Ready to ramble: It’s region title week

I CAN’T BELIEVE IT….BELIEVE IT!

Grayson deserves their #1 ranking, but #1 does not mean the best.
It just means you are higher ranked.
When you have #1 at the end of the season then you can hold to the claim best in state, whether you actually are or not.

Don’t fret, you will get to prove your ranking soon enough.

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Yo No.1 is No.1 until you beat the No.1 , No.1 means you are the best. So, FLORIDA is not the best team in the country they rank NO.1. So FLORIDA RANKING MEANS NOTHING until they win it all.I thought NO.1 mean you are the best YO.

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Being no.1 in these polls means nothing right now. After the games at the dome then you will be crowned no.1 no matter what the AJC thinks. It’s good for school spirit but those rankings don’t create more points on the football field.

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Who would have thought at this point of the season that Grayson would have as many wins as Brookwood & Parkview COMBINED. I’m not surprised Grayson is 9-0, but am surprised that Brookwood is 4-5 & Parkview is 5-4. If Parkview loses Friday night, they would be out of the playoffs for the first time in 14 years. Also, the last 4 years Parkview is 24-18 with 3 first round exits. This was a program that advanced to the quarterfinals 11 years in a row. Todd, what do you attribute the decline to?

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ICANT BELIEVE IT… if you knew todd holcomb then you who know he picked ptree ridge to win the region before it started. so hes definately not a bulldogs fan. NG will prove why it is #2 in the state this next friday. rival team ptree ridge comes into our house.expect the NG defense to play really well. our offense is whats always talked about but its our defense thats just as good.

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yo, i agree with you. they have got so much UNdeserved attention. yes they are very good. and i would even say coming into this season they were as good or better than every other team. but with their best player out(champaign) dont expect them to get past the 3rd round.

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I also believe Colquitt should be in the top ten…at least #8 in front of a two loss Camden team…I sure hope Colquitt gets their defense clicking…that’s the only thing holding them back from being respected. The whole Lowndes Nation will be rooting for the Packers and the Wildcats will be cheering Lowndes on friday night. Maybe the Packers will be in the rankings next week.

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Don’t count Colquitt out ..they could win it all. Their 2nd year coach has done a great job rebuilding.

Lowndes is also the best damn HS team I’ve seen in last 15 years. Everyone has bad days but their second team is better than most HS 1st teams.

All South Ga. will be pulling for these two teams. From Douglas, Ga. Give’m He!!.

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Todd, What do you think of Hirams chances in the playoffs if they win this week against Dalton?

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Todd Holcomb you dont know about teams all over the state. Dont count Jefferson County out in AA . Having a Super Eleven QB BJ Bostic and basically only challenge by number 9 Swainsboro has to count for something . Also what good is LOvett Victory over Buford if u still picking them. Those three hundred pound hgh looking boys are not invincible!

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What type team does South Gwinnett have?

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Check the stats on the Northside-Lowndes game folks. Northside won fair and square but they were standing in line behind penalties and bad kicks….. but that’s history. I think Lowndes is hitting its big stride right now. We’ll see. Now Northside knows what it’s like to have a bad night against a good team.

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ok for all of u who are on lil ol lowndes jock please stop. lowndes is not all that. grayson is a nobody. i dont even know how they ranked nationally. they dont play anyone outside the state. neither does lowndes. now who yall need to be lookin out for is n gwinnett. they will give either of them two teams a run for they money. but we shall see what happens in the playoffs

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I think you over estamete how easy it is going to be for Buford to win it all this year. I think Fizgerald, Calhoun or Charlton have a shot also.

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Let’s gooo lions!!!

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Can someone explain to me why Lowndes is even playing football this year after that shameful experience at Grayson last year???

Lowndes hits you for keeps, often, but when the Grayson boys wouldn’t back down, the Lowndes players reacted the only way they knew how…fighting.

A terrible, terrible blemish on Georgia high school athletics, particularly since it’s business as usual at Lowndes.

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This is wierd waiting for the time to catch up?

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Very strange

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I believe some of the Grayson faithful need to get over the fact that football is a combat sport and emotions run high. It takes two to tango and I’m sure none of the Grayson players were doing anything to kick sand in the face of the Vikings during that game ,right? Kids get emotional on both sides of the ball…. your beloved Rams are not completely innocent. Please get over last year. This is 2009 and yes, it will be another year that the Rams will not win a State Title. I believe that possibly that may be the real cause for your disdain for Lowndes. The Vikings have taken the crown year in and year out and the Rams can’t put that ring on their finger. Grayson is ranked #1 right now, enjoy it. It won’t last long come playoff time.

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Todd, I agree with most of your predictions. These are my predictions for 2009 State Champion:

Lowndes AAAAA
SW Dekald AAAA
Carver-Col. AAA
Fitzgerald AA
Wesleyan A

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Vike69…Catch the Northside-Colquitt game at Northsidefootball.com. There’s a link at the bottom of the page that will take you to the online broadcast.

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I dont know why 6AAAA thinks they are so great we destroyed everyone in our region and we will do it to everyone in there region. the only team that even has a chance would be SWD but we have an all around better team. Griffin isnt worried if we can beat dutchtown 28-7 with all the horrible calls made then we can beat anyone if we have some fair officials. so good luck SWD you might be able to cheat your way by us!

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Go E.C.I. “Dawgs”!!!!!! I hear there’s another Ealey doing real good down there!!!!

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viking lover

man please, Lowdnes have had a great run lately but it had to start somewhere. It still doesn’t compare to your cross town rival no matter what. Before the late 90’s, we didn’t even know yall exsisted and now you can call out Grayson. Just like you’re confident they wont win the state, I’m confident yall won’t win the state either. Too much hype! Yall couldn’t handle it last year and this year won’t be any different.

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Lowndes = 2009 AAAAA State Champions…all the other “good” teams will be beat by Region 1AAAAA teams before the finals.

