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Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Gwinnett Power Rankings; Fantasy FB: The Kurt Dynasty Reigns
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
DP’s Gwinnett Power Rankings — Week 4
Norcross - Who out there does not believe the Blue Devils would be the favorite against No. 1 Roswell?
Grayson — The resounding loss to Norcross could be the Rams’ last of the season.
North Gwinnett — QB Tamburo accounted for four touchdowns in win over Mill Creek.
Buford — A case could be made that the Wolves are the best team in Gwinnett.
Parkview — They’re back.
Brookwood — Can anyone tackle RB Kenny Miles? No one from Valdosta that’s for sure.
Peachtree Ridge — Defense is dominant, but offense needs spark.
Central Gwinnett — Another tester with Lowndes this week.
Berkmar — Are the Patriots for real?
Collins Hill — Thoughts go out to the Eagles, who had a freshman player die in his sleep this week.
Mill Creek — No shame in losing to North Gwinnett.
Dacula — Finally found their running game.
Greater Atlanta Christian — The Spartans have one last tune-up against Cross Keys, before facing Buford and Lovett.
South Gwinnett — Where did the Comets’ offense go?
Shiloh — Have bye week to prepare for Brookwood. It won’t matter.
Wesleyan — Have their hands full with Buford. Staying within four touchdowns would be a moral victory for an improved program.
Duluth — QB Box needs help.
Meadowcreek — What can you say?
Fantasy Football
So Kurt Aschermann is the greatest high school fantasy football player ever. The rest of us, including Gordo’s Golliaths, stink.
I blame my players. The coaching has been fine.
However, there is some good news for those who are suffering through the modern-day dark ages known as the Kurt Dynasty.
The Fantasy Football Dork-Off is getting ready to receive some ink in Friday’s Gwinnett News section of the AJC. That’s right your name could be in the paper right next to Kurt and mine.
Are you stoked?
To have a chance to crush the Kurt Dynasty and possibly get your name in the paper, simply post your team— 1 QB, 2 RBs, 2 WR, 1 Defense—on the blog before 2 p.m., Thursday. Feel free to email your team to dpurdum@ajc.com or kaschermann@@ajc.com as well.
You can use any combination of players from across the state, while Kurt and DP will use only Gwinnett County players.
One reader-submitted team will be selected each week based on the creativity of their username. That selected team will be posted on Friday’s blog (and in the paper), along with Kurt and DP’s.
If that reader’s team outscores both Kurt and DP, they will receive a special prize from the closet of Kurt or DP.
Week 3 Fantasy Football Dork-Off Results
The Kurt Dynasty — 81
Gordo’s Gridiron Goliaths — 76
DP’s Dandies — 48
Season Scoreboard
Gwinnett 3, State 0
Kurt 3, DP 0, Readers 0
The Kurt Dynasty — 81
QB T.J. Smith, Berkmar — 33 points (337 passing yards, 3 TD
RB D.J. Adams, Norcross — 0 (28 yards)
RB Kenneth Miles, Brookwood — 27 (257 yards, 2 TDs)
WR Isaiah Jupiter, Berkmar — 27 ·(204 yards, 2 TDs)
WR Danny Sekerak, Central Gwinnett — 0 (9 yards)
DEF Buford — -6 (points surrendered)
Reader’s Team: Gordo’s Gridiron Goliaths — 76
QB Mikey Tamburo, North Gwinnett — 30 (105 yards, 4 TDs)
RB Brandon Jacobs, Parkview — 15 (126 yards, 1 TD)
RB Tyler Jarry, North Gwinnett — 6 (48 yards, 1 TD)
WR Isaiah Jupiter, Berkmar — 27 ·(204 yards, 2 TDs)
WR Cordero Dixon, North Gwinnett — 6 (35 yards, 1 TD)
DEF Parkview — -8 (point allowed)
DP’s Dandies — 48
QB Devon Strickland, Central Gwinnett — 24 (198 passing yards, 3 TDs)
RB Brandon Davis, Peachtree Ridge — 0 (40 rushing yards)
RB Diante Drake, Central Gwinnett — 6 (61 yards)
WR Brice Butler, Norcross — 6 (94 yards)
WR Devonta Bolton — 12 (97 yards, 1 TD)
DEF Wesleyan — 0 (points allowed)
Scoring System
(Note: Due to limited stats, QBs/WRs do not receive points for rushing yards; RBs no points for receiving yards)
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.
Results will be posted on Tuesday’s blog and in Friday’s edition of the Gwinnett News.
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One game doesn’t make a season
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
They appeared to be “statement games” on Friday.
Brookwood, 0-2 for the second consecutive season, dominated Valdosta, 37-6.
Norcross had to play until the final horn to beat Grayson twice last season, and both teams came into the game undefeated. Norcross won easily, 24-3.
Having lost nine straight and 13 of 14 against county rival Harrison, North Cobb needed to make a solid showing to solidify its top-10 status. It wasn’t easy, but the 13-12 victory was huge.
As we saw last year, life in the state’s highest classification can be an up-and-down one, and these teams went a long way last weekend toward positioning themselves.
But, as we also saw last year, one game can be a poor indicator.
It would have been easy to write Roswell off as a pretender to the throne last year when the Hornets were knocked out of the No. 1 spot by Wheeler.
And remember when Peachtree Ridge was beaten handily by North Gwinnett, 38-20, last October. It was the Lions’ third loss in their first seven games.
Both later shared the Class AAAAA state championship.
So how big were these games last weekend? Can too much be made of these victories? Are Brookwood, Norcross and North Cobb going to be there in the end? Are Camden, Lowndes and Valdosta out of the state title picture?
Or is it too early to predict?
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