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Tradition Never Graduates
Offering a unique, data-driven look at the highest classification of Texas High School Football featuring content and commentary generated by an Elo ratings system that we created. In-season we'll feature weekly rankings, game picks and predicted margins, games of the week, trending teams, and more. Leading up to the season, we'll feature our Preseason Top 50, district projections, Division 1 and Division 2 playoff bracket projections and more to get you ready for the new season. From the creators of the former 5ATexasFootball.com (2001-2011).
Episode #50?! Thank y'all for continuing on this TNG journey with us! This is the 50th episode we've published to Spotify/Apple and we are humbled by the continued support that you show each week.
Join us as we recap the action from Week 5 and get you ready for Week 6 of the Class 6A Texas High School Football season. We'll start by quickly recapping our model's performance in Week 5, and then we'll talk about the results from the Top 20 Games of the Week, followed by a lookback at the biggest upsets of Week 5. We'll then take a trip around the state to catch any significant results that weren't captured in previous sections. From there we'll talk through the new Week 6 Top 100 rankings, and then we'll dive into the top games on tap in Week 6. We'll finish, as we usually do, with a trip around the state to highlight any other games of interest that we didn't already cover.
Episode Guide:
Intro: (0:05)
Model Performance Week 5: (1:13)
Lookback at Week 5 Games of the Week: (4:09)
Top Upsets of Week 5: (55:05)
Other significant results from Week 5: (1:12:03)
Week 6 Top 100 Rankings Discussion: (1:26:35)
Week 6 Games of the Week: (1:33:09)
Around the State - other games to watch in Week 6: (2:13:23)
Closing: (2:20:11)
Join us as we recap the action from Week 4 and get you ready for Week 5 of the Class 6A Texas High School Football season. We'll start by quickly recapping our model's performance in Week 4, and then we'll talk about the results from the Top 20 Games of the Week, followed by a lookback at the biggest upsets of Week 4. We'll then take a trip around the state to catch any significant results that weren't captured in previous sections. From there we'll talk through the new Week 5 Top 100 rankings, and then we'll dive into the top games on tap in Week 5. We'll finish, as we usually do, with a trip around the state to highlight any other games of interest that we didn't already cover.
Episode Guide:
Intro: (0:05)
Model Performance Week 4: (2:13)
Lookback at Week 4 Games of the Week: (5:33)
Top Upsets of Week 4: (52:41)
Other significant results from Week 4: (1:05:58)
Week 5 Top 100 Rankings Discussion: (1:16:11)
Week 5 Games of the Week: (1:23:53)
Around the State - other games to watch in Week 5: (1:55:02)
Closing: (2:02:25)
Join us as we recap the action from Week 3 and get you ready for Week 4 of the Class 6A Texas High School Football season. We'll start by quickly recapping our model's performance in Week 3, and then we'll talk about the results from the Top 20 Games of the Week, followed by a lookback at the biggest upsets of Week 3. We'll then take a trip around the state to catch any significant results that weren't captured in previous sections. From there we'll talk through the new Week 4 Top 100 rankings, and then we'll dive into the top games on tap in Week 4. We'll finish, as we usually do, with a trip around the state to highlight any other games of interest that we didn't already cover. We've even woven some playoff projection discussion into this week's show.
Episode Guide:
Intro: (0:05)
Model Performance Week 3: (1:51)
Lookback at Week 3 Games of the Week: (5:04)
Top Upsets of Week 3: (37:44)
Other significant results from Week 3: (41:49)
Week 4 Top 100 Rankings Discussion: (1:04:34)
Week 4 Games of the Week: (1:11:25)
Around the State - other games to watch in Week 4: (1:49:01)
Closing: (2:10:51)
Join us as we recap the action from Week 2 and get you ready for Week 3 of the Class 6A Texas High School Football season. We'll start by quickly recapping our model's performance in Week 1, and then we'll talk about the results from the Top 20 Games of the Week, followed by a lookback at the biggest upsets of Week 2. From there we'll talk through the new Week 3 Top 50 rankings, and then we'll dive into the top games on tap in Week 3. We'll finish, as we usually do, with a trip around the state to highlight any other games of interest.
Episode Guide:
Intro: (0:05)
Model Performance Week 2: (2:10)
Top Upsets of Week 2: (5:01)
Lookback at Week 2 Games of the Week: (13:02)
Week 3 Top 50 Rankings: (44:05)
Week 3 Games of the Week: (57:47)
Around the State - other games to watch in Week 3: (1:35:44)
Closing: (1:51:42)
Join us as we recap the action from Week 1 and get you ready for Week 2 of the Class 6A Texas High School Football season. We'll start by quickly recapping our model's performance in Week 1, and then we'll talk about the results from the Top 20 Games of the Week, followed by a lookback at the biggest upsets of Week 1. From there we'll talk through the new Week 2 Top 50 rankings, and then we'll dive into the top games on tap in Week 2. We'll finish, as we usually do, with a trip around the state to highlight any other games of interest.
Episode Guide:
Intro: (0:05)
Model Performance Week 1: (1:31)
Lookback at Week 1 Games of the Week: (4:58)
Top Upsets of Week 1: (17:22)
Reviewing the Rest of the Week 1 Results (25:20)
Week 2 Top 50 Rankings: (48:50)
Week 2 Games of the Week: (55:34)
Around the State - other games to watch in Week 2: (1:09:30)
Closing: (1:25:52)
The first week of the 2024 Texas High School football season is finally here! Join us as we preview the best matchups of the Class 6A Week 1 Schedule. We'll start by quickly recapping our preseason rankings and taking a look back at how our Elo model has done over time. Then, we'll spend the bulk of the show unveiling our model's picks of all 164 games on the schedule this week, starting with our Top 20 Games of the Week. See timestamps below to jump to the section you're most interested in.
Episode Guide:
Intro: (0:05)
Preseason Top 50 Recap: (1:56)
Review Past Model Performance: (13:56)
Top 20 Games of Week 1 w/ Model Picks: (18:02)
Review All 6A games across the state by district w/ Model Picks (47:33)
Closing Thoughts: (1:19:16)
Join us as we take you through Class 6A Regions 3 and 4 in Part 3 of our 2024 Texas high school football season preview series. In this episode, we'll take you through each of the districts one-by-one and we'll tell you why our preseason picks turned out the way they did, and we'll talk about various possibilities for surprises and shakeups within each district. We'll also look at the Top 20 in each Region and we'll setup the playoff picture for the Division 1 and Division 2 playoff brackets in each.
Follow along with the discussion by opening the corresponding posts at traditionnevergraduates.substack.com within our 2024 Season Preview.
Use the following bookmarks to skip ahead to the section of your choice:
0:05 - Intro; discussion of ratings process
12:42 - 17-6A
21:35 - 18-6A
28:27 - 19-6A
41:37 - 20-6A
48:52 - 21-6A
58:45 - 22-6A
1:07:56 - 23-6A
1:19:00 - 24-6A
1:24:45 - Region 3 Top 20
1:27:16 - Region 3 Playoff Bracket Discussion
1:39:29 - 25-6A
1:47:05 - 26-6A
1:54:27 - 27-6A
2:02:09 - 28-6A
2:10:04 - 29-6A
2:15:25 - 30-6A
2:20:14 - 31-6A
2:24:13 - 32-6A
2:29:59 - Region 4 Top 20
2:33:27 - Region 4 Playoff Bracket Discussion
2:41:41 - Full D1 and D2 Bracket Semifinals Preview and Closing Thoughts
Join us as we take you through Class 6A Regions 1 and 2 in Part 2 of our 2024 Texas high school football season preview series. In this episode, we'll take you through each of the districts one-by-one and we'll tell you why our preseason picks turned out the way they did, and we'll talk about various possibilities for surprises and shakeups within each district. We'll also look at the Top 20 in each Region and we'll setup the playoff picture for the Division 1 and Division 2 playoff brackets in each.
Follow along with the discussion by opening the corresponding posts at traditionnevergraduates.substack.com within our 2024 Season Preview.
