Who would have predicted that Bangor would be 0-2 at this point in the season? Or that Brewer would be 2-0? Perhaps the Brewer prediction would have been more realistic.

But the fact is the Rams are making the long trip to Farmington looking for their first win of the season while the Witches will be well rested and going for their third win of the season Saturday afternoon when Fryeburg Academy arrives at Doyle Field.

Bangor (0-2) at Mt. Blue (2-0), Caldwell Field, 7 p.m., Friday: Despite the Rams’ poor start to the season Bangor coach Mark Hackett says never fear.

“We’re just settling in. We had to replace a lot of guys,” Hackett said.

Statistics never tell the entire story but a quick glance at this week’s Pine Tree Conference stats is revealing.

Bangor quarterback Zak Ray leads the conference in pass attempts. He has completed just under 50 percent of his passes (17-35) and has thrown for 312 yards and three touchdowns.

The Rams are not normally known to throw the ball around as much as this but they fell behind 14-0 to Gardiner last week and were forced to put the ball into the air 22 times in a game they eventually lost 35-24.

Ray is also leading his team in rushing with 147 yards in the two games. That’s 11 yards better than tailback Ryan Largay.

This week the Rams face a Cougar team that has started the season with wins over Lawrence and Brunswick.

Hackett says his team will have to take better care of the ball than the Rams did against Gardiner when turned the ball over four times.

“They’re a very good team,” Hackett said. “But we’re not out of it yet. The league is very even. Whoever’s hot at the end of the year. Look at Skowhegan last year. They had a rough start and look how it turned out.”

Skowhegan began the season 1-4 in 2001 before reeling off five straight wins and reaching the PTC championship game.

Food for thought.

Fryeburg Academy (1-1) at Brewer (2-0), 1:30 p.m., Saturday, Doyle Field: After wins over Mattanawcook Academy of Lincoln and Maine Central Institute of Pittsfield, coach Josh Emmett hopes the Witches are ready for the unpredictability of the Raiders’ offense.

“They’re a good team,” Emmett said. “They lost to Mountain Valley [27-0] but they beat a good Wells team [20-0] last week.”

Fryeburg features quarterback Jonah Chappell, who will try to keep Brewer’s defense off-balance by both throwing and running counter plays out of the shotgun.

Emmett believes the Witches will be ready for anything.

“They run a lot of shotgun. It’s wide-open football,” Emmett said.

The Witches will be bolstered by the return of senior tri-captain Matt Whalen, who has been out with a concussion.

Foxcroft Academy (2-0) at Orono (2-0), 7 p.m., Friday: The Ponies are sky-high after pulling off a 12-6 upset of a Winslow team that had won 24 straight games.

“It was a great win for our program,” Foxcroft coach Paul Withee said. “The only bad thing is that it doesn’t mean anything because now we get into our conference play.”

Orono is coming off a 34-9 win over John Bapst of Bangor.

Red Riots coach Wally Coville has been in the business for a long time and he recognizes class when he sees it.

“Obviously [Foxcroft Academy] is a good team. We will have to play at a high level to be competitive.”

Stearns (0-2) at Bucksport (1-1), 7 p.m., Friday: Stearns of Millinocket enters its game with the Golden Bucks in search of its first win after opening the season with losses to LTC Class B perennial powers Belfast and Winslow.

“This will a tough game. [Bucksport] runs and throws and runs the ball well,” Stearns coach Chris Preble said.

Preble recognizes that Bucksport has an additional weapon in place-kicker Trevor Lalonde.

“Their kicker, from the 30-yard line and in, he’s almost automatic,” Preble said.

The Minutemen are hoping for the return of quarterback Anthony Arsenault, who suffered a concussion against Winslow. Derek DiFrederico, last year’s starting QB, had been moved to tailback to start the season but has been running the offense in Arsenault’s absence.