The best reason to read mLive is CAACMIKEY. 
If you don't know about him you're in for a treat. His stuff has a tendency to disappear,
so I thought I might post it here.
38806. MY ROUND 1 PICKS (D1-D4)
by CAACMIKEY, 10/30/08 12:59 ET
OKAY I WILL BE PICKING JUST SOME OF THESE GAMES BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY OF THEM. WE HAVE 256 TEAMS IN THE FIELD AND SO THAT MEANS 137 GAMES AND 123 OF THE
TEAMS WILL LOSE. AS I HAVE SAID BEFORE, WE HAVE GOOD HS FOOTBALL IN MICHIGAN, SO OUR TEAMS ARE A BIT ABOVE 500.
I'll post the results in this color, just don't expect me to be as great as MIKEY.
DIVISION 1 (CLASS AA/B)
BAY CITY CENTRAL AT GRAND LEDGE: THESE TWO TEAMS HAVENT MET IN A LONG TIME BUT BOTH HAVE LEGENDARY PROGRAMS. GRAND LEDGE WAS LED FOR YEARS BY PAT O'BRIEN WHO PLAYED COACH NEWT ROCKNE IN THE MOVIES. BAY CITY CENTRAL WAS ONCE COACHED BY FORMER GOVERNOR ELMER ENGLER.
LEDGE TO WIN.
PLYMOUTH AT CANTON: HERE WE GO AGAIN. TEAMS FROM OUT OF STATE PLAYING IN OUR PLAYOFFS. WHEN IS OREL ROBERTS TO STOP THIS? OHIO HAS GOOD HS FOOTBALL SO I PICK CANTON OVER THE NEW ENGLANDERS.
WEST BLOOMFIELD AT STEVENSON: THIS IS ONE OF THE BETTER METRO DETROIT MATCHUPS ON FRIDAY. STEVENSON TO WIN.
DETROIT CROSS COUNTRY AT NUMBER SIX: WILL THE GUYS WHO RUN UP AND DOWN HILLS BE ABLE TO TOP THE TEAM FROM ALKALINE'S HOME TOWN? MY FAVORITE BATTERIES WILL LOSE.
TROY AT DAKOTA: AT LEAST THIS TIME ITS A TEAM FROM NEW YORK GETTING STUCK PLAYING A COLLEGE TEAM. DAKOTA TO WIN.
CHIPPEWA VALLEY AT STEVENSON: I GUESS ITS GOOD THAT THIS GAME IS SATURDAY AT 1 AS STEVENSON HAS TO PLAY WEST BLOOMFIELD THE NIGHT BEFORE. I DIDNT KNOW THEY HAD DOUBLEHEADERS IN THE PLAYOFFS. STEVENSON FOR THE SWEEP.
SUPER IMPRESSIVE opening salvo, MIKEY goes six for six!
DIVISION 2 (CLASS AAA)
SAGINAW ARTHUR HILL AT MIDLAND: I LIKED OWEN MARTIAL, CONSOLER AT LAW, SO I HAVE TO PICK ARTHUR HILL OVER THE DOW CHEMICS.
DAVIDSON AT FENTON: DAVIDSON HAS PLAYED A TOUGH SCHEDULE AND GOTTEN THROUGH IT. MAYBE THE MULE IS A GOOD LUCK CHARM FOR THEM? THEY WILL WIN.
HUDSON AT GRAND RAPIDS KENOWA HILLS: FOREST HILLS, KENOWA HILLS. GR IS FLATTER THAN XTINA APPELGATE AFTER THE SURGERY, BUT HAS A LOT OF SCHOOLS WITH HILLS IN
THEIR NAMES. HUDSON TO WIN.
RICE AT ROCHESTER SAMUEL ADAMS: RICE MIGHT BE A COLLEGE TEAM, BUT THEY AREN'T READY FOR WHAT A SCHOOL WITH A SPONSER CAN DO TO THEM.
WYANDOTTE ROOSEVELT AT DEARBORN EDSEL FORD: THE BATTLE OF THE PRESIDENTS. BET ON FDR.
