The Marblehead football squad astonished everyone last season when the Magicians advanced to the Division 3 Super Bowl. Despite having a chance for its third successive winning season should the team win over Swampscott in their Turkey Day tilt, it’s been a different feeling this fall.”Everything and anything after last year is a bit of a disappointment,” said second-year Marblehead coach Jim Rudloff, whose squad has a chance at a second-place finish in the Northeastern Conference Small with a victory over the Big Blue. “I hate to say it was unrealistic (a return trip to the Super Bowl), but unless you’re returning the same team from the year before, then you can say it. We lost five league all-stars (from last year’s team) due to graduation, including an all-state quarterback (in Hayes Richardson).””I’m not all that excited about (playing for) second place,” Rudloff, who coached at Beverly for four seasons before taking the Marblehead job, mentioned. “The goal is to win the league. But I’m happy that Beverly (who knocked off the Big Blue to take the title) won the league. I coached there, and Dan (Panthers head coach Bauer) does a great job. If it wasn’t us, I’m glad it was them.”Beverly also belted Marblehead around, 32-14, when a Magicians win could have sent them towards a second straight postseason berth. “We didn’t seem to appear in that first half (when the team trailed 26-7 at the half), and then came ready to play in the second. It wasn’t our best showing,” Rudloff said.The Magicians (5-5, 3-1) endured some tough times, beginning with the very first day of preseason practice. “We had some great kids back (from a year ago), but on the first day, we lost three due to concussion, and they were out for three weeks,” said Rudloff.Marblehead also fielded a young squad, and the team took its early lumps, starting 1-3 with losses to Pentucket, Lynn Classical, and Hingham. “We made some dumb mistakes (in losses to Pentucket and Salem), and while it was advantageous that they nonleague were games and don’t lose anything on paper, you can’t pick and choose your opponents.”The Magicians have been led by junior Will Quigley (RB-DB), who has scored 17 touchdowns (106 points overall). Quigley, who has scored at least once in each game, had all four touchdowns in the opener with Pentucket. He also had all three scores against Saugus, where Marblehead trailed 16-0 with five minutes remaining, and he netted all three touchdowns in a span of 90 seconds.”He’s been very good offensively for us,” Rudloff said about the back. “But he’s also been playing well defensively and on special teams as well. You can just give Will the ball on so many plays (of a drive) when you want to control the clock, and he does a great job holding onto the ball. He had plenty of touchdowns in the second half of the season.”Senior Dan Colbert missed all of last season with an ACL tear, but has turned in a solid performance this fall. The southpaw threw two TDs in the Magicians last game against Winthrop, a 27-18 win, and has five this year.”He was ready to be Hayes’ backup last year, but he got hurt in the last scrimmage, and he’s really two seasons removed from playing football,” Rudloff mentioned. “The shame of it is it took Dan a while to get going, and he’s been playing his best football lately, and he’s been gaining experience. He’s been very healthy, and he’s a good runner too.”Another offensive weapon that Marblehead has is Ryan Stanojev (WR-DB), and he helped the team’s cause with a pair of touchdowns against Winthrop, including returning a kickoff 77 yards for a score. He has contributed five touchdowns.One weak spot that has plagued the Magicians is defense, as the team lost several starters from last year’s team. “The players that we lost due to concussion were defensive, and as a result, it was a who fit in where during what scheme,” said the coach.The Magicians have a troika of inside linebackers in Oliver Gregory, Joel Katz, and Tyler Bates, who ha