WRMJ's 35th annual Pigskin Playoff Preview

Guests on the show:

Rockridge head coach Sam Graves

Riverdale head coach Guy Dierikx

Orion head coach Matt McClean

El Paso-Gridley head coach Tanner Benedict

Fulton head coach Patrick Lower

On Sportsline this week, Ty Taylor and Jim Taylor open the show with a recap of Week 9 around the TRAC and discuss what it impact the results could have on the playoff fied.

Then, Friday Night Drive's Steve Soucie joins the show to dive into the latest small school projections, Rockridge's likelihood of being in the 1A field, Mercer County's chances to qualify for the postseason with two wins, the strength of the northern bracket in 2A, if the expanded playoff system will still be in place next year, and more (36:53).

Ty and Jim close the program with a rundown of the results from the state-ranked teams in Week 9 and look ahead to Saturday night's WRMJ Pigskin Playoff Preview, which is live at 8 p.m.

***Note: Due to a technical issue, portions of this week's Sportsline program, which airs live at 9 a.m. each week, were corrupted and could not be recovered for upload to our podcast.

Our live interview with Mercer County head coach Fred Lucas and our closing segment, presented by Boswell Construction, with a rundown of results from the state-ranked teams were unfortunately wiped out. We apologize for any disappointment in not being able to hear the rebroadcast of those two features this week.

On Sportsline this week, Ty Taylor and Jim Taylor open the show recapping a consequential Week 8 in the TRAC, before being joined by Orion head coach Matt McClean (35:50), Rockridge head coach Sam Graves (50:34), and Riverdale head coach Guy Dierikx (1:06:56).