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2023 GHSA Playoffs Round Two: Valdosta at Carrollton
Season 2023 Episode 29 | 3h 13m 40sVideo has Closed Captions
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2023 GHSA Playoffs Round Two: Valdosta at Carrollton
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>> FOOTBALL FRIDAYS IN GEORGIA, PRESENTED BY GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF HIGHWAY SAFETY.
REMINDING YOU TO BUCKLE UP, GEORGIA .
AS WE WELCOME YOU TO GRISHAM STADIUM IN CARROLLTON.
TONIGHT, THE SECOND ROUND OF THE SEVEN A STATE PLAYOFFS AS THE WILDCATS HAVE COME TO TOWN TO TAKE OFF ON THE FORTHRIGHT CARROLLTON TROJANS BE GOOD EVENING, I AM MATT STEWART, JOINED BY FORMER AUBURN TIGERS ALL-AMERICAN ADVIL FIRST-ROUND DRAFT PICK AND PRO-WAYNE GAINEY.
POINT VALDOSTA, SIX NATIONAL CHAIRMANSHIPS PER 24 STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS , 42 REGION CARROLLTON IS WON SEVEN STATE TITLES.
33 REGION CHAMPIONSHIPS.
BUT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE HERE AND NOW, AND THE CONTRAST CONTRASTING STYLES THAT WE ARE TO SEE TONIGHT.
THE HIGHFLYING OFFENSE THE TROJANS, AVERAGING NEARLY 50 POINTS PER GAME.
AND THE POWER SPREAD OF VALDOSTA .
>> VALDOSTA WANT TO DRIVE OVER TO THE BENDS.
THE CARROLLTON TEAM, ONLY 60 MILES AWAY.
THEY BOTH HAVE TALENTED TEAMS.
THEY HAVE CITIES THAT LOVE FOOTBALL.
SHOULD BE AN EXCITING GAME TONIGHT .
>> DEEPER DIVE ON THE TROJANS.
YOU ALL KNOW ABOUT JUJU LEWIS.
NUMBER ONE SOPHOMORE QUARTERBACK IN THE COUNTRY.
ALREADY COMMITTED TO SOUTHERN CAL.
HE IS THE NUMBER ONE OVERALL PROSPECT IN THE CLASS OF 2026.
AND SINCE WE SAW HIM FIVE WEEKS AGO, HIS STATS HAVE BEEN ON HYPERDRIVE.
>> ATTEMPTED AS A GUEST AT A QUARTER POSITION.
MAYBE THE NUMBER ONE QUARTERBACK IN THE STATE.
HE CAN MAKE A QUICK READ AND GET THE BALL OUT OF HIS HANDS.
EDDIE IS A GREAT TOUCH ON THE BALL , THROWING THE BALL DOWNFIELD.
THIS YOUNG MAN IS SO TALENTED.
COMMITTED TO USC.
BUT TONIGHT, HE IS TRYING TO GET HIS TEAM BACK TO THE STATESIDE.
>> DEFENSIVE SIDE OF THE BALL.
MIGHT BE THE FASTEST GUY ON THE FOOTBALL FIELD.
MONTREZL SMITH, THE LINEBACKER.
>> THIS YOUNG MAN CAN PLAY OUTSIDE, HE CAN PLAY INSIDE.
HE IS JUST ONE OF THOSE PLAYERS WHOSE MOTOR NEVER STOPS.
HE MAKES ALL THE PLAYS WITH HIS DEFENSE.
HE CAN BRUSH A PASSER, PLAY OUT IN SPADES.
THEY ARE GOING TO NEED ALL OF THAT TONIGHT FROM MR. SMITH.
>> LET'S GO TO THE VALDOSTA STORY.
YOU KNOW ABOUT THE 2021 PROBATION.
COULD NOT COMPETE IN THE PLAYOFFS.
A LOT OF KIDS TRANSFERRED OUT.
THEY DID NOT HAVE A QUARTERBACK ON THE ROSTER FOR COACH FELTON STEAM.
SO THE LIGHT OF THE FOOTBALL, THEY FOUND THAT THE BEST ATHLETE WHO COULD THROW THE BALL THE BEST.
IT ENDS UP BEING TODD ROBINSON.
HE IS THE STARTING QUARTERBACK FOR THEM TONIGHT .
>> MR. ROBINSON'S NEIGHBORHOOD.
IS A DUAL THREAT CLOSE TO 1000 YARDS PASSING AND RUSHING.
THEY COUNT ON HIM TO BE A POWER RUN GAME.
AVERAGES OVER 330 A GAME.
UNHEARD OF IN TODAY'S FOOTBALL.
BUT THIS YOUNG MAN IS THE ENGINE TO ALL OF THAT.
>> THE BEST DEFENSIVE PLAYER ON THE FIELD TONIGHT MIGHT BE ERIC BRANTLEY.
DEFENSIVE END FOR THE WILDCATS THREE-STAR EDGE RUSHER PER HE IS COMMITTED TO PLAY FOR COACH --ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE GUYS GOING OUT TO PLAY FOR THE COLORADO BUFFALOES.
>> A GUY THEY CAN MAKE PLAYS OUT ON THE EDGE.
AS HE GOES, THE DEFENSE GOES.
AND THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GO HARD TONIGHT TO TRY TO STOP JUJU AND HIS HIGH-POWERED DOWN THE FIELD.
EXPLOSIVE PASSING OFFENSE .
>> VALDOSTA, CARROLLTON, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, JUST THE SECOND TIME THEY'VE EVER PLAYED AT 206 YEARS OF COMBINED FOOTBALL SEASONS BETWEEN THESE TWO PROGRAMS.
TIME NOW TO SEND IT BACK TO THE STUDIOS.
NIKKI AND JOHN ARE STANDING BY THERE AND ANCHORING THAT POSITION TONIGHT.
>> THANK YOU, MATT.
AND FOR HANNAH --HANNAH, WE MISS YOU TONIGHT --I AM NIKKI, WITH THE EVER ESTEEMED, JOHN NELSON.
WE ARE HOLDING DOWN THE GPB STUDIOS IN MIDTOWN.
AND WE GOT A LOT OF FUN COMING YOUR WAY AT HALFTIME.
WE GOT BRACKETS, HALFTIME , AND POST-GAME SHOW.
>> ALL OF THESE PIECES OF PAPER WILL HAVE TEAMS ADVANCED TO SLOT NUMBER THREE.
WITH FOUR NUMBER FOUR SEEDS GO TO ROW NUMBER TWO.
THE QUESTION TONIGHT, WHO GETS THE SIREN ON THE RED AND BLUE SIDE OF THINGS AND WHO GETS TO MAKE IT TO THE FIRST EVER SWEET 16 IN SCHOOL HISTORY.
EVER .
WE HAVE THOSE ANSWERS TONIGHT.
>> AND WHILE YOU ARE FOLLOWING ALONG WITH THE GAME, BE SURE TO FOLLOW US OVER ON SOCIAL MEDIA AT GPB SPORTS.
SHOUT OUT TO AUTUMN.
SHE DOES A AWESOME JOB WITH OUR SOCIAL MEDIA.
ALSO DOWNLOAD THE GPB SPORTS APP .
THAT IS AN ASK THE QUESTION EVERY WEEK.
TONIGHT, WHO'S GOING TO WIN?
>> I LOVE ALL MY CHILDREN EQUALLY.
>> ANY TRUE PARENT KNOW THAT IS A LIE.
WE WILL SEE YOU GUYS AT THE HALF AND POST-GAME SHOW.
MATT AND WAYNE, BACK TO YOU.
>> THANK YOU, NIKKI.
VALDOSTA WON THE OPENING TALK.
THEY HAVE ELECTED TO DEFER.
THAT MEANS, WAYNE, WE WILL SEE CARROLLTON ON OFFENSE START THIS GAME .
>> VERY INTERESTING DECISION BY VALDOSTA TO PUT THE BALL IN JUJU LEWIS'S HAND, RIGHT OFF THE BAT.
IT SHOULD BE AN EXCITING GAME.
BOTH TEAMS, WELL REPRESENTED IN THE STANDS.
MATT, IT IS PLAYOFF TIME.
>> INDEED IT IS VERY CARROLLTON COMES IN AT 10-1.
3227 A CHAMPIONS.
4-0.
6-1 AT HOME THIS SEASON.
AND 54-14 PLAYOFF WINNERS OVER HARRISON LAST WEEK.
JUJU THROUGH EIGHT TOUCHDOWN PASSES IN THAT GAME.
>> WHEN A YOUNG MAN IS SUCH A YOUNG AGE, ABLE TO READ THE DEFENSE AND SPREAD THE BALL AROUND.
YOU CAN TELL HIS RECEIVING BACK, ALL THEY KNEW HAVE TO DO IS GET OPEN AND HE WILL GET THEM THE BALL.
>> KELVIN HILL AND AJ McNEIL, STANDING DEEP FOR THE TROJANS TO RECEIVE THE OPENING KICKOFF.
AND FRANKLIN GARCIA HAS IT TEED UP AND READY TO GO.
LIKELY WILL NOT KICK AT THE PIER.
THEY TRIED ANGLE KICKS ALL SEASON LONG.
WE WILL SEE WHAT THEIR STRATEGY IS HERE.
THE OPENING KICKOFF IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY BUCKLE UP GEORGIA.
BUCKLE UP, GEORGIA.
SEATBELTS SAVE LIVES.
AND GARCIA, A LITTLE KICK RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD.
GOING TO BE FIELDED AT THE 34 YARD LINE.
AND RETURN TO THE 43 BY JORDAN I REALLY LIKE THAT YOUNG MAN.
WE WILL TALK MORE ABOUT HIM AS THE EVENING GOES ON.
WAYNE, A SHORT FIELD FOR THE TROJANS ON THEIR FIRST POSSESSION.
>> INTERESTING MOVE, TO ALLOW THEM TO FEEL THAT BALL.
GREAT JOB BY JORDAN WHITE , GETTING THE BALL AND DOING WHAT HE CAN.
SETTING UP HIS HIGH-POWERED OFFENSE FOR THE FIRST DRIVE.
>> THE NUMBERS FOR JUJU LEWIS .20 600 PLUS YARDS PASSING, 41 TOUCHDOWNS, AND JUST ONE INTERCEPTION.
HE HAS COMPLETED 66% OF HIS PASSES.
THE FIRST SNAP OF THE GAME GOES TO FARMER.
FARMER TRIES TO BOUNCE IT OUTSIDE.
HE IS GOING TO GET DROPPED AT THE 46 YARD LINE AND A PICKUP OF FOUR ON THE PLAY.
AS YOU TAKE A LOOK AT CARROLLTON'S OFFENSE.
THEIR CENTER, A SOPHOMORE.
SLIMMED DOWN TO 320.
AND COMMITTED TO ALABAMA.
AND THEN, THE WIDE RECEIVERS.
CALEB ODOM IS THE NUMBER ONE RATED TIGHT END IN THE COUNTRY.
AND COMMITTED TO ALABAMA.
SECOND DOWN.
AND THE PLAY GETS BLOWN DEAD.
>> Referee: DEFENSE , FIVE-YARD PENALTY.
STILL SECOND DOWN.
>> IT'S GOING TO BE SECOND DOWN AND ONE FOLLOWING THE ENCROACHMENT PENALTY ON THE VALDOSTA DEFENSE.
GOING TO PUT THE BALL AT THE 49.
MR. CALEB ODOM, THIS RECEIVING CORPS, JORDAN WHITE, RYAN MOSLEY, AND EXPLOSIVE GROUP OF RECEIVERS.
AND THEN, FARMER AT RUNNING BACK.
TAKES ADVANTAGE OF THIS FIELD WHEN IT IS SPREAD OUT.
WHAT A CAPABLE OFFENSE THEY PUT ON THE FIELD.
>> CALEB ODOM, HE IS THE RECEIVER AT THE BOTTOM OF YOUR SCREEN HERE.
THAT IS GOING TO LEAVE SOMEBODY IN SINGLE COVERAGE OR NO COVERAGE.
AND THE WIDE RECEIVER STATS HAVE EXPLODED AS A RESULT.
AND HE RUNS.
QUARTERBACK SACK.
IT IS THAT MAN, ERIC BRANTLEY, WITH HIS 12 QUARTERBACK SACK OF THE SEASON, DROPPING JUJU LEWIS BACK AT THE 42.
>> TALK ABOUT PRESSURE COMING RIGHT THERE BY TOMLIN, THE MIDDLE LINEBACKER.
RUNNING INTO THE BIG ARMS OF BRANTLEY, WHO YOU KNOW IS JUST GOING TO CONTINUE TO WORK TO GET TO THE BALL.
GREAT JOB, GREAT GET OFF BY HIM.
GREAT PRESSURE BY TOMLIN.
THE BACKER FOR VALDOSTA .
>> HE IS BEEN COMMITTED TO COLORADO FOR NEARLY 11 MONTHS NOW.
BACK OF THE SUMMER 28, 2022.
NOW?
THIRD DOWN AND LONG.
FIRES DOWNFIELD.
ONE-HANDED CATCH BY MOSLEY, AND THE FLAG IS GOING TO BE OUT.
THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE A DPI ON KHALIL MOLLAY, THE SAFETY.
