Comments on: Michael Carvell’s Video Blog: Meet the Southwest DeKalb football all-stars

By: 3rd Saturday in Blogtober » Marques Dixon is the newest Vols

3rd Saturday in Blogtober » Marques Dixon is the newest Vols — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 22:37:15 +0000

[...] Atlanta Journal Constitution’s Michael Carvell wrote this this past season along with a video of the team: It is baffling why Southwest DeKalb doesn’t give more offensive touches to Dixon. On a team of [...]

By: Dekalb Fan

Dekalb Fan — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:04:10 +0000

By the way the championship games are held at the dome now. So we won’t have to worry about a game being played at that lousy stadium in Griffin. I was there last year also.

By: Dekalb Fan

Dekalb Fan — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:58:38 +0000

Personality0905 – Don’t know if you were at the Tucker game last Friday but to me SWD showed the ability to pass most of the game the QB was 10 for 15 passing the ball and this was with Malcome not playing a single down. I agree with you about them alway’s seeming to be disoriented about who’s in/out happens all the time. I don’t even want to talk about the use of the timeout’s…….hopefully as in the past we’ll have the talent to overcome the coaching deficiencies. Go Panther’s!!!!!!!!!!

By: Personality0905

Personality0905 — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:56:56 +0000

Hey Marcus,
You are on it my man!! Me and my brother are SWD alums and we went to that rainy playoff game down in Griffin where SWD had every opportunity in the world to win that game and taking it to the Dome. Losing it in the 4th quarter is what hurt us with the “home field” made penalties and then see them get blown out of the Dome by Tucker. SWD has got to pass a little/lot more to get to the state championship game. What I am very scared of is the coaching staff. The players seem so disoriented about who’s in/who’s out and what’s really going to kill us are those illed TIMEOUTS!! Got to manage and maintain those my man to get to the promise land. I predict a SWD/Griffin championship game at Tara Stadium because there’s no way in the world Griffin Stadium will hold over 10,000 people. Panther Pride baby!! Ya better recognize!!

By: SWD Panther

SWD Panther — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 04:09:37 +0000

OK people as a player for SWD we have alot of supporters, critics, and fair-weather fans that turn into critics. Whether you love us or hate us, Coach Godfrey has a pretty impressive record on the field and off. Whether his play calling is outdated yet to have seen a game this year where a team has shut us down. Whether Malcolme is slow yet to have a seen game other than MLK where he didnt get 100 yds or better. Whether Griffin won last year or not doesnt matter what you did last year doesn’t mean didly squat towards what you would do if you play us this year. No one is perfect and without flaw its all about who prepares the best. Whether Tucker was rebuilding or not they were on our schedule and we had to play them what were we supposed to take it easy on them because they were 10th and eleventh graders. Poor little Tucker Cubs awww… I guess every team needs to sign a disclaimer and release it to the media before all their games. Stone Mountain is next and after that its time to start a new season the post season where records dont ITS WIN OR GO HOME. So if it comes Dec 11 and we are in the dome and Griffin, Tucker or Marist is in attendance whether it be as spectators or participators i hope you come ready for a good contest.

By: dekalb fan

dekalb fan — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 23:26:26 +0000

DBoy – you sound like you’re jealous you did’t attend SWD or something. The thing’s you’re saying are foolish. You say all of that even after SWD whipped and I do mean whipped Tucker this past Friday. I didn’t hear Vaughters name called at call Friday. Oh! I forgot you people at Tucker are rebuildng and waiting for next year.

By: DBoy

DBoy — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:34:57 +0000

And two all the SWD fans we still are the defending Champs wit a trophy this decade!!! In basketball and football. So until ya’ll get one ya’ll cant talk to me. Get like us!!! Being good aint nothin till you get that trophy baby. The 1 in 1995 got rust on it tell buck to shine that old trophy. lol

By: DBoy

DBoy — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:33:11 +0000

Yes Tucker is down this yr and like I said get your licks in now cause next yr will be totally different I promise you that!! When you loose a player like Johnathan Davis who might I add was the best player in te state last yr and Drayton Calhoun you will loose a lot. We have guys that will replace them but they are in 9 & 10th grade. You all will see wassup. We still made it to the playoff this yr and our team is not that good. We still will win 2 playoff games this yr on a down yr and if a top team slip up we could win 3

By: DBoy

DBoy — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:29:49 +0000

I have played more football and know more football than half the damn bloggers on here. Vaughters is more talented than any SWD player on there team. Yes better than T.J stripling. Like I said he takes plays off and thats never a good thing. All you have to do is run the ball his way and that’s his weakness. Run support. he is strickly a rushing from the weakside of the DL.

By: DBoy

DBoy — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:27:32 +0000

Ken Malcome is big and slow and Marist is a slow team so he might seem fast when he plays them. He is 4.6 at best. Trust me

By: DBoy

DBoy — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:26:26 +0000

SWD alumni, I have seen SWD play plenty of times I know half that damn players that played back from 1994-1999. Felix, Terrance, Angelo, Quincy, Reshad, marco(RIP). I from Dekalb county and played ball for Tucker and UGA thanks!

By: Marcus

Marcus — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:04:15 +0000

I AGREE 100%

By: Southwest Dekalb Alumni

Southwest Dekalb Alumni — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:02:45 +0000

SWD and Stephenson support each other we will be rooting for them in 5A lets bring all the championships back to Dekalb!

By: right

right — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:19:16 +0000

SWD is doing it Big and They are ruling,but lets not drag those Stephenson Jaguars into the picture. We are the big brothers and we are holding it down also.
Go Panthers AAAA-Go Jaquars AAAAA

By: Region 6AAAA

Region 6AAAA — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:15:38 +0000

Good to see one of our teams climb the latter. Griffin should be nervous because SWD is on your tail! Too bad for Tucker, but they will be back. Marist is still Marist, so dont put them under the radar. And our fourth spot is still up for grabs. SMHS needs to get their offense straight and Chamblee is picking up momentum. Lithonia is still in the mix as well. I expect typical Lithonia to be finished after this week though. A three way tie would come down to point differential and Stone Mountain has the upper hand in that case.