Maybe he was overcome with nostalgia for old tv and the product of one of our oldest patriots, but Mikey misfired by not choosing Rice & Midland. If you are Scoring at Home, it is now 9-2.
DIVISION 3 (CLASS B/CC)
CHARLOTTE AT STEVENSVILLE LAKEVIEW LAKESHORE HILLS: APPARENTLY THIS IS NOT THE CHARLOTTE IN NORTH CAROLINA, BUT RATHER AN EXPANSION CITY BUILT BETWEEN LANSING
AND BATTLE CREEK. LIKE THE EXPANSION TAMPA BLUE DEVILS THIS WEEK, I DOUBT CHARLOTTE WILL WIN.
HASLUTT AT EAST LANSING: EL BLEW OUT THE VIKINGS IN WEEK ONE AND WILL DO LIKEWISE IN WEEK ELEVEN.
REDFORD THURSTON HOWELL IIIRD AT BLOOMFIELD HILLS LASER: RICH PEOPLE VERSUS FREAKS FRYING OPPONENTS WITH BEAMS. LASER TO BURN 'EM.
LEPPER WEST AT LYNDON: ALWAYS BE CAREFUL WHEN PLAYING LEPPER, YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT MIGHT BE FALLING OFF IN THE YURINAL. LYDNON TO WIN.
Betting against the Leppers was CAACMIKEY's only loss in this division, 3-1, with a comfortable 12-3 record.
DIVISION 4 (CLASS A/B/D)
SPRING LAKE CREEKSHORE AT MUSKEGON OAKVIEW HILLS: OAKVIEW YEAR IN AND YEAR OUT IS ONE OF THE TOP PROGRAMS IN THE AREA AND WILL WIN.
DOWAGIAC AT THREE RIVERS LAKESHORE: THESE TWO TEAMS BELONG TO A LEAGUE WHERE THEY ALL PLAY EACH OTHER IN THE REGULAR SEASON AND DONT PLAY ANYBODY ELSE.
APPARENTLY THEY WILL DO THIS IN THE PLAYOFFS TOO, SO I GUESS THE WINNER GETS THE LEAGUE TITLE AND THATS THE END OF IT.
MOUNT MORRIS' JOHNSON AT YALE: THEY HAVE ONE OF THOSE SPECIAL GROWNUPS STORES LIKE PRISCILLAS JUST OFF I-69 AND I GUESS "MOUNT MORRIS' JOHNSON" IS THE NAME OF ONE OF THE MOVIES ON SALE THERE. THE MOVIE'S PRODUCERS MUST BE THE SPONSER OF THE HIGH SCHOOL. THE IVY LEAGUE BOYS WILL WIN.
MADISON HEIGHTS LAMPHERE AT CLINTON TOWNSHIP CLINTON DALE LAKESHORE CLINTON HILLS: I PICK THE SLICK WILLIES TO WIN.
The Yalies let ole Mikey down. He goes 2-1 for division IV. Unless someone can find a prediction in the Dowagiac @ Three Rivers game.
STEVENSON PLAYS TWO GAMES THIS WEEKEND TOO, SO MAYBE GRAND LEDGE IS PLAYING BATTLE CREEK IN THE SECOND GAME OF A DOUBLEHEADER? I DIDNT PICK ALL THE GAMES SO DIDNT HAVE ALL OF THEM IN THERE.
CAACMIKEY's score for the first half 14-4.
MY ROUND 1 PICKS (D5-D8)
by CAACMIKEY, 10/30/08 13:02 ET
THERE ARE TOO MANY GAMES TO PICK THIS YEAR!
DIVISION 5 (CLASS C)
RED CITY LAKEVIEW AT STANDISH STERLING: I DONT THINK COMMUNISTS ARE GOOD AT FOOTBALL.
GRAND RAPIDS WESTERN AT ALLENDALE LAKESHORE: ALLENDALE IS LIKE THE JV TEAM FOR GRAND VALLEY STATE LAKESHORE, SO THEY SHOULD WIN.
MADISON HEIGHTS MADISON LAKEVIEW MADISON HILLS AT ALMONT: MADISON TO TAKE IT.
