AAAAA playoff preview: Five facts from each first-round game
Each day this week, we’ll look at the playoff draw for one of the five classifications above Class A, continuing today with Class AAAAA. Here are five interesting facts about each of the 16 games, with an emphasis on playoff history. One team has reached seven quarterfinals, five semifinals and two finals in the past eight years but is playing its first-round game this year on the road. Find out which one below.
Favorite: Northside-Warner Robins
Best draw: Warner Robins
Worst draw: Flowery Branch
Sleeper: Ware County
Best first-round matchup: Tucker at Creekview
Effingham County (6-4) at Northside (10-0)
- Northside-Warner Robins is 13-1 in the first round at home all-time but lost in 2010 to Whitewater in one of the notable upsets of the past decade in the state playoffs. Northside was 10-0 and ranked No. 1 then, and now.
- Northside has won 10 games in a season for the 15th consecutive season, which is a state record. Five of those 10 victories this season came against playoff teams.
- Effingham County has lost six straight first-round games in the playoffs. The school’s last victory came in a 1995 region playoff. The last state-playoff victory came in 1987, when Effingham reached the Class AAAA title game and lost to Morrow.
- Effingham County is 47th in scoring offense (20.4) and 34th in scoring defense (22.9) against a schedule that is ranked 67th among 75 teams in Class AAAAA. Northside is second in scoring (43.9) and first in scoring defense (7.0) against a schedule that is 28th.
- Northside beat Effingham County 49-14 in the first round of the 2002 playoffs in the only previous meeting between these schools.
Creekside (7-3) at Thomas Co. Central (8-2)
- Creekside’s last playoff win came in 2006, a 20-0 victory over Griffin in the second round when Eric Berry was Creekside’s quarterback. Creekside has lost seven consecutive road games in the playoffs, last winning in 1997.
- Thomas County Central set a state record by winning 27 straight home playoff games from 1987 to 2006 (ended by St. Pius in overtime). Thomas Central is 5-3 at home in the playoffs since then but lost the last two, including to Dutchtown 15-0 in the first round last season.
- Thomas County Central won five state titles in the 1990s but has gone no further than the semifinals since 2007.
- Creekside is 36th in scoring offense (24.5) and fifth in scoring defense (9.8) against a schedule that is ranked 56th among 75 teams in AAAAA. Thomas County Central is 13th in scoring offense (34.6) and 15th in scoring defense (15.3) against a schedule that is 11th.
- Creekside beat Thomas County Central 10-6 in the first round of the 2000 playoffs in the only previous meeting between these schools. Creekside was 13-1 that season.
North Paulding (7-3) at Flowery Branch (8-2)
- North Paulding, which opened in 2009, is the youngest school in the AAAAA playoffs. This is North Paulding’s first trip to the playoffs.
- Flowery Branch, which opened in 2002, also was in its fourth season of football (2005) when it made the playoffs for the first time and reached the quarterfinals.
- Flowery Branch is 13-7 in the state playoffs and has made the quarterfinals four times and the semifinals twice.
- North Paulding is seventh in scoring offense (37.0) and 45th in scoring defense (26.7) against a schedule that is ranked 50th among 75 teams in AAAAA. Flowery Branch is 20th in scoring offense (32.6) and 35th in scoring defense (23.3) against a schedule that is third.
- These schools have never met in football. They are the only AAAAA schools 10 years old or less that are playing in the first round.
Tucker (8-2) at Creekview (9-1)
- Creekview is playing a home playoff game for the first time in its history. The school in Canton opened in 2006 and has had winning seasons five of seven years under one coach, Al Morrell. Creekview has played on the road at Eastside in 2008 and Carrollton in 2009, losing both.
- Over the past 10 seasons, Tucker has reached seven quarterfinals, five semifinals and two finals. Tucker won state titles in 2008 and 2011.
- Tucker is 4-1 on the road in the playoffs since 2003. Before that, Tucker didn’t travel well, losing nine of 11 road playoff games.
- Tucker is 17th in scoring offense (33.3) and fifth in scoring defense (9.8) against a schedule that is ranked 16th among 75 teams in AAAAA. Creekview is 11th in scoring offense (36.0) and 14th in scoring defense (15.0) against a schedule that is 73rd.
- These school have never played each other in football.
Lakeside (5-5) at Ware County (9-1)
- Ware County first made the playoffs in 1960 (Class A semifinals) and is 23-24 all-time in postseason games. Ware has lost in two state finals (1961, 2007) but never won a state championship.
- Lakeside of Evans is in the state playoffs in back-to-back seasons for the first time in history. The school, which opened in 1988, did play two postseason games in 1992, but one was a region playoff. Lakeside has not won a true state playoff game on the road.
- Lakeside is 1-5 against state playoff teams. No other AAAAA playoff team has played against more playoff qualifiers.
- Lakeside is 37th in scoring offense (24.4) and 56th in scoring defense (31.2) against a schedule that is ranked 34th among 75 teams in AAAAA. Ware County is 16th in scoring offense (33.6) and second in scoring defense (8.3) against a schedule that is 62nd.
- Ware County leads the series between these schools 3-0, winning most recently 31-6 in 2010. They have never met in the playoffs.
Bainbridge (7-3) at Union Grove (9-1)
- Union Grove is playing its first home playoff game since 2002, when the McDonough school beat Lumpkin County and Washington-Wilkes on the way to the Class AA quarterfinals in its third year of existence.
- Bainbridge has played in postseason games in 20 previous seasons and won a state title in 1983.
- Bainbridge is 2-7 in first-round playoff games since 2002.
- Bainbridge is 28th in scoring offense (26.9) and 24th in scoring defense (18.6) against a schedule that is ranked 26th among 75 teams in AAAAA. Union Grove is 26th in scoring offense (29.1) and 16th in scoring defense (15.4) against a schedule that is 61st.
- These school have never played each other in football.
Clarke Central (5-5) at East Paulding (10-0)
- Clarke Central is 5-5 and in danger of its first losing season since 2005. Current coach Leroy Ryals arrived in 2006.
- East Paulding’s best finish is the Class AAAA semifinals in 2006.
- East Paulding is 6-1 in home playoff games. East’s first home playoff loss came to Warner Robins in the 2011 quarterfinals. Clarke is 1-4 on the road in the playoffs since 2004.
- Clarke Central is 25th in scoring offense (29.4) and 32nd in scoring defense (21.6) against a schedule that is ranked second among 75 teams in AAAAA. East Paulding is fourth in scoring offense (42.5) and fourth in scoring defense (9.0) against a schedule that is 57th.
- East Paulding beat Clarke Central 24-10 in the second round of the AAAA playoffs in 2010. Clarke was 11-0 and ranked No. 2 at the time.
Pope (7-3) at Stephenson (7-2)
- Stephenson has lost in the first round four of the past five seasons, all in the highest classification. Three of those losses came at Hallford Stadium, site of this game.
- Pope has made the playoffs for three consecutive seasons for the first time in history. Pope has two state playoff wins – against Marietta in 2000 and Mays in 2011.
- This is the 12th straight season that Stephenson has made the state playoffs. Stephenson’s best finish was the semifinals in 2005.
- Pope is 49th in scoring offense (20.3) and 27th in scoring defense (19.2) against a schedule that is ranked 37th among 75 teams in AAAAA. Stephenson is 18th in scoring (33.2) and 24th in scoring defense (17.3) against a schedule that is fifth.
- Pope is playing its 25th season of varsity football but has never played a team from DeKalb County or played at Hallford Stadium, site of this game.
Northgate (5-5) at Harris County (6-4)
- Harris County won its first region title this season. The school’s first season of varsity football was in 1956. Harris County is 0-6 all-time in the playoffs, including five first-round losses since 2000. This will be the first state playoff game held at Harris County and second postseason game. Harris hosted a region final in 1976.
- Northgate is 3-6 all-time in the playoffs. Northgate’s best finish was the Class AA quarterfinals in 2000.
- Northgate is 0-5 against playoff teams, 5-0 against non-playoff teams. No other AAAAA playoff contender has more losses to playoff teams than Northgate.
- Northgate is 52nd in scoring offense (19.7) and 19th in scoring defense (16.9) against a schedule that is ranked 13th among 75 teams in AAAAA. Harris County is 30th in scoring offense (25.7) and 37th in scoring defense (24.2) against a schedule that is 33rd.
- Northgate defeated Harris County 35-0 in 2011 and 17-14 in 2010 in the only meeting between these schools. They were members of Region 3-AAAA in those years.
Richmond Hill (8-2) at Warner Robins (8-2)
- Richmond Hill is in the playoffs for the first time since 1996, the only other year in which the Wildcats have played in the postseason.
- Richmond Hill suffered through 14 consecutive losing seasons after a 9-4 finish in 1996 until 2011, when the team went 6-4 under Lyman Guy, who came to the school in 2010.
- Warner Robins is 53-30 in the postseason since its first appearance in 1957. Warner Robins won state titles in 1976, 1981, 1988 and 2004.
- Richmond Hill is ninth in scoring offense (36.3) and second in scoring defense (8.3) against a schedule that is ranked 74th among 75 teams in AAAAA. Warner Robins is fifth in scoring offense (37.8) and 20th in scoring defense (17.1) against a schedule that is 41st.
- These school have never played each other in football.
Southwest DeKalb (7-3) at Kell (9-1)
- Southwest DeKalb is 47-32 in postseason games since making its first appearance in 1959. Southwest has won state titles in 1972 and 1996.
