When a football team makes history by stringing together five, then six, then seven straight victories, and only two games remain to the regular season, the whispers about being undefeated get louder as the weeks pass.
However, the truth is going undefeated is extremely difficult. Everything has to go right for that to occur.
Unfortunately for Southern Regional, on Oct. 17 everything didn’t go right, and Brick Memorial handed the Rams their first loss of the season, 19-14.
“We’re not used to seeing a quarterback who throws the ball 20 or more times per game, and their quarterback is…
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