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By Daniel

October 12, 2008 5:50 PM | Link to this

WHAT?! Walton got moved down?! You gotta be kidding me. Walton just came of a HUGE victory, down 20 - 3 in the 3rd, and then coming back and winning. The Raiders kept their composure and won, scoring 3 touchdowns in 6 minutes! And then they dominated the last 5 minutes of the game! What makes N. Gwinnett and Northside move up this week but not last week? Did you just suddenly have an epiphany or something Todd? This is not right.

By Pat Keller

October 12, 2008 5:51 PM | Link to this

If you publish an article called “New Poll…” and then proceed to discuss a few of the changes, you really should include the NEW POLL!!!

By McDonough

October 12, 2008 6:02 PM | Link to this

Where is Union Grove? 6-0 and leading 2-AAAAA. Points for 33, Points against 9.

Also, is this a poll or a list?

By ephs2010

October 12, 2008 6:34 PM | Link to this

Man i cant wait for the EP/ Harrison game this friday!!! If EP wins then we deserve to move up b/c of what we are doing in 5AAAAA but i hope it is going to be a great game b/c everyone i know is going to be there!!!

GO RAIDERS!!!!!!

By John

October 12, 2008 6:40 PM | Link to this

Grayson beats Broowood on a fumbled punt, Walton beats Brookwood clean. You are overrating Grayson. You are going to move Walton down for coming back fron a 17 point deficit. Milton has a division I running back who had a great half against Walton, that is competition. Also Walton only has one open game and they played Brookwood which has a great tradition so don’t give me strength of schedule. Northside sneaks out a victoy against a 3A team who now has 2 losses and you are talking strength of schedule. I will give you North Gwinnet, I was suprised you had them so low in the ranking they should be above Grayson also, they beat a strong Norcross team and held thera on for almost 3 quartes against the Number 1 team in the country. It took you almost to the end of the year last year to put Walton in the top ten and Walton made the semi finals. You are wrong again this year when it comes to ranking.

By HoyaDawg

October 12, 2008 6:43 PM | Link to this

Todd, what are you thinking? Just kidding. That’s exactly where I think Harrison and Walton belong.I will only speak now for Harrison, but until we prove ourselves in the Playoffs, we don’t deserve to be any higher. Harrison could go 10-0 in the region, and I would’nt rate us any higher than 5 or 6 in the state.

By Graysonfan2

October 12, 2008 6:45 PM | Link to this

TODD,

Assuming Grayson holds the lead in 8-AAAAA, who is it looking like they will play in the first round? Is it Norcross, or Mill Creek? Any guesses on the second or third rounds, IF THEY KEEP winning?

By New Here

October 12, 2008 6:47 PM | Link to this

Who is the favorite i the Loganville Applatchee game?

By AAAAA FAN

October 12, 2008 7:02 PM | Link to this

McDonough, its no surprise you are 6-0 with that week schedule.

By AAAAA Football Fan

October 12, 2008 7:02 PM | Link to this

The rankings are fair agin this week as hard as it is for some of the cry babies (Walton Fans) to accept. Yes south GA teams are are still at the top. You must beat the best to be the best. But I am keeping my eye on that East Paulding Raider team that will not go away and keeps beating good teams. The Harrison and East game next week should be a good to watch.

My team Lowndes is off this week so if the East and Harrison game is not on TV which it should I am going to make the drive to watch in person.

Man class AAAAA is like watch college ball.

By Joe

October 12, 2008 7:11 PM | Link to this

Exactly HoyaDawg,

Region 5AAAAA is down as a whole this year. Harrison lost a lot and is still up top of the region, Marietta lost all their talent, SC is plain bad, North Cobb has a few playmakers, EP is legit, Woodstock is on the rise, KM is same old same old, McEachern is adjusting, Etowah is good- but they are always the same- the region is just weaker this year. I’ve followed this region for so many years and it has really gone down. Teams may do good in the region but I dont see any of the teams going far in state, maybe sneak one into the elite 8 but none are better then that.

Cue the EP trolls who love to hear about themselves, quickly becoming the most annoying fan base in the state.

By HoyaDawg

October 12, 2008 7:12 PM | Link to this

GAME OF THE WEEK!!!! Don’t go into shock south Georgia fans, but the game of the week does not evolve from the south of Georgia, It actully errupts from north metro out of region 5AAAAA, in the west end of Cobb county where the mighty Hoyas of Harrison take on the pride of Paulding,The East Raiders.A match up of undefeated teams, this game carries region and state ramifications.The newly dedicated Cobleigh stadium,according to code, will hold 7,500 fans,but that wan’t be enough to satisfy the football fans of Cobb and Paulding. This game lumes large as one of the top games of the season. East Paulding travels with pride and The anticipation of an undeafeated 5AAAAA season. Harrison seeks to maintain their dominance of the region and show these new comers who’s boss. This game should be all that it has been billed to be, so LOAD THE CANNON, RING THOSE COW BELLS,UNLEASH THE HOYADAWGS, AND GET READY FOR SOME NEWLY DEFINED,STATE CHAMPIONSHIP SEEKING, 5AAAAA FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTBAAAAAAAAAALLL!

By GHS student

October 12, 2008 7:15 PM | Link to this

john you are crazy if you think walton is better than grayson. If you call a 14-9 win with a sophomore starter in the dome “clean” than so be it. Ya we only won 10-7 but thats after their offense has been clicking. Todd, I read somethin about grayson possibly having to play norcross first round is this just the luck of the draw or is the system flawed

By Reeze

October 12, 2008 7:23 PM | Link to this

John……Carver is not just a 3A team…In my opinion they’re the best defense NSWR has faced all season and we’ve played Coffee and Lowndes already….There isn’t a defense in most of AAAAA that could match up with Carver’s…..Yes they have lost 2 ,but losses to NSWR and Baldwin ,another 3A team with a great defense……Don’t sweat rankings they mean absolutely nothing ,everything will play out …..The final rankings only matters….Polls,along with opinions , are like you know what ….Everybody’s got one.

By Gray Mule

October 12, 2008 7:24 PM | Link to this

Way down in the 1a group, I didn’t see Towns County.

Going from a 35 loss string prior to this season, they have only one loss and have won by a wide margin in their last two games.

Check them out when you do your ratings next time. They’re good.

By cool cell

October 12, 2008 7:29 PM | Link to this

Todd do you still think LG will beat Carver-Col? All the hype about Troup co. is dead now! The state Champs are still alive and kicking……Carver-Col 30 Troup 7

By HoyaDawg

October 12, 2008 7:33 PM | Link to this

GHS STUDENT, You just talked like Grayson was great, and then you show fear of Norcross, are you great or scared?

By some sense

October 12, 2008 7:46 PM | Link to this

Watch AAAAA rankings. The farther away from a city, the higher the rankings. Even Valdosta fans won’t admit theirs is an inner city school. The same violence, dependence, and permissiveness that define the Section 8 crowd become evident as culprits in success and failure in high school football.

By canefan

October 12, 2008 8:09 PM | Link to this

GO FITZGERALD PURPLE HURRICANES!!!!!!!!! fitz always playes well, probably go undefeated……………………… then playoffs start will they choke? this year I hope not, I hope we get a chance at charlton co. again REDEMPTION……………………………

By goober

October 12, 2008 8:17 PM | Link to this

You’ve had too much coffee, hoyadawg. It’s “looms” not “lumes”.

By whs'86

October 12, 2008 8:34 PM | Link to this

Fellow Walton fans,

You’re really embarrassing me. When are you going to learn rankings don’t mean anything until the state championship games have been played. It’s the same reason that, as a Tech fan, I don’t want them to be ranked yet. It makes it easier to sneak up on teams. All Walton has to do is take it one game at a time and keep winning and the ranking will take care of itself. It was a great comeback, no question about it. But they should not have had to come back like that. Chill out about the rankings, PLEASE!!!!!!! Go Raiders!

By HoyaDawg

October 12, 2008 8:45 PM | Link to this

Goober, that makes me feel glumey. LOL and it’s not coffee, it’s wiskey. Thanks for the spell check.

By HoyaDawg

October 12, 2008 8:53 PM | Link to this

Goober, that makes me very glumey. LOL IT is not coffee, it’s wiskey. Thanks for the spell check kk

By gdg73

October 12, 2008 8:56 PM | Link to this

Rich Rodriguez of Michigan needs to go to Cairo and sign QB Angelo Pease to run his spread offense. God knows he needs him. Pease is the real deal. He is a pass first QB that is also explosive in the open field. Just picture Juice Williams from Illinois but faster and a stronger arm. The rest of Georgia will get a chance to see him when the Syrupmakers come to the Dome to claim the AAA championship in December.

By New Here

October 12, 2008 9:57 PM | Link to this

GHS

yes its looking like Norcross. can you believe they fall to 4th in their division the year we go to first and there we are again. It could be Mill Creek though, watch for whos in 4th in region7-AAAAA

By New Here

October 12, 2008 9:59 PM | Link to this

Were can you find updated region standings before Tuesdays?

By redsox21

October 12, 2008 10:03 PM | Link to this

the blessed trinity titans should be back in the top 10 this week after beating lovett on their homecoming

By GraysonFan2

October 12, 2008 10:05 PM | Link to this

GHS,

New here is right from what i can see.

By mikemike

October 12, 2008 10:07 PM | Link to this

SYRUP AND PEACH SO SOUND GOOD LAST FRIDAY NIGHT WHEN CAIRO BEAT PEACH COUNTY 16-7 WHO NEXT!!! DOUGHERTY COUNTY GO CAIRO VOTE FOR OBAMA

By Mikemike

October 12, 2008 10:12 PM | Link to this

DO ANYONE KNOW WHY LOWNDES AND VALDOSTA WANT PLAY CAIRO IN FOOTBALL.

By JAYBO

October 12, 2008 10:42 PM | Link to this

HoyaD, don’t mean to burst your bubble but this game between Harrison and Ep might have region ramifications, but not state ramifications!!!! Now my team(TCC) is not in AAAAA so I’m just commenting…don’t matter to me. But you called out south Georgia, so I have to take issue with that b/c thats where I grew up. You see in south Ga., we focus our eyes on the big picture…the playoffs, while you guys up here(North Ga.) get all hyped about a region game! Wait, wait…I know its a big game between two undefeated teams, but keep in mind thats two undefeated teams who have not played any real teams yet!! Trust me, your region does not put fear in any team from 1-AAAAA. Let me tell you that you(Harr) or Ep will not make a lot of noise in the state playoffs…in fact you will be lucky if either one you get past the second round, especially if you’re matched up against a team from region 1-AAAAA!

By whs

October 12, 2008 10:46 PM | Link to this

WALTON 6-0 we drop to 7th but two one loss teams jump us we barely beat milton and we drop lowndes barely beats valdosta and camden won a blow so shouldnt camden be number one hows a grayson team who won by 3 to a two or three loss brookwood be a head of walton like i said lastweek you never give us our due your gwenett and south ga biast what bout 6-0 walton and 6-0 harrison what do you have to say for yourself WALTON HATER

By JAYBO

October 12, 2008 10:49 PM | Link to this

My appologies HoyaD, I went back and reread your posts. I misinterpreted you. You seem to have a balanced perspective on whats going on in AAAAA. Again, my apologies!

By Raider From The Start

October 12, 2008 11:07 PM | Link to this

HoyaDog That was a beautiful, thoughtful comment. This game will be the biggest in the state and will be attended by thousands. Your new stadium will be rockin and rollin! The East fans will be booming and the dogs will be barking. People will be there early, tailgating and having a fine time. I believe this game will come down to the final minute and I believe East will prevail but I know both teams will bring their best and both sides will leave feeling proud of their boys. Both teams will be better having played this game. Many in South Ga. will watch on tv and will gain a greater appreciation for our region.

By whs'86

October 12, 2008 11:16 PM | Link to this

Daniel, John, whs, will, and other moronic Walton fans:

I give up. You win. I’ll let you keep complaining about the rankings without trying to explain what really matters. The AJC poll isn’t the only one by the way. The coaches poll has them at #4 and the AP poll had them at #3 before the Milton game. But go ahead, keep crying. I can tell you all never played the game. WHY DO YOU F-ING CARE ABOUT RANKINGS HALFWAY THROUGH THE SEASON?????? THEY DON’T F-ING MATTER!!!!!!! JUST WIN BABY!!

To others who are able to post without crying about the rankings: sorry you had to see this. Go Raiders!!

By Raider From The Start

October 12, 2008 11:19 PM | Link to this

I meant HoyaDawg. Sorry about the spelling.

By Walton Has Not Played Anyone

October 12, 2008 11:42 PM | Link to this

Walton hasn’t played anyone so they better take whatever ranking they can get and be happy. So they beat Brookwood?? Brookwood has their weakest team in 15 years so that win doesn’t mean anything.

By whs'86

October 12, 2008 11:50 PM | Link to this

All they can do is play the teams that are their schedule. And win. And then play the teams they come up against in the playoffs. Personally, I’d rather they not be ranked at all as I explained in an earlier post.

By GraysonFan2

October 12, 2008 11:50 PM | Link to this

WHS

The top 4 teams will stay as they are until beaten, don’t you get it. Grayson just beat Brookwood who had allll the momentum to win, and stayed at 4. We do not expect to move either. These teams ahead of us right now also have their spots because of how they did in 2007 season, you cant take that away just yet. It really doesn’t matter any way, if your Walton team is great, they will continue to win now and into the playoffs. No poll has ever stopped a team yet. If you do win it all, you will have that under consideration next year in the polls.

GOOD LUCK!

By AAAFan

October 12, 2008 11:52 PM | Link to this

How does Bremen move into the top Ten of single A and Bowdon drop out after they both won and Bowdon is undefeated. You guys dont pay attention. And Coolcell keep it quiet, all you do is yak yak yak.

By whs

October 12, 2008 11:52 PM | Link to this

walton has not played anyone your right we havent neither has grayson there two spots ahead of there big win a weak brookwood team who has lost to three of the top ten so whats grayson agruement ??

By GHS student

October 12, 2008 11:52 PM | Link to this

haha no im not scared I just think that if we in fact do finish out undefeated i would rather see mill creek. Norcross is a great team no disrespect to mill creek but i just think our secondary can match up well against them rather than norcross

By GraysonFan2

October 12, 2008 11:55 PM | Link to this

Walton Has Not Played Anyone

Brookwood may not have been ready for their opening game, but they have come a long way since then. do not mistake them, they are big and they are physical. they have a coach that could bring any team to the top level with time. I predict next year when Grayson looses a few players to a new school opening in Gwinnett, Brookwoods young, big physical boys will be back on top.

By GraysonFan2

October 13, 2008 12:02 AM | Link to this

We have no argument, I just cant wait for you to see! And did i say Walton has not played anyone? I havnt even looked the first team in your region, I couldn’t tell you who they are, lol. I could care less. Just tracking region 7-AAAAA at this time, its all that matters. You should get a grip.

OH and by the way, you are lucky your team played Brookwood early on!!! or you would not even have the ranking you do.

By GraysonFan2

October 13, 2008 12:04 AM | Link to this

GHS

I agree with you on the Norcross game, some teams just dont match up.

By GraysonFan2

October 13, 2008 12:11 AM | Link to this

Why do people make such a overly big deal out of how many touchdowns a person makes. Its all up to the coaches who gets to carry that ball across the line. Most of the time their are a few that could have done the same thing. Yardage is a bigger deal but of course again its in a coaches hands.

By whs

October 13, 2008 12:40 AM | Link to this

grayson fan 2 you wanna talk about weak shed mceachern, warner robins, dacula, south gwinett,parkview, shiloh and brookwood, all have 3 or more losses each o and were ranked based on last year inwhich made the semi finals we would be in the top 5

By whs

October 13, 2008 1:29 AM | Link to this

graysonfan2 all ten teams you play have 3 or more losses look it up while WALTON who plays kell 5-1 lassiter 5-1 roswell 4-2 and milton 4-2 so who has the weaker shed graysonfan2

By T.J.

October 13, 2008 1:41 AM | Link to this

OK—here it is. I have read whole string of comments on Walton, Brookwood, and Grayson. I watched the Walton vs. Brookwood game in the dome. Brookwood is not the same team Walton played, those coaches have Brookwood ready to cause trouble in the playoffs. Rankings are the educated opinion of the paper. Coaches poll had Walton ahead of Grayson last week. Interested to see coaches poll this week. Mid season and a few games to go. Grayson’s schedule favors a undefeated regular season. Walton has to make it through Roswell and Lassiter still. Second round of the playoffs could very well be Grayson vs. Walton.

Shout out to ENR, your team proved they were rightfully ranked this week. Great game vs. Coffee. I tip my hat to you. Looks like NSWR may play Camden the 2nd round of the playoffs. That will be a great game if it happens. This will be a very exciting playoff bracket this year. Do not think anyone can argue that.

By Rico

October 13, 2008 1:47 AM | Link to this

I guess Villa Rica still gets no love. After they take care of Douglass County this week. Then put Mays away, I guess then we’ll get that ranking that we so deserve.

By WACO-FAN

October 13, 2008 3:59 AM | Link to this

BOLD:BEST DEFENSE IN AAA IN ORDER BALDWIN,WACO AND CARVER-COLBALDWIN DEFENCE BLANKED CARVER-COL AND SCORED 22 ON THEIR D..WACO HAS PUT TOGETHER 4 STR8 SHUT OUTS THIS SEASON AND ONLY ALLOWED 12 POINTS ALL SEASON….LAST WEEK #10 THOMSON AND TROOP ARE N THE TEAM’S THAT WACO SHUT OUT….CARIO WHO!!!!!!IF PEACH YOUNG TEAM WOULDNT HAVE GOT RATTLED N DA 4TH QT WOULD CARIO WHO WAS BEHIND THE WHOLE GAME WOULD HAVE WON!!!!!!!AND EVERYONE KNOW GREAT DEFENSE’S BEAT GOOD OFFENSE……

By VSU Blazer

October 13, 2008 5:08 AM | Link to this

whoa? Valdosta State has homecoming this weekend and i can’t make it back to EP for the game. My fraternity needs me here, but some of you said it was on TV? I really wanna see that if anyone could give me more info or a link that i could find wat station and when. thanks.

By homet

October 13, 2008 6:01 AM | Link to this

To Joe:

Cue the EP trolls who love to hear about themselves, quickly becoming the most annoying fan base in the state.

I looked up “Annoying” and since you used it to describe the EAST Fans I thought I would give you BETTER PHRASES…The LARGEST / BEST TRAVELING, LOUDEST, PROUDEST, MOST LOYAL (watch the stands at the end of a game & see how many folks are still there), and last but not least every FAN in the STANDS part of THE RAIDER NATION!!!

I suggest you actually come to the game friday night and you will understand!!!

By GraysonFan2

October 13, 2008 6:12 AM | Link to this

WHS

Again, i never said you had an easy schedule, i never said we did or didnt,I said I dont know who is in your schedule and dont care. Im am only defending Brookwood, and so did TJ. Get over yourself and good luck with your season!

By homet

October 13, 2008 6:16 AM | Link to this

FOR JAYBO

You just can’t admit that we got a winning program at EAST…You have but one game to judge them on and that was last years match. But this is 08 and our RAIDERS haven’t lost a game since then, and that’s been in AAAAA not the AAAA ball TCC plays in!!!!

Friday night is going to tell a lot about 5A AAAAA and how it will be aligned for the playoffs.

You may have grown “UP” in South Ga. but you had the good sense to Move North!!! Come on over to Harrison friday night and watch some LOCAL FOOTBALL!!!…

By homet

October 13, 2008 6:22 AM | Link to this

To HoyaDawg

This one is too BIG…I am starting the COUNTDOWN CLOCK RIGHT NOW…

109 HOURS and counting…Here comes the BOOM!!!

You said “THE COB” holds 7,500 now, it doesn’t look that big…I hope that’s right because I fully expect more than that will be in attendance friday night!!! Say what’s the latest on that “Valet” parking!!!…LOL!

By homet

October 13, 2008 6:39 AM | Link to this

TODD

if East Paulding were to upset Harrison

If you compare schedules, this year ONLY,(if you go back over the last two years EAST has a better regular season record) these two teams are VERY evenly matched. Harrison barely beat a 4-2 Peachtree Ridge team, beat a good Kennesaw Mtn. squad, then had it’s hands FULL with Woodstock.

Both teams have beat South Cobb & North Cobb this year.

EAST beat a Rome squad that has since gone undefeated, then beat McEachern, and Marietta. While they still have Woodstock left, EAST beat a strong ETOWAH team that Harrison still has to play.

If Harrison gets ANY edge in this game it’s because they have it at home in the “COB”…HOWEVER, cannon not withstanding, the RAIDER NATION side will be just as loud as the Home side. This all but zeros out the Home Field Advantage!!!

Soooooo…GAME ON!!! What say HOYADAWG…Fair comparison or not???

By trojan57

October 13, 2008 6:44 AM | Link to this

Coffee beat themselves. Two missed FG’s, bad snap fumble on the 3 yard line and one dropped TD pass in the endzone. Northside is a good team, but Coffee will go deep into the play-offs. I know for a fact that Coach Nix told Coach Eldridge after the game that he prayed that they didn’t have to play Coffee again in the play-offs. I hope someone will step-up that can kick for Coffee.

By UNION GROVE

October 13, 2008 6:46 AM | Link to this

WHAT???? Do you just flip a coin and choose who you want in your top ten? As McDonough said, Union Grove is averaging 33.8 points a game, and holding its opponent to 8 points a game, with 3 shutouts in 6 games. UNBELIEVABLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By rw

October 13, 2008 7:18 AM | Link to this

The Tucker vs Chamblee game should be a good one. Chamblee and Tucker both have something to prove. Now that it has been established that SWD is for real things are really starting to get interesting. Remember Miller Grove is still a threat and with their defense they could pull an upset against Marist. There will be only 4 teams to make it from this region so things are starting to get down to the wire.

By 800pdgorilla

October 13, 2008 8:08 AM | Link to this

East has not played a complete game this year. My point being………They need to play to the level that the Coaches expect of them. Were close and this friday night we just might acheive that goal.

As far of you S-Georgia ” homers”on here who refuse to see the forest through the trees!!!! sooner or later ya got to face the fact that EAST is here to stay, were growing bigger,faster,stronger everyday!

The Boom is coming

GO EAST

By its on

October 13, 2008 8:31 AM | Link to this

We(camden)are lossing focus.We had 9 players who were suspended the last two games for drinking at a party. I heard the party was on a Thursday night (not sure).We already had two players who were suspended in the first two games for the samething.They are probably the best team we have had since 03,but they are not discipline as the team in 03

By SouthGARules

October 13, 2008 8:44 AM | Link to this

GHS Student: Congrats on beating Brookwood. You have virtually won Region 8-AAAAA. Just take care of business with Berkmar, Meadowcreek & Central Gwinnett & the #1 seed is yours. You will get the #4 seed in Region 7. It is too early to speculate how that will shake out, with the top 5 teams to still play each other. North Gwinnett 4-0 (Peachtree Ridge) Collins Hill 4-0 (PRHS, Norcross, Mill Creek) Peachtree Ridge 4-0 (CHHS, Norcross, North) Norcross 3-1 (PRHS, CHHS) Mill Creek 1-3 (Must win out & get lots of help) Have lost to North, Norcross & PRHS.

