Here's a message to all Class 5A football teams: The Bingham Miners aren't on the verge of calling the season off, there is no panic mode in the Bingham camp, the playoffs aren't a distant goal because of an 0-2 start, it's first 0-2 start since 1992.
Oh, yeah, coach Dave Peck still expects to compete for a state championship.
"I really do think we're going to be there in the end, when it's all said and done," Peck said. "We still have a good team. We had a great day of practice on Monday. We just ran into a great team in Alta and a great team in Skyline."
Of course, it's well known that expectations for the Miners were through the roof before the season started.
Then came the 24-17 loss to Skyline in the season opener in a road game that was originally slated to be a home game.
Last week brought the 27-19 defeat at the hands of Alta in a game Bingham led 17-3 in the first quarter. The Miners jumped ahead, in most part because of stellar special teams play.
Quest for a record
Timpview has won two consecutive Class 4A titles, and it's gunning for a third this fall. The T-birds also have a state record in their sites, with Friday's 57-12 win over Spanish Fork, Timpview has pushed its win streak to 25 games, which is good for the second-longest streak in state history.
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Games on TV
Games available Saturday on Comcast On-Demand:
FULL GAMES
Today
Bountiful vs. Viewmont
Timpview vs. Lone Peak
Park City vs. Morgan
Pine View vs. Cottonwood
Logan vs. Sky View
Available: Tuesday
HIGHLIGHTS ONLY
Alta vs. Kearns
Layton vs. Jordan
Riverton vs. Pleasant Grove
West Jordan vs. Olympus
This week's games
TODAY
Kamehameha, Hawaii, vs. Davis
at Weber State, 6:30 p.m.
FRIDAY
Alta at Kearns, 7 p.m.
American Fork at East, 7 p.m.
Bingham at Fremont, 7 p.m.
Bonneville at Clearfield, 7 p.m.
Bountiful at Viewmont, 7 p.m.
Box Elder at Bear River, 7 p.m.
Canyon View at Millard, 7 p.m.
Carbon at Altamont, 7 p.m.
Cedar City at ALA, 7 p.m.
Delta at Grantsville, 7 p.m.
Emery at Desert Hills, 7 p.m.
Enterprise at Lincoln County, Nev., 8 p.m.
Grand at South Summit, 7 p.m.
Hillcrest at Copper Hills, 7 p.m.
Hunter at Brighton, 7 p.m.
Juan Diego at Cyprus, 7 p.m.
Judge Memorial at Highland, Idaho, 7 p.m.
Kemmerer, Wyo. at Rich, 4 p.m.
La Costa Canyon, CA at Dixie, 7 p.m.
Las Vegas at Snow Canyon, 7 p.m.
Layton at Jordan, 7 p.m.
Layton Christian at Virgin Valley, Nev., 7 p.m.
Logan at Sky View, 7 p.m.
Manti at Kanab, 7 p.m.
Milford at Beaver, 7 p.m.
Moapa Valley, Nev. at Hurricane, 7 p.m.
Monticello at San Juan, 7 p.m.
Mountain Crest at Northridge, 7 p.m.
Mountain View at Syracuse, 7 p.m.
Murray at Taylorsville, 7 p.m.
North Sanpete at Union, 7 p.m.
North Sevier at Juab, 7 p.m.
North Summit at Duchesne, 7 p.m.
Ogden at Granger, 7 p.m.
Orem at Timpanogos, 7 p.m.
Park City at Morgan, 7 p.m.
Parowan at South Sevier, 7 p.m.
Payson at Spanish Fork, 7 p.m.
Pine View at Cottonwood, 7 p.m.
Provo at Lehi, 7 p.m.
Richfield at Gunnison, 7 p.m.
Riverton at Pleasant Grove, 7 p.m.
Salem Hills at Uintah, 7 p.m.
Skyline at Highland, 7 p.m.
Timpview at Lone Peak, 7 p.m.
Tooele at Ben Lomond, 7 p.m.
Wasatch at Springville, 7 p.m.
Weber at Roy, 7 p.m.
West at Woods Cross, 7 p.m.
West Jordan at Olympus, 7 p.m.
Football
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