CIF football playoff predictions

On at least one topic, coaches at Mater Dei, Orange Lutheran and Servite agree.

"We love it," they tell me, "when you pick us to lose."

"You" is me. During the Frankly Fryer episodes of the recently completed regular season, I picked Servite to beat Mater Dei, Orange Lutheran to beat Servite, and Mater Dei to beat Orange Lutheran.

Wrong, wrong and wrong. Oh-for-three.

My predictions are frequently used to fire up teams in pregame speeches. Of course, nobody ever says, "Hey, sorry we let you down. Thanks for believing in us." Or as they would say at Servite, "Thanks for credo-ing in us."

Is everybody ready for more inspiration? Good. Here we go again, with our annual football playoff predictions of divisions in which Orange County teams will participate.

Click on the following links to find Fryer's predictions:

•Pac-5 Division first three rounds.
•Pac-5 Division championship and analysis.

•Southern Division first three rounds.
•Southern Division championship and analysis.

•Southwest Division first three rounds.
•Southwest Division championship and analysis.

•Northeast Division first three rounds.
•Northeast Division championship and analysis.

•East Valley Division first three rounds.
•East Valley Division championship and analysis.

Contact the writer: sfryer@ocregister.com