The Bradford football team most likely will not be playing in the postseason next weekend. Granted, the Red Devils were 4-5 overall and 3-4 in the Southeast Conference in 2023 and were one of the final qualifiers in the playoffs, but a 4-3 conference mark provides an automatic berth. On Friday night at Mary D.
Bradford Stadium, the Red Devils brought a 3-3 SEC mark into their regular-season finale and hoped to upset the red-hot Racine Case Eagles, winners of five straight games. Well, they're technically still alive for a playoff spot, and that will be determined Saturday, but Bradford suffered a good, old-fashioned beatdown at the hands of the high-powered Eagles, 35-0. Bradford coach Gaz Osmani talks with Jackson Fisher during a game against Racine Case on Friday night in Kenosha.
The Red Devils finished the season 3-6 and 3-4 in the SEC. Bradford coach Gaz Osmani said regardless of whether or not the Red Devils make the playoffs, it won't take away the hard work and leadership from guys like quarterback Sebastian DeRose and Ryan Riley, two seniors Osmani called the heart and soul of the team. "I love our kids and our school," Osmani said.
"These kids mean the world to me. Life isn't fair for some of these kids, and I wish I could have given them more. Case is a good team, and I take my hat off to them for turning that program around.
Injuries and some bad breaks cost us all year, but our kids never gave up on the program and the school." Osmani and the rest of the coaching.