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LOWNDES = 2007 STATE CHAMPS NOT 2009. LOWNDES better hope NSWR lose to COLQUITT COUNTY Friday, because I don’t see them TRAVELING to Camden County in the second round winning. If they get by , I don’t TRAVELING to McEACHERN beating them. Then if they get past them I don’t see them getting past NEWMAN OR GRAYSON in the semi-finals. So TITLETOWN you better start praying for COLQUITT COUNTY to beat NSWR this friday.

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GriffinBear,

Who plays GOOD football in Henry Co? Dutchtown is alright, but how many teams from your Region/Henry County are ranked? The only quality opponent you all beat was North Clayton. SWD has the defending AAAA champion and the runner up on their belts. So you were saying?…….

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I think any team thats jelling at the right time can go a long way in the playoffs.preditions and ranking don’t mean a thing come playoff time.The game is played on the field not on paper.The team thats the hottest at that time just may win it all.

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Armuchee is playing Calhoun for 7-AA title, not Pepperell

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Titletown, I have to dissagree. I think that Lowndes is going to have to fight to win in the 2nd round and Northside will in the 3rd. (or swapped depending on who wins the region) Its tough to win in Kingsland and Woodstock is not afraid of the road or any winning streaks in a stadium, ask EP that.

Wolverines take the Raiders to the Woodshed in 4 days….Tick..Tick…Tick………GLOOM

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Griffin Bear – the class/region’s get reshuffled for 2010…..I hope they move Griffin with SWD,Tucker,and Marist. Then we’ll see how good you guy’s are week in and week out not just 1(north clayton) reguler season game a year.

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Todd: It is not about who is “worthy”. It is about which team has come together the best through a season of challenges to gel at the right time for a playoff run. Of course, need to be a strong team already too. Griffin is a fine team, but I do not think Griffin has been tested this year, the way it will be in the playoffs, and it is not clear to me how that team will respond under pressure. I think SWD is for real. I would not count Marist out of things. I also think that TCC is coming on strong.

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Todd,
I don’t think you need to count Baldwin out just yet. Things have changed around Brave Nation since week 4, so I think as you say, Baldwin still has a shot.

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number one team lost to a team that got beat by a team that grayson beat… if you like to look at things that way

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goober is here, watching and waiting, and contem-plating …

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so if chattooga record means nothing to the polls why have the polls? a 3 loss team in no way belongs ahead of us…..period

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Region 6AAAA you need to get you facts straight. Griffin only plays 2 Henry County teams and that is Dutchtown and Stockbridge. All the others are from Clayton County. If you check your facts our region represented very well last year. As a matter of our region sweep in the first round and Mount Zion Jonesboro who is from our region, gave Marist quite a scare with only a 34-33 loss. So before you judge our region too much, I suggest you know your facts. I am not saying that our region is stronger that 6AAAA, however we are not in a “weak” region like you keep indicating. The truth will prevail during the next 5 weeks so just sit back and let the teams play, then at the end of week 15 you can brag or maybe cry!!

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Hey Yo! If you haven’t been in the states lately, Florida is #1 as they are the defending National Champions, moron! Their ranking means they are #1 because they have played for that ranking and continue to beat those put in front of them! Tebow will win National Championship #3 (in 4 yrs) and should add another Heisman although he won’t because former winners get to vote and won’t want a second 2 time winner. Did Archie Griffin ever win a National Championship during either of his 2 years winning? Probably not!

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Region 6 AAAA. All u guys talk about is how strong your region is! Let’s compare R6 & R4!

Our top 5 teams Griffin North Clayton MntZion Alcovy Dutchtown! All five teams were undefeated against non region opponents!

People r sleepin on mnt zion! U remember when they should have beat marist in the 3rd round las year but ended up losin by 1 measly point? Well that whole team is back this year! Look for them to go deep again this year! They have tons of talent! Alcovy and duthtown is talented as well!

Your top 5 teams SWD. Marist Tucker Chamlee and stone mountain!

Ok SWD is loaded and so is Griffin! Marist is good but not as good as NClayton! Tucker is down MntZion have like 15 starters back! Chamlee is not better than alcovy or dutchtown! Stone mountain prbly match up ductchtown pretty even!

Ill put our Top 4 against your top 4 anyday! U guys need to stop all that talkin when u dnt have nothin 2 back it up! Yes a Mike carvell in 2008 region 6 had the best region in 2009 Region 4 is on Top! Now what 6AAAA!

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SportsFan,

I know where Griffin is. My Brothers and sister are out of Eagles Landing High, so I know the geography of that area pretty well. My sister went to Griffin Tech. Griffin forgive me, you all did beat MZ and I have to give props for that. But they are in CLAYTON and so is NC. I will not be convinced that Henry Co. is playing REAL FOOTBALL.

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Griffin Bear #1,

If all we can go off of right now, since the Championship has not been decided, is last year and the years prior then our Region has State Titles from 2008, 2003, and 1995. What titles do you all have to back it up? And this discussion is extended to all sports. Last year look at all the sports Region 6AAAA won State Titles in. Already started it up for this year with Marist winning Softball. Shoutout to the Marist School for adding another Title to their Trophy case and the Trophy Case of our Region.

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6AAAA tell me why do u guys think your region is so much better than ours! U guys r still livin in 2008! Help me understand! I’ve dne my research and I jus can’t how 6 is so much better than 4!

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Fitzgerald will dominate this friday, fitz, thomasville,brooks,and cook,will go deep in the playoffs, calhoun gives up to many points (12), to teams that are like ALBANY in our region, lovett and westminster do not have much of a D. better not overlook swainsboro or jefferson either. The playoffs should be exciting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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region 1,2,3,and 6 will produce the next state champion

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For the most part I’ll agree cane fan in AA the next state champ will come out of region 1,2 or 6.

