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Thoughts on opening night and there's still time to "Sack Zach" this week
August 28, 2009So far it looks like there's about a dozen people signed up to "Sack Zach" in the high school football picks this week.
A couple people got Saiginaw right (I had WFHS) and lots of people didn't make picks until after the game had started. So it's anybody's game right now.
There's still a few more hours left to sign up before kickof tonight. And even if you miss this week, sign up and play the rest of the weeks.
Now thoughts on last night's games:
* I showed up at WFHS-Boswell about 8:30 thinking halftime would have just started -- I planned on watching the second half.
Instead, there was about nine minutes left in the second quarter. The game dragged and dragged and dragged. It didn't end until midnight.
Part of the reason was penalties, lots of passes and lots of plays that ended out of bounds. Seemed like the officials took a little while longer sorting things out a couple times, too.
* The Coyotes lost --Eddie Aboussie's 89-yard TD run that would have tied the game with about 5 minutes left was called back for holding -- but they could have given up a couple times when trailing and didn't.
Boswell had a 20-7 lead when I showed up, but WFHS pulled to within 20-14 on a great 2-minute drive before the half and eventually tied things up at 20-20.
Then trailing 34-20, WFHS cut that lead in half and then nearly tied things up again. Obviously, there were some things to work on -- I saw a lot of dropped passes and too many big plays for Boswell in the passing game.
It's going to be tough for WFHS to win the next two weeks -- state-ranked Denison and Everman are road games -- so all the Coyotes need to worry about doing is staying healthy and improving before district starts.
*Good win for Coach Rodriguez and Olney last night. I don't know how good the Cubs are going to be, but I think they will be a factor in the 5-2A race this year.
Also heard QB Callen Pittman looked good (2 pass TDs, 1 rush TD) in his first game back. He completed all of his first-half passes in the win.
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