By Phil Murphy
DigitalSports.com

While counting down the top games of 2008, we stumbled across several great games that barely missed the cut. Here are the lot of games -- listed chronologically -- that kept me agonizing over cups of coffee and 5-hour energy shots, night-after-night, as I prepared this countdown.

No, really.

Mount Vernon 23, T.C. Williams 20 (OT)  -- Aug. 29 -- Majors ruin ribbon-cutting in Alexandria
Jefferson 28, Falls Church 27 (OT)  -- Aug. 29 -- NRR -- Dittmer deflects game-winning two-point attempt, Colonials take opener
Stuart 30, McLean 14  -- Sept. 5 -- Raiders snap 25-game losing streak
Lake Braddock 23, W.T. Woodson 22 -- NRR -- Sept. 5 -- Bruins beat soon-to-be district for fifth-straight time
Madison 18, Langley 14  -- Oct. 3 -- NRR -- Warhawks score final 15 points in district rivalry
Oakton 17, Chantilly 15  -- Oct. 3 -- NRR -- Cougars eek out region final preview
Mount Vernon 69, Falls Church 40  -- Oct. 10 -- NRR -- Majors, Jaguars combine for 109 points in National shoot-out
Mount Vernon 36, Centreville 26  -- Oct. 17 -- NRR -- Five first-quarter touchdowns of 40 yards or more; Majors win fourth-straight
Westfield 58, Centreville 40  -- Oct. 31 -- NRR -- Concorde rivals combine for 15 touchdowns in surprise Halloween outburst

*NRR -- Northern Region Recap available