Wesleyan replaces Buford as state’s most likely to go 15-0
Now that Buford is beaten, which Georgia team has the best shot of going undefeated?
My first thought is Lowndes, but it’s pretty tough going unbeaten in Class AAAAA. Much depends on home-field advantage and coin tosses. There’s so much depth. Plus, the No. 2 team, Grayson, beat Lowndes the last time they played.
In AAAA, there’s no clear-cut favorite yet, so I wouldn’t pick any of those teams to go 15-0.
Gainesville is No. 1 in AAA, but the Elephants have never gone undefeated. Plus, many would say once-beaten Carver of Columbus remains the team to beat.
In AA, nobody would be surprised if Buford went 14-1, so it’s tough picking any of those, although Calhoun and Fitzgerald look awfully good. And don’t forget Lovett, the team that ended Buford’s 32-game winning streak last week.
My choice would probably be Wesleyan. A friend asked me last week if Wesleyan is unbeatable in Class A, and the answer is no. Wesleyan was not a dominant state champion last year, although the 2009 team is better than last year’s team that peaked at the right time.
Here are the 11 teams that I think are most likely to go undefeated, and their chances. Note that I don’t think any team has a better than 50-50 chance of going undefeated looking at it this early in the season. Let me post this before I change my vote to Lowndes.
Wesleyan (40 percent)
Lowndes (35 percent)
Calhoun (30 percent)
Fitzgerald (30 percent)
Gainesville (25 percent)
Grayson (25 percent)
Westside, Macon (20 percent)
Griffin (20 percent)
Peach County (20 percent)
North Gwinnett (12 percent)
Lovett (10 percent)
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This week’s rankings:
CLASS AAAAA
1. Lowndes (3-0)
2. Grayson (3-0)
3. North Gwinnett (3-0)
4. Northside, Warner Robins (2-0)
5. Stephenson (2-0)
6. M.L. King (3-0)
7. Newnan (3-0)
8. Peachtree Ridge (2-1)
9. McEachern (3-0)
10. Camden County (1-2)
CLASS AAAA
1. Tucker (3-0)
2. Griffin (3-0)
3. Southwest DeKalb (2-1)
4. Westside, Macon (3-0)
5. Hillgrove (3-0)
6. North Clayton (3-0)
7. Sandy Creek (2-1)
8. Clarke Central (3-0)
9. Bainbridge (3-0)
10. Mount Zion, Jonesboro (3-0)
CLASS AAA
1. Gainesville (3-0)
2. Peach County (3-0)
3. St. Pius (3-0)
4. Carver, Columbus (2-1)
5. Carrollton (3-0)
6. LaGrange (2-1)
7. Washington County (3-0)
8. Burke County (3-0)
9. Creekview (2-0)
10. Flowery Branch (2-1)
CLASS AA
1. Calhoun (3-0)
2. Fitzgerald (3-0)
3. Lovett (3-0)
4. Buford (2-1)
5. Jefferson County (3-0)
6. Pepperell (3-0)
7. Brooks County (2-0)
8. Dublin (2-0)
9. Jefferson (3-0)
10. Charlton County (2-0-1)
CLASS A
1. Wesleyan (3-0)
2. Lincoln County (3-0)
3. Wilkinson County (3-0)
4. Savannah Christian (3-0)
5. Wilcox County (2-1)
6. Johnson County (3-0)
7. Bowdon (3-0)
8. Chattahoochee County (3-0)
9. Treutlen (3-0)
10. Twiggs County (2-1)
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195 comments Add your comment
Yo
September 14th, 2009
4:45 pm
I see little tick tick boom boom person is need of a huggy.
Regular Joe
September 14th, 2009
4:48 pm
First off Dekalb County has more players playing at the next level than any other county in Ga. Now as far as Stephenson’s schedule goes, when this schedule was put together who knew Mcnair would be this sorry this year; they have always played Stephenson and MLK Tough. Ware County wasn’t predicted to be a push over either. Columbia is rather a weak. But in defense of MLK other than SWD who thought North Cobb would be this bad this year; they looked horrible.
slalom1
September 14th, 2009
4:49 pm
TODD, Just one other thing: Do not overlook Troup. I believe they will handle WACO this week as well as everyone else on the regular season schedule with the possible exception of Carver and LaGrange. Make no mistake about it, Troup has the guns both on offense and defense. Given the long tradition of Troup “losing the big ones”, this could turn out to be the year when Troup FINALLY clears the hurdle of being the step child in Region 2AAA. In evaluating the pure talent on the field between Carver-Col and Troup, they stack up pretty close. Carver has the size advantage. Troup has the athletic advantage. But not by much. LaGrange has the coaching advantage as well as a handful of under rated players along with the greatest kicker in the state. But depth is thin. I like the chances for the 2009 Grangers. The Granger defense is somewhat similar to the Newnan offense in that both units lack experience but appear to be even more talented than in 2008. By play-off time, who knows?
