What was the best team that ever played for you school or one that you follow.

Guess they didn't want to deal with the off the field stuff either...

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/27662788/brown-pats-cut-wr-amid-field-allegations

https://www.usatoday.com/story/spor...person-blame-patriots-release-nfl/2389908001/

Interesting read...

https://www.si.com/nfl/2019/09/20/calvin-johnson-lions-big-interview

Film questions. Do you share film with your opponent? How would you handle sharing film with a team but their coach saying they won't send you theirs? What are some of the logistics of sharing film on the football side?

What are you grilling, cooking this weekend?

What has been good so far? Who has the best concession or tailgates?

Week Five: Top 10 Games This Week

1) No. 3 La Cueva vs No. 5 Rio Rancho (Friday)
2) No. 2 Cleveland at No. 13 Artesia (Friday)
3) No. 9 Mayfield vs No. 11 Carlsbad (Saturday)
4) No. 17 Portales vs No. 20 St. Pius X (Friday)
5) No. 12 Los Lunas vs No. 18 Cibola Friday)
6) No. 23 Robertson vs Socorro (Friday)
7) No. 21 Bloomfield vs Hope Christian (Friday)
8) Eunice vs Dexter (Friday)
9) Jal vs Estancia (Friday)
10) Del Norte vs Highland (Thursday)

Take: The obvious option this week is the La Cueva Bears (No. 3) and No. 5 Rio Rancho Rams. This is a contender type of clash between metro area schools. Cleveland (No. 2) traveling to the southeastern region of the state to visit the Bulldog Bowl and No. 13 Artesia will provide a great environment for football this week.

Important: As mentioned in the other feature today, Mayfield and Carlsbad has the most meaning, that meaning is the playoffs. It's both shocking and exciting but district play is already here, for the most part.

1-2 game in 4A football: Portales and St. Pius gives us the first title showing of two hopefuls. This season has truly given us some top games and now in 4A this game is between the top ranked teams in the class.

Week 5: Thursday Preview, Predictions & Picks
Grine NMPreps

THURSDAY PREVIEW

Del Norte (1-3) at Highland (3-1): The story of the season has been the Highland High School Hornets, now ranked in the 8th in 5A football. The Hornets look again to Noah Lopez (RB/2019) and Nathan Lopez (RB/2021) this week as they look to continue their winning ways. Isaiah Ortiz (RB/2019) has been the main go-to player for Del Norte this season and will again have to carry the Knights to a possible upset. A win here could get the Knights back into the playoff conversation. Highland 26, Del Norte 12

West Mesa (1-3) at Manzano (1-3): The West Mesa Mustangs are coming off a win last week to fellow Albuquerque southwest member Rio Grande. The Manzano Monarchs have been on a consistent skid as they have dropped the last two by a combined 93-13 score, granted they've played the number one ranked team and fourth ranked team. Prediction: Manzano 38, West Mesa 7

Other games: Magdalena (2-2) at Ramah (2-1), JV Opponent at Crownpoint (1-3)

GRINE'S WEEK FIVE PICKS

Melrose @ Mountainair 250 pts either way: MELROSE
Roberts vs Socorro 250 points (Socorro is the upset 325 pts): SOCORRO
Eunice @ Dexter 250 pts either way: EUNICE
Hope Christian @ Bloomfield 250 pts (HC is the upset 300 pts): BLOOMFIELD
Cibola @ Los Lunas 275 pts either way (Cibola is the upset 325 pts): LOS LUNAS
Cleveland @ Artesia 275 pts (Artesia is the upset 325 pts): CLEVELAND
Rio Rancho @ La Cueva 250 pts (RR is the upset 300 pts): LA CUEVA
St Pius X @ Portales 300 pts either way: PORTALES
Jal vs Estancia 250 pts (Jal is the upset 300 pts): ESTANCIA

Saturday
Carlsbad @ Mayfield 250 pts (CBad is the upset 300 pts): CARLSBAD

Upset picks: Socorro and Carlsbad. I nearly went the trifecta on taking Rio Rancho, however, that never seems to pay off when I bet for and against either team.

