Arkansas Sports 360.com - July 2008 - (Page 55) VARsiTY ViEWs one thInG aBoUt oPInIons, everyone has one. Countless preseason football publications (professional, college and high school) are on the market, and if you manage to find the time read each one, you’ll find different conclusions. this team is sure to win this, and this player will do that. Which one is right and which is not? Well, guess what? Certainly this is coming as a shock, but none of us really and truly knows what’s going to happen. We all make best-guess judgments based on the information on hand. Despite opinions on where one’s favorite team or player is ranked or predicted to finish, everything is decided on the field on Friday nights. this information is simply a guide for the fan of these student-athletes. What is not easy is saying that one athlete is better than another, or that this team is better than that one. But it has been fun. Will these predictions prove true? some No One Can Predict Friday Night Outcomes will and some won’t. But really, that’s the best part — watching how it all plays out. one prediction we can guarantee: It is going to be an exciting high school season. It has been a privilege to work on the high school portion of this magazine. time has just flown by since starting work on our first comprehensive football preview magazine in arkansassports360.com’s short life. We’ve all had jobs that we just couldn’t stand, where time would just drag and we would literally count the seconds until the next day off. not here. time was spent compiling information from last year’s game stories, coaches surveys and Leland Barclay’s “almanac of arkansas high school Football.” It was hard to believe the deadline was fast approaching to publish this magazine. the old adage, “there is no I in team,” holds true in putting out the high school portion of this magazine. and the support from co-workers in the Jim harris and Chris Bahn spent the building in either lending a hand to make bulk of their time on the college section, calls to schools and coaches, answering but they also helped out on the high school the phone, and putting up with the “$5 portion of the magazine, which would be footlong” jingle while still keeping up with severely lacking without that help. max their own work cannot go unnoticed. Farrell lent a helping hand as well, tracking staff photographer michael Pirnique down hard-to-reach coaches and logos. and intern Graycen Colbert put in a lot not only does FearlessFriday.com of sweat in taking some great shots. provide the logo that graces the cover Wayne DePriest built and designed the of the high school portion of the pages that you see and can’t get enough magazine, its writers — Leland Barclay credit, which he so richly deserved. and Rich sanders — spent a lot of time Before any content was written, researching, compiling and writing for this publication. Graham Cobb and Jeff Cathey pounded Barclay has forgotten more about high the pavement looking for advertisers in school football in arkansas than anyone a publication that until now had never else can remember, and sanders has used existed. that’s the hardest selling job. his own system for rankings for more and last, but certainly not least, thanks than two decades that is more accurate to the advertisers themselves. It has than not. the best price of any preWalter Woodie and season football magazine ) )ON THE WEB ) on the market: FRee. that mark Burke provided More High School football would not be possible without content as well, and available online at each and every advertiser. their work is greatly apWe hope you enjoy it and preciated. refer to it throughout the arkansassports360. fall. com is part of see you on Friday arkansas Business night. m Publishing Group, PHiLiP SEATON TRIPLETHREAT JIM HARRIS, CHRIS BAHN AND PHILIP SEATON. From The Rock to The Hill and anywhere else in Arkansas Sports are being played. ArkansasSports360.com’s Triple Threat has it covered. July 2008 ArkansasSports360.com 55 http://FearlessFriday.com http://arkansassports360.com http://arkansassports360.com http://ArkansasSports360.com http://WWW.ABPG.COM http://ArkansasSports360.com
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