Yo
September 14th, 2009
4:58 pm
Regular Joe…don’t go into Ware thinking you are about to play a push over. You may get a little bit surprised.
PAUL
September 14th, 2009
5:17 pm
Shout out to my Bainbridge Bearcats #9 in AAAA
williambrado
September 14th, 2009
5:21 pm
Cats i hate to tell you but there hasn’t been very many deaths in death valley the past few years. I will be shocked if you get past northside this week.And far as beating Lowndes county this year that won’t happen either.As far as giving Lowndes a scare well Lowndes ran the ghost out of hyder stadium years ago.Lowndes County is a football Machine this year and nobody comes even close especially Grayson.Good luck Grayson against Gwinnet this week.
williambrado
September 14th, 2009
5:26 pm
Duh regular Joe. Look how big Dekalb county is.How many schools are in dekalb county? NEXT
84viking
September 14th, 2009
5:39 pm
Everybody worries about stats,going undefeated,etc…. Anybody can loose on any given night if they dont always bring their A game to every game.Lets see who wins it all in the end.They will be the one with the bragging rights when its all over;even if they are not undefeated !!!!!!!!!!!!
Jake
September 14th, 2009
6:03 pm
I am not worried about Buford losing, they have more sophmores starting than juniors and seniors combined which means they will improve alot this year and more than likely when state again next year and the year after. Dont count us out just yet. We are Buford and we will be back if not this year, then the years to come. Congrats to Lovett.
slalom1
September 14th, 2009
6:22 pm
YO,”in need of a little tick tick boom boom huggy”. What in the name of Lowndes have you been smoking? Locally grown? lol.
slalom1
September 14th, 2009
6:25 pm
REEZE, It is time to come clean. “Rebuilding year”? Come on. Tell the truth about Northside. If you were not “boondogging” in preseason, what do you think now? Come on REEZE. Northside must be pretty good.
K-MAN
September 14th, 2009
6:40 pm
Teams like Buford,Charlton County,Dublin & Lovett will always be powerhouse teams because they all have the kind of coaches that know how to run A real program!They run the type of offense yhat fit their kids…they teach defense…their kids are disciplined…not to mention fundamentally sound! Everybody else are just pretenders!
RealisticEP_Fan
September 14th, 2009
7:09 pm
HeadEast: My friend, I agree with about 99 pct of your posts, and EP may not win at Machearn this Friday,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,however let’s not quite throw in the towel quite yet. This team has a knack for getting up for certain games (ala, on the road at Sequoyah that magical night, a couple years ago…..or maybe the trip to Rome for the playoff,,,,,both statement games that EP was supposed to lose and probably should have…..if you play them on paper). Coach Reid and the boys will be there as well as you and I. Bring that positive attitude and just maybe some of that magic will in the air Friday night.
Wolverine2Blazer
September 14th, 2009
7:44 pm
Etowah…haha. Lets try to look at this from the unbiased TLP angle. If Woodstock handles the devils this friday and then have a solid win against Etowah it would be logical to place us back into the top ten. If you just look at the spread, McE had ya’ll beat easily and we took them to OT. Not hating, just saying. If the EP-McE game comes down to the wire, logic tells us that EP-McE-Wood are all very simular teams at the top of the region. So why not rank them 8-9-10? Thats just my thinking though.
Wolverine Fan
September 14th, 2009
7:45 pm
How does Marietta look this year?
drock09
September 14th, 2009
7:46 pm
Slalom I agree with you 100% about the cougars. There offense will be scary when the playoffs start. The defense is bigger and a whole lot faster than last year. Mr john wells todd will never give the cougars any respect if newnan was in gwinett county Todd will be all over their jock.
drock09
September 14th, 2009
7:56 pm
What’s the deal with the coaching staff at spalding high school in Griffin. You talking about a disaster too many talented kids no coaching at all. Also Todd what are your thoughts on East coweta Tay Willis?