>> TIGHT COVERAGE THERE.
HANDS ON THE HIP OF THE BALL IS BEING DELIVERED HERE.
TIGHT COVERAGE.
YOU GOT TO GET YOUR HANDS OFF.
YOU COULD SEE THAT LEFT-HAND >> Referee: PASS INTERFERENCE, DEFENSE.
10-YARD PENALTY FROM THE PREVIOUS SPOT WILL RESULT IN FIRST DOWN.
>> THAT LEFT-HAND IS WHAT THEY CALLED.
>> PATRICK INGRAM IS OUR REFEREE.
THERE IS A LOOK AT THE REST OF THE OFFICIATING CREW, WORKING THIS SEVEN A SECOND ROUND PLAYOFF GAME TONIGHT.
THAT BAILS OUT CARROLLTON , GIVE THEM FIRST AND 10 AT THE VALDOSTA 23.
JUJU LEWIS, COMMITTED TO SOUTHERN CAL ON AUGUST 22nd.
AFTER THEIR OPENING LOSS TO LANGSTON HUGHES.
TAMARI FARMER, FIRST UP THE MIDDLE.
ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE 36 YARD LINE AS HE PICKS UP SEVEN ON THE PLAY.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE VALDOSTA DEFENSE.
BROUGHT TO YOU BY REGIONS BANK.
THE AFOREMENTIONED BRANTLEY, THEIR LEADING TACKLER WITH 88 TOTAL TACKLES ON THE SEASON.
ON THE SECOND LINE TO START HIM A JAYLEN BENTLEY.
IS A SAFETY, NEXT LEVEL, AND IN ALL LIKELIHOOD, COMMITTED TO GEORGIA SOUTHERN.
YOU'VE GOT TWO SOPHOMORE QUARTERBACKS BREAK BOTH WITH COLLEGE FOOTBALL OFFERS.
YOU TALK ABOUT CAM BROWN AND JAELYN COPELAND, THEIR LONG, FAST, PHYSICAL.
BUT THEY MAKE SOPHOMORE MISTAKES.
THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE THEIR HANDS FULL.
>> NICE JOB THERE, --TRYING TO RATE THIRD AND SHORT FOR CARROLLTON.
THIRD DOWN AND ONE.
BALL IS AT THE 34.
GOT TO GET TO THE 33 .
>> CARROLLTON, TRY TO GET THAT YOU SEE FIVE.
RESETTING .
JUJU, ALWAYS DANGEROUS TO THROW THIS BALL GOT TO GET THE BALL OUT QUICK.
>> KIMAURI FARMER BOWLS HIS WAY DOWN TO THE 27 YARD LINE, RUNNING OVER JAYLEN BENTLEY IN THE PROCESS.
>> NICE VISION RIGHT THERE BY FARMER, CUTTING BACK BEHIND DUDLEY.
AND THEN, THE POWER.
5'10", 175.
ONLY A SOPHOMORE.
VERY STRONG IN THE LEGS AND RUNS BEHIND THESE PASSERS AS WE HAVE SEEN EARLIER IN THE YEAR.
>> A PLANE EMBARRASSMENT OF RICHES FOR CARROLLTON.
LOSE ONE OF THE TOP PLAYERS IN THE STATE, YOU GOT A SOPHOMORE IN KIMAURI FARMER WHO STEPS IN IN HIS PLACE AND RUSHES FOR 1100 YARDS.
>> AND BRANTLEY WRAPS THEM UP.
GOING TO DROP HIM BACK AT THE 28 YARD LINE .
>> AND THAT IS WHERE ERIC BRANTLEY IS SO GOOD.
HE CAN PLAY INSIDE, AND THEN HE HAD THAT LINEBACKERS SPEED TO GET BACK ON THE EDGE.
SHUTTING THAT PLAY DOWN.
>> OVER 26 OVER OFFERS INCLUDING UCS --AND ALABAMA.
ALREADY PICKED UP HIS 12 QUARTERBACK SACK OF THE SEASON HERE TONIGHT.
SECOND DOWN AND 10.
LINE TO GAIN THE 18 >> JUJU'S OFFENSE, WILLING TO TAKE WITH THE DEFENSE IS GOING TO GET.
NOT TRYING TO PRESS THE ISSUE >> TWO GOES OUT, CALEB ODOM GOES DOWN AT THE 17 YARD LINE.
THERE IS NO FLAG.
IT IS GOING TO BE THIRD DOWN.
>> NICE JAM AT THE LINE BY CAM BROWN.
THAT IS WHERE THAT SIZE COMES IN.
YOUR TIME TO TAKE ON A GUY LIKE CALEB ODOM, GET INTO THAT QUICK SLANT.
CAM BROWN, 170, ONLY A SOPHOMORE.
AS YOU SAID, MATT, VERY TALENTED.
JUST LEARNING ON THE JOB.
A HIGH CEILING GOING FORWARD.
>> JOEY KING IN HIS SECOND SEASON AS THE TROJANS' HEAD COACH.
36-4 SINCE HE GOT HERE.
THIRD DOWN AND 10.
>> THERE IS LEWIS, TRYING TO GET THE DEFENSE TO DECLARE.
GAME PENALTY HERE.
OFFENSE, FIVE-YARD PENALTY.
STILL THIRD DOWN.
>> THAT IS GOING TO BACK IT UP AND MAKE IT THIRD AND 15.
>> HARD COUNT, JUST TRY TO GET DEFENSE TO DECLARE.
GOING LONG INTO THE CLOCK BEFORE MAKING A DECISION.
YOU SAW HIM TRY TO RUSH AND GET THE SNAP BEFORE THE CLOCK WENT OUT.
WAS NOT ABLE TO.
>> THIRD AND 15.
BALL AT THE 33.
GOT TO GET IT TO THE 18.
>> THREE BY ONE SET FOR THE OFFENSE.
ALWAYS TRY TO GET CALEB ODOM IN THAT ONE-ON-ONE MATCHUP AT THE BOTTOM OF YOUR SCREEN.
>> GOING UNDERNEATH HERE, AND DROPPED AT THE 28 YARD LINE.
NO GAIN.
JUST HABEAS McGRIFF, THE LINEBACKER, STOPPING KIMAURI FARMER.
IT'S GOING TO BE FOURTH DOWN.
>> NICE READ BY McGRIFF, JUST RUNNING OFF WITH ODOM, TRYING TO CREATE THE OPEN SPACE OUT THE FLAT TO FARMER.
IN A NICE READ BY McGRIFF.
THREE FIELD GOALS ALL SEASON AND HIT ONE.
THEY KEEP THE OFFENSE OUT HERE IN FOURTH DOWN AND LONG.
FROM THE 32.
A BOOT KICKED BY JUJU LEWIS.
GOING TO HIT AT THE 11 AND ROLLED DEAD AT THE ONE YARD LINE.
ALTHOUGH WE GOT INSIDE THE ONE YARD LINE.
WOW.
HE MIGHT NOT BE YOUR REGULAR PUNTER, BUT HE IS A PRETTY DARN GOOD PUNTER.
VALDOSTA ON OFFENSE WHEN WE GET BACK.
>> >> FOOTBALL FRIDAYS IN GEORGIA ON GPB IS PRESENTED BY THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF HIGHWAY SAFETY.
REMINDING YOU TO BE SAFE ON EVERY TRIP.
BUCKLE UP, GEORGIA.
>>> WELCOME BACK TO GRISHAM STADIUM.
TIME FOR OUR SCHOLARSHIP DONATION.
WE ARE JOINED BY COACH KELCE SHANNON.
THE CHEERLEADING COACH HERE FOR THE CARROLLTON TROJANS.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE TONIGHT.
>> OF COURSE.
WE ARE SO EXCITED TO HOST THIS PLAYOFF GAME BUT A A LOT OF FUN HERE TONIGHT.
LADIES, SEND US BACK TO THE ACTION.
>> LET'S GO, TROJANS -- >> WELCOME BACK.
VALDOSTA TAKING ON CARROLLTON IN THE SECOND ROUND OF THE PLAYOFFS.
MY MAN, MATT STEWART, HOLDING IT DOWN, DOING A LOT OF JOBS THAT I, RUNNING BACK UP HERE TO THE STADIUM TO GET US GOING.
>> AS FAST AS I COULD GO, WAYNE.
FIRST DOWN AND 10 FOR THE WILDCATS.
BALL INSIDE THE ONE YARD LINE, BACKED UP AS DEEP AS YOU CAN BE IN YOUR OWN END.
AND OUR FIRST CHANCE TO SEE TODD ROBINSON AT QUARTERBACK.
6'1", 185 POUND JUNIOR.
AND A QUARTERBACK SNEAK OUT OF THERE.
AND HE WAS ABLE TO PUSH IT OUT.
AND MAYBE GET TWO YARDS ON THE PLAY.
OUT TO THE 2 YARD LINE.
JUST TRYING TO FIND SOME ROOM, WAYNE, FOR THE OFFENSE.
>> TRYING TO GET OFF OF THAT GOAL LINE IS YOU CAN FEEL GOOD ABOUT YOUR HANDOFF.
AND NOT GET THAT SAFETY WITH THE QUARTERBACK ALREADY BEING IN THE END ZONE.
>> YOU SAW THE NUMBERS ON ROBINSON.
THERE IS HEAD COACH SHELTON FELTON IN HIS THIRD SEASON OF THE WILDCATS HEAD COACH.
TOOK OVER IN A BAD SITUATION.
AND NOW HAS HIS TEAM IN THE SECOND ROUND OF THE STATE PLAYOFFS HERE IN SEASON NUMBER THREE.
SECOND DOWN.
GOING TO HAND OFF TO THE TRUE FRESHMAN RUNNING BACK DERON FOSTER.
HE GETS STOPPED AT THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.
WE LOOK AT AT VALDOSTA ON OFFENSE.
JALEN BURGESS THE LEFT TACKLE.
HE IS COMMITTED TO GEORGIA SOUTHERN.
THEN YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THE BACKS AND RECEIVERS.
PRINCE JEAN IS A SOPHOMORE.
REMEMBER THE NAME.
GOING TO BE A HOUSEHOLD NAME.
SUPER ATHLETE PLAYING WIDE RECEIVER.
>> JUST A GREAT JOB THIS YEAR.
ONLY A SOPHOMORE.
SONY GREAT SOPHOMORES IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA.
HE IS ONE OF THOSE GUYS THAT YOU MARK DOWN.
GET LOOKING.
WATCH THEM DEVELOP.
HE COULD BE ANYWHERE ON THE FIELD MAKING PLAYS ON OFFENSE.
>> HE ALREADY HAS FIVE OFFERS, INCLUDING YOUR ALMA MATER, AUBURN, UCS AND LIBERTY.
THE OFFICIAL BLOW OF THE WHISTLE HERE.
IT WAS THE BAND.
THE BAND IS RIGHT OVER HERE NEXT TO WHERE THEY ARE WARMING UP.
HE TOLD THEM TO PIPE DOWN ON THE BAND WILL THEY ARE CALLING AIRPLANE PLAYS OKAY .
>> YOU'RE RIGHT, RIGHT ON THAT YARD LINE.
DEFINITELY CREATES A PROBLEM FOR ANY TEAM TRYING TO GET OFF THE GOAL LINE.
EVEN THOUGH ROBINSON IS UNDER SEVEN.
>> THIRD DOWN.
THE BAND IS LINED UP ALMOST ON THE GOAL LINE, WHICH IS OF COURSE WERE THE VALDOSTA OFFENSES OPERATING.
THEY NEED TO GET SOME YARDAGE HERE.
AND HOPEFULLY FOR THEIR SAKE, GET A FIRST DOWN IF AT LEAST NOT THAT.
SO THAT YOU ARE NOT PUNTING OFF THAT BACK LINE OF THE END ZONE.
NOW OUT OF THE SHOTGUN FOR ROBINSON.
HE IS GOING TO KEEP IT HIMSELF.
AND HE IS GOING TO PLUNGE FORWARD TO THE FIVE YARD LINE.
IT IS GOING TO BE FOURTH DOWN AND A PUNTING SITUATION FOR THE WILDCATS.
THEY BUY THEMSELVES SOME SPACE.
GOOD NEWS FOR COACH SHELTON FELTON.
HE'S GOT A GOOD KICKING GAME.
JOHN SMITH, THE SENIOR, CAN REALLY BOOT IT.
HE'S HAD A GOOD SEASON.
>> GOOD JOB GETTING THE BALL OFF THE GOAL LINE.
YOU WANT TO GET THE FIRST DOWN AND KEEP THE DRIVE GOING, BUT CREATED, AS YOU CAN SEE, JOHN SMITH, NOT HAVING TO STAND AND WORRY ABOUT WHETHER HE CATCHES THE BALL.
JUST GETTING THE BALL OUT AS QUICK AS YOU CAN AS A PUNTER.
>> DONE A GOOD JOB OF BLOCKING KICKS THIS SEASON.
OFF THE EDGE, IT'S A BIG RAINBOW SHOT BY SMITH.
TAKEN BY JOHNSON.
COMING TO THE NEARSIDE.
HAND BATTLING IS AGAINST THE SIDELINE, AND OUT ABOUT THE 43.