HILLSDALE HILLS AT JACKSON LUMEN CHRISTIAN: WHILE ITS TOUGH TO PLAY A COLLEGE TEAM, THE BOYS IN THE JOINT WHO FOUND GOD USUALLY MAKE A GREAT RUN AT THIS TIME
OF YEAR AND WILL WIN.
MIKEY Correctly pegged the football ability of the Commies & Convicts, getting the first & last games correct, missing the middle two. Now 16-6.
DIVISION 6 (CLASS DD)
CHARLEVOIX AT FELCH MOUNTAIN: ITS A LONG TRIP TO THE YOU PEE AND A STICKY TIME ON FELCH MOUNTAIN, THEN A LONG TRIP BACK.
Reading this for about the fourth time I think MIKEY got this correct.
GRANDVILLE CALVIN CHRISTIAN LAKESHORE AT CLAIRE: USUALLY BY THE TIME THE PLAYOFFS START WERE ALL TALKING ABOUT HARRISON UP BY CLAIRE AND THEIR GREAT PLAYERS
LIKE GARY "MILL THE THRILL" COLEMAN AND COACH JOEY HERRINGTON. BUT THIS YEAR HARRISON UP BY CLAIRE DIDNT MAKE IT BUT REGULAR CLAIRE DID MAKE IT.
CLAIRE TO WIN.
ELKTON-PIGEON-BAYPORT LAKER LAKESHORE HILLS AT SAGINAW NOVEL: NOVEL HAS BECOME THE BIGGEST POWERHOUSE THIS SIDE OF LOWELL THOMAS, THEY WILL ROLL IN THIS ONE.
MANCHESTER AT HUDSONVILLE: I DONT UNDERSTAND WHY A FOREIGN TEAM THAT PROBABLY PLAYS SOCCER IS IN THE D-6 PLAYOFFS. NOR DO I UNDERSTAND WHY A CLASS AA SCHOOL IS
IN D-6 EITHER. HUDSONVILLE TO WIN.
Now maybe MIKEY wants to argue this but I say he goes 1-1 on the Hudson v Hudsonville games. Score stands at 19-7.
DIVISION 7 (CLASS D)
ISHPEMING AT FELCH RIVER WEST FELCH COUNTY LAKESHORE: ISHPEMING TO SLIP PAST FELCH.
Sorry, but it was close! 22-20 with Ishpeming on the wrong end.
MERYL AT FIFE LAKE LAKESHORE HILLS: THESE HOLLYWOOD PEOPLE HAVE TOO MUCH MONEY IF THEY CAN BUY A HIGH SCHOOL. FIFE LAKE TO BEAT THE TAR OUT OF MISS STREEP.
Mikey must not have seen Ms Streep in her action flicks. Fife pounded 50-23.
POTTER AT @SS-GRAY AKE-LAY: @SS AKE TO WIN.
MIKEY get the next two correct, leveling off at .700 with 21-9
MEMPHIS AT DRYDEN: DRYDEN WILL POUND THOSE GUYS FROM KENTUCKY.
DIVISION 8 (CLASS E)
CAACMIKEY scoped this division out perfectly, 4-0. Each of his selections won by at least three touchdowns!
BARAGA HILLS AT CRYSTAL FELCH FELCH PARK: CRYSTAL FELCH FINALLY PULLED OUT THERE FIRST TITLE SINCE THE 70'S AND WILL PULL OUT THE FUNKY 70'S SOCKS FOR
ANOTHER LONG RUN THIS YEAR.
FELCH NORTH DICKINSON AT LAKE LINDEN FELCH LAKESHORE: THE YOO PEE IS FULL OF FELCH ONCE AGAIN. LAKESHORE TO WIN.
FELCH RIVER-HARRIS AT ST. IGNATIUS: EVEN THOUGH THERE IN CLEVELAND I GUESS ST. IG GETS INTO THE PLAYOFFS THANKS TO THEIR ALUM BRYAN HEUER. THEY WILL WIN.
COLON AT PITTSBURGH: A STEAL MILL IS THE LAST PLACE I WOULD GO FOR A COLONIC, OUCH. THE STEALERS TO WIN.