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Sorry 6AAAA iwas tryin 2 ask u that question and I thought my comment was getting rejected! I guess not! Ok I can go for that! I’m not knocking your region I just know that we r not in a weak region!

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Reeze’s Early Prediction for the AAAAA champion ,first ill tell you why the heavy favorites won’t pull it out!…..Grayson , Great team with a time consuming offense and a good run stopping defense ,Graysons pass defense will be their down fall , 300 plus Parkview passing yards against the Rams in 48 minutes …Way too much for a State champion ,If Lassiter should lose to Roswell Grayson might get a big surprise from Hutson Mason in round 2 of the playoffs …..NG ,lack of competetion in region – 7 ,just as in the two previous seasons , when the bullddogs get punched in the nose early it’s pretty much over for them….Newnan , don’t believe the hype , and don’t understand the reason for the hype ,having only played 3 ranked AAAAA teams in the last 3 seasons and they go 1-2, you tell me …….Lowndes ,just like the Rams and Kurt Warners greatest show on turf offense a decade ago ,a good defense will eventually bottle up the greatest of offenses , the likes of Nix and Conn has figured out how to keep this offense out of the Endzone , others will take note. A good run stopping defense will shut the Vikes down……….Stephenson good team ,but didn’t look like a champion against MLK……….Northside……..My Eagles can’t expect to rely a the defense for wins in the Playoffs , the offense hasn’t the talent or experience to take the crown………..My pick then is the MaCeahern Indians to run the table with a 15-0 season , out of the blocks this season in the Korky classic the Indians looked in midseason form and haven’t slow down a bit ,the defense may give up points ,but they’ll outscore the competetion…..It’s very hard for any high school team to stop a balanced attack like the Indians…..a couple seasons back , my eagles had the same type of offense and it took 35 tries for a team to put the Eagles away………

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Ok that’s what I thought dekalb fan! U answered my question! U r still livin in the past! The 49ers were great back when they had jerry rice and dion sanders! They won 4 super bowls but that dnt make them better than the saints 2day!in 2009. Region 4 is the best!

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Bubba, a Thomas County Central vs Marist rematch would bring back some memories!

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Tom Lotspeich (or whatever) reread what I posted before you go calling people morons. It makes you look relatively..ummmm..well you know the word, when you don’t.

ps-What up with all the Tebow ???????? Did I even mention his name?

Man you are living in lala land.

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would very much like to see a rematch in the qt finals with buford and charlton county, calhoun is a 2 man show fitz will shut down derick r., then what? do they have a running game? fitz defense is to solid, give up 12 points and they will score 3-4 times before you know what hit you, special teams will play a big role in the playoffs, fitz is relentless.

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How good is Etowah, South Gwinnett has them first round

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4AAAA- is wide open. Any team can win this baby. There are a few undefeated squads and a ton of 1-lost squads. Not just looking at the top ten….do you know how many teams have only one lost and are not in the top ten? This is great , not to mention exciting! This is why you play the game. Any thing can happen. A team can come out from anywhere that youve never heard-of or seen play! Dont just favor the ranked….thats why there are words called (UPSETS) (UNDERDOG) (OVERACHEIVERS) (UNDERACHEIVERS) (FAVORITES) and (SLEEPERS). I wish everybody well. Lets-go 4AAAA!

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Oops, look at me being a hypocrite. is, not in.

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Tiebreaker for 5-AAAAA is record vs. Class AAAAA teams. That’s why GHSF Daily is projecting Marietta to steal the #4 seed.

Not sure about 4-AAAAA, but would guess it’s the same tiebreaker.

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Bohgey “I Can’t Believe It” is exactly what he’ll be saying if Lowndes shows up on his side of the bracket and that is what he is really worried about.

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I was wondering how ROSWELL had an 8-0 record and was not in the top ten in 5AAAAA! Then I seen them play (VS) WALTON. I now see why! LASSITER will have no problem against them come Friday

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GOOOOO VIKINGS GO!

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dalton???? they are the only decent team in their region, nobody else has a winning record, at best they would be 4th in region 1AA so I wouldnt toot my horn to soon.dalton will probly get knocked out the 1st rd. come south and beat a 1 or 2 team then we will see.

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Fitz is great on both sides of the ball they are averaging 47 points a game on offense and only giving up 6 a game on defense, seems good to me not mention they are great on special teams, there closest game they won by 14 seems like they should cruise past Thomasville this friday night by the score of………………….lets say Fitz 35 Thomasville 14

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Most of the top teams have had games where they built a big lead and played younger kids the 2nd half, this is not unique to Lowndes.

Someone from Lowndes mentioned earlier that last year was a one man show and thats not the case this year. That maybe true but if Grayson has to play Lowndes again I bet i’m not the only one thats awful glad that one man show has moved on to FSU. That kid was amazing.

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Jim: I’ll give you 3 candidates: Colquitt County, South Gwinnett & McEachern.
AVikingFan: You are right about TCC-Marist, especially 1996 & 1997. Not only epic playoff games, but memorable Corky Kell Classic games as well. Just watching that game alone was worth the price of admission. One, an OT game & another one decided on a 2pt conversion.
Re Grayson: They are vulnerable to the pass, however, try to get the ball from the offense. Against South Gwinnett, the Rams dominated TOP 33 to 15 minutes.
Re Dacula: They have a 2 QB system, with a runner & a passer. They run the spread option and their defense is inconsistent. They gave up 35 to South Gwinnett & over 40 to Grayson, but were only 1 of 2 teams (P’Tree Ridge) to hold Charles Perkins under 100 yards.

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Get real folks, Colquitt is not going to beat NSWR no matter how many candles you blow out before making your wish. Lowndes will go into the playoffs as the number 2 seed – precisely what they earned during the season. They can go have a good game against Camden, exactly like Grayson already did this season. If Lowndes is that good, they will have to prove it on the field, just like the other teams in Georgia.

