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Friday, September 24, 2010

Skyline's last chance for a win comes tonight

I don't feel the least bit bad about saying this: Tonight is the Ann Arbor Skyline football team's last chance for a victory this season.
Tonight they host Ann Arbor Huron, and if the Eagles don't want to end the season 0-9, they need to win this one.
Yeah, I know there are four more games left after this one, but let's be realistic.
After Huron, the Eagles have games with Bedford, Saline, Adrian and Dearborn. After four weeks, those teams are a collective 14-2 and Bedford, Adrian and Dearborn are all undefeated.
The odds of Skyline picking up wins against any of those teams are similar to the odds of my 13-week-old son getting up out of his bouncy chair, going up the stairs and making me a grilled cheese sandwich.
It's just not going to happen.
I'm not trying to pile on the Skyline team, because in all honesty, I was thoroughly impressed with the play of the Eagles last week against Pioneer. But again, we have to be realistic. Skyline is a first-year program without a single senior on the squad. Bedford, Saline, Adrian and Dearborn are all established programs and at least three of those teams are on the road to the playoffs.
However, tonight, the Skyline team has a chance to beat Huron.
I wouldn't have believed it at the beginning of the season, but now, I think Skyline can do it.
Huron is only averaging 16 points per game, while Skyline is averaging about 21 (and that's including a shutout at the hands of Ypsilanti).
And while the Skyline defense has been atrocious (the Eagles are giving up an average of over 57 points per game), the Huron D hasn't been anything to write home about either (the Rats are giving up around 31 points per game).
The Huron faithful might hate me, and I could be way off, but Skyline might be able to come out and surprise the River Rats tonight.

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