The Cannon Rules!
September 14th, 2009
8:12 pm
Sorry “YO”!!!…
No Hugs here we play OUTSIDE 285 not in Midtown ATL…LOL!
DEKALB COUNTY RULES
September 14th, 2009
8:55 pm
WHO IN DA HELL SAID UNION GROVE WILL WIN 2-AAAAA???
THEY MAY BE IN A BATTLE FOR 3RD OR 4TH PLACE THOUGH!!!
JUST STATING FACTS!!!
AND HONESTLY.. DO U SERIOUSLY THINK THAT 5-AAAAA TEAMS CAN STICK WITH DEKALB COUNTY TEAMS??
Reeze
September 14th, 2009
9:25 pm
Slalom 1………Northside folks have had the pleasure of seeing really good teams here at Northside and have played really good teams………I said earlier that we a rebuilding ,but we would still have a respectable team…..If you are asking about the win against Carver ,Carver is not the same team as last year ,they are not the # 1 in AAA…….I guess the term rebuilding to most is , rebuilding to be a good team ,…….Northside it means rebuilding to be a contender. We are to young and inexperienced to be considered a contender ,too many turnovers is one indicator……Lots of underclassmen starting in key spots……… I n 2010 the Eagles will be hell to deal with…….I just hope we choose to play up and stay in AAAAA.
joeinformed
September 14th, 2009
9:39 pm
Williambrado- you must not no so let me inform you Gwinnet co. has the most high schools in the state and Dekalb co. has alot of schools but there is only 5 schools that produces talent like that and the main 2 is stephenson and MLK….Then you got SWD,TUCKER, and other schools depending on what type of team or players they have that year… but STEPHENSON and MLK are the powerhouses of football talent in dekalb and in georgia period! and Stephenson dont play nobody because nobody wants to play them when there looking for teams to play everybody already got some thing to do!!! in state and out of state Stephenson is known…THATS WHY ON OCT.16 YOU CAN WATCH THE TWO TEAMS YOU LOVE TO HATE ON PLAY ON ESPN….STEPHENSON AND MLK
LOVE APS FOOTBALL
September 14th, 2009
9:40 pm
Atlanta City Schools produce a great amount of talent. However, our kids are not born and breed for football! We don’t have the park systems like Dekalb County nor do we have the big time donations pouring from the pockets of our rich parents who put up their homes for new weight rooms. This is not down south football where the world comes to an end on friday night. Our kids have more of a variety of a social life. They have Atlantic Station and numerous places to hang out and have fun which can be distractions. Also, no big time coach will ever coach in APS’s system because they don’t care about winning state. We may not have teams that win state! But you can bet your ass that we have a lot of beggin big time college coaches at our kids than any other part of the state!
Yo
September 14th, 2009
9:50 pm
joeinformed…dont’ get me started on underacheiving overtalented teams other than it isn’t something to be bragging about.
Congratulations on the ESPN game. The week before you can watch Valdosta/Lowndes for the 2nd year in a row.
We don’t have nearly the players in Div 1 you probably have, kind of makes me wonder how less talented ball players keep beating up on more talented ball players.
chuck
September 14th, 2009
11:01 pm
Union Grove will finish the season 10-0 if they can get their QB situation corrected. They have a very good defense.
BAD SIGNS
September 14th, 2009
11:19 pm
CHUCK QUIT DREAMING,BECAUSE IT WANT HAPPEN 3rd place baby
Uncle Rico
September 14th, 2009
11:35 pm
No team will go 15-0….too much parity.
when St. Pius waxes Marist, that’s a sign.
but – it doesn’t matter. an undefeated season is never the goal for any team/coach – even Valdosta.
the goal is to win your Region & go into the playoffs playing your best ball.
that said, I think a few teams have a great shot at 10-0.
* Roswell OR Walton. The winner of that game has a strong chance at 10-0.
* Grayson
* Lowndes OR Valdosta (see above)
Todd Holcomb
September 14th, 2009
11:59 pm
Re: Lincoln County. Remember that Larry’s boys must play Abbeville this week. They are not expected to win that game. They also must play Wilkinson County. It’s going to be very tough for Lincoln County to go undefeated.
Yo: Good points about Fitz. Very tough schedule. I probably ranked Fitz’s chances too high in that case. Calhoun is a better pick for 15-0.
