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Commentary from Friday's start of the prep football playoffs;

SUPER job by WL Western head coach Mike Zdebski on Friday night. Despite all the hysteria of the recent hazing incident and the program having to deal with the suspension of five players, TEAM ZDEBSKI was in top form, supremely focused and fresh in their exciting 27-20 upending of Milford. GREAT EFFORT!!!!!

Speaking of sterling performances coming out of Walled Lake Friday – Could WL Central kicker Bryan Maxwell be any more MONEY? My main man, MAD MAX, booted a pair of FGs, including a game-winner as time expired in the fourth quarter of the Vikings 20-17 victory over defending state champion Lake Orion. WOW!!! Homey is CLUTCH with a capital 'C'!!

I'm loving the fact that Birmingham Brother Rice sophomore running back Brian Walker finally at that breakout game Burney knew he had in him, going over the 100-yard mark for the first time in his career (121 yards on 20 carries) and scoring one touchdown in the Warriors' 34-8 defeat of North Farmington. There's only more to come from this strong-legged sparkplug.

I've decided to nickname the South Lyon offense "TROOP TNT", mainly because the Lyons 'O' is led by MR. TNT himself, Derek Talaga, one of the more underrated field general's in the area. Quarterbacking SL to the playoffs for the first time in four years, Talaga threw for 210 yards and connected on a whopping FIVE touchdowns passes in his squad's 33-14 throttling of Holly.

In MH Madison's 35-0 pummeling of Detroit PEC, FAB FROSH Juan Johnson, showed he's not just a fast emerging star on offense as the FACTOR BACK in the Eagles' offense, but that he also stands to be a playmaker on defense for the years to come too – Johnson scooped up a fumble in the first half of Friday's blowout and ran it in for a touchdown. Johnson's big brother is DeAndre Johnson, one of Madison High School's all-time greatest athletes, having led the football program to the state finals in 2006.

With his team's 26-20 upset win over Oxford, RH Adams head coach Tony Patritto has the Highlanders' sitting on the doorstep of a district title in a season many had written him and his squad off on several occasions, only to see them come back swinging again and again. TEAM PARTRITTO is not deep. Starting the season with an all-time low of 35 kids on the roster, because of the normal rigors of playing an OAA schedule, the Highlanders are currently down to under 30 active members of the active roster. In prep football, this should be a killer.  DOESN'T MATTER. It hasn't been. That's how good of a coach Patritto is and how gritty and talented his team's core is. YEAH I'M TALKING ABOUT YOU; Tony Annese, (4 TDs and the game-clinching INT on defense on Friday night) David Jagow, Mike Fisher, Kyle Pelayo, Andrew McBride, Ben Hart and CO!!!!! I've said this before and I'm going to say it again – My man Coach Patritto has won a lot of games in his time at Adams, including a state championship and numerous postseason victories, however, in Burney's opinion, this might wind up being his best job of his career. AND THAT's SAYING A LOT!!!!