A guy drives to Syracuse for the weekend…then he goes for some dinner and to watch a little college football…and while he’s away for the evening chaos ensues….

This, apparently, is the story of my evening in the New York hinterland. I just got back from a night out in Syracuse — a night that included Kevin and I engaged in various efforts to cling to our fading boyhood (pool, darts, air hockey) — to discover that I made one egregious mistake. The problem is that as much as I hate to admit it I was wrong. I mean, how could I possible forget Trish Liller, who, as someone noted, I long ago tabbed as one of my favorite players??? I don’t know how. It was a mistake on my part, so I have corrected it in the previous post. Most importantly, all apologies to Trish…please know I meant no harm…

Now, on to your questions. I’ll answer them rapid fire, which — at least for me — is not so rapid…

Class B fan asked for my top 5 or 10 in each class and who I think will come out on top in B… I think Magnus is a slight favorite, but that it’s basically a toss-up between them and Briarcliff. You’ll have to wait for my rankings of each class. I mean, the season starts next week. If I gave you all the candy now you’d get a stomach ache, ya know?

Bball Doug, Bball Junkie, OHS fan Don chastise me for my omission of Liller… As I said above, your critique is noted. She is an excellent team player, which I hope I did a fair job of noting in this forum last season.

mntaxi asked about the health of Beacon… Yes, that is the word, although I don’t have specifics about who is injured and what the severity of those injuries are. If I can find out more detail I will be sure to pass it along.

bball momof2 was curious what the classifications are for each school… I posted the enrollments for the 2007-08 school year back on January 28th. Looking for the post in the archives, I was quite impressed with my own diligence, I must say.

If you want to know where your school falls in this season’s playoff picture, “please check out the old post here.”:http://sixthman.lohudblogs.com/2007/01/28/enrollment-numbers/

Remember, the numbers listed are students in grades 9 thru 11. That is how the state determines these enrollments. And obviously Lourdes and Ursuline will both play in Class AA for the playoffs.

Also, there’s a mistake. Both John Jays were listed together. They are in fact separate schools, however, both fall in Class AA. I think John Jay-EF is about the size as Carmel and Mahopac and John Jay-CR falls somewhere around the Ossining-Yorktown-Greeley group.

Now — I’m off to the Carrier Dome around 11 a.m. for football. I’ll be around, but my attention to your comments and e-mails may be interrupted. Either way, still let me know your thoughts or ask you questions, please just understand that I’m probably watching football. Basketball begins 24/7 on Monday morning…