- Kell has made the playoffs each of the past five seasons. Its best finish was the quarterfinals in 2010.
- Kell won its second region title in history this season. The first came in 2010.
- Southwest DeKalb is 50th in scoring offense (20.0) and 12th in scoring defense (14.8) against a schedule that is ranked 23th among 75 teams in AAAAA. Kell is 19th in scoring offense (32.6) and 12th in scoring defense (14.8) against a schedule that is 27th.
- Kell has never played a team from DeKalb County. Southwest DeKalb played at Pebblebrook this year. Southwest has not played a playoff game in Cobb County since a 28-21 victory over McEachern in the first round of the 1995 state playoffs.
Rome (8-2) at Gainesville (7-3)
- Rome is looking for its first playoff victory since reaching the semifinals in 2008, the best finish in school history.
- Gainesville has not missed the playoffs since coach Bruce Miller’s arrival in 2002 and is 8-2 in the first round, 7-0 at home in the first round.
- Gainesville is 61-43 in the postseason since its first appearance in 1951. No other Georgia school has won more playoff games or region titles without a state championship.
- Rome is eighth in scoring offense (36.7) and 47th in scoring defense (28.0) against a schedule that is ranked 53rd among 75 teams in AAAAA. Gainesville is third in scoring offense (43.7) and 33rd in scoring defense (21.9) against a schedule that is seventh.
- Rome and Gainesville have never played. Gainesville did have a playoff rivalry with West Rome in the early 1970s in Class AA. Gainesville won a 1970 quarterfinal and 1972 semifinal against West Rome, whose coach then was Nick Hyder. West Rome beat Gainesville in the 1971 quarterfinals and 1974 semifinals. West Rome merged with East Rome in 1992 to form Rome High.
Lee County (7-3) at Whitewater (9-1)
- Lee County will be looking for its third playoff victory in history. The others came in 1999 and 2005. The school began playing football in 1971.
- Whitewater will be looking for its third playoff victory in history. The others came in 2007 and 2010. This will be Whitewater’s first home playoff game since 2007. The school opened in 2004.
- Whitewater won its first region title in history this year (Region 4).
- These school have never played each other in football. Neither has ventured far from home. Lee County beat a metro Atlanta team for the first time this season (Morrow).
- Lee County is first in scoring offense (45.0) and 38th in scoring defense (25.2) against a schedule that is ranked 65th among 75 teams in AAAAA. Whitewater is 15th in scoring offense (34.3) and 10th in scoring defense (10.0) against a schedule that is 51st.
Jones County (7-3) at Glynn Academy (7-3)
- Glynn Academy has made the playoffs seven of the past eight years. Before that, Glynn had made it only once in 15 years. Glynn is 1-6 in the first round during the recent stretch.
- Glynn Academy won a state championship in 1964. Other schools in this draw that have won state championships are Tucker, Thomas County Central, Southwest DeKalb, Warner Robins, Clarke Central, Bainbridge and Northside.
- Jones County is in the playoffs for the first time since 2004. Jones County’s last playoff victory came in 2001. The Greyhounds have won two region playoff games but only that one state-playoff game in the history of the program, which dates to the 1940s.
- Jones County is 23rd in scoring offense (32.0) and 44th in scoring defense (26.5) against a schedule that is ranked 55th among 75 teams in AAAAA. Glynn Academy is 10th in scoring offense (36.2) and eighth in scoring defense (12.1) against a schedule that is 54th.
- These school have never played each other in football.
Sequoyah (7-3) at M.L. King (10-0)
- M.L. King enters the playoffs as a region champion and No. 1 seed for the third consecutive season and the fourth time in six seasons.
- M.L. King has played 11 of its 12 playoff games since 2005 in Hallford Stadium and has a 7-4 record there.
- This will be Sequoyah’s first playoff game since 2008. Sequoyah’s best finish is the AAAAA quarterfinals in 2004, when Sequoyah lost to eventual champion Lowndes.
- Sequoyah is 12th in scoring offense (36.0) and 21st in scoring defense (21.0) against a schedule that is ranked 68th among 75 teams in AAAAA. M.L. King is 21st in scoring offense (32.5) and seventh in scoring defense (10.5) against a schedule that is ninth.
- These schools have never played each other in football. Sequoyah does have a history in DeKalb County, however. The Chiefs came to North DeKalb Stadium in 2001 and beat No. 3-ranked and 10-0 Tucker 17-0 in the first round.
Heritage (8-2) at Allatoona (9-1)
- Heritage of Conyers has made the playoffs for three straight seasons for the first time in its history, which began in 1976. Heritage is 3-5 all-time in the postseason and has never advanced past the second round.
- Allatoona is in the playoffs for the third consecutive season. Its best finish is the AAA quarterfinals last season, when Allatoona lost to eventual champion Burke County 32-28.
- Opened in 2008, Allatoona is playing its fourth full season of varsity football. The only younger school to make the AAAAA playoffs is North Paulding, which opened in 2009.
- Heritage is 33rd in scoring offense (25.0) and ninth in scoring defense (13.7) against a schedule that is ranked 35th among 75 teams in AAAAA. Allatoona is 14th in scoring offense (34.5) and11th in scoring defense (14.7) against a schedule that is 58th.
- These schools have never played each other in football.
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115 comments Add your comment
FridayNightLightsFan
November 13th, 2012
7:12 am
Go East Paulding Raiders!
East fan
November 13th, 2012
7:35 am
I hope pope wins! The raiders are looking to avenge the lost last year when pope stole the region championship!!
Robins Demons
November 13th, 2012
8:01 am
Richmond Hill is not going to be easy!
BcS2010
November 13th, 2012
8:14 am
Region 6 could go 4-0!!
THE "CANNON RULES"!!
November 13th, 2012
8:35 am
@BcS2010 & ALL REGION 6 Posters!…
You been on here ALL year venting about nobody else in the STATE playing football except 3 or 4 DeKalb teams in 6AAAAA…Do you think N.S.W.R. is afraid of say M.L.King??? Don’t think so they are probably ready for ALL comers. It’s a NEW season now so…buddy WELCOME TO THE PLAYOFFS! Let’s see how things REALLY shake out!!!
M.L.K. / Sequoyah…Baring an upset I give you M.L.K. in this one, maybe M.L.K. BIG!!!
KELL / SWD…KELL by 10+ points!
CREEKVIEW / TUCKER…CREEKVIEW in a close one (sorry Tiger4LIFE)
STEPHENSON / POPE…Ok! I’ll give you this one but don’t count POPE out they could surprise!
So AT BEST the 6AAAAA (SEC) goes 2 / 2 this week and a break here and there and you are 1 / 3!
Let’s get past this week then we will talk the ROUND 2 match-ups and see who is left!!!
STEPHENSON / POPE should be a good game! While it would be fun to beat STEPHENSON I am with East Fan, it would be nice to beat POPE after last years hiccup against them!
TICK…TICK…TICK…BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!
GO RAIDERS!!!
2012 REGION 5 AAAAA CHAMPIONS!…ON TO THE DOME!!!!
stuffhappens
November 13th, 2012
8:37 am
BcS2010
November 13th, 2012
8:14 am
Region 6 could go 4-0!!
We’ll see about that…….
Dboy Scott
November 13th, 2012
8:54 am
@The Cannon Rules do you really think Creekview who have not played anybody all year will beat a battle tested Tucker Team?? Lets keep it real Tucker 30-10 over Creekview..
THE "CANNON RULES"!!
November 13th, 2012
9:27 am
@ Dboy Scott…
You got a 9 / 1 CREEKVIEW and a 8 / 2 TUCKER…
CREEKVIEW is HOSTING the game after winning a triple overtime game last week. They BARELY lost to Region 7 #1 KELL 33 / 29 earlier in the year for their ONLY loss or this team would be 10 / 0!
They will have a PACKED “GRIZZLY DEN” cheering them on and as these teams have NEVER played each other neither really knows WHAT TO EXPECT!
So YEAH, I think this game is definitely one that CREEKVIEW could win!
Don’t get me wrong I would LOVE for TUCKER and EAST to meet in the SEMI Round…I think that would be a GREAT game but we BOTH have to run the table to get there!
TICK…TICK…TICK…BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!
GO RAIDERS!!!
2012 REGION 5 AAAAA CHAMPIONS!…ON TO THE DOME!!!!
Tiger4Life
November 13th, 2012
9:29 am
@CANNON
I know your serious o_0
You of all people, the biggest stat fanaitc of all time. Did you miss this one?
“Tucker is 17th in scoring offense (33.3) and fifth in scoring defense (9.8) against a schedule that is ranked 16th among 75 teams in AAAAA. Creekview is 11th in scoring offense (36.0) and 14th in scoring defense (15.0) against a schedule that is 73rd.”
They played the 73rd easiest schedule out of 75 teams.A ny playoff team from Region 6 played that line-up they would be leading in every statistal category known to man.
Have you seen these guys on film or you just hoping our Region go 2-2?
Tiger4Life
November 13th, 2012
9:31 am
I meant “I know your NOT serious”
Tiger4Life
November 13th, 2012
9:35 am
They look like Lakeside mixed with Dunwoody 0_0
This would be just as big of an upset as Whitewater/Northside IMO
Tiger4Life
November 13th, 2012
9:41 am
And did you read the article from that triple OT win. It was a miricale they tied the game at the end to a 6-3 team to take it to OT. Riverwood played the 72th easiest schedule.
nhs eagle
November 13th, 2012
9:50 am
northside will have a rough schedule most likely playing T.C.C, Tucker or Flowery Branch in the first 3 rounds.
