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DEL.ICIO.USSmith’s options run east to west
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
1. Where will Cameron Smith be playing next season?
Anywhere he wants — if you believe in recruiting Web sites.
According to scout.com, Brookwood’s slippery smooth running back has offers from — drum roll, please — Georgia, Mississippi State, Tennessee, LSU, Michigan, UCLA and Virginia. Another site, rivals.com, has
Oregon and Arkansas in the mix.
However, Smith has not made any recruiting visits. That suggests, to me, that his mind is already made up. That means somebody has done a great selling job on Smith, who is keeping other suitors at bay.
I’d say Smith has all but settled on casting his lot with a school — and program — he is already quite familiar with. If I were a betting man, which I’m not, I would put the Bulldogs at the head of the pack.
However, scout.com indicates Georgia is also in the hunt for Knowshon Moreno (Middletown, N.J.) and Heard County’s Carlos Brown. Three other running backs — Fred Munzenmaier (Norcross), Ronnie Tyler (Wagener, S.C.) and Shaun Chapas (Jacksonville) — have committed to play for the Dogs. That’s according to scout.com.
The other guys, rivals.com, say Tyler has not committed. Plus, UGA’s top current tailbacks — Thomas Brown, Danny Ware and Kregg Lumpkin — are underclassmen.
However, Smith is ultraconfident in his abilities, and such heavy competition would not make him shy away from Georgia. Then again, I suspected Stephenson would be Smith’s choice to play his senior season instead of at Brookwood.
Most likely, only his barber knows for sure.
2. You picked Brookwood tops in the state before spring practice. Still feel that way?
Of course.
What’s not to like about the Broncos? They are huge, quick on their feet, versatile and mobile. Lowndes does not stand a chance. The Vikings should do themselves a favor and not take the field.
At halftime, that is.
It’s now official: The Brookwood band is the best around. Sorry about that Stephenson. You, too, Southwest DeKalb. Your guys and gals had a nice run and are still superb. Brookwood’s band is just better.
Rudy Wilson has his bunch at the top of its game. Jazz. Pop. Gershwin. They cover it all. And they don’t just stand there. You should have seen them busting moves Saturday in the Dome.
3. Get serious: Who will win the Class AAAAA title game?
Gee, on the one hand, it would be awful hard to choose against Lowndes — a defending state champion playing at home.
But on the other hand, it would be just as hard to pick against Brookwood — a team still unbeaten in the final day.
However, the Vikings already have something the current Broncos long for — a taste of state championship victory.
Yet Brookwood players can call upon something perhaps even more compelling — hunger for a state championship victory.
OK, enough fence straddling.
Here goes:
Hope they bring two trophies.
THEY SAID IT:
“I just love my line.”
— Cameron Smith, on the Brookwood unit that boosted him to a 2,000-yard season.
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By williambrado
December 2, 2005 05:47 PM | Link to this
This is my story and i’m sticking to it,cause Charlie daniels says it it best. The Souths goona Do it AGAIN!Go Plowboys
By williambrado
December 2, 2005 05:55 PM | Link to this
You yankees don’t but our defense is bad to the Bone!Go you mighty Vikings.Anybody thats ever played football has to have butterflies getting ready for this game.