By: Dekalb Fan

Dekalb Fan — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:45:02 +0000

Common Sense – you aren’t showing any or you weren’t at the SWD-MLK game. We played the whole game with a soph. QB who wasn’t expecting to play and MLK had a hard time beating SWD. C’mon son!!!!!!!!!!

By: Marcus

Marcus — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 11:52:55 +0000

I MEANT MLK IN THAT FIRST SENTENCE, SORRY

By: Marcus

Marcus — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 11:52:22 +0000

WE PLAYED STEPHENSON WITH THE BACK UP QB AND A DUMMIED DOWN OFFENSE AFTER THE QB GOT HURT, AND WE STILL SHOULD WON THE GAME. OTHERWISE, THAT GAME WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN CLOSE. STEPHENSON HAS A PRETTY GOOD TEAM, BUT SWD HAS TOO MANY ATHLETES AT TOO MANY POSITIONS. STEPHENSON HAS A FEW REAL GOOD PLAYERS AT A COUPLE OF SPOTS. SWD WOULD BEAT STEPHENSON 21-10

By: CommonSense

CommonSense — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 01:16:04 +0000

SWD wasan’t able to get past MLK, and if they cant get past MLK they damn sure can’t get past Stephenson

By: BEARMAN

BEARMAN — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 11:41:47 +0000

BEST THING I HEARD ALL WEEK MARCUS! NOW CAN YOU BEAR GROWL, OH I MEAN MAKE A PANTHER SOUND. GOOD LUCK, LET’S RUMBLE IN “THE DOME”.

By: Marcus

Marcus — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 22:15:52 +0000

WELL THANK YOU MR BEAR. I AGREE WITH YOUR ASSESSMENT, I AM THE SPOKESMAN FOR SWD, AND I SAY THERE IS ALOT OF FOOTBALL TO PLAY, SO IF WE DO SOME HOW MEET UP, IT WILL BE A GREAT GAME. LETS DO IT SWD

By: Bear_Backer

Bear_Backer — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 21:37:38 +0000

To SWD -Team and Fans:
Congrats on your win against Tucker. I’ve been studying the brackets, and although it is a tad early to speak on this situation, it seems like North Clayton and Thomas County Central is going to end up on your side for the playoffs. Southwest Macon’s loss Friday put them on Griffin’s side, so that is a definite tough one for us. We have wrapped up our region, but have a real good Alcovy team coming to the den this coming Friday. You guys are a great team this year, but you still have a long road to hoe, so just keep that in mind. If you are lucky enough to meet up with the Mighty Bears of Griffin, you will have to go through some superbly good competition. Now if your self-appointed spokes person MARCUS could be civil enough to formulate a cognitive reply without all the mean spirited backtalk, it would be appreciated. Otherwise, good luck to you all the rest of the way. You have earned the respect of the State and I personally applaud your teams accomplishments to this point. GO BEARS!

By: Parent with SWD Pride!

Parent with SWD Pride! — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 16:33:29 +0000

As the parent of a 1995 grad and a 2000 grad of SWD we will always have good and lasting memories of a school full of pride and traditions. We started attending SWD football games in the early 80’s at Panthersville stadium and we are still attending! Thanks to the teachers,football staff and all the SWD family on Kelly Chapel. The Biggest S H O U T O U T to Coach BUCK for helping to instill leadership in our young men. Both of my children have master degrees-My 2000 grad in working on his DR. degree!!! The Blue and Gold! PANTHER PRIDE ! ! ! ! !

By: Marcus

Marcus — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 16:04:40 +0000

JSTMYOPINION, YOU WERE RIGHT IN YOUR ASSESSMENT OF THE GAME THO, IT SHUD HAVE BEEEN 35-0. THATS WHAT THE FINAL SCORE SHOULD HAVE READ. I TOLD YALL STEVE AND TIGER FAN WOULD NOT SHOW THEIR FACES ON THIS BLOG AFTER THE GAME. HAVE YALL SEEN EM??? I SURE HAVENT, BUT I MUST SAY THE TUCKER FANS WERE VERY NICE CONSIDERING AS MUCH TRASH I TALKED LAST NIGHT. THEY WERE VERY NICE AND ACCOMADATING. THEY WERE JUST HAPPY WE BEAT MARIST LAST WEEK, SO SHOUTS OUT TO THE TUCKER FANS STR8 UP, YALL WERE A CLASS ACT LAST NIGHT

By: Marcus

Marcus — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 16:00:38 +0000

YEA SIRRRRRRRRRRRRRR, LETS DO IT. ITS ALOTA HATERS OF SWD , THATS WHY WE STAY SO CLOSE KNIT. SHOUTS OUT TO ALL SWD ALUM THAT BEEN CHECKIN IN ON THIS BLOG. IF YALL LOOK AT ALL THE POST I BEEN ON HERE REPRESENTIN ALL WEEK BABY. WE GONA FOCUS ON MAKIN THIS PLAYOFF RUN AND TRYNA TURN THIS REGION CHAMPIONSHIP WE JUST WON LAST NIGHT, INTO A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP. GET CHA MIND RIGHT AND ROLL WIT THE BEST. SWD PANTHERS LETS GO

By: SWDTRACKDAD

SWDTRACKDAD — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 15:16:35 +0000

To all of the SWD NATION Let’s stay focused on the VISION at hand and remain focused on bringing that PANTHER PRIDE back to the fold! Keep your mind and energy on point in realizing who you are and who you REPRESENT! Your legacy dictates that all of you represent the very best that coach Godfrey has instilled in you through all of his hard work and preparation in guiding you in football, and in the game of life! REMEMBER THIS, Coach Godfrey is known for building champions on and off the football field so guys, stay focused and bring another championship back to SWD! By the way, those LADY PANTHERS have 3peated on the track so let’s match that! PANTHER PRIDE, THAT’S WHAT’S UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: Southwest Dekalb Alumni

Southwest Dekalb Alumni — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 15:04:27 +0000

Panther Pride Never Dies!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: Southwest Dekalb Alumni

Southwest Dekalb Alumni — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 14:58:45 +0000

Another thing D Boy last year are whole defense for the most part was juniors and sophomores but we didn’t make excuses and say we were rebuilding we just played and are defense gave up the least amount of points in the county. And even with a young team we still didn’t get BLANKED last years score was SWD 9 Tucker 13 and we were driving for the game winning td and threw a pick so it’s not like yall kicked our butts like we did yall.

