Football: Calling the fire marshal

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There are going to be so many fans -- more than 8,000 -- filling Saddleback College for the Mission Viejo-Santa Margarita Pac-5 quarterfinal that the fire marshal had better be ready to step in and make sure the aisles are clear.

It’s cold and everyone has a feeling this game is going to be a classic. The prediction is for lots of scoring because both teams have high-powered offenses, but who knows.

Seeing Mission Viejo Coach Bob Johnson surrounded by his two coaching sons, ex-quarterbacks Bret and Rob Johnson, tells me how old I’m getting.

And I’ve been covering Santa Margarita Coach Harry Welch since his days at Canyon Country Canyon in the early 1980s.

-- Eric Sondheimer