Ok I've been playing this out in my head from the moment I heard the news of Longview moving down to 4a. Initially I was like most people, handing the
lobos the title already but then I got to thinking about how things were. When Marshall and l-view were in the same district, all the games were pretty close,
always being decided in the final moments. It's not that marshall has lost any talent or depth, it's just the timing of playing longview the first game
or 2nd game was to much to overcome. Think about it, early in the season marshall lately hasn't been as strong as they are when district rolls around.
It's almost like they transform into a different team, I know the more games you play the more comfortable ya get but it's a transformation of epic
proportions. I almost feel as if the mavs and lobos played in week 8 the games would be completely different, the nerves of the first few games are gone, and
at that point the emotions of it not only being l-view, but an important district game are there and that changes alot. I am very anxious to see how the game
pans out over the next few years, not only the marshall -L-view game but the game between longview and Texas high turns out because both these teams perenially
have great d-1 caliber athletes all over the field and future stars on the bench as well, I see the L-view- T-high game being an extremely physical match up. I
also see the opponent of both these teams the next week having an oppurtunity to catch one of these teams slipping. I don't know how the schedule pans out
but I also am curious to see how sulpher springs fits into all of this. Alot of people say the new ruling of allowing 4 teams into the playoffs from certain
districts isn't a good thing. But in this districs case I see all of the 4 teams going deep into the playoffs. It's just the 4th place team will have a
really hard road to travel but it could still happen because of the level these teams will be playing on in district. Most playoff teams have 1 other team in
their district that challenges them, essentially providing an un official district championship game. Thats not gonna be the case in this district, each week
will be do or die, I see Marshall, L-view, T-high, and S-springs in no particular order representing the district in the playoffs but you can't count
hallsville out because you just never know with them, but definitly the first 3 teams I mentioned will be there at the end, it will definitly be a television
worthy district race week end and week out. Somebody should contact ESPN for some of these games.
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