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:

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:

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.

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

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.

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

People might have said the whole "one game at a time routine" and the coaches most likely had their players buying in.

But eveyone else has been circling this one on the calendar ever since it was evident these two teams were two of the best 2A has to offer.

Before I give you my pick, I want to break down the game and offer some thoughts and comments.

There's a couple that are pretty clear-cut. And there's also some districts with infinite possibilities.

Like did you know that besides the coin flip scenario in 9-A I blogged about the other day, there's also the possibility of five teams (everyone but Electra) ending up at 3-2.

So in this blog, I'll tell you who is in, who is out, who can get in with a win this week, and how I see it playing out. This does not look at DIvision I or DIvision II routes or possible down-the-line playoff matchups.

And full disclosure -- there's still a chance I missed some scenario that has a team making it after this week or something along the lines of that. I did talk to several coaches about this stuff, but there's still lots that can happen. So if you still think your team has a chance, etc., feel free to comment.

So I decided to go with the person nearest the tiebreaker who hadn't already won as this week's winner, and it was redmen_71. He missed the Graham and Newcastle games.

Redmen_71, please e-mail me at duncanz@timesrecordnews.com for your shirt.

I didn't have a good week, missing four of the 13 picks. There's a lot of good, close games that are toss-ups this week, so things could be interesting.

Here's the season-long "Sack Zach" leaders:

1) Me -- 89
2) Rcc -- 88
2) Jacksooner -- 88
4) Football 12 -- 86
5) OldWildcat -- 84

One is Henrietta-Holliday. I think this one has the possibility of being phenomenal. I've been looking forward to this game for weeks, and the game deserves its own blog, which will come in a couple days.

The other is the coin flip that is becoming more and more likely every week in 9-A. As a matter of fact, if the favorites win out the rest of the way, we'll be flipping.

By maxing out on points against Petrolia, Archer City has guaranteed that a three-way tie between them, Petrolia and Windthorst won't be decided by points. All will be at zero.

So what needs to happen to get to this point, you ask?

Petrolia has to lose to Seymour and Munday, which isn't that much of a stretch since I heard their QB Mitchell Heaton might be done for the year (he didn't play against the Wildcats).

Archer City has to lose to district leader Munday, then beat last-place Electra, Also not stretches.

And Windthorst needs to beat Electra, then lose to Seymour. The Seymour game may be the one that keeps the coin toss from happening. The Panthers could have already locked up a playoff spot by then, and as Windthorst showed against Munday, it still has lots of fight left.

So there you have it. There's the potential for an upset in every 9-A game, but by this time next week, we'll have a better idea if this will happen.

Now onto some other thoughts of mine from the weekend:

So next week will feature the first of two weekly blog breakdowns on who's in, who can get in and who is out. For now, I'll make my predictions for this week:

It was a far cry from the last couple years for the district.

In 2006, Archer City beat Petrolia in the season finale to win the third-place tiebreaker over Munday (who had lots of juniors that would win the 2007 Class A title) and the Pirates. Besides the games state finalist Windthorst played in, every game was pretty much a toss-up.

In 2007, Munday and Seymour were the elite, but Windthorst won a third-place tiebreaker against Archer City and Petrolia. The Wildcats upset the Trojans in the penultimate week, then lost to the already-eliminated Pirates in an equal shocker the last week of the season.

I have a feeling another tiebreaker is headed 9-A's way. Unlike in 2007, Windthorst might not be able to overcome this one.

Awesome game that was competitive the whole way through.

And the other five games I have covered -- well, not so much. As I was driving back to the office Friday night, I realized I haven't witnessed another close game all year.

It's not like I picked blowouts on paper. Granted, I have thought one team would win by 10-14 in a couple games, but nothing like this.

Holliday-Windthorst, Graham-Burkburnett and Burkburnett-Vernon were all 35-7 at the half. The closest halftime score was Graham 25, Iowa Park 0. And then there was Henrietta beating Jacksboro 42-3 a few weeks ago.

I'm hoping my luck will change this week. I expect Holliday-Bowie to be very competitive, and next week's Holliday-Henrietta should be a great one.

At least I hope so.

Now onto some of my other thoughts from the weekend:

Four others, including me, got 12 of 14 right.

The important year-to-date standings (remember there is a prize) are:

1. Me -- 80
2. Rcc -- 78
2. Jacksooner -- 78
4. Football -- 77
5. Oldwildcat -- 76

The Bulldogs are winning 35-7. The amazing thing is they have 340 rushing yards in one half. They are averaging 11.7 yards per attempt.

I don't think I have ever seen this before. And 500 yards should be a shoo-in, even with backups playing the second half.

What I want to know is how did Vernon shut out Hirschi? Because the Lions look like they've never seen the option before.