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Texas HS Football Hall of Fame's New Class, Tough District Tilts with Greg Tepper · The Craig Way Show

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  Speaker 2: Tepper is back with us now.
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  Speaker 1: And I started to ask you a cataclysmic statement about
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  Speaker 1: high school football.
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  Speaker 2: And we'll get to that in a moment.
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  Speaker 1: But let me start off with, well, to Longhorn fans,
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  Speaker 1: it's been a cataclysmic fortnight. But with regard to the
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  Speaker 1: rest of that, with the Dave Campbell's Texas football power poll,
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  Speaker 1: Texas tag number one, Houston number two, SMU number three
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  Speaker 1: in that poll. And what a big game, Houston at Utah,
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  Speaker 1: to draw ESPN's college game day out there.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, how about that? I mean, you know, in the
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  Speaker 3: state of Texas, we obviously talk about the big flagship
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  Speaker 3: programs of Texas and Texas A & M, you know,
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  Speaker 3: add in maybe Texas Tech there. But the rise of Houston,
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  Speaker 3: you know, I know you and I have been talking
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  Speaker 3: about it since the offseason, about how, you know, what
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  Speaker 3: Willie Fritz is doing there at Houston is remarkable.
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  Speaker 4: Really special.
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  Speaker 3: And it might be flying under the radar. You know,
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  Speaker 3: I know that there was some frustration a couple of
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  Speaker 3: weeks ago when, when, you know, a nationally ranked Houston team,
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  Speaker 3: you know, played in front of a relatively small crowd
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  Speaker 3: there at their stadium. And I think that, you know,
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  Speaker 3: people got started to not pay attention to what this
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  Speaker 3: team looks like, because they have been absolutely exceptional. And
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  Speaker 3: I'll tell you, The Conor Wegman story is a.
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  Speaker 4: Really remarkable one.
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  Speaker 3: We put him on the cover of our magazine back
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  Speaker 3: in 2024, famously with Quinn Ewers, with kind of the
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  Speaker 3: renewal of the A & M and Texas rivalry.
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  Speaker 4: Well, your mileage may vary. I know Texas fans have
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  Speaker 4: their feelings about Quinn Ewers, and A & M fans
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  Speaker 4: certainly have their feelings about Conor Wegman.
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  Speaker 3: But for Wegman to land on his feet, In the
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  Speaker 3: way that he has there at Houston and really blossom
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  Speaker 3: into the guy that we thought he could be.
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  Speaker 4: He's really impressive.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, we've seen this since he was at Bridgeland,
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  Speaker 3: kind of tearing it up there in Cyprus. And now
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  Speaker 3: he's turned into a real certified, you know, field general
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  Speaker 3: out there for the Cougs. And he's got a great
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  Speaker 3: opportunity to have a big showcase matchup there in Cyprus.
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  Speaker 3: Salt Lake City against a really good Utah team, an
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  Speaker 3: opportunity to make some noise.
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  Speaker 4: And I think when you're.
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  Speaker 3: Talking about what this team has looked like and what
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  Speaker 3: Willie Fritz has built.
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  Speaker 4: There, you know, it's only the beginning.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, you remember they brought in the number one
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  Speaker 3: quarterback in the state last year and Keyshawn Henderson.
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  Speaker 4: He's waiting in the wings.
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  Speaker 3: There's something building there in the third ward. And, you know,
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  Speaker 3: I think that that's one of the, it's probably an opportunity,
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  Speaker 3: I think, this week for a lot of people who
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  Speaker 3: may not have necessarily know what's been going on at
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  Speaker 3: Houston to get a look at what is a really.
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  Speaker 4: Darn good ball club.
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  Speaker 1: You know, what's interesting is that they have this huge
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  Speaker 1: test at Utah on Saturday. And then they're open, they
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  Speaker 1: have an open date to go trick-or-treating on Halloween. And
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  Speaker 1: then after that, I think it's very manageable for them.