By JAYBO

October 13, 2008 9:10 AM | Link to this

Homet, you are too funny man!!! I might live up here in the metro, but I aint crazy…I know where the stud teams of georgia high school football are located…SOUTH GEORGIA!!! There is no arguing that point!!! Now, as far as your beloved ep is concerned, let me set the record straight one final time. I am a student of the game of football, having played it for a lot of years. My judgement of ep is not based on the TCC game from last year that you refuse to let die!!! No way sir!!! I look at a programs body of work over the long haul. With that being said, you have to admit that all ep has done is won a lot of regular season games…I’ll give yawl that! But as far as going deep in the playoffs year after year, you have not…just admit that!!!! Am I lying or not?? As I have said before, your team will not get statewide recognition until it can win consistently in the playoffs! Oh yea, I know you weren’t trying to slight TCC because we are in AAAA and you are in AAAAA. Since I am not sure what you meant by that, I’ll save my comment on that.

By shazam

October 13, 2008 9:10 AM | Link to this

Todd you still have Camden ranked number 2?? I actually think that Northside will scrub the floor with them….if Camden makes it to the second round that is

By Dekalb Unknown

October 13, 2008 9:12 AM | Link to this

So, Todd you drop Dunwoody down to number five WHY? They still lead AAA in scoring and continue to play outstanding football. This is a well balance team lead by a number of seniors. Just so that you know Dunwoody will get back two seniors starters that will make them even better. I tell you what just pull Dunwoody out of the ranking all together as many have said its nice to see but it means nothing if you do not reach your goal of playing for a state title. “Play 15”. That’s our motto and will continue to be Dunwoody goal. The first thing is to win their side of the region one game at a time and play whoever survives the other side. (St. Pius or Washington) for the 5AAA region title.

By Homet

October 13, 2008 10:32 AM | Link to this

For JAYBO:

But as far as going deep in the playoffs year after year, you have not…just admit that!!!! Am I lying or not??

I don’t know, You tell me…it depends on what someone considers “DEEP”…

06 EAST went 9-1 in the Regular Season & 12-2 Overall…Beating Madison Cty.in the 1st round, Rome in the 2nd round, & Starr’s Mill in the 3rd round before losing to Marist IN THE DOME!!!

07 EAST went 10-0 in the Regular Season & 12-1 Overall…Beating Ridgeland in Round 1, Mays in Round 2, & then coming to TCC for the quarterfinals.

08 EAST is 6-0 in the Regular Season & ????-0 Overall…

I think that shows good focus in both regular season play and advancing thru the playoff rounds!!!

But I guess you want be satisfied or consider it going “DEEP” until they win STATE and beat several South Ga. AAAAA teams to do it…

and you know me better than to think I was making an afront against TCC for playing in AAAA, I was making the point that several had stated EAST could not and would not win in AAAAA…That was all!!

By Tim

October 13, 2008 10:50 AM | Link to this

East Paulding is a solid team but not a state contender. No way they make it past the elite 8 unless they get a favorable bracket. Just like the last two years, when they get deep in the playoffs they get blown the heck out.

By Todd Holcomb

October 13, 2008 11:10 AM | Link to this

WHAT?! Walton got moved down?! You gotta be kidding me. Walton just came of a HUGE victory, down 20 - 3 in the 3rd, and then coming back and winning.

I gave Walton 17 extra-credit points for coming back from such a huge whole. But I also docked Walton 17 points for getting down 20-3 in the first place. You have to rate a team by the whole game (and season), not just one half.

Truth is that the teams from No. 4 (Grayson) through No. 9 (Coffee) are about even when you examine their credentials. That was the case last week, too. Lowndes and Camden are clearly 1-2. Both are nationally ranked. Newnan is a solid No. 3, although the schedule is questionable, but Newnan is leaving no doubt each week, even against LaGrange. East Paulding is a solid No. 10 due to no track record at AAAAA. But the rest can shuffle with the slightest excuse.

I felt Northside needed to move up because they’ve played and beaten so many good teams – Carver (which came off a great win vs. Troup), BT Washington (Florida state champion), Coffee, Valdosta. Only loss in 37 games is to Lowndes.

North Gwinnett has two good wins – Brookwood and Norcross – and beat Brookwood more handily than Walton or Grayson, for what that’s worth. NG’s only loss is to Byrnes, ranked #1 nationally by at least one poll. And some of the Poll Talk bloggers have made some good points about North Gwinnett in recent weeks, IMO. This is the reigning runner-up in AAAAA.

I also look at a couple of computer rankings, one done by Loren Maxwell, the other called the B-T model. Doubt many here have heard of either, but fwiw, one has Walton 11th, the other 9th. Strength of schedule is 38th, behind only Newnan among my Top 10 teams. Computer models aren’t the reason I dropped Walton, but they are not biased against Cobb County.

If you publish an article called “New Poll…” and then proceed to discuss a few of the changes, you really should include the NEW POLL!!!

I’m confused as usual. Isn’t the new poll up there?

Where is Union Grove? 6-0 and leading 2-AAAAA. Points for 33, Points against 9.

Union Grove’s schedule ranks fifth weakest in Class AAAAA behind three Savannah-area schools. I’d be more likely to rank a two-loss team like Norcross than Union Grove. Beating Luella would help UG’s cause, though.

Grayson beats Broowood on a fumbled punt, Walton beats Brookwood clean. You are overrating Grayson. You are going to move Walton down for coming back fron a 17 point deficit. Milton has a division I running back who had a great half against Walton, that is competition. Also Walton only has one open game and they played Brookwood which has a great tradition so don’t give me strength of schedule. Northside sneaks out a victoy against a 3A team who now has 2 losses and you are talking strength of schedule.

Northside has one loss, not two.

Fair question about Grayson. The Rams might be the Pollmeister’s darling. You could’ve made it even tougher on me and pointed out a close win over Parkview. Grayson is simply a team that I was high on from the start due to the personnel returning. I also think the record of Gwinnett teams in the AAAAA playoffs is second to none in metro Atlanta. This might be the best team in Gwinnett.

But it’s not easy to justify Grayson over Walton, and vice-versa.

* That’s exactly where I think Harrison and Walton belong.*

Thanks, HoyaDawg (aka, The Voice of Reason.) : )

The rankings are fair again this week as hard as it is for some of the cry babies (Walton Fans) to accept.

Another astute observation, this one from AAAAA Football Fan.

Assuming Grayson holds the lead in 8-AAAAA, who is it looking like they will play in the first round? Is it Norcross, or Mill Creek? Any guesses on the second or third rounds, IF THEY KEEP winning?

Grayson would play the #4 seed from Region 7. That race is too close to call, but it definitely could be Norcross. My guess is that it will be Collins Hill or Mill Creek, though.

If Grayson won that game, they’d be looking at the winner of the R6 runner-up and the third-place team from R5, somebody like Etowah or Kell. Grayson will have a pretty sweet draw if it wins R8.

Todd, I read somethin about grayson possibly having to play norcross first round is this just the luck of the draw or is the system flawed

It’s not a flawed system. The Region 8 champion won’t play Norcross unless Norcross stumbles and winds up No. 4. That would entail Norcross losing a couple of games to teams like Peachtree Ridge and Collins Hill. I don’t see Norcross losing both of those. The wild card is Collins Hill, which is 6-0 vs. a weak schedule. CH also doesn’t have to play North Gwinnett (which is a flaw in the region schedule, I guess). So you don’t want CH stealing a higher seed due to the weaker schedule.

Who is the favorite i the Loganville Applatchee game?

The AJC’s esteemed Chris Whitfield will tell us later this week, but since you asked me, I’m saying Apalachee.

Region 5AAAAA is down as a whole this year.

I agree. I still think there are a lot of pretty good teams there, but no one team that stands out as a real state contender, the way North Cobb and Harrison did last year until they crashed.

Way down in the 1a group, I didn’t see Towns County.

Towns is a remarkable story. This is a team that had lost 36 straight games entering this season and now is 6-1. But nonetheless, Towns is nowhere near one of the best 10 teams in Class A, in my opinion.

* Todd do you still think LG will beat Carver-Col? All the hype about Troup co. is dead now! The state Champs are still alive and kicking……Carver-Col 30 Troup 7*

I don’t know. I’ve not seen either play, but Carver has been a little more up and down than LaGrange.

the blessed trinity titans should be back in the top 10 this week after beating lovett on their homecoming

I certainly thought about it. As I said above, the choice was among BT, Dublin, Jefferson and McIntosh County Academy, and the dart squarely hit MCA.

How does Bremen move into the top Ten of single A and Bowdon drop out after they both won and Bowdon is undefeated. You guys dont pay attention.

The Class A rankings did not change. Bowdon was unranked last week.

Why do people make such a overly big deal out of how many touchdowns a person makes. Its all up to the coaches who gets to carry that ball across the line. Most of the time their are a few that could have done the same thing. Yardage is a bigger deal but of course again its in a coaches hands.

Are you talking about Ealey? I guess there’s some truth to the idea that the coach has to call your number, but we’re talking 110 touchdowns. Ealey has broken dozens of long touchdown runs, and he’s sat out more fourth quarters than any starting RB in the state the past two seasons. I think his 58 TDs last year – breaking the state record by 12 – is one of the most remarkable things I’ve seen in Georgia high school football.

To Homet

Your Harrison-East comparison is fair. They’re close to each other in the rankings for a reason. There’s not much to separate their performance this season. Harrison simply is the proven AAAAA program. Doesn’t mean the Hoyas will win, though.

WHAT???? Do you just flip a coin and choose who you want in your top ten? As McDonough said, Union Grove is averaging 33.8 points a game, and holding its opponent to 8 points a game, with 3 shutouts in 6 games. UNBELIEVABLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

If I flipped a coin, Union Grove would have a much better chance of making the Top 10 than if I used critical thinking. Having said that, the coin did come up tails on UG.

But for those using critical thought, who do you suggest that I pull out of the rankings to accommodate Union Grove?

Everybody in the Top 10 has beaten a Class AAAAA team with a winning record. UG’s opponents are 10-27-1, with half those wins coming from a Class AA school. Can you find one poll (computer or human) that has Union Grove in the Top 10?

Union Grove can’t win a coin toss to save its life.

To, Todd you drop Dunwoody down to number five WHY? They still lead AAA in scoring and continue to play outstanding football.

Not a big deal really, but I just liked WaCo’s 20-0 win over Thomson and WaCo’s overall defensive performance this season. They’re allowing 2 points per game. And Dunwoody’s opening win over Griffin isn’t as impressive in retrospect.

But I’m splitting hairs, and I wouldn’t worry too much. No. 5 seems fair in the bigger picture when you consider D’woody is still ahead of Carver, which just beat Troup 30-7. And I still think Dunwoody is very good.

By HeadEast

October 13, 2008 11:12 AM | Link to this

Just put East up to #9 after the Harrison win. I think we’d have a good chance with Walton, but we probaly can’t beat anyone else in AAAAA except Valdosta. BTW, did you know a Hoya is only a bulldog in the same sense that a Hokie is a turkey? After years of confusion Georgetown decided to make the bulldog it’s mascot and link bulldog with Hoya, although the only recoginized definition of Hoya is a clinging vine type houseplant. Anyway, Harrison is the only other school in the country that is officially licensed to use the Hoya nickname. I think they should have gone with Hokies!!!

By HPhil

October 13, 2008 11:29 AM | Link to this

Harrison may have beat Woodstock by a wider margin. There were a lot of bad calls against Harrison, and the receivers couldn’t catch, well worse than usual. How is East Pauling’s defence against a run?

By DSGB

October 13, 2008 11:46 AM | Link to this

I see WACO tryin to make some noise but if my Syrupmakers see them in the play-offs, its payback time.When they beat us in 2006 in the”house of pain”.We got out coached but this time Whoa Baby!!!!!

By HPhil

October 13, 2008 12:00 PM | Link to this

Just put East up to #9 after the Harrison win. I think we’d have a good chance with Walton, but we probaly can’t beat anyone else in AAAAA except Valdosta. BTW, did you know a Hoya is only a bulldog in the same sense that a Hokie is a turkey?

A Hoya is a stone wall, just like their defense. The bulldog is a mascot because a stone wall doesn’t make a good mascot.

By AVikingfan

October 13, 2008 12:14 PM | Link to this

To mike mike from Cairo: Lowndes and Valdosta try to schedule AAAAA non-region opponents because they count as tie breakers in our region in cases when two or more teams are tied for 1st, 2nd, 3rd, or 4th at the end of the regular season. I assure you we respect Cairo, pull for Cairo, but certainly are not “afraid” of Cairo. Good luck in your region the rest of the season and playoffs.

By SGT CHRIS

October 13, 2008 12:23 PM | Link to this

OK IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHO GOES WHERE IN THE FIRST ROUND FOR ALL CLASSES, FOLLOW THE LINK

http://ga.prepcountry.com/?m=10159&w=1&s=1&class=1

PRINT OFF BRACKETS, PLUG YOUR TEAMS IN AND HAVE FUN!!!

AND AS FAR AS CARVER BEATING LAGRANGE, THEY’D BETTER COME WITH SOME SEMBLANCE OF A PASSING GAME. ALSO, CARVER BETTER COME TO PLAY AS A “TEAM” I SAT BEHIND THE CARVER BENCH AGAINST TROUP AND THERE WAS A LOT OF BICKERING AMONG THE CARVER PLAYERS. AND JARVIS JONES? IS THE STUD EVERYONE SAYS HE IS.

By mikemike

October 13, 2008 12:31 PM | Link to this

CAIRO GOING TO BEREADY FOR WACO THIS YEAR IT ON AND POPING.

By AVikingfan

October 13, 2008 12:34 PM | Link to this

Good job with the AAAAA poll Todd, although #9 and #10 probably should be flipfloped! Keep PeaRidge on your radar. Coffee’s got to beat Valdosta, Lowndes, and Tift before I’m overly impressed with them. Top three in the state, and in no particular order are Lowndes, Camden, and NSH of WR in this reader’s opinion. Of course that’s without seeing Newnan or Grayson playing yet, and I’m “South GA ” biased as usual! Harrison is good, so is Walton, but they usually run in the same place too long to beat the top teams.

By mikemike

October 13, 2008 12:35 PM | Link to this

CAIRO TCC TVILLE LOWNDES VALDOSTA GOOD LUCK FORM SYRUPMAKERS FANS.

By GHS student

October 13, 2008 12:36 PM | Link to this

once again i guess I will have to defend grayson and their weak schedule. Ill be the first to tell you its weak but besides the 2 close region games with parkview and brookwood it has been nothing but blowouts and ting performances against teams from cobb (see mceachern) and down south (see warner robins) I honestly hope people overlook us coming into the playoffs I assume we will have home field until the later rounds so we dont have to worry about another 8 hour road trip…. By the way Todd, how is homefield determined once the later rounds arrive

By SGT CHRIS

October 13, 2008 12:41 PM | Link to this

ALL GAMES COUNT DURING THE REGULAR SEASON, BUT THE ONLY ONES THAT “MATTER” ARE THE ONES AGAINST YOUR RIVALS…THEN YOU GO INTO THE PLAYOFFS AND GO FROM THERE. UNLESS A REGULAR SEASON GAME HAS THE HYPE OF A NORTHSIDE/LOWNDES, YOURE JUST JOCKEYING FOR PLAYOFF POSITION.

CAN SOMEONE POST A LINK FOR THE HARRISON/EP GAME? AND IF ITS GONNA BE ON TV OR NOT?

JAYBO YOUR COMMENT ABOUT TWO UNDEFEATED TEAMS PRETTY MUCH SUMS UP THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN NORTH AND SOUTH GA FOOTBALL. DOWN SOUTH YOU GET UNDEFEATED MATCHUPS ON A REGULAR BASIS WITHIN A REGION.

By EAST Fan

October 13, 2008 12:47 PM | Link to this

Hi Todd,

Do you know if the East Paulding and Harrison game is going to be on CCS? And are you going to the big game?

It looks like there is a lot of talk about it.

Go Raiders…. The whole county is pulling for you.

By NHS

October 13, 2008 1:08 PM | Link to this

I’m a longtime Northside Eagle fan and I certainly have no problem with the rankings. The true strength of anyone’s team versus another team now is pure speculation. That’s the great thing about high school football. A champion is crowned on the field, not by some lame brain idea like a BCS.

By JACOB

October 13, 2008 1:13 PM | Link to this

EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE NOT RANKED IT IS AMAZING HOW A TEAMS RECORD CHANGES WHEN THEY PLAY SOME REAL FOOTBALL TEAMS BY THE WAY I AM SPEAKING OF CARVER OF ATLANTA FOR 3 YEARS THEY DID NOT PLAY ANYBODY I THOUGHT THEY SUPPOSEDLY HAD GOOD COACHING WELL THEY GOT THE SAME COACHES THEY HAD LAST YEAR BUT DIFFERENT RESULTS HMMMMM!!! COULD IT BE LIKE MOST ATLANTA TEAMS THEY JUST HAD TALENT LAST YEAR ON TOP OF NOT PLAYING A DECENT SCHEDULE

By oldoldol

October 13, 2008 1:22 PM | Link to this

There is ABSOLUTELY NO WAY East Paulding will beat Harrison —— although the Hoyas do have a pretty long losing streak vs. any team called the Raiders.

By HeadEast

October 13, 2008 1:23 PM | Link to this

HPhil - The D is generally slow and small by AAAAA standards, although we won on D against Rome and McEachern. Etowah ran pretty well against us and N Cobb broke a 70 yarder Friday. I’d say we’re more opportunistic and bend don’t break than dominant. However, the O is jelling, Friday’s 31 is the most we’ve scored since S Cobb, and North was a much beter team with that huge Georgia signeee at DE (actually played DT a lot). I don’t know what Kennesaw runs but you probably haven’t seen an O like ours. No Veer or Wing T here, we run a pro set with a full playbook, and sometimes switch to the spread. We’ll run everything in the playbook at you until we find what works. Throw in a stubborn D and pretty good special teams and that’s our recipe for success.

By Rudy

October 13, 2008 1:26 PM | Link to this

whs, Good Lord man! Learn to spell! Learn punctuation! You have a keen insight on things and your posts would be much more effective if you only possessed a basic grasp of the language.

By Homet

October 13, 2008 1:36 PM | Link to this

To: oldoldol

PLEASE keep thinking that…Do it ALL WEEK LONG & tell ALL the players that…Right up till game time and then they look at the stands and listen to the crowd and see that sea of BLACK wrapped around the visitors section and spilling over to each side closing in on the home stands!!!

Tick…Tick…Tick…BOOM!!!! RAIDER NATION IS COMING!!!! You just gotta see it to believe it!!!

There’s a NEW SHERIFF in town and he’s wearing BLACK & called a RAIDER!!!

By RT

October 13, 2008 1:38 PM | Link to this

To AVikingfan

I guess you would be impressed with Coffee if they beat Valdosta, Lowndes and Tift in successive weeks.

May be that the a few statistics from last Friday’s Coffee-NSWR contest would help you in evaluating Coffee’s potential.

Total Yards Coffee-416, NSWR-207

Possession Coffee-27:25 NSWR-20:35

Turnovers Coffee-3 NSWR 0

Take away the turnovers, and I do know that you can’t,….things might have been a little different

By OLdOldOl

October 13, 2008 1:55 PM | Link to this

I truly don’t care whether Harrison wins or loses (or EP for that matter)—- but most EP posters remind me of the newly hired person at work who, despite having accomplished absolutely nothing on the job yet, still can’t keep his mouth shut and makes himself look really stupid in front of people he thinks he’s impressing.

I think EP will be in for a BIG surprise Friday! The funniest part is that most of you EP posters don’t even know it! I doubt if EP, in the history of its program, has ever played any team as good as Harrison is.

I might be wrong, of course, but I don’t think so.

By SGT CHRIS

October 13, 2008 1:58 PM | Link to this

ANYONE PLANNING ON TAPING THE HARRISON-EP GAME? IF SO LET ME KNOW, ID BE WILLING TO PAY FOR A COPY. SERIOUSLY

By HeadEast

October 13, 2008 2:06 PM | Link to this

oldoldol - This looks like a pick ‘em, maybe give Stone Walls a slight edge for home field, but good teams like East play well on the road as they bring a lot of home with them! If you win this will be out first regular season road loss in three years. The records look very close, so don’t get overconfident that you can block a field goal and hang on by your fingernails this week too. I’m not saying Harrison can’t win, I just don’t think they will. Here comes the Boom!

By Chris

October 13, 2008 2:14 PM | Link to this

My alma mater Jackson is 7-0 in AAA, outscoring opponents 183-30, and is not in the Top 10? Are you kidding? Absurd.

By nomo

October 13, 2008 2:16 PM | Link to this

John, thanks for the shallow input on the Grayson-Brookwood game. Yes, the Rams did score a TD on the mishandled punt, but did you forget to mention they outgained Brookwwod 240 yds to 67 (only 19 yards rushing)? Or the time of possesion was heavily to Grayson’s advantage? How about 14 first downs to BW’s 4? How about the fact that ran the clock out rather than running in another score (from the 4 yd line)?

Todd mentioned the Parkview game, but again it wasn’t nearly as close as the score indicated. Grayson held PV’s two esteemed, Div 1 running backs to a TOTAL of 33 yds rushing, held the ball for 32 of the 48 minutes, had 22 first downs to PV’s 8….

So, whine about Grayson being overrated, but at least know what you are whining about.

By VIKING DAD

October 13, 2008 2:26 PM | Link to this

To RT. The only thing that matters is the score. If you don’t score more than your opponent, it does not matter how many yards, turnovers, or t.o.p you have.

By HoyaDawg

October 13, 2008 2:43 PM | Link to this

Head East,you said to oldlodol, “IF you win” it seems clear to me that oldlo, is not a Harrison fan, for he said in his post, that he does’nt care who wins. Just sounds to me that the EP bloggers have won over another fan. LOL

By HeadEast

October 13, 2008 2:48 PM | Link to this

oldoldol - How good are you? You haven’t made it past the 2nd round since 2000. You didn’t even make the play-offs two years ago. You’re 21-7 the last three seasons losing to McEachern, Kennesaw Mountain and Campbell twice, while we’ve gone 30-3 beating Mays, Sequoyah twice and Rome twice. WE HAVE NINE MORE WINS THAN YOU DO THE LAST THREE SEASONS, NOT ONE OR TWO, NINE!!!!!!! And if you just want to talk this year, you just blocked a field goal with 5 seconds left to beat mighty Woodstock who’s all of 2-4! Friday will be your first eye-opener and then Etowah and your first round play-off loss, as usual, will show you just how good Harrison really is. lol!!!!

By oldoldol

October 13, 2008 3:10 PM | Link to this

HeadEast —- I’m NOT a Harrison fan —- I don’t care who wins —- but I’ve seen the Hoyas play a number of times over the years and I don’t think EP will win —- simple as that!

Not that it really matters to me, but I happen to KNOW that Harrison got to the second round last season —- a 5A school playing other 5A schools — unlike EP last year who was a 5A school playing 4A schools —- so if the “average” content of your posts is as factual as that reference, then you understand why I said what I said earlier about EP posters

By RT

October 13, 2008 3:16 PM | Link to this

To Viking Dad

Thanks for the explanation. I understand football a lot better now.

