THEQB":spdg34eb said:
All I know is they must have a solid team... Scored 650 points thus far and only given up 278 with that 10-0 record and their district was tough.. look at how many teams came out of that district. Katy, Emery, Baytown, Sugarland, and Pasadena! How come nobody has any info on these guys?
Having played two of these teams, and watched film on the others I can offer some insight.
We played Logos week 1 in Houston, and beat them pretty good. They have a large team, in numbers and size (im sure many on this board will be
very impressed). MaxPreps shows them with 27 boys, and 7 seniors. It was early in the year, and I am not sure they really had an identity yet. We managed to put up quite a few points on them spreading it out and getting our playmakers in one-on-ones with their big guys. Things kind of snowballed on them in the game, and I think they got away from what they really wanted to do (pound it on us). Their only two scores came against our freshmen on the last play before half, and early in the third. I've viewed quite a bit of film on them from recently, and they look like a different team. They moved a couple guys around, and seemed to embrace their size. Their speedster back #4 is now running behind a 220+ pound fullback in tight sets (variations of the I). They have been able to pound most teams later in the season, yet still have the ability to spread it out if need be. I cant speak to their injury situation, but they seem to be at full strength.
We played Waco week 8 at home, and beat them soundly. They only have 15 boys, but nearly half of them are seniors. Their starters had good size.. We made our hay on the ground in this game, rarely coming out of tight sets. They had difficulty getting off our blocks, and their aggressiveness hurt them in several situations. Their best offensive player leading up to our game imo was #3. He left our game early with an injury. They had another back #8 who very good, he shouldered the load for them when #3 left the game. They have a pretty good wr #23 that suited up but didn't play vs us. They went spread the majority of the game, but couldn't get things going with the personnel they had out there. Both of their scores came late in the second quarter when our freshmen were in the game. I think they were pretty banged up coming into our game, with #24 not playing, and #3 getting knocked out, they were a little shell shocked. Throw in the long drive from Waco (took them 5+hrs with traffic), and it was a recipe for disaster. Hopefully they will be back at full strength for the playoffs. Their staff has alot of fire, if their players play with that same intensity, and they are put in the right position, they could make some noise.
I have seen some Katy film, and they are a tough one to evaluate. They are are over the place... impressive wins vs some teams, then dropping games to teams they shouldn't in others. I am not sure what their injury situation is, that would be my first guess as to why they have been inconsistent. I can tell you that 13 of their 17 players are seniors, which ive never seen before. It will be interesting to see how they do vs Round Rock. I have only seen one game of Pasadena, their loss to Baytown. Baytown did pretty much whatever they wanted out of tight on them. They ran some good plays, but didnt seem like they had the horses to hang with them.
