Panthers Look For Real

Panther fans have had every reason in the world to have hopes that they just might make the playoffs.  Today the New Orleans Saints blistered last week and coming to Charlotte they had every reason to be mad and blow the Panthers out.  Didn't happen as the Panthers go to 1-1 and have a game Thursday night on the NFL Network game against the New York Giants. 

Tampa almost gave you plenty of reasons that the Panther lost to them last week was a good lost for the Panthers but Tampa slept while Eli Manning fiddled in the second half today and it is hard to say just how good the Panthers are.  We will know a lot more after Thursday.

Could somebody please tell me what the NHL is thinking?  The owners have locked the players out of training camp and are trying to get NHL players to give back 10% of  of a negotiated contract back to owners.  Has any one ever heard of trying to get maybe 2% this contract and try for more next time.  I don't see that the NHL is on all that stable of ground without  a major network putting their games on every night so any half season like the NBA had just might drop the NHL off the map of important pro sports in America.

Almost all of the local high school teams are off this week as they wait to begin Big East play Friday after next.  Let's talk about what we have seen at the halfway point.

Biggest surprise!  Rocky Mount  Once again Friday night the Gryphons won the fourth quarter after Rose had gotten the game  to where they had a chance to win.  The Gryphons will have a chance in any game  if it is close in the fourth.

Biggest Disappointment?  Nash Central.  Their experiment to move the best athlete in the conference to quarterback has not worked.  I don't care how good New Bern is giving up 52 is not so bad but not being competitive at all is terrible.  Nash Central needs the next two weeks to turn their whole season around.

The team you had better not sleep on?  Northern Nash,  If I was Hunt I would be scared to death of their first conference game up coming with the Knights.  Northern has scored on every body they have played and as the season moves forward their offense has gotten better and better.   Randy Raper should be telling his team that they had better have their chin straps tight in that game as Northern may put 35 on the Warriors.  The big question is whether Northern can hold Hunt to under 35.

Larry Fedora's let's score as fast as we can  so we can get many chances to score again works pretty good so far.  There is only one problem with trying to score on every play.  Once you score you have to play defense and the other team gets the ball as many times as you do.  Wake scored 28 on the Heels and ZERO on Florida State.  Just maybe  the Heels should practice to see if the defense can stop anybody.   You know there is a reason why teams that win the time possession battle win most games.  You tire the other team out and keep the ball away from they where they can's score.