A look at our second-round playoff picks
It was a rough week for us in a lot of ways but here’s a look at the second-round picks from myself, Bob and Scott. The race is extremely tight heading into the third round:
Records:
Overall:
Ryan: 94-26
Scott: 92-28
Bob: 91-29
Second round:
Ryan: 29-11 (3-1 in 6A, 2-2 in 5A, 3-1 in 4A, 2-2 in 3A, 6-2 in 2A, 7-1 in A, 4-0 in B, 2-2 in C)
Scott: 28-12 (4-0 in 6A, 2-2 in 5A, 4-0 in 4A, 2-2 in 3A, 7-1 in 2A, 5-3 in A, 3-1 in B, 1-3 in C)
Bob: 28-12 (3-1 in 6A, 2-2 in 5A, 3-1 in 4A, 1-3 in 3A, 5-3 in 2A, 8-0 in A, 3-1 in B, 3-1 in C)
Bob’s best call: Going to Watonga for this one. I talked to coach Shannon Grimes this weekend, and he said what I’ve been thinking: the OCS win and the Cashion loss proved this Watonga team is for real. Watonga is dang good and gets to host Tonkawa this week. Guess we’ll see how good they really are. The only other thing would be I’m proud I stuck to my guns on Kingfisher and Carl Albert. Those were some pick ‘em games if there ever were any.
Ryan’s best call: I’m going to go a bit out of the box here and pick a game I was actually wrong in getting the winner. I (like everyone else not from Deer Creek-Lamont) picked Shattuck to keep its streak intact and advance to the Class C semifinals. But, I did pick Shattuck to win by “just” eight points, 28-20, and wrote this last week in making my Class C picks: “nothing would surprise me here, even Shattuck losing.” For picking the outcome of the game, I’m going to go with Laverne over Davenport. I didn’t step out and take any huge chances last week but Laverne is one of the few road teams I picked and they came through. I went 8-2 in games I picked the road team to win. And I know this is a little unfair since neither Bob nor Scott pick scores but I got two games right on the head this week, picking the exact score of Jenks-Edmond Memorial (28-14, although I didn’t envision the game tied at 14 entering the fourth) and Cascia Hall-Purcell (28-7). Also was looking pretty good for a third in Carl Albert-Tulsa Kelley before the Comets’ late touchdown sent the game to overtime.
Scott’s best call: Nothing that I’m too proud of this week except maybe hitting all four picks in 4A, which I felt was a very competitive round of games, or sticking with Kingfisher over Bridge Creek, even after BC’s 78-point outburst in the opening round. Also feeling good about only having missed four picks in Class A so far, with all of my initial semifinalist picks still alive.
Bob’s bonehead call: Line ‘em up, we got a bunch. How about saying three 3A-1 teams were going to make it? In reality, none did as 3A-3 (Cascia Hall, Berryhill, Sequoyah Claremore and Dewey) is the semifinals. Being WAY off on Sperry and Pawhuska was pretty bad, too.
Ryan bonehead call: Bartlesville-Southmoore is as good a place to start as any. I should’ve known the SaberCats would bounce back after a lackluster performance a week earlier. And it’s not like Bartlesville had the playoff experience that Southmoore lacked. Also got very close to picking Sequoyah Claremore over Tuttle but decided on head over my gut feeling at the last minute. Also, thought Shawnee would win big and I was looking pretty good early before Bixby roared back.
Scott’s bonehead call: I went with my gut feeling and picked Commerce over Talihina. Also went with my gut and picked Guthrie and Laverne to lose, even though I really believed both would win. Still kicking myself over those.
Bob’s biggest surprise: The cool thing is to say Deer Creek-Lamont over Shattuck. Well, I’m not cool (wait, that didn’t come out right). No, I’m going to go to SOuthmoore. Though I said I might be kicking myself later for it, I never expected that type of domination from the SaberCats. Wow, that was impressive. And not even the Boneman, the unofficial booster for Edmond Memorial, thought it was going to be 14-14 with Jenks entering the fourth quarter.
Ryan’s biggest surprise: Have to go with Guthrie here. When I watched the Bluejays early in the season, they were punchless offensively. But they’ve got a freshman quarterback who has really come around and Kentrell Brothers is looking more and more like the next star to come out of Guthrie. I also have to go with Forgan, who I didn’t think stood much of a chance against Covington-Douglas.
Scott’s biggest surprise: If anyone says they’re not surprised that Shattuck lost in the quarterfinals, they’re either lying or they have a son playing for Deer Creek-Lamont. In my picks preview, I said this about the Class C bracket: “If you took Shattuck out of the mix, this class would be wide-open.” Looks like the last part was true, even without the first part. Other surprises: Shawnee’s loss. I leaned heavily toward picking the Wolves as 5A champs before the playoffs began. Clinton’s loss. I did pick the Tornadoes as my 3A champs.
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