The Curse Of #10 Could Thrive On Fright Night
There is a rumor at Gameday that Bruce Bornarth has a Voodoo Doll that he keeps hidden in his basement that's only purpose is to Jinx the #10 ranked team in the Gameday Power Poll. Is it a coincidence that Bruce will be out of pocket on Halloween Night? I think not!
CHANTILLY, VA - When the #5 ranked Edison Eagles roll into town on Halloween Night to play #10 ranked Chantilly, more than just their 9-0 record will be on the line. In six of the eight weeks this season, the Gameday Power Poll's #10 team has been cursed.
Yes, I know it is Halloween, and there will be plenty of kids dressed up in frightening costumes, but if anyone in the Chantilly program is superstitious, they need see the voodoo lady before kickoff.
Let's go all the way back to when the curse of #10 started. In week one, the Robinson Rams broke into the Gameday Power Poll at #10 just in time to play #1 Stone Bridge. The result was a cursed 49-7 Bulldog romp that sent the Rams packing out of the poll.
Taking over for Robinson in the dreaded #10 spot was Handley. The Judges entered the poll at 2-0, having destroyed Loudoun County 49-21. Jeremiah Wilson scored 6 touchdowns in that game, but when Park View rolled into Winchester the next week, the Judges fell hard. It is still their only defeat of the 2008 season.
After Handley fell out, West Potomac drank the potion that gave them immunity to the curse, and they barely stayed in the Power Poll with a 28-21 double overtime win against R.E Lee.
With West Potomac moving to #9 in week 5, the Liberty Eagles brought their perfect record into the #10 slot with a looming game against Osbourn. The Osbourn Eagles were 2-3, but that didn't stop them from up-ending Liberty and dropping another #10 team out of the Power Poll.
The secret to staying in the Power Poll at #10 must be found in the word Potomac, because after Liberty fell, Potomac Falls won as the #10 team in week 6. They defeated Loudoun County and many of us believed the curse was broken.
However, just when we felt like #10 would be a safe spot, the Sherando Warriors allowed the great curse to return, dropping a close game to James Wood 17-14. The curse was ALIVE and well heading into week eight.
After a double overtime win over then #4 ranked Westfield, the Herndon Hornets deserved the #10 ranking they received from Gameday the next week. Or did they? One week later, the Hornets fell hard to Robinson to once again keep the curse ALIVE!
That brings us to Friday night's game and week ten of the 2008 season. All but two teams have found a way to dispel the curse of the #10 ranking, but in what is a little frightening, those two teams are no longer ranked in the Gameday Power Poll. Sounds like a little karma if you ask me.
The Chargers may be the team to beat the curse. Heck, they just snapped a twelve year losing streak to Centreville last week. But then again, the curse of #10 usually awaits those that have monumental victories the week before......YIKES!
Here at Gameday, we believe Bruce Bornarth has the Voodoo Doll at his house, and he has it dressed in a Park View uniform. I can just see it now, Bruce sitting in his dark basement sticking that doll every time a team gets ranked #10 above the Patriots.....Talk about conspiracy theories.
We can't get him to come clean though, so we'll just have to see if the Curse LIVES Friday night again.....Come to think of it....Bruce won't be here on Halloween night....He said he had prior obligations.........Hmmmmmmm......Can't you just see him starting the ritual and making that terrible screaching laugh? OOOOOHHHHHHAAAAAAAA!
That laugh just freaked me out!