Locks: Portales, Los Lunas, and Bloomfield are my clear locks for the week. I don't see any of the three losing and likely winning by a touchdown or two.

Best Game: Eunice and Dexter seems more intriguing now that Eunice has ended their winning streak. Dexter, a defending champ themselves, could be the best-least talked about squad. We learn more this week.

Its that time to start thinking about it. What do you have today?

Thursday
Melrose @ Mountainair 250 pts either way

Friday
Roberts vs Socorro 250 points (Socorro is the upset 325 pts)
Eunice @ Dexter 250 pts either way
Hope Christian @ Bloomfield 250 pts (HC is the upset 300 pts)
Cibola @ Los Lunas 275 pts either way (Cibola is the upset 325 pts)
Cleveland @ Artesia 275 pts (Artesia is the upset 325 pts)
Rio Rancho @ La Cueva 250 pts (RR is the upset 300 pts)
St Pius X @ Portales 300 pts either way
Jal vs Estancia 250 pts (Jal is the upset 300 pts)

Saturday
Carlsbad @ Mayfield 250 pts (CBad is the upset 300 pts)

Traveling the Land of Manana!!!!!! Some heavy duty travel this wek including a 1000 mile trip. All trips are round trip and include expanded gas prices and 1000's of orange barrels.

10. NMMI at Hot Springs 436 miles
9. St. Pius at Portales 460 miles
8. Valencia at Santa Teresa 480 miles
7. Cleveland at Artesia 520 miles
6. Hatch at WLV 614miles
5. Jal at Estancia 626 miles
4. Lordsburg at Newcomb 708 miles
3. Pine Hill at Dora 740 miles
2. Roswell at Miyamura 772 miles
1. Animas at Springer 1006 miles l
these trips combined almost 6400 or like taking 13000 trips from the NMAA office to Stoneface Bar and Grill during realignment

Another week of non-conference games. Here are a few you may want to take a look at:

Stanford @ #17 UCF - 1:30pm, ESPN

Arizona State @ #18 Michigan State - 2:00pm, FOX

#19 Iowa @ Iowa State - 2:00pm, FS1

#20 Washington State @ Houston - (Fri.) 7:15pm, ESPN

#24 USC @ BYU - 1:30pm, ABC

Florida State @ #25 Virgina - 5:30pm, ACCN

North Carolina @ Wake Forest - 4:00pm, ESPN

Kansas State @ Miss State - 10:00am, ESPN

North Carolina State @ West Virginia - 10:00am, FS1

Colorado @ Air Force - 11:00am, PACN

Colorado State @ Arkansas - 2:00pm, SECN

TCU @ Purdue - 5:30pm, BTN

Texas Tech @ Arizona - 8:30pm, ESPN

I hate to be a butt because i do like this site. But if the drop down videos from rivals is going to continue, my subscription will not. They wont go away and they are annoying. If i was interested in the video content I would make an effort to look it up.

Today, is the day. Biggest topic will be the alignment of classifications.

10:30am today.

Albuquerque Fall Five Tool

September 13th-15th

Team Registration - www.fivetool.org

Junior College Teams - NMJC, NMMI, Luna, El Paso CC, Trinidad, Lamar, NE Colorado, Pima

Junior College will play mostly on Friday the 13th (As well as 60s and In and Out). Friday night we will host an Unsigned Senior Position Player Workout. Players can sign up for this even if they are not playing in the showcase.

We will start to filter in the HS age teams on the 14th and 15th. Games will be played at the Albuquerque Regional Sports Complex.

Pima and Coach Jacome will host a Veteran's Day Five Tool event at Reid Park and Pima College November 9-11.

