So how did Omaha World-Herald high school sports rater Stu Pospisil fare with his preseason football picks? Pospisil came close in forecasting some of the better teams in the state, but did not correctly predict any of the six state champions.
In Class A, he had eventual state champion Kearney rated second, but omitted state runner-up Omaha Westside, which was undefeated heading into the state title game. Preseason No. 1, Millard North, went 8-4 and was knocked out of the playoffs by Kearney.
Pospisil's preseason Class A Top 10, published Aug. 20:
1. Millard North
2. Kearney
3. Lincoln Southwest
4. Millard South
5. Papillion-La Vista
6. Millard West
7. Lincoln Southeast
8. Omaha Central
9. Omaha Creighton Prep
10. Omaha North
His final ratings, published in Monday's editions:
1. Kearney, 12-1
2. Millard South, 11-1
3. Omaha Westside, 12-1
4. Millard North, 8-4
5. Lincoln Southwest, 10-1
6. Omaha North, 9-2
7. Lincoln Northeast, 8-3
8. Lincoln East, 8-3
9. Bellevue West, 7-3
10. Omaha Creighton Prep, 5-5
In Class B, Pospisil had eventual state champion Crete sixth in his preseason ratings. Class C-1 state champion Auburn was 10th in the preseason ratings, Class C-2 champion Wakefield was not rated, Eight Man-1 champion Overton was ranked fifth and Eight Man-2 champ Dodge was second in the preseason.
6 comments:
Wow. Stu's accuracy hasn't improved much since my high school days in the Early 90s.
Mine too from the 80's. I really like this kind of story.
Thanks Sean..
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How did Millard South end up #2 in his final rankings, when Westside won one more game (12-1 vs 11-1) and finished as state runners-up?
He's a moron.
And how is Millard North so high? It seems like he has a bit of Millard bias.
Pospisil is so blatantly biased toward Creighton Prep, it's not even funny. How are they in his post season top ten at 5-5 ?? He also has a vendetta against Westside (Prep's rival) which would explain his ranking Millard South ahead of them. Additionally, he was sneakily responsible for Westside's post-season forefit of 11 of their games in 2000, following the release of information of a somehow technically ineligible player who transferred from another school. Stu likely knew this information the whole season and waited for the opportune time to report it and spoil the victories of that year. The man is a joke, both as a writer and a person and needs to be replaced by someone who doesn't carry a personal bias.
How come Benson isn't in the final ratings?
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