. RealisticFan
November 13th, 2012
9:51 am
I’m gonna keep things real.
- I have not ventured beyond seeing Region 5 games this year. Some of the rest of you apparently get to see 2,3 or even more games on a Friday night given your professed knowledge about teams out side of your own region.
- I will root for all the Reg5 teams but know the reality of those teams, and they are as follows:
#4-North Paulding- In the playoffs for the very first time and pretty much just glad to have made the dance. They are indeed an up and coming program. Reality: An above average offense that should put up 17 to 21 on Flowery Branch………a way way below average defense that gives up yards and points by the bushel. Flowery Branch 56, North Paulding 21 maybe 28.
-#3-Rome- Very small ream physically. A pedestrian offense that has a couple of scat backs and a capable QB, Defense is small and only has a couple decent tacklers. Should be a long ride home from Gainsville. Gainsville 42, Rome-10
#2 Allatoona- good coaches good core set of athletes who play hard for 4 qtrs. Offense is predictable but above average given a a nice stable of backs. A below average QB seems to limit the passing game consistency. If they can establish the run they will be hard to beat. Defense is well above average but must regroup quickly from last weeks mauling. Allatoona 28, Heritage-Conyers 17
#1 East Paulding – Dominating offensive line. Brutal running game and a predictable but tough to stop play action passing game. Probably one of the best QBs the state doesn’t know a lot about yet. Coaching staff introduced the wildcat in the game against Allatoona, adding yet another threat to an already lethal offense. Defense is above average, big physical line, aggressive mobile backers and good run stopping secondary. Pass coverage is suspect especially on 1st or 2nd down but good line pressure on opposing QB keeps the exposure minimized so far. A mobile QB could pose problems. I predict East comes out sloppy but wins a closer than expected 38-21 game against Clarke Central. Should be the wake up call East needs to get their focus going forward. If however I’m wrong about them coming out sloppy and they want to make a statement it could easily be a 49-7 or worse type game.
As far as the rest of the Regions……..one week at a time….Your turn will come. Respect all, fear none.
Overall I’d say that Northside, WR and Ware look like rough customers or at least on paper it would seem that way. Not sure what Kell or Creekview bring this year but ill be rooting for them.
Lastly- Region 6 folks……good to see you supporting you fellow region teams, but who you’ve played 1, 3, 10, or 20 years ago has little bearing on this Fridays games. I am willing to however declare Reg6 the AAAAA Blogging Champions of 2012.
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THE "CANNON RULES"!!
November 13th, 2012
10:07 am
@ Tiger4Life…
I KNEW I would get s RISE outta you! LOL!
FIRST off I said they COULD not that they WOULD!!! It will take the PERFECT STORM for them to get the win…I only leaned to them because it at their place, and all the variables of you guys having never played each other before. BUT as I also said…
“Don’t get me wrong I would LOVE for TUCKER and EAST to meet in the SEMI Round…I think that would be a GREAT game but we BOTH have to run the table to get there!”
So let’s hope both teams take care of business and you can come visit “THE BONEYARD” in a few weeks! Good Luck this week!
TICK…TICK…TICK…BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!
GO RAIDERS!!!
2012 REGION 5 AAAAA CHAMPIONS!…ON TO THE DOME!!!!
ALL TUCKERRED UP
November 13th, 2012
10:41 am
GOOD LUCK TO ALL REGION 6 TEAMS. IF TUCKER GOING TO PLAY LIKE LAST WEEK THEY WILL MAKE AN EARLY EXIT!!!! STRIVE TO GET BETTER. DO NOT BELIEVE SOME ONE MIGHT LAY DOWN FOR YOU BECAUSE YOU ARE TUCKER. THAT IS NOT HAPPENNING!!!!!!!!!!
. RealisticFan
November 13th, 2012
10:44 am
Just tossing this out there: I think everyone here blogging knows that ultimately the big elephant in the room/classification is Northside. Except for Northside fans I think the biggest sign of respect is is knowing that the rest of the bloggers are secretly hoping that Northside gets upset.
That should tick off some folks….especially the Reg 6 guys.
JAGNATION
November 13th, 2012
10:50 am
First good luck to all reg6 teams! All this talk about these teams going 2/2 or 1/3 is nonsense!!! All four teams have size speed and athletes. These other teams will be in for a rude awakening when they see these athletes with the size and speed! We have SWD that has a rich playoff history. TUCKER is defending STATE CHAMPS it speaks for itself. STEPHENSON and MLK are coming out of the top classification where they played against powerhouses every year in the playoffs. These CATS are battle tested and ready!!!!!!!!!!
. RealisticFan
November 13th, 2012
11:04 am
@JAGNATION: Gave you seen teams outside Reg6 play this year or not ? Just a straight forward question. If so and who ?
THE "CANNON RULES"!!
November 13th, 2012
11:06 am
@ JAGNATION…
YEAH…YEAH…YEAH…
S.W.D. brought that “rich playoff history” in “THE BONEYARD” last year and lost to an EAST team with a SOPHOMORE QB and many other positions filled with Sophomores and Juniors…
These kids are now another year seasoned…our QB is now a JUNIOR leading a BIG, FAST, TALENTED squad into the playoffs AGAIN…the “D” had 4 shutouts this year and are STILL averaging 9 pts per game!!!
You want to talk SIZE and SPEED…you can see a “preview”, the EAST / ALLATOONA game from last week is on Comcast “On Demand”…
I agree with . RealisticFan…
THE Big Dog in this fight, until proven otherwise…is NORTHSIDE W.R.!
I still say Region 6 goes 2 / 2 AT BEST!!!
TICK…TICK…TICK…BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!
GO RAIDERS!!!
2012 REGION 5 AAAAA CHAMPIONS!…ON TO THE DOME!!!!
. RealisticFan
November 13th, 2012
11:11 am
Sorry …….Have you ?
Old Gold Panther
November 13th, 2012
11:15 am
I find it weird that Stephenson schedule is ranked 5th, MLK schedule is ranked 9th, and Tucker schedule is ranked 16th. While SWD schedule is ranked 23rd when we all played the same opponents except one non-region game. Stephenson didn’t even play its non region game. But whats weird is SWD the only one out of the four that played 3 top 10 ranked opponents but has the worst ranked schedule.
datguy
November 13th, 2012
11:20 am
THOMAS COUNTY CENTRAL YELLOW JACKETS SHOULD MAKE A GREAT RUN IN THE PLAYOFF AS LONG AS THEY CAN STOP ALL PENALTIES AGAINST GREAT TEAMS.. NO DOUBT THAT THEY CAN’T PUT UP POINTS.. THEY HAVE GREAT D AND I SEE THEM MOVING PAST CREEKSIDE TO PLAY NORTH SIDE.. THING ON LAST YEAR HOW TCC SHOCKED STATESBORO IN THE FIRST ROUND WITH THIS YOUNG BUTCH, SO I CAN SEE THEM MOVING FAR, JUST BECAUSE OF THE STRENGTH OF THEY SCHEDULE.. LOSING TO C.COUNTY BY TWO.. C.COUNTY BEAT CAMDEN SO I’M HAVING FAITH THEY CAN GO FAR.. WITH A TOP QB IN ADAM CHOICE AND A GREAT BACK FIELD FULL OF FIRE POWER THAT WASN’T REALLY PLAYED IN THE REGION CHAMPIONSHIP ON LAST WEEK.. GREAT LUCK TOO ALL THE SOUTH GEORGIA TEAMS…. CAIRO, VALDOSTA,L.VIKINGS,TCC, AND BAINBRIDGE!
Old Gold Panther
November 13th, 2012
11:24 am
Alright now Cannon Rule yea EP won….. don’t make it seem like EP just dominated and ran off with the game. It was a tough game. And this not a complaint b/c its nothing we can do about it now… but if you watch the game film EP’s only TD scored, was on a HB throwback to the QB in which there was a lineman standing right next to him in the end zone. Can we say ineligible receiver down field? Check the tape.
BcS2010
November 13th, 2012
11:30 am
@THE “CANNON RULES”!!…. I no you do not seriously think creekview is going to beat tucker. Lol tucker is 8-2 not 2-8 they are still a great team. There 2 losses came by a combined 14 points and they was 24-17 against MLK and 13-6 against Stephenson. I don’t understand why people think tucker sucks or something because they lost 2 games to 2 good teams by a touchdown a piece but y’all can believe what you want! I guarantee you that the teams in the playoffs know about tucker!! The defending state champs!! I can’t believe y’all are disrespecting the tucker tigers like this. It’s sad but I’mma be honest now. 1. Tucker will beat creekview easily. 2.MLK wins 3.Stephenson wins 4. I’m pulling for SWD but they will probably lose lol. So at worst we will be 3-1 but don’t be shocked if u see us 4-0!!
And let’s talk about ur East Paulding Raiders.. I respect y’all to the Max. I think y’all are 1 of the 5 teams who could win state but!!yall have work to do also.. Stephenson is in y’all region of the bracket and that is another 1 of the 5 teams who can win state. I hope y’all play them so we can see how good y’all really are.