Meanwhile, NSWR did not exactly get an easy draw. I hope they loose the coin toss. We are looking forward to seeing them here in Suwanee for the quarterfinal game. They are going to have to prove it on the field also.

Prove it on the field, folks. The way I see it, it is very possible the teams from 1AAAAA will be done after the quarter finals. If you are really “all that” maybe you will make it to the semi-finals, but you are going to have to prove it on the field.

There are some awesome games coming up on Friday Nights. I already have my tickets for Peacthree at North.

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Grayson has a great team. It will take a great team to beat them;however, winning the big one is often hard too do. Best of luck to Grayson. Camden had to replace 15 starters this season. They are a lot better than they were vs Grayson in the dome.I am sure Grayson is better as well. Will tradition continue? I recon that will be decided in the play=offs. Often it is very hard for a team to win the big game. The wildcats will be ready. Who wins between Lowndes and Camden in the second round will be the question. South Georgia rules. Go Wildcats.

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This is the year of the Bulldog…the Thomasville Bulldogs. Fitzgerald and the rest of the state will discover that on Friday night.

GO DAWGS!!!!

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All this bluster back and forth is just a bunch of sound and fury. The fact is we’ll find out soon enough who gets to be champion in each classification. SW Dekalb might very well be the best team in AAAA. If they are they’ll win it. If Griffin is stronger they’ll win. And if somebody out there is better, then they’ll win the championship. Being one of the top 10 teams in the state is a pretty good reward regardless of who does win.

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Not one mention about the boys from Carrollton in all the AAA talk. Keep ignoring the Trojans and we’ll see what happens in the playoffs. This team barely lost to Eastside in the 2nd round last year without their starting quarterback (a FRESHMAN backup started). The 2009 version is MUCH better than last years team, dominating opponents by an average score of 38-5. The scary thing is there are about 14 or 15 starters who will be back next year, including the quarterback.

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ok guys theres some good conversation goin on. 5A is very wide open. Lownes co does need to be alert cause if they play candem it will be a physical game,still candem should be favorites along wid grayson the only team in ga to beet candem is grayson and that game was in the dome for reason opener. Lownes your good not this year though. I seen yall play coulquit and if that quater back had experience game could have been different. And know coulquit should not be top ten team just cause all other teams play out of state great out of state teams. But win this week and yall be number 9. Now 4a ball only one statement thomas county started out wid guys who had flue now they healthy upset alert guys. To 3a ima have to say carver-columbous is the most physical team in the conference. Now my favorite league 2a lol there fun to watch every one talks bout bufort and calhoun well i feel like im goin to watchstate title game friday when fitzgerald host thomasville. Cant say who will win but canes have a quick d wid offence out of there mind. But they wont rush for 300 yards not on thomasville d-line those guys are men. As for 1a ill never count out clinch but i gotta go wid savanna country day. They opted to drop from 2a cause could not handle it. Now 4 would like to give a shout out to the defence coaches at coulquit great coachin. And yall kids seem to me the most coachable kids iv ever seen. Yall are my come back team of the year.

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every one give me some surprise teams in your area like brantley co hurd they made only second playoffs of there life congrats

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goober I’ll accept that correction any day.

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The only way its possible for LOWNDES to MEET GRAYSON in the finals is that NSWR loses this friday.Like I said before titletown you better start praying for COLQUITT COUNTY, because if they lose you will be seeded no.2 out region 1AAAAA. CAMDEN, NEWMAN, McEACHERN, AND THE MIGHTY RAMS WILL BE WAITING ON YOU.

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Michael 19 – Etowah is the #3 seed from Region 5 – AAAAA at 7 – 2. The two losses were to McEachern (ranked # 6) and Woodstock (ranked # 10). The loss to McEachern was not surprising, but the score was (49-10), an anomaly IMHO. The Woodstock game (17-10) was close and could have gone either way as Etowah was leading 10-7 late in the game and gave up a big play to lose the lead.

Generally a good defense… good system type offense. Generally disciplined strong play at the line of scrimmage, but not an overly fast team.

What about South Gwinnett?

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lownes reminds me of miami huricanes they brag about the past yes yall great. But my candem county wild cats have got two titles sence 2003. Is what it is a great football state. And we are defending state champs.

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atlanta needs to fire their kicker

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I think that the only game that Gainesville has played that is a “test” was over North Hall in week 4. The final score to that game was pretty lopsided, but the Trojans were out several key players to injury, and turned the ball over more with backups than they had all season to date. Before the North Hall game, Gainesville had not allowed over 85 yards rushing per game. But North Hall put up well over 230. They played hard, but couldnt convert. If North Hall was playing ‘A’ game with all of its starters it would have been alot closer. I think Gainesville will make the Semis, at best. Because they do have trouble on defense somewhat, just not as much as others.

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I CANT BELIEVE IT I do believe you have that exactly right.
First Camden then Newnan then McEachern then I REALLY FEAR THIS’S Mighty Rams. Glad you have so much confidence in us but you did leave
off the last step of either N.Gwinnett/Northside. I CAN’T BELIEVE IT…OH NOOOOOOOOOOO….HERE COME THE VIKINGS!

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slalom1 – You think that the referee’s has something to do with a 28-7 rear end kicking? I know that the superior team in all of GA is Carver-Columbus. The evidence is the nine (9) D-1 senior commit’s. I haven’t even mentioned the number of juniors that are being courted by D-1 programs across the country as we speak. Truth be told, Carver-Columbus is loaded for the next 3 years with at least (6) D-1 recruits in each class. That number doesn’t include the HBCU and FBS sub-division recruits…

The Columbus referee’s have never been in favor of a Carver-Columbus team. That shows that you have no clue that Carver-Columbus has to play against the referee’s at their own home games. That is how NSWR won in Columbus last year 7-6… After the winning touchdown in the fourth quarter by I. Crowell was called back for the 12-7 lead.

