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:

       1. Austin Westlake - 1:40
       2. North Shore - 7:10
       3. Duncanville - 14:00
       4. DeSoto - 20:08
       5. Katy - 24:58
       6. Denton Guyer - 29:09
       7. Southlake Carroll - 33:33
       8. Humble Summer Creek - 37:53
       9. The Woodlands - 41:44
       10. Lake Travis - 46:42
       11. Allen - 51:31
       12. San Antonio Brennan - 54:42
       13. Austin Vandegrift - 57:27
       14. Temple - 1:01:08
       15. Humble Atascocita - 1:05:13
       16. Prosper - 1:08:49
       17. CE King - 1:11:38
       18. Dripping Springs - 1:15:09
       19. Spring Westfield - 1:18:34
       20. Cy-Fair - 1:22:51

Bonus 

    21. 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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