But you have ur own opinion like me about the tucker vs creekview game but i think it’s not a very smart prediction
. RealisticFan
November 13th, 2012
11:40 am
@Old Gold Panther
It was indeed a rough game. It was actually dominated by a lack off offense on both sides or if you prefer two strong defenses. We both also know that key offensive weapons on each side were out with injury so just finding a way to score including reverses by SWD and yes a throwback pass by East were in fact necessary. In reality I kinda thought that both teams performance and coaching were underwhelming that night. As far as a lineman in the endzone on that play……wasn’t the line of scrimmage the 3……making the lineman within the 5 yards of scrimmage allowed ? Maybe it was the 8 yd line I don’t remember
BcS2010
November 13th, 2012
11:43 am
Jus looked at the brackets again the 2nd round should be EPIC!!! You have NSWR vs TCC, Flowery branch vs tucker, EP vs Stephenson,Kell vs Gainsville, MLK vs altonna… It’s going to be crazy!!
. RealisticFan
November 13th, 2012
11:46 am
@BcS others, I’m keeping my predictions to round 1 between our Reg5 and Reg8, the other match ups will shake out however but I will say that a 4-0 by any Region over another is pretty unlikely.
JAB
November 13th, 2012
11:50 am
What you guys need to realize is that region 6AAAAA has been battled tested week after week, we don’t have to go outside of our region to play quality teams because they are all in the same region. Many regions has one, two or three top quality teams; we have 7 top quality teams. Also; Stephenson & MLK coming down from the state top classification were usually ranked team in the top 10 every. That’s why region 6AAAAA, Tucker had it’s most trying season this year because of this great talent we have… ENOUGH SAID! YOU HEARD IT HERE FROM JAB TO THE DOME REGION 6AAAAA******* MLK! STEPHENSON! TUCKER! SWD!
datguy
November 13th, 2012
11:50 am
Epic should be right.. Any prediction about the 2nd round
Old Gold Panther
November 13th, 2012
12:07 pm
@. RealisticFan…. I agree with everything you said… idk about the yard line I’ll have to check on that.
Cmon BSC maaan…but i understand why you would say that we will lose. lol.
@ Cannon rules… the Big Dog in this fight is TUCKER… DEFENDING STATE CHAMPS until proven otherwise.
JAB
November 13th, 2012
12:10 pm
Can’t wait until the playoff this week to show Region 1,2,3,4,5,7,8, what region 6AAAAA is made out of! Me (JAB) will be sitting on the vistor’s side at Hallford stadium for both MLK vs Sequoyah on Friday & Stephenson vs Pope on Saturday around the 40/50yrd. line just to see the reaction of their faces after they loose to Dekalb premier power house’s and Tucker & SWD will take care of business on the road…
datguy
November 13th, 2012
12:19 pm
Region 1 all day
tcc Champs!
November 13th, 2012
12:30 pm
When we talk about 5A, the power houses are Tcc,NR, Tucker,.. EP have never showed anything in the playoffs… They can go undefeated the whole season, but choke in the first round.. Why? Because in the regular season they play no one.. MLK is a alright team, but not impressive at all to me.. So let’s just sitback and relax and watch this exciting playoff year.
JAB
November 13th, 2012
12:38 pm
@ tcc Champs!, MLK has made it to the Qtr. Finals in the State Highest classification, so you better watch what you say! Both MLK & Stephenson brings that experience to class AAAAA… Different type of quality of teams!!
tcc Champs!
November 13th, 2012
12:54 pm
@Jab… I stand by what I say.. Yes they’re good but not good enough to ever win state.. I’ve watched them play and if they play a really well team, they don’t stand a chance… Stephenson wow really? Who are they? Let’s talk about teams in class 5A in metro Atlanta.. They are only good until the end of the season.. Remember when EP came to tcc undefeated and what was the out come?! MLK has been a school how long? Yea lol
HSFootball2012
November 13th, 2012
1:23 pm
@ tcc Champs! East is a different team than you saw in 2007.
“EP have never showed anything in the playoffs… They can go undefeated the whole season, but choke in the first round.. ”
Each time that East has been in the Playoffs They have never exited in the 1st round, unlike the 2010 TCC team or the 2008, 2001 TCC teams.
HSFootball2012
November 13th, 2012
1:29 pm
NS may not be the same team in the Playoffs that has been during the regular season, rumor has it injuries may be an issue for NS going into the 1st round.
tcc Champs!
November 13th, 2012
1:39 pm
When talking Tcc football from 2002 on up have made great playoff run… But as for EP,MLK, AND STEPHENSON I CAN’T SPEAK FOR BECAUSE TO ME, THEY ARE REALLY NO GOOD TEAMS UP NORTH AND IF YOU FIND A GOOD TEAM NORTH GA THEN YOU HAVE YOURSELF A GREAT TEAM.. I CAN TRULY SAY. YES THE SOUTH GEORGIA FOOTBALL HAVE FELL OFF A LIL BUT SOON WILL BE BACK..
THE "CANNON RULES"!!
November 13th, 2012
1:40 pm
@ tcc Champs!…
“They can go undefeated the whole season, but choke in the first round”…HUH!
EAST 06…12 / 2 Lost to MARIST in the Dome / State Semi-Finals!
EAST 07…UNDEFEATED 12 / 1 State Quarter Finals! Yeah this was the year TCC beat EAST (and it was a whippin’ 48 / 21) but then TCC lost the next week to WARE CTY!
EAST 08…moved UP to AAAAA & went 9 / 3 before losing to GRAYSON 17 / 7 in the 2nd ROUND
EAST 10…went 10 / 3 and beat #3 Ranked UNDEFEATED CLARKE CENTRAL in Athens before losing in the Quarter Finals!
EAST 11…11 / 2 beat S.W.D. to again play into the Quarter Finals!
POINT IS…EAST has not “CHOKED” in the 1st Round as you put it!!!
By the way…TCC Since 06…64 / 20…EAST 70 / 15!!!
TICK…TICK…TICK…BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!
GO RAIDERS!!!
2012 REGION 5 AAAAA CHAMPIONS!…ON TO THE DOME!!!!
tcc Champs!
November 13th, 2012
1:45 pm
@HSFOOTBALL2012… Northside have really been hurt due to injuries, but who hasn’t… If they are the team to beat then they should be alright.. Tcc have suffered injuries all year long with a Team full of sophomores and juniors.. That’s why I look for this playoff year to be very epic.. Can’t over look Lee County.. They’re #1 in offense.. The only thing with them, is that they don’t know how to put away a game.. But they also will make a great playoff run as well as Bainbridge
JAGNATION
November 13th, 2012
1:48 pm
@Realistic Fan. Let’s be REALISTIC!!!!!!!!!!!! No I have not seen the other teams play, but numbers don’t lie!!!!!!! WHY ARE THESE FOUR TEAMS IN OUR REGION SENDING NUMEROUS OF KIDS TO D-1 SCHOOLS EVERY YEAR!!!! Like I said, these kids are athletic with size!!!!!!! You look at the numbers!!!!! The other side to this is, If our COACHES just COACH!!!!!! Talent wise, there’s no comparison!!!! It takes more than just talent to win though. Coaches coaching, players making plays and a little luck also. No diss against Tucker, but what I am saying to you is what was said to Tucker about the athletes Stephenson and MLK have. Soooooooooooo, if your team meet any team from reg6 they better strap it on real tight and put their track shoes on. REGION 6 have different type of athletes!!!!!!!! THE CAT REGION WILL REIGN SUPREME!!!!!
MLK lion
November 13th, 2012
1:48 pm
i just wanna say that NSWR will NEVER win state as long as ML King is in the same classification
Northside who dat
November 13th, 2012
1:51 pm
So your saying that they don’t make it past semi finals? You can’t compare them to tcc.. Why because tcc has always been a better team.
2002,2003,2005,2006 has made great run in they playoff.. Matter of fact, they made it to the championship before being beaten Thompson
Northside who dat
November 13th, 2012
1:54 pm
Ml king want win it lol… Smh #1
Real talk
November 13th, 2012
2:09 pm
@Tiger4Life Creekview has one of the best defense in 5A!!! There offence is ok, but there defence will keep them in the game just like at river wood. And will PULL OUT A WIN AT THE END OF THE NIGHT!! AND Oh yeah home field ADVANTAGE !!!!!!!
FridayNightLightsFan
November 13th, 2012
2:13 pm
EP vs. SWD last year. If I remember right EP played that game without our starting QB. He returned the next week for the win against 11-0 Northgate.
THE "CANNON RULES"!!
November 13th, 2012
2:28 pm
@ FridayNightLightsFan…
You are correct and it was already brought to my attention due to an earlier post I made. Mitchell Webb missed several games with the broken hand issue and our 2nd string QB was hurt also so EAST had to play with it’s 3rd string QB which accounts for the low offensive output! Our starting QB Mitchell Webb came back the NEXT week vs. NORTHGATE.
TICK…TICK…TICK…BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!
GO RAIDERS!!!
2012 REGION 5 AAAAA CHAMPIONS!…ON TO THE DOME!!!!
. RealisticFan
November 13th, 2012
2:33 pm
For all you statistic fans. I did a little looking at the 32 teams in the AAAAA playoffs and have calculated the avg points scored, avg points against and diff against ONLY other playoff teams. This includes other classifications that were played. Yes some regions have different quality in them I think that we can all agree that there are some cupcakes in all the regions and by not factoring in non playoff teams we get a little better look at how the playoff teams stack up against each other.
