Last year they picked three of the four state champions in their magazine two months before the season began and six months before the title games were played. They only missed Springdale, which lost to their presason No. 3 team FS Southside in the finals.
Yeah, discount Hooten's?!
Nobody discounts Hooten's or there wouldn't be so much talk about them.
Hey, I remember when Bryant was 11-0 and ranked #1 and Hooten's picked us to lose by 14 points to Northside. Everybody in town was fired up and ready to shut Chad up but in the back of my mind I was worried because I thought he might be right.
And the final score was: Northside 14 Bryant 0!!!!
Don't be surprised in the end if the teams with all those losses he has ranked so high aren't playing deep in the playoffs. Hooten's rankings aren't about wins-losses but how good you are.
Also, why doesn't someone make some picks and rankings before Hooten's does? All the other experts come out after looking at their stuff and its obvious.
Go, Hornets! We're picked by Hooten's to beat Parkview by 7 this week. I feel good about it, too.
Posted on Oct 22, 2003, 9:33 PM from IP address 65.70.29.212