ANOTHER SHORT FIELD FOR CARROLLTON AS THEY GO ON OFFENSE FOR THE SECOND TIME.
AND THE THAT GIVES US A CHANCE TO LOOK AT YOUR KEYS TO THE GAME BROUGHT TO YOU BY GREAT INVES MANAGEMENT .
>> CARROLLTON'S OFFENSE, HIGH- POWERED.
40 POINTS A GAME IN THAT FIRST DRIVE.
USE OTHER BEEKEEPERS TAKE WITH THE DEFENSE IS GIVING.
DO NOT TRY TO FORCE THE BALL AND GIVE UP TURNOVERS.
JUST WORK THE BALL DOWN THE FIELD.
AND FOR VALDOSTA, TAKING AWAY THAT DEEP BALL.
WITH HIS EXPLOSIVE RECEIVING CORPS, MAKE THEM EARN EACH AND EVERY YARD.
DO NOT LET THEM HAVE THOSE 30, 40, 50 YARD TOUCHDOWN DOWN THE FIELD.
>> MIGHT HAVE HAD A FLAG THROWN ON THE PLAY.
WE ARE WAITING TO SEE IF WE GET A CALL FROM OUR OFFICIALS.
CARROLLTON HAD A SHORT FIELD TO WORK WITH THEIR FIRST POSSESSION.
HAD TO TURN IT OVER ON DOWNS.
THEY ACTUALLY PUNTED IT AWAY .
GETTING SOME FEEDBACK WITH THAT MICROPHONE.
SO WE HAVE A HOLDING CALL AGAINST CARROLLTON .
AND THE BLOCK IN THE BACK OFFICIALLY.
THAT IS GOING TO BACK IT UP.
WAY ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE 50.
THEY'RE GOING TO PUT IT DOWN AT THE 36.
THAT IS A BIG PENALTY.
AND THAT BEING ABOUT A 23 YARD PENALTY FROM THE SPOT WHERE THE BALL WENT OUT OF BOUNDS.
SO FIRST AND 10 FOR CARROLLTON ON THEIR OWN 36.
PICKED UP A COUPLE OF FIRST DOWNS ON THEIR FIRST POSSESSION.
THERE IS A JUJU.
CHOSE THE TROJANS OVER 39 OTHER OFFERS, INCLUDING GEORGIA AND ALABAMA.
IN THE RECRUITING PAPARAZZI NEVER STOPS.
EVERY TIME HE VISITS ANOTHER STADIUM, IT MAKES HEADLINE NEWS.
>> THAT IS TRUE AROUND THE CITY.
EVERYONE THAT KNOWS ABOUT JUJU, CALLING THE GAME, THEY WERE INTERESTED.
I HEARD HE WENT TO GEORGIA.
I HEARD HE WENT HERE.
HE IS ONLY A SOPHOMORE, SO THIS PROCESS IS GOING TO BE LONG FOR THAT YOUNG MAN TO MAKE ANY DECISION FOR TWO MORE YEARS.
>> EVEN IN HIS FRESHMAN YEAR, HE TOOK A TON OF GAME DAY VISITS.
NOT UNUSUAL FOR HIM TO PLAY GAME ON A FRIDAY NIGHT, HOP ON A JET SATURDAY MORNING , AND BE SOMEPLACE ANYWHERE IN THE COUNTRY WATCHING A FOOTBALL GAME.
>> AND WITH RECRUITING, ESPECIALLY IN THESE TIMES, ARE YOU COMMITTED TO THE SCHOOL?
OR THE COACH ?
>> Referee: FALSE START, OFFENSE, FIVE-YARD PENALTY.
STILL FULL DOWN FIRST DOWN.
>> ONLY SETTING YOU COMMIT ONE PLACE, THE COACH MOVES.
DO YOU GO THERE?
THAT'S KIND OF HOW RECRUITING IS NOW.
>> THAT CERTAINLY COMES INTO PLAY THIS WEEK WITH TEXAS A&M AND BOTH MISSISSIPPI STATE, BOTH FIRING THEIR HEAD COACHES WITHIN THE PAST WEEK.
FIRST AND 15 NOW FOLLOWING THE PENALTY ON THE TROJANS.
>> AND THE HANDOFF GOES TO RIGHT INTO A BRICK WALL.
GETS THROWN BACK.
MARCUS WILLIAMS, THE NOSE TACKLE, MAKING THE STOP.
AND WE HAVE ANOTHER PENALTY FLAG OUT.
>> MARCUS WILLIAMS , REALLY, THE BIG SIZE FOR THIS DEFENSE.
6'2", ABOUT 310 IN THE MIDDLE.
THERE TO HAVE CALEB ODOM DOWN AT THE BOTTOM FOR A PERSONAL FOUL .
>> Referee: FOLLOWING THE PLAY, DEAD BALL.
PERSONAL FOUL ON THE OFFENSE.
15-YARD PENALTY FROM THE RECEIVING SPOT.
SECOND DOWN.
>> INDICATION FROM THE FIELD IT WAS ON CALEB ODOM.
IT WAS AWAY FROM THE PLAY.
>> ODOM AND BROWN DOWN AT THE BOTTOM, PUSHING AND SHOVING EACH OTHER.
THAT IS GOING TO BE A BATTLE ALL NIGHT.
THE SOPHOMORE WANTS TO PROVE HIMSELF AGAINST ONE OF THE BEST PLAYERS IN THE COUNTRY.
AT HIS POSITION.
>> THAT BACK THEM UP ALL THE WAY TO THE 16 YARD LINE.
NOW IT'S GOING TO BE SECOND DOWN AND 30.
>> STILL GOING WITH THAT HARD COUNT.
THE DEFENSE, WHERE IS THE PRESSURE COMING FROM?
>> RUNNING A SCREEN FOR FARMER.
FARMER, TRYING TO CLEAR THE EDGE.
AND MARCUS WILLIAMS, THE BIG NOSE TACKLE, WAY DOWNFIELD, MAKES THE TACKLE.
>> NICE SET UP BY THE SCREEN, SHOWING PATIENTS.
RJ SIZEMORE, OUT THERE IN SPACE.
TOMLIN, THE MONEY BACKER, DISRUPTING THIS PLAY.
WOULD HAVE BEEN EVEN BIGGER, BUT HIM, MAKING FARMER HAVING TO CUT BACK IN IS WHAT GAVE THE REST THE DEFENSE A CHANCE FOR SETTING UP THIRD AND FOREVER FOR JUJU AND THE OFFENSE.
>> ABOUT THAT BATTLE UP FRONT?
MARCUS, --320.
THE CENTER, ALSO 320.
BATTLING UP A LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.
IT SHOULD BE A FUN WATCH MOST THIRD AND LONG PRAIRIE LEWIS, THROWS OUT, INTERCEPTED AT THE 36 YARD LINE BY BENTLEY.
BENTLEY, INSIDE THE 15, AND DOWN TO THE 13.
JUST A SECOND INTERCEPTION THAT JUJU LEWIS HAS THROWN AT THIS SEASON.
>> GREAT READ BY BENTLEY, THE STAR BACKER.
HE IS READING JUJU'S EYES ALL THE WAY RIGHT THERE.
HE NEVER MOVED FROM THE CENTER OF THE FIELD.
JUJU, LOOKING FOR HIM TO MOVE ON THE END ROUTE.
AND HE NEVER MOVED.
NICE JOB OF BENTLEY, SELLING THAT ZONE AND PICKING UP ALL OFF.
>> VALDOSTA GOES ON OFFENSE FROM THE 12 YARD LINE , FOLLOWING THE INTERCEPTION BY BENTLEY .
A GREAT SCORING OPPORTUNITY HERE FOR THE WILDCATS WHAT AN ADJUSTER POSITION FROM THEIR FIRST TO SECOND.
THEY WERE AT THE ONE LAST TIME NOW THEY ARE THE +12.
ROBINSON WANTS TO THROW THE BALL, AND IT DOES.
IT IS INCOMPLETE.
LOOKING IN THE MIDDLE FOR JONTAVIOUS McGRIFF, HIS TIGHT END.
>> AND THE YOUNG FRESHMAN, DERON FOSTER, WIDE OPEN .
AS TODD ROBINSON LOOKS, HE FLARES OUT.
NO ONE GOES WITH FOSTER.
HE TRIED TO GO BACK INTO THE MIDDLE THERE.
TO McGRIFF.
THE TIGHT END.
WHEN HE WATCHES, HE'S GOING TO WANT THAT BACK.
>> SECOND DOWN AND 10 FROM THE 12.
GOING TO RUN IT.
NOT A LOT OF RUNE OUT THERE FOR ROBINSON HE GETS DROPPED AFTER ABOUT A HALF YARD GAIN .
>> NICE YARD BY GAMBLE, SETTING THE EDGE, KEEPING THAT LEVERAGE.
THAT PLAY IS DESIGNED TO GO OUT TO THE OUTSIDE .
CANNOT AFFORD TO HAVE HIM INJURED IN THIS GAME.
>> NO, HE IS THERE LEADING RUSHER, THEIR LEADING PASSER.
ANDY SAID, I'VE GOT TO COME HOME.
>> TRIED TO WALK IT OFF.
SEE IF IT WOULD KIND OF SNAP BACK INTO PLACE.
>> TRIPP PERRY, WHO IS A FRESHMAN, 6'2", 175 , THE GUY WHO COMES IN TO TAKE THE SNAPS.
THEY CALL A TIME-OUT.
WISELY SO, WITH THIRD DOWN AND 10 COMING UP.
AND WE WILL STEP ASIDE AS THEY DECIDE WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO AND WHO IS GOING TO PLAY QUARTERBACK.
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WELCOME BACK TO GRISHAM STADIUM.
MATT STEWARD ALONG WITH WAYNE GANDY.
TODD ROBINSON, TRY TO WALK IT OFF.
BUT HE IS GOING TO THE SIDELINE.
BUT THE QUESTION BECOMES, WHO DO THEY HAVE RUN THE QUARTERBACK POSITION?
LISTEN IS NUMBER TWO IS PRINCE JEAN.
AND THERE IS WHERE HE GETS HURT.
JUST GOT HIS ANKLE ROLLED UP.
BUT THEY BRING IN THE FRESHMAN.
TRIPP PERRY, 6'2", 175, NINTH GRADER.
WHAT A SPOT TO COME IN AND GET, REALLY, BASICALLY HER FIRST ACTION OF THE SEASON.
HAS NOT PLAYED HARDLY AT ALL.
GOING TO THE AIR.
IT IS INTERCEPTED AT THE 4 YARD LINE.
PICKED OFF.
THAT IS BRODIE BRADBURN WHO COMES UP WITH THE PICK.
>> BRADBURN, THE SENIOR, JUST -- STARE DOWN THE RECEIVER, TRYING TO GET THE BALL IN THERE TO WRITE.
STARING HIM DOWN THE HALLWAY.
AND BRADBURN, AS YOU CAN SEE, RIGHT THERE IN THE CENTER OF YOUR SCREEN, READING HIS EYES, JUMPING AROUND, DOING A GREAT JOB.
NO MORE.
GREAT HANDS ON THAT INTERCEPTION BY BRODIE BRADBURN.
>> HUGE INTERCEPTION FOR BRODIE BRADBURN.
HIS THIRD CAREER INTERCEPTION.
A GUY THAT HAS BATTLED BACK FROM A DISLOCATED ANKLE.
THE BELL CALENDAR DEFENSE HAS BEEN SIDELINED FOR HALF THE SEASON BECAUSE OF INJURY COMES UP WITH A BIG PLAY HERE IN THE PLAYOFF GAME.
PICKS BY THESE QUARTERBACKS.
JUJU LEWIS AND THEN PERRY.
HANDOFF GOES TO KIMAURI FARMER.
TRYING TO GET OUTSIDE.
McGRIFF AND BRANTLEY ARE THERE TO MEET HIM.
>> GOOD PRESSURE THERE BY MARCUS WILLIAMS.
THE NOSE TACKLE RIGHT THERE.
BIG-TIME PENETRATION.
MAKING FARMER HAVE TO BOUNCE.
99, RIGHT THERE KEEPING THAT LEVERAGE.
KEEPING FARMER TO THE INSIDE, AND THEN RALLYING TO THE BALL.
ONE OF THE BIG THINGS FOR THIS VALDOSTA DEFENSE.
>> THERE IS NO DOUBT, CARROLLTON IS THE FAVORITE IN THIS GAME.
AFTER YOU TALKED TO SHELTON FELTON, THEIR HEAD COACH, YOU KNOW THEY'VE GOT A SHOT BECAUSE HE IS SUCH A MOTIVATIONAL COACH.
PASSES THROWN COMPLETE UP TO THE 34 YARD LINE.
WE WILL BE CLOSE TO A FIRST DOWN.
AS THE BALL GOES TO JORDAN WHITE, THE TIGHT END.
>> NICE ROB BY WHITE.
GOOD JOB ON THAT ROUTE.
GOOD SWAP AND GOOD HANDS.
IMPROVE IS GOING UP .
6'3", 225, SENIOR.
>> PICKED UP THREE STARTS SINCE LAST TIME WE SAW HIM .
CARROLLTON, BACK ON OCTOBER 6.
AND THERE ROUTE OVER EAST --.