Not saying it means anything just interesting to chew on.
Top 10 – Points Scored
1-Northside 42.8
2-East Paulding 38.3
3-Lee 36.0
4-Gainsville 34.8
5- Allatoona 34.0
6-North Paulding 33.3
7-Warner Robbins 31.8
8-ML King 30.3
9-TCC 29.1
10-Rome 26.7
Bottom 5
28- Union Grove 11.5
29- Effingham 9.3
30- Sequoyah 6.0
31-Pope 5.0
32-SWD 0.0
Top 5 Points Allowed
1-East Paulding 10.0
2-Northside 10.6
3-Tucker 12.3
4-Ware 13.8
5-Ml King 15.0
Bottom 5 Allowed
29-Rome 37.3
30-Lee County 41.7
31- Lakeside Evans 44.4
32- North Paulding 50.3
Top 5 Point Differential
1-Northside 32.2
2-East Pauldimg 28.3
3-MLKing 15.3
4- Allatoona 11.0
5-Ware 10.5
Bottom 5 Point Differential
28-Sequoyah. -15.0
29-North Paulding -17.0
30-Effingham -22.0
31-Pope. -24.0
32-SWD -26.3
I will make one observation. I’d much rather be playing North Paulding, Pope or SWD in the fieprst round then Northside, East or MLK.
Tiger4Life
November 13th, 2012
2:38 pm
@real talk
Tucker would have the BEST defense in the state if they played in that pancake region.
Tucker wins by 26 #realtalk
. RealisticFan
November 13th, 2012
2:42 pm
@East Posters
If memory serves me correct the SWD team was also without their top two QBs that night. They had that big TE that if the QB could have thrown even a lick it may have gone the other way. It is unfortunate that both weren’t at full strength but don’t really think we should get into a woulda shoulda deal. I think that both teams were affected and I also think both coaching staffs both did a good job of keeping their team in the game but also missed opportunities to win the game too. Playoff football is about survive and move on.
The East team this year is better than last but a key injury can happen at any minute. One that note Kamani left the last game late…….I’m hoping it was just a cramp but can any of you confirm that?
SWD Panther Paw
November 13th, 2012
2:57 pm
THE “CANNON RULES”!! – since you guy’s are rehashing old games. SWD played the game with our running back as the QB. Which explains our low offensive output. Where does that get us now?????? Please, let’s stay in 2012.
Bo
November 13th, 2012
3:05 pm
MLK will come out on top. Sequoyah look out, get ready for a beat down. defence will always win. Dont forget the passing attack size and speed. Lets go LIONS
ALL TUCKERRED UP
November 13th, 2012
3:08 pm
@BO I’VE GOT YOUR TEAM GOING TO THE DOME OUT OF YOUR BRACKET !!!!!!!
Old Gold Panther
November 13th, 2012
3:15 pm
Thank U @ . RealisticFan and SWD Panther Paw
DH-1
November 13th, 2012
3:36 pm
CANNON RULE-still talking about that SWD game from last year, the one he predicted to be a big win. EP will NEVER be in the GHSA history books being one of the most storied football programs in the state.
THE "CANNON RULES"!!
November 13th, 2012
3:41 pm
@ SWD Panther Paw…
“Please, let’s stay in 2012″…AGREED!!!
My post was in RESPONSE to numerous 6AAAAA posters constantly VENTING about the “Storied History” of all the 6 AAAAA teams and how the newcomers didn’t have a chance. They started all this “BACK IN THE DAY” crap!
and YES I do remember that ya’ll had injury issues also, Would have been nice to see how those two teams would have matched up at Full strength!
TICK…TICK…TICK…BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!
GO RAIDERS!!!
2012 REGION 5 AAAAA CHAMPIONS!…ON TO THE DOME!!!!
JAB
November 13th, 2012
3:43 pm
@ tcc Champs!, ALL I’m going to say to you is that you guys have never played the kind of talented teams like Stephenson & MLK has played on the top classification in the state; you can’t compare what MLK or Stephenson has done in prior years because they just got here in AAAAA, “I TAKE THAT BACK” , YES YES YES YOU CAN, they both beat the reigning state toughest region in the state of Georgia “TUCKER”, OUR REGION IS TOUGH AND YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO FEEL OUR RAFT STARTING . @ TCC CHAMPS! you guys don’t play a strong enough schedule like we do!!!;)
JAB
November 13th, 2012
3:47 pm
WATCH OUT FOR THE BIG “CATS” FROM REGION 6AAAAA MLK (LIONS), STEPHENSON (JAGUARS), TUCKER (TIGERS), SWD (PANTHERS)…… WE BITE HARD’ FEEL OUR ROOOOOAAAARRRR!!!
. RealisticFan
November 13th, 2012
3:48 pm
@DH-1
East has a very short history. 29 Wins in its first 14 years. And now 70-15 in the past 7 years…….Storied? Definitely not but we are very happily carving out our own history and gaining a degree of statewide respect in the process. Does that matter to you probably not, and does it matter come Friday night…..NOPE. Only thing that matters Friday is what takes place that particular night on the 100 yard rectangle of Georgia red clay. So for the remainder of this season, can we dispense with the history lessons and stay focused on these wonderful kids that are playing the game ‘This’ year.
idodat
November 13th, 2012
4:06 pm
Can we all at least agree that the state champ will, more likely than not, come out of region 6AAAAA.
RealisticFan
November 13th, 2012
4:11 pm
@idodat
NO…..
RealisticFan
November 13th, 2012
4:16 pm
I think if all us bloggers each had to bet a pay check on just 1 team that you’d find out very quickly that the vast majority of the money would be riding 1 of 2 teams, and that would be NORTHSIDE and/or TUCKER. I would also hazard to guess some Northside and Tucker fans might have their money on the other one. Just saying.
tcc Champs!
November 13th, 2012
4:16 pm
@Jab
Talking toughness of schedule, let’s not go there… For Stephenson teams they’ve played record 38 wins and 42 lost and ML King 45 wins and 55 lost and TCC 54 wins 45 lost and one tie, so again whois schedule is tougher?!…
DateDayTimeOpponentLocation/ScoreAug 25Sat8:00 PMThomasville (1-AA)Won 41-7Aug 31Fri8:00 PMColquitt County (1-AAAAAA)Lost 33-35Sep 07Fri7:30 PMMarist (6A-AAAA)Won 21-17Sep 14Fri8:00 PMCairo (1-AAAA)Won 39-13Sep 21Fri8:00 PMTift County (1-AAAAAA)Won 34-14Oct 05Fri8:00 PMBainbridge (1-AAAAA)*Won 17-14Oct 12Fri8:00 PMNorthside, Columbus (1-AAAAA)*Won 56-0Oct 19Fri7:30 PMLee County (1-AAAAA)*Won 41-35Oct 27Sat5:00 PMHardaway (1-AAAAA)*Won 52-0Nov 09Fri8:00 PMHarris County (1-AAAAA)*Lost 12-18
Football 4 life
November 13th, 2012
4:23 pm
Swd beats kell by 10. Kell has never experienced the speed or size they will see friday.
FridayNightLightsFan
November 13th, 2012
4:36 pm
@Football 4 life – i disagree, Kell’s only loss is to #1 AAAAAA team Lassiter. They beat Chattahoochee in the Dome and Woodstock (both also AAAAAA teams).
RealisticFan
November 13th, 2012
4:43 pm
@football 4 life – What have you been smoking ???
SWD has not score a single point against the other 3 teams from its own division going to the pkayiffs and gave up 79 to those same teams. Reg6 fans please reel in the SWD stuff. You may go 3-1 but just stop that nonsense, you know SWD isn’t of the same caliber so stop trying to act like they are thus year.
Very slim chance they can muster enough offense or defense to play with a team like Kell.
5AReg6Fan
November 13th, 2012
4:45 pm
Man, I’ve got to get on this conversation; ALL my blogging buddies are here:
@tcc Champs – Sorry my man, no one from south of Warner Robins makes the 2012 5A semi-finals, but I do respect your support of region 1. You have been the only one to rep this region so far.
@RealisticFan – Thanks for the “AAAAA Blogging Champions of 2012” award. I kindly accept it on behalf of ALL my fellow region 6 bloggers. Now for my acceptance speech. This was an easy aware category for us … when you have this kind of talent in ONE region, you have to tell others about it. And the weird thing about it, it will be the same next year, and next year, and next year… Looking forward to future awards being presented, in the upcoming weeks. (LOL) Lastly, you much have time on your hands to come up with those stats … Thanks for the effort. There is a lot that can be analyzed from these numbers, one in particular … Top 10 – Points Scored = soft regular season schedule … Just food for thought.
@Old Gold Panther – Don’t worry about our region team’s schedule ranking. We region 6 fans have seen with our own eyes, every Friday Night, what well battle tested our four representatives are. Now it’s time the rest of 5A get a close look at what we have been posting ALL year long.
@JAB – I can’t believe I’m agreeing with you, again … It must be PLAYOFF time (LOL) Hold down the fort at Hallford, while me, Tiger4Life and others, make our trip to Canton and welcome the Grizzles to Region 6 HS football – SIMPLE THE BEST
@Cannon – I’ve always loved your post and carefully worded stats, but to suggest region 6 going a mere 2 / 2 against region 7, man you have been standing to close to the cannon at The Boneyard. (LOL) Region 6 goes 3 / 1, with a very strong possible 4 /0 … sounds like playing spades (LOL) … with SWD showing the rest of 5A that playing in region 6 prepares you for ALL comers.
