If you open up our high school football preview section Thursday, you'll notice a new character to the Journal staff. His or her name is The Swami.
I say his or her because I am forbidden to say who this person is. I can't deny or admit it is myself, new sports editor Erik Pupillo, staffers Dan Gilles or Francis X. Bova III, or even former Morning Journal sports reporter Theresa Neuhoff, who's at our sister paper in Willoughby. Who is it? A mystery more foggy than that crystal ball The Swami uses.
But, enough with that. I want to make a quick prediction and address the early season opener -- Avon at Aurora Thursday night.
I was looking forward to attending this game, but a quick staff change will have me in the office. Fortunately, the game will be on STO, which has me -- and I'm sure many fans -- extremely thankful.
When these opener takes place, expect a lot of points to be put up on the scoreboard. Both teams have excellent quarterbacks and both teams are favorites in their conferences. (I at least think Avon will win the West Shore Conference.)
I see a lot of points being scored in not just Avon's opener, but the Elyria-Amherst game and others will likely see touchdowns come in the bunches, in my opinion. Why? Well, in my last post, I noted what I observed from Amherst's defense at Admiral King. Across the board, you look at Clearview and other teams, and offenses should be excellent this year.
The telling tale will be when Vermilion, with a superb defense, travels to play Huron and it's high-octane offense.