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Post by CC_Varmints on Jun 19, 2013 11:37:52 GMT -6
2013 Summer Edition The 2013 Summer Edition of Dave Campbell's Texas Football will hit shelves across Texas on June 21, but you can pre-order your copy of the Bible of Texas football from the TexasFootball.com store! Featuring the most comprehensive preview of football in the state of Texas for the 2013 season -- from previews of more than 1,400 high school teams to unmatched coverage of every college team in the state, to the Cowboys and Texans, plus plenty of recruiting and must-read feature stories -- they don't call us the Bible of Texas football for nothing! The 54th annual edition is a must-read for any true football fan, and you can pre-order your copy today to have it shipped directly from the printer to you! And don't forget to check out our membership packages, which feature subscriptions to all of our magazines plus plenty of extras exclusively available to members!
Campbell to sign copies of Texas Football Magazine
Dave Campbell will autograph copies of the 2013 Texas Football Magazine at 4 p.m. Friday at the Texas Sports Hall of Fame (in Waco).
The summer preview issue is the 54th edition of the magazine and features reigning Texas A&M Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Johnny Manziel on the cover. The cost is $10.95 per issue.
The magazine includes extensive sections on all 12 Texas Football Bowl Subdivision teams and previews of teams from all other levels of Texas college football. All high school teams and districts in the state are also previewed.
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Post by cujo2002 on Jun 19, 2013 13:57:44 GMT -6
seeing that i am from east texas. Smoaky is where i got for everything football in east texas. for the rest of the state I look at diffent sites.
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Post by Tom on Jun 19, 2013 14:21:44 GMT -6
The sad thing is that in DFW, the DMN tends to be the best source of info for a LOT of teams. Other than a few of the better-followed programs like Southlake Carroll, Plano, and Allen, there tends not to be a lot of info available online for most programs.
And, outside of DFW, the Times Record News in Wichita Falls and the Amarillo Globe-News have some of the better high school football coverage I've seen.
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Post by CLEMENS_2016 on Jun 19, 2013 21:58:36 GMT -6
Prior to my son entering HS, I was my own best source (lol) as we travelled all over TX to see games. Since he's a high schooler my Friday nights are spent watching him...and that's w/out complaint. I notice errors in DCTF and what I don't like about Maxpreps is they are dependent upon coaches to report stats, but I do like their game tracker feature.
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Post by Laredo_Sports on Jun 19, 2013 22:08:11 GMT -6
Laredo has Lrdsportswire.com, we use to have Laredomediasports.com for highlights and gameday preppers, but its not in use until we get sponsors. Other than those two, it is LMT (Laredo Morning Times) and Maxpreps.
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Post by Clemensbuff on Jun 20, 2013 7:02:21 GMT -6
I get most info from the forums but use Max Preps and News Paper websites a lot for stat info on teams from outside my area.
I don't spend the money on Campbells any longer. It has always been a neat magazine with a ton of info but I think the overwhelming amount of info they collect for it probably accounts for a ton of mis-information/errors that occur in it as well as some pretty off the wall predictions in some cases.
These forums we use to me are the way to go since you get info directly from the different team's fans and in a lot of these fans you have some very good football minds that know their stuff and don't wear their 'homey glasses' too tightly.
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Post by CC_Varmints on Jun 20, 2013 7:32:42 GMT -6
I started in 2005 when Flour Bluff was undefeated and heading into the playoffs. I found TexasHSFootball.com website and joined the forum board there. That was my lone source of info until I found TexasAAAAsports.com website (predecessor to this site) in 2009. I use a wide range of sources, but this site is my primary source of info. There are some great football minds on this site. Thanks for sharing your insight and knowledge. I scan a wide range of online sites for info and share it here. I agree that DCTF magazine has too many errors. MaxPreps is flawed in how it gathers stats (incomplete). Forums seem to be the best place to get info that is shared. Met some mighty fine Texas High School Football fans from here. It is great to see the expanded interaction of fans from across Texas.
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Post by Clemensbuff on Jun 21, 2013 7:10:05 GMT -6
I agree with you that Max Preps is not completely accurate but it can only be as accurate as the coach's that report the data to them.
I think overall they do a pretty fair job of ranking all the teams in the state from 1a all the way to 5a as a group. Hell no its not completely accurate but it does give you some idea of each team's overall abilities & 'power' as they do take strength of schedule in to account when ranking everybody.
Besides, anybody that has a clue on football knows it is all about how one team matches up with the other. Just because the #20 team beat the #25 damn sure doesn't mean that #25 team couldn't beat a team that #20 lost to. Matchups, game plans.............& of course how a bunch of 16-18 year olds prepare and play has a little to do with it. LOL
I like to look at polls myself but do not put a damn bit of stock into any pre-season, or even mid-season poll for that matter. Too much can happen along the way during the course of a 17 week season.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 21, 2013 7:49:19 GMT -6
I agree with you that Max Preps is not completely accurate but it can only be as accurate as the coach's that report the data to them. I think overall they do a pretty fair job of ranking all the teams in the state from 1a all the way to 5a as a group. Hell no its not completely accurate but it does give you some idea of each team's overall abilities & 'power' as they do take strength of schedule in to account when ranking everybody. Besides, anybody that has a clue on football knows it is all about how one team matches up with the other. Just because the #20 team beat the #25 damn sure doesn't mean that #25 team couldn't beat a team that #20 lost to. Matchups, game plans.............& of course how a bunch of 16-18 year olds prepare and play has a little to do with it. LOL I like to look at polls myself but do not put a damn bit of stock into any pre-season, or even mid-season poll for that matter. Too much can happen along the way during the course of a 17 week season. Dave Campbell's isn't perfect but a long shot, but what other state in the union has a magazine and one that is over 50 years old now that has covered it's territory like this one? Not one! I sent a copy of the magazine a few years back to a friend in Missouri and he was amazed to say the least. We're Texas and we are badass!
