WHAT THE %@%$?

THIS WILL BE A WEEKLY FEATURE DURING FOOTBALL AND BASKETBALL SEASON LOOKING AT SOME OF THE INANE FACTS OF THE SEASON TO DATE.

1. THE COMBINED RECORD OF THE TOP 20 TEAMS IS (118-18) OR A .868 WINNING PERCENTAGE.

2. THE COMBINED RECORD OF THE TOP 20 VERSUS TEAMS OUTSIDE OF THE TOP 20 IS A MIND BOGGLING (101-1). THAT 'S RIGHT, YOU READ THAT CORRECTLY 101-1!!! IN FACT IF YOU TAKE OUT #20 SWAMPSCOTT, NONE OF THE TOP 20 TEAMS HAS LOST TO ANYBODY BUT TOP 20 TEAMS!!!! NEEDLESS TO SAY, IF YOU SEE A GAME OF A TOP 20 TEAM VERSUS AN OPPONENT OUTSIDE THE TOP 20, YOU WILL KNOW WHO TO PICK.

3. TEAMS RANKED #2 DRACUT THROUGH #19 BILLERICA HAVE ONLY LOST TO TEAMS RANKED IN THE TOP 10. THAT'S RIGHT EVERY GAME LOST BY THOSE TEAMS WAS AGAINST SOMEBODY CURRENTLY RANKED IN THE TOP 10!!!

NOTE: BISHOP FEEHAN LOST TO BARRINGTON, RI WHO WOULD BE RANKED #3 IN EMASS AND ST. JOHN'S PREP LOST TO ST. JOHN'S OF SHREWSBURY WHO WOULD BE RANKED #5.

4. FIVE TOP 20 TEAMS HAVE YET TO PLAY AN OPPONENT CURRENTLY IN THE TOP 20. THOSE TEAMS ARE CATHOLIC MEMORIAL, ATTLEBORO, MELROSE, WALPOLE AND READING. AFTER THIS WEEK'S GAMES THERE WILL ONLY BE WALPOLE AND MELROSE AS TEAMS YET TO PLAY THE IRON.

5. TOP 20 BY CONFERENCE;

A. CATHOLIC CONFERENCE-4 (BC HIGH, XAVERIAN, CATHOLIC MEMORIAL, ST. JOHN'S PREP)

B. OCL-2 (ATTLEBORO, DARTMOUTH)

C. MVC-2 (DRACUT, BILLERICA)

D. MIDDLESEX-2 (MELROSE, READING)

E. GBL-1 (EVERETT)

F. PATRIOT (KEENAN)-1 (DUXBURY)

G. HOCKOMOCK-1 (MANSFIELD)

H. ATLANTIC COAST-1 (MARSHFIELD)

I. BIG 3-1 (BROCKTON)

J. DUAL COUNTY (LARGE)-1 (ACTON-BOXBORO)

K. EAC-1 (BISHOP FEEHAN)

L. BAY STATE (HERGET)-1 (WALPOLE)

M. NORTHEAST (LARGE)-1 (GLOUCESTER)

O. NORTHEAST (SMALL)-1 (SWAMPSCOTT)