If the Core Teams™ are gonna suck like this, I gotta wonder why I keep doing this.
Arlington Heights 56, Western Hills 17
at TCU 7, TU Shortdicks 30
Liberty 24, at Gardner-Webb 0
at #4 Ohio State 63, Penn State 14
Dallas 30, at Detroit 31
A playoff spot.
After playing like shit the first four weeks of the season, Phillip Young’s Arlington Heights Yellow Jackets…have secured a playoff spot.
Quarterback Deion Hair-Griffin accounted for 312 total yards, including 123 rushing, and three passing touchdowns, and running back Kameron Hill rushed for three touchdowns.
“After the first win, we told them, we’ve got to practice like a playoff team,” said coach Phil Young, whose team improved to 4-4 and 4-1 in 7-4A. “That’s been our motto. Now we feel like we’re a playoff team.”
Nicely done, Phil.  Nicely done.
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Same song, fifth verse.  Frogs get in a hole, spend the rest of the game scrambling to get out, and fail miserably.
Patterson’s let his program get away from him.  Time to hire someone to get it back under control.
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Take my comments from Cowboy-Ram, and apply them here.
And after mentioning about Turner Gill’s need for a defense, I’m beginning to wonder if he’s reading me.
Turner Gill…a Denizen?  Stranger things have  happened.
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You can’t fault Romo for this one.
And while you could  fault the defense, you have to consider that there were backups of backups  out there, particularly for the final drive.  Scream at Owner Jethro if you must, but when starters get hurt, backups have to play.  And there’s a reason they’re backups.
It pissed me off for the ‘Girlz to lose, sure.  But I’m not sure what could’ve been done about it.
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And now, the game that scored me yet another Perfect Football Weekend™ – Penn State (hack, spit)  getting the expected ass-whipping.
Ohio State was looking for a lopsided win to impress the voters and boost its BCS numbers. The Buckeyes made Penn State pay the price.
Braxton Miller passed for three touchdowns and ran for two and Carlos Hyde rushed for 147 yards and two more scores to lead the fourth-ranked Buckeyes to a 63-14 victory over Penn State on Saturday night.
“We’ve got to keep our foot to the pedal,” said Miller, who completed 18-of-24 passes for a career-best 252 yards before leaving in the third quarter.
It was the most points surrendered by Penn State (4-3, 1-2 Big Ten) and its worst beating in 114 years.
Music to my ears – especially after the Core Teams™ (Heights, TCU, Cowgirlz) go one-for-three.
This week:  3-2.  Perfect Football Weekend™ achieved (5).  Overall:  23-21
Next PFW will be in a couple of weeks, as Realm Headquarters™ is doing a little bugging out for points north (translation:  we’re moving).  Not far, you understand – but I’m about to take the network down here, and so will be a little incommunicado for a few days.
Vicar, General – you guys have the conn.