An octopus wager is a bet that a player will score a touchdown and then the same player will immediately score a two-point conversion after. A touchdown is worth six points. Add another two points and you get eight — the amount of limbs on an octopus.

Damon Brockington of Frankford High was named football coach of the year by the Eagles. Then, the team came through with an even bigger surprise for the lifelong Birds fan.