Carver is a predominantly black school and they have never in their history had the referee’s call a game that was skewed in their favor. There have been a few games that were called with a fair whistle… But, for the most part, Carver-Columbus has always had to play against the referee’s.

So, please… Spare us all with the referee excuses…

P.S…. THIS WAS JUST SENT IN….

Gainsville was undefeated last year….

UNTIL THEY PLAYED CARVER-COLUMBUS IN THE PLAYOFFS DOG!!!!!!!!!!

I tried to tell you writer’s that Carver-Columbus was still the best team in AAA… Might as well say all of GA.

The loss against NSWR was lady luck being on NSWR’s side. Carver shut NSWR down in the second half. Read the article that is on the GA Prep Sports site under NSWR’s record. Coach McGee admitted that he didn’t have those boys ready. They didn’t get it together until late in the second quarter. Once they made their adjustments, it was lights out. NSWR played their starter’s the whole game also…. Just in case someone wants to make the excuse of second teamers being in the game…. I. Cowell, the best junior running back in the state and top 5 in the country, rushed for over 100 yards and he had 2 touchdowns…. That was on NSWR’s starting defense in WARNER ROBINS!!!!!

We’ll match our big uglies against Grayson, Lowndes, Newnan, Buford, or whomever you think is the best team in GA… Pick a neutral site with unbiased referee’s, and you will have yourself a hell-of-a ball game. Carver-Columbus is never afraid to play anybody…

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Its as simple as who we’ve played. Nobody is r6 has really proved themselves. If you will recall the r5 title was determined in OT so McE and Wood are fairly even.

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Mark………We did not squeak by a 1 win team. South Cobb TOP=13 minutes. Total yds.65. We held the ball ran the clock, field was a mudbowl, we did not want to get anyone hurt by trying to run up the score.

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Mark – I agreee, and I am not saying anything about Woodstock’s win at South Cobb. However, even though I am a region 5AAAAA fan, in this case I believe the Region 6AAAAA champ should get the ranking.It has just took to the last week to determine. Unfortunately for you, that will be Roswell.

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by the way todd, Calhoun plays armuchee not pepperell for the 7AA crown..

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Just read an interesting article on Rivals 100. Colquitt County has rising stock and has entered the poll. Guess whose stock is falling?…… Grayson and Northside. Looks like all of America is wise to what’s happening in GA 5A. Grayson, it seems plays a relatively weak schedule and had a bye last week, which isn’t good this time of year. Northside, well Warner Robins can attest to their problems of late. Packers will win this Friday and contiue to move up in polls nationally. Grayson will fall apart in playoffs when they have to play a real football team.

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Personally, I don’t care if the AJC ranks Chattooga or not. Todd, your polls are all flawed anyway because you don’t ever come and see most of the teams on your lists anyway. I have been a Chattooga supporter all my life. I have seen the teams that we have had that have been horrible and the ones that have been good. But there is something completely different about this year. New coach has instilled a very large portion of discipline into a team that in the past didn’t really know the what the word meant. I agree that 6AA has some good to great teams. It will be a challenge for any other region in facing them. However, before you start looking at schedules and who plays who you need to actually see the teams play. Chattooga IS a very strong team this year. We are NOT the 2000 team. Come see them play. They are definitely better than Jefferson that will be a one and done this year. I think they have the best chance they have ever had despite what things look in the upcoming brackets. At least the Associated Press poll is more realistic than yours. BTW, Your credibility as a so-called expert in high school sports is very low since you don’t even know who is playing for the 7AA championship. It’s actually Armuchee vs.Calhoun not Pepperell vs. Calhoun as you have down. You need to do your homework better.

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To all the folks that are complaining about the rankings: Get over it. They will not matter a hill of beans in the end. All that matters is getting one of 32 slots in each classification. I know that it is best to be a #1 seed, but I have seen #4 seeds make runs & win state (TCC was 5-5 one year) (PRidge was the #4 seed in 2006). Good luck to all teams this week.
Todd: I don’t envy you & Chip having to pick the 10 games of the week. Good luck narrowing the list.

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Vikinglover………You shouldn’t concern yourself with the Northside/Colquitt matchup……The Demons are coming to the palace with upset in mind and fighting for their playoff lives, and I think they’ll pull it off….I don’t think Lowndes will continue to shine much longer if Randy Mac doesn’t let Parker throw the ball more…….Before the Northside game this season , when was the last time the Vikes were held to 0 points in the first half?……..Demons 21 Lowndes 10

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Chattooga Fan:

Nobody sees all the teams. There are too many of them. But I don’t thinking seeing the teams is that important (although I realize this is an unpopular opinion). Unless I can see every game, then seeing one game is more likely to make me biased because teams don’t perform the same each week. Just tell me the scores and whether it was close in crunch time and I think I can rank them fairly.

Every year, there are about a dozen teams like Chattooga – teams that weren’t that great the year before and haven’t been a Top 10 recently but come out of the gate 7-0 or perhaps finish 9-1 or 10-0. They haven’t beaten any good teams (I don’t think Chattooga has beaten any of top 20 teams in AA).

Out of those dozen, probably one will break through and do something in the playoffs and earn a Top 10 ranking. The rest won’t.

In other words, I’m just playing the percentages. Could Chattooga be a Top 10 team? Sure. We all like it when teams that have struggled break through. I want Chattooga to do well in the playoffs. It can happen. But chances are, they won’t. Same with East Jackson or Lakeside of Evans or Union Grove or Chattahoochee County or Appling County or Creekview or Ridgeland or South Gwinnett.

Maybe one will make a run, but very few will prove me wrong.

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Oh thats right, the rest of the state plays good defense and 1AAAAA doesn’t (except of course the Warner Robins schools) so thats what your thinking is….I get it now Reeze.

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To Hamilton-

Learn to read. I CLEARLY said 6-AAAA. You realized you further proved my point you bumbling fool.