By EAST Fan

October 13, 2008 3:16 PM | Link to this

Future Score Update>>>

East 27 Harrison 24

FINAL

By Todd Holcomb

October 13, 2008 3:18 PM | Link to this

My alma mater Jackson is 7-0 in AAA, outscoring opponents 183-30, and is not in the Top 10? Are you kidding? Absurd.

I don’t doubt that Jackson is a good team, but Top 10? Every team in my Class AAA Top 10 would be 7-0 with Jackson’s schedule. Jackson hasn’t played a team that I would rank in the Top 32 of Class AAA.

By GHS student

October 13, 2008 3:23 PM | Link to this

good post nomo… these people honestly dont know or dont want to know about grayson who cares they will find out soon enough

By AVikingfan

October 13, 2008 3:25 PM | Link to this

RT: Thanks for the stats. Sounds like Coffee really had a good game and did well against NSH of WR. Guess I based my previous comment on last year’s Coffee team that was undefeated when it came to Lowndes and we won 42-13. Sorry for the confusion!

Sgt Chris: “ALL GAMES IN THE REGULAR SEASON” do not count in the standings, only a team’s region games count. Then after the regular season, if there are ties, each region has a system to break those ties. Region 1-AAAAA uses AAAAA wins outside a team’s region to break ties. Teams from out-of-state or in a different in-state classification (ie AAA or AAAA) do NOT count as tie breakers. Hence we at Lowndes we try to schedule AAAAA teams for our non-region schedule, but it’s not always possible.

By Dylan Jones

October 13, 2008 3:26 PM | Link to this

What happened to the #7. Bowdon team in 6A?

By Floridawater

October 13, 2008 3:35 PM | Link to this

Harrison Hoyas is the”Rodney Dangerfield” of North Georgia. WE GET NO RESPECT!. Since we are team/school with CLASS I choose not to argue back and forth. Let’s keep it fun and may the best team WIN.

By Ryan Simpson

October 13, 2008 3:42 PM | Link to this

somebody need to pay more attention to class A.How in the hell does Bremen go to number 10 when they were 8 last week and Bowdon who was number 7 last week and the number 6 team drops out when all 3 teams won friday?

By RT

October 13, 2008 3:59 PM | Link to this

AVikingfan

Yeah….Last years Trojan-Viking game was a truly upsetting thing to watch. Don’t think I’ve ever seen a team roll over the way Coffee did in that one. Their heads were hanging after ten minutes. I felt really bad for them.

Hopefully that won’t happen this year. The young men are pretty good.

By Homet

October 13, 2008 4:08 PM | Link to this

For: TODD

wonder if anybody will want discuss that game here.

LOL!!!…You ask this question earlier and Monday is not over yet…The rest of the week should get REAL interesting…LOL!

Monday Countdown clock continues… 99+ HOURS and counting…TICK…TICK…TICK… Here comes the BOOM!!!

By wildmanhoya

October 13, 2008 4:08 PM | Link to this

Homet

Say what’s the latest on that “Valet” parking!!!…

We have valet parking but only for S class Benz’s, Jags, Porsches and the equivalent. Valet guys are running like crazy.

By Sassy

October 13, 2008 4:20 PM | Link to this

Hey Sgt. Chris

Harrison vs E. Paulding will be televised on CSS.

By tdrobby

October 13, 2008 4:20 PM | Link to this

TODD, You hear anything about the St.Mountain/Lakeside brawl that ended that game Sat. night?? Just curious as to what happened, heard players and coaches were ejected and they couldn’t finish the game.

By AVikingfan

October 13, 2008 4:31 PM | Link to this

RT: 10/4. Good luck till we meet.

Does anyone know if Houston County and/or Warner Robins played last weekend? I did not see a score for either of them. I did see the Tift/Colquitt score. Tift may have something for NSH of WR and for Coffee. Trust me on that. I bet Tift wins at lease one of of those two. I am also predicting Harrison to beat East Paulding. Todd is forgetting his own paper picked Harrison to be upset last week, then when they won narrowly he dropped them in the poll. They are for real and so is PeaRidge. I will also bet anyone anything that Lowndes doesn’t get beat this week. (we’ve got the week off)

By slalom1

October 13, 2008 4:57 PM | Link to this

TO: WACO FAN, With the exception of the Newnan game the LG defense has been racking up impressive numbers. 4.4 points per game to be exact.(Total of 22 points). However 6 points came on a botched punt against Heard. 6 points were scored by Stephens Co in the final seconds of the game against the Granger JV. And 7 points were scored by Shaw late in the 4th quarter while trailing 30-3.There was also a 15-0 shut-out against AAAAA West Lake during pre-season with the Granger starters only playing in the first half, while West Lake kept most of their starters in through most of the second half(did not factor this score in with the rest). Those are some pretty stingy numbers. As for Newnan, it was Game 1 for the Grangers. Also first game as a starter for QB Jamius Gunsby, who as well as the rest of the Granger team, has come a long way since Game 1. TODD has it right regarding the consistency of the Grangers. As long as they bring their “A” game, the Grangers should be able to handle Carver. As for the Grangers’ loss to Newnan, I predicted that no one in the regular season would play them as tight of a game. So far, that has been true. Also, this Granger team is sure fun to watch. The defense is solid and deep. Gunsby @ 6’5 210-220 lbs. will become a MAJOR D-1 prospect in 2009. Just one other thing. Sometimes comparing a team’s play against common opponents sheds some light. Example” LG vs. Shaw and Coffee Co vs. Shaw. Coffee Co won 24-0 in a fairly competitive game. LG won against Shaw 33-10 while giving up a TD late in the 4th quarter then driving the ball against the Raiders with their #2 offense in the game only to mercifully take “the knee” inside the Shaw 10 yd line, rather than padding the score to 40 points. My point is that Coffee Co, while winning the game, found the points much more difficult to come by than LG. This LG team is GOOD.

By HeadEast

October 13, 2008 5:00 PM | Link to this

We have no tradition, we haven’t played anyone, and now we’re a giant picking on little bitty schools! lol The senior class is down 200 from last year, North Paulding has taken a lot of the students. Right now, East is the smallest school in 5-AAAAA, a 4.5A school playing 5A teams and beating all of them so far. N Cobb’s enrollment is 33% higher than ours and Harrison’s is 20% higher. Don’t believe the Head, go to section R of the GHSA constitution and look at the region alignment for yourself. Next week’s team, KM is almost 50% larger! And there ain’t no Benz’s or Jags, our fan base drives trucks. We got some of them monster trucks, but they’re trucks just the same! If we weren’t so rude everyone would love little David with no tradition knocking over the Cobb goliaths like McEachern week after week! “But the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, but time and chance happen to them all.” Time and chance is coming to Harrison High Friday night, and it wears Silver and Black!!!!

By RT

October 13, 2008 5:49 PM | Link to this

AVikingfan

Houston and WR were off last week. They play one another this Friday. Tift 30 Colquitt 20.

By Chris Whitfield

October 13, 2008 5:54 PM | Link to this

somebody need to pay more attention to class A.How in the hell does Bremen go to number 10 when they were 8 last week and Bowdon who was number 7 last week and the number 6 team drops out when all 3 teams won friday?

You Class A guys are getting your polls mixed up because our Class A poll hasn’t changed a bit from last week. You must be thinking of AP or the coaches poll.

By Homet

October 13, 2008 6:15 PM | Link to this

To: Chris Whitfield

Well there you are…LOL! It’s getting going fast in here this week, you would think there is a “BIG” game being played somewhere in West Cobb on Friday…LOL!

By GraysonFan2

October 13, 2008 6:36 PM | Link to this

NOMO, GHS

shhh, lets keep all those wonderful stats a secret, and please dont let any one know that Grayson is modest, and wont score if they dont have to. And shhh, dont let any one know in all the blow out games, Coach Conn was man enough to let his second and third string players take over the rest of the game in the third quarter, shhh!

By WACO-FAN

October 13, 2008 6:58 PM | Link to this

IN MY OPINION CLASS AAA IS THE SEC OF GEORGIA IT WILL BE A TEAM WITH A STRONG DEFENSE THAT GOING TOO WIN THE TITLE AND EVERY TEAM THAT PLAYS IN A STRONG REGION LIKE OUR WACO THOMSON AND BALDWIN……AND THE LAGRANG SHAW AND CAVER-COL…….THE PEACH CAIRO AND PERRRY EVEN THOUGH THEY MORE OFFENSE THAN DEFENSE…IN I SAW SOMEONE ASK Y WACO JUMP DUNWOODY WHO HAVE YALL PLAYED YALL GOING 2 WIN DAT WEAK REGION EASY AND IT GOING 2 SET YALL UP FOR A BIG LET DOWN IN THE PLAYOFFS!!!!!!!

By WACO-FAN

October 13, 2008 7:21 PM | Link to this

TO slalom1 I RESPECT LAGRANGE AND BEING FROM WACO WE KNOW HOW GOOD YALL CAN BE BUT ANYONE WHO HAVE SEEN OUR DEFENSE IN PERSON KNOW HOW HARD WE HIT HOW FAST OUR PLAYERS ARE AND IF OUR OFFENSE GIVE OUR DEFENSE MORE HELP WHEN WE GET N THE PLAYOFF WE MIGHT SEE YALL N THE PLAYOFFS AND SHOW WHY Y DEFENSE IS SECOND 2 NONE!!!!!!

By JAYBO

October 13, 2008 7:21 PM | Link to this

Hey Homet, I heard your game will be on tv friday night. Would like to check it out….Please let me know what station. Hey man, I gotta tell you that although we have our lil sparring matches, I will give you credit….you stick with your team and you believe in them…much respect for that!!

By JAYBO

October 13, 2008 7:27 PM | Link to this

Hey been wanting to ask you this for a minute now…where did the name Homet come from?? Don’t think that is your real name…just curious…LOL!!!

By Reeze

October 13, 2008 7:27 PM | Link to this

Waco-fan…….Good to see Waco back and up front again…….But I think you AAA folks are not paying much attention to Crisp……What do you think?…..And the Baldwin folks I know tell me all the time that this Baldwin team may best fielded in years……Waco Fan ,You think Waco”s ready for the Baldwin Braves?

By SGT CHRIS

October 13, 2008 7:28 PM | Link to this

a vikining fan—thanks for the lesson on how a team does its schedule, and why it schedules who it schedules, as if i didnt know that; i was referring to games counting as in Wins and Losses..IF they dont COUNT, then why total them in? that would be the equivalent of a preseason

SLALOM-Were you at the troup/carver game? Troup only have like 3-4 plays in their playbook or something? Worle must have carried the ball like 20-30 times or something.

By Gamer

October 13, 2008 7:44 PM | Link to this

To: AViking fan: So Tift will beat either NSWR or Coffee. I think you would have been safe by saying Tift will lose her last three games. They must play NSWR, Valdosta, and Coffee. Well, if she is to defeat one of those, it will not be NSWR on the road. She plays Valdosta and Coffee at home.

By sks

October 13, 2008 7:46 PM | Link to this

Oh its so, so, sad when you are a raider haider!!!!!!!! You only criticize when you are jealous!!!!! We are proud of our working raider boys. Give them credit when credit is due!!!! They have worked very hard to be where they are so join in our excitement. We may be annoying fans to outsiders but to us and our boys it means a hell of alot!!!!! SO DONT BE A HATER YOU KNOW YOU WANNA BE A RAIDER!!!!!!!

By Fair Play Fan

October 13, 2008 8:08 PM | Link to this

I have no dog in the East Paulding(EP) vs Harrison fight but I am concern about EP wins. She has won four games by a margin of 5 points or less. This could eventually catch up with her. Harrison has won only one game this way and she plays EP at home. I will be watching this game on TV. Good luck to all!

By WACO-FAN

October 13, 2008 8:08 PM | Link to this

TO Reeze IF A BALDWIN FAN TOLD U THAT THEN IT REALY SHOWS HOW MUCH OF A BANDWAGON TOWN THEY FANS ARE BECAUSE THIS YEAR THEY GOT A FREASHMEN QB WHO CANT READ COVERAGES YET SO THEY WENT FROM A PASS/RUN TEAM TO JUST A RUN TEAM…..AND ON OFFENSE THEY WEAK AT WR AND THEY RB FORD GOOD BUT HIS SIZE DONT REALY SCARE ANY DEFENSE……THEY BEST TEAM I SAW WAS LAST YEAR THEY HAD A TOP CORNER AND THE LB AND A GOOD QB AND A GOOD WR WHO ALL WENT ON 2 PLAY COLLEGE BALL!!!!!!!AND ABOUT CRISP I HAVENT HEARD MUCH FROM THEM SO ILL HAVE TOO DO MY HOMEWORK ON THEM ARE THEY NEW TOO AAA

By 800pdgorilla

October 13, 2008 8:30 PM | Link to this

JAYBO

I know polls are crap and computer rankings are Blah Blah Blah

I have a few numbers for ya…….

Calpreps has EAST ranked 5th in Georgia TCC is 35th Overall rating EAST @ 51.2 TCC 35.7 Strength of schedule EAST-33 TCC-18.5 Opponants W/L EAST 21-17 TCC 12-25

Cal Preps projects EAST 28-TCC-17 if they would meet this year.

MAXPREPS has EAST 8th in Georgia TCC 33rd Strength EAST 33 TCC 22 National Rank EAST 70th TCC 524

Just some #’s to help my man HOMET deal with you LMAO

I’ve enjoyed both your posts. Cairo was your only loss and they are ranked 4th in Georgia just above EAST Over @ Calpreps

By RAIDERS

October 13, 2008 8:43 PM | Link to this

I THINK RAIDERS WILL WIN !

just believe it baby !

By RAIDERS

October 13, 2008 8:44 PM | Link to this

I THINK RAIDERS WILL WIN !

just believe it baby !

By RAIDERS

October 13, 2008 8:44 PM | Link to this

I THINK RAIDERS WILL WIN !

just believe it baby !

By HoyaDawg

October 13, 2008 8:47 PM | Link to this

Head East, It’s clear the blogger you are talking to is not a Harrison fan, but you continue to act like they are, so you can throw out your record, and continue to stroke the East Pauldings fans egos.

By 800pdgorilla

October 13, 2008 8:57 PM | Link to this

HARRISON VS EAST

To close to call

BUT I’ll go 24-7 EAST takes a big one and dominates!!!!

By ysoserious

October 13, 2008 9:07 PM | Link to this

What do people think about those good ole’ Catholic boys at St. Pius? Do they have a chance to contend for the title? What about that Veer offense led by #16 and #5?

By HoyaDawg

October 13, 2008 9:09 PM | Link to this

in your 800 pound dreams

By 800pdgorilla

October 13, 2008 9:17 PM | Link to this

Hoyadawg

I’ll be down there next month during playoffs

I’ll buy you a couple beers over @ that nice Lousiana restaurant in Acworth if I’m wrong. Can’t remember the name of it, I think the owner/chef opened that place up after Katrina. nice little town Just don’t speed!!!!

By Carver is still Great!

October 13, 2008 10:08 PM | Link to this

Carver-Atlanta is going to make the playoffs. We’ll go atleast to the 3rd round again. Next year we’ll be even better. All the preseason hype hurt us beacause we started smelling ourselves. We played 2 good teams this year. Washington sucks! Anyone that was at that game knows that we should have been up 28 -0 in the first half. So far they are just getting lucky. We are still a viable threat, no matter what you all think. Our RB already has over 1,000 yards for the season. Keep hating, it feeds our hunger.

By Carver is still GOOD!

October 13, 2008 10:13 PM | Link to this

St. Pius is a second-third round team at best. A team with size and speed (like Cairo, Carver-Col) will kick their butts. Carver-Atl should have beat them. I don’t to hear about disipline when our running back also ran for 250 on you all too. That’s not disciplined defense is it? 2 extra points. That’s it.

By JAYBO

October 13, 2008 10:21 PM | Link to this

800pd, Homet doesn’t need any help, he’s hard enough to deal with by himself!!! LOL!!!! Wow those were some interesting numbers you revealed, but like you said polls are crap…especially those polls you listed in your post. Just b/c ep is undefeated they are ranked ahead of us. Anyway, thanks for sharing! I tell you this though, we are slowly improving and headed for a big showdown with #1 ranked Westside Macon on Oct. 31!!

By Lowndes Vikings

October 13, 2008 10:23 PM | Link to this

Sgt Chris: I was just explaining how we break ties in 1-AAAAA. Other regions may do things entirely differently, Some still have playoffs (I think) to settle ties. 1-AAAAA coaches once voted to settle a three way tie. Meant no disrepect to you.

By its on

October 13, 2008 10:24 PM | Link to this

Camden might has loss their focus by playing those savannah teams. They had 9 players who were suspended for the last two games. They also had two suspended for the first two games for drinking at parties. They are probably the best team we had since 03, but they lack discipline. If they planning to go deep in the playoff, they need to get their act together.

By its on

October 13, 2008 10:24 PM | Link to this

Camden might has loss their focus by playing those savannah teams. They had 9 players who were suspended for the last two games. They also had two suspended for the first two games for drinking at parties. They are probably the best team we had since 03, but they lack discipline. If they planning to go deep in the playoff, they need to get their act together.

By ephs2010

October 13, 2008 10:41 PM | Link to this

Wow this game is gunna be huge!!!!!!

I cant wait this is like a battle of titans this friday East(6-0) vs. Harrison(6-0) its going to be a great hard fought match! i cant wait for friday to get here all ready!!!

GO EP!!!!!!

By 800pdgorilla

October 13, 2008 11:18 PM | Link to this

Will talk more this week I’m sure G-night

By MILLICENT C.

October 13, 2008 11:27 PM | Link to this

Go Lowndes Co. Vikings!! I got a suite reserved at The Dome!! Millicent C. Class of ‘83!

By Grayson Fan

October 13, 2008 11:46 PM | Link to this

For the person who made the comment that Grayson will lose players because of the new high school opening WRONG. They wont have a sports program for 2 years. Go GRAYSON

By Grayson Fan

October 13, 2008 11:46 PM | Link to this

For the person who made the comment that Grayson will lose players because of the new high school opening WRONG. They wont have a sports program for 2 years. Go GRAYSON

By Grayson Fan

October 13, 2008 11:46 PM | Link to this

For the person who made the comment that Grayson will lose players because of the new high school opening WRONG. They wont have a sports program for 2 years. Go GRAYSON

By DEMON FAN 2

October 13, 2008 11:58 PM | Link to this

CAN ONE OF YOU VALDOSTA WILDCAT FANS TELL ME HOW THE YOUNG MAN THAT GOT HURT LAST FRIDAY NIGHT IS DOING?I WATCHED THE GAME ON TV AND IT WAS A GREAT GAME.IT SHOWED THE NATION WHAT GREAT FOOTBALL WE PLAY IN I-AAAAA.EVERY WEEK IT IS A WAR,BUT WHEN THE GAME IS OVER WE ARE ALL ONE FAMILY.WE ARE PRAYING FOR ONE OF OUR 1-AAAAA FAMILY MEMBERS.MAY GOD BE WITH YOU.

By whs

October 14, 2008 12:03 AM | Link to this

GRAYSON will be last years north cobb 10-0 losses in the first or second to norcross or WALTON

By Rohit

October 14, 2008 12:26 AM | Link to this

Yea Johnathan Mitchell is doing alright now, can move and everything but still not sure if he has been discharged from the hospital yet

By DEMON FAN 2

October 14, 2008 12:43 AM | Link to this

THANK YOU ROHIT.I AM SURE GLAD TO HEAR THAT.HE SURE IS FAST.I HOPE HE WILL SOON BE BACK ON THE FIELD.

By chili cheese

October 14, 2008 1:16 AM | Link to this

WACO Fan, you are right, you need to do your homework. Baldwin does have a freshman QB who has matured very nicely as the season has progressed. If you line up and play us as a run only team you will get burnt. The only reason Todd can’t pick Baldwin as #1 is because we are new to AAA. We have beaten Carver-Columbus, Peach and Troup while Cairo hasn’t played any top ten team other than Peach. Baldwin was off this past Friday and I was in Thomson to watch them beat themselves. Waco scored right before the half on the blown coverage of the punt return. Every member of the Thomson team walked off the field at half time with their heads down, so they took themselves out of the game. All I know is that it will be a scary night in the so called house of pain on halloween night, cause the boys from Baldwin will be in WACO town.

By Drock08

October 14, 2008 6:50 AM | Link to this

To Slalom I agree with the Lagrange comment. Also Todd you guys need to check out the surprise story this year Chapel Hill this friday vs East Coweta. This Chapel Hill team is very fast and agressive on defense and that #2 is the real deal. He is one of the best players I have seen all year. Also E.Coweta #2 Jeric Woodall could be the most underated player in Ga. The Westlake vs Newnan game could be a good one as well if Westlake and all that talent plays their A game on friday.

By GHS Student

October 14, 2008 7:25 AM | Link to this

HAHAHAHAHA whs you are an idiot I can only hope we play yall. Please keep underestimating us PLEASE!!!

By Big Pappi

October 14, 2008 7:54 AM | Link to this

I don’t believe 5AAAAA is down. Look at all the blog’s for this weeks UNDEFEATED matchup. Yes 5 AAAAA get’s big gammes as well. The difference this year is that the names have changed. Out with Marietta, MCeachern and North Cobb, In with Kennesaw MTN, Etowah and newly added East.I say 5AAAAA should be considered UP not down. Fly high Etowah!

By Todd Holcomb

October 14, 2008 8:46 AM | Link to this

*CAN ONE OF YOU VALDOSTA WILDCAT FANS TELL ME HOW THE YOUNG MAN THAT GOT HURT LAST FRIDAY NIGHT IS DOING?I *

From Coach Tomberlin:

Jonathan came home on Sunday; he has a bruised spine and some swelling. He will be out of commission for a while, minimum of 2 weeks. Jonathan is in good spirits and wants to be back on the field. Hopefully he will make a full recovery and be back with the Cats soon.

By K-DAWG

October 14, 2008 8:58 AM | Link to this

Monroe Area High School-the best 0-6 AA school playing a AAAA schedule in the state because of politics, and they have another year to go !!!!!! Hang in there athletes, the best is yet to come.

By HarrisonHoyaFan

October 14, 2008 9:02 AM | Link to this

NO way East Paulding beats Harrison 24-7. GET REAL! This should be a pretty even match up and a tough game for both but Harrison will come out on top.
By the way, there is always a great crowd but I expect even more. Plan on walking or bring vans so people can be dropped off.
GO HOYAS!!

By Homet

October 14, 2008 9:27 AM | Link to this

OK…It’s Tuesday morning & just look at these post…All this build up for friday nights Battle with Harrison!!!…and Now it seems we will also be on TV as the CSS game!!! WOW!!!

CHRIS / TODD are one or both of you coming to this game????

HOYADAWG…What’s the stadium capacity?, as I am hearing “rumors” of a SELL-OUT happening BEFORE friday!!!