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Post by CatFan4Ever on Jun 21, 2013 8:47:54 GMT -6
Prior to my son entering HS, I was my own best source (lol) as we travelled all over TX to see games. Since he's a high schooler my Friday nights are spent watching him...and that's w/out complaint. I notice errors in DCTF and what I don't like about Maxpreps is they are dependent upon coaches to report stats, but I do like their game tracker feature. Very true about MaxPreps - I enter the football and baseball stats for Calallen and while I strive for 100% accuracy I might hit a wrong number - but I have seen stats for other schools and players that boggle the mind - and can only beleive they are either: -using monkey's to type in the stats -outright padding/faking them
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Post by Clemensbuff on Jun 21, 2013 12:43:22 GMT -6
I agree with you that Max Preps is not completely accurate but it can only be as accurate as the coach's that report the data to them. I think overall they do a pretty fair job of ranking all the teams in the state from 1a all the way to 5a as a group. Hell no its not completely accurate but it does give you some idea of each team's overall abilities & 'power' as they do take strength of schedule in to account when ranking everybody. Besides, anybody that has a clue on football knows it is all about how one team matches up with the other. Just because the #20 team beat the #25 damn sure doesn't mean that #25 team couldn't beat a team that #20 lost to. Matchups, game plans.............& of course how a bunch of 16-18 year olds prepare and play has a little to do with it. LOL I like to look at polls myself but do not put a damn bit of stock into any pre-season, or even mid-season poll for that matter. Too much can happen along the way during the course of a 17 week season. Dave Campbell's isn't perfect but a long shot, but what other state in the union has a magazine and one that is over 50 years old now that has covered it's territory like this one? Not one! I sent a copy of the magazine a few years back to a friend in Missouri and he was amazed to say the least. We're Texas and we are badass! Amen bro!
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Post by dtrain on Jun 21, 2013 16:00:25 GMT -6
5A Texas, this site, Coogsports.net and attend practices, scrimmages and games. Newspaper websites, that are FREE.
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Post by CLEMENS_2016 on Jun 22, 2013 21:04:12 GMT -6
Arggghhh! Forgot to pick up my copy of DCTF on the 21st!
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Post by Tom on Jun 24, 2013 11:23:04 GMT -6
I agree with you that Max Preps is not completely accurate but it can only be as accurate as the coach's that report the data to them. I think overall they do a pretty fair job of ranking all the teams in the state from 1a all the way to 5a as a group. Hell no its not completely accurate but it does give you some idea of each team's overall abilities & 'power' as they do take strength of schedule in to account when ranking everybody. Besides, anybody that has a clue on football knows it is all about how one team matches up with the other. Just because the #20 team beat the #25 damn sure doesn't mean that #25 team couldn't beat a team that #20 lost to. Matchups, game plans.............& of course how a bunch of 16-18 year olds prepare and play has a little to do with it. LOL I like to look at polls myself but do not put a damn bit of stock into any pre-season, or even mid-season poll for that matter. Too much can happen along the way during the course of a 17 week season. Yep. I like Max Preps' computer rankings, but as with all computer rankings they're to be taken with a grain of salt. I always look at the difference as stats and computer rankings will tell you how good a team is right now, but watching them in person will tell you how good they can be. I also think that computer rankings tend to be far more accurate when you're just comparing teams within a given state and classification. Comparing one Texas 4A team to another Texas 4A team, or a 5A to a 5A, is fairly accurate, but the numbers tend to be way off when you start comparing a 5A team to a 1A team, and I don't think they're terribly accurate when comparing teams across state lines, just because there are relatively few games connecting teams in different states and even different divisions. Heck, I even get skeptical when you start using computers to compare teams from DFW to teams in Corpus or the Valley.
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Post by Tom on Jun 24, 2013 11:25:08 GMT -6
I agree with you that Max Preps is not completely accurate but it can only be as accurate as the coach's that report the data to them. I think overall they do a pretty fair job of ranking all the teams in the state from 1a all the way to 5a as a group. Hell no its not completely accurate but it does give you some idea of each team's overall abilities & 'power' as they do take strength of schedule in to account when ranking everybody. Besides, anybody that has a clue on football knows it is all about how one team matches up with the other. Just because the #20 team beat the #25 damn sure doesn't mean that #25 team couldn't beat a team that #20 lost to. Matchups, game plans.............& of course how a bunch of 16-18 year olds prepare and play has a little to do with it. LOL I like to look at polls myself but do not put a damn bit of stock into any pre-season, or even mid-season poll for that matter. Too much can happen along the way during the course of a 17 week season. Dave Campbell's isn't perfect but a long shot, but what other state in the union has a magazine and one that is over 50 years old now that has covered it's territory like this one? Not one! I sent a copy of the magazine a few years back to a friend in Missouri and he was amazed to say the least. We're Texas and we are badass! Yep. Tennessee had nothing like this. Best you could do were some free newsstand mags for a region of the state, and those were pretty crappy.
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