@5A – Until Tucker is dethrone; the TIGERS are the TEAM to BEAT in this year’s state championship run.
“WE ARE TUCKER” – ANOTHER 1ST ROUND PLAYOFF APPEARANCE
REGION 6, the best in GA 2012 5A Football……
Region 6 has unleashed the BIG BAD CATS of DeKalb County!!!!
tcc Champs!
November 13th, 2012
4:52 pm
Tcc is a power house in Georgia and one of the best.. Adam choice, D Andre Cooksey, Tim Brown, just a few names and very young… The D is very young and when 2015 watch out! Class 1 5A
tcc Champs!
November 13th, 2012
4:54 pm
We will see about the finals this semi finals
Gamer
November 13th, 2012
5:43 pm
What a time to be banged up! Northside has 4 or 5 starters that will have to sit out. I think two are done for the season, one pending a further medical evaluation. The other two may come back if they are held out against Effingham Cty. Well, no excuses here because that how the ball at time bounces. I am sure some of the other play-off teams are in the same boat.
Good luck to all!.
JAB
November 13th, 2012
5:49 pm
LET THE GAMES BEGIN!!!
Northside Dawg
November 13th, 2012
5:53 pm
@Gamer: Will Austin Roberts be available for Thomas Central?
tcc Champs!
November 13th, 2012
6:09 pm
Thomas County will enter in fighting because of the bidder taste from the last game.. But they didn’t play all the starters the whole game.. We’re looking for upsets alerts the whole playoff!
RealisticFan
November 13th, 2012
6:21 pm
@5AReg6Fan
Good to see you back. You are right … Too much time on my hands today. The exercise and results were interesting Figured comparing results only against other playoff qualifiers might tell a better story them if the cupcakes a factored in.
I think that it is kind of relative to each region however the stat that caught my eye the most was how SWD ends up being the only team in the playoffs unable to score a single point against its other region goes and also giving up over 3td to each of those teams. It might suggest that the other three region goes a far superior and that speaks well for your Reg6 argument however it also show or exposes that gap to the 4th place team in the same Region. Again, beating Kell wouldn’t be a miracle but you know as we’ll as I do how unlikely that us.
JAB
November 13th, 2012
6:25 pm
@ tcc Champs!, You think!!!
gomez
November 13th, 2012
6:51 pm
@Real Talk – Come on Bro. Hanging your hat on a triple overtime win over freaking Riverwood? That’s pitifull. Stop it. Just stop it. 6 and 4 Riverwood?
Well Tucker beat Dunwoody so that shows you something! Come on man. Riverwood?
Creekview might get one touchdown against Tucker, maybe.
You want to talk River? Dallas Rivers runs wild. There is your River.
MHSRaider09
November 13th, 2012
7:32 pm
I hate it that my Mays Raiders arent in the playoffs this year. Of course, im pulling for all my fellow region 6 bloggers. My younger cousin played O-Line for MLK a few years back, so i’ve been rooting for them until this year when they entered our region. I hope all 4 Region 6 teams go out and dominant though!
JAB
November 13th, 2012
8:10 pm
@ MHSRaiders09, I’m with ya man! Well said brother; we gonna make ya proud & the rest of region 6AAAAA…
BullEagle15
November 13th, 2012
8:41 pm
@JAB Are you a Stephenson fan or a Region 6 fan? This the playoffs every man for them self! But i forgot Stephenson hasn’t gotten out the first round! this year might not be any different LMBO!!!!
Old Gold Panther
November 13th, 2012
9:02 pm
@RealisticFan…. I completely agree with your stance about SWD, but here is the thing…
Having attended all of SWD games I can say they are a weird team…yes they were shut out in those game but they definitely had multiple scoring oppurtunities in all of them. They definitely wasn’t shut out due to lack of talent or being out manned. I feel most of there problems were the inability not to have an offensive identity. I feel that since the Arabia Mountain game (7th game) they have settled on an identity and have been playing sound ball offensively.
Now defensively they can stop anybody in the state. In my honest opinion I feel they have the best overall defense in our region. They are very solid at stopping the run and pass. They actually lead the county with 15 ints on the season. The defense has just fell victim to being on the field too long while the offense struggled.
If the team that has been playing for the last three games of the season shows up, Kell will have their hands full. I think SWD is potentially the most dangerous 4 seed in the playoffs.
JAB
November 13th, 2012
9:15 pm
@BullEagle15, HAHAHA we will see who get’s out of the 1st round this year! YES! I’m a Stephenson fan and loyal to my Dekalb county teams come playoff time, sorry they didn’t teach you that country boy…Lol.,
tcc Champs!
November 13th, 2012
9:31 pm
Know so@jabb
COWBELLMAN
November 13th, 2012
9:34 pm
WOW, you region 6 posters are out of this world. The number one thing that keeps your teams from winning numerous state championships is DISCIPLINE!!! Your teams don’t have any discipline, Franklin Stephens was the only one that half way decently instilled that into the Tucker program. When Marist was in this region they were the best Disciplined team out there but just didn’t have all the athletes that Stephenson, SWD, Mays, or Tucker has. I don’t care how many D1 athletes your teams have on them. If they don’t have any discipline they won’t get it done int he playoffs. I’ve seen it time and time again from the teams in Region 6. I’m not saying the teams aren’t good and can’t play, I’m just saying that if the teams were coached better and had a whole lot of discipline instilled into their programs they would probably be a few that would be unstoppable.
Kell over SWD- Much like the East/SWD from last year. Except Kell scores a few more points. 21-10
Stephenson over Pope- Pope makes it tough for the Jaguars. But Stephenson pulls it out 28-17
MLK over Sequoyah- MLK all over Sequoyah
Creekview over Tucker- Creekview can score some points, they played Kell pretty close this year. Creekview finds a way to win this one against the defending state champions. 31-24.
BullEagle15
November 13th, 2012
9:36 pm
@JAB Im a city boy lol. But best of Luck to Stephenson this year in the playoffs. Hopefully we meet in the 4th Round for a Showdown!
RealisticFan
November 13th, 2012
9:43 pm
@Old Gold Panther
I’ve noticed your posts off and on for quite awhile. It is good to have a straight shooter commenting that can help fill in gaps in the story that numbers alone don’t tell. That offensive identity and defensive resolve will need to be on full display against Kell.
I’ve not seen Kell play this year but they have always been a well coached physical team that plays hard hard
I always try to be respectful of all programs and typically those that I’ve seen in person I come away with even more respect for win or lose. There has only been two schools that my respect factor has declined towards after facing them and the is Pebblebrook and Mays. I’m not talking about the kids and home the coaching staffs and administrators responsible. I hope my disdain for both programs will change over time but it will take a little bit v
RealisticFan
November 13th, 2012
9:47 pm
Oops …. Hold the coaching dtsffs and administrators responsible for.
COWBELLMAN
November 13th, 2012
10:00 pm
WOW, you region 6 posters are out of this world. The number one thing that keeps your teams from winning numerous state championships is DISCIPLINE!!! Your teams don’t have any discipline, Franklin Stephens was the only one that half way decently instilled that into the Tucker program. When Marist was in this region they were the best Disciplined team out there but just didn’t have all the athletes that Stephenson, SWD, Mays, or Tucker has. I don’t care how many D1 athletes your teams have on them. If they don’t have any discipline they won’t get it done int he playoffs. I’ve seen it time and time again from the teams in Region 6. I’m not saying the teams aren’t good and can’t play, I’m just saying that if the teams were coached better and had a whole lot of discipline instilled into their programs they would probably be a few that would be unstoppable.
Kell over SWD- Much like the East/SWD from last year. Except Kell scores a few more points. 21-10
Stephenson over Pope- Pope makes it tough for the Jaguars. But Stephenson pulls it out 28-17
MLK over Sequoyah- MLK all over Sequoyah
Creekview over Tucker- Creekview can score some points, they played Kell pretty close this year. Creekview finds a way to win this one against the defending state champions. 31-24
I have seen plenty of film on these teams to make the predictions. But hey thats all they are, just predictions. Its highschool football, anything can happen that’s for sure. Northside has some injuries that could be key and could hurt them against a pretty decent effingham county team, coached by Rick Tomberlin who is no stranger to the playoffs and beating quality opponents. But I think Northside gets it done which will setup a huge matchup in the second round with a Thomas County Central team that is no stranger to the playoffs and winning state championships. But all of that was under Coach Ed Pilcher. Coach Shaver is looking to build is own legacy, and he has a yellow jacket team this year that has some Athletes on it. If the Jackets are able to get the Split Back Veer goin it could be a long night for the eagles. But no matter what, no one needs to over look this TCC football team.
Predictions for Region 5
East over Clarke Central- The Raiders need to score early and often against the Gladiators of Clarke Central. As always with East the game will be won up front on both sides of the ball. Clarke Central might be 5-5 but Coach Ryals will have his team ready to play when the come to Dallas. 31-7
Allatoona over Heritage of Conyers- Toona has the team to make some noise in the playoffs. If they find a way to get the ball down the field through the air watch out they will be a dangerous team. The Bucs are well capable of scoring from anywhere on the field with the 2 running backs they have. They are physical up front on offense and defense. Toona is just too much for Heritage. 31-17
Gainesville over Rome- The Wolves might be a year away from doing big things in the playoffs. They are very predictable on offense when. Their qb can make some good throws when he’s on. In the end, Rome just doesn’t have enough to get over the hump against the Red Elephants of Gainesville. 35-17.
