Published on: Thursday, September 09, 2010

By Montgomery Marty

The Big Sound and Fury is happy  as a pig in stink with his Swarmin’ Hornets this past weekend.

The only time Magruder got to see the end zone was getting off and on the bus.

But The archbishop Milloy crew faltered at the alter against Gilman, and now will have a week to lick its wounds before moving on to more tough competition.

Speaking of competition, I warned everyone not to bet against W.J. This team has the ability to put lots of points on the board, and made Rockville’s runningback eat his well-published words about going undefeated by upsetting Rockville in week one. That earned W.J. respect, and no one will rest lightly with them again.

So with those miscues, and faith in Wheaton’s single-wing, The ole Basso Profundo went 14-3 last week, and will have to improve more than the beloved Terps in order to keep the title of High and Mighty of the football world.

Paint Branch 21

B-CC 20

Give the edge to Paint Branch here, though they barely beat Blair last week. B-CCgot the upset victory at Wheaton last week, but will bepretty upset it ain’t lacrosse season this week.

Blair 20

Magruder 14

Plagued by nearby ICC construction, the Colonels will struggle and come up short against Blair traffic.

Watkins Mill 28

Blake  7

Nervous security guards will be ushered off the field after Watkins Mill pulls out its shot gun.

Damascus 35

Q.O. 28

This is it pigskin fans. The game of the week and the best of the early season.

Both teams are coming off of big honkin’ victories last week. Both teams won by 42 points. Damascus didn’t let Magruder score and Q.O. gave up 6 to Kennedy. You can bet that down at the Jimmie Cone they’re talking about that, but you can’t really read anything into it.

What you can bet is that Damascus is catching Q.O. on a slightly down year.

That won’t make any difference either as Dangerous Dave Mencarini will have his boys playing.

But Wiley Eric Wallach has a few tricks up his sleeve too.

This game could boil down to the last possession or a turnover.

Call it a toss up, but the Sound and Fury goes with his Jimmy Cone pals everytime.

Einstein 21

Kennedy 6

Einstein plans a featured Einstein bobble-head dance after opening up with two victories.

Springbrook 17

Northwest 6

Springbrook promises  new rotating restauarant at the 50-yard-line for all disgruntled Hogs fans.

Clarksburg 28

Northwood 6

Larry Hurd’s squad, still a hurtin’ from last week will put the hurtin on Northwood.

Sherwood 42

RM 0

This game will be close . . . until the opening kickoff.

Rockville 42

Poolesville 0

Gongbay’s still upset he won’t go undefeated, so Poolesville will pay this week.

Seneca Valley 21

Churchill 7

Fred Kim’s team won in overtime last week, but won’t need it this week as they travel to Churchill.

Winston Churchill may be famous for his “Iron Curtain” speech, but Churchill High School will be more famous for getting “ironed” flat by Seneca Valley this week.

Walter Johnson 35

Whitman 21

Yep, the ole Sound and Fury learned his lesson last week.

The boys at W.J. can score at will, and if they’ve got the ball with any time left on the clock and they’re within a score, bet on them to win.

Whitman is solid, but the aerial bombardment they’ll receive this week will be too much.

Wheaton 14

Wilson 7

No truth to the rumor that the single-wing was eaten by the Wildcat.

Gaithersburg 21

Wootton 6

Gaithersburg’s offense ran all over Churchill last week, proving that Kreg Kephart has a squad that shouldn’t be overlooked.

Wootton proved last week they can kick a field goal rather than be shut out.

So this week they won’t be shut out, again.

Avalon 42

Fishburne 7

Avalon’s twin dynamos in the backfield, Rashid Abrahim and David Collins were joined by Isaac Boyd, a freshman receiver, in beating up Central Maryland last week.

This week they face an aerial assault, but those ducks will get shutdown while “thunder and lightning” will roll on.

St. Vincent Pallotti 21

Bullis 20

Palloti will do their exercises all over Bullis.

But, Bullis proved they could score last week and may be headed for an upset.

I say give Cilento and his crew another week of festering before their breakout.

But, make no mistake, Bullis is coming back.

Landon 10

McNamara 7

Landon opens up against Bishop McNamara.

Three Hail Mary’s and four “Our Fathers” if they lose it.

G. Prep 21

Paul VI   7

Another beloved Catholic school boy squad gets back into action this week.

Dan Paro’s boys just get better each week, so this week they should be able to scoot beyond Paul VI.

No truth to the rumor that outgoing Prep headmaster Father George is putting Paro in for Sainthood.