Well if nothing else we have finally got everybody’s attention…and the COUNTDOWN CLOCK CONTINUES…82 hours & counting…TICK…TICK…TICK…BOOM!!! RAIDER NATION IS COMING!!!

By HeadEast

October 14, 2008 9:44 AM | Link to this

FairPlay - Don’t read too much into those margin of victory stats. We’re very close against common opponents. We ran the ball down Marietta’s throat with two very time-consuming second half drives because we could and that guaranteed the win. N Cobb got a very soft touchdown with less than a minute left to make that one look closer than it was. And we’ve played Rome and Etowah while Harrison ran it up on Cherokee (we beat them 38-3 last year and they were better last year). Rome only scored on a very controversial fumble return. So on paper I think it looks very close. Of course, they’re a huge school with 400 more students than we have. We’re mostly country boys with pickup trucks while they have money for Jags, Benzs and a 15,000 seat stadium (we’re building a parking lot!). And they’re at home. So here’s my Tuesday prediction. For the second time this year East won’t have the best band on the field (Rome being the other time)!!!

By AVikingfan

October 14, 2008 9:46 AM | Link to this

Comments about Camden may be losing their focus. 1st of all, Camden has a very good coaching staff who are really good at keeping their team focused. But their biggest problem is the schedule. They opened the season against some quality programs hoping that experience will help them in the playoffs, and it will. But now that they are in their region schedule, the starters are not playing full ballgames. Some games they play barely more than 1/2, others maybe 3 quarters. Lowndes found out in past years it’s hard to keep players in “GAME CONDITION” without more actual game time for the starters. “Running” in practice is not the same as game time. But to keep from running up scores even more, like most teams, Camden takes out the starters. This is what hurts Camden every year going into the playoffs. NOT THEIR FOCUS!

By Homet

October 14, 2008 9:51 AM | Link to this

For:HarrisonHoyaFan

You are correct, I believe, that this game is going to be VERY close…

I look for our “D” to show up strong and they should be good for at least 7 points, maybe 10 and the special teams always seem to come up big and I think they will also be good for another 7 points. Stir all this up and mix in a few suprises and I am going to go WAYYYYY out on a limb and predict…..

EAST 24 - HARRISON 21 (I really want to say 17 here)

The excitement is building, the “TRUCKS” are filled and the “CANNON” is loaded!!! TICK…TICK…TICK…BOOM!!!

By Reeze

October 14, 2008 10:04 AM | Link to this

Chili Cheese…… Man , I kinda miss the 4B-AAAA already… I’ve got some questions 1)Take this years NSWR ,Baldwin and Westside squads….If we were all in the same Region again this year and played each other ,How would each matchup turn out?… 2)Are the Braves for real and ready to go the distance in the playoffs?… 3)Halloween night in The House of Pain, who will be The Man ,Rico Ford or Keith Swint?

By RealisticEP_Fan

October 14, 2008 10:04 AM | Link to this

Wow this is pretty intersting. For all of the EP fans whinning over the past couple years on these blogs about a lack of coverage and respect, it certainly seems to me like they are trying to make up for it by monopolizing the blog space.

But here’s MORE EP talk:

HeadEast seems to really have a good sense of the team, just like I think I do. OldOldOI: I really don’t think you’ve seen enough of Harrision or EP to say that EP has never seen a team like Harrison. Maybe we haven’t but I have a hunch we have.

Here’s one for you. Props to south GA football. After seeing the strength and dominance of TCC last year at AAAA, I really don’t think that EP or most Atlanta schools would fair too well in the southern regions. HOWEVER, what playing TCC did was show EP what it takes to get to that next level. Are we there yet, NO, ‘but’ with that knowledge and experience, we are learning, and essentially what that game did was let the genie out of the bottle.

Tradition is growing at EP, and it really is going to be the first team (Parkview and SWD not withstanding), to build a program that in the future will rival anything that south ga can dish out.

All in all EP and Harrision……….my hunch is that Harrison hasn’t seen a team like EP this year. Not even close. Much more balanced offensively than any of the other teams in the region.

NOW - LAST THING: I won’t post again until my one posting for next week. All the other EP posters: Free up the blog lines, let others have a say about their team…there are alot out there (Pepperell anyone?)

By HarrisonHoyaFan

October 14, 2008 10:06 AM | Link to this

Not sure how the East Paulding tickets are handled but Harrison tickets are not sold until lunch on Friday for students to purchase for family. Balance sold at gate.

By DEKALB UNKNOWN

October 14, 2008 10:24 AM | Link to this

To: Carver (Atlanta)is still Great and Carver (Atlanta) is still GOOD!Well dude you guys will be sitting at home this playoff season as the teams from 5B-AAA will be St. Pius and Washington as they finish 1 & 2 from that side of the region. Not sure if in that order but it will be those two teams. Only two from side 5B and two from side 5A will make it to the playoffs this year. Week ten will be the playoff games to determine #1 thru #4 seeds for the playoffs. I think earlier this year you were told Carver-Atlanta would not make the playoffs. Start looking at what local high school football playoff game you will attend because Carver Atlanta is OUT.

By Homet

October 14, 2008 10:31 AM | Link to this

FOR RealisticEP_Fan

Mostly a good post…You make a lot of good comments but…

Free up the blog lines, let others have a say about their team

NOT THIS WEEK…NOT FOR THIS GAME…Just like our stands will be friday night, this blog is going to be LOUD & FULL OF EAST FANS all week…!!

By Rod

October 14, 2008 10:55 AM | Link to this

I think the polls look good, but check out these polls i found on footballpower.tv

By AVikingfan

October 14, 2008 11:25 AM | Link to this

Adding to Valdosta Coach Tomberlin’s comments to Todd about his injured player Jonathan Mitchell. Some Lowndes players went to his house Sunday and visited him. He is in great spirits, moves his arms and legs. All Lowndes coaches, players and fans wish Jonathan a speedy and full recovery!

By HeadEast

October 14, 2008 11:28 AM | Link to this

Rod - Great poll, has East at #5, only in AAAA!!!!!!!

By Fair Play Fan

October 14, 2008 11:38 AM | Link to this

To; RealisticEP_Fan, You comment about EP building up to be a power like Parkview and SWD may not be realized. My understanding from other Paulding fans says the future lies in North Pauldng HS. That is, their location, movement of population, etc. predict that this is the future power school in the county. This in not to say you can’t have 2 or 3 very good teams but tha NP will be the best over the long term.

By Homet

October 14, 2008 12:13 PM | Link to this

For:Fair Play Fan

???Do you live in Paulding County??

I ask this because if you do you should realize that as the top part of the county developed near the Cobb / Bartow line the need grew for North Paulding High. This school pulled a large number of students from East Paulding (as it should have, East was WAY over capacity) but with the amount of available land within the EAST district for additional subdivision growth, as well as the North Paulding district, there will be ample opportunity for both of these programs to grow for years to come. It could easily become a similar comparision to what Gwinnett has with Brookwood & Parkview.

Look to the records for the current Freshman & J.V. teams. Freshman are undefeated & J.V. has one loss (due to curfew) so Varsity has a LOT of talent coming up.

By shazam

October 14, 2008 12:51 PM | Link to this

AVikingfan I agree with you somewhat about the lack of game time experience in regards to Camden County…but the thing is they make it pretty deep in the playoffs ALMOST every time. Let’s say fourth round. I’d say they are just not as good as the other team…I don’t think it’s because they lack game time experience…

By Jewce

October 14, 2008 12:51 PM | Link to this

Long-distance EP fan seriously looking forward to the drive up to Kennesaw for this one. It’s what everyone has been waiting for. Time to see if our play can be as inspired as our fans seem to be on this blog.

GO RAIDERS!

By HSBallfan

October 14, 2008 12:52 PM | Link to this

By HeadEast Rod - Great poll, has East at #5, only in AAAA!!!!!!! Yeah, these guys know so much about Georgia High school football, they’re still using last year’s classification alignment. Too many pollsters, not enough brains to go around. ROFL.

By Chris Whitfield

October 14, 2008 12:56 PM | Link to this

OK, I have been as silent as I can this week, but here goes a little of the break down that I have for this week’s big Metro game, which Homet I will be attending on Friday night.

I have seen both teams play, and I think that I have seen both teams playing near the top of their game (Harrison vs. Kennesaw Mountain and East vs. Etowah). Each team has really good lines, and I think that is where the battle will boil down. East plays above their look, if you catch my drift. Just looking at the East line, you wouldn’t think they could be as good as they are, but that last drive against Etowah showed me that they can be dominating when the time is right. Harrison is about the same way, but they look a little better on the hoof than East does.

Both teams have great skill position players, but I would have to give the edge at QB to Harrison. He is just a steady high school quarterback that probably isn’t going to beat you, but he won’t beat his team either. I like East’s dual threat at QB, but there were quite a few times that QB play threatened to put East in trouble.

Both teams know how to win. Both teams have solid special teams play with a slight edge to Harrison. All of that being said, my pick this week is……

Gonna have to wait til the blog is posted on Thursday.

By HeadEast

October 14, 2008 1:02 PM | Link to this

Actually Allatoona is going to draw down those huge enrollments at N Cobb, Harrison, and Kennesaw pushing them to mediocrity as has already happened to Marietta and McEachern. East and Etowah will be the new powers in 5-AAAAA for the near future.

By Milledgeville

October 14, 2008 1:07 PM | Link to this

The baldwin braves are finally getting recognition in this football rich state.. All props to Coach Hicks for turning the Balwin Braves into a respectible team..Waco yall use to be the s#@& but Milledgeville has always had better talent period… We finally have a coach thats motivating these kids to succeed on and off the field.. Milledgevilles going back to the dome…

By HeadEast

October 14, 2008 1:21 PM | Link to this

Taking Realistic’s advice and signing off until Friday get fired up and prediction. It’s okay Chris, we know we’re David going to Goliath (don’t tell Hornet). We’re pretty fine road dogs as Maxie would tell you when he picked Sequoyah and Douglas county. What really matters is remembering these are 16 and 17 year old kids and ten years from now it won’t matter who won or loss, but they’ll be better because they played and because we were there supporting them!

By Just-a-fan

October 14, 2008 1:35 PM | Link to this

Back to the actual poll….

I’m going to go ahead and defend Todd here. These moves, however few, make a lot of sense. Lets be real, the only time there is big movement in the polls is when some unranked David decides to step up and topple a Goliath.

That didn’t happen.

On the other hand, if David puts up a good fight with Goliath and Goliath still wins, then Goliath, no matter how good he looked in every Friday night fight before that, has fallen in the eyes of the spectators.

That happened.

Consistency is a part of the game too, remember?

So to put it simply, ask yourself what happened this past Friday. Well, nothing short of the expected, which I expect will also be the expectations of this next Friday. The top ranked teams in both of the Highest classes aren’t even playing, that also goes for two more teams in the highest class. Oh yeah, did I mention that none of any of the highest ranked teams in those two classes have ranked opponents this week? (Except of course Harrison and East Paulding and guess who they are playing…….. right…. each other.)

So I guess I’m defying the adage, “its not how you win, its that you win.”

I’m inclined to believe the contrary….

By Hphill

October 14, 2008 1:36 PM | Link to this

……….my hunch is that Harrison hasn’t seen a team like EP this year. Not even close.

Woodstock comes to mind. We lost to Walton last year, close game as I recall.

BTW, last year we beat Lowndes in regular season play.

By Homet

October 14, 2008 2:08 PM | Link to this

What really matters is remembering these are 16 and 17 year old kids and ten years from now it won’t matter who won or loss

LOL!…Just look at some of those post from the South Ga. crowd and you might want to rethink that comment…All they want to talk about is all the records and titles they have done “YEARS AGO”!!!

By grangerfan

October 14, 2008 2:16 PM | Link to this

I guess you Troup fan will shut up….everytime you face a good team you lose, then your coach bubba jeter gets in the paper bragging about beating Columbus, wow that’s why yall always get that a$$ kicked by the better schools….your coach has no class. you still got to a$$ kickings left. Shaw and of course Lagrange….Get Rid Of BUBBA

By JAYBO

October 14, 2008 3:02 PM | Link to this

Homet, I directed two posts to you on Oct. 13, and you have ignored me….I’m hurt!!! LOL!!

By DAWGFAN1124

October 14, 2008 3:14 PM | Link to this

I’m a graduate of HIRAM in PAULDING COUNTY and EAST HAS MY MOST RESPECT AS ONE OF THE PREMIER TEAMS IN THE STATE! Ever since Coach John Reid took over, EAST has been the best team hands down in Paulding County.

When they beat us on our Senior night in 2004 I knew that they would be a GREAT TEAM!

Since my Alma Mater is playing a “weak” OSBORNE this week and I am having to work, I won’t be able to make it to this game! BUT ALL I CAN SAY IS GO RAIDERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By WACO-FAN

October 14, 2008 3:15 PM | Link to this

TO MILLEDGEVILLE AND ANYONE FROM THEIR MAYBE YALL HAVE HAD BETTER TALENT THAN US BUT U PROVE THAT WHERE..OH YEAH ON THE FIELD BETWEEN THE GOAL POSTS……NOW U SAY HICKS HAVE TURNED YALL AROUND YEAH YALL ARENT DA DOOR MAT TEAM YALL WAS BUT IN AAAA WHAT DID YALL DO UNDER HICKS BUT SCHEDULE AA AND AAA SCHOOLS WHO WASNT EVEN AT THE TOP OF THERI CLASS AND AGAINST NORTHSIDE WR YALL ALWAYS FELL APART OR IN THE AAAA PLAYOFFS…. YALL MADE IT 2 THE DOME WHAT ONCE IN HISTORY AND IN CASE U DIDNT KNOW NO MORE SEMI FINALS N THE DOME ONLY THE TITLE GAME…..YALL CANT DROP DOWN A CLASS THEN STICK YOUR CHEAST OUT…..WIN A TITLE LIKE LAGRANGE OR CARVER-COL THEN SAY YALL CAN PUT WACO N BALDWIN FOOTBALL N THE SAME LEVEL UNTIL THEN OCT.31 IS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER!!!!!!!!!!

By Homet

October 14, 2008 3:32 PM | Link to this

FOR JAYBO:…

I answered them both…Go back and reread…They say your “eyesight” is the second thing to go…LOL!

By WACO-FAN

October 14, 2008 3:35 PM | Link to this

TO MILLEDGEVILLE AND ANYONE FROM THEIR MAYBE YALL HAVE HAD BETTER TALENT THAN US BUT U PROVE THAT WHERE..OH YEAH ON THE FIELD BETWEEN THE GOAL POSTS……NOW U SAY HICKS HAVE TURNED YALL AROUND YEAH YALL ARENT DA DOOR MAT TEAM YALL WAS BUT IN AAAA WHAT DID YALL DO UNDER HICKS BUT SCHEDULE AA AND AAA SCHOOLS WHO WASNT EVEN AT THE TOP OF THERI CLASS AND AGAINST NORTHSIDE WR YALL ALWAYS FELL APART OR IN THE AAAA PLAYOFFS…. YALL MADE IT 2 THE DOME WHAT ONCE IN HISTORY AND IN CASE U DIDNT KNOW NO MORE SEMI FINALS N THE DOME ONLY THE TITLE GAME…..YALL CANT DROP DOWN A CLASS THEN STICK YOUR CHEAST OUT…..WIN A TITLE LIKE LAGRANGE OR CARVER-COL THEN YALL CAN PUT WACO N BALDWIN FOOTBALL N THE SAME LEVEL UNTIL THEN OCT.31 IS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER!!!!!!!!!!

By WACO-FAN

October 14, 2008 3:35 PM | Link to this

TO MILLEDGEVILLE AND ANYONE FROM THEIR MAYBE YALL HAVE HAD BETTER TALENT THAN US BUT U PROVE THAT WHERE..OH YEAH ON THE FIELD BETWEEN THE GOAL POSTS……NOW U SAY HICKS HAVE TURNED YALL AROUND YEAH YALL ARENT DA DOOR MAT TEAM YALL WAS BUT IN AAAA WHAT DID YALL DO UNDER HICKS BUT SCHEDULE AA AND AAA SCHOOLS WHO WASNT EVEN AT THE TOP OF THERI CLASS AND AGAINST NORTHSIDE WR YALL ALWAYS FELL APART OR IN THE AAAA PLAYOFFS…. YALL MADE IT 2 THE DOME WHAT ONCE IN HISTORY AND IN CASE U DIDNT KNOW NO MORE SEMI FINALS N THE DOME ONLY THE TITLE GAME…..YALL CANT DROP DOWN A CLASS THEN STICK YOUR CHEAST OUT…..WIN A TITLE LIKE LAGRANGE OR CARVER-COL THEN YALL CAN PUT WACO N BALDWIN FOOTBALL N THE SAME LEVEL UNTIL THEN OCT.31 IS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER!!!!!!!!!!

By MRFOOTBALL

October 14, 2008 3:49 PM | Link to this

There is no way Turner County should be ranked only number nine after beating a DARNED GOOD Brooks County team who by the way is still ranked in AA-a team who stomped the Tift County Blue Devils. The Devils, minus a controversial breaking of the end zone plane, should have spanked Lowndes County earlier this year. Where is the respect? I know there are many good teams out there, but how many so closely linked to being on par with the LC Vikings? To top it all off, Turner’s schedule is strangely set up to play almost every region opponent after they have been by Wilcox County, the region 2a defending champs (who Turner beat 14-6 last year). Talk about playing a lot of p** off football teams in a row! Rank the boys accordingly people!

By Brookwood Mom

October 14, 2008 3:52 PM | Link to this

Thank you GraysonFan2 for taking up for Brookwood!! For the rest of you talk smackers out there WE might not be as POWERFUL as we have been in the past but we will be coming back next year strong and WE WILL take OUR REGION 8 back. The only reason Grayson won OUR game is because of the fumble. The only reason Grayson will win the Region is because they had a very weak schedule this year. Their only two threats were Parkview and Brookwood and they barely beat us or Parkview. I wouldn’t be bragging about winning the Region if I were Grayson.

By JAYBO

October 14, 2008 3:55 PM | Link to this

Homet, I guess you’re right(LOL)…I went back and I still didn’t see anything about the origin of your name(Homet). But thats cool man…have a good rest of week preparing for your big game friday.

By WACO-FAN

October 14, 2008 4:00 PM | Link to this

chili cheese YOU SAY THE FR QB MATURIN BUT I DONT SEE THAT AGAINST WEST LAURENS HE THREW 3INT N THE FIRST HALF THEN HICKS SHUT HIM DOWN FROM THORWN THE BALL THE JUST WENT 2 THE RUN GAME……..I WAS AT YALL BURK COUNTY GAME AND HE THERW LIKE ONE OR TWO PASSES IN WHICH ONE FOR LIKE 4 YD THE WR FUMBLED AFTER GETTIN HIT LOL….THEN BEING AT THAT GAME I SAW A TEAM THAT PLAYS NOT TOO LOSE AND DONT HAVE FAITH IN THEIR OFFENSE….YALL WILL BE GOING AGAINST A WACO TEAM THAT HAVE SEEN ENOUGH PASSIN TEAMS DAT WE KNOW WE NOT WORRIED LOL….AND THE THOMPSON GAME PLZ U SAW A RETURN PLAYER WHO MADE A MISTAKE ON HIS LAST RETURN REDEEMIN HIS SELF THE ONLY WAY A WACO FOOTBALL PLAYER CAN BY SETTIN US UP FOR A TD…….AND WHAT U SAW N THE SECOND HALF IS ADJUSTMENTS DATS WHAT GOOD TEAM DO I KNOW YALL BLADWIN FOLKS ARENT USED 2 DAT………. REEZE U ASK HIM WHAT U THINK THEY WOULD DO IF THEY WAS STILL IN AAAA WITH NSWR AND WESTSIDE WHEN BOTH OF THEM TEAMS ARE GOOD WHAT DID BALDWIN NORMALY DO CHOKE…AND UNTIL THEY DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT THATS WHAT THEY WILL BE KNOWN FOR

By slalom1

October 14, 2008 4:02 PM | Link to this

To: grangerfan, Like you I pull for the guys in blue. But also enjoy seeing Troup and Callaway doing well against anyone other than LG. As for Troup, I would not be so quick to throw Bubba Jeter under the bus. Troup has lost some heart breakers this year even without their starting QB. i.e. Baldwin 9-7, Dunwoody 14-7, WACO 3-0. Against Carver, the Troup offense turned the ball over 4 times. Coaches coach. Players play. GO GRANGERS.

By slalom1

October 14, 2008 4:12 PM | Link to this

To: “Milledgeville”, Enjoy the good times now. But rest assured when play-off time rolls around simply dropping down in classification from AAAA to AAA is not going to amount to anything. AAA is every bit as competitive as AAAA. Not to say that Baldwin could not compete comparably in AAAA, I am just saying that there is virtually no difference come play-off time. As a matter of fact I brought this subject up several weeks ago. The bottom line is that in 2008, AAAA has maybe 4 or 5 schools who have a shot at the title. AAA probably has no less than 12-15 schools who “have a shot” at winning the BIG ONE. Good luck.

By MountainMama

October 14, 2008 4:16 PM | Link to this

Hey Todd….remember back in July when I gave you a “heads up” on Towns County and their QB, Chase Ellis? Well it looks like I was right about both. And yes, their story is quite remarkable. A 36 (or 39, depending on who you ask) game losing streak came to an end in week one against AA Rabun County.

In the 7 games played to date, the TC Indians record is 6 - 1 (and that one loss was controversial at best, and was by a margin of 2 points) and they’ve outscored their opponents by a combined margin of 245 - 88 points. Whether or not they are “Top 10” worthy, I do think these young men deserve some media coverage for what they’ve accomplished this year under the guidance and leadership of a true class act coach, Kyle Langford.

While I don’t have the stats for the last two games (which were 50 - 0 and 37 - 6 routs), in the first 5 games, QB Chase Ellis had 475 yards rushing and over 600 yards passing. He’s fast, nimble and amazing to watch. He’s also an A student and has scored quite high on the SAT, and would be a real find for some college out there looking for a QB who won’t have a problem making his grades.

The Indians travel down to Milledgeville this Friday night to face Georgia Military in what will likely be a really good game. Perhaps some coverage is due??

By slalom1

October 14, 2008 4:19 PM | Link to this

To: MRFOOTBALL”, I feel your pain. Often times the accomplishments of “non-AAAAA” teams goes pretty much un-noticed. The parity among the best in each class of GHS football has never been closer than in 2008. Take the Top 5 from each classification and let’em go at it. In the end, the results would be much closer than most folks think.

By WACO-FAN

October 14, 2008 4:58 PM | Link to this

MY FRIENDS…….LOL I DONT KNOW MUCH ABOUT REGION 5AAA I KNOW AFTER THIS FRI DA ST PIUS X AND WASHINGTON GAME WILL BE OVER AND WE WILL HAVE THIS ANSWER BUT I WANT 2 FILL OUT MY LIL PRE PLAYOFF BRACKET NOW FOR FUN JUST 2 C HOW CLOSE I CANGET TOO THE REAL THANG……SO N REGION 5A ITS DUNWOODY AND MCNAIR WHO WINS THEIR AND IN 5B ITS ST PIUS X AND WASHINGTION WHO WINS THAT GAME SO I CAN PUT THEM N ORDER FROM 1-4

By GraysonFan2

October 14, 2008 5:29 PM | Link to this

Bookwood mom,

Your welcome, you guys have a great team. Dont underestimate Grayson, they could have scored more but didnt. Coach Conn played it safe. We havnt even played our best fullback since the Ga. Dome. Coach Conn is so conservative sometimes it makes me nervous. I dont know if anyone has been bragging about winning region, we still have three games to go.