If you don't know about him you're in for a treat. His stuff has a tendency to disappear,
so I thought I might post it here.
38806. MY ROUND 1 PICKS (D1-D4)
by CAACMIKEY, 10/30/08 12:59 ET
OKAY I WILL BE PICKING JUST SOME OF THESE GAMES BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY OF THEM. WE HAVE 256 TEAMS IN THE FIELD AND SO THAT MEANS 137 GAMES AND 123 OF THE
TEAMS WILL LOSE. AS I HAVE SAID BEFORE, WE HAVE GOOD HS FOOTBALL IN MICHIGAN, SO OUR TEAMS ARE A BIT ABOVE 500.
I'll post the results in this color, just don't expect me to be as great as MIKEY.
DIVISION 1 (CLASS AA/B)
BAY CITY CENTRAL AT GRAND LEDGE: THESE TWO TEAMS HAVENT MET IN A LONG TIME BUT BOTH HAVE LEGENDARY PROGRAMS. GRAND LEDGE WAS LED FOR YEARS BY PAT O'BRIEN WHO PLAYED COACH NEWT ROCKNE IN THE MOVIES. BAY CITY CENTRAL WAS ONCE COACHED BY FORMER GOVERNOR ELMER ENGLER.
LEDGE TO WIN.
PLYMOUTH AT CANTON: HERE WE GO AGAIN. TEAMS FROM OUT OF STATE PLAYING IN OUR PLAYOFFS. WHEN IS OREL ROBERTS TO STOP THIS? OHIO HAS GOOD HS FOOTBALL SO I PICK CANTON OVER THE NEW ENGLANDERS.
WEST BLOOMFIELD AT STEVENSON: THIS IS ONE OF THE BETTER METRO DETROIT MATCHUPS ON FRIDAY. STEVENSON TO WIN.
DETROIT CROSS COUNTRY AT NUMBER SIX: WILL THE GUYS WHO RUN UP AND DOWN HILLS BE ABLE TO TOP THE TEAM FROM ALKALINE'S HOME TOWN? MY FAVORITE BATTERIES WILL LOSE.
TROY AT DAKOTA: AT LEAST THIS TIME ITS A TEAM FROM NEW YORK GETTING STUCK PLAYING A COLLEGE TEAM. DAKOTA TO WIN.
CHIPPEWA VALLEY AT STEVENSON: I GUESS ITS GOOD THAT THIS GAME IS SATURDAY AT 1 AS STEVENSON HAS TO PLAY WEST BLOOMFIELD THE NIGHT BEFORE. I DIDNT KNOW THEY HAD DOUBLEHEADERS IN THE PLAYOFFS. STEVENSON FOR THE SWEEP.
SUPER IMPRESSIVE opening salvo, MIKEY goes six for six!
DIVISION 2 (CLASS AAA)
SAGINAW ARTHUR HILL AT MIDLAND: I LIKED OWEN MARTIAL, CONSOLER AT LAW, SO I HAVE TO PICK ARTHUR HILL OVER THE DOW CHEMICS.
DAVIDSON AT FENTON: DAVIDSON HAS PLAYED A TOUGH SCHEDULE AND GOTTEN THROUGH IT. MAYBE THE MULE IS A GOOD LUCK CHARM FOR THEM? THEY WILL WIN.
HUDSON AT GRAND RAPIDS KENOWA HILLS: FOREST HILLS, KENOWA HILLS. GR IS FLATTER THAN XTINA APPELGATE AFTER THE SURGERY, BUT HAS A LOT OF SCHOOLS WITH HILLS IN
THEIR NAMES. HUDSON TO WIN.
RICE AT ROCHESTER SAMUEL ADAMS: RICE MIGHT BE A COLLEGE TEAM, BUT THEY AREN'T READY FOR WHAT A SCHOOL WITH A SPONSER CAN DO TO THEM.
WYANDOTTE ROOSEVELT AT DEARBORN EDSEL FORD: THE BATTLE OF THE PRESIDENTS. BET ON FDR.
Maybe he was overcome with nostalgia for old tv and the product of one of our oldest patriots, but Mikey misfired by not choosing Rice & Midland. If you are Scoring at Home, it is now 9-2.
