Friday night insight quickies

After a long, long night at work, I'm up bright and early (by my standards) to watch a little college football. But first I start mentally preparing for Notre Dame's first step toward its 12th national title and Brady Quinn wraps up the Irish's 8th Heisman Trophy, let's take a quick look back to Friday night.

Waupun's defense coming out strong: Say what you want about the level of competition, but Waupun has just rolled its first two opponents. The Warriors pitched another shutout last night and were up on Mauston 43-0 at halftime. These games are going to give the Warriors confidence heading into the conference season. Waupun received one first-place vote in the last Associated Press poll, and while that may be a stretch, they are sure looking like a state championship-caliber team thus far.

Where's the 'D'?: Fondy fans have to be a bit concerned with the team's defense in its first two games. The problem, as I see it, is one of depth. Fondy was missing some players at key positions Friday night and had others that were banged up. When you get behind by a few points, the natural need is to play those players more on offense to catch up. So when Josh Korb spent most of his time playing on offense last night, his defense suffered. The Cardinals will be a better football team once Paul Biolo is back on the field. Besides, Kimberly was a pretty darn good football team.

Haass lives up to the hype: After a shaky outing in Week 1, Mayville quarterback Matt Haass bounced back in a big way Friday night to throw for 292 yards in a 28-25 victory over Campbellsport. He completed 23 of 28 passes and had three touchdowns against a pretty good defense. He's got to be dealing with a lot of pressure, considering Mayville ditched its run-based offense last year to better utilize Haass's talents, only to finish 3-6 and miss the playoffs for the first time since 1990. I can't wait to see him play on Sept. 15 when Mayville comes to Fruth Field to take on Springs.

If only they were healthy: You got to feel for North Fondy. From what coach Nate Lehman has said, they just can't stay healthy. Injuries bit key players for the Orioles last night, who were up early on Ozaukee, 7-0, before they started dropping like flies. North Fondy will get a win at some point this year, and man, is it going to be a great thing for that program.