By: Southwest Dekalb Alumni

Southwest Dekalb Alumni — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 14:50:59 +0000

D Boy is just a hater he probably has never seen SWD play because he just said Ken Malcome is big and slow ask Marist coaches just how big and slow he is i bet they beg to differ.

By: JustMyOpinion

JustMyOpinion — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 14:20:06 +0000

I thought that Malcome would play, so give me a break. I said 35-0, but instead 26-0.

By: Tony Tee

Tony Tee — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 14:19:21 +0000

Tony_T, it”s only fair that you EAT YOUR WORDS and change your name. Let the real Tony Tee say, SWD. 26-0. JUST FACTS. You should be restricted from OPINIONS until you eat, AGREE BLOGGERS!!!!

By: Marcus

Marcus — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 14:18:58 +0000

YEAH B4 THE GAME THIS WEEK, TUCKER WAS GONA BEAT US AND THIS AND THAT, NOW AFTER THAT WHUPIN, ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY REBUILDING?? STOP CRYIN. THEM REFS WERE CHEATING, THE FEILD WAS TERRIBLE WITH MUD, AND OUR HORSE MALCOME DIDNT EVEN PLAY. THE SCORE SHUD HAVE READ SWD 38- TUCKER 0, BUT THEM REFS EWOULD NOT LET YALL GET EMBARASSED. BUT WHATEVER. IT DONT MATTER, THE REAL SEASON STARS WEEK AFTER NEXT. SEE YALL IN THE PLAYOFFS. O YEAH SHOUT OUT TO MARVIS

By: dekalb fan

dekalb fan — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 12:14:09 +0000

Way to go DBoy….wait till next year. You sound like you have some serious SWD hate. Now all of a sudden you guy’s are in a rebuilding….by the way I didn’t hear vaughters name called to much last night…..Oh! I forgot he’s waiting to next year too. Go Panthers!!!!!!

By: Sassy

Sassy — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 05:27:32 +0000

Go SWD!!!

By: Marvis

Marvis — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 04:52:50 +0000

Griffin is not going to win against SWD ever again. And shoutout to Marcus representin that panther pride. Class of 09 My boys gon win state this year so… it really dont matter studentofthegame Griffin barely won last year and will not win this year i promise u that.

By: DBoy

DBoy — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 04:22:54 +0000

To I can’t believe it,
Stevens didn’t get out coach. He just coaching young and dumb players right now. Don’t worry we will see what happens when the roles are reverse next yr. SWD looses everybody and Tucker returns everybody. Buck sucks as a head coach the championship he did win was in Davenport was the offensive coordinator! Ya’ll better win state that’s all I’m saying. If you don’t this season will be a disapointment. Tucker was/is not the favorite to win it all. Everybody knows this is their rebuilding yr and wasn’t expecting much. WE lost Johnathan and Drayton and our QB. And all of the DB’s most of the offensive and defensive lines. Im not impressed wit T.J Stripling or Malcome. I’m a big UGA fan and not excited that they are coming. TJ takes plays off and Malcome is big and slow. Might be a FB at UGA

By: DBoy

DBoy — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 04:17:14 +0000

To Marcus and SWD Alumni,
Ya’ll beat a Tucker team that lost everybody and is rebuilding this yr. We have a foundation so be happy beating a team that is mostly 10&11 graders while ya’ll returned everybody. Better get your licks in now cause next yr when Vaughters and the rest of the guys are seniors and junior it’s going to be another Championship. We will return everybody except Devin #5. I hope SWD wins the state wit all that talk going on. If not the season is a waste and it dont matter if ya’ll beat us or marist. Cause we both have State Championships this Decade! SWD needs to stop living in the past so much. Quincy and them was 13 yrs ago!!!

By: I CAN'T BELIEVE IT

I CAN'T BELIEVE IT — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 03:31:17 +0000

TONY T, What happen TONY T,You said Buck would be out coach and you said that STONE MOUNTAIN would beat Chamblee. Did Coach Stephen get out coached and didn’t SMHS get out played. Hell SMHS might not make the playoffs.They would need for SWD TO REST THEIR STARTERS, but I think the 2 and 3 stringers would blow them out.SMHS had their chance but blew it TOO MUCH PRESSURE

By: Southwest Dekalb Alumni

Southwest Dekalb Alumni — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 03:02:58 +0000

SWD 26 Tucker 0 without Ken Malcome 3 passing td’s and yall said we didn’t have a passing game

By: Marcus

Marcus — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 22:02:41 +0000

ALL YALL SWD HATERS ARE SOME CLOWNS. IM FINA GO WATCH MY BOYS PUT A WHUPIN ON TUCKER. SEE YALL AT THE GAME

By: SWD Alumni

SWD Alumni — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:58:19 +0000

Tony_T did you just say SWD secondary is weak Jonathon Mincy CB(Auburn) Sharrod Golightly SS(Vandy) Marcques Dixon CB Offers from Southern Miss and Central Michigan and more to come. This doesn’t look like a weak secondary to me!

By: Region 6AAAA

Region 6AAAA — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:47:10 +0000

Our region has some outstanding defense. SWD, Marist, Tucker and Stone Mountain all have pretty good defenses. They will have to show some of you all better than they can tell you!

