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Tilghman collapsed emotionally and physically against Fort Campbell after giving up 21 points in the freakiest first minute of a football game I have ever seen. But Deray Edmonds rushed for 180 yards that night against a team that had been giving up 25 yards rushing a game.

Tilghman has been in every other game they lost and I make no excuses, they did lose them: a last minute field goal to tie Hoptown was inches wide to the left. A fumbled punt reception late in the fourth quarter when PT was leading plus two red zone drops with a minute to go cost them Graves. Mayfield was a better team but PT played them closer than anyone else has, losing by nine. This happened amid fallout from a coaching controversy and four seniors quitting the team. All that seems to have passed. Some other kids have stepped up to plug holes and that process is ongoing.

Foster seems not to have played that much to stay healthy for the district games. Interesting philosophy - or strategy.