HANDOFF GOES TO FARMER.
BARBARA RUNS RIGHT INTO THE HANDS OF BRANTLEY.
TRYING TO STRIP FARMER OF THE BALL AS THEY GET HIM ON THE GROUND.
MARCUS WILLIAMS COMES IN TO HELP.
>> ERIC BRANTLEY, HE HAS ATHLETICISM, FLEXIBILITY OF A LINEBACKER.
BUT THAT GOOD LEVERAGE OF A DEEP TACKLE.
HARD TO BLOCK IN ONE-TO-ONE SITUATIONS.
NICE JOB THERE.
GETTING OFF THE BLOCK AND MAKING THAT PLAY.
>> SECOND DOWN AND SEVEN.
FINAL MINUTE OF THE QUARTER.
FARMER GETS IN AGAIN.
RUNS IT ALL THE WAY OUT TO THE 42 YARD LINE.
THAT IS GOING TO BE A FIRST DOWN AS KIMAURI FARMER GETS LOOSE.
>> NICE JOB GETTING BACK TO THAT CUTBACK LANE, ONCE AGAIN, ON THAT LEFT SIDE.
YOU CAN SEE, GETTING BACK TO THAT LANE, SHIFTING IN THE MIDDLE.
FINISHES HIS RUNS.
ONLY A SOPHOMORE.
GREAT THINGS FOR THAT YOUNG MAN AND HIS CAREER.
>> WAYNE, YOU SEE EVERY PLAY, THEY'RE TRYING TO STRIP AND PULL THAT BALL OUT ON EVERY PLAY.
BALL GOES UP TOP, FAR SIDELINE.
ODOM ALMOST BROUGHT IN WITH ONE HAND.
THE OTHER SOPHOMORE CORNER, ON HIM TIGHT.
SO BROWN AND COPELAND, THE TWO SOPHOMORE QUARTERBACKS HAVE HELD THEIR OWN AGAINST ODOM SO FAR .
>> STEP FOR STEP RIGHT THERE.
THE OFFICIAL LETTING THEM PLAY OUT ON THE EDGE.
NOT CALLING IT, LETTING HIM TOUCH RIGHT THERE.
ODOM TRIED TO COME UP WITH A SPECTACULAR ONE HAND CATCH.
TRIED TO SHUT HIM DOWN IN THAT SITUATION ON THOSE 50-50 BALLS.
>> COPELAND MISSED HALF THE SEASON BECAUSE OF INJURY.
GOT OFFER BY YUKON AND FLORIDA A&M.
SECOND DOWN AND 10.
FARMER, HANDOFF, RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE.
DROPPED AFTER A SHORT GAIN .
UP TO THE 44.
AND THAT IS PROBABLY THE FINAL PLAY OF THE FIRST QUARTER .
>> BRANTLEY IN THE MIX AGAIN GETTING OFF THE BLOCK.
GREAT GET OFF BY THAT YOUNG MAN.
SO TALENTED.
HEADING TO COLORADO.
>> YOU JUST MIGHT AS WELL ASSUME EVERY TACKLE THAT BRANTLEY MAKES IS GOING TO BE ATTACHED TO IT.
THAT WAS THE CASE HERE THE FIRST QUARTER.
PLAY TO 12 MINUTES AT GRISHAM STADIUM IN CARROLLTON.
WHAT A GAME WE HAVE SO FAR HERE IN THE SECOND ROUND OF THE STATE PLAYOFFS.
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MATT STEWART AND WAYNE GANDY WITH YOU.
JOHN AND NIKKI BACK IN THE STUDIOS.
THEY GOT THE HALFTIME AND THE POST-GAME FOR YOU COMING UP LATER ON TONIGHT.
WHAT A DEFENSIVE BATTLE SO FAR.
ONLY 49 YARDS OF OFFENSE FOR THE TROJANS IN THAT FIRST QUARTER.
ONLY --FOR VALDOSTA.
>> IN SOME WAYS, WE SAY THE OFFENSE ARE STRUGGLING?
THAT IS NOT TRUE.
THESE DEFENSES ARE UP TO THE TASK SO FAR THIS GAME.
THEY ARE FLYING AROUND MAKING PLAYS.
AND BOTH TEAMS --THIRD AND HOME FOR EACH OTHER.
>> THIRD DOWN AND ATE FROM THE QUARTER.
JUJU LEWIS, OUT OF THE POCKET.
BRANTLEY TO HIS RIGHT AND A RUN.
JUJU IS GOING TO STEP OUT OF BOUNDS OF THE 49.
DOES NOT GET THE FIRST DOWN.
IT IS GOING TO BE FOURTH DOWN.
>> WILDCAT DEFENSE COMING WITH PRESSURE ONCE AGAIN.
THE JUJU OFF OF HIS MARK THAT TIME, ABLE TO GET SOME PRESSURE IN HIS FACE.
GOOD JOB OF HIM PULLING THE BALL DOWN SHOWING ANOTHER ASPECT OF HIS GAME.
GETTING OUT THE POCKET, JUST NOT ABLE TO GET THE FIRST DOWN.
>> CARROLLTON FAILED TO PICK UP THE FIRST DOWN.
THEY WILL PUNT IT AWAY.
MARK ALBERTUS IS ON TO PUNT.
ANDREW ALBERTUS.
HIS DAD IS ALSO THE SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT.
ANDREW ALBERTUS, THE PUNTER, STANDING AT THE 34.
COMMITTED TO PLAY BASEBALL AT PRESBYTERIAN.
THE PASS, WIDE OPEN AND CAUGHT AT THE 32 YARD LINE.
ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE 19.
CARROLLTON CATCHES THEM IN A TRICK PLAY.
AND THE COMPLETION BY ALBERTUS TO JAKE THOMPSON.
A BIG FIRST DOWN.
IS IT LOOKED LIKE HE WAS GOING TO A RUGBY KICK.
BACKSIDE, WIDE OPEN OUT THERE IN THE BLACKBERRY GREAT EXECUTION BY BOTH OF THOSE GUYS, SHOWING PATIENCE BY THOMPSON.
THE RUGBY KICK BY THE PUNTER DELIVERING THE BALL DOWN THE FIELD.
>> ALBERTA, ALBERTUS SHOWING OFF HIS BASEBALL SKILLS WITH THAT PASS RIGHT THERE.
THE TROJANS AT THE VALDOSTA 19 YARD LINE.
KIMAURI FARMER GETS CUT IN THE HOLE, HELMET COMES OFF.
McGRIFF IS GOING TO COME OFF THE FIELD AT THE TACKLE FOR BEING INVOLVED OR NEAR THE TACKLE.
SECOND DOWN.
>> GREAT JOB I McGRIFF STEPPING UP IN THE HOLE AND MAKING THE PLAY.
THE OFFENSIVE LINE, HE DOES NOT MAKE THAT TACKLE.
POSSIBLE TOUCHDOWN PERFORMER.
>> SECOND DOWN AT SEVEN.
I AGREE WITH YOU PER USE IT AS A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.
I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY YOU HAVE TO COME OFF THE FIELD.
IF YOU TAKE YOUR HELMET OFF PURPOSELY, I UNDERSTAND THAT.
IF IT POPS OFF, WHY IS THAT YOUR FAULT?
>> ANDREW WHAT ARE YOUR TOP DEFENSE PLAYERS FOR A PLAY?
>> RIGHT AT THE MIDDLE, FARMER, FIRST THROUGH TO THE FIVE AND ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE FOUR AS KIMAURI FARMER PICKS UP THE FIRST DOWN.
IT IS FIRST AND GOAL FOR THE TROJANS .
>> RUNNING FAST BETWEEN THE TACKLE.
>> WE TALK ABOUT THE RUNS OF A POWER BACK.
>> YOU SEE THEM RUNNING THROUGH THE TACKLE.
10, 11, COULD NOT PULL THEM DOWN.
NICE JOB OF DRIVING THOSE LEGS.
COMING INTO THIS GAME AVERAGING 6.7 YARDS.
CARRIE OF OVER 1100 YARDS RUSHING.
VERY CAPABLE YOUNG BACK.
>> NOT BAD FOR A GUY THEY FIGURED WAS GOING TO BE BACKUP THIS SEASON.
OFF TO FARMER AGAIN FOR A TOUCHDOWN, CARROLLTON.
>> BEAUTIFUL EXECUTION ON THE OFFENSIVE LINE.
BIG D IN THE MIDDLE.
ON THE LEFT SIDE.
SHOULDERS SQUARED BY FARMER.
WATCH HERE THE ATTACKS THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.
FOLLOWING HIS BLOCKERS, RUNNING DOWNHILL, RUNNING THROUGH TACKLES TO GET INTO THE END ZONE.
>> THAT WAS AN IMPRESSIVE RUNNING DRIVE BY KIMAURI FARMER.
REALLY SHOWED TO HIS POWER.
SHEDDING BLOCKS, SMASHING THROUGH BLOCKS, CARRYING DEFENDERS DOWN TOO.
KICK IS UP, AND IT IS GOOD.
7-0 LEAD FOR THE TROJANS.
THEY TURNED A FAKE PUNT INTO POINTS AS KIMAURI FARMER SCORED HIS 19th RUSHING TOUCHDOWN OF THE SEASON .
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>>> KIMAURI FARMER, FOUR CARRIES, 59 YARDS, WAYNE.
GETS CARROLLTON IN THE LEAD.
>> GREAT ANSWER RESPONSE TO THEIR LINEBACKER FOR GETTING THAT INTERCEPTION.
YOU THINK THEY'RE GOING TO THROW IT IN THE END ZONE, BUT WITH THAT YOUNG MAN THE SEASON HE HAD RUNNING ON HIS LEGS, A GREAT JOB OF HIM GETTING INTO THE END ZONE.
>> FARMER HAS PICKED UP AN OFFER FROM ARKANSAS STATE.
SINCE THE LAST I WAS ON THE TROJANS HERE ON GPB.
TAKES A SEAT ON THE BENCH AS THE TROJANS ARE GETTING READY TO KICK IT OFF.
CARLOS HERNANDEZ HAS IT TEED OFF AT THE 40 YARD LINE.
KICK IS GOING TOWARD THE CORNER.
GOING TO GET TO THE 2 AND BOUNCED INTO THE END ZONE.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE -- MANAGEMENT KEYS TO THE GAME.
>> IT IS ALL ABOUT CONTROLLING THE CLOCK.
GET AROUND, RUNNING THE BALL.
NOW HOW MUCH OF THAT CHANGE IF TODD ROBINSON CAN IT GO?
WE SHALL SOON FIND OUT.
THERE IS ABOUT CONTROLLING THE CLOCK AND TRY TO SHORTEN THE GAME.
AND ON THE OTHER SIDE FOR CARROLLTON, YOU FACE A TEAM THAT LOVES TO RUN THE BALL.
EVERYBODY HAS A GAME TACKLE.
>> THAT COST HIM DEARLY, PROBABLY ON THAT LAST DRIVE.
AND HE THREW A PICKED RIGHT AWAY.
ROBINSON, BACK IN THERE.
PROBABLY GOT THAT ANKLE TAPED UP TIGHT.
GOING TO THROW THE BALL.
IT IS COMPLETE .
OUT HERE TO THE 24 YARD LINE.
BALL GOING TO ELI LEWIS.
ELI LEWIS WITH THE CATCH.
GOING TO MOVE THE STICKS.
LEWIS PICKED UP HIS 18th CATCH OF THE SEASON.
>> WITH THAT ANKLE, HOW MUCH WILL THAT AFFECT THEM RUNNING THE BALL?
HE COMES INTO THIS GAME IS THERE LEADING RUSHER.
WILL HE BE HESITANT OF THROWING THE BALL NOW --RUNNING THE BALL NOW?
HIS ANKLE IS A LITTLE TWEAK.
>> GOING TO GET THE ANSWER RIGHT THERE.
RUNS IT RIGHT UP THE MIDDLE AND GET THAT THE 28.
GOING BACK TO YOUR KEYS TO THE GAME, CONTROLLING THE CLOCK.
KEEPING THE BALL.
THEY HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT SO FAR.
THEY'VE ONLY RUN SEVEN PLAYS TO CARROLLTON'S 22.
TIME OF POSSESSION FOR THEM IS STILL LEFT AT FOUR MINUTES.
>> UP THE MIDDLE, THEY LOOK AT THE FIRST DOWN AT THE 32 .
>> HOW ABOUT THE FRESHMAN RUNNING BACK?
DERON FOSTER, WHO IS RUN FOR -- YARDS THIS SEASON.
THE 14-YEAR-OLD.
>> STARTED ON THE FRESHMAN TEAM AND WORKED HIS WAY UP BECAUSE OF INJURIES.
HE HAS JUST EXPLODED ON THE SCENE.
VERY CAPABLE TALENT.
WE WILL HEAR A LOT FROM HIM OVER THE YEARS.
OFFENSE HERE.
THREE, FOUR YARDS A PLAY, DOWNHILL RUNNING.
>> THAT IS SHACK WHITE GETTING HIS FIRST CARRY.
HE HAS MISSED TIME THIS YEAR.
IT GETS RIGHT BACK IN THERE AND GET A NICE PICKUP.
THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT THEY WANT.