You can email me if you have any questions - ryanbrewer32@gmail.com

SPORTS
Santa Fe High football expected to move up to Class 6A, ATC may land in 3A

Welcome back to Class 6A football, Santa Fe High.

Larry Chavez, assistant superintendent of athletics/activities and school support for Santa Fe Public Schools, said it is likely that the football program of the city’s flagship school will make the move up to the state’s highest classification when the New Mexico Activities Association is expected to unveil its plan for classification and alignment at Wednesday’s board of directors meeting.


https://www.santafenewmexican.com/s...cle_9467fe56-8a36-5693-ab13-777ad48bff41.html

We will hate the alignment today:

Carlsbad > Cibola

More likely to see Roswell-Goddard title than Volcano Vista in the final game:

Eunice still wins the title by three touchdowns:

Rio Rancho is one of the most underrated teams in 6A:

Centennial will be the 1-seed in 6A:

What do you have this week?

Thursday, Sept. 19th
Del Norte (1-3) at Highland (3-1), Highland -3
West Mesa (1-3) at Manzano (1-3), Manzano -40

Friday, Sept. 20th
Alamogordo (1-1) at Lovington (3-1), Lovington -14
Centennial (4-0) at Onate (0-3), Centennial -49
Cibola (3-1) at Los Lunas (2-2), Los Lunas -10
Cleveland (3-1) at Artesia (3-1), Cleveland -14.5
Deming (2-2) at Cobre (1-2), Deming -12
Eldorado (2-2) at Albuquerque (2-2), Eldorado -20
Eunice (3-1) at Dexter (4-0), Eunice -12
Gallup (2-1) at Los Alamos (2-2), Los Alamos -8
Hatch Valley (1-3) at West Las Vegas (2-2), West Las Vegas -3.5
Hope Christian (3-1) at Bloomfield (4-0), Bloomfield -18.5
Jal (2-2) at Estancia (2-2), Estancia -15
Las Cruces (2-2) at Gadsden (1-3), Las Cruces -24.5
Melrose (3-0) at Mountainair (2-1), Melrose -16
Moriarty (1-3) at Captial (1-2), Capital -8.5
NMMI (4-0) at Hot Springs (2-2), NMMI -13.5
Piedra Vista (3-1) at Belen (1-3), Piedra Vista -23
Rio Rancho (2-2) at La Cueva (3-1), La Cueva -6.5
Robertson (4-0) at Socorro (2-1), Robertson -9
Roswell (4-0) at Miyamura (1-4), Roswell -38
Ruidoso (1-3) at Tularosa (4-0), Ruidoso -1.5
Sandia (1-3) at Rio Grande (1-3), Sandia -30
Santa Fe (3-1) at Bernalillo (3-1), Santa Fe -12
St. Pius X (1-2) at Portales (3-1), Portales -16
Tucucmari (1-3) at Santa Rosa (0-4), Santa Rosa -5
Valencia (0-3) at Santa Teresa (3-0), Santa Teresa -11

Saturday, Sept. 21st
Carlsbad (3-1) at Mayfield (2-1), 1pm, Mayfield -7.5
Lordsburg (2-2) at Newcomb (3-1), 3pm, Newcomb -4
Tohatchi (1-3) at Grants (3-0), 1pm, Grants -48


***Sorry just realized didn't post for this week.

Pretty good showing at the 9th Annual Battle of the Borders. Faced multiple high end DI commits.

Lost to AABC 2-1
Tied Arkansas 3-3
Tied Texas 5-5
Beat Lousianna 4-3

ENMU is now 2-0

Here is a list of players New Mexico players to watch in college football this year.

