Super Centex high school football podcast

The very best edition of the Super Centex Podcast:

• What will be the best game of the week as district play begins in earnest, and why?
• What's best play you've seen so far this year?
• Power rankings: Who is the pound-for-pound best team in Central Texas, i.e. who has the best shot to win state?
• What's the best high school football game you've ever seen?

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• It's Week 2 of District 12-6A play, and Midway and Shoemaker both played 3-point games last week, though the Grey Wolves won while the Panthers fell. As they face off this week, do you expect another close one in 12-6A, and how much does Midway need this one?
• We're all looking forward to Bremond-Chilton in Week 9, a state-ranked clash coming up. But before we get there, can the underdog in Mart-Chilton — that's Mart, to be clear...

• Four districts start play this week: Which one seems the most wide-open? Who makes the playoffs in 7-2A behind Axtell, Bosqueville, Valley Mills? Is 10-2A Bremond's to lose? Where will Midway fall in 12-6A?
• We have six Centex teams ranked in the DCTF rankings. But who deserves to be in the state's Top 10, but isn't? What about Gatesville or Fairfield?
• We've got five private-school six-man teams in Waco, and they're all pretty goo...

• It's been a while since one of our 6A or 5A teams made a deep playoff run — that's Midway, University, Waco High, Temple, Belton and Lake Belton. Midway was the last one to make the third round, in 2019. Is it harder to make a run in the big divisions? And do we have a team this year that could do it?
• The game of the week may very well be in Class 2A, as undefeated Bosqueville hosts undefeated Rosebud-Lott. Who do you like? What...

• It's a low-key great slate in Week 3, with lots of all-Centex matchups. Which games will reveal the most about those teams going forward?
• Is there an underdog you're riding this week, and why?
• It's the 25th anniversary of Waco ISD Stadium. From state title games to playoff magic, how important has this venue been for Waco and Central Texas?
• Brice recently unveiled the Super Centex All-Name Team. Who has the best moniker in Central...

• Let's hype up La Vega-Celina, a No. 3 vs. No. 1 clash — one of the top matchups in the state. The Pirates dominated Kennedale 41-3 in Week 1, but Celina is a different beast. What does La Vega need to do to spring the upset? And how beneficial are these kinds of tough nondistrict games in the long run?
• Now that we've had a moment, is there an outcome or a big stat performance from Week 1? China Spring RB Chrishon Gregory went of...

The Trib team is back to preview Week 1 of the 2025 Waco and Central Texas football season:

• Who in Central Texas has the best shot to win state?
• Predict a surprise team: Who might emerge out of nowhere this year?
• Which Week 1 matchup are you most excited about?
• After all's said and done, how much can you tell from just one week? Can you confidently predict a team's fortunes based off it?
• It's a weird week with Baylor playing Auburn ...

• Chad and DJ both got to see La Vega up close at The Pfield last week vs. Sealy in the regional final, a game it won 48-30. What impressed you guys most about the Pirates' performance?
• Wimberley is a tough, tough team. The Texans have scored 60 or more points in 3 of their 4 playoff games. Will this be the toughest test yet for La Vega's defense on Friday night in Georgetown?
• When you pull out a game like Hamilton did last week, 1...

• Great defense is just fun to watch, so of the seven Centex teams we have left in the playoffs — La Vega, Marlin, Hamilton, Axtell, Bremond, Abbott and Oglesby — who are some of your favorite guys to watch?
• The Hamilton Bulldogs face the Axtell Longhorns in an enticing Friday-night matchup this week in the region final. These two teams met in the playoffs two years ago with a 35-21 Bulldogs win, and undefeated Hamilton is now hav...

• They say it's tough to beat a team twice in a season, and the La Vega Pirates will test that theory as they face off with West Orange-Stark on Friday in Magnolia. We've talked about the Pirates being a sleeper team for Jerryworld — what is it about the Pirates that suggests they could knock off the Mustangs this time?
• We still have seven teams alive in the playoffs in Class 2A: Hamilton, Axtell, Crawford, Marlin, Bremond, Mart a...

• The playoffs are finally here. And we get some really good matchups right out of the gate. What's the best local matchup this week in the first round?
• Gatesville coach Aaron Hunter is fond of calling running back Rayshon Smith "the most underrated player in Central Texas," but he's probably not the only one. Who else is flying under radar, probably unfairly?
• The playoffs are tons of fun, as we all know, with neutral-site games an...

• It took long enough, but La Vega has finally made it into the state rankings at No. 10. Obviously there are stout teams in Class 4A Div. II like Carthage, West Orange-Stark and Bellville, some of whom are in the Pirates' region. So what does a path to Jerryworld look like for La Vega?

• If it's Week 11, that means a lot of games have playoff implications, including West-Whitney, which is a longtime rivalry. Who you got in this one...

• It's been quite a painful season in Central Texas, as the Super Centex All-Injury Team includes Cash Pullin, Carlos Talton and Donovan Jones of the Midway Panthers; London Smith and JD Bell of the University Trojans; Whitney's Jontae Johnson, China Spring's Matthew Battles, West's Coy Klish and Axtell's Levi Leathers. Of the guys on the shelf, is there one who's most indispensible and if one of these guys were to return, would he...