Use the following bookmarks to skip ahead to the section of your choice:
0:05 - Intro; discussion of ratings process
9:41 - 1-6A
16:18 - 2-6A
21:38 - 3-6A
29:29 - 4-6A
37:56 - 5-6A
43:07 - 6-6A
48:29 - 7-6A
52:15 - 8-6A
57:40 - Region 1 Top 20
59:34 - Region 1 Playoff Bracket Discussion
1:09:33 - 9-6A
1:13:24 - 10-6A
1:19:14 - 11-6A
1:26:58 - 12-6A
1:32:46 - 13-6A
1:41:22 - 14-6A
1:48:43 - 15-6A
1:54:28 - 16-6A
1:58:36 - Region 2 Top 20
2:01:00 - Region 2 Playoff Bracket Discussion
2:11:30 - Closing
Welcome back!
We're kicking off our 2024 Texas Class 6A football coverage at Tradition Never Graduates (TNG) with this deep dive on our Preseason Top 50 rankings. This is part 1 of a 3 part series breaking down all of our season preview content on https://traditionnevergraduates.substack.com/
In this episode, we'll set the stage for the upcoming season, we'll dive into our preseason research process, we'll talk about our new grading scale, and we'll spend nearly 3 hours breaking down our rankings. You'll hear us reference things on the screen and if you want to follow along visually, you can watch/listen to the episode on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@texastng/videos
Episode guide:
0:09 - Introduction
7:30 - Behind the scenes of our ratings process
16:30 - Our new grading system
18:46 - #1 DeSoto
26:00 - #2 Duncanville
31:40 - #3 North Shore
38:57 - #4 Austin Westlake
43:15 - Just how far ahead are the Top 4?
51:35 - #5 North Crowley
56:32 - #6 Southlake Carroll
1:01:57 - #7 Humble Atascocita
1:07:38 - #8 Katy
1:14:37 - #9 Coppell
1:18:34 - #10 Allen
1:22:30 - #11 Lake Travis
1:27:56 - #12 Humble Summer Creek
1:33:28 - #13 Fort Bend Ridge Point
1:37:20 - #14 Denton Guyer
1:42:02 - #15 Cibolo Steele
1:46:29 - #16 Spring Westfield
1:51:22 - #17 Austin Vandegrift
1:55:34 - #18 Dickinson
1:59:09 - #19 Longview
2:02:43 - #20 Fort Bend Hightower
2:06:11 - #21 Prosper
2:09:07 - #22 Lewisville
2:13:14 - #23 Shadow Creek
2:19:40 - #24 The Woodlands
2:24:41 - #25 Waxahachie
2:28:36 - #25-50 highlights
2:42:28 - Peek at the Games of the Year - Highlight great non-district scheduling
2:49:10 - Closing
In this episode we'll recap the State Championship round of the 2023 Class 6A Texas High School Football playoffs and then we'll wrap things up for the 2023 season by reviewing our season long model performance and we'll look ahead to 2024.
See the timestamps below if you want to skip around to different sections of this week's episode.
- 0:10 - Intro
State Championship Recaps
- 00:54 - Division 1 - Duncanville vs North Shore
- 17:43 - Division 2 - DeSoto vs Humble Summer Creek
Season Wrap
- 27:33 - Reflecting on Duncanville and DeSoto's dominance
- 44:14 - Season-long Model performance wrap and a look ahead to 2024
- 49:25 - Outro
In this episode, we'll recap the State Semifinal round of the 2023 Class 6A Texas High School Football playoffs and we'll get you primed for the State Championship games.
See the timestamps below if you want to skip around to different sections of this week's episode.
Be sure to head over to the blog at traditionnevergraduates.substack.com to see all of the content we publish throughout the week.
Follow along with the bracket talk using our official TNG brackets
- 0:10 - Intro
State Semifinals Recap
- 00:58 - Division 1 - North Crowley vs Duncanville
- 10:27 - Division 1 - North Shore vs Austin Westlake
- 18:56 - Division 2 - Southlake Carroll vs DeSoto
- 26:12 - Division 2 - Humble Summer Creek vs Cibolo Steele
- 33:19 - TNG Model Performance Review
State Championship Previews
- 34:13 - Division 1 - Duncanville vs North Shore
- 54:03 - Division 2 - DeSoto vs Humble Summer Creek
- 1:07:48 - Outro
In this episode, we'll recap the Regional Finals round of the 2023 Class 6A Texas High School Football playoffs and we'll get you primed for the State Semifinals. We'll take you through each bracket in detail as we discuss each game from the past weekend and preview each of the games coming up this week.
See the timestamps below if you want to skip around to different sections of this week's episode.
Be sure to head over to the blog at traditionnevergraduates.substack.com to see all of the content we publish throughout the week.
Follow along with the bracket talk using our official TNG brackets
- 0:10 - Intro
Regional Finals Recap
- 1:07 - Division 1, Region 1 - North Crowley vs Allen
- 5:50 - Division 1, Region 2 - Duncanville vs Spring Westfield
- 10:02 - Division 1, Region 3 - North Shore vs Atascocita
- 19:56 - Division 1, Region 4 - Austin Westlake vs Lake Travis
- 24:15 - Division 2, Region 1 - Southlake Carroll vs Byron Nelson
- 27:48 - Division 2, Region 2 - DeSoto vs Cedar Hill
- 31:15 - Division 2, Region 3 - Humble Summer Creek vs Fort Bend Hightower
- 39:02 - Division 2, Region 4 - Cibolo Steele vs Dripping Springs
- 43:22 - TNG Model Performance Review
State Semifinal Previews
- 44:26 - Division 1 - North Crowley vs Duncanville
- 50:56 - Division 1 - North Shore vs Austin Westlake
- 58:35 - Division 2 - Southlake Carroll vs DeSoto
- 1:05:05 - Division 2 - Humble Summer Creek vs Cibolo Steele
- 1:12:46 - Outro
In this episode, we'll recap the Regional Semifinal round of the 2023 Class 6A Texas High School Football playoffs and we'll get you primed for the Regional Finals. We'll take you through each bracket in detail as we discuss each game from the past weekend and preview each of the games coming up this week.
See the timestamps below if you want to skip around to different sections of this week's episode.
Be sure to head over to the blog at traditionnevergraduates.substack.com to see all of the content we publish throughout the week.
Follow along with the bracket talk using our official TNG brackets
- 0:10 - Intro
Regional Semifinal Round Recap
- 1:15 - Division 1, Region 1
- 11:29 - Division 1, Region 2
- 19:05 - Division 1, Region 3
- 25:54 - Division 1, Region 4
- 28:56 - Division 2, Region 1
- 35:40 - Division 2, Region 2
- 43:25 - Division 2, Region 3
- 48:40 - Division 2, Region 4
- 53:22 - TNG Model Performance Review
Regional Final Previews
- 54:49 - Division 1, Region 1 - North Crowley vs Allen
- 1:00:13 - Division 1, Region 2 - Duncanville vs Spring Westfield
- 1:07:13 - Division 1, Region 3 - North Shore vs Atascocita
- 1:11:43 - Division 1, Region 4 - Austin Westlake vs Lake Travis
- 1:16:45 - Division 2, Region 1 - Southlake Carroll vs Byron Nelson
- 1:23:20 - Division 2, Region 2 - DeSoto vs Cedar Hill
- 1:28:12 - Division 2, Region 3 - Humble Summer Creek vs Fort Bend Hightower
- 1:33:04 - Division 2, Region 4 - Cibolo Steele vs Dripping Springs
- 1:38:37 - Outro
In this episode, we'll recap a truly unbelievable Area Round of the 2023 Class 6A Texas High School Football playoffs and we'll get you primed for the Regional Semifinals. We'll take you through each bracket in detail as we highlight the most significant results and preview the best games coming up this week.
See the timestamps below if you want to skip around to different sections of this week's episode.
Be sure to head over to the blog at traditionnevergraduates.substack.com to see all of the content we publish throughout the week.
