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re: Texas HS Football playoff thread
Posted on 12/15/25 at 1:46 pm to The Torch
Posted on 12/15/25 at 1:46 pm to The Torch
We live right by each other. I’m in Rockwall.
Wylie has had some good teams in the past. (Also, y’all are closer to 3000 kids than 1500 I believe).
What would be best for Wylie and Wylie East would be to get out of that Garland District. It’s basically terrible in everything but soccer. That’s why East went 10-0 then got blasted by Rockwall-Heath in round 1.
Would be much better for Wylie ISD to be in the Allen/Prosper or Rockwall/Forney districts.
Wylie has had some good teams in the past. (Also, y’all are closer to 3000 kids than 1500 I believe).
What would be best for Wylie and Wylie East would be to get out of that Garland District. It’s basically terrible in everything but soccer. That’s why East went 10-0 then got blasted by Rockwall-Heath in round 1.
Would be much better for Wylie ISD to be in the Allen/Prosper or Rockwall/Forney districts.
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Posted on 12/15/25 at 1:55 pm to The Torch
Wylie had some very good teams in the early 2000s before East opened, but their region was loaded with Highland Park, Ennis, and the East Tx schools
Posted on 12/15/25 at 2:01 pm to Xenophon
You are right : Wylie High School (in Wylie, TX) had an enrollment of approximately 3,095 students in the 2023-2024 school year, serving grades 9-12 with a student-teacher ratio around 18:1, making it a large public 6A school in the Wylie ISD
You would think out of 3,000 you could find 22 GOOD players
My kid graduated a few years ago and said when the bell rang they could barely walk down the hall, I'd assume they will build a 3rd High School soon.
When we first moved out here (20 years ago) it was like The Country.
You would think out of 3,000 you could find 22 GOOD players
My kid graduated a few years ago and said when the bell rang they could barely walk down the hall, I'd assume they will build a 3rd High School soon.
When we first moved out here (20 years ago) it was like The Country.
Posted on 12/16/25 at 10:40 am to The Torch
Posted on 12/16/25 at 10:41 am to chinese58
Posted on 12/16/25 at 10:45 am to chinese58
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South Texas plays of the week.
Looks like Smithson Valley is the last team standing for this area, even though they could easily be roped into another region.
Posted on 12/16/25 at 11:00 am to TexasTiger08
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Looks like Smithson Valley is the last team standing for this area
Just got an email from them.
They are giving all of the students excused absences on Friday to make the trip up for the game.
Posted on 12/16/25 at 11:34 am to TideSaint
Honestly, it’s already a win that Aledo isn’t in the title game. Their fans complained about losing to Denton Ryan last year because the weather was poor. They just knew that under better conditions, they would have won, then rolled Highland Park and Smithson Valley.
I can’t stand when football moms get so uppity. Just tip your cap to the opponent and get back at it next year.
I can’t stand when football moms get so uppity. Just tip your cap to the opponent and get back at it next year.
Posted on 12/16/25 at 11:41 am to Xenophon
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You don’t think Aledo has talent? They’ve got dudes all over college football. And having a system that goes to the young ages might be the only thing they have in common with SLC.
Their homegrown talent isn't that great. They've produced a few linemen but their major recruits have always been magic move ins
Posted on 12/16/25 at 12:02 pm to goldennugget
I’ve long speculated that some of those legendary coaches at those programs are a tad overrated, as are the achievements of the team in general. Congrats, you magically stay just under the 6A cutoff, win a title 50% of the time, and always reload. It’s almost too obvious when it goes on for more than a decade over the course of 3 coaches or so.
I don’t mean to sound like a hater, but there’s a reason it happens at one school, and not the other one that’s 10 miles away.
I don’t mean to sound like a hater, but there’s a reason it happens at one school, and not the other one that’s 10 miles away.
Posted on 12/16/25 at 1:37 pm to TexasTiger08
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I’ve long speculated that some of those legendary coaches at those programs are a tad overrated, as are the achievements of the team in general. Congrats, you magically stay just under the 6A cutoff, win a title 50% of the time, and always reload. It’s almost too obvious when it goes on for more than a decade over the course of 3 coaches or so.
And a lot of them come from single high school districts where they don't have to share players with another high school in the district
As well as in mostly affluent upper class white areas where their players don't come from broken households and are easily coachable
My school was a state power in the 80s but section 8 housing all over the district turned us into a school with a lot of very talented but very undisciplined and distracted players who came from broken households by the time i was there in the early 2000s. Our coaches tried but coaching these guys was impossible.
