Thoughts Of Early Season Action

Any one who thought Rocky Mount football was falling off the face of the earth got a big surprise. No, the Gryphons didn't look like State champions but they beat an average 4-A school at their place. Good start for the Gryphons

Tarboro has yet to give up a point. Nash Central and Washington both 3-A schools should have main street in Tarboro jumping with excitement at the thoughts of getting back to the state championship game.

Southwest Edgecombe is about where everyone thought they would be. They get out of the conference with Rocky Mount but now find Tarboro and Kinston replaces them. Whether they win their conference or not the Cougars will play at least to Thanksgiving if not longer.

Hunt is the new team on the block in the newly formed Big East 3-A. They are not new to any body as everyone has always played them non-conference any way. They ripped Fike Friday which is their second slaughter of the new season. Hunt is back, if they ever went any where?

Southern Nash was voted by the Big East coaches to finish second in the league. Their first two games both victories has done nothing to dampen their expectations. It has been a while since the Firebirds have competed for the title.

Northern Nash is competing hard. Defense is doing all it can to help them win. If their offense finds where the end zone is, Northern could be a pain in the butt for everyone. they must find a way to score.

Fike's coach during the coaches meeting admitted that they would not be very good. They haven't been even though they won their first game. Wins are going to be few and far between for the Golden Demons.

Nash Central is still trying to figure out what they do best, Run or pass. They will improve once they figure one or the other or maybe it's both. Right now the Bulldogs are treading water trying to stay alive.

The early results are in and to this point there is no major surprise for me. Everyone still has four non-conference games left to figure out what they do best. It's not the first half of the schedule that gets you in the playoffs but those last five games when you play conference. The non-conference is good only for seeding purposes.