Bigger fish to fry

By Lew
September 21, 2005

Dear Mustangs,

It appears from sources that Duone Cunnings may be out due to injury for approx. 8 weeks. That's two quarterbacks in two weeks. Ouch. I will mention that Sonny Birdwell is a very good quarterback and will continue to guide the Mustangs in a very able fashion.

Let's take a look at this.

I know this is not what we had hoped for when the season began. But let's look at the positives. This is going to sound weired, but I'm going to be positive by taking the worst case scenerio for a moment.

What is the worst case scenerio? Let's assume for a moment that Abilene Wyle defeats the Mustangs on October 7th. Further, assume Snyder beats the Mustangs the following week on October 14th. Sweetwater then beats Clyde and Merkel to be the 2nd team from Class 3-4A in Division II in the playoffs.

What's the best case scenerio? Sweetwater runs the table the rest of the regular schedule, gets in the playoffs and has 2 quarterbacks back to play with the team in the playoffs.

Abilene Wylie enters the playoffs as the Division I representative. By the way, I'm curious. Is there any way Abilene Wylie can not ever be in the playoffs in this scenerio? I mean, I'm no expert trust me, but what would Abilene Wylie have to do to NOT make the playoffs if they are the only team in Class 4-3A that goes to the playoffs in Division I? Lose to Merkel, Trent, Sweetwater, and Snyder? See, there are no other teams in Class 4-3A except Wylie that are Division I. Now don't get me wrong, I think Abilene Wylie is a good team and doesn't get the respect they deserve, but I wonder if this is the reason sports writers don't give enough credit to Wylie? I don't think I have ever seen a State Champion get snubbed so much as Abilene Wylie. My opinion is, Abilene Wylie should be ranked Number 1 in Class 3A. It just makes sense. They are the reigning Class 3A Division 1 Champions. I don't know about anyone else, but it doesn't make much sense to me to rank Wylie below Sweetwater and Snyder, and 4 other teams in the state but again that's just me.

At any rate, Sweetwater gets a bid to the playoffs as the 2nd representative in Division II, just as Snyder did last year.

My point of all of this is, we have 2 quarterbacks that are injured and won't be back for 6-8 weeks but in time for the playoffs. Now please don't assume the worst case scenerio. All I am saying is, this season is only 4 weeks old. Lots can happen in the race for the district championship. What matters are the playoffs. If you lose a game in the playoffs, you just go home. I think the Mustangs have alot of surprises ahead for the foes that think we are done because of a couple of injuries. Would I rather have Duone Cunnings and Kendal (one L) Carrillo (two L's) playing? Of course I would. Do their injuries mean it's the end of the season for the Stangs? Absolutely not. We are just getting started. And how about the Big Red Defense? What a wrecking crew!

We have much bigger fish to fry.

Thanks J.D.!

Lew

Comments

mustang-fan
September 21, 2005 3:16 PM

Lew, just a little bit of info---whichever school of the 3 that go into the playoffs has the larger enrollment goes as the Division I team. Regardless of whatever the enrollment is. Last time I checked, Snyder would go in as a big school ahead of us, but with the economy in West Texas who knows? So, say Sweetwater, Clyde and Merkel went into the playoffs, Sweetwater's enrollment would be greater than Clyde and Merkel, which would put Sweetwater in Division I...which would mean we, again, would be playing teams with enrollments almost twice the size of ours. Oh well...it's happened before!

Thanks for the comments! Enjoy reading them.

BTW, if Duone is back in 8 weeks, he could conceivably be back in time for the playoffs. Let's just keep our fingers crossed that the rest of our Mustangs stay healthy as we go on into the season.

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