Follow along with the bracket talk using our official TNG brackets
- 0:10 - Intro
Area Round Recap
- 1:00 - Division 1, Region 1
- 10:01 - Division 1, Region 2
- 22:03 - Division 1, Region 3
- 39:19 - Division 1, Region 4
- 42:57 - Division 2, Region 1
- 47:10 - Division 2, Region 2
- 54:32 - Division 2, Region 3
- 59:27 - Division 2, Region 4
- 1:07:18 - TNG Model Performance Review
Regional Semifinal Previews
- 1:09:04 - Division 1, Region 1
- 1:15:32 - Division 1, Region 2
- 1:23:55 - Division 1, Region 3
- 1:32:50 - Division 1, Region 4
- 1:35:37 - Division 2, Region 1
- 1:42:46 - Division 2, Region 2
- 1:51:30 - Division 2, Region 3
- 1:58:00 - Division 2, Region 4
- 2:00:44 - Outro
In this episode, we'll recap an exciting opening round of the 2023 Class 6A Texas High School Football playoffs and we'll get you primed for the Area round. We'll take you through each bracket in detail as we highlight the most significant results and preview the best games coming up this week.
See the timestamps below if you want to skip around to different sections of this week's episode.
Be sure to head over to the blog at traditionnevergraduates.substack.com to see all of the content we publish throughout the week.
Follow along with the bracket talk using our official TNG brackets
- 0:10 - Intro
Bi-District Round Recap
- 0:44 - Division 1, Region 1
- 7:17 - Division 1, Region 2
- 13:17 - Division 1, Region 3
- 19:44 - Division 1, Region 4
- 24:48 - Division 2, Region 1
- 29:08 - Division 2, Region 2
- 36:39 - Division 2, Region 3
- 39:56 - Division 2, Region 4
- 42:37 - TNG Model Performance Review
Area Round Previews
- 45:37 - Division 1, Region 1
- 54:06 - Division 1, Region 2
- 1:05:25 - Division 1, Region 3
- 1:19:44 - Division 1, Region 4
- 1:24:28 - Division 2, Region 1
- 1:31:27 - Division 2, Region 2
- 1:41:48 - Division 2, Region 3
- 1:49:36 - Division 2, Region 4
- 1:56:18 - Outro
In this episode, we'll quickly recap Week 11 of the Class 6A Texas High School Football season and we'll get you primed for the 2023 6A Division 1 and Division 2 playoffs!
We are joined on this episode by a very special guest, James Kowalewski, aka Coach Kovo: former Ridge Point DC and Aldine HC/AD, current host of the Team Player Podcast, current host of the HTownPickem Show on YouTube, current host of the Seven Lakes Sports Podcast, regular play-by-play broadcaster and color commentator on Texan Live, and just an all-around great dude and fellow football junkie.
See the timestamps below if you want to skip around to different sections of this week's episode.
Be sure to head over to the blog at traditionnevergraduates.substack.com to see all of the content we publish throughout the week.
Follow along with the bracket talk using our official TNG brackets
- 0:10 - Intro
- 1:40 - Region 1 Week 11 Review
- 5:27 - Region 2 Week 11 Review
- 9:04 - Region 3 Week 11 Review
- 16:24 - Region 4 Week 11 Review
- 20:06 - Review Week 11 and Regular Season TNG Model performance
- 21:33 - Walk through Final State Top 50
In-Depth 6A Division 1 and Division 2 Bracket Breakdowns
- 24:48 - Division 1, Region 1 Playoff Discussion
- 32:12 - Division 1, Region 2 Playoff Discussion
- 42:55 - Division 1, Region 3 Playoff Discussion
- 54:38 - Division 1, Region 4 Playoff Discussion
- 1:04:40 - Division 1 Semifinals & State Final Model Picks
- 1:07:29 - Division 2, Region 1 Playoff Discussion
- 1:13:12 - Division 2, Region 2 Playoff Discussion
- 1:24:53 - Division 2, Region 3 Playoff Discussion
- 1:35:56 - Division 2, Region 4 Playoff Discussion
- 1:42:33 - Division 2 Semifinals & State Final Model Picks
- 1:47:49 - Outro
In this episode, we'll recap Week 10 of the 2023 Class 6A Texas High School Football season, and we'll get you primed for Week 11. We'll start out by reviewing the week's most significant results and then we'll take a look at how the model did. After that, we'll get into our Week 11 preview, starting with a summary of the big changes in our State Top 50 rankings and we'll follow that with a preview of the most important games of the week. See the timestamps below if you want to skip around to different sections of this week's episode.
Be sure to head over to the blog at traditionnevergraduates.substack.com to see all of the fresh content we've published for this week.
- 0:10 - Intro
- Recap of Week 9 Notable Results
1:11 - Region 1 Recap
10:49 - Region 2 Recap (inc. DeSoto vs Duncanville Recap & Willis vs Woodlands)
29:04 - Region 3 Recap (inc. North Shore vs Atascocita Recap)
40:27 - Region 4 Recap - 41:52 - Review of TNG Model performance
- 44:03 - Notable moves in our State Top 50
- Around the State - Games to Watch in Week 10
46:52 - Region 1 Playoff Picture and Games to Watch
55:48 - Region 2 Playoff Picture and Games to Watch
1:02:26 - Region 3 Playoff Picture and Games to Watch
1:11:34 - Region 4 Playoff Picture and Games to Watch - 1:20:25 - Outro
In this episode, we'll recap Week 9 of the 2023 Class 6A Texas High School Football season, and we'll get you primed for Week 10. We'll start out by reviewing the week's most significant results and then we'll take a look at how the model did. After that, we'll get into our Week 10 preview, starting with a summary of the big changes in our State Top 50 rankings and we'll follow that with a preview of the most important games of the week. See the timestamps below if you want to skip around to different sections of this week's episode.
Be sure to head over to the blog at traditionnevergraduates.substack.com to see all of the fresh content we've published for this week.
- 0:10 - Intro
- Recap of Week 9 Notable Results
2:06 - Region 1 Recap
10:22 - Region 2 Recap
15:57 - Region 3 Recap
21:52 - Region 4 Recap - 33:15 - Review of TNG Model performance
- 35:39 - Notable moves in our State Top 50
- Around the State - Games to Watch in Week 10
37:25 - Region 1
49:35 - Region 2
1:05:23 - Region 3
1:15:10 - Region 4 - 1:18:06 - Outro
In this episode, we'll recap Week 8 of the 2023 Class 6A Texas High School Football season, and we'll get you primed for Week 9. We'll start out by reviewing the week's most significant results and then we'll take a look at how the model did. After that, we'll get into our Week 9 preview, starting with a summary of the big changes in our State Top 50 rankings and we'll follow that with a preview of the most important games of the week. See the timestamps below if you want to skip around to different sections of this week's episode.
Be sure to head over to the blog at traditionnevergraduates.substack.com to see all of the fresh content we've published for this week.
- 0:10 - Intro
- Recap of Week 8 Notable Results
1:28 - Region 1 Recap
19:01 - Region 2 Recap
29:26 - Region 3 Recap
38:03 - Region 4 Recap - 49:46 - Review of TNG Model performance
- 51:45 - Notable moves in our State Top 50
- Around the State - Games to Watch in Week 9
53:25 - Region 1
1:00:55 - Region 2
1:05:27 - Region 3
1:08:13 - Region 4 - 1:17:19 - Outro
In this episode, we'll recap Week 7 of the 2023 Class 6A Texas High School Football season, and we'll get you primed for Week 8. We'll start out by reviewing the week's most significant results and then we'll take a look at how the model did. After that, we'll get into our Week 8 preview, starting with a summary of the big changes in our State Top 50 rankings and we'll follow that with a preview of the most important games of the week. See the timestamps below if you want to skip around to different sections of this week's episode.
Be sure to head over to the blog at traditionnevergraduates.substack.com to see all of the fresh content we've published for this week.