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  Speaker 1: They have Cincinnati at home, maybe a tricky trip to
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  Speaker 1: Boulder to play Colorado on that Friday night there. It's
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  Speaker 1: never guaranteed we go to Morgantown, but they got to
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  Speaker 1: go there. And then they finished with Baylor. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: there's a real chance that they could increase their opportunity.
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  Speaker 1: Two games come to mind for me, Tep, on the
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  Speaker 1: collegiate level in this state right now, other than obviously
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  Speaker 1: what I have to deal with on a week-by-week basis
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  Speaker 1: with Texas. But the Houston-Utah game, And then SMU has
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  Speaker 1: Notre Dame late in the season. We're already hearing conversation
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  Speaker 1: because of the way that Notre Dame-BYU game ended, that
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  Speaker 1: if Notre Dame loses to Miami, then the SMU game
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  Speaker 1: becomes a must-win for them, or they're probably not getting
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  Speaker 1: in the playoff. And SMU, on the other hand, can
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  Speaker 1: continue to upgrade its profile by continuing to win leading
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  Speaker 1: up to that game in South Bend in late November.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I think right now when you take a look
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  Speaker 3: at what SMU's got in front of them, they play
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  Speaker 3: at home against Cal, they're at Syracuse, and they're home
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  Speaker 3: against Virginia Tech. You would think that SMU should be
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  Speaker 3: able to take care of business against those three.
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  Speaker 4: And then you're going to.
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  Speaker 3: Have a really dynamic and really interesting kind of twofer.
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  Speaker 3: for them when they take welcome in Wake Forest and
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  Speaker 3: they go to Notre Dame. Look, at that point, Wake Forest,
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  Speaker 3: by the way, I don't know if people know this,
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  Speaker 3: 17th ranked team in the country, that would be back-to-back
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  Speaker 3: top 20 wins, assuming those teams kind of stay in
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  Speaker 3: that kind of echelon, which I think, you know, for
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  Speaker 3: all we kind of, the wailing and gnashing of teeth
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  Speaker 3: earlier this season when SMU, you know, dropped a game,
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  Speaker 3: quite frankly, that I don't think they should have when
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  Speaker 3: they played poorly at Louisville, right? Well, they can win
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  Speaker 3: it all back and everything's still right there in front
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  Speaker 3: of them. You can make the argument that they still
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  Speaker 3: control their destiny. Certainly, you know, if they were to
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  Speaker 3: continue to roll and play in the ACC championship game,
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  Speaker 3: but even then, as an at-large, you know, that would
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  Speaker 3: be a team that... As a music team, I think
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  Speaker 3: early in the year, we may have been ready to
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  Speaker 3: ride off, but because of the way that the schedule
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  Speaker 3: is broken and with those two big high-profile games late
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  Speaker 3: in the season, that can give them an opportunity to
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  Speaker 3: vault back into that national conversation. Those are two of
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  Speaker 3: the monster games left on the schedule to determine what
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  Speaker 3: the Texas representation may.
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  Speaker 4: Look like in the college football playoff. Right now, it
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  Speaker 4: doesn't look like A & M is going to be participating.
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  Speaker 3: It Tech, obviously, looking very good there in the Big 12.
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  Speaker 3: You know, Texas, their season is teetering, as I know
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  Speaker 3: you guys have been talking a lot about. But two
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  Speaker 3: programs that, you know, here in Houston and SMU, I
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  Speaker 3: think have an opportunity to really crash the party.
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  Speaker 1: Talking football in the Lone Star State with Greg Tepper, Editor-in-Chief,
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  Speaker 1: Dave Campbell's Texas Football here on AM13 Under the Zone.
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  Speaker 1: Let's jump to high school and we'll start off with,
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  Speaker 1: it happened yesterday, The Texas High School Football Hall of
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  Speaker 1: Fame announced its class for 2027. And for folks who
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  Speaker 1: don't know the way this works is they induct a
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  Speaker 1: player from each decade. It starts from 1969 and before.