DIVISION 3 (CLASS B/CC)
CHARLOTTE AT STEVENSVILLE LAKEVIEW LAKESHORE HILLS: APPARENTLY THIS IS NOT THE CHARLOTTE IN NORTH CAROLINA, BUT RATHER AN EXPANSION CITY BUILT BETWEEN LANSING
AND BATTLE CREEK. LIKE THE EXPANSION TAMPA BLUE DEVILS THIS WEEK, I DOUBT CHARLOTTE WILL WIN.
HASLUTT AT EAST LANSING: EL BLEW OUT THE VIKINGS IN WEEK ONE AND WILL DO LIKEWISE IN WEEK ELEVEN.
REDFORD THURSTON HOWELL IIIRD AT BLOOMFIELD HILLS LASER: RICH PEOPLE VERSUS FREAKS FRYING OPPONENTS WITH BEAMS. LASER TO BURN 'EM.
LEPPER WEST AT LYNDON: ALWAYS BE CAREFUL WHEN PLAYING LEPPER, YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT MIGHT BE FALLING OFF IN THE YURINAL. LYDNON TO WIN.
Betting against the Leppers was CAACMIKEY's only loss in this division, 3-1, with a comfortable 12-3 record.
DIVISION 4 (CLASS A/B/D)
SPRING LAKE CREEKSHORE AT MUSKEGON OAKVIEW HILLS: OAKVIEW YEAR IN AND YEAR OUT IS ONE OF THE TOP PROGRAMS IN THE AREA AND WILL WIN.
DOWAGIAC AT THREE RIVERS LAKESHORE: THESE TWO TEAMS BELONG TO A LEAGUE WHERE THEY ALL PLAY EACH OTHER IN THE REGULAR SEASON AND DONT PLAY ANYBODY ELSE.
APPARENTLY THEY WILL DO THIS IN THE PLAYOFFS TOO, SO I GUESS THE WINNER GETS THE LEAGUE TITLE AND THATS THE END OF IT.
MOUNT MORRIS' JOHNSON AT YALE: THEY HAVE ONE OF THOSE SPECIAL GROWNUPS STORES LIKE PRISCILLAS JUST OFF I-69 AND I GUESS "MOUNT MORRIS' JOHNSON" IS THE NAME OF ONE OF THE MOVIES ON SALE THERE. THE MOVIE'S PRODUCERS MUST BE THE SPONSER OF THE HIGH SCHOOL. THE IVY LEAGUE BOYS WILL WIN.
MADISON HEIGHTS LAMPHERE AT CLINTON TOWNSHIP CLINTON DALE LAKESHORE CLINTON HILLS: I PICK THE SLICK WILLIES TO WIN.
The Yalies let ole Mikey down. He goes 2-1 for division IV. Unless someone can find a prediction in the Dowagiac @ Three Rivers game.
Bearcat9 wrote:
"Grand Ledge play Battle Creek Central not Bay City Central."
STEVENSON PLAYS TWO GAMES THIS WEEKEND TOO, SO MAYBE GRAND LEDGE IS PLAYING BATTLE CREEK IN THE SECOND GAME OF A DOUBLEHEADER? I DIDNT PICK ALL THE GAMES SO DIDNT HAVE ALL OF THEM IN THERE.
CAACMIKEY's score for the first half 14-4.
MY ROUND 1 PICKS (D5-D8)
by CAACMIKEY, 10/30/08 13:02 ET
THERE ARE TOO MANY GAMES TO PICK THIS YEAR!
DIVISION 5 (CLASS C)
RED CITY LAKEVIEW AT STANDISH STERLING: I DONT THINK COMMUNISTS ARE GOOD AT FOOTBALL.
GRAND RAPIDS WESTERN AT ALLENDALE LAKESHORE: ALLENDALE IS LIKE THE JV TEAM FOR GRAND VALLEY STATE LAKESHORE, SO THEY SHOULD WIN.
MADISON HEIGHTS MADISON LAKEVIEW MADISON HILLS AT ALMONT: MADISON TO TAKE IT.
