Phillies won again last night as well so the Mets' division lead is still at a slim 2 games with the entire month of September to battle it out with the Phillies. The Bravos are also lurking at 5.5 back so they can't be dismissed yet either.
Big day today, college foozball starts in earnest in about 50 minutes!
I only made it to about 2 minutes into the 2n quarter between Washington-Syracuse last night until I was too bored to watch anymore. Willingham may have a surprise or two in store for some Pac-10 opponents though this year.
I then ended up watching most of the remainder of John Curtis-Mandeville HS on CST. Curtis triumphed 20-3 after a slow start themselves. Curtis is Curtis- same as it ever was... same as it ever was... Fundamental football, nothing fancy, nothing flashy, bide your time until the other team either finally makes a mistake or the kids' fitness starts breaking down in the 3rd & 4th quarters.
Didn't have a program or anything & I haven't had an in depth conversation with any of the Curtis coaches but according to the CST announcers, Curtis lost 29 players to graduation last year, so this Curtis team replaces virtually every single starter on offense, defense AND special teams. This may be a year for another 2A team to be able to pickoff Curtis b/c of the Patriots' youth.
The Mandeville Skippers hung in there until the mid 3rd quarter then a Curtis TD & safety shortly thereafter followed by the final Curtis TD finally broke the Skippers' resolve. They'll be a handful in their district however. The kid that plays QB for them, Plaisance, looked pretty decent for a high school QB. No super duper I-A recruit or anything but he looked pretty decent.
Joe McKnight's younger, Jon who plays for Curtis & is only a sophomore is going to be pretty darn good too. Obviously, only being a high school sophomore, it's still too early to see if he'll match his brother's talent at that level but he'll no doubt be heavily recruited.
All your State Championships are belong to John Curtis
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