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  Speaker 1: So that would also include folks even prior to the
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  Speaker 1: decade of the 60s. That enshrining will be Joe Barnes
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  Speaker 1: from Reagan County. Then in the 70s, Doug Dawson from
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  Speaker 1: Houston Memorial and former Texas Longhorn.
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  Speaker 2: Richmond Webb.
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  Speaker 1: From Roosevelt High in Dallas and Texas A & M
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  Speaker 1: for the 80s Casey Hampton a warm spot many Longhorn
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  Speaker 1: fans hearts from Galveston Ball Chase Daniel from South Lake
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  Speaker 1: Carroll certainly one of the most decorated recruits coming out
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  Speaker 1: of high school played at your alma mater Missouri and
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  Speaker 1: then Had a career as a backup in the NFL,
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  Speaker 1: now working college telecast. Baker Mayfield will go in. Of course,
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  Speaker 1: he was the final quarterback in the drive for five
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  Speaker 1: for Lake Travis. And then you have two coaches, John Outlaw,
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  Speaker 1: the late John Outlaw from Lufkin and Johnny Tusa from
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  Speaker 1: Waco High, both definitely deserving. And then the Dave Campbell's
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  Speaker 1: Texas football, you might say, the major domo of that,
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  Speaker 1: your balls, Adam Hochfelder, getting in on the Dave Campbell
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  Speaker 1: contributor to the game induction.
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  Speaker 2: How about that?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, you know, the Hall of Fame has a special
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  Speaker 3: place around here at Dave Campbell's Texas football. You know,
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  Speaker 3: Dave Campbell was really instrumental in, I don't.
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  Speaker 4: Want to overstate it, but in a lot of ways,
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  Speaker 4: he kind of.
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  Speaker 3: Saved the Hall of Fame and kind of floundering here
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  Speaker 3: in the DFW Metroplex. he really kind of rallied the
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  Speaker 3: troops to move it to Waco, to give it the
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  Speaker 3: kind of prominence that needs it. And that's the Texas
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  Speaker 3: Sports Hall of Fame, not just the Texas High School
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  Speaker 3: Football Hall of Fame, although that's obviously a subsidiary of
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  Speaker 3: the Texas Sports Hall of Fame.
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  Speaker 4: And so, you know, obviously that, you know.
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  Speaker 3: The Dave Campbell contributing to the Game Award is how you, Mr. Way,
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  Speaker 3: are in the Hall of Fame there in Waco. And then,
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  Speaker 3: you know, so I know that means a lot for
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  Speaker 3: Adam to be able to go in there.
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  Speaker 4: And what is the star-studded class, right? You know, you
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  Speaker 4: mentioned Casey Hampton.
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  Speaker 3: There in Austin was an absolute juggernaut in Galveston, just
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  Speaker 3: like a force of nature in Galveston. And it's a
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  Speaker 3: long time coming, I think, for him to get in.
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  Speaker 3: You know, Chase Daniel, a guy who, of course, was,
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  Speaker 3: you know, one of those most decorated quarterbacks there in
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  Speaker 3: those early 2000 South Lake Carroll teams under Todd Dodge.
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  Speaker 3: And then, you know, obviously went off and had a
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  Speaker 3: terrific college career.
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  Speaker 4: You know, Peter Mayfield, still.
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  Speaker 3: Cooking, still doing what he's doing there. And obviously part
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  Speaker 3: of that drive for five there at Lake Travis. I
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  Speaker 3: would draw special attention to the two coaches because you
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  Speaker 3: kind of hit the nail on the head. I think
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  Speaker 3: John Outlaw and Johnny Too said this is long overdue
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  Speaker 3: for these two guys.
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  Speaker 4: You want to talk about guys who are.
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  Speaker 3: legends in their towns. Johnny Tusa there in Waco is
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  Speaker 3: as respected a high school football coach as you may
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  Speaker 3: ever see. And then Don Outlaw out there in Lufkin
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  Speaker 3: is the name. Everyone's trying to be Don Outlaw. Those
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  Speaker 3: are the big shoes to fill. So it's a special class.