Joe: I agree that Mays is a talented team. So is Grady this season. I don’t think most people realize how good the Top 10 is. Lots of pretty good teams aren’t ranked.
TJ: That’s an interesting game – Grayson vs. South GW. Grayson’s defense hasn’t allowed a touchdown this season. I think SG has scored about 20 touchdowns. I think Grayson wins comfortably, though.
“Why would a 1 or 2 loss team still be ranked in the top 10 ?”
Camden County has lost to two teams that have Top 25 national rankings and had both of them beat until the closing minutes.
APS Football Fan: What school should be dropped from the rankings to accommodate Mays or Grady or any APS school? If you can name names, then we can compare what each school has accomplished and make an objective decision.
R.W. Gweed: I like your explanation better than my own for Jackson falling out of the rankings. So I’ll agree with you!
Re: Tay Willis. Haven’t seen him. But I hear and read big things.
Re: Marietta: Weak.
Uncle Rico: You say no team will go 15-0. I tried to find the last season in which no team went undefeated and untied and I got back to 1960 and got tired of looking.
THEHILLISREAL
September 15th, 2009
12:57 am
LOVE APS FOOTBALL/ I disagree, APS can get a top coach if they want.I bet the farm that COACH JARVIS would’ve left (MLK) to come coach MAYS. He grew up right around the corner on Fairburn rd. Remember coach think they change a team. Remember, Mays on there 9th coach this decade.after the alumna tuck tail and, turn up at North Clayton.As far as talent it being water down Doulas County is putting a high on the border of Fulton county btween 2min from Hughes,4min Westlake,7min Creekside Or Banneker,4min Chappell Hill,10 min from Mays.I’m saying this to say there is options in south fulton, kids decide where they want to play.Here a Tangent,there 2 6′9 bball player on cascade rd and 2 6′2/’5 guards on campbellton rd guess what they go to? WHEELER/ there options, it all good.
HeadEast
September 15th, 2009
9:25 am
RealisticEP_Fan – Just taking your approach my friend. Very funny last year when it turned out the three of us had been watching most games together and then found out we’d all been posting! Woodstock had them on the ropes so EP definitely has a chance, but MAC has to be the favorite (see AJC pick later this week) with all that speed. But it’s nice to have all the rest of the region pulling for us for a change.
NTH Trojans
September 15th, 2009
9:27 am
Hawkflying high,
I went to the Hiram/Hillgrove game last year, and was impressed at how good the team looked. Hillgrove has great balance on both sides of the ball. They also have an abundance of talent. That being said, the refs determined the outcome of last years game, not the teams. Let’s hope thats not the case for either team this year. The biggest difference that I see between the two teams this year is the size disparity on the OL and DL. Hillgrove is MUCH bigger in the trenches, and that worries me greatly ( I’m a Hiram fan, my son plays there). I actually think that both teams matchup fairly even at the skill positions. If Hillgrove wins, I think that it will be the size differerence in the trenches.
Slalom,
I said last week that Buford wasn’t as deep or as strong as they were in the past. That being said, I think Buford WILL win the AA State Title. This is not a slight to the other teams in AA, I just think that loss will wake Buford up. The same can be said for Carver, Columbus. Would you want to be the team that has to play either of them, or Flowery Branch for that matter? How much tougher does North Halls’ schedule look now after the FB/Creekview game? If there is a team in AAA that has a tougher schedule, I’d like to see it. That is not meant to be a slight on LG, CC, or Troup, as those teams have scheduled tough non-region opponents (Newnan, NSWR,and WACO) as well as having a tough region schedule.
As far as a team going undefeated, I think the best possibilities are Wesleyan, Gainesville, and Lowndes, with Grayson having an outside shot.
Where Hiram is concerned, I’ve seen a vast improvement in this team every week. I don’t know how far they will advance this year in the playoffs, but no matter what, it will help them tremendously next year. That’s when I see Hiram making its run.
AVikingFan
September 15th, 2009
10:23 am
H-mmmm. Not much being written about Lowndes this week so I guess I’ll have to be the one. (I bet even our stat geru and trivia expert Todd Holcumb doesn’t know this stuff!) Does anyone know the connection between the new Freshman QB sensation at Clemson (Kyle Parker) and Lowndes? His father Carl Parker played receiver at Lowndes, then Vanderbilt and the Cincinatti Bengals. Kyle’s distant cousin, Cole Parker, is now the starting QB at Lowndes. (Hopefully his passing ability will continue to keep linebackers and DB’s on their heels instead of on their toes. This has helped create huge running lanes for the Vikings windbacks and fullbacks this year.)