By: BEARMAN

BEARMAN — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:40:58 +0000

MARCUS,
IF YOU PLAY GRIFFIN, THE BEST PART OF SWD GAME WILL BE THAT BIG BAND WITH THE LADIES TWISTING AND HAVING ALL THE MOVES BECAUSE ON THE FIELD SWD WILL BE TOO SORE FROM THAT GRIFFIN DEFENSE. THE FALCONS MAY LET YOU GUYS FROM SWD AND YOU USE THE WHIRLPOOL. CONCUSSIONS DO HAPPEN IN FOOTBALL, SO MAKE SURE OLE “BUCK GODFREY” AND YOUR PANTHERS GET ON THE CORRECT BUS AND NOT “MARTA”. YOUR QB AND RB WILL HAVE THAT SMELLING SAUCE UNDER THE NOSE AND A HUGGIE[OR IS IT "DEPEND"] UNDER THE HIP PADS. TELL BUCK THAT THE DOLLAR STORE HAS $1 DOLLAR MAGNIFYING GLASSES FOR HIM TO SEE NUMBERS LIKE #47,#7,#55,#24,#4,#12,#5,#3 #9 JUST TO NAME A FEW. WE KNOW WHAT NUMBER MALCOME WEARS AND TELL HIM TO RUN WIDE OR TOO THE INSIDE BECAUSE IT WON’T MATTER! YOU KNOW COME TO THINK ABOUT IT IN MY PLAYOFF BRACKET, THE EAGLES OR SENINOLES MAY SAVE YOUR LIFE MARCUS!

By: Bear_Backer

Bear_Backer — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:37:53 +0000

Hey rwdekalbfan – good luck to your favorite team and thanks for being the voice of reason on here. Its good to see some real intelligence on here like yourself and Bearman. ‘Nuff said!

By: Tony_T

Tony_T — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:00:16 +0000

Stone Mountain has a defense and if they can muster some offense teams like SWD are in trouble. Tucker is hurting this year on offense, but Buck fold under pressure and you know what he’s going to run. I see tucker beating SWD because he will out coach Buck. That’s not hard to do. SWD secondary is weak!! Buck will never win another championship

By: Tony_T

Tony_T — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:55:34 +0000

I don’t see SWD winning because Buck is too predictable. If he gains good yards on one play he runs the same play again. He doesn’t manage the his time out well and city team like SWD can’t beat he country boys. Every coach in Dekalb county for the exxeption of Tucker and Marist coach the same way.Not SWD, but Marist or Tucker. Never SWD.

By: JustMyOpinion

JustMyOpinion — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:28:24 +0000

Stone Mountain sucks, and they(Tucker) could only put 7 points on the board!

By: JustMyOpinion

JustMyOpinion — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:25:52 +0000

SWD 35 Tucker 0

By: Marcus

Marcus — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:47:12 +0000

YOU BARELY SCORED 7 ON STONE MOUNTAIN, HOW IN THE WORLD YOU THINK YALL FINA GET 24. LOLOL
LETS TRY
SWD 24-TUCKER 3. YALL WILL BE LUCKY TO SCORE

By: TUC

TUC — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:01:29 +0000

TUCKER 24 SWD 21

By: Marcus

Marcus — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:03:20 +0000

WHO IS EAGLE NATION FOR, NORTHSIDE WARNER ROBINS?

By: rwdekalbfan

rwdekalbfan — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:54:42 +0000

Wow “Marcus” I would love to see you go head to head with “EagleNationRising”, you are as good with facts about high school football as he is.

By: Marcus

Marcus — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:53:04 +0000

THE BOTTOM PORTION OF THAT POST SOUNDS REALLY FUNNY, WE OVER HERE AT SWD DONT SWING THAT WAY MR BEAR. BUT UR RIGHT,, NOBODY KNOWS RIGHT NOW WHO WILL WIN, BUT I LIKE MY TEAMS CHANCES, AND WHAT I DO KNOW IS THAT IF WE EVER MEET WITH THEM GUMMI BEARS THIS YEAR IN THE PLAYOFFS, WE ARE GONA MAKE A STATEMENT ON ALL. BY NO STRETCH OF THE IMAGINATION HAVE WE FORGOTTEN OUR LACK LUSTER PERFORMANCE LAST YEAR IN GRIFFIN, AND STILL SHUDA BEAT YALL. ANYWAY, LIKE I SAID, 2DAY IS TUCKER DAY. ONLY TUCKER. FORGET THEM GUMMI BEARS FOR NOW.

By: rwdekalbfan

rwdekalbfan — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:51:29 +0000

I love and support Dekalb County football and believe we can a state title this year, but this wont be a cake walk by any means. This Griffin team is solid on defense and has an explosive big play offense. If both Griffin and SWD meet in the finals it should be an incredible game to watch as both teams are better than last year. Also North Clayton and Marist figure to be in the hunt before its all said and done.

By: BEARMAN

BEARMAN — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:43:20 +0000

FIRST,MARCUS I THINK YOU ARE YELLOW BEHIND THE EARS, I DON’T CARE THAT CARVELL HAS WROTE FOR AJC FOR 10 YRS. I ALSO KNOW WHO WAS RANKED #1 AT FIRST OF YEAR. RANKINGS MEAN NOTHING AND I’M A OLD SCHOOL HISTORIAN . THAT BEING SAID, WAIT UNTIL MID DECEMBER AND WE WILL SEE WHO WINS THE STATE. MAY NOT BE SWD OR GRIFFIN. CARVELL, YOU , ME & MOTHER JULIA DON’T KNOW WHO’S GOING TO WIN THE STATE. ON DEC.11TH WE WILL KNOW WHO WINS THE STATE! AS FOR US BEING GUMMY BEARS. THEY ARE GOOD AND COME IN ALL FLAVORS, IF WE PLAY SWD I PROMISE TO GIVE YOU A BAG FULL,COME TO GRIFFIN SIDE AND GET YOU A BAG.