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  Speaker 3: I think the Hall of Fame did a fantastic job
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  Speaker 3: of bringing in an outstanding class worthy of the Hall
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  Speaker 3: of Fame. And the fact that our president gets to
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  Speaker 3: have a small part in it, I think is pretty.
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  Speaker 1: Special for Yeah, well, and he's been very instrumental in
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  Speaker 1: how this game has grown by leaps and bounds in
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  Speaker 1: terms of what's done online, what you and the crew
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  Speaker 1: do with TexasFootball.com and what he's done also with the
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  Speaker 1: crew in getting all those live telecasts. There's two things
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  Speaker 1: that come to mind with the two coaches going in.
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  Speaker 1: Johnny Two said, just to let folks know how important
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  Speaker 1: he is, We had Derek Johnson on Sark's radio show
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  Speaker 1: a few weeks back. And DJ, of course, played for
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  Speaker 1: Coach Toose at Waco High. And DJ was an All-American
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  Speaker 1: at Texas. He was an All-Pro with the Chiefs. And
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  Speaker 1: he was being inducted into the Chiefs Ring of Honor.
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  Speaker 1: He insisted on flying Coach Toose and his wife. up
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  Speaker 1: to Kansas City to be there. That's how much he said,
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  Speaker 1: I never would have gotten to the things, I never
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  Speaker 1: would have accomplished what I did at Texas, and I
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  Speaker 1: certainly wouldn't have accomplished what I did at the Chiefs
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  Speaker 1: without Coach Tusa. So that tells you one thing about
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  Speaker 1: what Johnny Tusa's done. And then John Outlaw, he's like,
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  Speaker 1: to tell the story you know he John Outlaw was
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  Speaker 1: really good at a lot of places including Sherman and
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  Speaker 1: then he gets to Lufkin and I'll always remember this
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  Speaker 1: because on opening night of either his first or second
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  Speaker 1: season I think it's his first season They shocked John Tyler,
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  Speaker 1: who was, I think, number one in the state on
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  Speaker 1: that Friday night. And this was before you were on
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  Speaker 1: board with us with the scoreboard live show.
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  Speaker 2: So we tried to get him.
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  Speaker 1: To go on live with us, like you and I
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  Speaker 1: have done so many times in the years with a
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  Speaker 1: winning coach, and we're trying to get him on by phone,
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  Speaker 1: and somebody called him, and he answered the phone at
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  Speaker 1: his house, he couldn't get him at the field house,
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  Speaker 1: it was getting kind of late, and they got him
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  Speaker 1: at home, and they said, hey, we'd like for you
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  Speaker 1: to come on high school scoreboard live with us, and
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  Speaker 1: he said, I'm going to bed, I'm not doing it,
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  Speaker 1: and they said, well, you know, Craig Wade told us
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  Speaker 1: told us to call you that he'd really like to
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  Speaker 1: have you.
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  Speaker 2: He goes, tell Craig I love him. I'm going to bed.
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  Speaker 2: Good night.
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  Speaker 1: And I'll always remember that about John. He was that
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  Speaker 1: kind of guy. Great dude off of that.
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  Speaker 2: Okay. Now.
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  Speaker 1: Let's get to the game log. Before we have the
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  Speaker 1: technical snafu, I was going to ask you how cataclysmic
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  Speaker 1: a week this could be with some of the selections
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  Speaker 1: on this. Good piece for folks online.
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  Speaker 2: If you're not a subscriber, you can.