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VIKINGS = V ariably I nconsistant K inda I napropriate N o G ood S uckas

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Todd,
We agree to very much disagree. I have been in news media for years before becoming a teacher. I have seen a huge change this year in Chattooga. Yes, Chattooga did defeat a team that was ranked in the top ten this year…Armuchee. They are playing for the 7AA region title against Calhoun. They were toe to toe with Calhoun when they played them. I realize you cannot see all teams unless you cloned yourself. We will see how things go.

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Griffin People,
I never said that you had a weak region. I only said our region was superior to all others in AAAA. Just look at all sports and not just football. Year in and year out we win state titles in numerous sports and last year our region won about 15 total state championships. Yeah, Marist won most of them, but they are in DEKALB too. Our regions is the talk of all sports in AAAA, even ONE ACT LITERARY PLAYS and I didnt know you could win state in that.

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Vikinglover………… a Bad game against Grayson in 2008 and again in 2009 against the Eagles..How about just giving credit where credit is due….The Vikes just were matched up against good coaching and good defenses….. The Vikes could only muster up seven points against the Eagles, and we are tired of hearing about the kickers problems …..If you would have turned your 3rd down conversions or put it in the endzone there would’nt have been any need for five field goal attempts …..The weeks prior to Northside your kids put up 75 ,51,41,31,50…..The weeks following 57 ,35,63….. bad game or good defense?….. you tell me……..You Vike fans are forgeting what the city of Warner Robins represents ,over the years the Demons and the Eagles have faced the best this state has to offer ,Lowndes is no different…….Demons 21 Lowndes 7….

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“I said it before, Lowndes had a terrible game with Northside and they beat themselves…Just like the Grayson game last year.” ….YEAH,WE ONLY LOSE TO OURSELVES = CHOKE!

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Wow … I just read the post by “tommy” from last night … or should I say his rap song? Congratulations sir, that took some … talent?

Todd: Do you have records of which region the state champs (and runners-up) in each class came from, and where they were seeded going into the playoffs … let’s say going back to when we expanded to five classes? This might be a quantitative, objective way to make a good argument for which region is strongest, at least in the last 10 years.

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No they won’t get passed even 8AA 4th seed

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ohhhhhhh so glad you couning out sprayberry…went to the game against hiram…best team lost, team that played better won…but sprayberry has the 2nd toughest schedule in the state this year..3 losses to 2 undefeted teams(lassiter and hiram) and to dalton 7aaaa region champ…by a total of 10 points….they will destroy sequoya and will upset marist…..see you on saturday the 14th for your excuses….

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Packers beat northside and Warner Robins beats Lowndes. Wishful thinking but we weren’t supposed to even make the playoffs. Rush Propst has done his 3 a days Lowndes High Band. Please let us meet up again.

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Reese, when talking about Lowndes having a “bad game” last year against Grayson and then again this year against Northside. H-mmmm. I think NSWR has out done us. Ya’ll had a “bad game” at Lowndes High last year, another “bad game” against Camden last year, and last week a “bad game” against Warner Robins. So, that means over the last two years you have us 3 to 2. So what was your point in putting us down? I predict NSWR will have another “bad game” this week vs Colquitt.

How ’bout it YO. You like those stats? They’ve got us 3 to 2! I guess that means they’re the winner!

BTW, GOOOOOOOOOO PACKERS

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Yea Goober know what you mean, I had to put a little “boom chick chick de boom chick chick background music on just to get in the mood of things so I could understand ole Tommy “Vanilla Ice’s” post. After I got through rapping my way through his post made me want to go out and shoot somebody.

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viking lover, u cant take into account what rivals said. this is the same rankins that jumped us 4 spots after beating the worst team in the state. Northside is falling because they lost to a decent warner robins team (which we beat) soooo i dont really see your point. if you wanna base it solely on rankings then u should be dissapointed that a “stock falling” grayson is still far ahead of lowndes in the rivals 100

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WoW mommasboy I like how dissected Region 4 non-region schedule. I also like how you failed to prove me wrong about region 6-AAAA non- region schedule. Here we go: SWD( lost to MLK) Marist( lost to St. Pius) Tucker ( beat Brunswick) Stone Mountain ( beat Cedar Grove) Chamblee( beat Douglass). I see four playoff teams among those losses. GOOD. We have seen your total region record like I displayed earlier. We went UNDEFEATED non- region TOP 5 teams. You can’t say the same. And 6-AAAA OK we understand yall have a lot of state titles. But surely your able to conclude that a lot of titles have come from teams that are not in 6-AAAA no more. Mays, St. Pius , Columbia, boys and girls, six titles alone in Basketball the past 5 years. Marist come on dude they win state titles in just about everything, Lakeside has a lot of titles as well. We are talking 2009 football, people please lets limit it to that. Thats what this all about right.

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Why does Dalton who is 7-2 get home field advantage over 9-0 Hiram in their sub-region playoff? Was this decided by coin toss?

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GHS#22 I agree with you about GRAYSON being GEORGIA BEST. They say SOUTH GEORGIA RULE but it seem to me Grayson rule. Grayson is 3-0 against South Georgia Best.Plus ,I agree with 6-AAAA is the overall best region in every sports that GHSA has to offer in girls and boys sports.

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The Dalton-Hiram thing was preordained in 2008. It was agreed that one subregion would be home for all the 2008 games, then switch in 2009.

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I can’t Believe It,

You said: Grayson is 3-0 against South Georgia Best..

But do Grayson have the State Titles like South Georgia Best Have?

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GainesvilleALLTHEWAY!!! … if you remember, Gainesville starters played until mid in the 4th quarter. It was only a 28-12 halftime lead over North Hall. The Trojans were very much in the game until late in the 3rd.