Another note of interest. Remember the story ESPN did a couple of years ago about the high schoool team in Alaska not having a football field, and had to play all their games “on the road?” A lady in St. Johns County Florida – between Jacksonville and St Augustine – heard about it, and started raising money to build a stadium for that Northern Alaska high school. When the new field, complete with artificial turf was opened and the team won their first game, the whole team ran out and jumped into the adjacent artic ocean. ESPN did a great job with that story, and now a movie is in the works. Rumors are that Julia Roberts may play the starring role as, yes!, Kathy Parker, the lady who raised that money and was featured on ESPN. She is the mother of Clemson’s new QB and the wife of Carl Parker. SHE ALSO WENT TO LOWNDES
Now ya’ll can go back to talking about whether of not East Pauldin can beat McEachern or S. Gwinnett can stay on the field with Greyson, and last but not least, will Valdosta beat NSWR Friday.
AVikingFan
September 15th, 2009
10:26 am
Sorry about the typo’s in my last post. But I correctly called Lowndes’ wingbacks WINDBACKS, because they run like the WIND. Over, thru, and past people.
SportsFan31313
September 15th, 2009
11:38 am
I believe that Wesleyan is the team to try to beat this year.
SportsFan31313
September 15th, 2009
11:55 am
Greetings Todd Holcomb,
I watched that Camden County/Hoover game. That game was a very exciting game to watch. Camden County dominated the 1st half. Hoover didn’t’ know how adjust to that WING”T” offense that Camden County had. Because of that, Camden County Dominated, and that Defense was brutal as well. Camden dominated on both sides of the ball.
However; the second half was another story. Hoover came out there as new team. They held Camden County in the second half. But those teams that Camden County played this, all are Nationally Ranked. I watched running back # 32 Ean Day, he is so fast, strong, and that kid is a beast. He played on special teams and rushed. Not only him, but Andre Johnson # 15 (running back) did a great job too. In addition, boy can’t that Defensive back hit. #27 Steven Murphy was laying the wood to Hoover. He hit like a Ronnie Lott.
With all of that being said, I said to their remaining opponents, do not underestimate this team. Yes they are very young, and in a rebuilding state, but Jeff Herron is still coaching there and he still knows how to win. I see them being in the post season again this year.
fat-lue
September 15th, 2009
12:23 pm
best believe that pius aint got nothin including a region championship in the last 40 years. best believe when yall see dunwoody in the region championship yall fixin get yalls heads busted.
p.s. try and not cheap shot our key players to try and win, as u can see it didnt help yall last year.
butters
September 15th, 2009
12:24 pm
yall better watch out dunwoody ready to get on that plane and take off…pius get ready them wildcats coming
Yo
September 15th, 2009
12:36 pm
AVikingFan so what you are tring to say is Lowndes football community support even reaches to Alaska. While community support in some areas is the reason the very talented football teams never win championships.
Did I read between the lines correctly?
Etowah Fan
September 15th, 2009
12:46 pm
Wolverine2Blazer – Your assessment is almost dead-on assuming it plays out like you predict: (you beat Etowah, and EP/McE is close)… meaning all three teams you suggest are reasonably equal on paper. At least two things will keep Woodstock unranked:
1) There won’t be enough room at 8-9-10. Not enough teams above McE today will have lost yet due to other region rivals meeting later in October.
2) R5-AAAAA will not get the *nod* from Todd in the rankings. I see him reserving one, at most two, slot(s) in the Top 10 for R5-AAAAA at any given time.
The Region 6-AAAAA boys will have some right to claim a spot or two if Roswell, Walton, or Lassiter remain undefeated… and I think one of those will remain undefeated for a while.
Woodstock with one loss won’t creep back in the Top 10 regardless until … you win out with a victory over EP at the end and only then you *might* be ranked going into the playoffs. No hate here – just calling it like I see it.
