Mustangs on the ride to playoffs

[ponygirl]

With the much needed win over Keller last night, the Gvine Mustangs are on their way to playoffs!!! Watch out - the herd is coming through!

[StarmanDX]

I think the fact that Grapevine has a good chance to get into the playoffs shows just how weak 5-5a is. 6-5a is also pretty weak outside of Coppell and Hebron, so those bi-district playoff matches are going to be snoozers. Whoever wins(apart from Carroll) will likely be dismantled by the 2 strongest Region 1 districts 7 and 8.

I still don't understand why the Star-Telegram always touts this district as the toughest in the state on a 3-times-a-week basis.

[ponygirl]

THis has traditionally been one of the strongest districts in the state. Gvine going to playoffs doesn't prove weakness. The district may just appear weak due to the heavy handedness of SCL. It's time they move into the NFL.

[FarmerFootballPlayer]

Coppell, Hebron, and Marcus are all area ranked, and Coppell is state ranked. Flower Mound is a pretty good team as well. Creewview, a good team lover the years, is 0-2 in the district. Calling 6-5A weak is a stretch.

[StarmanDX]

THis has traditionally been one of the strongest districts in the state. Gvine going to playoffs doesn't prove weakness. The district may just appear weak due to the heavy handedness of SCL. It's time they move into the NFL.

I disagree. The only "strong" teams this district has had(and by strong I mean playoff wins or good records):

2002 - Trinity, this district produced 0 playoff wins
2003 - Trinity, Keller, 1 playoff win(Keller)
2004 - SLC(champion), Denton Ryan quarterfinals
2005 - SLC(champion)

This district year in and year out never lives up to the hype it gets from the local media and their sucking up. By comparison districts like district 7 & 8 produce good playoff teams year in and year out top to bottom. In most years the deadweight like Haltom, Richland, Keller and Keller Central is no where to be seen.

[StarmanDX]

Coppell, Hebron, and Marcus are all area ranked, and Coppell is state ranked. Flower Mound is a pretty good team as well. Creewview, a good team lover the years, is 0-2 in the district. Calling 6-5A weak is a stretch.

I say its weak because those Carrollton schools are all pretty bad and are just deadweight to the district as is Lewisville(sorry, they are improving). Coppell is the only strong team that has proved its worth, Hebron has yet to live up to its hype and Flower Mound/Marcus still have to prove they are good teams this year.

[toonman]

I say its weak because those Carrollton schools are all pretty bad and are just deadweight to the district as is Lewisville(sorry, they are improving). Coppell is the only strong team that has proved its worth, Hebron has yet to live up to its hype and Flower Mound/Marcus still have to prove they are good teams this year.

..........and look what Coppell did to Grapevine. Grapevine may get into the play-offs, but they will play one game only.

[Phoenixrising05]

Even as a rep from 5-5A, I competely agree with Starman

Ponygirl is just on the Mustang bandwagon because Grapevine's schedule has the two "good" teams in 5-5A LAST; On November 11th, after back-to-back stompings by SLC and Heritage I doubt she'll still be around. PLEASE don't judge the rest of 5-5A on these type of posters.

Ponygirl - your team has only played one decent team so far and that was Coppell...you lost 56-0. ANY team that gets beaten in their season 56-0 should NOT at any point talk about a play-off birth. FIFTY-SIX to ZERO. Will you guys make playoffs? Most likely. But so do 4 teams from El Paso :eek:

5-5a
1. SLC - only good team
2. Colleyville Heritage - above average team; as far as I know, has never gotten past the 2nd round of playoffs (if that far)
3. Grapevine - was good back in the mid to late 90s...now just another above average team
4. Haltom - average team; don't know if they've ever made the playoffs much less any noise
5. Northwest - average team just moved up from 4A; ditto #4
6. Keller Central - below average team just moved up from 4A; only 3 years old (i think)
7. Keller - terrible team; hasn't ever done much in the playoffs
8. Richland - what word is there for "worse than terrible?"

How can you say 5-5A is strong, competitive, etc??? Grapevine is the only other team that has EVER had success and that was nearly a decade ago...the rest of the teams are just SLC-wannabees, heck look at the offenses they run. Go back to spray-painting Dragon Stadium or something because you don't know football.

