Last week was rough, going 15-9 (62.5%) and pretty much ending any shot of going 75 percent on the season. I have to go 64-12 the last regular season weeks (or 21.3 wins per week) to get there - it's obviously not happening. Now the goal is just to get back to 70 percent on the year. My overall record is 130-58 (.692) through eight weeks.

Below are the 22 other games of note that I'll try my best at predicting a winner for in addition to the deeper-dive games in 7-6A: DeSoto downing Mansfield Summit; Cedar Hill defeating South Grand Prairie.

(Rankings for each team can be found in our Week 9 Top 10 Area Rankings)

The first three games are Thursday night matchups; the final 19 are Friday night games.

Dallas Seagoville (6-1, 4-0) vs. Dallas SOC (5-2, 3-1)

  

I'm still very surprised to see Seagoville hanging at the top of the 6-5A DII standings, in a tie with Red Oak. However, the Dragons have feasted on lesser teams and escaped with a 3-point win over Kimball. This is the week reality catches up a bit as SOC rolls in this one.