Good to know Grayson want loose player for two years.

whs,

you really have it in for Grayson for being ranked ahead, dont you?

By Todd Holcomb

October 14, 2008 6:00 PM | Link to this

There is no way Turner County should be ranked only number nine after beating a DARNED GOOD Brooks County team who by the way is still ranked in AA-a team who stomped the Tift County Blue Devils.

Maybe so. Good points. I’ll give some thought to Turner bumping Miller County, which has prospered vs. a weaker schedule, but the rest of the teams ahead of Turner have very good credentials, also. Not sure who I would bump. Consider that 6-0 Bowdon is unranked. There are a good number of impressive Class A teams this season, although I don’t see any of them beating ECI.

Hey Todd….remember back in July when I gave you a “heads up” on Towns County and their QB, Chase Ellis? Well it looks like I was right about both. … Perhaps some coverage is due??

As a matter of fact, I do remember that. Towns is on the radar. It’s possible we could visit Hiawassee this season. That could be a first. It’s a good human-interest story.

As for the losing streak, tell me if it’s not 36 because that’s what the historians site (www.ghsfha.com) says.

By Brookwood Mom

October 14, 2008 6:00 PM | Link to this

GraysonFan2: I think we have a great team too. I just don’t think Grayson is as good as they are ranked. Put them against Lowndes, North Gwinnett then I might eat my words and they will earn my respect. Our boys may not be as experienced as they were in the past but they are trying. No one has gotten suspended for doing drugs or getting drunk at concerts. I am proud of them. They are just toying with the competition. Next year LOOK OUT! They are going to explode. I do admire Coach Conn. He is young and on fire. He wants to win so bad he can taste it. That coaching is what is ranking those boys number 6. Ya’ll might only have three more games to play. You only have to win 2. I don’t see Meadowcreek, Berkmar or Central beating you. But then again I didn’t see us getting beat by you either. Meadowcreek might surprise you.

By Chris

October 14, 2008 6:01 PM | Link to this

Carver-Atl you need 2 chill. Washington beat yall, Mays and St. Pius beat yall 2. This is big boy football, experience means something. Next year Washington will be loaded again B. Smith might be gone but we still have 4 or 5 receivers coming back as well as our QB. Yall only have 1 player and thats #24 stop him and yall are done…………..

By swamprat

October 14, 2008 7:25 PM | Link to this

To those of you who did not watch the L/Val game last Friday night, which was televised on ESPNU, here’s how the scoring was accomplished: Lowndes, who hardly ever passes, opened on the first play of the game with a pass to their star player Greg Reid from the 30 yard line and he took it in for a 70 touchdown. Valdosta scored later in the first half on a 30 pass to the corner of the end zone to tie it up. Later in the game Valdosta was backed to the 1 yard line and the punter for Val. only kicked the ball for ll yards. A couple of plays later, Lowndes scored on a 1 yard run to take the lead at 14-7 and the rest of the game was defense. Jonathan, the player that was injured for Valdosta was defending 2 of Lowndes players and all 3 players went out of bounds and hit the post and wheel of a wire prop that Lowndes uses in their band’s halftime show. He hit his head and right shoulder and lay on the ground for 27 minutes before they took him to the hospital. I was really glad to hear that he is OK..

By HoyaDawg

October 14, 2008 7:36 PM | Link to this

HOMET, the stadium capacity is 7,500. We will have extra seating in th eend zones, but it will be standing room only.

By eastpauldingfan

October 14, 2008 7:52 PM | Link to this

Excuse me for sounding naďve, but can the East Paulding vs Harrison game even really sell out? I don’t get to the games until 7:00 because I work. I will not be happy if I can’t get in. Parking is going to be crazy. It is going to be a tight and intense game! GO RAIDERS!

By wildmanhoya

October 14, 2008 7:55 PM | Link to this

Hoyadawg

I have analyzed this game from every angle and I really don’t know why we are bothering to show up other than the game is at home. From what I have seen and heard the EP team is just too big, fast and strong for our poor kids to handle.

By Jewce

October 14, 2008 8:11 PM | Link to this

WildmanHoya

How dare you say that. EP fans have nothing but respect for Harrison. Please forgive us for being optomistic about our teams’ chance. No single poster, a realistic one anyway, has seriously thought EP was gonna blow out Harrison and never has your size, speed, or strength been overlooked.

Cautious Optimism is the difference between a fan and a bystander. Sorry EP fans have some.

Even in jest, your comment is off-base.

By its on

October 14, 2008 8:15 PM | Link to this

To viking fan, I agree with the coaches not losses focus,but I was talking about the players. The coaching staff works hard every year to keep the guys focus and they do a good job especially dealing with our region. We have one of our deepest team ever that is way no one realize we were missing players through out the season because of conduct.

By its on

October 14, 2008 8:15 PM | Link to this

To viking fan, I agree with the coaches not losses focus,but I was talking about the players. The coaching staff works hard every year to keep the guys focus and they do a good job especially dealing with our region. We have one of our deepest team ever that is way no one realize we were missing players through out the season because of conduct.

By Drock08

October 14, 2008 8:47 PM | Link to this

To Todd: Who you got East Coweta vs Chapel Hill

By mhsraider09

October 14, 2008 9:01 PM | Link to this

I was noticing that despite bein ranked #2 in the AAAA, the Mays Raiders get no recognition. We have a strong squad and a new coach so y dont we get more attention. We have competed in arguably the hardest AAAA divsion and beat the powerhouse(Tucker, Marist, and St.Pius). We brought Carver-Atl back down to size and started Whitewaters losing streak. We will defeat Villa Rica next week and if we have to for the region, we will defeat Sandy Creek, who also gets no recogniton despite bein #3…

By GraysonFan2

October 14, 2008 9:07 PM | Link to this

Brookwood mom,

i dont know if our playbook is big enough for those south georgia boys, you never know what could happen between now and then. either way, Brookwood will do well by then, GOOD LUCK!

By GraysonFan2

October 14, 2008 9:11 PM | Link to this

Hey by the way, what do you know about boys getting drunk at concerts and doing drugs, I havnt heard anything about that. Is it our team or yours last year? I did hear about those unwise wrestlers messing up the Brookwood field with graphite.

By Sassy

October 14, 2008 9:32 PM | Link to this

Yes it is true it can sell out. It happens everytime we play KM our biggest rival. The Fire Marsh steps in and close the gates once it reaches its capacity. If I was you East Paulding Fan I will have someone buy your ticket. Once the gate is closed if you don’t have a ticket YOU WONT GET IN!!!!!

GO HOYAS

By wildmanhoya

October 14, 2008 9:50 PM | Link to this

Jewce

I think you are being overly sensitive for the simple reason that I never said my opnion was based on anything anyone from EP said or wrote. As I said, i analyzed the game from many angles and come to those conclusions.

By Carver is Still GOOD!

October 14, 2008 10:03 PM | Link to this

DEKALB UNKNOWN, say it ain’t so? The top three teams from both sides have the chance to make the playoffs. It’s 1 vs 1 then 2 vs 3 from each side. The winner of the 1 vs 1 game is the #1 seed, the loser is the #2. The #3 and #4 seeds are determined by the winner of the #2a vs #3b and #2b vs #3a. I promise you this, we’ll go further than anyone from Region #5.

By MountainMama

October 14, 2008 10:17 PM | Link to this

Todd…as far as the 36 game losing streak for Towns County that ended week one of this season, I believe the 36 number is the actual number; the 39 comes into play by those who look at the “scrimmage” games played prior to each of the last 3 seasons.

I think you’d find some GREAT stories if you visited Hiawassee before this season is out. The guys have worked SO hard for YEARS…and are finally finding out what it feels like to win. Even if they don’t win another game this season, this has been an absolute dream for the guys, the school, the town and the entire county.

I personally publically predicted we’d go at LEAST 5-5 for the season, but on my own schedule at home, I have us down as 7-3. But I’d like to be wrong and have it be 8-2 or heck, 9-1 sounds pretty good too!

Let me know if you plan to visit Hiawassee; I’ll show you around!

By thechambleebulldog

October 14, 2008 10:18 PM | Link to this

Am I the only one who has a problem with the new Chamblee coach? The play-calling seems pretty bad most of the time, especially those first two drives of the SWD game. I mean, it probably doesn’t help having to go from a regular offense (2006) to a wishbone option (2007) and back (present), but shouldn’t we be seeing something better with Warren Norman and better passing plays for Garrett Williams? As for the Tucker-Chamblee game, it should be very interesting. Darius Jones (#7) broke his arm in the SWD game and there were several other injuries on the team. I’m not sure about Tucker, but I think they have some injuries too.

By HoyaDawg

October 14, 2008 10:20 PM | Link to this

Jewce ,Is that O.J. writing from prison, or Juice Newton the singer? either way, we would love to have you sing the national anthem b-4 the game. Just give Wildman a call, yall seem to have agood repor.

By HoyaDawg

October 14, 2008 10:27 PM | Link to this

Jewce, HOW DARE YOU SAY THAT. Those are some pretty strong words. Maybe you should go back and read the EP comments. You only have a few realistic posters on here,the rest are full of hyperbole and outlandish comments.

By HSBallfan

October 14, 2008 10:35 PM | Link to this

By mhsraider09 I was noticing that despite bein ranked #2 in the AAAA, the Mays Raiders get no recognition… we will defeat Sandy Creek, who also gets no recogniton despite bein #3… Jeez, they’re ranked second and third. What more recognition do you want, a chorus of angels?By thechambleebulldog: Am I the only one who has a problem with the new Chamblee coach? The play-calling seems pretty bad most of the time I was in the stands for the Chamblee-Marist game and heard a lot of grumbling. Chamblee’s offense did seem one dimensional. Hmmm, reminds me of Tucker. Sorry to hear about Darius Jones. Yes, Tucker has some key injuries, three starters. I expect a tough game.

By Milledgeville

October 14, 2008 11:07 PM | Link to this

This is for Whaco-Fan.. And yes I spelled it correctly… What better way to celebrate Halloween than by putting a wooping on Washington County.. so get ready cause Milledgeville is coming.. First stop Sanderville next stop ATL shawty… Do you need tickets…?

By Gamer

October 14, 2008 11:08 PM | Link to this

To: MHSRaiders09. You have to be smart on this blog. You are ranked 2 in AAAA. Now what you have to do is blog and blog on Mays greatest (not arrogant) until you are heard. To send out a blog every two weeks is not going to do it. Look at NSWR, EP, Lowndes, Carver, Baldwin, Cairo, Grayson, Brookwood, TCC, etc. Those fan let you know they can be mad as h—-and not let anyone dis their team.

By dj

October 14, 2008 11:15 PM | Link to this

Hoyadawg at it again….Not looking down but whining about “phantom” EP fans thinking it is gonna be a blow-out. I am the biggest EP fan on earth and Friday scares me to death…Could be ugly if we dont show up. EP fans respect Harrison and its program….Two way street though and words speak LOUD! Not one poster has claimed this…so we will just “load up in the truck” and see what we can do! Oh yeah, we will bring 3-4,000 easy so hope the trough’s are full for our rusty radiators and thirsty horses!

GO RAIDERS!!!!!!!!!!

By oldoldol

October 14, 2008 11:19 PM | Link to this

HoyaDawg —- you are by far my favorite poster on this entire site! The HOW DARE YOU SAY THAT comment had tears of laughter running down my cheeks.

As I have already said a number of times yesterday, I believe the Hoyas will beat EP —- my hope is that they pound them —- but of course, even that will not stop the EP bloggers from filling this valuable space with all sorts of outlandish excuses for why they lost and reminders of how they defeated mighty Etowah and McEachern.

By Jewce

October 14, 2008 11:24 PM | Link to this

Wildmanhoya

I’m still not sure how sincere you are being, but if you honestly came to those sarcasm-covered conclusions about the game yourself, i do apologize. I will however reiterate, most real EP fans entirely respect the Hoyas. Every school has extremist fans, and EP is no exception, but no one who knows anything about the game of football would bet on an EP drubbing of Harrison.

The problem with East Paulding posters is that some do not have the proper balance or perspective, and we all know these blogs are breeding grounds for extreme opinions. Many of them have only ever seen the schools team extremely good, or extremely bad. Football-minded people, of which I suspect you are one, have too much respect for the game to take stock in their opinion.

Hoyadawg

How dare I indeed.

By T.J.

October 14, 2008 11:24 PM | Link to this

As I have mentioned before. The Grayson Brookwood game should not be contested. Grayson kneeled it on the 4 yard line instead of scoring. Brookwood is rebuilding but I do think they are better than than most top 4 teams and many regions. Parkview and Dacula are no slouches either. The top 4 teams from region 8 AAAAA will compete in the playoffs for state. So I am not sure if I would call anyones schedule weak in Region 8 AAAAA with those 4 teams in it. Now there is a extreme drop off with the other teams in the region. But every region has them.

In 2 or 3 years Grayson will have rebuilding type year but success breeds success. We will see if new school opening will hurt. Sorry Brookwood Mom, next year Grayson will be the strongest team Grayson will have ever had, majority of the current starters and rotations players are juniors. I have seen 3 games, and every week a new junior is out on the field contributing. I think Brookwood will win it the following year when I think Grayson will feel the pain of the split. Grayson folks, the JV and Freshmen teams rocking? Now take away the Freshmen Archer players that have to leave when new scool opens. Still strong? Time will tell.

By Raider form way back!

October 15, 2008 12:52 AM | Link to this

TO OLdOldOl You need to read up on your history. This is not the first time EP has played Harrison. You may not know this but East has played many of these schools in 5A before outside of MHS. They all used to play each other before they all moved up to 5a.. East stayed in 4a. This has no bearing on the game friday, but they have played better teams in the past. IE: 1998 McEachern and Harrison.

By chili cheese

October 15, 2008 1:14 AM | Link to this

Reeze, Me too. 1) The way you have them listed would be the way they would finish. 2) If they keep their heads in the game, Yes. 3) I drive a Chey, but I’m voting for Ford.

Slacom1, I agree with you on no effect in the playoffs by dropping down. I don’t quite understand your math, both classes have the same number of teams “that have a shot”

WACO FAN, Why do you keep shouting?? We have proven it between the goal post on the two occasions that we have played you. You are correct in that Coach Hicks has Baldwin to where they are not a doormat team anymore. He is a good coach and a great man. As far as chocking, like WACO we beat Westside the two times we played them. The 07 game is one of if not the best High School game I have ever witnessed, 29-21 (3-OT’s) it was 0-0 with less than three minutes left in the game. If you are calling losing choking, then we are in an elite group of 35 straight chokers when playing NSWR. Yes, WACO did make adjustments at half time; I did notice the pulling guard. And believe it or not I have seen adjustments by a good team at half time, at each game we have played this year. As far as our Burke County game, Homecoming always creates to many distractions for the players, especially a freshman QB. I did read in the paper that the finals were going to be played at the dome this year, but thanks for reminding me. Good luck this week with West Laurens, I want ya’ll to be undefeated when we come trick or treating

By trublu

October 15, 2008 1:30 AM | Link to this

NHS has looked pretty good this year and gets a well deserved off week. The schedule leading up to this week was pretty brutal for any team to play and I think we fared very well. Your toughest games are before your break, you play 3 reigning state champs and only lose 1…I really appreciate the #6 ranking. This last stretch of games might not be as kind as it appears. I like NHS at home against Tift coming from an open date next week. We haven’t played Tift since the 1997 quarterfinals…a week after a GREAT game at home against #1 Lowndes. I don’t think WR sneaks up on NHS, but when this game is late in the season it favors no one and WRHS will be ready to fight I am sure of it. WRHS was the last team to beat NHS at home…but they were undefeated and went on to win 2004 AAAA state football that year. Win or loss against WR, Colquitt is in the perfect place to get an upset win. It is in their house and NHS maybe beat up after a tough win, or susceptible after a loss.

By WACO-FAN

October 15, 2008 2:21 AM | Link to this

chili cheese YES YALL BEAT US THE PAST 2YRS N A ROW….2006 WE WENT ON TO THE DOME AND LAST YEAR WE HAD OUR FIRST LOSING SEASON IN LIKE 15YRS……..THIS YEAR IS TOTALY DIFFERENT WE GOT A DEFENSE THAT REMINDS EVERY DIE HARD HAWK FAN OF OUR HAY DAYS 96-97……..DROPIN DOWN A CLASS AND STICKIN YOUR CHEST OUT IS DISRESPECTFUL AND THATS WHAT BALDWIN DOING THEY HAVE WON A TITLE YET AND IN TODAYS GAME A PROGRAM IS MEASURED BY STATE TITLES NOT REGULAR SEASONS WINS THAT ONLY GET U PAT’S ON THE BACK…..AND THE QUESTION I WOULD LIKE 2 BE ANSWERED IS WHY DID THEY WAIT TILL THEY DROP DOWN TO AAA 2 SCHEDULE THE BEST PROGRAMS IN THEIR CLASS HUH???????

By WACO-FAN

October 15, 2008 2:36 AM | Link to this

Milledgeville YEAH IMA NEED SUM AND DO YALL STILL HAVE THEM FUNNY T-SHIRTS YALL PRINTED IN 06 WHEN YALL GOT BLASTED BY NSWR ON TV N THE DOME??????

By Homet

October 15, 2008 7:15 AM | Link to this

To: WACO-FAN

Calm down with the ALL CAPS it makes it appear you are shouting…

By rw

October 15, 2008 7:27 AM | Link to this

I think the SWD coach made a good comment on the rankings. The final ones are the only one that really matter. However I know the rankings are great for school spirit. To the Chamblee Bulldog on the coaches play calling at the SWD game: Its easy to second guess but it seemed to me that there were two defenses that really played well but someone eventually would have to win. Chamblee showed a lot of character and never gave up and almost were able to come back and tie it up. However time is running out for someone in 6AAAA. Miller Grove and Chamblee have their backs against the wall and will come out swinging. Marist and Tucker will be facing 2 talented teams this week who need a win desperately, should be great games.

By Homet

October 15, 2008 7:33 AM | Link to this

Todd / Chris…

This week been “fun” enough for you yet…we all knew the build-up to this game was going to be “interesting”!..LOL!

I keep seeing “rumblings” of everything from this being the WSB TV game of the week, to it being the CSS game of the week, to the AJC giving the game a bit of LUV, to 5 & 11 even coming by to see whats going on…WOW!

Who would have thought at the start of the season that this game would create this kind of excitement??? Well maybe a few of us “annoying” EP fans…LOL!

But the RAIDER march thru the villages of COBB continues and this week it’s Harrison’s turn. They know we are coming, the HOYA dogs have been “barking” but while this “Village of Harrison” is defended stronger and is used to a bit of “plundering” of it’s own…in the end it will also surrender to these new RAIDERS from EAST as they continue their march to the coronation as the new KINGS OF 5A AAAAA!!!!..

The countdown clock is ticking…60 Hours and counting…RAIDER NATION IS COMING…TICK…TICK…TICK…BOOM!!

By HoyaDawg

October 15, 2008 7:54 AM | Link to this

Does any body else get the picture that Homet is sitting there in some kind of outlandish costume while he is typing that stuff. somehow I do. Maybe an eye patch on, a pirates hat, a sword in one hand, I don’t know, but when he writes this stuf, I,m not sure if we shoul get ready for football, or build a wall aroud the campus.

By wildmanhoya

October 15, 2008 8:00 AM | Link to this

Hoyadawg

In a previous life I think Homet use to work at the Pirates of the Caribean ride at Disney. Either that or maybe he has a secret desire to do so.

By HoyaDawg

October 15, 2008 8:06 AM | Link to this

800pdGorilla, I’m sorry That I am just now responding to your post, but somehow I missed it . The name of the rest. is Henrys lous. grill. It’s a great place, but I’m gonna have to pass on the offer. No offense, but the last time a took an 800 pounder to a rest. it was on a blind date, and things did’nt go all that great.

By TheRealSoGA

October 15, 2008 8:09 AM | Link to this

To be brutally honest, Tift is not very good on pass defense. They shut the down the air show from Moultrie down last week somehow. The coaching staff just dosen’t seem to know/want to make adjustments with the personnel they have. They have the wrong player at QB and the O-line is not as strong as last year. However, if the coaching staff can come around they can win the last three games. Neither NS, Coffee, or Valdosta are strong passing teams. Case in point, in ‘06 they couldn’t get Isreal Troupe(ALL STATE and freshman at UGA) the ball. Two weeks ago against Lowdnes they line up in shotgun to run a QB sneak????? The QB fumbles and they lose by 14, a game they could have won except for coaching and poor tackling. GREG REID is legit! To beat Lowndes, STOP GREG REID! To beat NS, STOP X. BACON! If NS tries to run the ball all night agaisnt Tift, they will loose. Lastly, why does North Gwinnett always get so much love from the writers of the AJC????? Two goose eggs in the playoffs the past two years playing south of Henry Co. Enough said and yes I am a Tift fan.

By wildmanhoya

October 15, 2008 8:09 AM | Link to this

Jewce

Apology accepted yet no need for you to offer one. While I did say I came to my own analysis please note I did not say what that analysis consisted of. Could be any number of things and sarcasm is not completely ruled out. I always get accused, and at times rightfully so, of having a bit of my tounge in my cheek. On that one I plead the 5th.

All kidding aside I think it will be one heck of a game. As you suspected in your previous blog, I do know my football quite well having been involved in it one way or another at all levels since I was a child. This goes back to sitting in on locker room press conferences after NFL games and watching many, many NFL games from the press box, in what capacity I will not say.

In any event, it will be a wild one.

By HoyaDawg

October 15, 2008 8:19 AM | Link to this

Dj ,trust me, I’m noy whining, about the EP posters, I love it, It’s like a free comedy night.Keep them coming!

By HoyaDawg

October 15, 2008 8:20 AM | Link to this

Dj ,trust me, I’m noy whining, about the EP posters, I love it, It’s like a free comedy night.Keep them coming!

By EagleNationRising

October 15, 2008 8:23 AM | Link to this

I am laughing at some of the posts bashing Baldwin. Anyone who doubts Baldwin is fooling themselves. The Braves are very, very big and as athletic as any team in the state. The Braves have played in the shadows of state powers like Warner Robins and Northside-Warner Robins for years.

I will tell you this. Northside has faced two Nationally ranked teams in Lowndes County and Booker T. Washington (Miami), who was ranked before Northside hammered them 31-7. The best defensive team that Northside has faced is Carver-Columbus…BY FAR! That is a big statement because Lowndes is very good.

Nonetheless, Baldwin hammered Carver. They reached the Georgia Dome a couple of years ago. I would not talk too much trash about Baldwin. The Braves are usually very good. For some reason they have not broken through. This may be the season.

By Dawg Gone

October 15, 2008 9:01 AM | Link to this

To: Carver is still GOOD.