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  Speaker 1: You can subscribe at TexasFootball.com and read the piece that
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  Speaker 1: Matt Stepp did on Gerald and Stephenville. We'll find out
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  Speaker 1: how for real Gerald is. I think the computer likes
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  Speaker 1: Stephenville by 13. But I want to ask you about
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  Speaker 1: another game. Now, this is not included in the three
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  Speaker 1: games where you have to pick one. I could have
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  Speaker 1: been really mean and done this, but I like you
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  Speaker 1: too much. We're too close, and it would not have
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  Speaker 1: been fair for you to do this. But I want
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  Speaker 1: you to tell me what you know about Dallas Life
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  Speaker 1: Oak Cliff. They're 7-0. They're playing Pilot Point, who's good,
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  Speaker 1: but the computer likes Life Oak Cliff by four points,
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  Speaker 1: I think. And the reason why I ask you this
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  Speaker 1: is because you tell me if you can remember, I
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  Speaker 1: cannot remember in football, I know obviously in basketball, but
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  Speaker 1: in football, I cannot remember a situation where a charter
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  Speaker 1: school was ranked as high as Dallas Life Oak Cliff
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  Speaker 1: is in 3A Division I.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, look, they're a serious team.
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  Speaker 3: You know, Life Oak Cliff is one of those teams
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  Speaker 3: that is absolutely star-studded. They have a junior quarterback, Cameron Phillips,
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  Speaker 3: who is lighting it up right now. He has got
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  Speaker 3: 42 total touchdowns on the season, already a 2,000-yard passer.
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  Speaker 3: And here's the other thing, though. The other thing about it,
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  Speaker 3: and probably where they're most notable, is that they had
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  Speaker 3: a game earlier this season which made some headlines about uh,
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  Speaker 3: where they played at Bonham and Bonham's a proud program. Uh, that,
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  Speaker 3: that was, that was, I think trying to go out
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  Speaker 3: there and, and, and, and kind of get some, get
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  Speaker 3: some reps in, uh, and the game got out of hand.
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  Speaker 3: They scored 105 points. Uh, I haven't had a hundred
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  Speaker 3: point game, uh, in a UIL game in, uh, boy,
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  Speaker 3: since the thirties, since the forties, maybe it's been a
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  Speaker 3: long time. There's just kind of that, that understanding that
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  Speaker 3: you don't get over there. From what I understand, the
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  Speaker 3: coaches were, I think there was an, audible late and
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  Speaker 3: the coaches weren't too pleased with it. And anyway, I
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  Speaker 3: don't want to point fingers here, but there's that.
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  Speaker 4: That's kind of one of the things that kind of
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  Speaker 4: draws your eyes to them.
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  Speaker 3: One of the things that when I look at this
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  Speaker 3: really love them. But the thing that I've, you know,
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  Speaker 3: in working with Jerry Forrest's outstanding computer program for a
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  Speaker 3: long time, I can tell you that one of the
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  Speaker 3: things the computer likes is dominance. While there have been
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  Speaker 3: few teams as dominant in the state as them, they
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  Speaker 3: have an average margin of victory of 39 points in
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  Speaker 3: their games. I do think that when they play Pilot Point,
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  Speaker 3: we'll find out more about in their next three games
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  Speaker 3: than we have in their previous seven games combined.
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  Speaker 4: Because Right now, their best win of the year.
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  Speaker 3: Is probably over Dallas Christian. That was also their closest
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  Speaker 3: game of the year. And hey, don't apologize for beating
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  Speaker 3: Mike Wheeler, who is one of the most winningest coaches
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  Speaker 3: in Texas high school football history there. But the next
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  Speaker 3: three games are Pilot Point, Gunner, and Pottsboro. Those will be,
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  Speaker 3: in my estimation, the three best teams that they have played.
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  Speaker 3: If they finish 10-0, I mean, we got to start
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  Speaker 3: having a really serious conversation about Welton Johnson's ball club.
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  Speaker 3: I think right now I'm still in wait and see mode.
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  Speaker 4: And if they go out there and they beat, if
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  Speaker 4: they beat.
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  Speaker 3: You know, I'll point this week, especially on the road,
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  Speaker 3: then we're going to start having a really interesting conversation
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  Speaker 3: about how deep the Lions can go there and create
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  Speaker 3: a vision one.
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  Speaker 1: Okay.
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  Speaker 2: All right.
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  Speaker 1: Now to the meanest thing we do every week. I
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  Speaker 1: give you three games. You pick one to transport it.
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  Speaker 1: By the way, which is your game this week?