By: Marcus

Marcus — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:59:11 +0000

BEARMAN IS CORRECT THO IN HIS ASSESSMENT OF LUCK AND THAT ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN. YALL PROLLY DONT KNOW, BUT I DO BECAUSE IM A HISTORIAN OF ALL SPORTS, HIGH SCHOOL INCLUDED, AND IN 1998, DOUGHERTY HIGH WENT 5-5 IN THE REGULAR SEASON, THEN WON THE NEXT 5 GAMES TO WIN THE STATE, NOW A 5-5 TEAM WINNING THE STATE IS PRETTY REMARKABLE, AND IM SURE ALONG THE WAY THEY HAD SOME LUCK, BE IT THEIR MATCH UP, HOW THE BLL BOUNCED ON THAT PARTICULAR NIGHT, WHATEVER IT MAY BE, LUCK PLAYS A SMALL PART IN IT BELEIVE IT OR NOT

By: Marcus

Marcus — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:53:03 +0000

HAHAHA IM BAAAAAAAAAAACKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK. GAME DAY BABY. HAHAHA LETS GO PANTHERS.

LET ME START WITH BEAR MAN. CARVELL HAS BEEN COVERING HS FOOTBALL FOR I KNOW ATLEAST 10 YEARS BECAUSE I STILL HAVE AN OLD NEWS PAPER FROM THE YEAR 99 WHERE HE COVERED SWD IN THE PLAYOFFS, SO HE KNOWS WHAT HE IS TALKING ABOUT. GRIFFIN IS #1 BY VIRTUE OF DEFAULT, WE LOST TO MLK, AND YALL GOT THE SPOT. REMEMBER, SWD WAS #1 PRESEASON. NO EXCUSES, WE LOST TO MLK, YEAH THE QB GOT HURT ON THE FIRST OFFENSIVE SNAP, TRUTH IS THO WE STILL SHUDA WON THE GAME WITH A 9TH GRADER AT THE HELM, WITH A DUMMIED DOWN OFFENSE, ANYWAY YOU GET MY POINT. HAIKU, PLEASE, I ADDRESSED YOU A LONG TIME AGO, AND LIKE I SAID, NOBODY CAN OUT TALK ME. HAHAHA. DONT WORRY PEOPLE, WHEN WE BEAT TUCKER TONIGHT, THERE WILL BE ANOTHER BLOG FOR ALL TO HEAR ME, I NEED TO BE HEARD. J. GREEN SPAEKS THE TRUTH, BUT YALL DONT WANA HEAR IT. MAN FORGET THAT ITS GAME DAY, ANY TUCKER BABY TIGER FANS WANA DISCUSS THE GAME TONIGHT??? LETS DO IT. NOTHIN BUT TUCKER 2DAY FOR ME, FORGET THE GUMMI BEARS DOWN IN GRIFFIN FOR RIGHT NOW, ONLY BABY TIGERS

By: BEARMAN

BEARMAN — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:42:42 +0000

OVER 35+ YEARS OF FOLLOWING HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL I HAVE SEEN TEAMS LIKE TCC 5-5 IN SEASON WIN THE STATE.ALSO TEAMS THAT WERE DOMINATE LIKE THE 76 WARNER ROBINS AND TIFT CO 83 TEAM.I ALSO CAN REMEMBER A SWD TEAM THAT HAD VALDOSTA BEAT IN GA. DOME WITH QUINCY CARTER AT QB MAKE A BAD PLAY IN FINAL MINUTE THAT COST THEM A WIN AND A POSSIBLE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.[ASK BUCK, I BET HE REMEMBERS]. LIKE I SAY, IN HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN AND YOU STILL HAVE TO HAVE A LITTLE LUCK WITH TALENT,COACHING AND LEADERSHIP. BY THE WAY, I ALSO SAW RON SIMMONS AND THAT TALENTED 76 TEAM PUT A WHIPPING ON GRIFFIN. BUT BEARMAN IS STILL A GRIFFIN BEAR FAN AND A GEORGIA HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL FAN. I WILL BE AT GA. DOME FOR STATE EITHER WAY. GOOD LUCK!

By: BEARMAN

BEARMAN — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:10:45 +0000

MR. CARVELL,
YOU NEED TO WATCH GRIFFIN BEFORE YOU SPEAK, SWD HAS A GOOD COACH YES,BUT STEVE DEVOURSNEY RECORD SPEAKS FOR ITSELF. ONE FACTOR YOU NEED TO LOOK AT[ GRIFFIN IS NO LONGER JUST A WING T OFFENSE,ALSO A SPREAD OFFENSE THIS YEAR. WE HAVE A LOT MORE WEAPONS THIS YEAR ON OFFENSE AND DEFENSE AND I THINK WE HAVE THE BEST TALENT & SPEED IN THE STATE. [ALL CLASSIFICATIONS]. I WILL NOT PREDICT A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP BECAUSE FOOTBALL GAMES STILL HAVE TO BE PLAYED ON THE FIELD. I WILL SAY THAT THIS MAY BE THE BEST GRIFFIN TEAM SINCE THE 70′S OR 80′S AND BACK THEN GRIFFIN WAS KNOWN FOR RUNNING THE BALL AND GOOD DEFENSE WITH NFL TALENT. THIS YEAR WE HAVE THAT KIND OF TALENT. MY PICK FOR THE FINAL 4:
GRIFFIN VS SANDY CREEK
SWD VS WESTSIDE, MACON
GRIFFIN VS SWD FOR THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP!

GOOD LUCK TO ALL TEAMS AND MR. CARVELL, YOU BETTER HOLD OFF ON YOUR PICK BECAUSE IN PLAYOFFS A NEW SEASON STARTS AND YOU HAVE TO HAVE LUCK ON YOUR SIDE TO WIN A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP. INJURIES AND WEATHER GO A LONG WAY IN PLAYOFFS!

GO BEARS !

By: Haiku-575

Haiku-575 — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 08:11:39 +0000

Marcus will not win
the “war of words” on this blog
GRIFFIN SHALL PREVAIL !!!

By: Haiku-575

Haiku-575 — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 08:07:19 +0000

Griffin Bears Are Best.
SWD is just big mouths,
and talk won’t get it !!

By: Eagle man

Eagle man — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 05:08:18 +0000

All of you guys have your fun this year, because the REAL team will be back in AAAA next year and NONE of you will have a chance. Northside has in the past and will once again in the future OWN AAAA football. So enjoy talking smack this season because you will be really quite next year!!!!