Please. You have faced three good teams and lost all three games. If not for Demond Dennis - you would not be close in any of those games. That guy is the genuine article, though. Expect to see him playing on Saturdays, maybe Sundays.

It takes more than one player to make the playoffs and it certainly will take more than Mr. Dennis to advance.

Maybe next year.

By EagleNationRising

October 15, 2008 9:01 AM | Link to this

To TheRealSoGA: Have you honestly seen Northside’s team, with your own eyes? Seriously. Northside is a big and physical team. Northside is going to run the ball again, again, and again.

The only reason Tift County played so well against Lowndes is because Lowndes players were looking ahead to the big game against Northside. They still cracked the Blue Devils.

I have seen numerous large classification teams (formerly AAAA, now AAAAA) win be pounding the football down people’s throat. If you had ever seen Northside, you would know that the Eagles run a spread offense (like the Florida Gators with shotgun formations and constant motion and movement).

Contrary to this site, Northside passes the football. The Eagles passed the ball the first 4 plays against Valdosta. The next thing you know everything was working. This year’s Northside team uses the pass like a run with short completions depending upon receivers to get yards after the catch.

Does Northside have an All-State QB? No. Does Northside have one of the best RBs in Georgia? Yes. Does Northside have one of the best coaches in GA? Of course.

Northside moved the ball at will against Lowndes in the 1st half. Lowndes is a good team that is very well coached with a great fan base and hit our Eagles in the mouth. This belief that Northside is not going to move the ball when we need to is insane. Don’t let the 17-14 Northside vs. Coffee score fool you. The Coffee fans were hitting the gates long before. Coffee got yard but Northside got the scores.

Northside has replaced every skill position on offense (QB, RB, WR, WR, TE) and the Eagles keep on moving forward. Northside’s highly maligned QB Joe Scott is 12-1 as a starter versus 2 nationally ranked teams and playing in the highly acclaimed Region 1AAAAA. If you think Northside does not have a significant coaching advantage, you are kidding yourself. By the way, Northside has an Open Week. That is not a good sign for the Blue Devils. Sorry.

By yo

October 15, 2008 9:26 AM | Link to this

To TheRealSoGa if you have a better qback than the one that went against Lowndes then I want to see him (or her). The one we saw was the best performance of any qback we have faced this year. As for coaching, I also felt Tift was a very well coached team against Lowndes and was ready to play. Tift is the only team to put up more than 7 points on Lowndes thus far this year. To date only 35 points has been scored on Lowndes in 7 games with Tift getting 14 of those. Now whatever happened against Brooks may be another story. If Tift shows up to play like they did against Lowndes, they will be tough for any one to take down. Your biggest problem is that you arent’t getting NHS in Tifton instead of Warner. That will be the biggest challenge. Both are tough places to play and could be a 7-14 point swing.

By Todd Holcomb

October 15, 2008 9:28 AM | Link to this

Let me know if you plan to visit Hiawassee; I’ll show you around!

I needed you a couple of weeks ago because I was in Hiawassee on liesure. Drove by the high school, in fact. My daughter was in a little bike race at Clay Rec Park across the NC line, and we forgot her helmet. Had to drive to Murphy to get one. Hiawassee needs a K-mart! Or maybe we just need to remember to bring her helmet.

By Just-a-fan

October 15, 2008 9:40 AM | Link to this

Looks like Sequoyah is finally making that turn-around that its fans had been waiting for… A couple years off the mark, but they don’t stay down for long. Walton seems to be doing the same. To me it would seem that a few of these teams are coming off of downhill slumps and the rebuilding is coming to fruition.

On the other hand, I’m wondering if Lowndes or Northside will EVER not be good… Hmmmm

By Todd Holcomb

October 15, 2008 9:42 AM | Link to this

The coaches poll is out, and while it’s pretty close to mine, there are some things I can’t figure out.

WIlcox, the Class A runner-up last year that beat Lincoln pretty good in the playoffs, is behind Lincoln in the rankings, and Lincoln has a loss, albeit to a good S.C. team. Coaches and most writers really give Lincoln and Larry Campbell the benefit of the doubt.

In AA, Charlton County is not ranked. Charlton has won more games than Lincoln the last 10 years. Why doesn’t Charlton get the same benefit of the doubt with one loss? Not ranked? Wow.

And Jefferson is No. 5. Is there anyone here that thinks Charlton wouldn’t beat Jefferson 30-7 if they played Friday night? And Dublin is No. 5. Dublin lost to Laney 21-11. Is that somehow better than losing to Appling 14-7? Why is Dublin No. 5 and Charlton unranked?

In AAAA, Tucker is No. 7 ahead of Rome and SWD. Tucker lost 38-0 to Marist. Rome lost 10-7 to a ranked AAAAA team, East Paulding. SWD lost to 21-10 to MLK and beat Chamblee.

By HSBallfan

October 15, 2008 9:57 AM | Link to this

POLL OF POLLS CNN does this with their political stuff, so I took a little time to average together the four Georgia prep polls that we use the most: AJC, AP, Massey and Maxpreps. Here’s how it came out for the two top classifications. There’s not that much blog activity for the other three so I skipped those.

AAAAA 1. Lowndes 2. Camden 3 Newnan 4. Grayson, NWR (tie) 5. Harrison 6. N. Gwinnett 7. East Paulding 8. Walton 9. Coffee 10. Etowah

AAAA 1. Westside 2. Sandy Creek 3. Marist, Mays (tie) 4. Thomas Central 5. Rome 6. Statesboro 7. Sequoyah 8. SW Dekalb 9. Tucker 10. North Clayton

By EagleNationRising

October 15, 2008 10:01 AM | Link to this

Yo just hit the nail on the head. The Northside-Tift County game is on a Thursday at McConnell-Talbert Stadium in Warner Robins, GA. That will make a significant difference. It is amazing to me how many posters fail to realize the impact of playing on the road. From travel to eating meals to familiarity to having 10,000 to 15,000 people cheering agianst you, the road is a challenge.

For all of the chatter about Northside moving to Region 1AAAAA, fanbase is one area that Northside has as strong as an advantage as any team in the state. I know that there are some great and large stadiums all over Georgia. McConnell-Talbert is one of them and there is a big time home field advantage for Northside there (ask Valdosta, who’s kids looked lost against Northside).

I am glad that Coach Nix schedule a bye week before Tift County. It will be a good one, next Thursday night.

By dj

October 15, 2008 10:08 AM | Link to this

Keep what coming…..???Not one poster has said it will be a blow-out. Win maybe, that is what fans are suppose to do, but none of “bragged about a blow-out” You think with all that money reading would be important in West Cobb! (Oh I forgot you “wer edjucateed in der Paldin’ Conty” werent ya?” If ever a bunch of elitist, trying not to be elitest, lived they would wear Harrision Blue and Green!!

GO RAIDERS!!!!!

By dj

October 15, 2008 10:08 AM | Link to this

Keep what coming…..???Not one poster has said it will be a blow-out. Win maybe, that is what fans are suppose to do, but none of “bragged about a blow-out” You think with all that money reading would be important in West Cobb! (Oh I forgot you “wer edjucateed in der Paldin’ Conty” werent ya?” If ever a bunch of elitist, trying not to be elitest, lived they would wear Harrision Blue and Green!!

GO RAIDERS!!!!!

By Blue Devil Block

October 15, 2008 10:50 AM | Link to this

To correct a couple of errors in posts, Tift County defeated Colquitt County 37-20 (the last Colquitt score against Tift’s JV defense) and we play Northside AND Coffee on the road with Valdosta being our only home game of the regular season left. If Tift can be as focused as they were against Lowndes AND eliminate the penalities, they have a very good shot at winning their last three although I’ll admit that would be quite a feat.

By MountainMama

October 15, 2008 11:12 AM | Link to this

Todd…I wouldn’t argue that Hiawassee could use a K-Mart…but I don’t see it happening…unless they can build one that floats on water since we’re quickly running out of “flat land” on which to build. We are excited, however, about the Wally World coming to our neighboring Blairsville. (They can keep the traffic; we’ll keep the lake…and everyone can shop there without having to go to NC.) Next time you’re in Hiawassee and need to make a purchase, try Fred’s (behind the Huddle House). While I don’t know if they have bicycle helmets, they do have a good bit of merchandise from which to choose.

But back to football…any prediction on how the Towns County/Ga Military game will go on Friday night? There’s a BUNCH of folks heading south to Milledgeville hoping for the 7th win of the season for the Indians.

By VRfor Real

October 15, 2008 11:14 AM | Link to this

Villa Rica(best start in 10 yrs) undefeated in region,tied with Mays and getting no respect at all! What’s up with this? Possibly will be playing the Creek for number 1 seed after taking care of Mays in 2 weeks.

By VRfor Real

October 15, 2008 11:14 AM | Link to this

Villa Rica(best start in 10 yrs) undefeated in region,tied with Mays and getting no respect at all! What’s up with this? Possibly will be playing the Creek for number 1 seed after taking care of Mays in 2 weeks.

By HSBallfan

October 15, 2008 11:51 AM | Link to this

By VRfor Real: Villa Rica(best start in 10 yrs) undefeated in region,tied with Mays and getting no respect at all! What’s up with this? Villa Rica will get respect as soon as they earn it. If 5-1 is the best start in ten years, you may have answered your own question. No doubt Villa Rica has a “pretty good” team THIS season, but beating region losers and getting chased off the field by the number 4 team in AA is not going to get you into the AAAA top ten.

By Todd Holcomb

October 15, 2008 12:15 PM | Link to this

I’ve got to leave the office for a few hours, and I’m leaving HSBallfan in charge. He’ll be taking names, or handling as he sees fit.

His comebacks this week are almost as good as mine:

Jeez, they’re ranked second and third. What more recognition do you want, a chorus of angels?

Villa Rica will get respect as soon as they earn it. If 5-1 is the best start in ten years, you may have answered your own question.

Too many pollsters, not enough brains to go around.

By HSBallfan

October 15, 2008 12:28 PM | Link to this

By Todd Holcomb: I’ve got to leave the office for a few hours, and I’m leaving HSBallfan in charge. He’ll be taking names, or handling as he sees fit. So much for flying under the radar. But don’t I look hot wearing this bullseye?

By walton fan in tifton

October 15, 2008 12:39 PM | Link to this

HSBALLFAN YOUR CRAZIER THEN TODD WALTON 9th 9th are you kidding me buddy what makes grayson and harrison so much better ARE YOU BLOGGING FROM A WHITE PADDED ROOM

By walton fan in tifton

October 15, 2008 12:45 PM | Link to this

my bad you 8th but STILL we should be top 5 or 6

By Chris Whitfield

October 15, 2008 12:49 PM | Link to this

I’m glad Todd said something about it because the “Chorus of Angels” comment has to go down in the prepzone Hall of Fame. That was classic!

By HSBallfan

October 15, 2008 12:49 PM | Link to this

By walton fan in tifton: HSBALLFAN YOUR CRAZIER THEN TODD WALTON 9th 9th are you kidding me buddy what makes grayson and harrison so much better ARE YOU BLOGGING FROM A WHITE PADDED ROOM Little known secret… the caps lock button blurs your vision, which obviously kept you from seeing that the poll of polls has Walton 8th. Coffee is ninth. You also failed to notice that the rankings I posted were a compilation of four widely used prep ratings, including the AJC. All I did was the math. But IF those were my rankings, having Walton 8 compared to Todd’s 7 would only make me about ten percent crazier than Todd, certainly within the margin of error for civilized discourse. Or has that not yet been discovered in your part of Tifton?

By TheRealSoGA

October 15, 2008 1:09 PM | Link to this

To ENR: You only play in front of those crowds when you play WR or in the playoffs. In 1-AAAAA, that is a weekly occurance. Valdosta looked lost because they’re not very good this year. Also, TC has something else on their side, history. NSWR is 1-10 against TC and that’s at home or away in recent years. I’m sure the coaches will use that. And you talk about this bruising team you have. Over 400 yds total offense given up against Coffee.
To Yo: you don’t put your QB in the shotgun to run a sneak. Ask Urban Meyer about that against Ole Miss. And yes, Nick Prostko is a better QB than Dixon for the team we have now. Prostko led us to within 1 play of beating Camden, ON THE ROAD. As you said, Dixon moved real well and he is better in space. Soooo, you get him the ball on the outside with single coverage. Prostko is a better passer. Receivers dropped tons of balls last year. Against LHS, how do you play 3 down linemen the whole game when you continually get smashed and let Greg Reid embarass you. All I’m saying is if they made adjustments more swiftly and don’t get caught up in game plans, the Lowdnes outcome would have been very, very different.

By walton fan in tifton

October 15, 2008 1:30 PM | Link to this

i corrected myself, i said eight im not from tifton i went to walton class of 2007. i just go to college, there so insulting tifton doesnt hurt me one bit but i find it weird that most polls had walton forth or fifth last and we drop two to three spots after having a great comeback to win and being 6-0 ,why all the suddon change of heart hsballfan.we were fifth

By VTfor Real

October 15, 2008 1:48 PM | Link to this

I walked right into that one HSBallfan, although I do think a win over Mays would and should put us close! Don’t overlook the Cats. Our loss to #4AA was more of us giving it to them and not them taking it.

By slalom1

October 15, 2008 3:07 PM | Link to this

Chile Cheese, There was no math to the equation. Just saying that in AAAA I can only see 4 or 5 schools who have a “realistic” chance. Whereas AAA could be full of surprises even among some teams currently unranked, come play-off time.

By Fair Play Fan

October 15, 2008 3:35 PM | Link to this

To: ByTheRealSoGa, The number of people, home crowd, yardage, etc. makes no difference. Just as Lowndes beat NSWR———NSWR beat Coffee. Nothing will change, so move on to future games. The past is the past.

By EagleNationRising

October 15, 2008 4:16 PM | Link to this

To The RealSoGA: Since the AAAAA classification was created in 2000, Tift County is a combined 48-46 with 3 different head coaches. At best, Tift County is an mediocre Georgia program since AAAAA was created.

By contrast, Northside is a combined 104-11 with 4 State Championship game appearances and 2 State Titles over the same period of time. As a member of AAAAA, Northside is 50-8.

Now let me get this straight TheRealSoGA. Tift County is going to show Northside something about AAAAA football??? I am confused. The last team that played at Northside that had 3 coaches over the past 9 seasons, also known as Valdosta, was undefeated when they came up to Warner Robins to face our Eagles. Since that team set foot inside McConnell-Talbert Stadium they are 1-3 and have lost the will to continue to play football at a high level.

TheRealSoGA, you should save the chatter for a program that you can compete against. We do not have multiple 2-8 seasons like Tift County at Northside HS. We do not have sub-0.500 playoff records since the inception of AAAAA football at Northside HS.

These are not your father’s Blue Devils of Tift County. The lowly Houston County Bears scored 24 points against Tift County and they run the ball every play. If HoCo does that to Tift County, what do you think Northside is going to do? Seriously.

TheRealSoGA, Northside is a different beast than Brooks County!!! Do you understand? If you lost to a team like Brooks County 35-7, you should not talk trash about what you will do against a team like Northside. Do you believe that Abry Jones, Eric Fields, KJ Morton, and Xavier Bacon are simply a figment of the AJC’s imagination? Brooks County ran HOG wild against Tift County: http://www.hometeamsonline.com/teams/default.asp?u=BCTROJANS&t=c&s=football&p=boxscore&gameID=75357. What is going to stop Xavier Bacon from rushing about 230 yards against Tift County? 35-7? Against Brooks County??? Are you boys in Tifton, serious?

Basketball season is just around the corner for you guys in Tift County. TheRealSoGA, you are a comedian. Aren’t you?

By HSBallfan

October 15, 2008 4:20 PM | Link to this

VT: I agree, a win over Mays would certainly boost Villa Rica’s stock. As far as Walton is concerned… once again, those are not my numbers. I just combined the results of the four polls I mentioned, so I can’t explain any “change of heart.” Your culprits are Massey and Maxpreps, neither of which have Walton in their top ten this week, so you should actually be thanking Todd and the AP coaches for thinking so highly of you.

By yo

October 15, 2008 4:27 PM | Link to this

To TheRealSoGa who is now insinuating Urban Myer is a bad coach. Get Real. Yes I have seen many a school run a qback sneak (otherwise known as a qback draw after spreading the field) from the shotgun and to very good consequences. When it works it is good coaching. I think you see things (including Tift qback issues) through foggy glasses or contact lense or need some of either. Also, “If” is the biggest word in the vocabulary when it comes to football games. But since we are doing “what Ifs”, “If” it wasn’t for your qback the game would have never been as close as it was against Lowndes. So be glad you have some coaches with better judgement than yours. Otherwise the game would have been embarrasing for Tift. That qback and your good defense is what kept the game close. That and the fact your coaches had them ready to play.

By Vincent

October 15, 2008 4:40 PM | Link to this

Fair Play Fan…bad analogy, Lowndes outgained NHS and Lowndes won; Coffee outgained NHS and Coffee lost.

By HoyaDawg

October 15, 2008 5:11 PM | Link to this

Dont stop now Dj, you are the funniest one of all ,keep them coming, I’m sure you are making the East folk proud.

By Lissa

October 15, 2008 5:22 PM | Link to this

Am I the only one who just skips over posts in ALL CAPS? I try to read them, but I can’t stop picturing some loser that can barely type and just discovered the “intarweb.” I figure their posts aren’t intelligent enough for me to waste my time on and move along. A person could be a genius, but all is lost is he/she chooses to “shout.”

PS - The contraction of “you all” is spelled “y’all.” A true Southerner knows this.

By HoyaDawg

October 15, 2008 5:31 PM | Link to this

HOYA FANS………Finally East Paulding has reconized us for who we are! By definition one blogger writes, If ever there was a superior group, they would where HARRISON blue and green. Somebody please UNLEASH THOSE DANG HOYA DAWGS!!!!!!!!

By HoyaDawg

October 15, 2008 5:32 PM | Link to this

HOYA FANS………Finally East Paulding has reconized us for who we are! By definition ,one blogger writes, If ever there was a superior group, they would where HARRISON blue and green. Somebody please UNLEASH THOSE DANG HOYA DAWGS!!!!!!!!

By HoyaDawg

October 15, 2008 5:47 PM | Link to this

Lissa, I’m sure your intentions are well,but this is not a very intellectual sight. this is about a round ball, or is it square? anyway, all my post have some type of error in them, but if you are going to type a post like you just did, you should at least get it correct. ” all is lost is he/she chooses” none of us our perfect. Plus, I like to type yall, and I’m a true southern gentleman, Just not very smart.

By slalom1

October 15, 2008 7:55 PM | Link to this

Lissa, Before you start handing out English lessons, you should check your own use of the language. You said, “all is lost is he/she chooses to shout.” I believe you meant: “all is lost (if )he/she chooses to shout”. Also, I am looking at two dictionaries which spell the word yall as it is written. NOT as a contraction. (y’all). Lissa, my advice is instead of a lame attempt at teaching English on a high school football blog, start cleaning the house. Wash some pots and pans. Do something meaningful with your precious time. Besides, by your own admission you are much too intelligent for this blog. Now, crank up the vacumn cleaner and get going!

By HoyaDawg

October 15, 2008 8:10 PM | Link to this

Slalom,That’s just wrong man. Funny, but wrong

By Chili cheese

October 15, 2008 8:47 PM | Link to this

Hey WACO-FAN, To bad Lissa skips over your post, she might tell you the only thing disrespectful is your abuse of the English language. Don’t understand where you get off by saying that we have our chest sticking out. As far as the schedule, you’ll have to ask the coach that question. I do know we had Jones County on the original schedule and they changed their minds and we had to travel to Troup. Eagle Nation Rising, Thanks for the kind words.

By Waltonfan04445

October 15, 2008 8:48 PM | Link to this

These are the offical rankings fellas Walton is still number 3 in the state true are schedule isnt as tough other then brookwook thats why weve been winning by so much HOWEVER the milton game comine 21 pints in 6 minutes ..to comeback walton raiders r still one of the the top team in the state we have 2 or 3 D1 prospects on D along with a 1000+ rusher and 16 tds in the first 5 games cmon now

By WACO-FAN

October 15, 2008 8:52 PM | Link to this

IM KINDA NEW 2 BLOGIN AND LISSA WOULD HAVE MADE ME A DUMB JOCK REREAD …AND MAKE SURE EVERYONE OF MY BLOG’S ARE UP TOO THE ENGLISH STANDARDS BUT MY BOI SLALOM1 HEALD IT DOWN FOR US.NOW I CAN BLOG CARE FREE…..WAOC-24….BLADWIN-7

By WACO-FAN

October 15, 2008 9:02 PM | Link to this

DANG Chili cheese GUESS U IN THE SAME CLASS ROOM WITH LISSA YALL THE TEACHER PET’S AWWWW SO SWEET……..BUT LIKE I SAID BALDWIN SCHEDULE THIS YEAR OUT OF REGION….IS THE BEST YALL HAVE EVERY HAD JUST THIS YEAR GET PAST THE SECOND ROUND CUZ IN THE PLAYOFF BRACKET WHO EVER LOSE OCT.31 WILL HAVE TOO TRAVEL 2 CARIO IN THE SECOND ROUND AND THE WINNER GETS PEACH N THE SECOND ROUND SO EITHER WAY YALL WILL BE TESTED EARLY…..

By Chili cheese

October 15, 2008 9:05 PM | Link to this

I agree with care free, you do realize that you have predicted 17 more points than WACO has scored against Baldwin in the past two years. Our defense is like yours, tuff, just ask Eagle Nation Rising. You must be into the Halloween candy early.

By Homet

October 15, 2008 9:44 PM | Link to this

I just don’t know…We are ALL OVER the place this week…There is JUST SOMETHING WRONG with having to take English lessons while talking about a football game…LOL!

I been worrying for days about getting ole HOYADAWG to valet my Jag Pickup and now I gotta check all my post to see if I got my “southern” phrases correct!…LOL!

Tell YA’LL (You All) whatever…let’s get back to what REALLY MATTERS…

That old COUNTDOWN CLOCK is really ticking now…only 46+ hours till our RAIDERS & them HOYA’S get down to business!!!

TICK…TICK…TICK…BOOM!!!

I’m still going with Raiders 24 - Hoya’s 21 (and I still want to say 17 here)…

Oh Yeah…the Pirates of the Caribean & Disney reference…I Like That!!!…LOL! Maybe a parrot…Aye me maties…LOAD THE CANNON!!!…LOL!

By HoyaDawg

October 15, 2008 10:01 PM | Link to this

Homet, look me up, and we will valet what ever you drive. Will you be coming by land or sea? You are a true excited fan and that’s awesome.Why don’t you go ahead and say 17. Man it’s your prediction,say what you want. I say we score 30, but who knows. That’s why we cant wait until friday.

By Todd Holcomb

October 15, 2008 10:02 PM | Link to this

I’m sure your intentions are well,but this is not a very intellectual sight.

Sight? In any event, truer words have never before been written on this cite.

By Jewce

October 15, 2008 10:59 PM | Link to this

slalom

genius, sir, genius.

this is the best sight evar.