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Grayson deserves the ranking;however, rankings do not win rings. Camden lost to Grayson fair and square. Camden lost 15 starteres from the STATE CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM. Grayson retured a lot of quality players. Camden lost to Grayson by 4 points and lost to Hoover by 3. May the play-offs begin. Camden is rebuilding, but will tradition, coaching and hard work make the difference? Heck I think tradition makes the difference—–We will be ready.It is really hard to get it done if you have not done it. Been there done that. South Ga Rules.

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anybody know how the day of the playoffs ie friday v saturday is determined? for instance the weekend of December 4/5 will the game for AAA be friday or sat?

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plowboy, read last week we were called the best team in the state… how could we go from best to falling just with a bye… this should tell you rivals means nothing

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TO–this is why you play the game……Just because you win the champioship, doesnt necessarily mean you are the best team….( just the one left standing) Remember, some of the best teams knock eachother out of the play-offs, and that gives the lesser teams a realistic chance to make the dance. Some brackets are weak,and others are strong. Just think…(the best team dont always win and the worst team dont always lose)….THAT IS WHY YOU PLAY THE GAME!

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Who cares about rankings or the raise in popularity. All that matters is what happens between the lines in the play-offs. Lowndes and Grayson have great teams but if each team fumbles six times resulting in points for the other team, they will loose. In order to win a State championship you must have a little luck. All the teams are good. That is why they are in the play-offs. You never know what will happen. Go Camden

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CJ, LaGrange Slayer and Carver-Col Fan, As I said before the game last Friday, “of course, Carver should win. They should beat anyone in GHS football considering the fact that they have the cream of the crop in all of Muscogee County.” Coach Dell McGee has no shame in taking advantage of the 11,000-12,000 high school kids who play outside of their districts in order to play for Carver. Speaking of which, where are all of the so called D-1 prospects from the past few years other than Jarmon Fortson and Deron Furr? Answer: “Nowhere”. Why? Because Carver Col does not meet the basic standards for college criteria. As for the officials from Columbus, they are legendary. Always have been. I will grant you this: Carver is the biggest, quickest HS football team I have seen in 2009. Maybe ever. But watch what happens to these poor kids once they leave high school.

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The P-Ridge @ NG game Friday night is going to be awesome! The best of the best will be playing! While I may not know all the stats and all the players names, as a mom who has grown to LOVE high school football over the last few years my wish is that both teams stay healthy this week and that they bring good sportsmanship with them to the game.

Regarding the fans, I hope that Suwanee PD is breaking out that OT because if the NG fans are anything like they were the last time we played in their house, the extra law enforcement will be needed.

Hmmm… on that note… RIDGE, GO KICK SOME NG TAIL!

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so does no one want to recognize the heavyweight in AAAAA, Newnan!!! Region Champs 4 years in a row, we go to the playoffs like a fat kid goes to the candy store and this year we dont have Russell Powell to throw games and CamdenCounty isn’t really in our way….. THINK ABOUT IT.

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are you guys scared to say the N-word? Newnan…… still remember we have the “Tree Twins” making plays on Defense and Offense and a pretty confident QB, and a team to rally around them. plus our playoff standing has us playing most of the Postseason in the Cuga Cage (Drake Stadium)

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Cuga Fan Did’t you play Camden at Drake last year? Home field really doesn’t matter does it.Was that the most embarassing loss in the history of the school? You guys have a great team. Good luck in the play-offs. Hopefully you want have too play Camden or Lowndes. SOUTH GA RULES

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I think yall have lost your mind about northside lose two straight game in a row!!!! Yall must be kind a drugs !!!!!!!!!!!!

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To Slalom1, LaGrange football dynasty is over. Carver-Col. is a great

public school and always will be. The student athletes will do fine in

any career they choose after high school. Not everyone can be a doctor

or lawyer. It is people like you that put up barriers and excuses to

keep them from being successful. Coach Dell McGee is an excellent

coach and mentor. I’m happy that many parents of Columbus, GA has

chosen to send their kids to Carver, which is thier right to do so.

Hard work and dedication wins Championships. Carver-Col. will be the

2009 AAA State Champion.

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SLALOM1
Carver is a magnent school. I graduated from there. I have a four year degree. So for you to say that the kids from there don’t do well in life is crazy. How many players from Lagrange really go D-1, not counting Kentucky. If Carver was recruiting like you say, the GHSA would put a stop to it. This is sour grapes on your part. Why not take the butt whipping like a man, and not try to keep taking away from these kids. At first it was the refs, then it was the recruiting, what is it going to be next, the band plays too loud. You also mentioned that the kids don’t meet college standards, Jarvis jones is at USC, Deron is at Memphis, Leron is at OKS, Jarmon is at FSU, Chris Hubbard is at UAB, Colby Eason is at BYU, and Ryan Campbell is at Ole Miss. The list goes on. The score was 27-7. Just face it, you guys lost. As for real trojan56, only 2 high schools in Carrollton so dont even talk about recruiting it really happens there and everyone knows it. Every loser has an excuse.

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Harison and EP guys – Very quiet on here this week for you?
No countdown’s or just no chance to win this weekend? Both of you are clinging to a chance to make the palyoffs.
Woodstock and Etowah have clinched their seeds. Hoya’s are at home! Woodstock ripe for the upset, Ask Wolverine2Blazer lol!
Where are you guys? The season is not over yet…

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Todd:

You are right about “what do you know” about 7AAAA-A

Apparently, not much. Hiram would have lost to NorthWest Whitfield except for two gift fumbles in the red zone by the Bruins. If you look at the stats from that game you will see the Bruins won pretty much every battle except the final score. OF course, that was several weeks ago and things have improved for both Hiram and Dalton. This will be a much better game than you think and the outcome could be a lot different than you predict.

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Before the beginning of the season, I thought 1-AAAAA may have Lowndes vs Warner Robbins both undefeated playing for region championship. NSWR has been a surprise (rebuilding year)and Colquitt has developed as a true region threat. If Lowndes wins region (I think they will) the biggest plus is the fans not having to travel. It does not matter which side of the bracket or the ranking if you are truly a state title contender and Lowndes will be difficult to beat anywhere. Obviously at home with 8000 fans they are even tougher. Look out for the other three teams. They will really surprise some higher ranked teams in the playoffs.