REMEMBER, SHELTON FELTON SAID, WE WANT 17, 18 PLAY DRIVES.
I KNOW THAT SOUNDS LIKE NOT POSSIBLE, BUT THAT IS WHAT THEY ARE LOOKING FOR.
>> IT WON'T DRIVE RATINGS AT HOME .
BUT IT DOES WHAT IT NEEDS FOR HIS TEAM.
SET THE TONE, HE WANTS TO BE PHYSICAL ON THE O-LINE.
BACKING QUARTERBACK AND RUNNING THIS BALL.
>> SHACK WHITE, RUNS FORWARD, A COUPLE OF BALLS IN THE PLAY.
MAYBE GOT ONE.
THEY GOT TO GET IT TO THE 42.
NOW THEY'RE FACING A THIRD DOWN.
LET'S CALL IT -- LONG FOR.
THREE MINUTES INTO THE QUARTER WITH A CARROLLTON 7-0 LEAD >> GREAT PORTER BACK WHEN YOU'RE DOWN A DISTANCE.
YOU CANNOT TURN YOUR QUARTERBACK TO THE DROPS IF YOU'RE A LINEBACKER.
YOU GOT TO KEEP YOUR EYES ON ROBINSON.
>> THIRD DOWN, HAND OFF.
AND NOT GOING TO PICK UP THE FIRST DOWN.
BRADBURN MAKES THE TACKLE ON SHAQ WHITE.
IT'S GOING TO BE FOURTH DOWN.
>> BRADBURN HAS BEEN DEALING WITH ANKLE INJURY ALL SEASON LONG.
HE IS THE GUY IN THE MIDDLE.
THAT STEADY FORCE THAT LETS EVERYTHING WORK.
NICE JOB.
LOOKS LIKE --ENOUGH TO GO FORWARD HERE.
>> FOURTH DOWN AND 2.
THEY ARE GOING TO GO FOR IT.
THEY THROW FOR IT.
IT'S INCOMPLETE.
A FLAG OUT.
THAT MAY BE A FIRST DOWN FOR VALDOSTA AS THEY WERE ABLE TO DRAW THE DPI ON CARROLLTON.
>> QUICK TO ELI LEWIS, DEFENDER GRABBING HIM AND PULLING HIM TO THE GROUND THERE.
HE CAME IN ON A SLANT PATTERN.
>> A GUTSY CALL THERE.
I DO NOT BLAME HIM.
YOU ARE ON THE ROAD, PROBABLY A HEAVY UNDERDOG ARROGANCE IS CARROLLTON TEAM.
YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO SOME THINGS UNCONVENTIONALLY, LIKE GOING FOR FOURTH DOWN IN YOUR OWN AND.
>> ADAMS ON LEWIS -- >> Referee: PASS INTERFERENCE, DEFENSE.
15-YARD PENALTY FROM THE PREVIOUS SPOT.
WILL RESULT IN A FIRST DOWN.
>> THAT IS GOING TO GIVE THEM THE BALL ON THE PLUS SIDE OF THE 50.
SOMEWHERE BETWEEN THE 40 AND 45 ONCE THEY FINISH MARKING THIS OFF BUT YOU CANNOT COME IN AND TAKE ON A TEAM LIKE CARROLLTON, AND OFFENSIVE TINA COULD PUT UP 48 POINTS WITH THE BRAKES ON.
YOU ALREADY HAVE TO KNOW THERE'S GOING TO BE A COUPLE OF TIMES THAT YOU HAVE TO ROLL THE DICE.
AND AS HEAD COACH SHELTON FELTON TO KEEP HIS GAME ALIVE.
>> IT'S GOING BE FIRST AND 10 FOR THE WILDCATS AT THE CARROLLTON 42 YARD LINE.
HAVE TO ROLL THE DICE A LITTLE BIT.
HE GOT HIS WHITE ADVISER ON.
IT MEANS IT'S A GOOD DAY.
VISOR, THE KIDS KNOW IT IS A BAD DAY.
FIRST AND 10, ROBINSON ON THE RUN, PICKS UP FIVE.
DOWN TO THE 40.
>> THESE ARE THE KIND OF PLAYS THAT VALDOSTA WANTS.
FIRST DOWN, FALLING FORWARD HERE.
GOOD BLOCKING.
BY THEIR QUARTERBACK, ROBINSON.
A MAN IS MADE A COMPLETE COMMITMENT TO HIS TEAM.
NATURALLY, PROBABLY AS A RECEIVER, OR A CORNER.
SOMEWHERE OUT IN THE SLOT.
HE'S BEEN OKAY TAKING THE ROLE AND DOMINATING AT THE QUARTERBACK POSITION .
>> GOING TO RUN IT HARD AGAIN AND PICK UP FOUR, DOWN TO THE 36.
HE HAS BEEN OFFERED BY TROY AND UMASS.
THEY LOOK LIKE LEGAL LITTLE LEAGUE WRECK BALL.
THE FOOTBALL IS UP.
LET'S SEE WHO CAN THROW THE BALL THE BEST.
AND ROBINSON WON THE JOB AND BECAME THE QUARTERBACK.
ABLE TO RUN HARD AND RUN PHYSICAL.
HANDOFF THIS TIME IS NOT GOING TO PICK UP THE FIRST DOWN AS FOSTER GOT STOPPED RIGHT THERE AT THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.
GOING TO BRING UP FOURTH AND ONE.
>> JACOB LEVY IN THE MIDDLE.
UNDERSIZED DEEP TACKLE, BUT WITH HIS ABILITY TO GET OFF THE BLOCK , MAKING A PLAY, AND ONCE AGAIN, THE DICE IS IN COACH FELTON'S HAND.
HE'S GOING FOR IT ON FOURTH DOWN.
>> DURING THE BONES AGAIN.
ROBINSON, FIRST DOWN.
ROBINSON GIVE THEM A CHANCE TO WIN.
IF THEY CAN EXECUTE THE GAME PLAN, THEY CAN PLAY KEEP AWAY, AND THEY CAN PUT TOGETHER A LONG DRIVE, THEY GOT A CHANCE TO WIN THIS GAME.
>> OUTSIDE ZONE BLOCKING.
BIG QUARTERBACK, 601, 185, FALLING FORWARD.
GOOD JOB OF FIGHTING THE WHOLE IN UNDERSTANDING BALL SECURITY.
THAT IS A PREMIUM AS WELL WHEN YOU LIKE TO RUN THE BALL THE WAY THEY DO AND EAT UP THE CLOCK.
>> FIRST AND 10 FROM THE 33, HIGH SNAP.
THEY GET IT DOWN AND GET IT RIGHT.
AND RIGHT GETS THROWN BACKWARDS.
GREAT PURSUIT BY THAT TROJAN MONTREZL SMITH, LEADING THE WAY .
>> AND A HIGH SNAP THROUGH TIMING THERE, HAVING TO BRING THE BALL DOWN.
IT FLOWS UP THE RUNNING BACK BEING ABLE TO MAKE THE READ.
AND JERMAINE BOOKER IN THE MIDDLE, THE SENIOR, IS GOING HAVE TO WORK ON BRINGING THOSE SNAPS DOWN.
>> SECOND DOWN AND 10.
UP THE MIDDLE, DIVING FORWARD TO THE 27.
A LITTLE BIT UPSET WITH HIMSELF.
HAD HE BEEN ABLE TO KEEP HIS FEET, HE MAY HAVE GOT INTO THE END ZONE.
.
>> PRESEASON WAS TABBED AS A RUNNING BACK.
IN AND OUT.
COACH CALLED HIM --POWER PLAY, GETTING UPFIELD AND RUNNING BEHIND THE PAST .
>> THIRD DOWN AND FIVE.
HE TRIED TO EXPLAIN TO US WHAT A SCAT BACK WAS.
WE SAID, YOU DON'T NEED TO.
WE ARE OLD SCHOOL.
WE NOTE A SCAT BACK IS.
ROBINSON, TRICE WE COULD CUT BACK.
THERE IS NO PLACE TO RUN OUT THERE.
IT'S GOING TO BE FOURTH DOWN.
DOWNFIELD, YOU CAN SEE 32 READS IT.
RIGHT THERE, SLIPPING, TRY TO CUT BACK ON TO BRADBURN WAS ROBINSON .
>> THEY GOT A GOOD KICKER IN FRANKLIN GARCIA, BUT THIS IS A LITTLE BIT PUSHING HIS RANGE.
HE HAD DISTANCE OF ABOUT 40 OR 41 IN PREGAME.
THIS WOULD BE A 47 OR 48.
THEY KEEP THE OFFENSE OUT THERE ON FOURTH DOWN AND EIGHT.
AND A TIME-OUT IS GOING TO BE CALLED BY SHELTON FELTON AND THE WILDCATS.
YOU DO NOT WANT A GET ON COACH FELTON'S BAD SIDE.
HE WILL LET YOU KNOW ABOUT IT.
STEPPING ASIDE WITH A TIME-OUT.
A BIG FOURTH DOWN COMING UP WHEN WE GET BACK.
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>>> WELCOME BACK TO THE GPB STUDIOS IN ATLANTA.
IS CURRENTLY SECOND QUARTER OF OUR SEVEN A SECOND ROUND OF THE STATE PLAYOFFS.
COMING UP IN OUR REGION'S HALFTIME SHOW, WE WILL NAME THE MAKE THAT KID AND OFFERED NOMINEES FOR THE WEEK.
WILL FOCUS --PLAYERS SPOTLIGHT.
WE WILL CATCH UP WITH CARROLLTON'S PRINCIPAL.
AND --ALL ABOUT COMING UP AND SO MUCH MORE.
MATT, WAYNE, YOU GUYS ARE LOOKING PRETTY COMFY IN THAT FANCY NEW BOX AT GRISHAM STADIUM?
>> YOU ARE NOT KIDDING, NIKKI.
WAYNE AND I HAVE CALLED A LOT OF COLLEGE FOOTBALL GAMES IN OUR DAY, AND THIS IS AS NICE AS ANYTHING WE HAVE SEEN.
>> IT IS VERY NICE UP HERE.
>> SUPER.
GREAT VIEW.
>> THE --COACHING STAFF DATE YOU GOT GLASS ALL AROUND YOU.
NO DEFLECTED VIEW.
IT IS FOURTH DOWN.
BACK TO BUSINESS HERE.
FOURTH AND EIGHT FROM THE 30.5 .
ROBINSON , WANTS TO THROW THE BALL.
NOW HE IS BEING CHASED AND JUST GOING TO HEAVE IT OUT OF BOUNDS.
AND THE BALL IS GOING TO GO OVER.
>> GOOD PRESSURE ON THE FIELD THERE.
BY CALVIN HEEL, GETTING INTO THE BACKFIELD.
>> YOU KNOW, WAYNE, PEOPLE MIGHT SAY, WHY DID HE DO THAT?
HE TOOK THE LEAST OF THE WORST OPTIONS.
THE BALL IS GOING OVER ON DOWNS, BUT MAKE IT BE THE LINE SACK WAY BACK AT THE 50 .
>> DID NOT LIKE THE SLANT ROUTE, TRY TO BRING IT DOWN TO GET OUTSIDE THE POCKET.
WAS ALLOWED TO DO THAT FROM THE PRESSURE.
JUST THREW IT AWAY.
>> IT WAS A SMART PLAY, ALTHOUGH IT DID NOT GO ANYWHERE.
JUST 39 YARDS OF OFFENSE FOR VALDOSTA IN THE FIRST HALF.
105 FOR THE TROJANS.
A BIT HASN'T BEEN AN OFFENSIVE NIGHT FOR THEM EITHER.
McGRIFF MAKE THE TACKLE.
>> FARMER, STEPPING IN THERE.
WE TALKED ABOUT --LAST YEAR AND WHAT A YEAR HE HAD.
WHAT A GREAT PLAYER.
HE IS GOING TO DO GO TO THE NEXT LEVEL.
BUT FARMER, STEPPING IN, GAVE THEM THAT SAME KIND OF PRODUCTION.
AND THEN HAVING TO TRY TO WIN THAT GAME IT IS FIRST HALF ANOTHER WAY, THAT IS ON HIS LEGS.
>> SECOND DOWN AND SIX.
JUJU, IN THE POCKET, THROWS A DEEPER ODOM.
A JUMP BALL.
ODOM CANNOT COME DOWN WITH IT.
WHAT A PLAY BY CAM BROWN.
A FLAG COMES OUT LATE.
WOW.
>> LOOKED LIKE A CLEAN AND DEFENSIVE PLAY BY CAM BROWN, THE SOPHOMORE, TO SEPARATE CALEB ODOM FROM THE VAULT.
>> RUNNING STEP FOR STEP, 50-50 BALL DOWN THE FIELD, TAKING THE CHALLENGE OF CALEB ODOM .
THE ODOM EXTEND THAT ARE RIGHT THERE.
>> Referee: PASS INTERFERENCE, DEFENSE .15 YARD PENALTY FROM THE PREVIOUS SPOT.
>> REALLY CROWS RIGHT THERE.
CAM BROWN.
HE MAYBE HE EVEN GOT HIS HEAD AROUND.
MAYBE THAT'S WHY THEY WERE THE PASS INTERFERENCE.
