Published on: Thursday, September 02, 2010

By Montgomery Marty

The ole’ Basso Profundo was proud as heck to see big bad Bob Milloy on ESPN this week with his top-notch driving machine - the Good Counsel Falcons.

Now granted it looked like the nasty offense Milloy has built up looked like a NASCAR racing stock car grindin’ its gears for most of the afternoon.

Dorian O’Daniels, the tough sophomore running back didn’t help matters with a silly penalty either, but chalk it up to youth and playing on national television.

When it came down to it the Falcons soared and beat those holier-than-thou Catholic boys at St. X like my grammy used to whup cream into butter.

You heard it first here and I’m proud to say old Mary picked it.

Chalk that one down in the win column.

Now as we move on to the fabulous, fun season of high school football, ladies keep one thing in mind: Ole Marty knows all and sees all:

Gaithersburg 14

Churchill 7

Kreg Kephardt has a mission ine life - we don’t know what it is yet - but right now it includes having Gaithersburg beat up on Churchill and those down-county rich boys.

They’ll get it done.

Seneca Valley 21

Clarksburg  6

Ain’t nothing more that Fred Kim wants in the world than a state title and those fans down in the Valley weren’t real happy with just a winning season last year. The Valley’s hurtin’ and in turn will put a hurtin on the boys from Clarksburg to open up the season headed in the right direction and to head Larry Hurd’s boys back home on the last train to Clarksburg.

Einstein 28

RM 0

Last year it took four overtimes to settle this hash and that was the closest RM got to a win all season long. Looks like another long season for the Rockets.

Damascus 28

Magruder 7

Shawn Prather’s one of the nicest coaches in Montgomery County, and the former all-Met QB knows his stuff.

But the boys down at the big Jimmie Cone won’t have any problems handling the Colonels this year because everyone knows the Swarmin’ Hornets are for real, unstoppable and travel well.

Paint Branch 33

Blair 0

No truth at all to the rumor that Blair will water down its turf field to slow down Paint Branch

Brunswick 14

Poolesville 6

Poolesville rumored to be selling raffle tickets to be the first to jump off White’s Ferry if the team has another losing season.

Q.O 38

Kennedy 0

Gonna be worse than a blow-out on the highway for Kennedy.

Sherwood - 28

Wootton -6

The difference between the Marc Thomas era and the Al Thomas era will be the difference between the Frank Sinatra era and the Beatles era. Jury’s still out on which is which.

Springbrook 20

Blake 7

Even Druid ceremonies at midfield won’t give Blake the wood they need to lay it to Springbrook.

But, on the upside, they can sell the lumber to buy new body parts after Springbrook puts a hurtin’ on ‘em.

They’ll probably need some bandages and medical supplies too.

Rockville 35

W.J. 21

Walter Johnson isn’ the W.J. of old and ain’t gonna be anybody’s doormat this year.

They could have a right respectable year and got themselves an ace gunslinging hand cannon in the backfield.

Rockville could be shreaded in the secondary with that type of aerial bombardment, so don’t be surprised if this ends up a slug fest followed by the high flying bombing runs.

But, the infantry’s gonna win this one.

Rockville will Gongbay W.J. pretty heavy and in the end that hard nose running will make all the difference.

Watkins Mill 14

Northwood 6

Speaking of teams that have improved alot - take a look at the big talent on Watkins Mill.

You’ll see more of them - especially after they start winnin’ some more ball games.

Wheaton 28

B-CC 14

Alot of coaches thought the single-wing was some kind of new taste treat at your local KFC when Joe Ortega started running this offense at Wheaton.

Turns out the only treat was watching Wheaton ditch the heavy sour cream on the nachos for a few impressive victories last year. That’s gonna continue this year.

Whitman 20

Northwest 13

Good match up and bad results for Northwest, a team still trying to find itself after a disappointing season last year.

Good Counsel 41

Gilman 33

Here comes the pain delivered with Catholic boy splendor by the Bishop, Bob Milloy and his altar boys.

Gonna be a long season if you stand in the way of the high and mighty - and Good Counsel.

G. Prep 14

Fork Union 0

Put a Fork in Fork Union. They’re done. Dan Paro’s thinking of ways to spend the randsom money after his boys take Fork Union hostage.

St. Johns Catholic 14

Bullis 6

Poor Bullis. Pat Cilento brings an upgrade to the program, but you have to bring more than a ninth grader with you from Sherwood to make a difference.

Avalon 28

Central Maryland 6

Last year Central Maryland won this game by two points.

This year with “Thunder” and “Lightning”?in the backfield for Avalon, it won’t be close.