Last modified: Friday, November 30, 2007 12:12 AM EST Bishop Feehan's senior offensive linemen, left to right: Kyle Schmitt, Jacob Curren, Chris Paine, Chris Harris and Chris Vilandre. (Staff photo by Mark Stockwell) Feehan's Fab Five BY PETER GOBIS / SUN CHRONICLE STAFF ATTLEBORO - As puny, wide-eyed freshmen, learning what high school football is all about, their idols were the seniors on the offensive line, the tackles Jon Keith and Dave Libardoni. Keith and Libardoni shaped their success for the Shamrocks of Bishop Feehan High School in the trenches where the dirty work is done, as the coaches always use the cliche "where the games are won and lost," the result being a Super Bowl season and a Super Bowl championship that fall, in 2004. Now No. 73 Chris Vilandre and No. 77 Jake Curren are the role models for the underclassmen, the senior tackles of distinction. And along with guards Chris Harris and Kyle Schmitt, nestled around center Chris Paine, the Fabulous Five of Bishop Feehan will be donning their football jerseys for a final time Saturday. Buoyed by the blocking of the senior quartet of offensive linemen, Bishop Feehan (9-2-1), the Eastern Athletic Conference champions will meet Bay State League champion Walpole for the MIAA Division 2 Super Bowl Saturday evening at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro. And so it was that when both Vilandre and Curren were sophomores - with Keith and Libardoni headed off to college and a new establishment of order was taking place along the offensive line - they asked for and received their idols numbers, in respect and in tribute. "We became sophomores and we took their numbers," both Curren and Vilandre chimed in after practice, both filling out those jersey numbers very well. Both Curren and Vilandre hail from North Attleboro, standing six-foot and 6-5 respectively, weighing 246 and 240, respectively. With Curren and Vilandre on the outside, the Shamrocks have Paine in the middle at center, flanked to the left by the 200-pound Schmitt from Attleboro and to the right by the 222-pound Harris from North Attleboro. The Shamrocks have been putting up some astonishing numbers on the scoreboard this season, having scored 323 points in its 12 games thus far, averaging almost 27 per outing. And while senior tailback Nick Schwieger receives the accolades for his 2,000 yards of offense and 24 touchdowns, it has been due to the Fabulous Five of Bishop Feehan. "Pretty much our blocking is pretty straight forward, just power blocking," said Schmitt after the Shamrocks reviewed game film of the Rebels, walked through the plays on both sides of the line of scrimmage that have enabled them to post seven straight wins and earn a berth in the Super Bowl game. "We have a strong line, but it's more than strength, we have a lot of finesse too," said Harris of the blocking schemes set forth by line coach Paul O'Boy with the blessing of head coach Tony Wood. "It's nice having a running back like Schwieger, having a quarterback like (Mike) McGowan, we have a lot of options on offense." The Shamrocks' offensive line was in a state of flux last season, what with Wood in his first year as head coach and many of the Fabulous Five in their first full-time varsity seasons. Then injuries and illness took their toll and one tackle one week would have a different guard beside him next week and so forth. "Like last year, I played two games at center and four games at guard," said Curren, who otherwise was stationed at tackle. "The other thing was the terminology," added Vilandre. "Some of the plays might have been the same, but the terminology was different with a new coaching staff. That made it difficult to pick up, that and with some injuries. This year we've been together the whole season and we all communicate well." Vilandre and his linemates are of the philosophy to be pro-active, "don't let them come after us. We like to fire off the ball." He and Curren are determined to fend off pushes and pulls at the line of scrimmage to take out linebackers so that Schwieger might have some room to roam. Harris was a guard during his youth football days, but became a tight end during his freshman and sophomore years at Feehan. He became a convert and he is the guard who does most of the pulling on running plays. "I like it because you can get a head start, you get momentum and then get to knock somebody down!" Schmitt was a guard by trade, groomed in the South Attleboro White Hawk program. "Coach O'Boy is always hollering at us, but he's the best coach I've ever had," he grinned. "Even now, we've been out there practicing for four months now and it never gets boring. It's worth it. "I think that the success that we've had this season is because we know each other well. Last year we switched around a lot and never got a feel for what the guy next to us was going to do. We're better prepared." And like Keith and Libardoni, Curren and Vilandre are not bashful about laying some beef upon defenders. "It's not like we switched offenses, we weren't going from the wing-T to the power-I," added Curren of the Shamrocks' offensive line gaining fluidity, chemistry and confidence. "It was more understanding the pass blocking, understanding the option. Communication is the big key for linemen. "For us to be able to play a game in December, to play in the Super Bowl, it's nice to be a part of Bishop Feehan High School football history. We treat it like there's no tomorrow, like we did against Mansfield (a two-point semifinal round playoff win.) The motto is 'We believe.'" Unlike some members of the Bishop Feehan High student body on Tuesday morning. "There were a lot of naysayers around school," chuckled Vilandre. "I knew that, myself, my teammates we were getting ready mentally (to beat Mansfield), like we're doing now for Walpole. Wednesday morning, the whole day, people were really into it, the Super Bowl - it felt like a football school!"