Lady Gryphons Clinch Regular Season

If there has ever been a year a  team took the conference by the horns and threw everyone to the side this has turned out  to be the year.  Tonight the Lady Gryphons took the last team that could take the regular season title away from them and tossed them to the shame of having to finish the game with a running clock.  Rocky Mount 76- Fike 35.  Rocky Mount goes to 8-0 while Fike fell to 5-3.

The victory gives the Lady Gryphons the regular season title and the number one seed in the conference tournament as well as the top seeding representing the Big East when the playoffs start rolling

Nash Central got  back into a tie with Fike after They beat Northern Nash 37-26.  The Lady Bulldogs go to 5-3  whole the Lady Knights fall to  2-6

Rocky Mount is not in the habit of doing favors for their bitter rivals but Rocky Mount needs victories to improve their winning percentage with the upcoming playoffs.  Tonight the Gryphons improve their record upsetting Fike 83-79.  Rocky Mount ups their conference record to 3-5 while Fike falls to 5-3.

Northern Nash knew that they could eliminate Nash Central from any chance of taking away the regular season top seed from them by knocking off the Bulldogs and they did 62-43.  What they didn't know is that victory would clinch The regular season as their good friends Rocky Mount would see to that.

It is the Knights 10th win in a row and 20th in the season but most importantly they are 8-0 in the Big East  and both Nash Central
and Fike at 5-3 cannot take the top seed from the Knights.

Hunt boys stay even with Rocky Mount as they kept Southern Nash winless winning in Bailey 79-71.

Saturday is a day of opportunity for  both of the basketball teams at NC Wesleyan.  The men have a home game at 2pm.  They stand 4-5 or ninth place and they play Averitt a team at 6-3 in the USA Conference standing is just a half game out of first.  A big chance to gain ground on all those ahead of the Bishops.  A lost and they could fall further away from any postseason.

The girls are on the road but they are in the same boat as the guys.  They stand in fifth two games out of fourth and the last playoff spot in the eastern division.  4pm Saturday They are at Ferrum who leads the east.  Same story here as it is either win or not making the playoffs.

Super Bowl 51

Two teams are playing in the Super Bowl that in August neither team seemed possible to make the Super Bowl.  Almost a year past before the four game suspension came down banning Tom Brady for his part in deflate Gate.

Those who call Tom Brady the greatest quarterback in NFL history predicted doom and gloom for the Patriots during his four game vacation but in fact they went 3-1 and lost their number two quarter back and had to finish up the four games with their third team quarterback under center and went 3-1.

If they can go 3-1 without him why should they not dominate the worse division in football the AFC North with him back.  Back under center for the last 12 games the Pat's go 11-1.

So with home field advantage the Pat's dominate their two playoff  rivals and Tom Brady heads to his 7th Super Bowl.  Looking back I wonder would Tom Brady be the Tom Brady we know today if the tuck rule had of been called  a fumble which it really was?

Last year at this time the NFC South Champs the Carolina Panthers were headed to the Super Bowl.  They had won their third straight division title.  A dynasty was in the making as Can Newton finally had blossomed into the best player in the NFL.  The Panthers with a good mix of young and old probably will become the next New England Patriots.

Free agent departures and early on the NFL allowed other teams to use Cam Newton for target practice and the Atlanta Falcons take advantage and are the second straight in a row NFC South team in the Super Bowl. Their quarterback just might win the MVP award and the Falcons are the top scoring team in football.

Who wins? Bill Bellicheat has the ability of taking away the other teams best player and for the Falcons that's Julio Jones. Do the Pats have any one who can cover him.  If they can stop him what about the rest of the best offense in football.  I don't think they can stop Jones but the next best stopper will be the quarterback.  Don't give him time to throw to anybody.

I see this as a high scoring game.  I see no reason that New England Patriots don't win this game. I don't know if it is my dislike for the Pats organization or my dislike of Mr Brady.  I think the Falcons win 38-35.  I also have the feeling just like last year with Cam.  The Patriots defense will disrupt Matt Ryan enough that Brady and company Win.  New England 38 Atlanta 28. I sure will hate it!