BUT LETTING THE BATTLE OUT ON THE EDGE, AND FORCEFULLY, UNFORTUNATELY BY BROWN, NOT GETTING HIS HEAD AROUND AND RUNNING INTO THE CHEST OF ODOM.
>> DID NOT GET HIS HEAD AROUND.
THERE WAS CONTACT, PREMATURE, TO THE BALL GETTING THERE.
FIRST AND 10.
GOING TO SET UP A SCREEN.
OVER THE HEAD OF FARMER.
THAT IS GOING TO BE RULED INCOMPLETE.
SECOND DOWN.
>> VALDOSTA, COMING WITH THE WE HAVE SEEN THAT FROM THE FRONT SIDE.
LEWIS, NOT ABLE TO HANDLE THE PRESSURE.
JUST LIMIT THAT BALL, TRY TO GET OUT OF THE EDGE.
FLAIL OUT TO FARMER.
JUST MISSING HIM ON THE THROW.
>> KENDALL LACEY AND CEDRIC McCURDY ARE THE CO-D.C.'S.
HAD SOME TIME IN THE NFL.
BACK AT HIS ALMA MATER.
AT THE INSIDE LINEBACKERS COACH.
SECOND DOWN AND 10.
FALL OUT, BALL GOES .
ON THE OUTSKIRTS.
CLOSE TO THE FIRST DOWN ON THE CATCH AND RUN BY CHRISTIAN WARD .
JUST THE 11th CATCH OF THE SEASON FOR WARD .
AND A LATE FLAG OUT AS WE ARE DOWN TO THREE MINUTES TO PLAY HERE.
IN THE FIRST HALF.
>> NICE JOB BY WARD COMING BACK ON THIS ROUTE HERE.
GETTING THE BALL OUT QUICK.
AND RIGHT HERE, AS COPELAND RAINS INTO THE GROUND.
THEY ARE SAYING FORCED CALLER?
I DO NOT SEE HIM GRABBING THE FACE MASK .
>> DID GRAB THE BACK OF THE JERSEY , IN THE AREA WHERE THE SHOULDER PADS COME UP TO THE NECK.
BUT IT DID LOOK LIKE IT WAS FACE MASK.
THEY CALLED IT FACE MASK.
>> DID NOT REALLY SEE THE INSIDE HAND AS HE BROUGHT HIM TO THE GROUND HERE AT THE END.
LET'S SEE.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THAT LEFT HAND, YOU SEE HIS RIGHT HAND ON THE BACK.
DOES HE HAVE THE FACE MASK?
>> RIGHT THERE, HE DOES.
>> GOOD CALL THERE.
BY THE OFFICIALS.
>> SO THIRD AND 10 FROM THE 24.
FARMER WITH A GAP TO RUN THROUGH.
AND FARMER RAMBLES ALL THE WAY DOWN.
CLOSE TO THE 11.
SO KIMAURI FARMER IS PROVING TO BE HARD TO GET ON THE GROUND.
A GOOD FIRST HALF.
>> THIS IS ALL THAT IS SPEED, GETTING TO THE EDGE.
HE CAME WITH A BLITZ AGAIN.
THE RUN BLITZ BY BROWN FOR VALDOSTA, BUT THE SPEED OF FARMER, ABLE TO RUN AWAY FROM HIM AND CHASE THEM DOWN FROM BEHIND.
>> BALL GOES TO FARMER AGAIN.
FARMER GETS STOPPED AT THE 10.
IS IT NICE JOB GETTING OUT ON THE EDGE BY FARMER.
ONLY PICKING UP TWO YARDS ON THE PLAY.
GOOD PURSUED THERE BY McGRIFF.
MADE THE PLAYS AT THIS DEFENSE TONIGHT.
>> SECOND DOWN.
THEY CAN PICK UP A FIRST DOWN INSIDE THE FIVE.
PUMP FAKE.
JUJU LEWIS THROWS OFF HIS BACK FOOT AND OUT OF BOUNDS.
THERE WAS NOTHING OUT THERE.
TARGET WAS KEY ON COPER.
IS IT THE PRESSURE STOPPED HIM FROM BEING ABLE TO SET UP.
TRY TO PUT THE BALL DOWN AND GET OUT THERE.
NICE JOB OF THROWING UP ALL AWAY.
>> THIRD DOWN AND EIGHT.
2:11 LEFT ON THE CLOCK YOU'RE IN THE SECOND QUARTER.
>> SITUATION HERE, TRYING TO GET THE BALL OUT ON ODOM .
>> FARMER RUNS INSIDE.
TACKLED AND DOWN TO THE FIVE.
IT IS GOING TO BE FOURTH DOWN DECISION TIME.
IT'S GOING BE FOURTH AND ABOUT TWO.
IS ANOTHER GOOD TACKLED BY JONTAVIOUS McGRIFF TO STOP THAT TOUCHDOWN BY FARMER.
COACH KING, KEEPING THE OFFENSE ON THE FIELD.
THESE ARE THE GUYS LIKE TO KICK A FIELD GOAL ANYWAYS.
>> Referee: CARROLLTON, FIRST TIME-OUT OF THE HOUSE.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE CARROLLTON TROJANS AT RESUME.
BROUGHT TO YOU BY DBHDD.
10-1 THIS SEASON, THE REGION TWO SEVEN A CHANCE.
SEVEN STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS.
MOST RECENTLY, THAT WAS 1998.
REMEMBER, THEY PLAYED IN THE FINALS LAST YEAR.
33 REGION TITLES.
THEY BEEN IN THE PLAYOFFS DIRTY FIVE OF THE LAST 36 SEASONS.
THIS IS THE 96 SEASON OF FOOTBALL.
WIN BY LEARNING ABOUT SAFE USAGE OF PRESCRIPTION OPIOIDS.
DBHDD.
WAYNE, FOURTH DOWN COMING UP HERE.
PUTTING THE BALL DOWN THE SIX- YEAR, YOU ARE LOOKING AT FOURTH AND A LONG THREE.
WHAT WOULD YOU DO HERE ?
>> I WOULD TRY TO FIND THE ONE ON ONE MATCHUP WITH CALEB ODOM.
JUMP BALL WITH HIM SOMEWHERE ON A CORNER ROUTE.
BACK OF THE END ZONE.
>> THEY HAVE HELD THEIR OWN WITH A GUY HE WAS RATED AS HIGH AS THE NUMBER ONE TIGHT END IN THE COUNTRY.
>> DEFINITELY TAKING ON THAT CHALLENGE BE PLAYED PHYSICAL WITH HIM OUT ON THE EDGE.
STEP FOR STEP, REALLY OTHER THAN THE BIG --ON THIS DRIVE FOR PASS INTERFERENCE, THEY HAVE HELD THEIR OWN.
WITH ONE OF THE TOP PLAYERS IN THE COUNTRY.
>> THEY ARE GOING TO LINE UP AND TRY TO KICK A FIELD GOAL.
THEY'VE ONLY DONE ONE THIS YEAR, AND THAT WAS AGAINST BRENT LEE.
THAT WAS INTERESTING.
BRADLEY.
KICK IS UP, AND THE KICK IS GOING TO BE PERFECT.
RIGHT THROUGH THE UPRIGHTS.
AND HERNANDEZ CONVERTS ON THE FIELD GOAL TO GIVE CARROLLTON A 10-0 LEAD DATE CHANGE OF HEART DURING THAT TIME OUT.
TAKING THE POINTS, AS COACH KING WILL GO UP 10-0 ON THIS.
GOOD CAKE HERE.
HIGH KICK.
JUST FLIPPING THROUGH THAT RIGHT UP RIGHT TO GIVE THEM THREE POINTS.
>> DO YOU FEEL LIKE THAT IS A SITUATION RIGHT THERE WERE COACH KING'S THINKING, LOOK, WE WORKED REALLY HARD.
IT WOULD BE DEFLATING TO COME OUT OF THIS DRIVE, PROBABLY OUR FINAL DRIVE BEFORE THE END OF THE HALF BEFORE WE GO TO HALFTIME WITHOUT ANY POINTS?
WE REALLY DO JUST NEED TO GET SOMETHING POSITIVE HERE ?
>> IF IT WAS A REGULAR-SEASON GAME, I THINK HE WOULD HAVE WENT FOR IT ON FOURTH.
BUT IF IT'S PLAYOFF, SECOND ROUND, TAKING ON VALDOSTA, YOUR DEFENSE SAYS IT IS ABOUT BUILDING A POINT.
LET'S KEEP THAT CONFIDENCE.
DO NOT GIVE THEM ANY CONFIDENCE GOING AT THE HALF.
TACK ON THOSE 10 AND SEE ABOUT YOUR DEFENSE, WHERE THEY ARE PLAYING.
IT IS REALLY HARD FOR VALDOSTA TO SCORE.
>> FOSTER AND SANDERS ARE STANDING DEEP.
THAT IS DERON FOSTER, THE RUNNING BACK.
HE IS STANDING BACK 10.
SANDERS IS OFF TO HIS LEFT.
AND HERNANDEZ, WHO JUST BOOTED THE 23 YARD FIELD GOAL , KICKS IT OFF.
IT'S GOING TO GO OUT OF BOUNDS.
VALDOSTA HAVE THE OPTION.
THEY CAN TAKE IT AT THE 35, WHICH IS WHAT I AM GUESSING THEY WILL DO.
THAT IS A MISTAKE RIGHT THERE, KICKING THE BALL OUT OF BOUNDS.
>> Referee: KICKED OUT OF BOUNDS.
--ELECTED TO PUT THE BALL IN PLAY AT THE 35 YARD LINE.
>> LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THAT VALDOSTA RESUME, RESENTED BY DBHDD.
WE COULD WRITE A BOOK ABOUT VALDOSTA FOOTBALL.
SIX NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS, 24 STATE TITLES, 42 REGION CROWNS IN PLAYING FOOTBALL FOR 110 YEARS.
8-3 THIS SEASON.
FINISHED IS THE NUMBER TWO SEED BEHIND --COUNTY IN SEVEN A.
THEIR VICTORY AGAINST ARCHER LAST WEEK WAS THEIR FIRST PLAYOFF VICTORY SINCE 2020 WHEN THEY WON HERE IN THE QUARTERFINALS.
BIG HOLE UP THE MIDDLE.
THERE GOES ROBINSON.
HE IS GOING TO PULL AWAY.
TOUCHDOWN, VALDOSTA !
>> TODD ROBINSON, THE BEST ATHLETE ON THE VALDOSTA TEAM.
SHOWING WHY HE IS THE TOP RATED ATHLETE AROUND THE COUNTRY.
THE EXPLOSION HERE.
QUARTERBACK DRAW, READING, FOLLOWING THE BIG TACKLE.
BURGESS IN THE HOLE, AND JUST MAKING A QUICK RACE.
AND THAT IS WHEN HE REMINDS YOU HOW FAST HE REALLY IS.
NO ANKLE ISSUES ON THIS PLAY RIGHT HERE.
NICE JOB READING THE PLAY.
AND THEN, JUST EXPLODING RIGHT THERE.
UNTOUCHED FOR THE LONG TOUCHDOWN .
>> MIRACULOUS HEALING FOR TODD ROBINSON AS HE GOES 65 YARDS FOR THE SCORE.
AND GARCIA CHIPS IT UP AND IN.
SEVEN.
HOW ABOUT THAT?
CARROLLTON DID NOT THEY WERE GETTING THE BALL BACK , BUT HURRY AND THEY HAVE GIVEN UP A TOUCHDOWN.
>> 1:45, YOU THINK THE TEAM IS GOING TO GO TO TWO MINUTES OF THROWING THE BALL DOWN THE FIELD.
THEY RUN A RE-OPTION PLAY AND KEEP THE BALL IN THEIR BEST PLAYERS HAND.
AND HE PAYS IN DIVIDENDS IN A BIG WAY.
>> YOUR GOVERNORS RED RIBBON CAMPAIGN SCORING DRIVE.
ONE PLAY AND 65 YARDS, ALL IN THE LEGS OF TODD ROBINSON.
AND THAT'S THE FIRST TIME HE REALLY WAS ABLE TO GET UNLEASHED AND SHOW YOU HIS GREAT ATHLETIC ABILITY.
>> A DANGEROUS RUN.
THAT IS WHAT COACH FELTON SAID AS WE TALKED TO HIM, A GUY WHO JUST MADE THAT SACRIFICE.
GO AND PLAY A POSITION THESE DAYS WHAT YOU DO ON THE NEXT LEVEL IS FADED OUT.
HE HAS MADE THAT SACRIFICE.
AND WHAT A CONTRIBUTION HE HAS MADE FOR VALDOSTA .
>> VALDOSTA RIGHT BACK IN THE GAME.
THEY GAINED MORE YARDS ON THAT ONE PLAY THEN THEY HAD THE THIS GAME.
SO WATCH OUT FOR A KICK HERE.
IT IS NOT GOING TO GO DEEP.
THEY GOT THE TIGHT END, JORDAN WHITE, LINED UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD.
THAT IS WHERE THEY TRIED TO KICK IT LAST TIME.
AND IT IS GOING TO COME DOWN AT THE 11.
RETURN UP TO THE 37.