North Paulding over Flowery Branch- This is my upset pick for the playoffs folks. North Paulding has been getting better and better as the year has progressed. What they lack on defense they make up for it on offense. Coach Jones has come in and ignited this North Paulding Football team. They are making their first appearance in the playoffs and they are gonna make it a memorable one. North Paulding upsets the Falcons of Flowery Branch in a barn burner. 42-38.
Well folks there ya have it, those are my predictions for this round. I have seen film on most of the teams to know a bit about them all and it let me to these predictions. But as I’ve said before, its high school football and anything can happen. Good luck to every team in Region 5.
Goooo Raiders!!!!!!!
Old Gold Panther
November 13th, 2012
10:01 pm
@COWBELLMAN… I hear this “discipline” knock on teams in region 6 alot. What exactly is meant by that? Is it poor coaching? (because there is poor coaching in more than just region 6) Is it a sense of underachieving (because again there are plenty of teams with talent that don’t win like they should. NG, Norcross, Peachtree Ridge are a few to come to mind. Not to step on anybody toes.) Please define this term “undisipline” that I see so loosely thrown around when decribing region 6 teams.
Is Creekview offense run based or pass based?
itsonlywrite
November 13th, 2012
10:02 pm
cant wait to see what happens in the first round with Region 5 and Region 6… there are gonna be some sore losers… lol
BullEagle15
November 13th, 2012
10:15 pm
@Cowbellman I 80% agree with you. Flowery Branch and Tucker wont be Upset i just cant see that happening but hey anything can happen in high school football. Whitewater showed us that-__-
RealisticFan
November 13th, 2012
10:31 pm
@Cowbell
Ill give you the “He’s got some Bells”‘award for your predictions.
I’d love to see North Paulding upset Flowey Branch and oddly it there are a couple factors that support your prediction. 1) motivation if playing against their former head coach. and 2) Flowery Branch is also a spread team that tries to out score their opponents. Yes North is improving but they really just don’t have the size and strength to stop many teams with their sieve of a defense. I don’t like saying that because it is now my other team but its just the truth. FB puts up 50+ and the Pack just won’t be able to keep up scoring 28 give Iif take a TD.
COWBELLMAN
November 13th, 2012
11:08 pm
Old Gold Panther
First of all, Creekview is a balanced football team. They like to run and throw the ball. I have seen them run a lot out of one back sets. The qb can sling the ball down the field to two pretty good WR’s.
Now for the Discipline explanation.It is the Coaches job to instill discipline into a kid. But if the kid doesnt care then he will not grasp it. Discipline is when its 3 and 1 or 4 and 1 and the opposing team lines up on offense and tries to get the defense to jump offsides. If your defense does this often then they have no discipline. If your team is being flagged for a noticeable amount of penalties that is because there is a lack of discipline. The May’s teams that have traveled to East to play in the playoffs in previous years lacked a lot of discipline. Coach Godfrey seems to do a decent job at SWD as far as discipline goes. Franklin Stephens did a good job at Tucker. Coach Gartrell seems to have a team full of D1 talent every year. Every year it seems like his teams aren’t disciplined enough to get themselves over the hump because they are making poor decisions down the stretch late in the games. We will see this year, truthfully the region used to always be between Marist and Tucker and the the rest never made any noise in the playoffs.
THE "CANNON RULES"!!
November 14th, 2012
7:15 am
@ COWBELLMAN…
I would feel better about your NORTH PAULDING prediction if it was being played AT NORTH but it’s not…NORTH will have to play their A+++++ game to have ANY chance in this game! I went to the NORTH / ALLATOONA game (the week EAST played LITHIA SPRINGS, my 1st EAST game I missed in 6+ years LOL) I wanted to see ALLATOONA and see what EAST had coming the next week!
ALLATOONA didn’t disappoint…NORTH had NO answer for their offense…I haven’t seen FLOWERY BRANCH play BUT their scores this year seem to indicate they are able to score often! Their only 2 losses this year were to two AAAAAA teams…N.S.W.R. & WEST FORSYTH…
FLOWERY BRANCH also ALLOWED a lot of points in most of their games but can NORTH win in a shootout…Yes, NORTH did this against ROME losing in a 57 / 56 shoot out BUT that was in front of the HOME crowd and NOT in a playoff game!
Much as I would like to see NORTH win it’s first playoff game I can’t see it happening! More likely score to me would be…FLOWERY BRANCH 35 / NORTH 21!
Your other 3 predictions I AM WITH YOU!!!
ALLATOONA over HERITAGE OF CONYERS…in a close game!
GAINESVILLE over ROME…could be BIG!
and of course EAST over CLARKE CENTRAL!
REGION 5 goes 2 / 2 in the First Round!
TICK…TICK…TICK…BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!
GO RAIDERS!!!
2012 REGION 5 AAAAA CHAMPIONS!…ON TO THE DOME!!!!
Tiger4Life
November 14th, 2012
9:46 am
@COWBELL
You are way off base with the disipline issue. You talking about kids jumping offsides on 3rd and 1/4th and 1. That happens in the NFL too o_0
To me disipline is being where you are supposed to be when your supposed to be there, and doing what your supposed to be doing without having to be told.
You only need two things to be successful in football on any level
1. Proper preperation, i.e. being in the right positon to make a play(coaching)
2. The opportunity to make the play offensively or defensively
Also, you couldn’t have watched the same film I seen on Creekview. If you did you would have seen the level of competion. At some moments I thought I was watching 12U.
They did play Kell good, But they never had the lead at any point in the game. Who has Kell beat to make them legit? No one, they played in that same pancake region. They got torched in there non-region game 42-13 when they stepped up and played Lassiter !!!
You don’t know football my man, you don’t know football at all #c’mon son
Tiger4Life
November 14th, 2012
9:54 am
@Old Gold Panther
I wouldn’t say that SWD has the best Defense in the region. They are good, but not the best. I have Tucker, MLK tied then SWD. Stephenson comes in last due to there secondary.
And SWD offesne is only good when they are not playing the other three playoff teams, so it’s hard to judge how good they are. MLK is the only team to have success agaisnt the other three.
Old Gold Panther
November 14th, 2012
10:36 am
@Tiger4Life…. MLK is the best defense in our region statistically so I’ll give u that. But I would give SWD a slight edge over Tuckers defense and heres why… Both teams are stout against the run with Tucker giving up 2.9 ypc and SWD giving up 3.1 ypc; but I feel that SWD defends the pass a little better than Tucker due to the fact that Tucker likes to run cover 0 alot and it leads to some blown coverages. Tucker has also given up more passing yards than SWD. Not by much though about 1214 to SWD 1041. SWD also has the advatange in int’s and sacks. All three defenses are very good though.
By know means am I saying SWD offense is good, (the potential is there) just noticed they have been playing solid ball since they have stuck with the same system.
. RealisticFan
November 14th, 2012
11:15 am
Ok guys I’m gonna call it like I see it and will risk being removed from the site but I’m not gonna sit by any longer.
The term “discipline”‘ or “lack of discipline” as used by others on this blog when describing teams is a crock. We all know it is. Calling the Dekalb inner city teams “undisciplined” is simply saying that since their student athletes are predominately black that they play football and act in a predetermined and stereotypical way. My god we have have we not made any progress in our bigoted views in the past 150 years. We try hiding behind the slick phrases and think that that justifies it.
Here’s the deal. We can say that discipline is staying set when faced with a hard count by the opposing QB, and that is perhaps an example, but what I think we have to admit to ouselves is that even the best of kids get put in difficult situations when in the heat of battle on the field. The ability to exhibit self control, self discipline, and react in a manner that doesn’t hurt your team is a truer indicator of discipline. Not throwing fists, not getting that unsportsmanlike call, and not reacting to a perceived bad call from the referees by student, coaches, administrators and us as parents is the true sign if self awareness, character and yes discipline. Poor behavior on or off the field can not be tolerated, encouraged by us as the audience, or condoned by the coaches. None of this has a single thing to do with the color of someone’s skin or their gender. There are predominantly black teams that don’t do a good job teaching and expecting good behavior and there are predominately white teams that don’t do a good job of teaching and expecting good behavior.
Do something to stop the stereotypes and blog responsibly.
Old Gold Panther
November 14th, 2012
2:20 pm
@ . RealisticFan…good post
. RealisticFan
November 14th, 2012
2:51 pm
Crickets …….
"THE CANNON RULES"
November 14th, 2012
3:28 pm
@ .RealisticFan…
I have to disagree with you here on your attempt to play the ‘RACE CARD”…UNCALLED FOR!!
COWBELLMAN has been posting in here for years! and he knows his football…If he offends you it is probably that he is not “dancing around the issue”…just calling it like it is!
It’s NOT just DeKalb Cty. teams…Take the GRAYSON / LOWNDES game of a few years ago…LOWNDES was taking cheap shots all night and when they knew they were beat at the end…they started a FIGHT…It’s on YOU TUBE so nobody has to challenge anybody…it happened and the coaches for LOWNDES were standing on the sidelines AND LET IT GO ON!!! They lost control of the team!!
MAYS tried the same crap a few years ago when they played MARIST, they got players suspended and then came to “THE BONEYARD” and tried the same thing with the EAST players!