HILLSDALE HILLS AT JACKSON LUMEN CHRISTIAN: WHILE ITS TOUGH TO PLAY A COLLEGE TEAM, THE BOYS IN THE JOINT WHO FOUND GOD USUALLY MAKE A GREAT RUN AT THIS TIME
OF YEAR AND WILL WIN.
MIKEY Correctly pegged the football ability of the Commies & Convicts, getting the first & last games correct, missing the middle two. Now 16-6.
DIVISION 6 (CLASS DD)
CHARLEVOIX AT FELCH MOUNTAIN: ITS A LONG TRIP TO THE YOU PEE AND A STICKY TIME ON FELCH MOUNTAIN, THEN A LONG TRIP BACK.
Reading this for about the fourth time I think MIKEY got this correct.
GRANDVILLE CALVIN CHRISTIAN LAKESHORE AT CLAIRE: USUALLY BY THE TIME THE PLAYOFFS START WERE ALL TALKING ABOUT HARRISON UP BY CLAIRE AND THEIR GREAT PLAYERS
LIKE GARY "MILL THE THRILL" COLEMAN AND COACH JOEY HERRINGTON. BUT THIS YEAR HARRISON UP BY CLAIRE DIDNT MAKE IT BUT REGULAR CLAIRE DID MAKE IT.
CLAIRE TO WIN.
ELKTON-PIGEON-BAYPORT LAKER LAKESHORE HILLS AT SAGINAW NOVEL: NOVEL HAS BECOME THE BIGGEST POWERHOUSE THIS SIDE OF LOWELL THOMAS, THEY WILL ROLL IN THIS ONE.
MANCHESTER AT HUDSONVILLE: I DONT UNDERSTAND WHY A FOREIGN TEAM THAT PROBABLY PLAYS SOCCER IS IN THE D-6 PLAYOFFS. NOR DO I UNDERSTAND WHY A CLASS AA SCHOOL IS
IN D-6 EITHER. HUDSONVILLE TO WIN.
Now maybe MIKEY wants to argue this but I say he goes 1-1 on the Hudson v Hudsonville games. Score stands at 19-7.
DIVISION 7 (CLASS D)
ISHPEMING AT FELCH RIVER WEST FELCH COUNTY LAKESHORE: ISHPEMING TO SLIP PAST FELCH.
Sorry, but it was close! 22-20 with Ishpeming on the wrong end.
MERYL AT FIFE LAKE LAKESHORE HILLS: THESE HOLLYWOOD PEOPLE HAVE TOO MUCH MONEY IF THEY CAN BUY A HIGH SCHOOL. FIFE LAKE TO BEAT THE TAR OUT OF MISS STREEP.
Mikey must not have seen Ms Streep in her action flicks. Fife pounded 50-23.
POTTER AT @SS-GRAY AKE-LAY: @SS AKE TO WIN.
MIKEY get the next two correct, leveling off at .700 with 21-9
MEMPHIS AT DRYDEN: DRYDEN WILL POUND THOSE GUYS FROM KENTUCKY.
DIVISION 8 (CLASS E)
CAACMIKEY scoped this division out perfectly, 4-0. Each of his selections won by at least three touchdowns!
BARAGA HILLS AT CRYSTAL FELCH FELCH PARK: CRYSTAL FELCH FINALLY PULLED OUT THERE FIRST TITLE SINCE THE 70'S AND WILL PULL OUT THE FUNKY 70'S SOCKS FOR
ANOTHER LONG RUN THIS YEAR.
FELCH NORTH DICKINSON AT LAKE LINDEN FELCH LAKESHORE: THE YOO PEE IS FULL OF FELCH ONCE AGAIN. LAKESHORE TO WIN.
FELCH RIVER-HARRIS AT ST. IGNATIUS: EVEN THOUGH THERE IN CLEVELAND I GUESS ST. IG GETS INTO THE PLAYOFFS THANKS TO THEIR ALUM BRYAN HEUER. THEY WILL WIN.
COLON AT PITTSBURGH: A STEAL MILL IS THE LAST PLACE I WOULD GO FOR A COLONIC, OUCH. THE STEALERS TO WIN.