By chili cheese

October 15, 2008 11:10 PM | Link to this

WACO-FAN you must know me, because yes I am the teacher’s pet and have been for 25 wonderful years. But, back to football we were tested early by playing Peach County in the third game of the season. As far as your playoff, brackets you are making some nice assumptions, you wouldn’t happen to know the lottery numbers for this weekend would you?

By Lissa

October 15, 2008 11:21 PM | Link to this

My apologies for the obvious if/is typo. Sheesh. I admit, that is pretty sad, lol. That’s what I get for answering the phone while typing!

Slalom - You sure do think your sexism is funny. I generally don’t cook or clean. Sorry to disappoint you, but I go out and make the money. I can choose to follow my favorite HS football team in my free time if I so choose. So shove it. Why don’t you go out and fix something?

If you want anyone to respect your opinions on the Internet, you have to at least appear to be somewhat literate. It doesn’t matter if you’re talking about football or the best cookie recipe - if you sound like an idiot online, you’re viewed as an idiot. Sorry, but it’s true. It’s just the way things are. It’s all about communication. When all you have are words to go by, you tend to pass judgment based on those words. Just because a post is about football isn’t an excuse to write like a child.

It is “y’all” - dropping the apostrophe is just plain lazy.

Go ahead - I’m sure there’s a typo in there somewhere, but at least you can read it!

By TheRealSoGa

October 16, 2008 12:12 AM | Link to this

To Yo: I guess you were at the LC/TC game. Spreading the field is when you have 3 or 4 WR. You don’t line up in a rugby scrum with your QB 7 yards deep and run a sneak on the goal line. Nothing sneaky about that. It cost us the game and it cost UF a possible national title shot. Case in point, if the qb sneak from the shotgun is soooo great, why did TC run the power I on the goal line last week and score. The next time they were on the goal line, they faked a dive and the qb walked in untouched. Didn’t see your qb in the shotgun on the goal line the last few weeks since it’s so great. But, I guess you know better.
To ENR: Just ask your friend across town about this league. They made it to the dome their first year. Where is WR now????? And yes TC has had 5 or 6 different coaches in the last few years. The reason: they couldn’t handle the pressure of this league. One guy even had a stroke!! That’s why your coach was crying about moving to this league. Something in the papers about travel. The other schools in that city do it with complaining. I guess he wanted to continue the tradition of beating up on lowly middle Ga scoring 50 points a game. Since you are soooo good with stats, besides NSWR and WR, how many teams have won state in that old region? (no reply needed, it is a rhetorical question) The only team I can think of is Griffin.

By TheRealSoGa

October 16, 2008 12:13 AM | Link to this

To Yo: I guess you were at the LC/TC game. Spreading the field is when you have 3 or 4 WR. You don’t line up in a rugby scrum with your QB 7 yards deep and run a sneak on the goal line. Nothing sneaky about that. It cost us the game and it cost UF a possible national title shot. Case in point, if the qb sneak from the shotgun is soooo great, why did TC run the power I on the goal line last week and score. The next time they were on the goal line, they faked a dive and the qb walked in untouched. Didn’t see your qb in the shotgun on the goal line the last few weeks since it’s so great. But, I guess you know better.
To ENR: Just ask your friend across town about this league. They made it to the dome their first year. Where is WR now????? And yes TC has had 5 or 6 different coaches in the last few years. The reason: they couldn’t handle the pressure of this league. One guy even had a stroke!! That’s why your coach was crying about moving to this league. Something in the papers about travel. The other schools in that city do it with complaining. I guess he wanted to continue the tradition of beating up on lowly middle Ga scoring 50 points a game. Since you are soooo good with stats, besides NSWR and WR, how many teams have won state in that old region? (no reply needed, it is a rhetorical question) The only team I can think of is Griffin.

By yo

October 16, 2008 12:17 AM | Link to this

Yall Im feeling kind of lazy.

By yo

October 16, 2008 12:25 AM | Link to this

To TheRealSoGa you must be talking about the Tebow offense. The fact is Lowndes runs it occasionally quite effectively. Seems Florida has done so also. At least it was good enough to help get someone the Heisman last year. Last I checked Lowndes won State championship sometimes using it last year. Yep…pretty sorry offense unless you want results. The fact is it doesn’t matter what offense you run unless the blocking is there to open up the holes. On the other hand, any offense is a great offense when the holes are opened.

By yo

October 16, 2008 12:28 AM | Link to this

I think it would be better if Lissa went and “fixed something” and Slalom “cleaned house”. Slalom…you know you do a lot more house cleaning than your macho self wants to admit.

By WACO-FAN

October 16, 2008 1:21 AM | Link to this

chili cheese…yes yall did play peach earlier but unlike yall in 06 when a great team gets a second shot at a team…..they will make da right adjustments it will be a different game…the question is will baldwin player’s be up for it when playoffs start…….and i know cheese u get all caught up on waco but SGT CHRIS posted this site days ago and since u was packin the lunch then here is the site again……(http://www.ga.prepcountry.com/?m=10159&w=1&s=1&class=1)

By Homet

October 16, 2008 7:11 AM | Link to this

For HoyaDawg:

I hate to “waffle” on that prediction but it’s 17 if we play like the “D” should but something always seems to happen to cause at least 1(one) unnecessary TD, if that trend continues then you get the 21 BUT if things are as they should be it’s 17…!?!?!?!?!

Well it keeps getting closer and with Paulding County schools out for a teacher workday tomorrow I look for the crowd to build even earlier than usual. Any chance they would open the stadium earlier than 5:00??? I know there is a growing concern about tickets and the availability closer to game time…

By EastRaiders09

October 16, 2008 7:21 AM | Link to this

Just like to go on record that Harrison is the first school, regular season or playoff, that has not provided tickets to East Paulding for pre-sale. Such a huge event, no tickets… Perhaps an effort to slow the Raider fan base, puzzling nonetheless. Get your tickets at the gate at 4:30 PM. Go Raiders.

By Big Pappi

October 16, 2008 7:35 AM | Link to this

HOMET - I am going to make my prediction on your game. 21 -17 I wish I could tell you who is going to win? I guess they will have to play the game. OF course I will be rooting for Harrison for obvious reason, but this one just looks too close to call.

By Raiders08

October 16, 2008 7:41 AM | Link to this

Does anyone from Harrison have a good explanation why your Athletic Department will not be providing tickets for pre-sale to East Paulding?

By HoyaDawg

October 16, 2008 7:50 AM | Link to this

Todd, I din’nt even catch that one. It must be my bad eye cite. Anyway, at least I ended it with I’m not all that smart.

By HoyaDawg

October 16, 2008 8:23 AM | Link to this

Raider08, I have no idea. If this is true, then there will probally be no presales of tickets at either school. No presales equals more money, that would be my only guess. When we played K mt. a few weeks ago, they did’nt presale tickets, and some of our fans got excited about it, but, the sales process went smoothly at K. mt. Maybe we learned something from them. that’a the best I’ve got for ya.

By Raiders08

October 16, 2008 8:35 AM | Link to this

HoyaDawg - As long as there are NO pre-sales at either school that works. If indeed there are at Harrison, that’s not fair with all the blogging about selling out. We Raiders fans are going to need a lot of tickets. Thanks for the response.

By HarrisonHoyaFan

October 16, 2008 8:40 AM | Link to this

Harrison students purchase tickets for family at lunch on Friday for home games. I don’t see why this game would be any different. As for East Paulding, can’t say but first come first serve seems fair. If you didn’t think you would be there soon enough maybe someone could buy an extra ticket and bring it to the gate for you later.

By Northside 2008

October 16, 2008 8:43 AM | Link to this

It is great to a Breezy from some 1-AAAAA football.might go see Rival in Warner Robins this week WRHS vs HOCO.After this weekend there no break unitl after State.

By EHS08

October 16, 2008 9:02 AM | Link to this

To all the fans crying about rankings, they do not mean anything but that a team is good. Playoffs are a big and separate part. Any team can win the state championship in any region disregarding Buford which they will have to beat to win region 1 and lowndes will have to be beat to win region 5. To all the Walton fans you guys are like little kids. Quit complaining to Todd about rankings. If you are a legit team, it will show. You guys have not really proven anything and that why we have playoffs because that is the place where you prove them. Who cares about last year, it does not matter. We are in 08-09 season so do not talk about 07-08. Also EP v Harrison will be good. Whoever wins will have great respect, but do not count Etowah out yet.

By BIG T

October 16, 2008 9:06 AM | Link to this

Here we go RAIDERS, here we go!!!!

By Homet

October 16, 2008 9:31 AM | Link to this

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By epraidermom

October 16, 2008 9:38 AM | Link to this

I think the Harrsion/ Etowah game will be a good one also, or Harrison/McEachern

Still 3 weeks of football after this week

By yo

October 16, 2008 9:51 AM | Link to this

Tickets…..Might be from my recollections of 2006 that Harrison basically has no visitors side. No offense meant, but that was the worst visitors side of a stadium I have ever tried to watch a football game in. Especially a AAAAA football game. Hopefully since 2006 things have changed. EP..come on down to Lowndes and we will send you about 3000 tickets if you can sell them all.

By AVikingfan

October 16, 2008 10:09 AM | Link to this

Aren’t we all appreciative that Todd, in his best journalism wisdom, appointed HSBallfan and NOT EagleNationRising to temporarily take his place, “to take names”, and to keep order, while he was “away for awhile.” ENR would still be writing something about what NSWR did in the past. Congrats Todd!

To: THE REAL SOUTH GEORGIA Hope your team doesn’t overlook Tift County. I don’t think they will, and most definetly should end the regular season as #2 in 1-AAAAA. Coffee, now that’s another story. I don’t think they will beat Valdosta OR Lowndes.

By Reeze

October 16, 2008 10:38 AM | Link to this

Yo….lol thats funny ,3000 visitor side tickets to EP if there was a trip to Martin…..The only catch is , the best visitor side seating would already be reserved for Lowndes folks.It was cool though ,we had lots of fun with them

By BIG T

October 16, 2008 10:39 AM | Link to this

1,2,3 And thats a RAIDER FIRST DOWN!!!!!

By HarrisonFaithful

October 16, 2008 10:49 AM | Link to this

Been reading all of this all week long. I have been and will always be loyal to Harrison. That being said I decided to go and watch the East Paulding team play. Unfortunately all I can say is we(Harrison) had better be ready. What I saw as a very determined and hard hitting football team that is well coached. That #1 on their team is a big time hitter. I’ve now seen both and as much as I want and hope that the Hoya’s win this one, I just don’t see the same intensity in our team as I did in EP. If I had to guess, on a score I’d probably say 28-17 them. Sorry…..but GO HOYAS !!!!

By BIG T

October 16, 2008 11:12 AM | Link to this

Harrison oponents combined records 13-23 EAST PAULDING victims combined record 20-17. Tough part of the season still ahead Hoyas. Starting with the 5-AAAAA champs EAST PAULDING RAIDERS!!!!!

By AVikingfan

October 16, 2008 11:39 AM | Link to this

Reese, sorry to have to correct you but every ticket Lowndes sells for seats on the visitors side are General Admission only, and are not supposed to be used in Section M located in the middle of the visitor’s side. We send that section to the visiting team, depending on how many tickets they ask for. I might add, we offered NSWR 3000 , then 2000, but they asked for a lesser amount because they have to pay us for the exact number they ask for. Lowndes was told by NSWR their fans preferred to buy tickets at the gate. We could not wait and “hope they would bring fans” when we had local people wanting to buy them. What were we supposed do, sell the tickets for $8 each or hope NSWR brought enough fans to buy that entire side? By the way, the game was NOT A SELL OUT! Northside, like all visiting teams can have the entire visitor’s side if they pay for the tickets in advance. Lowndes sells SEASON RESERVED SEAT TICKETS on the HOME SIDE.

TO THE HOYA FANS: Two years ago Harrison sent Lowndes 2000 tickets in advance and we not only paid for them, our fans bought more at the gate and we had more fans in attendance than Harrison had. So they don’t always wait till Friday at noon to sell tickets. But good luck Friday. I think Harrison will win.

Hang in there YO and keeping helping me out.

By epraidermom

October 16, 2008 11:55 AM | Link to this

I was told by Harrison “they have never sold out of tickets”, We will see on Friday

Getting off work at 12:00 going to be there as soon as the finial bell rings

By Reeze

October 16, 2008 11:59 AM | Link to this

AVikingfan…….I think you’re underestimating Coffee just a little…Yes we are new to the region and I understand you might be more familiar with Coffee , But lose to Valdosta? Not in a million years.. Having the opportunity to see 8 qrts of Coffee football( vs WR and NSWR) Coffee is a Very good team…. The only thing is which Coffee team will show up to play ….The lack luster Coffee team that fell behind by 14 to WR in the first Qrt? or the Coffee team that caught fire mid 2nd qrt and ended the game with 37 and left the Demons shaking their heads….. If their coach can keep up and make the needed adjustments and as ENR said ,execute well offensively for 4 qrts,they’ll be hard to beat….Lowndes is a very good team,the best in the region , but I think you’ll have your hands full in Douglas Ga.

By AVikingfan

October 16, 2008 12:56 PM | Link to this

Thanks Reese. One thing’s for sure. I won’t play a down in the Lowndes Coffee game, or any other, so what I think doesn’t really matter and surely will not affect the outcome of the game. Randy McPherson is pretty good at not letting his Vikings overlook someone, but if they do, he and the asst coaches are great at making adjustments during games. But I have seen Coffee go from 6-0 to 7-4 pretty often.

TODD: is it “cite” or “site”?

By yo

October 16, 2008 1:13 PM | Link to this

Agree with you Reeze on Coffee over Valdosta. However, since it will be played in Valdosta with Lowndes on Coffee’s horizon the following week, I since a potential upset. I would say the question for both teams is which team will show up to play. I do also agree that Lowndes will have its hands full with Coffee, but I see a victory despite it and despite the fact it is in Coffee. Coffee still has Valdosta, Lowndes and Tift to finish out the year. After just playing NHS that is a tough way to close out the year and we are about to find out just what it is Coffee is made of. They get Lowndes and Tift at home. One other thing to consider is that this is a must win for Valdosta.

By yo

October 16, 2008 1:23 PM | Link to this

One other thought. To beat Lowndes you will have to score more than 14 pts. To date only 1 team has managed to even score that much and that was Tift. 3 other teams have put up 7 and the other 3 have goose eggs. Total points give up by Lowndes much maligned defense for the year is 35 or an average of 5 pts. per game. The total records of those 7 teams is 29 wins and 18 losses. Take away the 7 losses to Lowndes and their record would be 29-11.

By Lissa

October 16, 2008 1:40 PM | Link to this

is it “cite” or “site”?

It is “site” - as in “web site.” :)

By Chris Whitfield

October 16, 2008 2:04 PM | Link to this

Todd was just being homonymically funny as in if you cite too many posts from one site you might go blind and lose your sight. Of course, that is only after you sight in your cannon, but only after you cite ENR’s history lesson and any other links to historical web sites. I could be wrong, just providing my insight, which isn’t intended to incite any running to any other sites, but that is only if you buy my opinion sight unseen.

By yo

October 16, 2008 2:04 PM | Link to this

Woodland has averaged 25 pts. a game against other teams - against Lowndes 0. Peachtree R. has averaged 23 pts. a game against other teams - against Lowndes 7. Ware Co. has averaged 18 against other teams -against Lowndes 0. Colquit has averaged 30 against other teams - against Lowndes 0. Tift has averaged 31 against other teams - against Lowndes 14. NHS has averaged 25 against other teams - against Lowndes 7. Valdosta has averaged 28 against other teams - against Lowndes 7. I’ll be glad when Lowndes defense gets a little better.

By Sports Fan 31313

October 16, 2008 2:14 PM | Link to this

Hey,

Anyone out here can tell me about the Bradwell Institute Tigers Football Team in Region 3-AAAAA.

Are they a Contender? Or A Pretender?

I have a lot of people down there in Hinseville Georgia disagreeing with me about the Bradwell Institute Tigers Football Team.

They win their Sub Region Games against the Savannah Teams but can’t seem to win against Camden County.

Do Bradwell Institute have what it takes to Win in the Atlanta Metro Area?

The comment is written in the Coastal Courier. www.coastalcourier.com. Go to the Blogs. Its under Bradwell InstituteFfootball. Are they a Contender or A Pretender.

By Gamer

October 16, 2008 2:27 PM | Link to this

To: AViking Fan, Please read your comments to The Real Real Georgia post on 10:09 16 Oct. 08. Something seems wrong with your statement. Did you mean to say NSWR where you listed Tift County—and NSWR finishing 2nd in 1AAAAA?

By HeadEast

October 16, 2008 2:41 PM | Link to this

One if by land, and two if by sea, And Hoyadawg peeing on the Stone Wall will be, Ready to bark and spread the alarm, To every Kennesaw village and farm. Tha Raiders are coming!!! The Raiders are coming!!!

By Todd Holcomb

October 16, 2008 2:45 PM | Link to this

**Anyone out here can tell me about the Bradwell Institute Tigers Football Team in Region 3-AAAAA.

Are they a Contender? Or A Pretender?**

Bradwell Institute would not make the playoffs in any Class AAAAA region in the state except for 3-AAAAA. Bradwell would go 0-8 in Region 1-AAAAA.

You can tell that to ”the people down there in Hinseville.”

TODD: is it “cite” or “site”?

What have I incited? It’s site, cite or sight, depending on what you’re talking about.

By Lissa

October 16, 2008 4:10 PM | Link to this

Chris - “homonymically” - you get a gold star for that one! :)

By G.Burn

October 16, 2008 4:51 PM | Link to this

ummm just a ? is Kings lost to N.Cobb going to hinder them cracking the rankings further down the line??and Union Grove is trash yall play those sapp 3a teams for non-conference there is noway you’ll be top 10 this year try next year when you prove yourselves…go KING!!!

By rw

October 16, 2008 5:46 PM | Link to this

Chamblee vs Tucker. St Pius vs Washington. Marist vs Miller Grove. Great local games this weekend!

By slalom1

October 16, 2008 5:46 PM | Link to this

YO, “My bro” you cold busted me. Just got in from work. Took out the trash. Cleaned the toilet bowl, folded the laundry, then sprayed the entire house to make things smell better. Did not fix anything today, but have a list. On a more serious note, maybe I missed it, but I never heard a complete wrap-up from you on the Lowndes/Valdosta game. However you did make a reference to the Lowndes defense. So what gives?

By HoyaDawg

October 16, 2008 6:19 PM | Link to this

Todd, All I want to know about the site, sight, cite, is should I feel dumb or not ?

By Reeze

October 16, 2008 6:36 PM | Link to this

Todd or Chris ,or anyone…….CSS is not availiable in the Midddle Ga area, We are stuck with Cox……The East/Harrison game tommorrow ,can it be viewed online anywhere?

By slalom1

October 16, 2008 7:15 PM | Link to this

TODD, Looks like Robert Davis has the magic working again with 2008 Westside Macon. At least from my view no one else in AAAA even comes close. Here is the question. In 2007 many GHS fans including myself felt that AAAA NSWR may have been the best team in the state. As for 2008, how do you think Westside stacks up against the best in AAAAA?

By wildmanhoya

October 16, 2008 8:30 PM | Link to this

AVikingFan

What are you smoking? I was at the game when Lowndes came to Harrison and there is no freaking way Lowndes had more people in the stands than harrison.

By Chili cheese

October 16, 2008 9:03 PM | Link to this

WACO-FAN Your making my head spin with all this looking ahead and looking back, so let’s look back for a second. “but unlike yall in 06 when a great team gets a second shot at a team…..they will make da right adjustments it will be a different game…”
2006 Baldwin beats WACO 30 –7 Lost to NSWR 28-6 and lost to Starr’s Mill 19-14 in second round on a play that is still causing the defensive coordinator to have night mares. We never played anyone twice so I don’t understand your comment above. Now turn our head to your forward-looking post. “JUST THIS YEAR GET PAST THE SECOND ROUND CUZ IN THE PLAYOFF BRACKET WHO EVER LOSE OCT.31 WILL HAVE TOO TRAVEL 2 CARIO IN THE SECOND ROUND AND THE WINNER GETS PEACH N THE SECOND ROUND SO EITHER WAY YALL WILL BE TESTED EARLY….”. Thanks for providing me the link to the brackets, but I already have it. Just because I live in Milledgeville doesn’t mean that I am crazy. According to your prediction above, I can expect Crisp County to just roll over and play dead and Peach County wins out the rest of the year? Like you said on one of your first posts, it is proven between the goal post and we have a lot of football left before we need to be thinking about the playoff opponents. Good luck tomorrow night in West Laurens and your Caps Lock key isn’t working anymore.

By Lissa

October 16, 2008 9:20 PM | Link to this

Reeze - don’t feel too bad. I couldn’t find CSS on Comcast digital either. I hunted all over for the NHS/Lowndes game a few weeks ago. Where are all these people that actually get that channel? Satellite, maybe?

I never thought I’d ever say this, but Cox cable isn’t so bad - Comcast is worse (and more expensive)!

By HoyaDawg

October 16, 2008 9:28 PM | Link to this

It has been a great week already, and the game has’nt even started. THANKS Raider from the start,800pdgorilla,Jewce,Head east,H-Phil, Oldoldol, ephs2010,Eastpauldingfan, my buddy Homet, and even you DJ,for making this a great week. Like I said on sunday, what I say I say in fun. May the best team tomorrow night win. It will be a hard fought, hard hitting game, I pray that all the boys are kept safe and free from injury, and that we all have a wonderful night. Win or lose, I’ll be back Sat., to celebrate, or congratulate. Thanks for the help Widman.

By Lowndes Vikings

October 16, 2008 9:35 PM | Link to this

Gamer, yeah, guess I goofed. I meant to say NSWR will finish second in my opinion in our region, but Tift has the ability to beat them. I just don’t think they will. If Lowndes is fortunate enough to keep winning we will be #1, followed by NSWR,Tift, and Coffee. Again that’s my opinion and everybody’s got one. Like most of the posters I sometimes get carried away, but hey, it’s all in fun right? Even my pokes at ENR. I’m sure he’s a real fine person, a heck of a sports fan, and VERY, VERY knowledgeable when it comes to high school football. Maybe I can meet him in the dome and buy him a coke! Just hope we make it that far!

By WACO-FAN

October 16, 2008 10:50 PM | Link to this

I KNOW CSS IS ON CHARTER CABLE IN BALDWIN…….

