In response to Coach Mike and his lack of controlling his team, that is completely wrong. I played for the man and have remained close to him over the years. One thing that he has instilled in all of his players during his 44 year career is that you respect game and the opponent that you are facing. NovatoFan wants to make comments about the his lack of leadership and that just being he has been somewhere for so long that doesn’t make him a class act. Thats ridiculous. Let me ask you this, why is it that a majority of his players still come back and see him when they get the chance and why is it that they all see him as a secondary father figure in their lives. He is one of the most respected coaches in Northern California. Why don’t you ask Coach Sira at Amador or Coach Swift at Newark or the De Anza College, to name a few, about what kind of class act Coach Mike is? If you had been at the game, you might have known that Coach Mike pulled his team to the sideline after the ejections and told his team, coaches included, that if there was anymore trash talking going, he would yank whoever it was off the field and throw them off the team.

Also in response to NovatoFan, the offensive coordinator has been coaching the game for about 50 years and has coached with some of the greatest coaches in the history of the game. He has forgotten more football than you will ever know. Unless you are related to Bill Walsh or anyone close to his level, I think you better keep quiet.

With regards to the sportsmanship on the field. NovatoFan, if I remember right, you said you weren’t at the game. You said you talked to one of the officials, right? (sarcasm) If so, you have no business commenting on the conduct on the field, because you weren’t there to see it. The sportsmanship was bad on both sides. It was happening during the entire game. The officials allowed it to get out of hand. Damewood got ejected because he earlier he had been clearly hit with a cheap shot after a play had already ended and the official stood there and did nothing. Then, he was getting pounded and thrown into the ground by two defenders, again after the play had ended, what a classy move by undefeated team. Cheap shots and plays like that can take away from the season they are having. Damewood lost his temper, just like most kids would have done in that situation. I think that we as adults need to realize that these players are just kids and sometimes it is sometimes hard for them to control their emotions, especially if and when they feel they are being cheap shotted.

With regards to the NCS reviewing the film, I hope that NCS Commissioner Gil Lemmon personally looks at it and sees that the officials lost control of the game early on. I am not saying that why the Titans lost the game. I never believe that poor officials will cause a team to lose. But I do think that the head official in the game is too old to be calling an NCS playoff game. He had no clue what he was doing out there. I believe that once the film is reviewed, the suspension will hold up and Encinal will be playing next week with one less man. Sorry that way it goes. If JFK had won, they would be preparing to play without Damewood and not praying that the NCS reversed its policy.

Guru-black, I have been a A’s fan for as long as I can remember and I think it is going to be weird when they move out to Fremont. But Oakland has no one to blame but themselves for the team leaving. The team gave them plenty of time to come up with a stadium plan and the city said no. So if you want to blame anymore for what the owners are doing, blame the city.

That being said, I wish the jets the best of luck next week, against either O’Dowd or Marin Catholic. I think that O’Dowd will beat Marin Catholic then beat Encinal. I think that O’Dowd hits too hard for the Jets and as good as their QB is, he will have a tough time getting passes off.

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Bishop O Dowd Sat 09/20 Home Kennedy (Fremont, CA) 6-6 7 3-7 -5.4 Mission Valley III North II Won, 35-14
Fri 11/28 Home Kennedy (Fremont, CA)

Encinal 11/28/2008 III Playoffs 6-6 7 3-7 -5.4 Mission Valley III North II Won, 56-8

Encinal Fri 09/05 Thompson Field Encinal(Alameda, CA) Alameda (CA) 3-7 -10.7 7-4 14.3 Alameda Contra Costa II North I Won, 38-10

Above are the two teams that BOD and Encinal have played in common given the margin of victory and the time of season the games where played if the two meet I would say atleast on paper Encinal would be the favorite