- 0:10 - Intro
- Recap of Week 7 Notable Results
1:55 - Region 1 Recap
12:49 - Region 2 Recap
26:24 - Region 3 Recap
39:46 - Region 4 Recap - 46:15 - Review of TNG Model performance
- 48:12 - Notable moves in our State Top 50
- Around the State - Games to Watch in Week 8
51:12 - Region 1
58:15 - Region 2
1:09:55 - Region 3
1:12:32 - Region 4 - 1:19:44 - Outro
In this episode, we'll recap Week 6 of the 2023 Class 6A Texas High School Football season, and we'll get you primed for Week 7. We'll start out by reviewing the week's most significant results and then we'll take a look at how the model did. After that, we'll get into our Week 7 preview, starting with a summary of the big changes in our State Top 50 rankings and we'll follow that with a preview of the most important games of the week. See the timestamps below if you want to skip around to different sections of this week's episode.
Be sure to head over to the blog at traditionnevergraduates.substack.com to see all of the fresh content we've published for this week.
- 0:10 - Intro
- Recap of Week 6 Notable Results
2:05 - Region 1 Recap
8:52 - Region 2 Recap
15:05 - Region 3 Recap
27:03 - Region 4 Recap - 36:44 - Review of TNG Model performance
- 39:47 - Notable moves in our State Top 50
- 42:44 - Around the State - Games to Watch in Week 7
43:15 - Region 1
47:19 - Region 2
1:02:46 - Region 3
1:15:56 - Region 4 - 1:24:20 - Outro
In this episode, we'll recap Week 5 of the 2023 Class 6A Texas High School Football season, and we'll get you primed for Week 6. We'll start out by reviewing our Featured Games of Week 5, then we'll look at the week's most significant results, and then we'll take a look at how the model did. After that, we'll get into our Week 6 preview, starting with a summary of the big changes in our State Top 50 rankings and we'll follow that with a preview of the most important games of Week 6. See the timestamps below if you want to skip around to different sections of this week's episode.
Be sure to head over to the blog at traditionnevergraduates.substack.com to see all of the fresh content we've published for this week.
- 0:10 - Intro
- Recap of Week 5 Featured Game results
1:45 - Dickinson vs Clear Springs
5:59 - Pearland vs Shadow Creek
9:08 - Austin Westlake vs Lake Travis - 17:27 - Around the State - Significant Results of Week 5
- 56:38 - Review Week 5 TNG Model performance
- 58:42 - Notable moves in our State Top 50
- 1:02:59 - Around the State - Games to Watch in Week 6
- 1:38:33 - Outro
In this episode, we'll recap Week 4 of the 2023 Class 6A Texas High School Football season, and we'll get you primed for Week 5. We'll start out by reviewing our Featured Games of Week 4, we'll look at the week's most significant results, and then we'll take a look at how the model did. After that, we'll get into our Week 5 preview, starting with a summary of the big changes in our State Top 50 rankings and we'll follow that with a preview of the most important games of Week 5. See the timestamps below if you want to skip around to different sections of this week's episode.
Be sure to head over to the blog at traditionnevergraduates.substack.com to see all of the fresh content we've published for this week.
- 0:10 - Intro
- Recap of Week 4 Featured Game results
2:10 - Ridge Point vs Hightower
6:40 - Prosper vs Denton Guyer
10:28 - Cibolo Steele vs Midland Legacy - 13:16 - Around the State - Significant Results of Week 4
- 38:04 - Review Week 4 TNG Model performance
- 41:00 - Discuss notable moves in our State Top 50
- Week 5 Featured Games of the Week
47:38 - Dickinson vs Clear Springs
54:28 - Pearland vs Shadow Creek
1:00:21 - Austin Westlake vs Lake Travis - 1:10:02 - Other notable games to watch in Week 5
- 1:25:35 - Outro
In this episode, we'll recap Week 3 of the 2023 Class 6A Texas High School Football season, and we'll get you primed for Week 4. We'll start out by reviewing our Featured Games of Week 3, we'll look at the week's most significant results, and then we'll take a look at how the model did. After that, we'll get into our Week 4 preview, starting with a summary of the big changes in our State Top 50 rankings and we'll follow that with a preview of the most important games of Week 4. See the timestamps below of you want to skip around to different sections of this week's episode.
Be sure to head over to the blog at traditionnevergraduates.substack.com to see all of the fresh content we've published for this week.
- 0:10 - Intro
- Recap of Week 3 Featured Game results
1:16 - Katy vs Tompkins
7:43 - North Shore vs Westfield
14:47 - Klein Collins vs Summer Creek - 19:20 - Around the State - Significant Results of Week 3
- 48:43 - Review Week 3 TNG Model performance
- 52:16 - Discuss notable moves in our State Top 50
- Week 4 Featured Games of the Week
54:22 - Hightower vs Ridge Point
1:00:50 - Denton Guyer vs Prosper
1:05:31 - Cibolo Steele vs Midland Legacy - 1:10:28 - Other notable games to watch in Week 4
- 1:24:16 - Outro
In this episode, we'll recap Week 2 of the 2023 Class 6A Texas High School Football season, and we'll get you primed for Week 3. We'll start out by reviewing our Featured Games of Week 2, we'll look at the week's most significant results, and then we'll take a look at how the model did. After that, we'll get into our Week 3 preview, starting with a summary of the big changes in our State Top 50 rankings and we'll follow that with a preview of the most important games of Week 3. See the timestamps below of you want to skip around to different sections of this week's episode.
Be sure to head over to the blog at traditionnevergraduates.substack.com to see all of the fresh content we've published for this week.
- 0:10 - Intro
- Recap of Week 2 Featured Game results
1:20 - Katy vs Atascocita
10:06 - Cibolo Steele vs Lake Travis
14:23 - Spring Westfield vs Hightower
17:10 - Highland Park vs Lewisville - 21:02 - Significant Results of Week 2
- 43:25 - Review Week 2 TNG Model performance
- 47:09 - Discuss notable moves in our State Top 50
- Week 3 Featured Games of the Week
50:26 - Katy vs Katy Tompkins
58:33 - North Shore vs Spring Westfield
1:04:00 - Humble Summer Creek vs Klein Collins - 1:10:28 - Other games to watch in Week 3
- 1:25:36 - Outro
In this episode, we'll recap Week 1 of the 2023 Class 6A Texas High School Football season, and we'll get you primed for Week 2. We'll start out by reviewing our Featured Games of Week 1, we'll look at the week's most significant results, and then we'll take a look at how the model did. After that, we'll get into our Week 2 preview, starting with a summary of the big changes in our State Top 50 rankings and we'll follow that with a preview of the most important games of Week 2. See the timestamps below of you want to skip around to different sections of this week's episode.
Be sure to head over to the blog at traditionnevergraduates.substack.com to see all of the fresh content we've published for this week.
- 0:10 - Intro
- Recap of Week 1 Featured Game results
1:40 - North Shore vs The Woodlands
8:53 - Lake Travis vs Arlington Martin
13:37 - Austin Westlake vs Ridge Point
21:28 - Austin Vandegrift vs Dripping Springs - 26:01 - Significant Results of Week 1
- 36:46 - Review Week 1 TNG Model performance
- 41:14 - Discuss notable moves in our State Top 50
- Week 2 Featured Games of the Week
43:30 - Katy vs Atascocita
52:37 - Cibolo Steele vs Lake Travis
58:38 - Spring Westfield vs Hightower
1:03:51 - Highland Park vs Lewisville - 1:09:27 - Other games to watch in Week 2
- 1:18:49 - Outro
It’s finally time to talk about actual games, with the new season kicking off just over 48 hrs from now! We waited eight months and we finally made it.
On this week’s show, we’ll talk through some of the changes we made to our coverage, we’ll reset why we do what we do, we’ll run through our Preseason Top 25 one last time, and then we’ll dive off into our Week 1 Preview. We’ll cover the Top 10 games as identified by our model and then we’ll break down the top four games in detail before going around the state to highlight some other fascinating matchups.
As always, you can find our Podcast on Spotify and Apple Podcasts, and we’ll also be uploading each episode (audio only for now) on our YouTube channel. Please subscribe, comment, rate and ‘like’ the Pod on those sites to help elevate it in the search engines of each platform.