By: dat tuc

dat tuc — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 04:53:25 +0000

ok look im a tucker fan but this game reallt doesnt not matter either Marist Tucker or SWD will win state! WE play in 6AAAA or as i call it the baby SEC

By: J. Green

J. Green — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 03:55:31 +0000

I did not go to SWD but I stay in the school’s district for the last 17 years. No one gives SWD credit or respect. We EARN it! With that being said SWD DOES NOT fera Tucker, Marist, and certainly not Griffin. This whole Country vs. City arguement is irrelevent. The better team prevails, and with that being said the 2009-2010 SouthWest Dekalb Pathers ain’t what you want!!

By: SWDparentMom

SWDparentMom — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:56:14 +0000

To “Play Football”: Obviously you haven’t been reading the blog and jumped on the band wagon! The mentioning of SWD QB being hurt was only to justify why SWD hasn’t been passing the ball. He is only one of our good players, but we have several KEY players!!!

By: Southwest Dekalb Alumni

Southwest Dekalb Alumni — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:44:40 +0000

No u shut up our offense became 1 dimensional when he got hurt and we still only lost 1 game

By: Play Football

Play Football — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 23:57:59 +0000

Who cares about a hurt quarterback? All of you SWD fans out there need to just shut up because every school can make that same argument about a key player being hurt.

By: JustMyOpinion

JustMyOpinion — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 23:56:39 +0000

I’ve been checking here for 3 hrs., and I can not believe that Marcus let you get the last word!lol

By: studentofthegame

studentofthegame — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:48:46 +0000

To all the SWD FANS OUT HERE GOOD LUCK ON FRI. BUT LET ME BE PERFECTLY CLEAR. EVERYBODY HAS TALENT ON THEIR TEAM INCLUDING SWD BUT THE MOST TALENTED TEAMS DONT ALWAYS WIN. YOU GUYS SHOULD CERTAINLY KNOW THAT. WHEN WE BEAT YOU ALL IN THE RAIN LAST YEAR 10-7 REMEMBER BOTH TEAMS DEALT WITH THE SAME CONDITIONS IN FACT WE AHEAD 10-0 DEEP INTO THE 4TH SO ITS NOT LIKE WE LUCKED UP AND WON. THATS JUST TOTAL DISRESPECT TO US GRIFFIN AS A PROGRAM. YEAH U MIGHT HAVE MORE OVERALL TALENT BUT YEAR AFTER YEAR YOU GUYS PRODUCE SO MANY D1 ATHLETES AND NONE OF THEM ARE GOING PRO. SO I’LL TAKE GOOD PLAYERS WITH KILLER WORK ETHIC BERFORE TALENTED PLAYERS THAT RELY SOLELY ON TALENT. WITH BEING SAID THOUGH WE WILL SEE EACH OTHER DOWN ROAD

By: Southwest Dekalb Alumni

Southwest Dekalb Alumni — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:09:25 +0000

I played for SWD last year and we have a excellent passing game. Our QB has just been hurt and had he not gotten hurt we would be undefeated. Griffin is a good football team but SWD is better we are the better team we have a better coach and we have the best school sprit in all of georgia. Panther Pride!
SWD co/09

By: Marcus

Marcus — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:07:44 +0000

IT DONT MATTER WHAT THEY DO, ONLY TEAM THAT CAN BEAT US IS US. THATS IT. WE PLAY SOLID FOOTBALL, IT WONT MATTER WHAT THEY DO

By: SWDplayerMom

SWDplayerMom — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:03:13 +0000

Yeah, they will have to see for themselves!!! I hate I let the cat out the bag, cause now they are going to key in on our QB!

By: Marcus

Marcus — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:59:03 +0000

DONT TELL EM , MOM LET EM WONDER WHAT WE GOT. THEY SAY WE AINT GOT NOTHIN AT QB, THEN LET EM KEEP THINKIN THAT. THEY WILL SEE

By: Marcus

Marcus — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:42:38 +0000

ALL SWD PARENTS AND ALUMNI, SWD GOLD RALLY TOWELS ARE AVAILABLE AND THE MAIN OFFICE AT THE SCHOOL

By: Marcus

Marcus — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:40:52 +0000

DO YALL REALLY THINK WE DONT HAVE A PASSING GAME, OR ARE YALL JUS SAYING THAT? ARE YOU GOING BY WHAT YOU HEARD SOMEBODY ELSE SAY? COME TO THE GAME FRIDAY AND SEE. DO YOU REALLY THINK WE DONT KNOW THAT PEOPLE ARE GONA START KEYING IN ON MALCOLME?? WE KNOW THIS. MUST I REMIND YOU GUYS, GODFREY HAS COACHED SOME OF THE MOST PROLIFIC OFFENSES IN THE HISTORY OF HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL. MOST KNOWN THO, Q CARTER, ARVIN RICHARDS, MICHA HALL, ANGELO TAYLOR, GERALD DENNIS, THIS OFFENSE PUT UP SOME NUMBERS, I CANT MENTION THE OTHERS, BUT WE KNOW HOW TO HANDLE OUR OFFENSE. YALL RUN WITH SOMETHIN YALL HERE ONE PERSON SAY, LOL, THATS CRAZY, THEN YOU START TO BELEIVE IT. 21 WAS THE LEAST AMOUNT OF POINTS WE PUT UP ALL YEAR, NOW DO YOU REALLY THINK WE AVERAGE 34 POINTS A GAME BY RUNNING EVERY PLAY??? LOL GO FIGURE

By: SportsFan31313

SportsFan31313 — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:35:53 +0000

AvikingFan,

Thank for advising Drago…….

By: SportsFan31313

SportsFan31313 — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:24:08 +0000

Greetings AVIKING FAN,

No it wasn’t my intentions to poke any fun at the way you spelled Grayson at the very least. I was taking it as a Nickname of spelling it. That is why I began spelling it out that way my friend. It is your invention or innovative way of spelling Grayson, and I jumped on the band wagon.