No way would a lot of these coaches who coach schools like Westlake, Carroll, Aledo, etc. be able to succeed at schools like the ones I went to. They need a perfect situation to succeed. There is a reason why Todd Dodge failed miserably at North Texas and was the laughing stock of college football. When I played at TCU we were prepping for an opponent that had played Dodge's UNT team and when watching film with UNT in it our coaches were laughing up a storm
Posted on 12/16/25 at 3:38 pm to goldennugget
quote:This is such a truism. Highland Park is another one that fits that description. I remember them getting in trouble for practicing during periods in the offseason when they weren't supposed to be out there.
As well as in mostly affluent upper class white areas where their players don't come from broken households and are easily coachable
My old office was at Mockingbird & Stemmons. Sometimes I'd cut thru and would go by their stadium between five & six PM. Every time I went thru they were on the field running plays. I never saw the coaches out there with them, in the summer, but they were definitely structured practices.
Most of the Highland Park seniors live in The Village apartments across Central Expressway from Highland Park. It's a traditional, right-of -passage thing some of their parents let them do before going off to college. Not all, but some kids who have successful parents pay attention, and know what it takes to succeed. They put in the work because they grew up seeing their parents doing that. It's almost all they know.
ETA: Sterlington is a public school in Louisiana that fits into that mold. People from all over North Louisiana moved there to get away from dying larger towns like Monroe, Farmerville and Bastrop. Cheap housing was available at the beginning of that migration, but I bet it's become an expensive change for people. They've got great schools. The parents probably commute, and still work in Monroe or whatever town they moved from.
This post was edited on 12/16/25 at 3:53 pm
Posted on 12/16/25 at 4:12 pm to goldennugget
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My school was a state power in the 80s but section 8 housing all over the district turned us into a school with a lot of very talented but very undisciplined and distracted players who came from broken households by the time i was there in the early 2000s. Our coaches tried but coaching these guys was impossible.
I think this happened to the inner ring suburbs in Houston. Aldine ISD was a force, even into the 2000’s, and they are garbage now. The demographic flipped from mostly black to mostly Hispanic. If I had to guess, this happened to Plano and Arlington?
It’s crazy, and probably not good, that the champions typically come from the DFW area, and then down the interstate into East Texas.
More and more it’s becoming a money game. More money, better coaches, better facilities, easier access to elite training, etc. It’s not new, but the gap is wider.
Posted on 12/17/25 at 1:02 pm to TexasTiger08
The games have started
You can stream it on something called victory plus
Google stream Texas state championships and it’s free
You can stream it on something called victory plus
Google stream Texas state championships and it’s free
Posted on 12/17/25 at 3:13 pm to goldennugget
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They've produced a few linemen but their major recruits have always been magic move ins
i mentioned it earlier, but I'm from Wall, a rural white "suburb" of San Angelo and we would usually get our seasons ended by Argyle, Celina, Brock, Gunter, Pilot Point, etc.
Always a ton of transfers out of DFW schools that ended a lot of the small west and east Texas schools. We didn't allow transfers so it was a lot of homegrown talent from farm boys.
Posted on 12/17/25 at 3:19 pm to Lawyered
Here's the Victory+ link. You can watch the Stars , Anaheim Ducks and minor league hockey free too. You can pay and watch the Rangers. You have to sign up to stream it.
The app is on both my Samsung and Vizio smart TV's.
Victory+
The app is on both my Samsung and Vizio smart TV's.
Victory+
This post was edited on 12/17/25 at 3:21 pm
Posted on 12/17/25 at 5:18 pm to chinese58
Two six-man games plus the 2A-D1 title will be completed by tonight. I’m interested if Joaquin can finish their run. They entered the playoffs at 6-4 and have been on an absolute tear.
Posted on 12/17/25 at 7:11 pm to TexasTiger08
This Slot T offense Joaquin runs looks like a total bitch . Something you don’t see anymore
Posted on 12/17/25 at 7:24 pm to TexasTiger08
I'm excited to watch South Oak Cliff and Richmond Randle Saturday. Landen Williams-Callis may be the best RB I saw play this season. He had 21 carries for 270 yards and five TD's. His HUDL highlights from that game.
2026 SOC recruits
2027 SOC recruits
2026 Randle recruits
2027 Randle recruits
2026 SOC recruits
2027 SOC recruits
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2027 RB Landen Williams-Callis
Richmond (TX) Randle High School's Landen Williams-Callis is a big-time prospect. This season, Williams-Callis has rushed for 3,106 yards on 268 carries (11.6 yards per rush) and 53 touchdowns, to just one fumble lost; it's hard to believe that those are single-season totals and not his career rushing stats. He's electric on the track as well, running early sophomore season times of 10.65 in the 100 and 22.25 in the 200, per MileSplit.
2026 Randle recruits
2027 Randle recruits
This post was edited on 12/17/25 at 7:49 pm
Posted on 12/17/25 at 10:09 pm to Lawyered
Gotta love small town football. We have a couple local schools that run it, but they are dogshit. No idea why they don’t even try to develop a passing offense.
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