(Updated 9/6/19 - Please feel free to post any corrections or players you don't see listed)

Grant Hermanns, LT (RS Junior, Rio Rancho) - Purdue

Henry Hattis, RG (RS Junior, Cleveland) - Stanford
Kale Lucas, WR (Freshman, Farmington) - Stanford

Monroe Young, WR (RS Freshman, Oñate) - California

Taylor Miterko, OL (Freshman, Carlsbad) - Oklahoma State

KC Swaim OL ( Senior, Hot Springs) - Ole Miss

Blair Manly, CB (RS Senior, Cibola) - New Mexico
Aaron Molina, WR (RS Senior, Valley) - New Mexico
Javohn Jones, RB (RS Senior, La Cueva) - New Mexico
Kameron Miller, S (RS Junior, Las Cruces) - New Mexico
Thomas Vieira, WR (RS Junior, La Cueva) - New Mexico
Teton Saltes, RT (RS Junior, Valley) - New Mexico
Marcus Williams, TE (Junior, Cleveland) - New Mexico
Ben Bertram, DL (RS Freshman, Sandia) - New Mexico
Jonah Leyva, WR (RS Sophomore, Carlsbad) - New Mexico
Micah Gray, RB (RS Sophomore, Clovis) - New Mexico
Andrew Shelley, K (RS Sophomore, Eldorado) - New Mexico
Hayden Wilson, OL (RS Sophomore, Cleveland) - New Mexico
Dylan Kelly-Romero, K (RS Sophomore, Los Lunas) - New Mexico
Reece Wilkinson, WR (RS Freshman, La Cueva) - New Mexico
Josh Woisin, LB (RS Freshman, La Cueva) - New Mexico
Andrew Erickson, WR (RS Freshman, Manzano) - New Mexico

Jordan Byrd, RB (Sophomore, Manzano) - San Diego State
Keshawn Banks, DL (Sophomore, Rio Rancho) - San Diego State

Isaac Vance, WR (RS Sophomore, Mayfield) - Kent State

Evan Gray, S (Freshman, Hobbs) - SMU

Brian Trujillo, LG (RS Senior, Volcano Vista) - New Mexico State
Jake Harrelson, LB (RS Junior, Ruidoso) - New Mexico State
Anthony Pioche-lee, OL (RS Junior, Navajo Prep) - New Mexico State
Jacob Wilson, LB (Junior, Santa Teresa) - New Mexico State
Jalen Guerrero, RT (Junior, Mayfield) - New Mexico State
Sol Rascon, WR (Junior, Farmington) - New Mexico State
O'Maury Samuels, RB (Junior, Los Lunas) - New Mexico State
Matthew Young, DL (RS Sophomore, Oñate) - New Mexico State
Trevor Brohard, LB (RS Sophomore, Los Lunas) - New Mexico State
Evan Tafoya-Vallo, OL (RS Freshman, Rio Rancho) - New Mexico State (injured for the season)
Josh Foley, RB (RS Freshman, Rio Rancho) - New Mexico State
Vince Quezada, WR (Freshman, Hope Christian) - New Mexico State
Benjamin Montiel, DL (Freshman, Chaparral) - New Mexico State

Kavika Johnson, WR (RS Senior, Mayfield) - UTEP
Forest McKee, FB (Junior, Oñate) - UTEP
Gavin Hardison, QB (RS Freshman, Hobbs) - UTEP