By: SWDplayerMom

SWDplayerMom — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:06:33 +0000

I’ve enjoyed catching up with the comments on this blog, its been the most interesting all year. One thing for sure, no one has seen all of SWD’s offense due to the QB being out most of the season. I can assure you, they have a very poised QB,as stated by Marist coach, with a great arm! He also ran a 4.4 in the 40, so he does not lack speed. This is one of the advantages in which SWD have on the remaining teams, no one has been able to scout the QB. Watching this young man from his Glenwood Hills park days and winning a Championship there, he is very skilled. All he needs to do is settle down and make good decisions, because he is the missing link that the team has needed for the past few years. He is more of a silent weapon! I recalled someone representing Griffin stating that we can’t pass the ball, well when we pass, you are going to wonder where the passing game came from and I just want you to remember that the QB went down in the first game of the opening season, so all of pass plays were removed from the playbook, now that he is back, Steve “McAir” Coates is taking his team to the promiseland!!!

By: studentofthegame

studentofthegame — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:50:41 +0000

SEE MARCUS I LEAVE FOR 24 HRS AND YOU GO IN AGAIN ON MY BEARS AND MY FELLOW ALUM BEAR BACKER(HOW DISRESPECTFUL)LOL! CMON MAN THATS WASNT NECCESSARY. I THINK NEWTON CO. PRETTY MUCH TOLD YOU WHAT I WAS SAYING WED. EXCEPT THAT HE THINKS YOU GUYS ARE BETTER. REAL TALK IF OL MAN GODFREY THINKS HE IS GONNA RUN MALCOME LIKE THAT AND NOT PASS, MARCUS YOU GUYS ARE IN SOME REAL TROUBLE. BUT HEY WE BOTH HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF BUSINESS FIRST

By: Marcus

Marcus — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:47:06 +0000

O YEAH STEVE, HA WELL SEE YOU ON THIS BLOG IF YOU SHOW UP, AFTER THE GAME. AND AFTER THE OUTCOME, 9 TIMES OUTA 10, YOU WONT. LIKE I SAID B4, TELL THOSE BABY TIGERS TO BRING THEIR A+ GAME, BECAUSE IF THEY DONT, THEY WILL BE EMBARASSED AT HOME, IN FRONT OF THOUSANDS, ON THEIR SENIOR NIGHT. SO GOOD LUCK BABY TIGERS.

By: Marcus

Marcus — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:44:34 +0000

thank you dekalb fan, and thanks to you too justmyopinion. this blog is just for fun, and me writing in all caps doesnt mean im yelling. lol with that being said, DEKALB FAN YOU SPEAK NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH. WE, (SWD) HAVE A VERY GOOD TEAM, AND OUR FAN BASE IS PASSIONATE ABOUT FOOTBALL AT SWD. THAT ANTI-MARCUS PERSON REALLY THREW ME OFF THO, LOLOLOLOL,

By: JustMyOpinion

JustMyOpinion — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:46:06 +0000

Marcus/studentofthegame= Good Job!!! It’s very rare that you find two passionate fans on a blog yelling at one another (CAPS)lol, but still making good, well-thought points without name calling. I don’t rep SWD or Griffin, but I’ve seen them both play. And as my screen name states: SWD is better. But please bloggers, lay off Griffin’s region. The kids didn’t place themselves in the region. All that they’ve done is beat every team that was place before them. I sincerely hope that both teams do well and eventually face each other. Then we’ll see. But as Marcus said, it’s fun to talk about it until then. (I mean pray for it)lol

By: Dekalb Fan

Dekalb Fan — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:41:40 +0000

steve – you know that tucker won’t score on SWD with their regular offense so you’re hoping that thier special team’s do something. We have others players if malcome is keyed on….namely dixon and mincey. Also our special team’s are very good too. we’ll see when the game is played

By: Dekalb Fan

Dekalb Fan — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:00:16 +0000

Anti-Marcus – calm down and don’t be so serious…as Marcus stated this is all in good fun and NOT to be taken to heart. With that being said…… Go SWD Panther’s !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: steve

steve — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:19:29 +0000

tucker is finna kill southwest if u watch how southwest play u will see that there special team games suck and that tucker strong point. Tucker will score on a punt and a kickoff and ken malcolme will get stuffed going up dat middle by james vaughters watch

By: Marcus

Marcus — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:40:37 +0000

UM YOU CAN TELL BY MY POST I AM A SWD ALUM, CLASS OF 2000!!!! AND ITS JUST FOR FUN, NO ONE IS SERIOUSLY GETTING UPSET OR ANYTHING, ANTI-MARCUS??? LOL, SO IF YOU ARE ONE OF THESE SERIOUS PEOPLE WHO IS GETTING MAD ABOUT THIS ” JUST FOR FUN BLOG” THEN THIS IS NOT THE PLACE FOR YOU

By: ANTI-MARCUS

ANTI-MARCUS — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:36:42 +0000

“THATS THEY JOB” – did you go to school at SWD MARCUS? You are the one who needs to be worried. The team can do ok without the likes of you. YOU ARE NOT WANTED OR NEEDED BY THE SWD FANS.

By: Marcus

Marcus — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:06:18 +0000

I GO TO SLEEP AND WAKE UP TO ALL THIS HATRED AND I HAVE TO ADDRESS YALL ONE AT A TIME. I LET THE BOYS PLAY ON FRIDAYS, THATS THEY JOB, MY JOB IS TO DO THE TALKIN FOR THEM

By: Marcus

Marcus — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:04:49 +0000

NEWTON COUNTY, LOOKS LIKE TO ME YOU ARE ON BOTH SIDES OF THE FENCE?? ONE MIN YOU LOVE SWD, THE NEXT YOU HATIN, AND I NOTICED YOU SAID YOU WENT TO SWD FOR A FEW YEARS, NOT THAT YOU GRADUATED FROM SWD, SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, DONT REP SWD CUZ YOU NOT FROM THERE, CUZ IF YOU WERE YOU WOULDNT BE HATIN, AND GO REP WHERE YOU GRADUATED FROM, WHICH PRROLLY AINT MUCH CUZ YOU WOULDNT SAY.

