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Friday, October 19, 2007
Oh, SNAP! Titans. Cougars. It’s on.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
I got an email today from a reader that said “Check out Northview High School’s front page of their website. Would you consider this in good taste?”
I checked it out.
I came to a conclusion. I’m weak. So I’m going to let you do the taste test for me.
Hooch fans, I’m guessing you’ll say “Heck YES, it’s tasteless! Tasteless like diet EVERYTHING! Tasteless like an “I [heart] hot moms” t-shirt! Tasteless like…” I could go on. N-view fans, meanwhile, will probably say “What? It’s just a website photo. Chill, Cougar Nation. Now let’s just have a good game tonight and MWAH HA HA HA HA!”
Tacky or Tricked Out? The first official Oh SNAP taste test starts right now, right here. It’s ON.
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Find balance, go far; Fantasy line-ups
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Balance. Mr. Miyagi wanted it for Daniel son, and I want it from my offense … unless I have Kenny Miles.
But even with Miles, teams without balance will struggle, come playoff time. A lack of balance is why as good as Brookwood and Grayson have been I believe neither will make it out of the second round of the playoffs.
In contrast, North Gwinnett, Norcross and Peachtree Ridge will be advancing at least to the quarterfinals on my bracket.
But is having balance more important than fitting your system to your personnel? Most coaches would disagree. Habersham Central coach Gene Cathcart scrapped his power running game for a wide-open, four-receiver spread offense this season.
“It’s really not that different,” said Cathcart. “We didn’t switch a lot of our terminology, but this just allowed us to get our best 11 players on the field at the same time.”
It’s certainly working. Habersham was extremely impressive in last week’s demolishing of Dacula.
In Gwinnett, coach Dennis Roland, a spread aficionado, installed his offense at Central Gwinnett, which, for years, had been a power running team. I’ve heard grumblings that the offense doesn’t fit the personnel and that it is one of the biggest reasons that Central is in danger of missing the playoffs for the first time four seasons. I don’t necessarily agree, because as I pointed out, having some sort of balance is a must in the long run, in my eyes.
(Central side note: Former Black Knight Danny O’Rourke, a 1994 graduate, is now the linebackers coach at Navy.)
So my question to you guys and gals is: Which is more important — having a balanced offense or fitting your system to the personnel?
Fantasy Line-Ups
Last week ended in a thrilling tie. Thanks to everyone for helping w/ stats. You’re welcome to play again and try to beat my colleague Kurt Aschermann, 680 the Fan’s Play-by-Play Voice Karl Werl and yours truly. Post your team—1 QB, 2 RBs, 2 WRs, 1 Defense—on the blog anytime before Friday’s kickoffs, and I’ll do my best to track down stats.
Season Scoreboard
Gwinnett 4, State 2 w/ 1 tie
Kurt 4, Karl 2, DP 0, but still trying hard
Here are this week’s lineups (I’ll add yours as entries are received).
Karl’s Wrecking Crew
QB Matt Roark, N. Cobb
RB Tijuan Green, Northside-WR
RB Kenny Miles, Brookwood
WR Rico Mack, N. Cobb
WR Josh Jarboe, Cedar Grove
Def Tucker
The Kurt Dynasty
QB T.J. Smith, Berkmar
RB Cisco Berry, Dacula
RB Demetris Murray, Buford
WR Brice Butler, Norcross
WR Devonta Bolten, Norcross
Def Buford
DP’s Wilting Dandies
QB Brent Snell, South Gwinnett
RB Kenny Miles, Brookwood
RB Tyler Jarrey, North Gwinnett
WR Christian Robinson, GAC
WR Isaiah Jupiter, Berkmar
Def Dacula
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