IT does not matter what the color of the team is…if they do it CALL EM OUT FOR IT and if the COACH’S let em CALL THEM OUT FOR IT!!! These are KIDS and they need to be taught respect and while it ultimately falls to the parents to do this, while they are on that field it’s in the COACH’S HANDS!!!
If you go back and re-read many of the post thru the year a LOT of the REGION 6 posters are squawking about the bad coaching, bad play calling, etc. and it has nothing to do with race…just players not finishing a play or not wrapping up a tackle, or whatever. Let’s leave it at that and move on…That’s my time on the soapbox!!!
IT’S THE PLAYOFFS…FRIDAY IS WHEN THE FUN STARTS!!!!
TICK…TICK…TICK…BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!
GO RAIDERS!!!
2012 REGION 5 AAAAA CHAMPIONS!…ON TO THE DOME!!!!
it figures
November 14th, 2012
3:50 pm
You always have someone on here bringing up race when it has absolutley nothing to do with the topic. Whenever these people hear or read something they disagree with they start screaming…you’re a racist or it’s only because we’re (enter minority here). GET OVER YOURSELVES AND YOUR VICTIMIZATION EXCUSSES and quit dragging race into everything.
Tiger4Life
November 14th, 2012
4:11 pm
@ it Figures & Cannon
First let’s not pretend that there’s no racism and act like we don’t live in GA, okay.
Just because you may not feel that way doesn’t mean the other bloggers aren’t implying it.
Just as a man will never know how it feels to give birth, a white person will never know how it feels to be black. You can only sympathize.
I don’t many ways to take this statement from COWBELL, do you?
“Franklin Stephens was the only one that half way decently instilled that into the Tucker program. When Marist was in this region they were the best Disciplined team out there but just didn’t have all the athletes that Stephenson, SWD, Mays, or Tucker has.”
5AReg6Fan
November 14th, 2012
4:35 pm
@RealistFan – Another GOOD post. I nominate you for the “Reasonable Minded Poster” of the year.
“WE ARE TUCKER” – ANOTHER 1ST ROUND PLAYOFF APPEARANCE
REGION 6, the best in GA 2012 5A Football……
THE "CANNON RULES"!!
November 14th, 2012
5:56 pm
@ Tiger4Life…
“a white person will never know how it feels to be black. You can only sympathize.”
SYMPATHIZE!!!…SYMPATHIZE!!!…I looked that one up for you…
” To feel or express compassion, as for another’s suffering,to share or understand the feelings or ideas of another…to be in accord”
GET REAL MAN!!! this is a blog about HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL! I have NO INTENTION of getting drawn down the road you are trying to draw us down! RACE has NOTHING to do with anything we are discussing on here, Thru the years EAST has played teams that were for the most part all white and played teams that had maybe one white kid on them (LOL! I remember a team a few years ago EAST played that had ONE white kid period on it. BIG heavy boy (for you politically incorrect I didn’t say FAT and since I am also white I reserve the right to call him a boy)…LOL!) They parked this kid in the middle of the “O” line and dared you to run at him, guys were bouncing off him all night they couldn’t move him but run 3 or 4 steps either direction and he could not catch the defense…funny sight, it just came to mind.) Anyway the racial makeup of any of the schools is of course dictated by the communities in which the schools are located…DUH! That’s not something any of us control, it’s how the lines are drawn for each school district. Take that up with your BOE>
and Tiger4Life…TUCKER is heading up to play CREEKVIEW…I just looked at their website and I count 4 black kids PERIOD on the team and 1 black coach…oh and based on his name one Asian and one hispanic kid. You see how silly this is all beginning to sound?
SYMPATHIZE!! Not from this guy…Bud we’re all in this together!
TICK…TICK…TICK…BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!
GO RAIDERS!!!
2012 REGION 5 AAAAA CHAMPIONS!…ON TO THE DOME!!!!
Tiger4Life
November 14th, 2012
7:01 pm
@Cannon
Not trying to drag you into anything, you responded first. Like I said, you may not feel that way, but when I read that statement from COWBELL that’s what I felt he was implying. I didn’t pull the race card, someone else did, I just defended it.
Tiger4Life
November 14th, 2012
7:23 pm
And BTW, YES “sympathize” to feel or express compassion for another’s suffering.
You have never never had anyone not shake your hand because of your skin color. I’ve had people walk out of my office and refuse to do business with my company when they found out I was store manager and not the janitor.
Come visit Covington Ga sometime and you will see what I mean.
So like I said you can sympathize and show compassion for me, but you don’t know how I feel.
Go to your local hospital and find a woman in labor and tell her I know how you feel, my wife has been through this before. If you make it out without any broken limbs I would be amazed.
RAIDER FAN
November 14th, 2012
8:23 pm
Can’t we all just get along.
rwdekalb
November 15th, 2012
6:47 am
Well, back to football, I believe one of the biggest factors that will influence how far our teams will go in dekalb and really any region for that matter is the play of our respective quarterbacks. We dont necessarily need for them to throw for massive yardage but all of our region 6 teams need big plays from our quarterbacks. In the playoffs you need to be able to run the ball and it makes so much easier when you can prevent teams from stacking the box by having a qb that can make a big throw or make a big run while under duress. Its gonna be cold friday night and believe me it will feel unbelievably cold if your team is losing playing one dimensional footbal. lol.
THE "CANNON RULES"!!
November 15th, 2012
6:58 am
@ RAIDER FAN…
LOL! Getting a bit “ACTIVE” in here isn’t it!…LOL!
I think the best way to approach this is to simply say there will ALWAYS be SOME teams, and SOME coach’s, and SOME player’s who to put it mildly and to appease sensitive (thin-skinned) folks…STRETCH THE LIMITS / RULES! and to put it the way I (and many other posters would) play a style of football best described as UNDISCIPLINED or THUG BALL (a term used many times LAST year on this blog).
As long as the Schools, the Administrations, the Officials working the games, the G.H.S.A. and bottom line THE KID’S PARENT’S allow it to continue…IT WILL!!
This kind of play is tolerated and allowed to go on in the College level and the Pro level and these kid’s see it and think they can get away with it.
A suggestion from a long time poster on here…Let’s go back to talking about the match-ups and the games we all will be attending tomorrow and Sat. and leave these other discussions for another time and another blog!
TICK…TICK…TICK…BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!
GO RAIDERS!!!
2012 REGION 5 AAAAA CHAMPIONS!…ON TO THE DOME!!!!
RAIDER FAN
November 15th, 2012
7:29 am
Exactly “Cannon”, everyone should keep the discussions to football. After all, isn’t that what this site is all about? A little smack talk is always fun to see from folks supporting their teams but that’s about as far as it should go. BTW, shouldn’t you start the countdown clock for C.C. tommorrow night? lol
rwdekalb
November 15th, 2012
10:08 am
If undisciplined play is the main thing keeping teams from a title then this year we will have only 6 disciplined teams win state titles and guess the rest of us must have undisciplined teams. There are great teams every year that don’t win titles.
. RealisticFan
November 16th, 2012
7:13 am
Some good commentary in response to me keeping it real. Yes this needs to be about football, however football is often times a reflection of life and society, so the reality is that race, gender, politics and socio-economics all can come onto a discussion about which football team is best or which region. This is the reality and interestingly even in the responses you can detect certain undertones or overtones. Last thing I will say is the term you guys were looking for was Empathize, that is to show understanding and compassion for another, But to sympathize you need to walk in another’s shoes of which those from different races typically can’t do.
I will only slightly apologize because I think occasionally a deeper discussion on here is a good thing we can now go back to the endless banter about statistics and who’s gonna whoop who tonight. Good luck to all and safe travels.
it figures
November 16th, 2012
2:40 pm
Dang, some people just don’t know how to let it go. It’s just GOT to be about race.
King Of Diamonds
November 17th, 2012
12:02 am
Geat stuff bloggers! I been humored all season by some of you with your predictions, who plays where, and why this region is tough and your is weak. Let me say this, at the end of the day its about who won & who lost. Whether its by 1point or 50 points a lost is a lost. I have respected all you guys regions because the game is still played in the coaching box & on the field. With that being said, I strongly have to agree with some of bloggers stating that Region 6 5-A is probably the strongest region when looking on paper & the schools in that region are very very good. When you have the Regeinging State Champion Tucker losing 2 games then have to be on the road throughout the playoffs just to get back to the championship game, that is saying alot about that region.
Secondly with additions of MLK & Stephenson automatically said to me WOW! A good game every week like in the SEC college football. I am not talking about playoffs records or anything yet, all I am speaking on is the regular season playing 10 games. I think more focus to me and I live in Gwinnett county was on that region because of what teams played there. I felt for North Atlanta & Mays. They must have felt like the stepchild in that region.
Lastly I can honestly say I haven’t seen to many other teams play such as EP, NSWR, WR, TCC, Kell,Alltoona, NP, Northgate, Whitewater, ETC. But I will say those teams did something right to make the playoffs.
I am on track as I predicted for Region6 5-A to go 4-0 or 3-1 after this weekend though. Sorry SWD seem you were the first to get elimanted this weekend, but hopefully we can have your support as Region 6 5-A continue on the road to the Dome. Where there any upsets by the way? I know in Classification AAAAAA there were some really big upsets like Lowndes loosing, Valdosta, Lassiter, Walton, and few others. I know this not the blog for those teams but I just wanted to know if any happen tonite.
Thanks