Eating popcorn.....

This is getting good.

Also coming into the season, Avon, Ohio finished as the number one team in the state and top 25 nationally. Spruce Creek lost 4 games with 2 being blowouts so bad that the opponent probably could’ve gotten a more competitive game against their own junior varsity team.    So yes, on paper it did appear to be a complete mismatch. 

I watched the game. Spruce Creek was very poorly coached. They had two separate coaches get flagged for 15 yard penalties for unsportsmanlike conduct. They probably had about 20 penalties in that game. In fact, Avon played so bad that spruce Creek did everything in their power to let Avon win and they still screwed it. Spruce Creek had some nice skilled guys, but other than that, they lacked coaching, discipline, and mental toughness.  But a win is a win. And beating mainland proved it wasn’t a fluke.

It's only been four weeks, and we've already seen 718 games played between schools from different classifications. Here are the results thus far for each group: 7A vs CL W - L     6A 25 - 24     5A 14 - 15     4A 15 - 17     3A 12 - 9     2A 4 - 2     1A 2 - 1     Rur 1 - 2     Ind 11 - 5     SSA 2 - 1       86 - 76             6A vs CL W - L     7A 24 - 25     5A 23 - 20     4A 22 - 16     3A 19 - 11     2A 5 - 9     1A 1 - 2     Rur 1 - 2     Ind 8 - 0     SSA 1 - 1       104 - 86             5A vs CL W - L     7A 15 - 14     6A 20 - 23     4A 26 - 12     3A 20 - 17     2A 4 - 7     1A 1 - 5     Rur 3 - 2     Ind 5 - 1     SSA 0 - 2       94 - 83             4A vs CL W - L     7A 17 - 15     6A 16 - 22     5A 12 - 26     3A 26 - 19     2A 9 - 12     1A 4 - 6     Rur 2 - 0     Ind 5 - 3     SSA 2 - 3       93 - 106             3A vs CL W - L     7A 9 - 12     6A 11 - 19     5A 17 - 20     4A 19 - 26     2A 10 - 16     1A 6 - 2     Rur 3 - 6     Ind 7 - 3     SSA 6 - 3       88 - 107             2A vs CL W - L     7A 2 - 4     6A 9 - 5     5A 7 - 4     4A 12 - 9     3A 16 - 10     1A 13 - 17     Rur 9 - 7     Ind 5 - 1     SSA 6 - 6       79 - 63             1A vs CL W - L     7A 1 - 2     6A 2 - 1     5A 5 - 1     4A 6 - 4     3A 2 - 6     2A 17 - 13     Rur 9 - 3     Ind 8 - 6     SSA 19 - 12       69 - 48             Rur vs CL W - L     7A 2 - 1     6A 2 - 1     5A 2 - 3     4A 0 - 2     3A 6 - 3     2A 7 - 9     1A 3 - 9     Ind 3 - 2     SSA 11 - 8       36 - 38             Ind vs CL W - L     7A 5 - 11     6A 0 - 8     5A 1 - 5     4A 3 - 5     3A 3 - 7     2A 1 - 5     1A 6 - 8     Rur 2 - 3     SSA 2 - 10       23 - 62             SSA vs CL W - L     7A 1 - 2     6A 1 - 1     5A 2 - 0     4A 3 - 2     3A 3 - 6     2A 6 - 6     1A 12 - 19     Rur 8 - 11     Ind 10 - 2       46 - 49