The last two years have been very good years for the football teams at Southfield and Birmingham Brother Rice, with each making deep runs into the state playoffs. Southfield got to the Division 2 state semifinals two years ago and to a regional final last year, while Brother Rice made it to the state semifinals in Division 2 this past year.
Kosmo thought each would be among the best teams in the county this year, which makes it hard for the K-Man to believe that each could be out of the playoff picture by the end of this weekend.
Both teams enter with 2-3 records needing to win out in order to get the six wins necessary to qualify automatically for the state playoffs (some teams do get in at 5-4 depending on how many points they have).
Worse, each team faces an unbeaten squads this week. Southfield has to travel to Farmington on Friday, while Brother Rice plays Orchard Lake St. Mary's at Berkley on Saturday at 1:30 p.m.
The Bluejays and Warriors will no doubt be desperate teams, but whether that's enough to avoid a fourth loss already this season will be seen this weekend.