Tradition Never Graduates

PLAYOFF OUTLOOKS: Tune it at the end as we go district-by-district to give you the latest outlook on the most likely playoff teams from each district including which bracket each team is projected into! Join us as we recap the action from Week 10 and get you ready for Week 11 of the Class 6A Texas High School Football season.  We'll start by quickly recapping our model's performance in W...

PLAYOFF OUTLOOKS: Tune it at the end as we go district-by-district to give you the latest outlook on the most likely playoff teams from each district including which bracket each team is projected into! Join us as we recap the action from Week 9 and get you ready for Week 10 of the Class 6A Texas High School Football season.  We'll start by quickly recapping our model's performance in We...

NEW THIS WEEK: Tune it at the end as we go district-by-district to give you the latest outlook on the most likely playoff teams from each district including which bracket each team is projected into! Join us as we recap the action from Week 8 and get you ready for Week 9 of the Class 6A Texas High School Football season.  We'll start by quickly recapping our model's performance in Week 8...

Join us as we recap the action from Week 7 and get you ready for Week 8 of the Class 6A Texas High School Football season.  We'll start by quickly recapping our model's performance in Week 7, 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 7. We'll then take a trip around the state to catch any signif...

Join us as we recap the action from Week 6 and get you ready for Week 7 of the Class 6A Texas High School Football season.  We'll start by quickly recapping our model's performance in Week 6, 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 6. We'll then take a trip around the state to catch any signif...

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...

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 signif...

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 signif...

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 rankin...

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 rankin...

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,...

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 lo...

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 lo...

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 preseaso...

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...

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 throu...

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 t...

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...

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...

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&a...

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...

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...

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 w...

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&...

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&...