By WACO-FAN

October 16, 2008 11:25 PM | Link to this

Chili cheese..PLEASE GO BACK AND DO YOUR FOOTBALL HOMEWORK ON BALDWIN YALL LOST TO THAT TEAM LAST YEAR!!!!!!!!IN 06 IS WHEN YALL WENT TO THE DOME…..DID YOU DO LIKE ALL THEM OTHER BALDWIN FANS AND THROW YOUR T-SHIRT AWAY AFTER THE GAME LOL….I STILL GOT OUR TICKETS FROM OUR FIRST DOME APPERANCE IN 94’…..I AM NOT SAYN THAT HOW MY BRACKET IS NOW IS HOW ITS GOING TOO BE BUT I KNOW PEACH WELL ENOUGH TOO KNOW I WOULD CHOOSE THEM OVER CRISP…..AND 2 SHOW U HOW REAL A FAN I AM YALL B-TEAM CRUSHED OUR B-TEAM THUR AND IF YALL DO THAT TOO OUR VARSITY TEAM IMA BE MAN ENOUGH TOO SAY YALL WAS THE BETTER TEAM THAT NIGHT……

By yo

October 17, 2008 12:31 AM | Link to this

Slalom…did I make a reference to the Lowndes defense?  You ask “so what gives?”  Please see my reference and you will know it isn’t the Lowndes defense very often.  The point is Lowndes always wins with defense first under McP.  Unfortunately when it comes to the Lowndes/Valdosta matchup I hate to say I missed it.  At a convention in Las Vegas.Tried like crazy to find some hotel that had the game but they had ESPN in every flavor but the one I wanted.  Listened to the first half by internet but had to listen to the second half by text message updates from my daughter.  So probably a number of other folks could better answer that question who saw it on TV.  I do know that at the end of the first half the momentum of the game changed after the injury to the Valdosta player. 

By Harrison Vet

October 17, 2008 2:20 AM | Link to this

**anyone remember 1998 East Paulding Vs. Harrison? What was the score?? 63-13 at the beloved boneyard. and then in 99?? 47-7? at the COBB! same result!!!!!

By Harrison Vet

October 17, 2008 2:42 AM | Link to this

*anyone remember 1998 East Paulding Vs. Harrison? What was the score?? 63-13 at the beloved boneyard. and then in 99?? 47-7? at the COBB! same result!!!!! *

By Harrison Vet

October 17, 2008 2:56 AM | Link to this

anyone remember 1998 East Paulding Vs. Harrison? What was the score?? 63-13 at the beloved boneyard. and then in 99?? 47-7? at the COBB! same result dang computer sorry guys..

By BIG T

October 17, 2008 7:57 AM | Link to this

In all respect Harrison vet, sounds like you live in the past. GAME ON!! Let’s get ready to RUMBEL!!!! But seriously, may God bless the players, coaches, fans, officials, and everyone involved in this game of two state caliber playoff teams. Win or lose, be proud of these young men. I know both teams will give it all that they have. We are serving AAAAA well. GO EAST!!!!!

By EAST Fan

October 17, 2008 9:09 AM | Link to this

To: Harrison Vet,

Regarding your past score post. This is why it is going to hurt even more for you on Sat why you have to recant your remarks and BowDown to East because Harrison just got there “you know what” handed to them on Friday night by the Raiders.

Paybacks a b***.

Go East…

By Chili cheese

October 17, 2008 9:27 AM | Link to this

WACO FAN, Glad to see you got your key fixed. Obviously you didn’t read the T-shirt because my history homework on Baldwin shows that on 11-25-2005 we lost to NSWR IN THE DOME, 11-24-2006 we lost to Starrs Mill at Braves Field and last year 11-16-2007 we lost to Fayette County at their place. I don’t think it will be a crush on Halloween night but you can bet your boots it will be one helluva game. And I think that everyone on this site is a good sport and I too agree with your last comment if it turns out the other way.. Enjoy the drive thru at Dublin tonight, I’m on my way to eat seafood just south of Savannah.

By AVikingfan

October 17, 2008 10:06 AM | Link to this

gamer, I answered your post directed to me last night on a friend’s oomputor, but this morning I went back and read my previous post that you referred to. I think it was apparent that I predicted NSWR to finish 2nd in our region, but commented they should not overlook a good Tift team.

To wildmanhoya: Regardless of who had the most fans at our game with Harrison two years ago, we won. And ya’ll (did I do that correctly?) got the first varsity look at then Sophomore Greg Reid. He caught a touchdown pass over two Harrison defenders, and ran an 80 TD on an option pitchout (Called back by a holding penalty.) He also ran a punt back deep into Harrison territory and set up a field goal. Good luck against East Pauldin and the playoffs!

By ShawRaider

October 17, 2008 10:56 AM | Link to this

I’m looking forward to seeing Carver(Cols) against LaGrange in a couple of weeks. Carver had a great defense and LaGrange has a good offense. Not to take anything away from LG but their competition hasn’t been that stiff since facing Newnan. Gonna be fun watching them against a team like Carver(Cols) that has lots of speed and size. Jarvis Jones#10 is a BEAST.

By BIG T

October 17, 2008 11:58 AM | Link to this

Get ready Harrison, there’s a freight train coming through. The BLACK & SILVER EXPRESS!!!

By Gamer

October 17, 2008 1:12 PM | Link to this

To: By AViking Fan, Thanks for your response. It cleared up some things I was thinking about. NSWR has better prepare to play Tift like she did Lowndes and Coffee. This is a different Tift team from the the beginning of the year. I wish I could be at E. Paulding-Harrison game. Those two fans basis have taken over the blogs for now. NSWR, Lowndes, La Grange, TCC, Camden County fans need to get back in the blogger game. A couple of new guys are replacing Slalom and Yo as the supreme bloggers. lol

By HoyaDawg

October 17, 2008 3:43 PM | Link to this

AVikingfan, Tell us all in you best words what happened the following year when we ,Harrison came down to your place. What did Greg reid do that night? You remember well, that’s why u are pulling for EP, because you remember it well. Just 4 the record, we had more fans at Lowndes than the home team. Just wanted you to see how crazy that sounded.

By AVikingfan

October 17, 2008 3:51 PM | Link to this

Thanks gamer. I will be watching that game tonight hopefully. I don’t have a dog in that fight, but I believe Harrison will win. Our coaching staff say Harrison’s coaches are really good. In fact our head coach and their’s communicates from time to time. I hope it’s on CBS College Sports as some blogger said it is.

By HoyaDawg

October 17, 2008 4:04 PM | Link to this

AViking, I read your post wrong, I thought you said good luck to East, Sorry my post sounded like a jerk. Some of it is true, but I Should’nt have said it that way.

By HoyaDawg

October 17, 2008 4:10 PM | Link to this

AVikingFan, Now I just read your last post, and I really feel stupid ! I’ll just go get ready for the game Go Lowndes.

By AVikingfan

October 17, 2008 4:40 PM | Link to this

Calm down HoyaDawg. I NEVER said I was pullin of EP. Yes, ya’ll beat us fair and square in 07. I’ve been on Harrison’s band wagon , along with PeaRidge’s, all season.

By SportsFan31313

October 17, 2008 5:23 PM | Link to this

Greetings Todd Holcombe,

The Bradwell Institute Tigers Fans in region 3-AAAAA take exception to what you said. I think that the Bradwell Institute Tigers are a formidable Team. You talk about Region 1-AAAAA, But region 3_AAAAA won the State Championship the year before I think. It was State Perennial Power Camden County. Remember Them?

They Beat Lowdnes did’nt they? While Lowdnes are the defending State Champions, Don’t get too cocky just yet. You haven’t played Camden County yet. Now as for Bradwell Playing in region 1-AAAAA. Bradwell can contend with those Schools in your region. And they will defenitely do better than 0-8.

By SportsFan31313

October 17, 2008 5:35 PM | Link to this

Todd Holcomb,

What are you talking about? Bradwell can compete in any Region AAAAA school in the State. When you say they can only compete in Region 3-AAAAA, are you calling that Region weak? Non Contenders?

Lets not forget that Region 3-AAAAA Camden County won the State Title a couple of years ago. Remember that? They came up in North Georgia, and Dominated ALL of your Schools up there. Remember that?

This year, Camden County beat your Suburban Atlanta School. Yes and that is region 3-AAAAA. Bradwell can do the same too. Right now they are undefeated in Region at 3-0 5-2 overall.

The people in Hinesville takes exception to your assessment Todd. Some of the Atlanta Schools and Suburban Atlanta Schools are over rated anyway. I would bet that the Citizens Of Hinesville who support the Bradwell Tigers would say that if they played some of the AAAAA Teams up there, they will beat them and beat them convincingly.

By yo

October 17, 2008 8:16 PM | Link to this

Sportsfan31313 I believe you have already been beat by a bottom rung team in 1AAAAA. Remember Hoston Co.? They are hoping to win their first 1AAAAA game tonight. Gamer actually Slalom and I have been thinking about retirement now that we have been put into the Holcomb Blog Hall of Fame. :-) Back to Sportsfan31313 whose Bradwell team is 1 win and 2 losses outside of region play and against teams with a combined record of 6 wins and 13 losses. The only team outside of region play Bradwell has beaten is Wayne Cty. and they are 0-6. I don’t see those numbers as worthy to be trying to hang onto Camden’s coat tails. Yes Camden is from 3AAAAA, but then who else? Another comparison for you and another bottom rung 1AAAAA team would be you beat Wayne Cty. 28-13 while Colquit beat them 38-0. Colquit too is without a win in 1AAAAA. Like Todd said I think you should stay put where you are and get ready to exit the playoffs very quickly.

By camden wildcat

October 18, 2008 8:12 AM | Link to this

Go Camden Wildcats

By HPhil

October 19, 2008 12:12 AM | Link to this

To wildmanhoya: Regardless of who had the most fans at our game with Harrison two years ago, we won. And ya’ll (did I do that correctly?) got the first varsity look at then Sophomore Greg Reid. He caught a touchdown pass over two Harrison defenders, and ran an 80 TD on an option pitchout (Called back by a holding penalty.) He also ran a punt back deep into Harrison territory and set up a field goal. Good luck against East Pauldin and the playoffs!

You won at Harrison two years ago by what one point? Last year your only loss was from Harrison on your turf, you lost by what was it? 9 points I think?

By Bob

October 19, 2008 10:27 AM | Link to this

Mr. Holcomb: All eyes statewide should be on the October 24 matchup between Appling County and MacIntosh County Academy in Darien. Both AJC Top 10 schools are undefeated and tied for first place in region 2AA. The winner could enjoy many home-cooked meals during the playoffs. The loser will probably need to conduct fund-raisers to buy gasoline for their “cheese-wagons”!

By Eric A Bradwell Tigers Fan

October 19, 2008 3:24 PM | Link to this

Hey By Yo,

You maybe right about the losses. But I do believe that Bradwell can beat some of the Schools in Region 1-AAAAA.

You mention Schools that we lost against a bottom Rung Team, Houston County. Well a few of our starters were injured and have since then, have Routed the remaining Schools on the Schedule.

Who cares if Colquitt County Beat a Team we beat (Wayne County) 38 -0. Teams plays other Teams differently. Especially if there is a Rival there. Lowndes Conty is Number 1 in the State which is in Region 1-AAAAA.

But I bet they wont sleep on Valdosta in Region 1-AAAAA or Camden County in Region 3-AAAAA. It should be noted that we have played Coffee County and have beaten them before, but I will admit that they were at one time in region 3-AAAAA. The Teams to beat were Coffee County, Camden County and Bradwell Instiutue.

You asked what teams outside of Region 3-AAAAA have Bradwell Institute have beaten besides Wayne County? The answer is none. That is because we are playing our Regions Games now. Bradwell Insitiute is Undefeated in The Region being 4-0 and 5-2 overall.

I take exception to you and Todd Holcomb as well as the fans here in Hinesville. Bradwell will make the Playoffs this year, and I hope that it is against one of your favorite Bottom Rung teams in Region 1-AAAAA that you think could beat Bradwell. We will show you and Todd otherwise.

Next, you all continue to advertise some of those Atlanta Suburban Atlanta teams, that are heavily over rated. If they werein Region 3-AAAAA they would get beaten by Bradwell Institute. So, we are calling you out.

By Granger Fan

October 19, 2008 8:15 PM | Link to this

Hey Reeze Caver plays in LaGrange Oct 30. Trick or Treat !!!!! I saw Baldwin play and they are awful. Caver will be in trouble when they come to LaGrange.

By slalom1

October 19, 2008 8:40 PM | Link to this

Granger Fan, I share your excitment when it comes to the Grangers. At the beginning of the season I felt that this 2008 team was destined to win AAA. But, have you taken a look at all that has happened? Lost Brian Dowell for the season. Tristian Johnson had his knee scoped just a few weeks ago. Ivan Dowell underwent hernia surgery just days ago. John Jackson is dealing with a sore ankle and as if that was not enough, Jamius Gunsby is at least for the time being off the roster due to violation of team rules. This could be permanent. Rodney Tolbert will do a nice job filling in at QB, but in so doing this also takes away the “go to” guy at wide receiver. The Grangers are getting mighty thin at RB, DB, and REC. Should the Grangers pull it off, this will be among the greatest stories in Granger football history.

By yo

October 19, 2008 9:54 PM | Link to this

To Eric a Bradwell Tigers Fan it is good to see someone from Bradwell get a little cocky for a change, even if it will be short lived. Unfortunately for you the bottom rung teams of 1AAAAA don’t make the playoffs. Fortunately for you 3AAAAA doesn’t play 1AAAAA until the second round of the playoffs this year. If you should come in 2nd in your region this year, which you probably will. Certainly no higher (Camden). You will be seeing the #3 seed from Region 4 in the first round of the playoffs. Fortunately for you, other than Newnan, that is not the most highly regarded region in the state. Unfortunately for you they are more highly regarded than your region. Should you be fortunate to win that game (I strongly have my doubts) the unfortunate fact for you is you will most likely be staring Lowndes straight in the face in the second round. We are licking our chops. After the first round of the playoffs when your region (what little is left of it-Camden) gets to take on 1AAAAA (I anticipate all of it being left) you will then get to show up or put up. Unfortuantely for you it will not be against 1AAAAA bottom rung teams. Can you say Lowndes, Northside High School, Coffee, Tift Co. with a very slight possibility of Warner or Valdosta in place of 2 of those first 4 mentioned? I would say at this point it looks like the bottom rung teams of 1AAAAA will be Valdosta, Warner, HoCo and Colquit Cty. You don’t want any of that “either” and be glad they aren’t in your region.

By slalom1

October 19, 2008 10:55 PM | Link to this

GO COUGARS! I must shamelessly admit that the 2008 Newnan Cougars have pretty much made my house payments since declaring that the Cougars played their tightest game of the regular season against LG in Game 1. Should they continue their onslaught (which I believe they will) I may not even have a mortgage payment in 2009. Even against E. Coweta I believe that the Newnan Cougars will cover the 21 point spread which I predicted. Having said that, I am worried about the post season for the COUGARS. Not because they are not good enough to take it ALL THE WAY, but because they WILL run into some mighty tough competition when facing any of the teams in 1AAAAA, and have not yet been battle tested in a close hard hitting game since Game 1.(not really that close, but by comparison the tightest of the year so far.) Close first first half. 10-7 Cougars. My bet is still with Newnan. They whipped a very good LG team who with just a little luck could very well be the best in AAA. The big question is: “How does a great team like Newnan get better while playing the weak competition in Region 4?” Down in 1AAAAA it is a dog fight every week. One has to beleive that the 1AAAAA teams get stronger week by week while Newnan is barely giving the starters a good work out. I am afraid that this may play a huge factor come play-off time.I believe that this 2008 Cougar team is as talented as I have ever seen in GHS football. Hope this will be THE year. GO COUGARS!

By slalom1

October 19, 2008 11:16 PM | Link to this

REEZE, How is Joe Scott doing? Have not seen NSWR since the Carver game. How do you like the chances for NSWR at this point? I am looking at a #2 seed. Given that, there is a possibility of a Lowndes re-match. What do you think?

By Dorene

October 20, 2008 9:15 AM | Link to this

Slalom1

Mother of #51 here. Yes we are enjoying this year very much. I like you was a little concerned that we haven’t faced much competition since the Largrage game. I do however feel that our Cougars have a lot of depth so come play off time they can swap out the defense and keep the players rested!! Our defense is agressive and very confident with out being cocky. Our offense also has alot of weapons we adjust well to what other schools show us. So if you stop the passing game they will run the ball. So we are just enjoying the ride because this is the year I feel that will take the boys far. My son is a junior and started for Newnan as a softmore so our defense is mostly juniors. Thanks for the support!

By Coweta County

October 20, 2008 9:19 AM | Link to this

Region 5A-AAAA is probably the weakest region in Georgia. Sandy Creek is undefeated, but that was in jeopardy last week against a very weak Fayette County team. The region is a very sad 12-23 without Sandy Creek added in the mix. The other five teams are very weak and Northgate is the cream of that crop. How scary. If any of the teams make it past the crossover game with 5B-AAAA,They will face a 6-AAAA region with Marist, Tucker, SW Dekalb and Chamblee.The feel good party will be over.

By Eric A Bradwell Tigers Fan

October 20, 2008 1:30 PM | Link to this

Greetings Yo,

After what Bradwell did last weekend, You could bring out any of your so called bottom rung teams in region 1-AAAAA. Bring on Colquitt County, Bring on Coffee County, Oh By the way, we had Beaten Coffee County before. If Valdosta is considered to be one of your bottom rung teams, we can play them, and beat them too.

It seems as if you have it all plan out who Bradwell will play against when you we get to the 1st round off the playoffs. When we win in the 1st round, you stated that you all will be waiting licking your chops when we (Bradwell Institute) face you all in Region 1-AAAAA.

All that I can say is Be careful what you ask for. You just might get it. What will you say when Bradwell comes down their in Plowboy Country, and run wild all over you?

By yo

October 20, 2008 3:14 PM | Link to this

Eric A Bradwell Tiger Fan I’ll be thinking you must pray a lot harder than I do because you will need not one but 10 miracles to pull that one off. By the way I was truly impressed with your thrashing (42-0) of a 0-7 Savannah team from puny 3AAAAA last week. I really do want to congratulate you on the way you now have a 4 game winning streak whipping up on 4 schools with a combined record of 5 wins and 23 losses. Truly impressive and I can’t quit laughing as I write this I am so impressed. Wow you are now 5-2. You have 5 wins against teams with a record of “wow” 6 whole wins and “only” 29 losses. Truly amazing! What is even more amazing is that the 2 games you lost were against such immovable objects as the last place team in 1AAAAA HoCo (but of course you have excuses for that one) and oh yea that undefeated AA school called Appling County. Since it will be a playoff game we will probably avoid putting in the JV until half time just for a little insurance.

By yo

October 20, 2008 3:27 PM | Link to this

What will you say when Bradwell comes down there in Plowboy Country, and run wild all over you.

I would say the odds are greater that Obama is planning to do away with any one having to pay taxes in the United States ever again. He is going to give money to the rich, make George Bush his economic advisor, and put Hillary in charge of handling Michelle Obama.

I would say the odds are greater that George Bush will be elected to a 3rd term in office.

By slalom1

October 20, 2008 4:23 PM | Link to this

Dorene, You must be a mighty proud mom. And rightfully so. Like you I believe this Newnan team is very deep in talent on all sides of the ball. The offense gets most of the credit. But the Cougar defense is as good as I have ever seen in GHS football. Coach Herring has done a great job of putting his players in the right positions. I am pulling for the Cougars. Best of luck!

By Eric A Bradwell Tiger Fan

October 20, 2008 4:59 PM | Link to this

Hey Yo,

(Laughing Out Loud) How did you know I pray a lot? I’m praying that in the 2nd round of the playoffs this year, when Bradwell comes down there in Plowboy Country, they wont beat Valdosta to the Point that it will give your Fans a heart Attack.

I will tell them not leave Tiger paws in the Middle of the Wildcats field. But when we get there and beat Valdosta this year, (if we play them) we will take that Winnersville sign back to Hinesville with us. Those plow boys and plowgirls will ahve nothning else to talk about but what happended in yester years of winning.

Now you’re talking about Bradwell winning against non contenders. Well that is Teams that are in Region 3-AAAAA. Doesnt make any difference, we will come down there and beat the same bottom rung teams in Region 1-AAAAA the same way. Remember our losses came this year after injuries. But you had better believe that Bradwell is a team to be reckoned with.

Tell you what. Let your Region 1-AAAAA go to sleep on them, and see what will happened. They will get beaten. We never played Appling County. But if we did, we would beat them too. Better yet, we would allow our JV team in there and punish them.

However; We Played Glynn Academy in whch we lost to. 22-20. Houston County 20 -16. But like I said. You better hope that we don’t meet Houston County again.

We had injuries. For ther sake, they better hope that we don’t meet again in the playoffs (Houston County). It will definitely being a different story this time. Bradwell Routs Houston County.

Better read some of the AJC comments from early season about Bradwell Institute. They are a pretty good team.

By Eric A Bradwell Tiger Fan

October 20, 2008 5:05 PM | Link to this

Hey Yo,

You woul say that the odd are greater than if Obama plans to do away with anyone paying taxes in the United States huh?

Well ALL those Odds may not be. But i will tell you this:

Believe me when I say this. Bradwell will beat Camden County this year, and will win the 1st round of the playoffs. So now who’s next? Lets just say that your over rated 1-AAAAA Region is next.

By Eric A Bradwell Tiger Fan

October 20, 2008 5:11 PM | Link to this

Hey Yo,

What do you think about region 3-AAAAA Perinnial Power Camden County High School Wildcats? How well will they do in Region 1-AAAAA in competition?

I believe that they can beat your Bottom Rung teams and your Over rated Teams as well. As a matter of fact, camden will eventually Play those Vikings. They wont Beat Camden County.

Region 3 AAAAA is the Region to beat this year. All of those Atlanta Schools are over rated. South Georgia Football is where the Competition lies.

By yo

October 20, 2008 5:19 PM | Link to this

Eric…Hawaii was a pretty good team last year too (in fact undefeated) until they had to play someone from the SEC and then everything came into perspective. The SEC is the Georgia Region 1AAAAA of College football. One day you may be recognized as being on the same level as Hawaii, but not this year. My mistake on Glynn. As for HoCo. they will probably go 0-7 in Region 1AAAAA this year. They would appear to be the bottom of the bottom rung of 1AAAAA. They (like you) look just about unbeatable when playing in 3AAAAA though.

By Eric A Bradwell Tiger Fan

October 20, 2008 5:19 PM | Link to this

Hey Camden Wildcat,

Better beware this time when the Camden County Wildcats come into Tiger Country to play Bradwell Institute thinking that you all have this game all in the bag.

I will promise that it will definitely not be a cake walk in the park. You are coming to Tiger Stadium, and this year. You wont win in the Tigers Den!!!!!!!!!!!!

By yo

October 20, 2008 5:25 PM | Link to this

Camden would do just fine in 1AAAAA. A perenial playoff team that would occassionally win the region. Camden will probably have to get by NHS (1AAAAA 2nd seed) in the second round and that will not be an easy task. Just like the 4th seed of 1AAAAA Tift Co. was not an easy task for them last year. If they get by NHS then it looks like they will be seeing Newnan (assuming Newnan is as good as every one thinks). Every one meaning Slalom. If they should get that far then there is a good chance they get to take on Lowndes.

By yo

October 20, 2008 5:29 PM | Link to this

Look out Camden….Eric the Tiger is roaring. :-)

By Eric A Bradwell Tiger Fan

October 20, 2008 5:55 PM | Link to this

Hey Yo,

Bradwell Tigers are Grrrrrreeeaaaattttttt !!!!!!!!!!!!!

By RAD

October 22, 2008 10:36 AM | Link to this

Hey Ep where was the BOOM?

By JayJay

October 29, 2008 8:23 AM | Link to this

Look Eric A Bradwell Tiger Fan if you beat Camden in the regular season you should go pretty deep into the playoffs.