the scheduling of all the under varsity games.

For example.  When Katy and North Shore play -  All the freshman and JV teams play each other.  It becomes scheduling nightmare.

It also helps when few other teams in the area have OOS games - They can schedule each other at the lower levels.  Which is what Trinity, Allen, SLC, Aledo have been doing.

Keep in Mind we have pretty good slate of games this year.

Looking forward to all the Texas games I can watch.  Where ever they happen to play.  

I can only imagine the logistics problems traveling with as many players/band's/fans as you all have.  Plus the gate money that I've heard mentioned before.  But, from my viewpoint (my couch) it's all about what I want.  😀

 

 

[Reb72]

@DevilDog , not highjacking your thread (I have enjoyed watching the vids, great stuff), but because you're a Patriot and a fan and missed the BOB last year, thought you night enjoy...

 

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