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Pops~harharhar…..NOT. No way that this senior class is going to let ep come and pillage their senior night like we did to them last year. Woodstock will show EP how your suppose to defend your house. TAKE ‘EM TO THE WOODSHED ONE MORE TIME!

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Mays is a sleeper they looked like a new team at the end of the season they may not win state, but they will make a good run in the playoffs

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Wolverine2Blazer – Just trying involve the Harrison and EP guys. They are as expected, nowhere to be found?

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quit bitchin about how we play, we play the game how it is meant to be played, hard-nosed, badass football, how many other defenses in the state have given up 4.6 points per game this season, and we have outscored apponents a lot to a little, so quit hatin cause everyone better make sure they have made there piece with god cause buford is coming for the 3 peat and no one can stop us.

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Jerry, fumbles are part of the game. NWW got lucky with a last minute hail mary to score their only TD. Hiram came back after halftime to score 19 unanswered points. The same thing they have done against Hillgrove and Sprayberry.

Glad to see the new website is up!!

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Salom 1 ….. You need to bring some of your lame debates to the GAvarsity.com…..next List of D-1 Players @ Carver since 1980
DJ Jones DB UGA Nat.title team
Herman Archie WR UGA SEC champs 81,82
Nate Odems DB Wis- NFL -Buff -All-pro
Tim Walton- DB Ohio st…DB Coach DET.lions
B.Buckner DT – Clemson -NFL-Pitt 2 super Bowl App
G.Ford-DB UGA
Jasper Sanks -RB UGA
Herman Lewis- RB Wake forest
Justin Coleman- DB Ole miss
Rod Hood- Auburn NFL -Phil,Tenn
Ryan Davis -DB UGA
Lamel Ages DB Auburn
Marlon Davis-OG Bama
Travis Day- DE KY
Jarvis Jones -USC
Ryan Campbell -Ole miss
Luron Furr OK.ST
and the list goes on……Salom 1…….

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RealTrojans56—Please stop crying about what CARVER is doing in COLUNBUS! They are not doing anything the GHSA will allow them to . Do you think the GHSA would allow them to have an unfair advantage over everybody else? I dont see anybody saying anything about the private schools that recruite their players! They are the ones with an advantage…not public schools! Talk about that if you would please.

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the only way buford will nevermind buford will get beat by fitzgerald their best is not gonna be goood enough, fitz is to strong and fast, our soph qb has already thrown over 1000 yds rb avg 350yds a game the team avgs 500+ yds a game, if fitz played in region 6 and never played 2nd or 3rd string we would out score twice what buford has done. give me a break

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Hey BearFan1, you’ve had some good comments, but what is the point of the last one? You are correct, not all of Marist’s athletes come from Dekalb County, but “the entire north Georgia area” is a stretch to say the least. Most of the kids are from Dekalb or Fulton, with a smattering from Gwinnett.

You also need to realize Marist is playing in the 4A classification with a 2A enrollment, and they have won the director’s cup for their classification every year it has been awarded. Nine titles last year and runners up in three others.

I was at the Marist – Griffin scrimmage in August that was a 14-14 tie, and was in the rain at the SWD – Marist game. SWD is a much better football team than Griffin, which is not to say they can’t be beat.

Oh yeah, and for the comment about how Mt. Zion only lost to Marist last year by one measly point and could have easily won – I was at that game too and it wasn’t that close. Marist had a big lead and put the reserves in and Mt. Zion scored a couple of touchdowns late to close the gap. War Eagles were in control of the game the whole way.

None the less, good luck to Griffin in the playoffs, but if you’re playing Marist or SWD, you better bring everything you’ve got-

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*loses not losses.

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Cane fan ive got to disagree. im a fan of charlton county and i dont have them winning state this year i got buford. i remember fitz would beat charlton in the regular season and then charlton would win state. i believe this happened 3 times. fitzgerald was nowhere to be found in the playoffs. and basically the championship game was buford v.s. charlton every year. why would this year be any different.

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stop hateing on carver columbus lagrange just got beat that’s 3 years in a row aint nobody recruiting all of the stars on the team all went to middle school together at rothschild middle school. If you knew better you would know that’s carver’s district! get some kind of life please.

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Bulldawgbite got to give it up and go with Cane fan this time.
Tough competition and Fitz is looking very good this year.
Both Defensively and Offensively.

Always hard to go against Buford and Charlton is always one of my favorites but I got a feeling Fitz is for real and will show it this time around.

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I’m not going to knock Grayson or NSWR, they won fair and square but, Lowndes is fired up after the loss to NSWR. I say let the chips fall where they may and leave it all on the field. Go Mighty Vikings!!!!

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Obviously, someone has not seen Fitzgerald play this year.

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Packers came close to beating Northside, scored more on them than Lowndes did. One thing that really bothers me as far as how the outcome could have been is the terrible, unprofessional call by the refs when they “lost count of downs” and even though it was Packers ball and 4th and about a foot, the refs gave the ball to Northside because they lost count of the downs.
It is on tape and the refs have since said that they made a major mistake. Pack was in the red zone and might have scored, if so, add in what we scored after that you would have had the final score, Pack: 24 Northside 20 instead of Northside 20 Pack 17. So Northside should be VERY thankful for the stupidity of the refs in that game. So while they won the game, it was with some controversy.
The Pack won the second half hands down, Colquitt County’s big problem is starting slow and that cost them by letting Northside score twice in the 1st. But Northside never could score a touchdown again after that and the Pack out scored them the rest of the game but it was too little too late add in the refs error and you get a lose for the Pack a win for Northside. But that is how the cookie crumbles sometimes.

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