One game in district to go

By Jason McGrew
November 6, 2008

This Friday the #21 Coogs will be head toward #115 Plainview ending district play and hopefully ending it with a win. Plainview in the last poll I saw was ranked around #115 or so, but all the chatter in the forums online say they are a lot better team then what their record suggests. They have lost every game in district but some of them being so close especially against #7 Frenship that they could give the Coogs serious trouble. Plainview is not headed toward the playoffs and they are in a prime position to be a spoiler for the Coogs. They have everything to play for and nothing to lose, so I expect a hard hitting game from their side and a lot of risky play. Would like to give you more stats on Plainview but unfortunately there is not that much chatter about them and they do not have any fan websites that I can find. Some of you people that are complaining if you can find some all purpose stats let me know, if not the only other thing I can do is direct you to gofridaynight individual team pages. On paper the Coogs should win this but the Cougars have done nothing but suprise me on how they can find ways to lose games this season.

The Cougars are going to have to start playing up to their potential and crush this team, and I mean in a big way. The program is losing credibility across the state as a dominant 4A contender, and that is not a good thing headed into division 1 playoff bracket. There are some legitimate monsters waiting and the Coogs still seem like their in some kind of cruise mode. Their passing game right now is below average compared to some of the metroplex teams like #1 Everman, #4 Dallas Carter, and as I said before defensive coordinators are ready for Pimpton and so Heslep and his receiving corp have got to come big in this game and make all those defensive coordinators keep it honest. The Cougars have been able to lean on the defense heavily in all their district wins but those days are bout to run its course, the offense is going to have to stay on the field longer than what they have been on every ball possession. We will start seeing the bigger 4A schools next week and we most definitely do not want our defense tired because of not looking down the field and ball droppage when they do.

I hate for the tone of this blog to be so negative but the Coogs need to deliver this week and build some momentum going into playoffs. For those of you headed to Plainview be careful and get there and back safe. I'm out GO Cougars!!!!!!!!

Polling information I got off Dave Campbells football website, Lone Star Grid Iron has the Coogs ranked #23, If anybody has some constructive information to give or has a really good website that I'm missing be sure to comment back and I'll investigate it.

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