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  Speaker 3: We have got Duncanville and Wasahatchee.
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  Speaker 2: Okay, good, good.
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  Speaker 1: All right, so we're recusing you from that game then.
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  Speaker 2: And I was.
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  Speaker 1: Really torn between going with that game or CE King
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  Speaker 1: and North Shore. So you've made the decision for me.
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  Speaker 1: All right, CE King and North Shore is.
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  Speaker 2: One of the games.
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  Speaker 1: I'm not even putting Westlake Lake Travis on there for
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  Speaker 1: you because this roster is so dynamic this weekend. The
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  Speaker 1: other two games I'm going to give you, are Bremond
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  Speaker 1: at Burton and at the 181 level, Hermley at defending
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  Speaker 1: state champion, Jayton.
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  Speaker 4: You know what? I thought you were going to do that.
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  Speaker 4: I thought he was going to throw a six-man game.
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  Speaker 4: By the way, it's a really nice week in 1A.
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  Speaker 2: It is.
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  Speaker 4: A really fun week.
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  Speaker 3: Look, I think Burton and Bremond is really flying under
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  Speaker 3: the radar. I'm a big fan of this Bremond team.
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  Speaker 3: What's He's been able to do, you know, off to
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  Speaker 3: a fantastic start. Anytime they've got a coach's kid at
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  Speaker 3: the quarterback spot, I'm going to be in. And they've
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  Speaker 3: got Sam Kozowski running the show there. He has been
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  Speaker 3: electrifying for them as the junior.
• 16:01
  Speaker 4: They run the ball.
• 16:01
  Speaker 3: They've got a running back named Tank Scott. I mean,
• 16:03
  Speaker 3: that's just... Fantastic. Jaden and Hermley is going to be
• 16:08
  Speaker 3: a lot of fun because.
• 16:08
  Speaker 4: I think we're going to, you know, Jaden is kind
• 16:10
  Speaker 4: of a known commodity, even moving up to 1A Division I.
• 16:14
  Speaker 3: They had that kind of wild last play loss to
• 16:17
  Speaker 3: Newcastle a couple of weeks ago, but they are 6-1
• 16:20
  Speaker 3: and very good. But Hermley is a team I've got
• 16:22
  Speaker 3: my eye on because this is the real test for them.
• 16:24
  Speaker 2: They're unbeatable.
• 16:28
  Speaker 4: To be the toughest game of the year on the road.
• 16:30
  Speaker 4: We will learn a lot about the Cardinals.
• 16:32
  Speaker 3: My pick has got to be North Shore CE King, though.
• 16:35
  Speaker 3: This is, in my estimation, the best game, the game
• 16:37
  Speaker 3: of the year at Houston so far.
• 16:38
  Speaker 4: The defending 6A Division.
• 16:40
  Speaker 3: I state champs They're in North Shore, the reigning 6A
• 16:43
  Speaker 3: Division II state runner-up in C.E. King, which has the
• 16:46
  Speaker 3: fastest man in Texas in Dylan Mitchell at the controls.
• 16:50
  Speaker 3: And then North Shore has gotten such a dynamic electrifying
• 16:54
  Speaker 3: defense led.
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  Speaker 4: By Deshaun Royal.
• 16:56
  Speaker 3: And this is an east side rivalry. These two programs
• 16:59
  Speaker 3: are separated by about seven miles. They don't like each other.
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  Speaker 4: And in fact.
• 17:04
  Speaker 3: Aubrey Johnson, the wide receiver for CE King last year,
• 17:08
  Speaker 3: you may know.
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  Speaker 4: Him as the offensive MVP of the state championship game
• 17:12
  Speaker 4: for North Shore last year.
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  Speaker 3: So there's some, you know, there's going to be some
• 17:19
  Speaker 3: chippiness in this game. I think it's going to be
• 17:21
  Speaker 3: a highly high-octane ballgame, and I think it's going to
• 17:25
  Speaker 3: be a whale of a game that will tell us
• 17:26
  Speaker 3: a lot about how Region 3 ends.