FLAG IS OUT AT THE 21 AND A 17 YARD LINE.
SO LIKELY, AFTER THE RETURN BY McNEIL, IT IS GOING TO GO BACKWARDS >> FOUR FLAGS ON THE PLAY.
I THINK EVERYBODY SAW THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD.
RETURN THE BALL AND THEN HAVE A PENALTY.
BUT YOU DO GET THE BALL BACK, YOU HAVE TWO TIME-OUTS.
YOU HAVE ONE OF THE TOP QUARTERBACKS IN THE COUNTRY.
AND SOME EXPLOSIVE RECEIVERS >> Referee: RETURN, WALKING ABACK ON THE RETURN TEAM.
10-YARD PENALTY FROM THE START OF THE FOUL.
FIRST DOWN.
>> BACKING UP ALL THE WAY TO THE 10 YARD LINE.
THAT IS WHERE CARROLLTON WILL PUT THE BALL IN PLAY.
THEY HAVE TWO TIME-OUTS REMAINING.
THEY ARE 90 YARDS AWAY FROM A TOUCHDOWN.
AND PROBABLY ABOUT 70 YARDS AWAY FROM ANOTHER FIELD GOAL ATTEMPT.
AND THAT IS GOING TO BE JORDAN WHITE, THE TIGHT END WITH THE BLOCK IN THE BACK.
THAT IS THE PENALTY.
BACK AT THE 10.
FIRST AND 10.
LEWIS, CLEAN POCKET.
GOING FOR THE HOME RUN.
OPEN, COULD NOT CONNECT.
LOOKING FOR AJ McNEIL, A REAL SPEEDSTER.
THROUGH IT TOO FAR FOR HIM.
>> GOOD PROTECTION, GREAT ROUTE BY McNEIL.
JUST NOT ABLE TO HOOK UP WITH JUJU LEWIS ON THE THROW.
ALL THINGS POSITIVE ABOUT THIS PLAY.
JUST STEP IN THE POCKET, GET BEHIND THE THROW.
GET DUDLEY ON THAT REPLAY.
JUST ABSOLUTELY LEVELS OF THE DEFENSIVE END TRY TO GET AROUND THE EDGE.
>> Referee: TIME-OUT, VALDOSTA.
FINAL TIME-OUT OF THE HALF WHAT THEY CALL TIME-OUT.
THAT IS GOING TO BE THEIR FINAL TIME-OUT OF THE FIRST HALF.
WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT VALDOSTA HAS BEEN ABLE TO DO?
ESPECIALLY AFTER GETTING A 65 YARD TOUCHDOWN BY TODD ROBINSON?
>> WEATHERING THE STORM.
YOU TAKE A 4.5 HOUR TRIP AND COME HERE TO THE BEAUTIFUL CARROLLTON FACILITIES AGAINST ONE OF THE HOTTEST TEAMS THE STATE THAT IS WON TWO GAMES IN A ROW.
JUST WEATHERING THE STORM.
IT'S A MENTALITY YOU COULD TELL WITH COACH FELTON.
THEY HIT THE FIELD TO WIN.
IT IS NOT HOW THEY WIN, CAN THEN MAKE IT A PLACE TO WIN THE GAME?
THIS GAME.
AND THAT BIG RUN BY ROBINSON.
AND REALLY, HOW THE DEFENSE HAS PLAYED IT.
>> THEY ARE A TRUE BATTLE TESTED TEAM.
THIS WILL BE THE SEVENTH WROTE ROAD GAME.
THEY STARTED AT MASSILLON WASHINGTON HIGH SCHOOL, THE NUMBER ONE TEAM IN OHIO.
PLAYED UP THERE.
12 OPPONENTS HAVE BEEN RANKED IN THE TOP 10.
AND THEIR SENIOR CLASS HAS JUST BEEN THROUGH EVERYTHING.
THE 2021 SEASON, THE PROBATION.
THEN A HURRICANE HIT BACK IN LATE AUGUST.
THEY LOST ONE OF THEIR STAR PLAYERS IN THE OFF-SEASON, OMAR WHITE, WHO IS COMMITTED TO COLORADO.
HE GOT ARRESTED ON GUN CHARGES.
THEY BEEN THROUGH A LOT, YET THEY KEEP HANGING IN THERE.
>> THIS DEFENSE HAS BEEN SUPERB TONIGHT.
WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE TOUCHDOWN THAT BRADBURN GAVE CARROLLTON FOR THE TOUCHDOWN.
OTHER THAN THAT, THEY HAVE MADE THEM EARN EACH AND EVERY YARD .
>> SECOND DOWN, AND THE HANDOFF GOES TO FARMER.
THEY'RE GOING TO TRY TO KICK IT OUTSIDE.
BRANTLEY IS GOING TO KICK HIM TO THE GROUND .
ERIC BRANTLEY, YOU ARE JUST NOT GOING TO GET >> A TRUE PLAYMAKER.
WORKING FROM THE NOSE TACKLE POSITION THIS TIME.
IS WORKING DOWN THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE, BEATING THE CENTER, FINISHING THE PLAY.
CAN'T ASK FOR ANY MORE ON A PLAY THAT BRANTLEY SHOWED YOU RIGHT THERE.
THAT'S THE VERSATILITY AS WE TALKED ABOUT.
HE IS ONE OF THOSE THAT CAN MOVE INSIDE ON SECOND, THIRD AND LONG, OR PLAY ON THE EDGE TO HEAR HE HAS NINE TACKLES ON THIS GAME.
HE HAS LIVED UP TO THE BILLING.
>> GREAT PURSUED BY THAT WILDCATS DEFENSE.
CAM BROWN, THE CORNER.
I HAVE BEEN IMPRESSED WITH THESE QUARTERBACKS.
I KNOW YOU HEAR THAT THEY MAKE SOFTWARE MISTAKES, BUT THEY HAVE LOOKED A LOT BETTER THAN THEY HAVE BAD IN HIS GAME.
>> COACH KING, THE LAST TWO PLAYS, HE IS SAYING, LET'S GO IN HERE, --MY TEAM.
A GREAT JOB BY VALDOSTA.
GIVING THE TEAM A CHANCE.
>> 10-7 LEAD OF THE TEAMS HAD TO THE LOCKER ROOM.
WHAT A HALF.
CARROLLTON PRETTY MUCH CONTROLLED IT UNTIL GIVING UP THE BIG 65 YARD TOUCHDOWN RUN BY TODD ROBINSON.
AND VALDOSTA IS RIGHT BACK IN THIS GAME IS THE TEAMS HEAD TO THE LOCKER ROOM.
GOING TO CATCH UP HERE WITH COACH JOEY KING IN JUST A MOMENT.
AND OUR HALFTIME INTERVIEW IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY JOHNNY'S NEW YORK STYLE PIZZA, YOUR ORIGINAL NEIGHBORHOOD PIZZERIA COACH JOEY KING DOWN THE SIDELINE.
COACH, YOUR DEFENSE PRETTY MUCH HELD THEM IN CHECK UNTIL THAT ONE BIG PLAY.
A STARK REMINDER THAT VALDOSTA IS AN EXPLOSIVE TEAM.
WHAT IS YOUR MESSAGE TO THE TEAM IN THE LOCKER ROOM ?
>> WE HAVE TO GAIN OUR COMPOSURE.
THIS IS WHAT WE EXPECTED.
TWO TRADITIONALLY RICH FOOTBALL TEAMS DUKING IT OUT.
WE JUST HAVE TO PLAY THE COURSE.
>> COACH, WHAT ARE YOU SEEING THAT THEY ARE DOING TO YOUR OFFENSE AS FAR AS KEEPING THE BALL FROM BEING ABLE TO BE THROWN DOWNFIELD?
>> THEY ARE DOING A GOOD JOB OF MIXING UP.
IN THE SECOND HALF, WE CAN MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS.
WE WASTED A COUPLE OF PLAYS AND POSSESSIONS.
WE HAVE TO MAKE EVERYONE COUNT IN A GAME OF THIS MAGNITUDE.
>> THANK YOU, JOEY.
GO DO YOUR WORK IN THE LOCKER ROOM.
AS THE TEAMS HAD TO THE LOCKER ROOM, 10-7 GAME AS WE HEAD TO HALFTIME.
BECAUSE OF THAT YOUNG MAN RIGHT THERE, TARA TODD ROBINSON.
BREAKING OFF A BIG TOUCHDOWN RUN TO GET THE WILDCATS BACK IN THE GAME.
>> "FOOTBALL FRIDAYS IN GEORGIA" ON GPB IS BROUGHT TO YOU IN PART BY DBHDD AND THE GOVERNOR'S RED RIBBON CAMPAIGN.
BE KIND TO YOUR MIND, LIVE DRUG- FREE.
>>> THE GHSA PLAYOFFS ARE BROUGHT TO YOU BY ALPHA INSURANCE.
>>> MANY OF US ARE A PART OF THE SANDWICH GENERATION, CARING FOR KIDS AND AGING PARENTS.
TARA JACKSON IS HERE WITH --ON HOW TO CARE FOR OTHERS AND OURSELVES.
--STUDY SHOW THAT 80% OF WOMEN TAKE CARE OF HEALTHCARE FOR THEIR ENTIRE FAMILY.
>> DR.
MOM IS REAL.
HOW CAN MEMBERS OF THE SANDWICH GENERATION DEAL WITH SOME OF THESE CHALLENGES?
>> TRYING TO BALANCE EVERYONE'S NEEDS AND YOUR OWN CAN BE A BIG CHALLENGE.
FIRST, ASK FOR HELP.
SEEK OUT RESOURCES, WHETHER IT IS FEDERAL, STATE OR LOCAL LEVEL.
REMEMBER YOU ARE NOT BY YOURSELF.
IT TAKES A VILLAGE.
SEEK HELP FROM FAMILY MEMBERS, FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS.
ALSO MAKE SURE YOU TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF.
YOU CANNOT HELP ANYONE ELSE IF YOU'RE DOWN AND OUT.
>> WHAT ARE SOME OF THE BIGGEST CONCERNS FOR CAREGIVERS?
>> FINANCIAL STRESSORS AND HEALTHCARE ARE TWO OF THE BIGGEST STRESSORS FOR THE SANDWICH GENERATION.
YOU MAY WANT TO SEEK HELP FROM YOUR EMPLOYER .
SEE IF THEY HAVE AN EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM THAT CAN PROVIDE ASSISTANCE AS IT RELATES TO ELDERCARE AND OTHER RESOURCES.
ALSO TO SEEK HELP FROM A FINANCIAL ADVISER.
DOCTORS APPOINTMENTS AND ALSO MAKE SURE THAT YOU EVEN VISIT THEIR DOCTORS APPOINTMENTS WITH THEM.
OFTENTIMES, THEY DO NOT WANT A SHARE INFORMATION TO THEIR PROVIDERS IN FEAR OF LOSING THEIR INDEPENDENCE.
>> TARA, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
IT IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT TOPIC.
IF YOU WANT TO LEARN MORE, GO TO CIGNA.COM.
>> >> HEY THERE, EVERYONE PRETTY WELCOME INTO OUR FOOTBALL FRIDAYS IN GEORGIA HALFTIME SHOW, BROUGHT TO YOU BY REGIONS BANK.
THIS IS MY PAL, JOHN BRACKETOLOGY NELSON.
WE ARE HOLDING DOWN THE GPB STUDIOS IN MIDTOWN ATLANTA.
WE HAVE A SEVEN A SHOWDOWN GOING ON RIGHT NOW IN THE SECOND ROUND OF PLAYOFFS BETWEEN CARROLLTON, VALDOSTA.
CARROLLTON IS WINNING, 10-7.
HOWEVER, WE SAW THE MOST ACTION WITHIN THE FINAL TWO MINUTES OF THE FIRST HALF .
>> 65 OF THE 100 YARDS THAT VALDOSTA HAS GARNERED ON THE GROUND ON THE ONE PLAY TO CUT IT TO 10-7 .
I CAN ALSO TELL YOU ONE OF THE STAFF THAT MIGHT SHOW UP THAT MATT AND WEIBEL TALK ABOUT IN A LITTLE BIT, 10 TOTAL PENALTIES THE FIRST HALF.
WE WILL KEEP AN EYE ON THOSE NUMBERS.
COMING UP MORE AND JUST A LITTLE BIT.
>> A LOT OF EYES ARE WATCHING THIS GAME WITH JUJU LEWIS.
HE IS THE TOP QUARTERBACK PROSPECT IN THE NATION.
HOWEVER, THERE ARE MANY, MANY STUDENT ATHLETES OUT THERE THAT DO NOT GET AS MUCH LOVE IN THE RECRUITING WORLD.
THAT IS WHY WE HAVE NOMINEES EVERY WEEK WITH A SEGMENT WE CALL, MAKE THAT KID AN OFFER.
HANNAH HAS THIS WEEK'S -- PRESENTED BY GEORGIA FARM BUREAU.
WE SUIT THIS WEEK, WE START WITH SENIOR ATHLETE AMARI SHELLEY.
HE HAD TOTAL 11 RECEPTIONS FOR 257 YARDS, AVERAGING OVER 23 YARDS PER CATCH.
HE ALSO IS A TOTAL OF 125 YARDS ON THE GROUND.