Check here for the timestamps of interest in this episode:
0:10 - Intro
3:53 - TNG Changes for 2023
8:22 - Why we do what we do
14:20 - Preseason Top 25 Review
19:54 - Historical Week 1 Model Performance
22:17 - Top 10 Games of Week 1
Featured Games:
26:05 - North Shore vs The Woodlands
33:15 - Arlington Martin vs Lake Travis
36:28 - Austin Westlake vs Fort Bend Ridge Point
41:48 - Dripping Springs vs Austin Vandegrift
48:00 - Games of Note Around the State
1:14:43 - Closing & Outro
In this episode, we'll go through all 32 Class 6A districts, unveiling our playoff picks for each and noting Division 1 and Division 2 representatives as well as potential sleeper picks and broader playoff implications. We'll wrap up each Region's district rundown by pointing out the key contenders in each bracket, based on our projections, and we'll conclude this episode with a breakdown of the playoff picture in both divisions. Listen through the whole thing to get a good sense of how things lay out statewide, or use the timestamps below to jump to the region of your choice.
Next week, it's on to the regular season! Look for our Week 1 Preview episode by this time next week.
Timestamps:
Region 1 District Projections - 1:22
Region 1 Division 1 and Division 2 Overview - 28:51
Region 2 District Projections - 31:02
Region 2 Division 1 and Division 2 Overview - 1:01:38
Region 3 District Projections - 1:06:00
Region 3 Division 1 and Division 2 Overview - 1:36:05
Region 4 District Projections - 1:39:23
Region 4 Division 1 and Division 2 Overview - 2:00:44
Playoff Projections - 2:05:20
Closing - 2:12:04
Reference material from our blog at traditionnevergraduates.substack.com:
Region 1 Season Preview
Region 2 Season Preview
Region 3 Season Preview
Region 4 Season Preview
Playoff Projections and Analysis
Top 5 District Races to Watch
Follow us on Twitter: @TexasTNG
We're back for Season 2!
In this, our first episode of the 2023 season, we'll breakdown the Top 25 in our 2023 6A Preseason Top 50, going into detail about each of the featured teams.
We'll continue our season preview podcast series next week, when we go through each of the 32 district races, and we'll setup the projected playoff picture based on our preseason analysis.
If you haven't already, make sure you go checkout our massive 2023 Season Preview on our website, traditionnevergraduates.substack.com. Within the preview you'll find district and regional rankings, playoff projections, district races to watch, and more!
See below for approximate start times for the discussion on each of our top-rated teams in this episode:
- Duncanville - 1:33
- North Shore - 6:47
- DeSoto - 12:51
- Austin Westlake - 18:21
- Austin Vandegrift - 22:27
- Southlake Carroll - 27:56
- Spring Westfield - 30:11
- Lewisville - 34:38
- Katy - 38:15
- Humble Atascocita - 44:20
- Cibolo Steele - 47:57
- Denton Guyer - 51:40
- The Woodlands - 55:03
- Lake Travis - 1:00:15
- Humble Summer Creek - 1:03:37
- Cy-Fair - 1:08:03
- Prosper - 1:11:01
- Fort Bend Ridge Point - 1:13:17
- Klein Collins - 1:16:32
- Arlington Martin - 1:19:22
- Fort Bend Hightower - 1:21:27
- Katy Tompkins - 1:24:07
- Allen - 1:27:11
- Dripping Springs - 1:30:11
- Byron Nelson - 1:34:29
Follow us on Twitter: @TexasTNG
In this episode, we'll recap the State Championship round of the 2022 6A Division 1 and Division 2 Texas high school football playoffs and then we'll wrap up the 2022 season, looking back at our model performance in Year 1 and looking ahead to some potential additions/tweaks for next season. See the timestamps below if you want to skip around to different sections of this week's episode.
Be sure to head over to the blog at traditionnevergraduates.substack.com to see all of the fresh content we've published for this year's playoffs.
- 0:42 - Intro
State Championship Recaps
- 1:37 - D2 Championship - DeSoto vs Austin Vandegrift Recap
- 11:02 - D1 Championship - Duncanville vs North Shore Recap
- 24:27 - Review TNG Model performance
TNG Year in Review
- 25:44 - Lookback at Preseason Picks/Results, Season-Long Model Performance, Playoff Picks Performance, Substack/Podcast Milestones
- 31:16 - Looking Ahead and Closing Thoughts
- 40:33 - Outro
In this episode, we'll recap the State Semifinal round of the 2022 6A Division 1 and Division 2 Texas high school football playoffs and then we'll preview each of the State Championship games in detail. See the timestamps below if you want to skip around to different sections of this week's episode.
Be sure to head over to the blog at traditionnevergraduates.substack.com to see all of the fresh content we've published for this year's playoffs.
- 0:42 - Intro
State Semifinal Recaps
- 1:30 - D1 Semifinal - Duncanville vs Prosper Recap
- 6:54 - D1 Semifinal - North Shore vs Austin Westlake Recap
- 14:40 - D2 Semifinal - Denton Guyer vs DeSoto Recap
- 21:06 - D2 Semifinal - Katy vs Austin Vandegrift Recap
- 29:54 - Review TNG Model performance
State Championship Previews
- 31:06 - D1 Final - Duncanville vs North Shore
- 46:00 - D2 Final - DeSoto vs Austin Vandegrift
- 1:01:00 - Outro
In this episode, we'll recap the State Quarterfinal round of the 2022 6A Division 1 and Division 2 Texas high school football playoffs and then we'll preview each of the games in the State Semifinals. See the timestamps below if you want to skip around to different sections of this week's episode.
Be sure to head over to the blog at traditionnevergraduates.substack.com to see all of the fresh content we've published for this year's playoffs.
- 0:42 - Intro
- 1:26 - A look back at our Preseason D1 and D2 Bracket Projections
State Quarterfinal Recaps
- 2:09 - R1, D1 Final - Prosper vs Lewisville Recap
- 6:41 - R2, D1 Final - Duncanville vs Spring Westfield Recap
- 12:28 - R3, D1 Final - North Shore vs Humble Atascocita Recap
- 18:48 - R4, D1 Final - Austin Westlake vs SA Brennan Recap
- 22:38 - R1, D2 Final - Denton Guyer vs Southlake Carroll Recap
- 27:07 - R2, D2 Final - DeSoto vs Killeen Harker Heights Recap
- 30:07 - R3, D2 Final - Katy vs CE King Recap
- 37:06 - R4, D2 Final - Austin Vandegrift vs Dripping Springs Recap
- 43:28 - Review TNG Model performance
State Semifinal Previews
- 45:57 - R1, D1 Final - Prosper vs Duncanville
- 53:31 - R2, D1 Final - North Shore vs Austin Westlake
- 1:07:30 - R1, D2 Final - Denton Guyer vs DeSoto
- 1:16:00 - R2, D2 Final - Katy vs Austin Vandegrift
- 1:31:15 - Outro
In this episode, we'll recap the Regional Semifinal round of the 2022 6A Division 1 and Division 2 Texas high school football playoffs and then we'll preview each of the games in the State Quarterfinals round. See the timestamps below if you want to skip around to different sections of this week's episode.
Be sure to head over to the blog at traditionnevergraduates.substack.com to see all of the fresh content we've published for this year's playoffs.