Gabe Ortega, DB (RS Junior, Cleveland) - Abilene Christian

Justin Hathoot, LS (Junior, La Cueva) - Northern Arizona

Donovan Wyatt, LB (St. Pius X) - Samford

Charles Countee, DB (RS Senior, Manzano) - Eastern New Mexico
Wyatt Strand, QB (RS Senior, Logan) - Eastern New Mexico
Isaiah Callahan (RS Senior, Clovis) - Eastern New Mexico
Darryl Wiggins (Senior, Del Norte) - Eastern New Mexico
Roope Henry, LB (RS Junior, Cleveland) - Eastern New Mexico
Noah Sweitzer, LB (RS Junior, Eldorado) - Eastern New Mexico
Ryan Moore, DB (RS Sophomore, Manzano) - Eastern New Mexico
Kevin McCracken, OL (RS Sophomore, Rio Rancho) - Eastern New Mexico
Hunter St. John, TE (RS Freshman, Clovis) - Eastern New Mexico
Dennis Hayden, RB (RS Freshman, Sandia) - Eastern New Mexico
Josiah Thomas, DL (RS Freshman, Clovis) - Eastern New Mexico
James Lopez, WR (RS Freshman, Valley) - Eastern New Mexico
Alexes Aguilar, TE (Freshman, Belen) - Eastern New Mexico
Savion Andrews, DB (Freshman, Albuquerque) - Eastern New Mexico
Angelo Atencio, LB (Freshman, Bloomfield) - Eastern New Mexico
Justin Carrasco, RB (Freshman, Roswell) - Eastern New Mexico
Diego Casillas, RB (Freshman, Belen) - Eastern New Mexico
Jake Deatherage, QB (Freshman, Volcano Vista) - Eastern New Mexico
Isaiah Farmer, OL (Freshman, Artesia) - Eastern New Mexico
Chris Gonzalez, OL (Freshman, Volcano Vista) - Eastern New Mexico
Xavier Ivy-Saud, ATH (Freshman, Manzano) - Eastern New Mexico
Cade Manzaneres, LB (Freshman, Roswell) - Eastern New Mexico
Kendrick Milford, DL (Freshman, La Cueva) - Eastern New Mexico
Cameron Santa Cruz, DB (Freshman, Eunice) - Eastern New Mexico
Dylan Tucker, WR (Freshman, Roswell) - Eastern New Mexico
Julian Urioste, QB (Freshman, Portales) - Eastern New Mexico
Austin Walker, LB (Freshman, Manzano) - Eastern New Mexico

James Lee, DL (RS Senior, Cobre) - Western New Mexico
Vincent Brown, RB (Senior, Artesia) - Western New Mexico
Isaiah Perez, LB (Junior, Carlsbad) - Western New Mexico
Jonathan Martinez, DB (RS Junior, Albuquerque) - Western New Mexico
Brock Maddox, DB (Sophomore, Mesilla Valley) - Western New Mexico
Lucas Arreola, DB (Sophomore, Lovington) - Western New Mexico
David Melendez, DL (Sophomore, Las Cruces) - Western New Mexico
Jake Blankenship, WR (Freshman, Manzano) - Western New Mexico
Daniel Garcia, DB (Freshman, Deming) - Western New Mexico
Jason Romero, DL (Freshman, Socorro) - Western New Mexico
Robert Jaramillo, DL (Freshman, Valencia) - Western New Mexico
Gabriel Dorame, RB (Freshman, Ruidoso) - Western New Mexico

(New Mexico Highlands no roster update yet)
Xzavion Patterson, DL (RS Senior, Centennial) - New Mexico Highlands
Isaiah Lowery, RT (Senior, Sandia) - New Mexico Highlands
Diego Elebario, WR (Junior, Farmington) - New Mexico Highlands
Ezekiel Tapia, DB (Junior, Estancia) - New Mexico Highlands
Adam Gay, DL (Junior, Volcano Vista) - New Mexico Highlands
Dillon Gassoway, WR (RS Sophomore, Volcano Vista) - New Mexico Highlands
Christopher Martin, DL (Sophomore, Highland) - New Mexico Highlands
Gene Hosteen, DL (Sophomore, Thoreau) - New Mexico Highlands
Ethan Hampsten, WR (Freshman, Rio Rancho) - New Mexico Highlands
Christian Mejia, QB (Freshman, Del Norte) - New Mexico Highlands

Easton Bruere, QB (RS Senior, Rio Rancho) - Western State Colorado
Ethan Sanchez-Maxwell, DB (Sophomore, Volcano Vista) - Western State Colorado

