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DEL.ICIO.USRegion rankings, cool sites, Lesson Teachers, Sensitive Men … Oh My!
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
DP’s AAAAA Region Rankings
- Region 1
- Region 5
- Region 7
- Region 6
- Region 8
- Region 2
- Region 4
- Region 3
Check out this web site — Mratings.com. Kenneth Massey has complete computer rankings for nearly every sport, including rugby, lacrosse and volleyball. Here he ranks Georgia’s high school teams regardless of classification. Meadowcreek, according to Massey, was better than Savannah and Johnson-Savannah last year.
My region rankings are a little different than Massey’s. His are based on last year’s results. Mine are based on my feelings about what’s going to happen this season. Deciding between Region 6 and 8 was the toughest. I could have easily flip-flopped them.
Any thoughts?
Fantasy Football Dork Off: Kurt Aschermann vs. David Purdum
Each week two of the AJC’s dorkiest will pick a fantasy team made up of strictly Gwinnett high school players. Readers are welcome to pick a team—1 QB, 2 RBs, 2 WRs and Defense—from anywhere in the state. Post your team on the blog sometime before noon Friday.
Kurt and I will then choose one reader-submitted team based on the creativeness of their screen name. That team will be posted on Friday along with our teams. If the reader’s team outscores both Kurt and my teams, they will receive a special prize.
(Citi Slicker, why don’t you form a DeKalb team for next week, if your boys are so good?)
Kurt’s Lesson Teachers
QB T.J. Smith, Berkmar (at Luella)
RB Brandon Davis, Peachtree Ridge (vs. Shiloh)
RB Diante Drake, Central Gwinnett (vs. Dacula)
WR Devonta Bolton, Norcross (at Duluth)
WR Isiah Jupiter, Berkmar (at Luella)
Defense: Peachtree Ridge (vs. Shiloh)
DP’s Sensitive Men
QB Mikey Tamburo, North Gwinnett (vs. Walton)
RB D.J. Adams, Norcross (at Duluth)
RB Ben Donald, Greater Atlanta Christian (at Mary Persons)
WR Brice Butler, Norcross (at Duluth)
WR Zac Johnston, Wesleyan (vs. Dawson County)
Defense: Grayson (at Collins Hill)
Scoring System
Passing
100-200 yards — 6
200-300 yards — 9
More than 300 - 15
Rushing/Receiving
50-99 yards — 6
100-150 — 9
151-199 — 12
More than 200 — 15
Rushing/Receiving/Passing TDs — 6
Defense: Every point the opposing team scores is subtracted from your total.
(Notes: Due to limited stats, QBs/WRs do not get points for rushing yards; RBs no points for receiving yards)
Note from Kurt: What a pleasure it’ll be to match wits with the world-famous David Purdum and share my thoughts on Gwinnett County football. After spending the last three years covering teams in Clayton, Henry, Fayette and Coweta counties, I’m looking forward to my new gig in Gwinnett.
Pick a Favorite/Pick a Dog
Favorite
Kurt: For my top favorite, let’s head to Suwanee, where North Gwinnett hosts Walton. The Bulldogs, fresh off a school-record 11 wins, are led by quarterback Mikey Tamboro (Purdum’s week one fantasy quarterback) and could surpass last year’s first-ever quarterfinal appearance. Also, and I feel like former ESPN analyst Norm Hitzges saying this, but North Gwinnett has won four of its last five home openers. (Note: I believe Hitzges’ career record was 65-700).
DP: I’ll take Greater Atlanta Christian over Mary Persons and give 35.
Underdogs
Kurt: As for my top dog, we head to the Georgia Dome for the final game of this year’s Corky Kell Classic. Defending co-Class AAAAA champion Roswell seems to be on everyone’s short list of title favorites, but putting the words “underdog” and “Brookwood” in the same sentence just sounds funny. I like the Broncos in an upset.
DP: South Gwinnett over South Forsyth.
Everyone have fun tonight … And it begins …
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By Citi slicker
August 31, 2007 3:50 PM | Link to this
heres my team may the best team wins THE ALL CITI SQUAD QB-TRENT HARVER-CEADAR GROVE RB-XAVIER AVERY-CEDAR GROVE RB-ARNOLD WALKER-MCNAIR WR-CHARLES REEVES-STONE MOUTAIN WR-JOSH JARBOE-CEADAR GROVE DEFFENCE-STEPHESON
By Citi slicker
August 31, 2007 3:51 PM | Link to this
heres my team may the best team wins THE ALL CITI SQUAD QB-TRENT HARVER-CEADAR GROVE RB-XAVIER AVERY-CEDAR GROVE RB-ARNOLD WALKER-MCNAIR WR-CHARLES REEVES-STONE MOUTAIN WR-JOSH JARBOE-CEADAR GROVE DEFFENCE-STEPHESON
By David P.
August 31, 2007 4:42 PM | Link to this
City Slicker … strong squad you’ve got there. Good luck …
By Interested Party
September 1, 2007 11:13 AM | Link to this
Well, who won?
By cor
September 11, 2007 10:54 AM | Link to this
wanna know what your region rankings are now. or have they not changed at all?