7 Friday Night Podcast | Ep. 2.13: Thursday Pick’Em (WEEK 5)

It’s Another Week Of NorCal Football Picks As The 7 Friday Night Crew Tackles No. 3 Folsom At No. 2 De La Salle And Other Key Matchups •

PICTURED ABOVE: Cameron Johnson of No. 18 Menlo-Atherton (David Gershon photo)

The 7 Friday Night crew is back for another round of blind stabs and bold predictions when it comes to NorCal football picks. Host Chace Bryson finally stumbled last week in going just 2-for-5, leaving an opportunity for co-host Ben Enos and weekly guest Coach Terry Eidson to each pick up ground on the SportStars editor.

Chace and Ben make their three primary picks from a six-game slate of some of NorCal’s best Week 5 matchups, and then serve each other two blind picks in the Challenge Round. There are also tales of Ben’s high school baseball career and a breakdown of how an actual fight between a bear and a tiger might play out. Finally, Coach Eidson predicts he’ll go 3-0 yet again — and as he points out, he’s due.

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GAMES PICKED INCLUDE:

(Ranks are from SportStars NorCal Top 20)
• No. 3 Folsom @ No. 2 De La Salle-Concord
• No. 18 Menlo-Atherton @ No. 6 Wilcox-Santa Clara
• No. 13 Los Gatos @ Sacred Heart Prep-Atherton
• San Ramon Valley-Danville @ Liberty-Brentwood
• College Park-Pleasant Hill @ Northgate-Walnut Creek
• Capital Christian-Sacramento @ Vista del Lago-Folsom
• El Cerrito @ Vacaville
• Encinal-Alameda @ Alameda
• Mitty-San Jose @ Sacred Heart Cathedral-S.F.
• Patterson @ Merced

7 Friday Night will be publishing new episodes every Tuesday and Thursday during the regular season.

RELATED: 7 Friday Night Ep. 2.12 (From Tuesday, 9/20)

Tuesday episodes will include discussion on the week ahead as well as interviews with Coach Eidson and whoever else we have lined up as guests. Thursday episodes will include Chace, Ben and Coach Eidson’s picks and predictions for a selection of games that week. Make sure you’re following or subscribed wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts.

Listening platforms include Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Breaker, Pocket Casts and Radio Public. Also, feel free to use the same platforms to look up SportStars’ other podcasts: The 2021 oral history-style show SportStories, and the ask-an-expert health and fitness show, Know & Go, that’s currently in its first season..

All previous episodes of 7 Friday Night, Know & GO and SportStories can also be found here.

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PREDICTION SCOREBOARD

Through Sept. 17
CHACE
PRIMARY PICKS: 9-6
LOCKS: 3-2
CHALLENGE ROUND: 7-1
OVERALL: 16-7

BEN
PRIMARY PICKS: 7-8
LOCKS: 3-2
CHALLENGE ROUND: 7-1
OVERALL: 14-9

COACH EIDSON
OVERALL: 5-10