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Monday, September 3, 2007
Opening week an eye-opener
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Quick hitters on this week’s poll:
Why am I getting so much e-mail second-guessing Coffee at No. 3? And much of it is coming from South Georgia, as if Region 1-AAAAA is turning on itself.
All I heard in preseason was that Coffee was the best team in 1-AAAAA. So is it a stretch to put the preseason favorite in the state’s best region at No. 3? Or should I drop Coffee for not dominating the first game?
Speaking of tough regions, has 5-AAAAA caught up with 1-AAAAA in terms of depth?
The 5-AAAAA region has more teams, so this isn’t a fair comparison, but 1-through-7, I’m not sure 5-AAAAA wouldn’t win four times.
Before the Lowndes game, Harrison wasn’t considered the team to beat in Region 5. That would be North Cobb.
Then there’s Etowah, Campbell, McEachern, Marietta and South Cobb. Pretty good gantlet.
Even quicker comments:
*Class AA is down this season. Except for Charlton County, I don’t see any team that would be better than a 15-point underdog to No. 1 Buford. But I do think Cartersville of AAA can beat the Wolves this week.
*My apologies for jumping on the Hart County bandwagon. Guess that was not a wise choice for No. 1 in AAA.
*Don’t be surprised if Grayson beats Peachtree Ridge. Grayson is the most underrated team in AAAAA because the Rams aren’t a team known outside of Gwinnett County. That won’t be for long.
(Todd Holcomb will be online live tonight from 7-9 p.m. to respond to your comments.)
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