10. GRUBZINGIS IS A PLYMOUTH FOLK HERO

There’s a 100000% chance that Reed Grubs has never been to Plymouth. It hasn’t stopped him from adopting the Bobcats as His Team - Grubzingis has picked Plymouth all the way, and his Bobcats rewarded him with a shocking win over Windham to advance to a state title game for the first time since their epic clash with Portsmouth in Chuck Lenahan’s final game. FYI, the best way to get on camera with NH SportsPage prior to the D2 final is to bring a #Grubzingis sign.

9. BOW FLIES INTO THE D2 FINAL

Bow lost in the D3 Semi-Final to eventual champ Newport last year, and got thumped in the process (no shame in that by the way, last year’s Newport team was outstanding). Personally, I thought there might be a year of struggle for Bow making the leap to D2, but boy was I wrong. Two road playoff wins have the Falcons a win away from their 3rd football state championship, this time in D2  (they were D5 champs in ’04 and D3 Champs in ’13).

8. THE CHARGERS ARE BACK TO BLOWING GAMES IN A HORRIFIC MANNER

That was quite a pick 6 there, Phil Rivers! It doesn’t matter who the coach is, what year it is, or how many referendum’s they lose to get a new stadium, the Chargers are THE most disappointing team year after year. Can you imagine if the weather in San Diego wasn’t perfect all the time? If that team played in a northern climate? There’d be fans jumping off bridges on the regular.

7. DAVE CHAPPELLE IS BACK (FOR GOOD, I HOPE)

Chappelle’s Show was the greatest thing that Comedy Central ever produced, and I say this as someone who watched WAY too many episodes of Mystery Science Theater 3000. Dave disappeared for a lonnnnng time off the reservation, but came back and killed it during his SNL monologue. Now more than ever we need Chappelle back and pointing out absurdities of people in power (and making dick jokes too).

6. ANDREW BROTHERS BOOTS AND RALLIES

Andrew Brothers (or Ryan, as the Union Leader evidently calls him) might have been tossing cookies on the sidelines on Saturday – with a trip to UNH on the line and a game going to overtime, EVERYONE might have been for all I know, but he wasn’t going to let that stop him. Brothers had 2 scores, including the game winner in a thriller for the Lakers and the gutsy Bishop Brady Giants. The Lakers are back in the title game, hoping for a better result than last year (and can we get Andrew some Gatorade or something this week?!?)

5. KAM CHANCELLOR IS LUCKY I’M AN OUT OF SHAPE 38 YEAR OLD WITH A DAD BOD

Because if I wasn’t, I’d totally have a few choice words for him after he dove at Brady’s knees on Sunday night football.  The next commissioner needs to put in a rule that diving at a QB with 4 SB rings results in an instant on field execution.   That would fix the ratings issues the NFL is having.

4. BEDFORD DOES IT THE HARD WAY

Bedford was on the ropes in their Semi-Final game against Merrimack, but down 20-7 they abandoned the run and started firing away against Merrimack. After a (controversial? Looked like the right call to me) defensive PI call at the horn in regulation, Connor Robert found Noah Chaberek for the tying score and the two hooked up again in OT for the W to get Bedford back in the title game. Bedford has had a bad luck curse in football Championship games, losing the big game at the end in Divisions 3, 2, and 1, but with an unbeaten season on the line, they’ll be the favorites this time around.

3. THE CARDINALS CRASH THE MONADNOCK INVITATIONAL

Well kiss my grits. I’ve been shouting about D3 being the Monadnock Invitational since week 3 of the regular season, but the Stevens Cardinals (henceforth known as MY Stevens Cardinals) pulled off the biggest shocker of the D3 season, coming back from a halftime deficit to win at Monadnock and earn a trip to Durham. I’ve been out to Claremont a few times to broadcast games at Barnes Park, and Paul Silva and the entire Stevens football family are First Class all the way, so I couldn’t be happier for them. Dave’s been yelling about Inter-Lakes/Moultonborough for a while now, so expect us to argue during the entire D3 broadcast  (on MOSN).

2. EXETER SURVIVES

Truth be told, might have been outplayed during Saturday’s Semi-Final – Nashua North will look back at missed opportunities, holding penalties, and a huge fumble late in the game and be kicking themselves for a loooooonnnnnnng time, but credit the Blue Hawks for executing when it counted, including executing on a FG in Overtime after having a PAT and a punt blocked during the game. Exeter is the unofficial Nashua City Champion, having gone 5-0 against teams from the Gate City, and they’re back in the D1 title game for the 2nd straight year.

1. MY WAY TOO SPECIFIC CHAMPIONSHIP PICKS

Every year I pick the title games, and give score predictions, which always upsets at least 3 teams. And this year will be no different! So without further ado, get ready to send hate tweets if you’re on one of the 3 teams that I don’t pick:

D3: Stevens 24  I-L/M 21

D2: Plymouth 17 Bow 13

D1: Exeter 24 Bedford 20

Good luck to all! I’ll RT the best chirps about my picks. Come at me- @Justin_McIsaac

ALSO RECEIVING (ENOUGH POPULAR BUT NOT ENOUGH ELECTORAL) VOTES: Competence, Empathy, Sanity, Minorities feeling safe in their own country

Justin McIsaac runs MOSN - The McIsaac on Sports Network. Follow him on twitter @Justin_McIsaac and add him on snapchat: justinmcisaac

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