Jonesboro coach Tim Floyd entered his seventh season with ideas of being a sleeper, an upstart team that flew under the radar toward the playoffs.
Sorry, coach, that’s not happening now, not after Floyd’s Cardinals went on the road and upset perennial power Sandy Creek, 17-15, last week.
‘’I was hoping to stay under the radar,” Floyd told the AJC’s Todd Holcomb early this week, “but that’s out the door now.’’
It certainly is, but in reality, it was going to be difficult to hide the Cardinals’ pair of next-level stars for too long. Quarterback Zerrick Cooper is committed to Clemson, and wide receiver/cornerback Jordan Griffin is committed to Kentucky. The Cooper-Griffin combination hooked for two touchdowns in the second half against Sandy Creek, including the game-winner in the final minute. Griffin finished with 166 yards on nine catches.
‘’The guys they just kept fighting, kept fighting, and eventually things started happening,” Floyd said.
The defeat knocked Sandy Creek out of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution rankings for the first time in 83 weeks.
The Cardinals last made the playoffs in football in 2012. The Jonesboro boys basketball team has won the last two Class AAAA state championships.
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