- 0:42 - Intro
Regional Semifinal Recaps
- 1:13 - Division 1 Region 1 Regional Semi Recap
- 4:26 - Division 1 Region 2 Regional Semi Recap
- 9:13 - Division 1 Region 3 Regional Semi Recap
- 13:48 - Division 1 Region 4 Regional Semi Recap
- 16:58 - Division 2 Region 1 Regional Semi Recap
- 22:18 - Division 2 Region 2 Regional Semi Recap
- 24:56 - Division 2 Region 3 Regional Semi Recap
- 30:54 - Division 2 Region 4 Regional Semi Recap
- 34:53 - Review TNG Model performance
State Quarterfinal Previews
- 36:27 - R1, D1 Final - Prosper vs Lewisville
- 43:49 - R2, D1 Final - Duncanville vs Spring Westfield
- 47:29 - R3, D1 Final - North Shore vs Humble Atascocita
- 57:22 - R4, D1 Final - Austin Westlake vs SA Brennan
- 1:04:53 - R1, D2 Final - Denton Guyer vs Southlake Carroll
- 1:13:32 - R2, D2 Final - DeSoto vs Killeen Harker Heights
- 1:19:40 - R3, D2 Final - Katy vs CE King
- 1:30:08 - R4, D2 Final - Austin Vandegrift vs Dripping Springs
- 1:38:12 - Outro
In this episode, we'll recap the Area round of the 2022 6A Division 1 and Division 2 Texas high school football playoffs and then we'll preview each of the games in the Regional Semifinal round. See the timestamps below if you want to skip around to different sections of this week's episode.
Be sure to head over to the blog at traditionnevergraduates.substack.com to see all of the fresh content we've published for this year's playoffs.
- 0:42 - Intro
Area Round Recaps
- 1:35 - Division 1 Region 1 Area Recap
- 7:35 - Division 1 Region 2 Area Recap
- 13:38 - Division 1 Region 3 Area Recap
- 19:53 - Division 1 Region 4 Area Recap
- 19:04 - Division 2 Region 1 Area Recap
- 23:40 - Division 2 Region 2 Area Recap
- 27:50 - Division 2 Region 3 Area Recap
- 31:42 - Division 2 Region 4 Area Recap
- 37:46 - Review TNG Model performance
Regional Semifinal Round Previews
- 39:42 - Division 1, Region 1 Reg Semi Round Preview
- 47:21 - Division 1, Region 2 Reg Semi Round Preview
- 56:57 - Division 1, Region 3 Reg Semi Round Preview
- 1:04:33 - Division 1, Region 4 Reg Semi Round Preview
- 1:12:14 - Division 2, Region 1 Reg Semi Round Preview
- 1:20:54 - Division 2, Region 2 Reg Semi Round Preview
- 1:27:24 - Division 2, Region 3 Reg Semi Round Preview
- 1:39:59 - Division 2, Region 4 Reg Semi Round Preview
- 1:48:10 - Outro
In this episode, we'll recap the opening round of the 2022 6A Division 1 and Division 2 Texas high school football playoffs and then we'll preview each of the games in the Area round. See the timestamps below if you want to skip around to different sections of this week's episode.
Be sure to head over to the blog at traditionnevergraduates.substack.com to see all of the fresh content we've published for this year's playoffs.
- 0:42 - Intro
Bi-District Recaps
- 1:30 - Division 1 Region 1 Bi-District Recap
- 5:51 - Division 1 Region 2 Bi-District Recap
- 11:03 - Division 1 Region 3 Bi-District Recap
- 15:25 - Division 1 Region 4 Bi-District Recap
- 19:04 - Division 2 Region 1 Bi-District Recap
- 20:53 - Division 2 Region 2 Bi-District Recap
- 25:50 - Division 2 Region 3 Bi-District Recap
- 29:50 - Division 2 Region 4 Bi-District Recap
- 32:30 - Review TNG Model performance
Area Round Previews
- 34:22 - Division 1, Region 1 Area Round Preview
- 41:56 - Division 1, Region 2 Area Round Preview
- 50:10 - Division 1, Region 3 Area Round Preview
- 56:57 - Division 1, Region 4 Area Round Preview
- 1:02:51 - Division 2, Region 1 Area Round Preview
- 1:12:46 - Division 2, Region 2 Area Round Preview
- 1:19:09 - Division 2, Region 3 Area Round Preview
- 1:25:37 - Division 2, Region 4 Area Round Preview
- 1:31:34 - Outro
In this episode, we'll quickly recap Week 11 of the Class 6A Texas High School Football season and we'll get you primed for the 2022 6A Division 1 and Division 2 playoffs! We'll start out by reviewing the most interesting and most significant results of Week 11, then we'll dive right in to our playoff bracket breakdowns. See the timestamps below of you want to skip around to different sections of this week's episode.
Be sure to head over to the blog at traditionnevergraduates.substack.com to see all of the fresh content we've published for this year's playoffs.
- 0:42 - Intro
- 1:37 - Region 1 Week 11 Review
- 4:19 - Region 2 Week 11 Review
- 7:40 - Region 3 Week 11 Review
- 12:19 - Region 4 Week 11 Review
- 16:45 - Review Week 11 and Regular Season TNG Model performance
- 19:12 - Walk through Final State Top 50
In-Depth 6A Division 1 and Division 2 Bracket Breakdowns
- 20:18 - Intro & Division 1, Region 1 Playoff Discussion
- 32:07 - Division 1, Region 2 Playoff Discussion
- 40:22 - Division 1, Region 3 Playoff Discussion
- 49:39 - Division 1, Region 4 Playoff Discussion
- 58:52 - Division 2, Region 1 Playoff Discussion
- 1:07:56 - Division 2, Region 2 Playoff Discussion
- 1:17:58 - Division 2, Region 3 Playoff Discussion
- 1:27:28 - Division 2, Region 4 Playoff Discussion
- 1:34:15 - Semifinal Projections
- 1:37:53 - Outro
In this episode, we'll recap Week 10 of the Class 6A Texas High School Football season and we'll get you primed for the final week of the regular season and we'll spend a good amount of time on Division 1 and Division 2 playoff outlooks. We'll start out by reviewing the most interesting and most significant results of Week 10, then we'll dive into our updated State Top 50 rankings and a look at how our model did in Week 10. We'll follow that with a detailed rundown of each district's playoff scenarios, looking at what our model currently projects as well as the remaining possibilities based on games being played in Week 11. See the timestamps below of you want to skip around to different sections of this week's episode.
Be sure to head over to the blog at traditionnevergraduates.substack.com to see all of the fresh content we've published for Week 11.
- 0:42 - Intro
- 2:08 - Recap of Week 10 Featured Game results (Duncanville vs DeSoto, North Shore vs Atascocita, Byron Nelson vs Southlake Carroll)
- 18:59 - Region 1 Week 10 Review
- 22:17 - Region 2 Week 10 Review
- 27:48 - Region 3 Week 10 Review
- 32:50 - Region 4 Week 10 Review
- 35:30 - Review Week 10 TNG Model performance
- 37:10 - Walk through updated Week 11 State Top 50
District by District Playoff Outlooks
- 38:34 - Region 1 Playoff Outlook
- 46:40 - Region 2 Playoff Outlook
- 58:03 - Region 3 Playoff Outlook
- 1:06:22 - Region 4 Playoff Outlook
- Week 11 Featured Game Previews (Cy-Fair vs Memorial, Atascocita vs Summer Creek, SA Reagan vs SA Brandeis)
- 1:21:24 - Outro
In this episode, we'll recap Week 9 of the Class 6A Texas High School Football season and we'll get you primed for the week ahead. We'll start out by reviewing the most interesting and most significant results of Week 9, then we'll dive into our updated State Top 50 rankings. We'll follow that with previewing the most intriguing games around the state, and we'll finish by going into detail about the Top 3 featured games of Week 10. See the timestamps below of you want to skip around to different sections of this week's episode.
Be sure to head over to the blog at traditionnevergraduates.substack.com to see all of the fresh content we've published for Week 10.
- 0:42 - Intro
- 2:08 - Recap of Week 9 Featured Game results (Dripping Springs vs Lake Travis, Harlingen vs San Benito, Allen vs Guyer)
- 14:45 - Review significant Week 9 results and their playoff implications
- 21:58 - Review Week 9 TNG Model performance
- 23:50 - Walk through updated Week 10 State Top 50
- 25:33 - Statewide tour of the best games of Week 10
Week 10 Featured Game Previews:
- 31:57 - #20 Byron Nelson vs #7 Southlake Carroll
- 38:59 - #2 North Shore vs #8 Humble Atascocita
- 47:05 - #3 Duncanville vs #6 DeSoto
- 52:14 - Outro
In this episode, we'll recap Week 8 of the Class 6A Texas High School Football season and we'll get you primed for the week ahead. We'll start out by reviewing the most interesting and most significant results of Week 8, then we'll dive into our updated State Top 50 rankings. We'll follow that with previewing the most intriguing games around the state, and we'll finish by going into detail about the Top 3 featured games of Week 9. See the timestamps below of you want to skip around to different sections of this week's episode.
