Focus

I stopped by practice for a few minutes on Monday to see for myself what the atmosphere was like.

Seemed like a very good practice. One thing when you have dominated everyone like we have for the most part is thinking you don't need to worry.

I didn't see any of that. It was a very spirited session.

There is no school on Wednesday so practice will start tentatively at 9.00am. That will be followed by a Thanksgiving practice on Thursday morning which will probably not last much more than and hour.

The Gryphons are still unscored on in the first quarter this year.

For the fourth year in a row, we will play an Alamance County school in the playoffs. So far we are 0-3.

The Gryphons have not lost at home since the 30-10 loss to Western Alamance in the 3-A Eastern Finals in 2005. That is now 21 straight home games.

The computer rankings are out and predictions are out for Friday night's games.

Tarboro is a nine-point favorite over Goldsboro.

West Craven is a six-point favorite over NEW 6 member SouthWest Edgecombe.

The Gryphons are 23-point favorites Friday over Eastern Alamance. A 23-point favorite in the third round. We were favored by 24 last week and 38 against Jacksonville.

I think the Gryphons had better take care of this easy bracket cause starting next week, it will tighten up big time.

Based on this week's ratings, the Gryphons will be favored by seven over West Craven and if they were to play SWE, they will carry a 12-point margin.

If Eastern Alamance were to upset the Gryphons, it would be 14-point underdogs at West Craven and a eight-point dog at home if they were to play SWE.

Of course, putting a number on a game is only a game in itself. It has no factor in winning and losing.

According to the computers, Independence would beat Rocky Mount by 12. A school with more than 2,700 students and a school with a little more than 1,200.

It sure would be fun to see how we'd stack up after we win in Winston-Salem. But a lot of snaps of the football are yet to unfold before then.