Grayson Student
September 15th, 2009
12:53 pm
Todd, when you say comfortably on the Grayson-South game what do u mean. What is your prediction of that game?
joeinformed
September 15th, 2009
1:20 pm
YO- first thank you but we don’t need it…this aint our first time being on t.v. …..second the only reason why teams like a lowndes can beat a way more talented stephenson is of coaching thats about what it comes down to…. i think they are better coached to handle different things that may happen on the field as for boys who think they just think that everybody going to laid down because they got Stephenson on there jersey… that’s it if we had better coaching and a little more support from parents we would be the number 1 team in the U.S.A at least in the top 5 every year! we done had 3 or 4 state championship teams in the past 10 years and they could get it done because of coaching but talent wise there was no one around who could match up with them… 2006 was the year that they should have won it with no problem but coaching didn’t prepare them for lowndes and they lost 14-0 that year in the dome…then lowndes went on to beat the hell out of brookwood if you remember that!!!
AVikingFan
September 15th, 2009
1:34 pm
YO: It goes without saying that community support is very important to any team’s success. It’s also good to talk about the success of players as they go on in life. So many of today’s so called athletes are not successful after high school. It was really good to see former Lowndes player Jay Ratliff Sunday playing for the Dallas Cowboys. Remember he’s the guy who caught Southwest Dekalb’s last second field goal attempt in the 1/4 finals in 1999 to preserve our win, the week before NSWR’s famous choke in the Dome Semis.
As you know we, at Lowndes, have almost 50 people and businesses who contribute over $250 a year to our Touchdown Club, some give $500 and $750, and almost 200 people give $100 per year. We also have several hundred others who contribute $50 to the touchdown Club, and the school annually sells right at 5000 season reserved seat tickets. It takes community involvement and monetary support to have a successful program year after year. But the main ingrediants will always be good players who are good people, and good coaching. We aren’t alone, there a lots of other good successful programs in this great state of ours. I’m just glad it’s that time of the year again.
And by the way, it’s good to see HSballfan back with us this year!
AVikingFan
September 15th, 2009
2:00 pm
Sportsfan31313 – I can’t believe you went to Camden last week instead of to the Houston County vs Bradwell Inst. game! Going is one thing but admitting it here so ENR, Yo and I can poke fun at’cha is too much!
randy p
September 15th, 2009
2:24 pm
Lowndes is the BEST team in 5A. And region 1 in 5A is by far the best region. I’m a Camden County fan, true blue but lets get it right Lowndes is the team to beat.
canefan
September 15th, 2009
3:02 pm
Fitzgerald is the best AA team,, Fitz is balanced in the run-pass attack, as well as def. 0 points scored against so far this year..this is the best team Fitz has had in over 20 years…15-0 sure I like there chances.
AVikingFan
September 15th, 2009
3:37 pm
All of Lowndes County thanks you, randy p, for that compliment. But we are also smart enough to know that the road to state goes thru Camden as well as Greyson, and maybe E. Pauldin or N. Gwinnett too.
Your comments about our region are also appreciated. Last week our region scored 249 points and gave up 38. I challenge any region to say they did better. If they did, my hat’s off to’em!
Todd Holcomb
September 15th, 2009
3:48 pm
”Todd, when you say comfortably on the Grayson-South game what do u mean. What is your prediction of that game?”
14-point margin, at least.
slalom1
September 15th, 2009
4:56 pm
TODD, YO, VikingFan and others: How many times have I preached that “community support” is the #1 factor in a GHS team’s success or failure? NOT enrollment. That is probably #3 or #4 on the list. Ask the head coach at Creekview. His words according to the GHSFD, “it starts with community support”.
slalom1
September 15th, 2009
5:03 pm
REEZE and NTH Trojans, Regarding Carver-Col, as talented, BIG and deep as their roster is, I agree with REEZE that Carver is beatable. When they lose, they ususally beat themselves with turnovers, penalties and poor special teams play. But with this 2009 roster, should they put everything together I still believe their talent is as good as anyone in any classification. In AAA the team to be watched is Troup. 2009 AAA is wide open. Compared to 2008 when Cairo was hands down the best in the state, I can see the possibility of as many as 10-12 teams having a legitimate shot.
HeadEast
September 15th, 2009
5:08 pm
Lowndes has about a 95% chance of going 15-0. Wesleyan and Lincoln have a chance and maybe Tucker or Hillgrove. Everyone else will taste d-feet sooner or later. Some, like Harrison, 4 or 5 times.
slalom1
September 15th, 2009
5:09 pm
TODD, You must have thrown that quote in just for me. lol.