[da hawaiian]

The region as a whole is top-heavy this year. However the season is early and I believe some unconsidered team will stand up and be counted amongst the regions Elite before the district races or playoffs are over

[ponygirl]

Go back to spray-painting Dragon Stadium or something because you don't know football.




As for spray painting the field - that was a low blow and you know it. I don't attend Gvine HS. I don't condone what happened, but it does happen. A few years ago Keller's stadium got vandalized by SLC kids. No one's immune to it - it's part of football.

You better watch what you say to people on these message boards. I'm a coach's wife and PROUD of it. I will defend the work of my husband. He works 7 days a week and often 70-80 hours in that week. I was there for the 56-0 loss. It wasn't all that the score shows. Anyone who knows football knows it's more than just a game of numbers.

Maybe YOU need to learn a little more about football, because the problem isn't me.

[dragonsdaddy]

when gvine beats a team that will definitely be a playoff contender, then some may begin to believe. until then, the coppell game will continue to rear its ugly head. all in all, i don't see any other teams, with the unlikely exception of cville catching the worst team in 6-5a, being around in round 2 of the po's.

[Phoenixrising05]

Go back to spray-painting Dragon Stadium or something because you don't know football.




As for spray painting the field - that was a low blow and you know it. I don't attend Gvine HS. I don't condone what happened, but it does happen. A few years ago Keller's stadium got vandalized by SLC kids. No one's immune to it - it's part of football.

You better watch what you say to people on these message boards. I'm a coach's wife and PROUD of it. I will defend the work of my husband. He works 7 days a week and often 70-80 hours in that week. I was there for the 56-0 loss. It wasn't all that the score shows. Anyone who knows football knows it's more than just a game of numbers.

Maybe YOU need to learn a little more about football, because the problem isn't me.

I do apologize for the comment you highlighted...although I meant it jokingly I don't know you well enough to call you out like that. Of course students from all schools do stupid stuff. Coppell used to be notorious for their antics against SLC back in the mid to late 90s. Battery-acid? haha

However, I still stand by my opinions that:
(1) 5-5A is overall one of the worst districts in the DFW area (despite what the FWST wants its readers to believe)
(2) Grapevine has proven NOTHING by beating the worst teams in the district
(3) Regardless of whether or not your husband is Mullins himself, the Mustangs still lost 56-0 and as such no parent, student, or coach should come onto a public forum saying "watch out here we come" without expecting someone like myself and Starman to bring you back into reality.

Also, no one attacked your husband or his work, so i'm unsure why you felt the need to bring him into this, or get so defensive. What WAS attacked was your claim that (1) we should watch out for Grapevine, and (2) 5-5A is a good district. If you have any reason, except that your husband is a coach, to validate your points, then I invite you to respond with facts and prove it. Until then, all we on the forum have is Grapevine's lack of success the last several years, TWO losses this year, and a really ugly smacking 56-0. (And i'm sorry, but there is no way you can spin that bad of a beating...56-0 is what it is. I don't have to be at the game to see that obviously one team was far superior than the other).

The worst part is that Grapevineshould also beat their next two opponents, and your fans are going to have unrealistic expectations going into their final two games against SLC and CHHS.

Lastly, I'm not sure why you brought up how many hours your husband works per week, but that IS something we can agree on. I know coaches on all levels work a ludicirous amount putting heart, body, and soul into their job. Props to him.

Again I apolgize for my classless comment in the other post, but please don't come on here making our district look even worse than it already does. And don't start posting on a new forum making silly claims that you get defensive about when you can't back them up.

[Pantherguy]

Was at the GVine-Keller last night, and it was tough to tell anything about Grapevine, because Keller was terrible, I mean just awful...I do think GVine will make the playoffs, but don't forget this team lost to Haltom. (as well as Coppell)..one big win over a bad team does not make a team good all of a sudden...Gvine is an average team that will struggle against anyone that an stop the run becuase they can't throw the ball at all...

As far as district strength...As a whole 5-5A is WAY down from years past, and I am not really sure how anyone can argue otherwise. I'm not sold though on 7-5A as much as others. they have Trinity, SGP and who? 6-5A also has a lot of mediocre teams. It looks like all these districts have some good teams at the top and a lot of trash on the bottom. It all works itself out in the playoffs. The Trinity poster above said it best, Region 1 is weaker as a whole, so outside of SLC and Trinity, everyone else has a shot to win games.