exxonmobile
11-man fan
Heard from a reliable source that they are still strongly considering playing 6 man football this fall.
Gilmer Union Hill
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freeagent
Six-man pro
exxonmobile":mdcck9h7 said:
That rumor was floating around last year; I think I even saw something on either theoldcoach.com or a newspaper internet link last summer. I have them on my undecided list.
But all that said, I understand they did turn in a number of 97. I've seen them on proposed D1-11 man Div II realignment lists. Our UIL friends might be better sources of advice of when you must communicate to UIL that you plan to play 6 vs 11 man ball. I think what I've heard is that if you submit a number under 100 ADA, you have to indicate if you plan to play 6 man or 11 man at that time.
Of the current UIL 11 man schools under 100, I understand that High Island may be the only one indicating their plans to play 6 man, but that is still not confirmed. Perhaps we'll know more on February 2nd ... list appears below:
Roscoe 97
Union Hill 97
Bronte 96
Menard 93.5
Baird 93
Cross Plains 92.5
Frost 91
D'Hanis 87
Roby 81
Gorman 80
High Island 79
Leakey 78
Rocksprings 76
For policy wonks, here's a link to UIL realignment instructions to superindendents:
http://www.uiltexas.org/files/policy/RR ... 012-14.pdf
exxonmobile
11-man fan
They did indicate on thier UIL Participation Form that they were planning on playing 11 man this fall. However, they are now reconsidering.
Knowmystuff
11-man fan
exxon -
Like lifegate said that rumor has been going around for 2 or 3 seasons...I remember a high profile coach in 2010 asked me about them because they had expressed interest in hiring him as their coach!
I called the school at the time schools had to have all their stuff turned into the UIL...I did not get to talk to the coach (he was not there) but the school's secretary kind of laughed when I asked her and said that Gilmer Union playing 6-man was just a rumor...but that wasn't really from the horses mouth so who knows i guess
lifegate - Here is an article from the Galveston Daily News about High Island playing 6-man:
http://galvestondailynews.com/story/279410/
Here's one from the Beaumont Enterprise:
http://www.beaumontenterprise.com/sport ... 406484.php
And here is a newscast:
http://www.kfdm.com/video/c/1138334401/ ... fdm-sports
Like lifegate said that rumor has been going around for 2 or 3 seasons...I remember a high profile coach in 2010 asked me about them because they had expressed interest in hiring him as their coach!
I called the school at the time schools had to have all their stuff turned into the UIL...I did not get to talk to the coach (he was not there) but the school's secretary kind of laughed when I asked her and said that Gilmer Union playing 6-man was just a rumor...but that wasn't really from the horses mouth so who knows i guess
lifegate - Here is an article from the Galveston Daily News about High Island playing 6-man:
http://galvestondailynews.com/story/279410/
Here's one from the Beaumont Enterprise:
http://www.beaumontenterprise.com/sport ... 406484.php
And here is a newscast:
http://www.kfdm.com/video/c/1138334401/ ... fdm-sports
freeagent
Six-man pro
Not that I'm the guy who would be knowledgable about the mechanics of an 11-man UIL school making the move to 6-man UIL, but I certainly wouldn't be looking at it with an enrollment number of 97 UNLESS I was pretty well certain that my total enrollment would be staying under 100 for the forseeable future.
The worst position to be in would be having an enrollment bouncing on each side of that 100 number every two years.
If I were the administrator of such a school, I think I'd be doing computations (using each of the calculations UIL allows) for classes four or five years down the line and seeing if I stayed under the 99.9 number AND having those folks on the school board sign off on it BEFORE I picked up the phone and asked UIL to put my school in 6 man.
The worst position to be in would be having an enrollment bouncing on each side of that 100 number every two years.
If I were the administrator of such a school, I think I'd be doing computations (using each of the calculations UIL allows) for classes four or five years down the line and seeing if I stayed under the 99.9 number AND having those folks on the school board sign off on it BEFORE I picked up the phone and asked UIL to put my school in 6 man.
freeagent
Six-man pro
According to the UIL list noted above, Gilmer Union Hill is listed as 11 man
