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High school football: Top 25

Layton going to find holes in the strong Syracuse D (returning 21/22 starters from last year) & Layton's own D (only 2 returning D from last year)will keep the Syracuse O to their usual low scoring nights. The last 5 games, Layton has given up an avg of 11 pts/game. But Syracuse has given up only 9 pts/game.

Layton's offense is looking to continue to explode as injuries are starting to heal and the team continuity is starting to mesh. Syracuse, is looking for revenge, as last year, Layton beat them on their own turf, in a torrent downpour, where Syracuse almost beat 1 of the top ranked teams in the state.

The home crowd will be a plus for Layton, where thousands pour in every home game to support their team. Syracuse only beat Clearfield & Viewmont by a TD.

Layton wins 26-9.

Thought this was worth posting here....so it wouldn't get buried in all the other posts & to get more discussion going.

*** UPSET SPECIALS? Could it be? Typically, upsets aren't as plentiful in high school, let alone to actually guess an upset correctly. So, anybody want to take a stab at an upset in these 5A games?

Bingham @ Riverton
Syracuse @ Layton
Pleasant Grove @ Spanish Fork
Jordan @ Brighton
Hillcrest @ Alta (HA!! just kidding!)

My UPSET SPECIAL OF THE WEEK, for whatever reason other than maybe it's just the way the ball bounces, and home field advantage (along with the fact that their offense is explosive & I expect a shootout):

Riverton over Bingham 34-32

Any others? 4A, 3A, 2A, 1A???? Come on....somebody else stick their necks out.

Where in the world are those trash talking going to dominate GUNNISON BULLDOGS? Are you guys going to wait until you find a sport that you can finally go over .500 in before you start that non stop trash talk we had to put up with all spring? Tell us more about how you are going dominate 2a as soon as we get realignment. You aren't even playing good 1a football or volleyball. I'm betting it will be the same for basketball and wrestling.

to alta, but personally i think cottonwood should be ranked over them but thats just my opinion and honestly, i am not a fan

First I dont know why you always are bashing on Bingham and picking them to lose...They are not going to they will win by at least 20. You obviously dont know anything about Riverton other than what some of these articles tell you.

And Second, Your not a writer for the des news so stop acting like it!

Sky View's QB did not play at Highland due to an injury which made the difference in the game

Dude - Have you seen Bingham play? That won't be much of a game with Riverton Friday night. I hope Bingham meets Layton in the 2nd or 3rd round of the playoffs...then you'll become a believer. The Alta / Bingham championship game this year will be a good one.

Who votes on this thing? American Fork was clobbered by Spanish Fork and you guys rank them ahead of Spanish Fork one week later? Do you even put any thought into this?

Lundberg did just fine. It wouldn't have made any difference. Highland was ready for us. They out manned us and shut down our RB as well. All of the shoulda-coulda-woulda's won't replace that loss. Just hope we're ready for the next two games.

Injuries are part of the game. A team's rank is based on wins and losses not on who did or didn't play. Good teams find a way to win in spite of injuries.

Alta 72 - Hillcrest - 0.

And how Bingham is still in the top 10 is totally ridiculous. The only thing scarier and scarier about Bingham is how their always adored by the media. Get off it already will ya? They've lost two games and will more than likely lose again before the playoffs.

I just hope Layton thinks they're ready in November.

you got east as the second ranked 4A team if I remember right it took a miracle for them to beat snow canyon the 4th best region 9 team including 3A its allright everyone knows these rankings are a joke they are just fun to look at and make fun of

east should be 8th not 3rd i guess your just trying to hype the game this weekend

Thanks to the Bingham fans, they are an endless supply of bulletin board material. Contrary to their belief there are more than 2 quality high school football programs in Utah. Obviously they have forgotten their loss to Skyline.

Its okay. Rank everybody above us. We were picked to lose to AF and Timpanogos. Were most likely picked to lose to PG. Bring it on. The underdog DONS are gonna represent on Friday.

Ah!!!....the proverbial "DNEWS BCSesque BUSTER POLLOCK JOKE"!

Come on Dnews...Cottonwood is definetly better than Layton and proved it...but they can't beat Bingham, and the Timp Whimps are the kings of Utah County, but couldn't beat ALTA or Bingham!
Predictions....
Watch as Syracuse dumps Layton!
And Bingham will lite up Riverton 45-3
East will stun Cottonwood!
Timp will knock off another 3A team!
And the Skyline Seagles will lose another one!

Keep it up. Bingham can't wait for another chance to tear into the Hawks. It WILL have a different outcome. Bring it on.

Ok,

For Upset TBLF, I give Syracuse or SF the higher odds. I have seen them all. Rivertons O is good, but say what you will Bingham is tough. Brighton is a joke, so count Jordan a win.

SF if they throw a ton I can see that happening. As for 'cuse i dont really expect them to beat Layton but it seems to me that Region 1 may be the top to bottom toughest region, but everyone is mediocre (at the moment). If Jackson continues to impress then I give it to Layton, but really, Layton should have lost to Northridge who did lose to Syracuse. I guess I give the Region 1 nod to Layton, only because they are better then the rest of averages.

Pretty much 5A is ALL average, even Alta, they have no O line, and no RB. No real power house this year in 5A.

Yes. There are alot of other quality programs in the state. That first loss to Skyline with all the Bingham suspensions was a fluke. It has been talked about way to much. But Skyline how about that American Fork cavemen loss(24-20). Now there is a scary bunch. Nuf said.

5 straight wins, one over 4-2 Orem and you clowns give them 5 votes? ha ha ha