By: Marcus

Marcus — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:52:00 +0000

BEAR BACKER CAN GET STARTED ALL HE WANTS, BUT HE CANT OUT TALK ME, AND HE CANT ESCAPE FACTS, I ONLY STATE FACTS

By: Marcus

Marcus — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:50:27 +0000

BEAR_BACKER, YOUR PROLLY JUST WHAT YOUR NAME SAYS, A BEAR BACKER IF YALL KNOW WHAT I MEAN. YOU TALKIN THIS AND THAT ABOUT SWD, WHAT HAS GRIFFIN DONE??? NOTHING. YALL HAVE NO REASON NOT TO EXCELL, HELL, HOW MANY SCHOOLS ARE IN GRIFFIN? 1, 2 MAYBE. YOU CLOWNS JUST WAIT, I HAVE ALREADY PRAYED TO THE MAN UPSTAIRS THAT WE GET A CHANCE TO DESTROY YALL, FORGET THE GAME, I KNOW WE GONA BEAT YALL, YALL JUST BETTER BE WORRIED ABOUT SCORING ANY POINTS

By: Haiku-575

Haiku-575 — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 04:21:26 +0000

Man please 6 QUAD A
Don’t get Bear_Backer Started
He makes my brain hurt!!

By: Bear_Backer

Bear_Backer — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 04:16:04 +0000

Hey Region 6AAAA. I said you are MISINFORMED about the FACTS. And No I am not the Mighty Bears official spokesperson, but I would take the job gladly if it were offered.They could probably do worse and still win. Listen, it is like this. I have come on here MANY times and applauded the greatness of SWD. They have a lot of talent and if they win the state It would be because they earned it, especially considering the brackets this year. I realize the likes of TUCKER, MARIST, and STONE MOUNTAIN have quality programs year in and year out. I am an objective individual who happens to enjoy pulling for my alma-matter whom I played for back in the day. You try and talk smak about my beloved Bears and you are gonna get it handed right back in your face, plain and simple. Show respect, and I give it. Show stupidity, and I will outwit you with intelligence EVERY TIME. Others from 6AAAA know I am a fair writer on here. Ask them, they are honest. Many fine folks up that way, why don’t you join their ranks? I do not wish any ill intent to ANY ATHLETE including CHEERLEADERS because I know how hard they all work. I RESPECT ALL MY STATE HIGH SCHOOLS. I have been around the world when in the military and know I am blessed to be from the great state of Georgia. If my original comments about SWD being put on the cover of Madden and Sports illustrated hurt your feelings, it was because you are at least smart enough to know what that supposed “curse” is all about. I thought it was kinda funny myself. You apparently took it the wrong way, ruffled feathers wont get you any respect on here. Griffin is on top right now and have earned every bit of it. . So Good luck to SWD the remainder of the year and I do know this: the rest of your opponents have better records than the rest of ours, I give you that much, but we will still play each game like we do all of them. With the all out intent to WIN WITH BEAR PRIDE AND KEEP MARCHING TO THE STATE. If you do end up playing the Bears, hopefully it will be a good game and not a blowout on either side. Now I promised SportsFan31313 I would tone it down, so truce to you. GO BEARS!

By: HomeFieldAdvantage

HomeFieldAdvantage — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 03:18:46 +0000

That’s stars, not AAAAA’s ha ha

By: Region 6AAAA

Region 6AAAA — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 03:02:06 +0000

Hey Bear_Backer,

What was I misinformed about? You just get a kick out of getting all fired up dont you? Seems to me that Griffin not only does their talking on the field, but you also help them. I bet you are their official spokesperson arent you?

By: HomeFieldAdvantage

HomeFieldAdvantage — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 02:26:43 +0000

SportsFan31313 – I do not, in my wildest nightmares, think all four 1-AAAAA teams will lose in the 1st round. I second what you said to DRAGO. I would bet the purty little baby blue toboggan I won in 2005 from a rather good looking Camden lady at the Georgia Dome Semis (we beat Camden 30-0) against our region being 1 and done in the 1st round. It’s hanging on the AAAAA State Championship trophy at Lowndes High School.

(Hope ENR ain’t on line, NSWR doesn’t have one of those. ha ha) Be my luck they’ll get one this year!

By: AVikingFan

AVikingFan — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 02:16:50 +0000

Sportsfan31313 – thanks for catching my spelling error about Greyson, errr, Grayson. Maybe that’s why I only made Spec 5 and you made LT Colonel! (I work on Greystone Way and therefore am just used to spelling it that way.) Same great great team any way you spell it!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: SportsFan31313

SportsFan31313 — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:26:32 +0000

Thank you real Coach G….. Please Advise Drago……

By: SportsFan31313

SportsFan31313 — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:24:08 +0000

Drago,

You’re quite welcome. As long as you have an understanding….

By: Newton Co.

Newton Co. — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 23:28:06 +0000

Marcus dude you are the ultimate SWD fan. I love SWD and went there for a few years in the early 90’s. People forget back then how we spent time in the USA Today polls on a regular basis. The band was fire, all was good. But you got to admit, SWD ducked off for a minute. It wasn’t really about Stephenson opening; Stephenson took most of their enrollment form Stone Mountain, Redan and Lithonia. MLK had a little to do with it, but they also took enrollment from Cedar Grove and Lithonia too. So you can’t use school openings as an excuse for mediocrity, which is what you could call where SWD was from that heartbreaking state quarterfinal in 99 when they were 12-0 and lost to Lowndes over at Halford( then Memorial Stadium). SWD excels when they have a multitude of talented players, but straight up, if you stop the run you have a great chance against them. As a Decatur native I pull for the Panthers, and I agree that they are probably the team to beat in AAAA. IMO you guys need to stay grounded and leave the talking to the pads and field because a lot of these AAAA contenders/ pretenders are new schools and are trying to make history of there own. Take care of business next two weeks and don’t get caught looking ahead, Stone Mountain BEAT yall two years ago if I remember correctly.