81 dollars!

That's how much two tickets to the Oaks Christian-St. Bonaventure football game went for today on eBay! Original cost of the tickets: $7 a piece. For those dying to go to the game who don't have tickets yet, expect to spend a pretty penny. Several more sets of tickets are available on eBay and are well over $30.

With all the pregame hoopla, I was expecting to find a madhouse at Oaks Christian's practice this afternoonm, especially after my conversation with coach Bill Redell this afternoon. Redell is always great with the media, he returns calls quickly and isn't afraid of any question. Today though, our conversation was short ... out of necessity. I could hear his other line ringing off the hook ever 10 seconds.

When I got to the field though, it wasn't bad. Including myself, there were three print reporters and one local television crew. Redell has made a point of spreading the press coverage around --especially this week-- so he made Casey Matthews, Anthony Gildon and Brad Freeman available to the media. All were pretty candid about the importance of the game.

``This is definitely the biggest game in Oaks Christian's history,'' Gildon said. ``It's all about pride for us.''

``We've had this game circled since we scheduled it last year,'' Matthews said.

Freeman even acknowledged that public sentiment about the game might be a bit negative for the two elite private schools.

``I don't think anyone wants us to win,'' he joked. ``Actually, I don't think anyone wants either of us to win. People are calling this the hate bowl.''

And it's only Monday ...