• 17:28
  Speaker 4: Up shaking out.
• 17:28
  Speaker 1: Are you saying that these teams will each be in
• 17:30
  Speaker 1: their feelings a little bit on Friday?
• 17:32
  Speaker 4: Huh?
• 17:33
  Speaker 3: It'll be an emotional contest, and it'll be up to
• 17:36
  Speaker 3: these two outstanding coaching staffs to wrangle those emotions.
• 17:39
  Speaker 1: Which of these two teams has the better chance of
• 17:45
  Speaker 1: pulling off a surprise? Gerald at home against number one
• 17:49
  Speaker 1: and defending state champ Stephenville, or Pleasant Grove having to
• 17:53
  Speaker 1: go to Carthage?
• 17:55
  Speaker 3: You know, it's interesting. Both of them, I think, are
• 17:57
  Speaker 3: really on the table. You know, Pleasant Grove, they had
• 18:00
  Speaker 3: that one loss to Gilmer, and the concern that I
• 18:02
  Speaker 3: have for them is that they gave up 300 yards
• 18:05
  Speaker 3: rushing to Gilmer. Well, you know, this is not a
• 18:08
  Speaker 3: Carthage team that runs the ball especially well.
• 18:10
  Speaker 4: They throw the ball really well. Jacob Dixon, J.D.
• 18:12
  Speaker 2: Edwards.
• 18:13
  Speaker 4: But that kind of.
• 18:14
  Speaker 3: Plays into the hands of Pleasant Grove. So if you
• 18:16
  Speaker 3: believe that styles make fights, that's one thing. Although going
• 18:19
  Speaker 3: to Penelope County and getting a win is probably a
• 18:22
  Speaker 3: lot to ask. One thing I am interested in, this
• 18:26
  Speaker 3: Gerald Stephenville game I think is a live ball.
• 18:29
  Speaker 4: I really do.
• 18:29
  Speaker 3: I think Gerald's for real. Alan Hare is a guy
• 18:34
  Speaker 3: who's been around the block. He knows how to coach
• 18:36
  Speaker 3: these guys up, and he has got them cooking right now.
• 18:40
  Speaker 3: Running the ball exceptionally well. Alan Hare is a guy
• 18:43
  Speaker 3: who you don't want to see on the other side.
• 18:45
  Speaker 3: And look, when they get the slot tee going, Stephenville
• 18:48
  Speaker 3: doesn't see.
• 18:49
  Speaker 4: A lot of the slot tee.
• 18:50
  Speaker 3: That is primarily a South Texas thing. You know, and
• 18:54
  Speaker 3: Alan Hare has brought that to Gerald, and they are
• 18:57
  Speaker 3: cruising with it right now.
• 18:58
  Speaker 4: A real test for the defense. I think this is.
• 19:01
  Speaker 3: A live ball there at Cougar Stadium in Gerald that
• 19:05
  Speaker 3: it would not be surprised if this game is tight
• 19:07
  Speaker 3: in the fourth quarter.
• 19:08
  Speaker 2: I'm with you there.
• 19:09
  Speaker 1: He's Greg Tepper, editor-in-chief of Dave Campbell's Texas Football Magazine.
• 19:12
  Speaker 1: Have fun with that Waxhatchee-Dunkerville thing, and we'll do it
• 19:14
  Speaker 1: again next week.
• 19:15
  Speaker 4: All right, looking forward to it, pal.
• 19:17
  Speaker 2: Thanks.
• 19:18
  Speaker 1: All right, that's Greg Tepper. from Dave Campbell's Texas football magazine.
• 19:22
  Speaker 1: I'm with him on this. I think Coach Hare is
• 19:24
  Speaker 1: an outstanding coach in the way they run the slot
• 19:26
  Speaker 1: tee at Gerald.
• 19:28
  Speaker 2: We'll see if they can hang with Stephenville. It's a
• 19:30
  Speaker 2: tall task, no doubt about it.
• 19:32
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• 19:34
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• 19:36
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