Adam Lucero, LB (Senior, Aztec) - Adams State
Sergio Mendoza, DL (Senior, Rio Rancho) - Adams State
Mel Deherrera, WR (RS Sophomore, St. Pius X) - Adams State
Sean Cooper, QB (RS Sophomore, Portales) - Adams State
Isaiah Hinson, DB (RS Freshman, Lovington) - Adams State
Lucas Medrano, LB (RS Freshman, Hobbs) - Adams State

Ethan Todd, WR (Sophomore, Farmington) - Fort Lewis College
Cody Smith, QB (Sophomore, Aztec) - Fort Lewis College
Zach Russell, TE (RS Freshman, Santa Fe) - Fort Lewis College
Fred Mady, LB (Freshman, La Cueva) - Fort Lewis College
Dominic Mesgale, WR (Freshman, Albuquerque) - Fort Lewis College
Justin Good, WR (Freshman, Taos) - Fort Lewis College
Clayton Demas, LB (Freshman, Taos) - Fort Lewis College

Chase Chaloupek, RB (Freshman, Las Cruces) - West Texas A&M
Colin Flood, LB (Freshman, Artesia) - West Texas A&M

Daulton Hatley, QB (RS Sophomore, Clovis) - Southeastern Oklahoma State

Taylor Null, QB (Sophomore, Artesia) - UTPB

Jed Edgar, OL (Freshman, Manzano) Wheaton College

Clay Crosby, WR (Junior, Albuquerque Academy) - Trinity University

Alex Sais, LB (Senior, St. Pius X) - St. John's, Minnesota

David Romero, OL (Sophomore, West Las Vegas) - Bethany

Jacob Bulling, LB (Junior, Volcano Vista) - Macalester College

Isreal Murray, DB, (Sophomore, Piedra Vista) - Beloit College

Jake Boykin, LB (Senior, Centennial) - Gustavus Adolphus College
Trevor Sanders, OL (Senior, Dexter) - Gustavus Adolphus College

Joshua Mitchell, OL (Junior, Mesilla Valley) - Sterling College
Kaull Burton, LB (Sophomore, Elida) - Sterling College

Caden Bailey, WR (Senior, Lovington) - Wayland Baptist
Drew Jackson, LS (Senior, Portales) - Wayland Baptist
Brook Quinones, QB (Junior, Lovington) - Wayland Baptist
Isaac Amaya, QB (RS Sophomore, Hobbs) - Wayland Baptist
Sebastian Baca, LB (Sophomore, Hobbs) - Wayland Baptist
Isaiah Brown, WR (Sophomore, Lovington) - Wayland Baptist
Austin Tarin, OL (Sophomore, Hobbs) - Wayland Baptist

Chaney Hardt, WR (Sophomore, Artesia) - New Mexico Military Institute
David Morales, WR (Sophomore, Dexter) - New Mexico Military Institute
Lucas McNatt, WR (Sophomore, Santa Fe) - New Mexico Military Institute
James Blowers, DB (Sophomore, Centennial) - New Mexico Military Institute
Victor Bolaños, OL (Sophomore, Roswell) - New Mexico Military Institute
Diego Miranda, WR (Sophomore, Goddard) - New Mexico Military Institute
Dalton Bowles, DB (Freshman, Goddard) - New Mexico Military Institute

Joren Dickey, LB (Sophomore, Volcano Vista) - Trinity Valley CC

Ryan McClain, DT (Sophomore, La Cueva) - Garden City CC

Drew Ortiz, QB (Sophomore, St. Pius X) - Minnesota West CC
Minnesota West Comm. & Tech. Coll
Minnesota West Comm. & Tech. Coll

ALBUQUERQUE — In one of the boldest state-led efforts to expand access to higher education, New Mexico is unveiling a plan on Wednesday to make tuition at its public colleges and universities free for all state residents, regardless of family income.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/18/us/new-mexico-free-college-tuition.html

Looking for a couple teams in boys

December 19th-21st

Email coach Mark Teel if interested mark.teel@gccs.k12.nm.us