Be sure to head over to the blog at traditionnevergraduates.substack.com to see all of the fresh content we've published for Week 9.
- 0:42 - Intro
- 1:33 - Recap of Week 8 Featured Game results (Westlake vs Dripping Springs, Round Rock vs Vandegrift, Pearland vs Dawson, Tompkins vs Morton Ranch, Keller vs Byron Nelson)
- 18:59 - Review significant Week 8 results and their playoff implications
- 30:39 - Review Week 8 TNG Model performance
- 32:36 - Walk through updated Week 9 State Top 50
- 33:30 - Statewide tour of the best games of Week 9
Week 9 Featured Game Previews:
- 40:55 - #14 Dripping Springs vs #30 Lake Travis
- 46:52 - #66 Harlingen vs #87 San Benito
- 52:24 - #5 Denton Guyer vs #7 Allen
- 59:22 - Outro
In this episode, we'll recap Week 7 of the Class 6A Texas High School Football season and we'll get you primed for the week ahead. We'll start out by reviewing the most interesting and most significant results of Week 7, then we'll dive into our updated State Top 50 rankings. We'll follow that with previewing the most intriguing games around the state, and we'll finish by going into detail about the Top 5 featured games of Week 8. See the timestamps below of you want to skip around to different sections of this week's episode.
Be sure to head over to the blog at traditionnevergraduates.substack.com to see all of the fresh content we've published for Week 8.
- 0:42 - Intro
- 0:57 - Recap of Week 7 Featured Game results (North Shore vs Summer Creek, Duncanville vs Waxahachie, Clear Falls vs Dickinson, Manor vs Round Rock, Boswell vs North Crowley)
- 24:20 - Review other significant Week 7 results
- 32:05 - Review Week 7 TNG Model performance
- 34:15 - Walk through updated Week 8 State Top 50
- 35:20 - Statewide tour of the best games of Week 8
Week 8 Featured Game Previews
- 40:00 - #56 Pearland vs #69 Pearland Dawson
- 45:34 - #38 Katy Tompkins vs #71 Katy Morton Ranch
- 51:54 - #27 Byron Nelson vs #43 Keller
- 58:19 - #11 Austin Vandegrift vs #21 Round Rock
- 1:04:08 - #1 Austin Westlake vs #12 Dripping Springs
- 1:12:33 - Outro
In this episode, we'll recap Week 6 of the Class 6A Texas High School Football season and we'll get you primed for the week ahead. We'll start out by reviewing the most interesting and most significant results of Week 6, then we'll dive into our updated State Top 50 rankings. We'll follow that with previewing the most intriguing games around the state, and we'll finish by going into detail about the Top 5 featured games of Week 7. See the timestamps below of you want to skip around to different sections of this week's episode.
Be sure to head over to the blog at traditionnevergraduates.substack.com to see all of the fresh content we've published for Week 7.
- 0:43 - Intro
- 1:26 - Recap of Week 6 Featured Game results (Cy-Fair vs Jersey Village, SA Brandeis vs SA Johnson, Garland vs Wylie East, Clear Falls vs Clear Springs, Vandegrift vs Manor)
- 20:09 - Review other significant Week 5 results
- 29:07 - Review Week 6 TNG Model performance
- 31:42 - Walk through updated Week 7 State Top 50
- 33:04 - Statewide tour of the best games of Week 7
Week 7 Featured Game Previews
- 39:22 - #38 Ft Worth Boswell vs #50 North Crowley
- 45:33 - #46 Manor vs #25 Round Rock
- 50:27 - #31 Clear Falls vs #34 Dickinson
- 55:01 - #3 Duncanville vs #48 Waxahachie
- 1:00:10 - #2 North Shore vs #21 Humble Summer Creek
- 1:08:57 - Outro
In this episode, we'll recap Week 5 of the Class 6A Texas High School Football season and we'll get you primed for the week ahead. We'll start out by reviewing the most interesting and most significant results of Week 5, then we'll dive into our updated State Top 50 rankings. We'll follow that with previewing the most intriguing games around the state, and we'll finish by going into detail about the Top 5 featured games of Week 6. See the timestamps below of you want to skip around to different sections of this week's episode.
Be sure to head over to the blog at traditionnevergraduates.substack.com to see all of the fresh content we've published for Week 5.
- 0:42 - Intro
- 1:05 - Recap of Week 5 Featured Game results (DeSoto-Waxahachie, Dripping Springs-Bowie, Rockwall-Rockwall Heath, Klein Collins-Klein Oak, Stratford-Cy-Fair)
- 19:46 - Review other significant Week 5 results
- 30:08 - Review Week 5 TNG Model performance
- 32:00 - Walk through updated Week 6 State Top 50
- 33:12 - Statewide tour of the best games of Week 6
Week 6 Featured Game Previews
- 40:26 - #76 SA Brandeis vs #82 SA Johnson
- 45:32 - #53 Garland vs #78 Wylie East
- 50:16 - #41 Clear Falls vs #32 Clear Springs
- 54:41 - #16 Austin Vandegrift vs #38 Manor
- 59:21 - #20 Cy-Fair vs #26 Jersey Village
- 1:04:59 - Outro
In this episode, we'll recap Week 4 of the Class 6A Texas High School Football season and we'll get you primed for the week ahead. We'll start out by reviewing the most interesting and most significant results of Week 4, then we'll dive into our updated State Top 50 rankings, and we'll follow that with previewing the most intriguing games around the state, and we'll finish by going into detail about the Top 5 featured games of Week 5. See the timestamps below of you want to skip around to different sections of this week's episode.
Be sure to head over to the blog at traditionnevergraduates.substack.com to see all of the fresh content we've published for Week 5.
- 0:42 - Intro
- 1:13 - Recap of Week 4 Featured Game results (Guyer-Prosper, Hightower-Ridge Point, Cinco-Tompkins, Martin-Temple, New Caney-The Woodlands)
- 16:24 - Review other significant Week 4 results
- 21:10 - Review Week 4 TNG Model performance
- 23:22 - Walk through updated Week 5 State Top 50
- 24:32 - Statewide tour of the best games of Week 5
Week 5 Featured Game Previews
- 29:27 - #14 Dripping Springs vs #57 Austin Bowie
- 34:35 - #32 Rockwall vs #36 Rockwall-Heath
- 39:11 - #24 Klein Collins vs #41 Klein Oak
- 42:41 - #26 Houston Stratford vs #27 Cy-Fair
- 47:17 - #6 DeSoto vs #47 Waxahachie
- 50:46 - Outro
In this episode, we'll recap Week 3 of the Class 6A Texas High School Football season and we'll get you primed for the week ahead. We'll start out by reviewing the most interesting and most significant results of Week 3, then we'll dive into our updated State Top 50 rankings, and we'll follow that with previewing the most intriguing games around the state, and we'll finish by going into detail about the Top 5 featured games of Week 4. See the timestamps below of you want to skip around to different sections of this week's episode.
Be sure to head over to the blog at traditionnevergraduates.substack.com to see all of the fresh content we've published for Week 4.
