Monday Monday

This past Saturday afternoon, the Lemont HS football team made its second consecutive trip to Champaign to play for the Illinois Class 6A championship. The Indians came up short, losing 37-15 at Memorial Stadium. Congratulations to everyone involved in the Lemont football program on another tremendously successful year. Lemont finished the season with a 13-1 record.

I learned a lot about high school football this year. As a member of the field crew, I had the opportunity to witness first hand the behavior of a number of the opposing teams that played at LHS this year. The classiest opposing organization was Lake Forest HS, whose players, coaches and fans behaved in a manner that should make their community very proud. I won't name the team is at the other end of the behavioral spectrum, other than to say that it is a school from our conference. While I wasn't on the field for the championship game this past Saturday, my unimpeachable sources were quite emphatic that Saturday's opponent wasn't on par with Lake Forest.

There's more to the games than trophies.

Portfolio update: 2 and 2. What a surprise...
Washington State @ Hawaii -29.5
Hawaii, 24-10
Many points, yes. Washington State is terrible and the Rainbows usually skewer teams like this at home.
Old reliable Hawaii failed me...
"L"

Florida -16.5 @ Florida State
Florida 45, Florida St 15
Urban Mayer has no soul. Keep it up!
"W"

Syracuse @ Cincinatti -21.5
Syracus, 30-10
Syracuse spent everything last week proving that USB stinks.
21 1/2 was too much.
"L"

Fresno State @ Boise State -21
Boise State cruised, 61-10
Smurfturf is the answer.
It sure doesn't hurt. BTW, the turf was replaced prior to this football season.
"W"

YTD: 50-50-2. Unbelievable.