The beat Goes On

The fight for the number #1 seeding in the 3-A level is going down to the wire and the Gryphons are in the hunt.

You need to remember state rankings will not play a part in who becomes #1 in the playoff brackets.

Right now with two weeks to go there are four teams still undefeated and in the running for the #1 seeding.

Rocky Mount has a loss but since they have played an endowment game if they don't lose again inthe eyes of the NCHSAA they will be 10-0 for the playoff seeding.

Beddingfield, West Craven, Eastern Alamance and Rocky Mount are all still alive to be undefeated.

Once the season is completed each conference will have their #1 seed. All undefeated conference winners who are undefeated will go in a hat and a drawing will be held.

If those four schools finish undefeated the seeding 1-4 will be those schools.

Any team that has one loss will then be seeded but no better than fifth.

After all the number ones are seeded the same process will be followed for the team seeded #2 in each conference.

The wild card in all this speculations is who will be consider 3-AA or3-A. We feel Rocky Mount should be secure in the single A due to the fact on the official day to take the census the Gryphons have less students than last year and they were3-A last year.

In order for all of this conjecture and worry to formulate the Gryphons still must will their final two games because first place is still up for grabs in the NEW-6.

If no NEW-6 team is undefeated then you can expect for sure only one home game for the league champion or who ever gets the number 1 seed in case of a tie.

College football today

Carolina is back in the Hunt for the Orange Bowl bid and even a trip to the ACC championship game in Tampa.

Poor old Wake Forest somewhere along the way has lost their offense. If anyone has seen it please call Jim Grobe in Winston Salem.

Here is and old cliche for you. I bet N C State is the best 2-6 team in the country. I love their effort.

Now Duke has messed up the national media gossip about the SEC being the best football conference in America. They laid a whipping on Vanderbilt.

The last four years they have not been able to beat anybody. Next saturday they play NC State in Durham. It is NC State and Duke first game in five years.

I think Duke and N C State should play each other in years where they don't meet in a ACC game. Duke will be the favorite next weekend.

In Elon today the #3 ranked Phoenix of Elon played the #4 ranked Wofford Terriers and the dogs whipped Elon 55-20.

Wofford was the only team to beat Appalachian State last year.

Finally tonight N C State's basketball team played their red and white game tonight in Raleigh. It is the time since the RBC building has been built that it wasn't played before a football game. The football team played in College Park today.

In order to help draw a crowd tonight the game was the back end of a doubleheader with the Volleyball team. How far has basketball fallen in Raleigh?