- 0:42 - Intro
- 1:01 - Recap of Week 3 Featured Game results
- 20:30 - Review Week 3 TNG Model performance
- 31:57 - Talk through updated Week 4 State Top 50
- 35:09 - Statewide tour of the best games of Week 4
Week 4 Featured Game Previews
- 38:08 - #37 FB Hightower vs #41 FB Ridge Point
- 41:34 - #21 Katy Tompkins vs #51 Katy Cinco Ranch
- 45:17 - #18 Arlington Martin vs #29 Temple
- 49:32 - #36 New Caney vs #9 The Woodlands
- 55:43 - #5 Denton Guyer vs #10 Prosper
- 1:00:00 - Outro
In this episode, we'll recap Week 2 of the Class 6A Texas High School Football season and we'll get you primed for the week ahead. We'll start out by reviewing the most interesting and most significant results of Week 2, then we'll dive into our updated State Top 50 rankings, and we'll follow that with previewing the most intriguing games around the state, and we'll finish by going into detail about the Top 5 featured games of Week 3. See the timestamps below of you want to skip around to different sections of this week's episode.
Be sure to head over to the blog at traditionnevergraduates.substack.com to see all of the fresh content we've published for Week 3.
- 0:42 - Intro
- 1:37 - Recap of Week 2 Featured Game results
- 16:09 - Discuss most interesting results of Week 2
- 20:09 - Review Week 2 TNG Model performance
- 25:28 - Talk through updated State Top 50
- 30:20 - Statewide tour of the best games of Week 3
Week 2 Featured Game Previews
- 36:05 - #16 Prosper vs #27 Rockwall
- 39:31 - #30 Klein Collins vs #11 Humble Summer Creek
- 43:42 - #4 Katy vs #20 Katy Tompkins
- 47:37 - #8 Allen vs #12 Arlington Martin
- 50:33 - #2 North Shore vs #10 Spring Westfield
- 55:55 - Where we'll be this week & outro
In this episode, we'll recap what was an incredible opening week of Class 6A action and we'll get you primed for the week ahead. We'll start out by reviewing the most interesting and most significant results of Week 1, then we'll dive into our updated State Top 50 rankings, and we'll follow that with previewing the most intriguing games around the state, and we'll finish by going into detail about the Top 5 featured games of Week 2. See the timestamps below of you want to skip around to different sections of this week's episode.
Be sure to head over to the blog at traditionnevergraduates.substack.com to see all of the fresh content we've published for Week 2.
- 0:44 - Intro
- 1:37 - Recap of the best games of the week
- 7:19 - Review TNG Model performance
- 9:49 - Discuss most interesting results of Week 1
- 17:37 - Talk through updated State Top 50
- 23:20 - Statewide tour of the best games of Week 2
Week 2 Featured Game Previews
- 28:05 - #35 Lewisville vs #26 Highland Park
- 31:33 - #20 Lake Travis vs #38 Cibolo Steele
- 35:40 - #31 FB Hightower vs #18 Spring Westfield
- 40:50 - #12 CE King vs #13 Allen
- 46:23 - #9 Humble Atascocita vs #4 Katy
- 53:00 - Where we'll be this week & outro
In this episode we'll take a brief look back at our Preseason Top 25 before diving into our preview of Week 1 of the 2022 season in Class 6A. We'll highlight some key games around the state and give you our model picks for those games, then we'll go through our 6 Featured Games of the Week. We'll close with a segment on what we'll be watching live this week. If you just want to listen to any one of those sections right away, check the timestamps below.
All of our preseason research and all of our posts to date have been setting up this moment, when we get to finally discuss some real game action. Join us as we get you ready for a great opening week of Texas High School Football.
Episode Highlights (approximate start times):
- Intro; What we're looking forward to in the new season - 0:42
- Preseason Top 25 Recap - 4:04
- Games of interest around the state - 5:04
- Featured Games of the Week - 6:50
- Featured Game #1 Prosper vs Trinity - 7:11
- Featured Game #2 Arlington Martin vs Lake Travis - 11:20
- Featured Game #3 North Shore vs The Woodlands - 15:32
- Featured Game #4 Humble Atascocita vs Dickinson - 21:53
- Featured Game #5 Austin Vandegrift vs Dripping Springs - 25:20
- Featured Game #6 Austin Westlake vs Fort Bend Ridge Point - 29:48
- What we're watching this week and wrap-up - 34:45
Check out our blog for extensive Week 1 preview material including picks of every 6A matchup with win probabilities and projected margins of victory for each:
traditionnevergraduates.substack.com
Join us as we go through all 32 Class 6A districts, unveiling our playoff picks for each and noting Division 1 and Division 2 representatives as well as potential sleeper picks and broader playoff implications. We'll wrap up each Region's district rundown by pointing out the key contenders in each bracket based on our projections and we'll conclude this episode with a more detailed breakdown of the playoff picture in both divisions. Listen through the whole thing to get a good sense of how things lay out statewide, or use the timestamps below to jump to a district of your choice. We'll also include links to our blog and to the various articles mentioned in this episode.
Next week, it's on to the regular season! Look for our Week 1 Preview episode by this time next week.
Reference material from our blog:
Top 5 District Races to Watch
Region 1 Season Preview
Region 2 Season Preview
Region 3 Season Preview
Region 4 Season Preview
Playoff Projections and Analysis
Episode Guide (Approx start times of each discussion):
- 4:11 - 1-6A
- 5:58 - 2-6A
- 7:32 - 3-6A
- 8:58 - 4-6A
- 10:42 - 5-6A
- 12:33 - 6-6A
- 14:38 - 7-6A
- 16:06 - 8-6A
- 17:21 - Region 1 Rundown of Div 1 and Div 2 Contenders
- 19:55 - 9-6A
- 21:56 - 10-6A
- 24:10 - 11-6A
- 25:51 - 12-6A
- 27:44 - 13-6A
- 30:05 - 14-6A
- 31:36 - 15-6A
- 33:22 - 16-6A
- 35:20 - Region 2 Rundown of Div 1 and Div 2 Contenders
- 38:43 - 17-6A
- 40:15 - 18-6A
- 42:01 - 19-6A
- 44:20 - 20-6A
- 46:20 - 21-6A
- 48:26 - 22-6A
- 50:07 - 23-6A
- 53:22 - 24-6A
- 54:56 - Region 3 Rundown of Div 1 and Div 2 Contenders
- 58:03 - 25-6A
- 59:32 - 26-6A
- 1:01:49 - 27-6A
- 1:03:55 - 28-6A
- 1:05:41 - 29-6A
- 1:07:14 - 30-6A
- 1:08:46 - 31-6A
- 1:09:50 - 32-6A
- 1:11:00 - Region 4 Rundown of Div 1 and Div 2 Contenders
- 1:13:40 - Division 1 Playoff Bracket Analysis
- 1:22:20 - Division 2 Playoff Bracket Analysis
In this episode, we'll breakdown the Top 20 (+1) in our 6A Preseason Top 50, going into detail about what we saw, and what our model sees, in each of these teams as we evaluated them in the offseason. We'll discuss their ultimate potential ceiling as well as their potential pitfalls in the upcoming 2022 season, now just weeks away. For more background on our Top 10, you can also check out our TNG Timelines.
For more on our ratings system, refer to our previous podcast episode as well as our Ratings Methodology/Primer on our substack blog.
We'll continue our season preview podcast series next week, when we go through the district and regional races as well as a playoff preview.
See below for approximate start times within this episode for the discussion on each of our top-rated teams:
- Austin Westlake - 1:40
- North Shore - 7:10
- Duncanville - 14:00
- DeSoto - 20:08
- Katy - 24:58
- Denton Guyer - 29:09
- Southlake Carroll - 33:33
- Humble Summer Creek - 37:53
- The Woodlands - 41:44
- Lake Travis - 46:42
- Allen - 51:31
- San Antonio Brennan - 54:42
- Austin Vandegrift - 57:27
- Temple - 1:01:08
- Humble Atascocita - 1:05:13
- Prosper - 1:08:49
- CE King - 1:11:38
- Dripping Springs - 1:15:09
- Spring Westfield - 1:18:34
- Cy-Fair - 1:22:51
Bonus
- Katy Paetow - 1:25:25
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In this, our first ever podcast, we'll introduce you to the team, we'll walk through the background of how Tradition Never Graduates (TNG) came about, we'll discuss our ratings methodology and how we hope to bring something new to the Texas High School Football landscape, and we'll preview what you can expect to find on our website and in upcoming podcast episodes.
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