Hucks: Moscow Butt Of CdA Jokes

Re: Vikings runs over Moscow 55-0 /Jason Elliott, CdA Press

The following is the 2nd item from my Huckleberries print column Sunday: “You may know that 4A Moscow High considered forfeiting its football game with No. 1-ranked 5A Coeur d’Alene High on Friday, for safety’s sake. But did you know that Vik Booster Club prez Chris Costa didn’t win friends and influence people in Moscow by producing a Top 10 Lettermanesque list early last week? It was titled: “Top 10 reasons why Moscow decided not to forfeit the game.” An errant email made its way to Huckleberries HQ. Reasons included: “Nothing else to do that weekend, most of the players already got their elk.” And: “Just got beat by Bonners Ferry (14-7) how could it get any worse?” And: “Want to see if they can beat Sandpoint’s record of points allowed (88).” The No. 1 reason? “They think they are coming to Coeur d’Alene to play Lake City.” Not every day you can poke two Vik foes with one Top 10 item.” Full Huckleberries column here.

Question: We all know now that Moscow decided to play Coeur d’Alene — and received a 55-0 whipping, playing with a speed-up clock and against backups w/7 minutes left in the half. Were Moscow footballers’ fears legitimate? Should they have forfeited? Or would it have been better off simply to keep their fears to themselves and suffered a loss probably similar to the one they did?