SPORTS WEEKEND REVIEW ( 4th Edition )

THE NFL GAME OF THE WEEK

Carolina @ Dallas..... Jake Delhomme and the struggling Carolina Panthers have a tough task tonight as they play the struggling Tony Romo and the Dallas Cowboys. The Panthers need a win in the worse kind of way and the Cowboys need a win after their dissapointing loss last week to the Giants. Delhomme played better last week but the results were the same, A LOSS! The stage was set in Dallas last week with a national TV audience, the opening of their new stadium and a Division rival as their opponent. What does Romo do? HE LAYS ANOTHER EGG IN A BIG GAME! I do expect the Cowboys to win this game as they have less questions than the Panthers and they are at home..... Dallas 31 Carolina 23

THE HIGH SCHOOL GAME OF THE WEEK turned out to be a blowout for the Byrnes Rebels. The Gaffney Indians young defense stopped the Rebels on the 3 yard line on Byrnes first possession of the game and looked like they might have the confidence to play with the Rebels. Byrnes defense forced a safety and then returned the kick 74 yards for a TD. The young Indians were DONE! They lost confidence, were intimidated and their minds were not in the game. THE INDIANS CAME APART AT THE SEAMS! The score of 60 to 7 was more about Byrnes confidence and experience and Gaffney's lack there of, than anything else. Byrnes is loaded with talent, experienced talent that was ready for a big game like this. Gaffney is loaded with talent as well, but very young and inexperienced talent that was not ready or confident enough for a big game like this. The better team won the game. It will be interesting to see how the young Indians respond after this game. Stay tuned with The ArmChair Coach to see how it plays out.

Did You Know? The last home football game that the Byrnes Rebels lost was a 2002 playoff game to Conway. They have won 56 in a row at home.

THE COLLEGE GAME OF THE WEEK turned out to be a shocker. I was not shocked at Virginia Tech winning the game over Miami but the margin of victory was the shocker! I am sure no one expected a 31 to 7 score by either team. The Hokies finally showed why they are the team to beat in the ACC again this year. The Miami Hurricanes finally came back down to earth after two impressive wins over Florida State and Georgia Tech. The Canes have to get ready to host Oklahoma this weekend. The Hokies travel to Duke.

The ArmChair Coach was 12 and 7 in game predictions this past weekend with tonight's Carolina @ Dallas game still to be played.

I went to the Pageland-Central @ Chesterfield game this past Friday night and I saw a great defensive team in the Chesterfield Rams. The Rams are 5 and 0 with 5 shut outs this season. It will be interesting to see how the Chesterfield defense does the rest of the season. The ArmChair Coach will be following this story to see how it unfolds. Stay Tuned.

JIMMIE JOHNSON WINS! at Dover, Delaware this past weekend to pull the three-time defending Sprint Cup Champion to within 10 points of Cup leader Mark Martin.

Until Wednesday.