Week 10 predictions

There's only a handful of games that mean something this weekend -- call it an early playoffs for some.

So let's look solely at those matchups (didn't think I needed to tell you I think Holliday will beat CIty View, etc.).

Here they are:

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Latest playoff scenarios

Here we go -- one more week of high school football action.

There's a few playoff spots up fro grabs. Nothing too crazy (except for a possible coin-toss tiebreaker in 9-A) but there should be some drama going on.

Here's the breakdown:

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Some weekend thoughts, albeit a little late

I never like to wait this long to give my thoughts on what happened over a weekend, but an out-of-town trip coupled with all the work I had to get caught up on has left me a little short on time.

Still, last weekend had plenty of high-stakes action and surprising results.

We'll start with Henrietta's big 41-30 win over Holliday, which probably would have been its own blog if not for my mini-vacation.

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Lyndon wins "Sack Zach" this week

Lyndon won the weekly "Sack Zach" contest by nailing 12 of 14 picks correct -- he was the only one to do so. He missed the Quanah and City View games, but nailed the Graham and Little Elm upsets.

I got 11 right, and it would have been two more if I hadn't changed a couple picks on the last day -- I've been making the same choices in both places all year, and I finally decide to switch it up a bit and it comes back to haunt me.

So Lyndon, email me at duncanz@timesrecordnews.com so we can hook you up with a black "Football Freak" T-shirt.

This next week is the last week of the regular season, but we'll still do "Sack Zach" in the playoffs. So there's not a lot of time left to see who'll win the yearly contest.

Here's the latest standings:

1) Me -- 100 (and no, I'm not allowed to collect the prize)
2) Rcc -- 98
2) Jacksooner -- 98
4) Football12 -- 95
5) OldWIldcat -- 93

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Sorry Henrietta fans, but it's not our fault

Note: I wrote this Saturday afternoon, but I guess I didn't post it correctly then. Here it is now.

I haven't checked my email -- after working till 2 a.m., I drove the family to Waco, took a small nap, went to the Nebraska-Baylor game and then am hanging out with my in-laws while writing a column for the Sunday paper.

But I'm a little scared to. That's because I figure there will be some angry/annoyed Bearcat fans, and for good reason.

Moments after Henrietta whipped Holliday, a couple Bearcat coaches said they expected some big headlines in the Saturday paper. And deservedly so.

I expected to come back to the paper and see a huge Henrietta headline and picture. But it wasn't so.

Last year, this would have been our fault (although it wouldn't have happened). But readers may have known we switched fonts and styles over the summer. What you may not know is we also don't lay out our pages anymore.

Abilene, San Angelo and Wichita Falls are all sister papers with Corpus Christi, and it is there at a regional copy desk where our pages are designed (they are still printed in WF).

We had told them we wanted Holliday-Henrietta as the big story, but I ave a feeling since WFHS and RIder's games ended earlier (they are 7 p.m. starts), those stories and art came in first, and that's what they made big.

Also, making matters worse was the Tyler Cole picture on 1C, not one of Henrietta. I obviously wasn't very happy, and I was able to have them change the pic to one of a Henrietta defensive guy making a tackle for the final edition.

But anyone in Henrietta didn't get the final edition. Those are only around the WF city limits.

There was a big pic of Crumpton on the jump, and I felt like I wrote the story like it was, but I was disappointed how our paper showcased the game. So I can only imagine how the Henrietta people feel.

I'm not naive enough to know that people think we have a Holliday bias at the paper. Honestly, I've never thought that to be the case since I've been around -- if you're good, you're going to get more writeups, and Holliday has been one of our best teams around.

But like I said, I can see where Henrietta people would be upset. I just wanted to blog this because I know there are some Henrietta blog readers on this site, and I wanted to explain it wasn't our fault. And if Holliday would have won, it still would have been played up just as small.

I expect Henrietta to make a deep playoff run, and if that's the case, then they will definitely get their due (plus some good-sized play on 1C). I'm sorry it didn't happen this time.

Anyway, if you know any peaved Henrietta people, please refer them to this blog. Because like I said, I want people to know this wasn't done by us.

I'll be out of town til Sunday night (gotta celebrate that monotonous 20-10 win over Baylor), so I'll blog about everything that happened over the weekend then.

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Week 9 predictions

We've got a big slate of games going on this week. Lots of playoff spots in the air, some good rivalries and some district titles on the line.

I already broke down the Holliday-Henrietta showdown in a previous blog post, so let's look at the other meaningful games this weekend.

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