Football Fans: Check this out
October 28, 2015
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
We collect thousands of pieces of data throughout a football season leading up to the selection of playoff pairings after Week 9.
The following reports show how all 272 playoff teams fared against others in the tournament this fall, a fun read for anyone following the final five weeks of this season.
Click the link below to access the report for each set of brackets:
Moment: Johnson Follows Purple Wall
October 15, 2020
By John Johnson
MHSAA Director of Broadcast Properties
Brad Johnson saw the wall and was off to the races.
The star do-everything player for Schoolcraft had already scored one touchdown on the day in the 1988 Class D Football Final against Frankfort at the Pontiac Silverdome, and back in a punt return mode in the second quarter, he faked a reverse, saw the wall and he was gone.
An 87-yard punt return, the longest in state finals history by a good 25 yards.
“After making my fake, I looked up and there was a wall,” Johnson told the Detroit Free Press. “All I had to do was outrun everybody.”
The play gave the Eagles a 21-7 lead at the time and broke the game wide open. Schoolcraft cruised to a 42-7 victory to finish the season at 13-0.
PHOTO by Gary Shook.