It won't happen on Thanksgiving, but if a plan being talked about by Class L athletic directors gets NHIAA football committee approval, we could have a season opener between Nashua South and Bishop Guertin next fall.

The new divisional format of six nine-team divisions, which is expected to pass, would leave two open dates for both Div. I and Div. II. Under the plan, on the opening weekend there would be nine crossover games between the two divisions, with opponents matched up by last year's record.

So if South and Bishop Guertin are both champions, they would play each other, with Pinkerton opening against Exeter,  Manchester West playing Dover and Winnacunnet squaring off against Londonderry.

The bottom five teams in each division would play the bottom five in the other.