The Detroit Free Press has been slowly releasing its high school football preseason top 25; when 11-15 came out, who should be included but little old Chelsea:

Since the Detroit newspapers’ western world tends to end at Ann Arbor, it’s nice to see Chelsea getting some love in the Free Press.  But … well, preseason rankings are among my least favorite things in the whole world, right down there with dentist visits and Brent Musberger.  Preseason rankings are like political conventions: they’re obnoxious and largely irrelevant and thus should be ignored, but for some reason they still manage to affect perceptions (particularly in the realm of college football, where the preseason rankings directly affect the early-season rankings — but that’s another post).  But they’re here and they’re not going away, so … woooo!  We’re number 14, and we didn’t even have to play a down of football to get there!

Oh, and don’t forget: Chelsea opens the season this Friday evening at 7:00 at Ann Arbor Huron.  If you’re not there, I will hunt you down and drag you to the next game.  It would probably be pretty embarassing for you to be dragged anywhere by me, so I’d suggest you save yourself all that embarrassment and just show up at Huron on Friday.