Pigskin Prophets: Week 2
Someone turned the heat way up this week and we’d really like them to fix it.
And the beat’s so loud
Deep inside
The pressure’s high
Just to stay alive
‘Cause the heat is on
Someone turned the heat way up this week and we’d really like them to fix it. But the heat is also on a couple of teams that fell in their season-openers last week and are looking at spot they don’t want to be in – 0-2.
Losing the first two games of the season isn’t a nail in the coffin for a team’s playoff hopes, but it also doesn’t make things easy for the final seven weeks. The margin for error becomes much smaller and the pressure doesn’t get higher.
Anyway, with more confidence than we probably should have, here are the picks (home teams in CAPS).
Joe Marchilena
- Bedford over NASHUA SOUTH
- EXETER over Nashua North
- MERRIMACK over Keene
- Souhegan over MILFORD
- Pelham over ST. THOMAS
- Hillsboro-Deering/Hopkinton over HOLLIS BROOKLINE
- Hanover over JOHN STARK
- PLYMOUTH over Bow
- Sanborn over GILFORD-BELMONT
- Monadnock over STEVENS
Last week: 8-2. Season: 8-2.
Joe Marchilena is the owner and editor of NH-HighSchoolSports.com, and has been covering high school sports in New Hampshire since 2005.
Mike Lochman
- Bedford over NASHUA SOUTH
- EXETER over Nashua North
- MERRIMACK over Keene
- Souhegan over MILFORD
- Pelham over ST. THOMAS
- HOLLIS BROOKLINE over Hillsboro-Deering/Hopkinton
- JOHN STARK over Hanover
- PLYMOUTH over Bow
- Sanborn over GILFORD-BELMONT
- Monadnock over STEVENS
Last week: 6-4. Season: 6-4.
Mike Lochman coached high school football in New Hampshire for 20 years at Merrimack, Hollis Brookline and Souhegan, and is a co-host for the Ninth State Sports Show football podcast.