ON DEFENSE, HE HAS COUNTED 33 TACKLES AND THREE INTERCEPTIONS.
HE RUNS TRACK FOR THE BULLDOGS, SO YOU KNOW HE IS FAST.
SOMEBODY MAKE THIS KID AN OFFER.
>> NEXT STEP, THOMAS COUNTY SENIOR LINEBACKER AND DEFENSIVE END, JIMMY DAWSON.
HE WAS RELEASED TO RETURN TO THE FIELD AND PICKED UP 27 TACKLES, TWO SACKS, ONE INTERCEPTION AND FIVE TACKLES FOR A LOSS THIS SEASON.
FINALLY, SENIOR COUNTY LINEBACKER -- .
>> HUY NGUYEN NEEDS AN OFFER.
HE HAS BECOME AN ASSET FOR THE TIGERS, AND IN THE REGULAR- SEASON WITH 1094 RUSHING YARDS.
DURING HIS JUNIOR SEASON, HE WAS NAMED REGION THREE DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR .
>> GREAT STUFF AS ALWAYS, HANNAH.
SO THOSE GUYS -- >> MAKE THOSE KIDS SOME OFFERS!
>> FOLLOW GPB SPORTS TO FIND OUT HOW YOU CAN NOMINATE SOMEONE FOR OUR MAKE THAT KID AN OFFER SEGMENT.
NOW IT IS TIME, IT IS PLAYOFFS SEASON.
THANKS TO OUR GEORGIA -- SO MUCH MORE THAN ELECTRICITY SCOREBOARD.
>> WALTON HAD A 21-6, AND IS NOW 21-13.
BULLDOGS NOT GIVING UP WITHOUT A FIGHT.
BULLDOGS OF THE INTERMISSION, BUFORD UP BY FOUR.
ROME, THAT ONE IS NOW 28-0.
ROME IN THE FIRST QUARTER, WARNER ROBINS WAS UP 14-0.
14- 13, BACK-AND-FORTH, THE LEAD IS NOW ROBBINS WITH 21-14.
THAT IS AT THE BREAK.
HEAVYWEIGHTS IN -- HEAVYWEIGHTS UPPER LEFT IN D1.
DUBLIN AND BROOKS, HEAVYWEIGHTS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BRACKET, LOW RIGHT.
IN DIVISION I. LINCOLN AND SLIDE, BIG NUMBERS RIGHT NOW FOR DARREN OFFERED.
THAT ONE HAS NOW TURNED.
>> THAT WAS A QUARTERBACK CHAIR, YOU GUYS.
THAT WAS YOUR LOOK FROM AROUND THE STATE.
WE WILL TAKE A QUICK BREAK, BUT STICK WITH US, COMING UP, WE HAVE THE --PHARMACY GEORGIA PLAYERS A SPOTLIGHT.
KEEP IT RIGHT HERE ON GPB.
WE ARE COMING RIGHT BACK.
>> FOOTBALL FRIDAYS IN GEORGIA ON GPB IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY GEORGE'S EMC.
SO MUCH MORE THAN ELECTRICITY.
>>> YOU HAVE TO BE AWARE OF YOUR OWN SURROUNDINGS AND EVERYONE ELSE.
>> THAT IS CORRECT.
THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS GOING ON WHILE YOU ARE JUST TRYING TO NAVIGATE AND GET TO YOUR DESTINATION.
SO AGAIN, WHEN WE MEET WITH OUR PARENTS OR CAREGIVERS, WE CAN TALK THEM THROUGH DIFFERENT WAYS TO MAKE SURE THAT, IF FOR INSTANCE, YOU HAVE YOUNGER CHILDREN TO HER PLENTY TAKE BREAKS APPROPRIATELY.
THE CARSEY, MAKE SURE THEY STILL BUCKLED IN AND EVERYTHING IS TO STRETCH THEIR LEGS.
YOU'RE TAKING OFF ANY THICK CLOTHING.
THAT THEY ARE SECURED.
AND THE HARDEST SEATBELT THEY ARE USING IS AS CLOSE THEIR BODY AS POSSIBLE.
IN GENERAL, IF THERE ANY ANOTHER STATE, WE GET THAT QUESTION QUITE A BIT.
WHAT ARE THEIR CHILD PASSENGER SAFETY LAWS AND REGULATIONS LOOK LIKE AND HOW CAN THEY BE PREPARED?
>> THAT IS ALL THE INFORMATION YOU NEED TO KNOW HOW TO KEEP YOUR CHILD AS SAFE AS POSSIBLE WHEN YOU ARE BEHIND THE WHEEL OF YOUR CAR.
MAKING GIBSON AND OUR FRIENDS FROM THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF HIGHWAY SAFETY.
THANK YOU FOR HANGING OUT.
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME .
>>> WELCOME BACK.
IT IS TIME FOR THIS WEEK'S BROUGHT TO YOU BY --PHARMACY.
THIS WEEK WE'RE HIGHLIGHTING FRESHMAN SWIMMER, CHRISTOPHER COOK.
HE IS ALREADY WON STATE TITLES IN THE 1000 YARD AND 500 YARD 3000S.
IN ADDITION TO THE 400 IM.
HERE IS THE STORY.
>> >> THE SLIGHTEST MOMENT OF HESITATION OF GETTING OFF THE BLOCK CAN LOSE OR GIVE YOU A 100 OF A SECOND.
IT IS SUPER FAST.
>> GREAT ATHLETES DO NOT JUST GO UP AND DOWN TO GET TIRED.
THEY'RE THINKING ALL THE TIME AND TRYING TO DO THE LITTLE THINGS RIGHT.
IMPROVING EVERY DAY >> >> GREAT STORY BY USAVE IT PHARMACY.
WAY TO GO, CHRISTOPHER.
AND ONLY A FRESHMAN.
GOOD THINGS ARE COMING FOR HIM FOR SURE.
KEEP IT RIGHT HERE ON GPB.
COMING UP, WE WILL CHECK IN WITH MATT AS HE TALKS WITH THE TROJANS PRINCIPAL.
WE WILL SEE YOU HERE IN JUST A MINUTE.
>>> EMC AND 33 OTHER COOPERATIVES CONGRATULATE --ON WINNING THE SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD.
THIS AWARD HONORS SCHOOLS THAT EXHIBIT EXEMPLARY SPORTSMANSHIP DURING COMPETITIVE EVENTS.
AND EACH CLASSIFICATION IS CHOSEN TO RECEIVE HIS ANNUAL AWARD.
THE MONTREZL SMITH TAKES INTO CONSIDERATION ALL ASPECTS OF SPORTSMANSHIP, MAKE THE AWARD THE TRIBUTE TO THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY.
>> WE ARE SO PROUD TO OFFER THIS AWARD.
TALL A STUDENT, THE ATHLETES, THE STAFF AND THE COMMUNITY OF CLARK COUNTY ALTOGETHER, THEY JUST SHOW GREAT SPORTSMANSHIP ON AND OFF THE FIELD.
WE ARE JUST SO PLEASED TO OFFER THIS AWARD TO THEM .
>> INTRODUCED IN 2006, THIS AWARD REINFORCES THE PHILOSOPHY --FROM ATHLETES TO SPECTATORS SHOULD ADHERE TO THE FUNDAMENTAL VALUES IT REPRESENTS.
>> WE FIRMLY BELIEVE HERE THAT YOU WIN WITH CLASS AND LOSE WITH CLASS.
JUST SOMETHING WE DO TO EXEMPLIFY --TO HAVE HEART.
JUST SOMETHING THAT IS VERY REWARDING WHEN YOU GET RECOGNIZED FOR IT.
AND WHEN THE PEERS WITHIN YOUR REGION DECIDE YOU ARE IT.
>> WINNING THIS AWARD WITH A IT IS SUCH AN HONOR.
WE PRIORITIZE BEING A GOOD PERSON AND A GOOD TEAMMATE ON AND OFF THE FIELD.
WE ARE VERY THANKFUL TO OUR COMMUNITY FOR THIS AWARD.
>> GEORGIA'S EMC AND THE COOPERATING MEMBERSHIP COOPERATIVES ARE PROUD TO SPONSOR THE COOPERATIVE SPIRIT SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD.
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE HART COUNTY COMMUNITY.
>> WELCOME BACK TO OUR FOOTBALL FRIDAYS IN GEORGIA HALFTIME SHOW PRESENTED BY REGIONS.
JUST NOW JOINING US, IT IS OFFICIALLY HALFTIME OF THE SEVEN A SECOND ROUND SHOWDOWN BETWEEN CARROLLTON AND VALDOSTA.
RIGHT NOW, 10-7.
JOHN, THIS IS BEEN A PRETTY FUN FIRST HALF , RIGHT?
>> NO DOUBT ABOUT IT.
WHEN YOU SEE TWO BLUEBLOODS GO OUT IT ADDED, SEEING HOW VALDOSTA TRY TO PIN DOWN WHEN THE HIGHEST OFFENSES IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA.
YOU CAN SEE IF YOU KEEP AN EYE ON YOUR WATCH JUST HOW FAST THAT FIRST HALF WENT.
A LOT OF IT HAPPENED ON THE GROUND.
>> IT FLEW BY.
IT IS NOW TIME FOR US, ALREADY IN HALFTIME, TO CHECK IN WITH MATT STEWART.
HE SAT DOWN WITH CARROLLTON'S PRINCIPAL .
>> THANK YOU, NIKKI.
I'M HERE WITH CARROLLTON PRINCIPAL, IAN LYLE.
MR. LYLE, WHAT SPECTACULAR FACILITIES YOU HAVE HERE AT CARROLLTON HIGH SCHOOL.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
WE ARE BLESSED WITH GREAT FACILITY FROM TOP TO BOTTOM.
THEY'RE ALL SPECTACULAR.
AND THE SPORE THAT REALLY COMES FROM THE TOP, WE HAVE A TREMENDOUS SUPPORT OF EDUCATION.
OUR SUPERINTENDENT, DR. MARK ALBERTUS, EVERYONE AT THE DISTRICT OFFENSE, THEIR SUPPORTIVE OF WHAT WE DO AND MAKE SURE KIDS HAVE EVERYTHING THEY NEED .
>> I FEEL LIKE I'M ON A COLLEGE CAMPUS.
DR. MARK ALBERTUS, AS YOU MENTIONED, HIS SON IS A PUNTER ON THE FOOTBALL TEAM.
YOUR KIDS ARE VERY INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY.
THAT IS PART OF THE CARROLLTON TROJANS EXPERIENCE.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
THE STRENGTH OF THE SCHOOL IS OUR KIDS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
WE ARE BLESSED TO BE STRATEGICALLY PLACED IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR COMMUNITY AND THEY COME OUT AND SUPPORT US IN MANY DIFFERENT WAYS.
WE SEE THAT TONIGHT AS WELL.
>> TELL US WHAT ELSE YOU HAVE GOING ON AROUND HERE?
>> IS A GREAT TIME TO BE A TROJAN.
IN THE LAST WEEK, WE HAD OUR VETERANS DAY ASSEMBLY.
WE HAD OUR CHEERLEADERS COMPETE AT STATE CHEER.
WE HAD OUR BAND TRAVEL TO NEW YORK CITY TO MARGIN THE VETERANS DAY PARADE.
WE HAD MANY DIFFERENT SPORTS ACTIVITY, WRESTLING, SENIORS NIGHT, IT'S A GREAT TIME TO BE A TROJAN.
>> AND A FULL-BLOWN BASKETBALL TOURNEY GOING ON IN THE BUILDING NEXT TO US TOMORROW.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE.
>> THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
>> NIKKI, BACK TO YOU.
>> THANK YOU, MATT.
>> A BUSY MAN.
>> MATT IS EVERYWHERE TONIGHT.
THOSE FACILITIES ARE NO JOKE.
>> FANTASTIC STUFF.
YOU GET TO SEE GRISHAM STADIUM RIGHT THERE.
TALKING ABOUT THE BASKETBALL ARENA, FANTASTIC FACILITIES.
>> 120 AKERS.
THAT IS AMAZING.
YOU KNOW WHAT ELSE IS AMAZING?
THIS IS THE TIME OF THE SHOW WHERE I JUST WIND UP JOHN AND LET HIM GO.
SCORES ARE FLYING IN FROM AROUND THE STATE BRACKETS .
BRACKETS ARE STARTING TO PAN OUT.
>> LET'S TAKE A PEEK AT WHERE SIDE OF SEVEN A.
WINNER OF THIS GAME HERE GETS TO --AT WALTON.
WALTON IS LEADING BY EIGHT.
CAMDEN COUNTY, LEADING THE -- 13-0 AT ONE POINT.
DOMINATING PEACHTREE RIDGE.
CAMDEN COUNTY, THE ROAD WARRIORS FROM KING GLENN, WEARING A HARD HAT.
GETTING THINGS DONE EARLY ARE AGAINST --THEY CAN BE PLACING MILL CREEK AND HAVING TO TRAVEL TO ATLANTA ONCE AGAIN IF THINGS WORK THEIR WAY OUT ALERTS, TOOMBS COUNTY LEADING THOMPSON RIGHT NOW.
THE DEFENDING CHAMPS ARE ON THE ROPES.
>> THE ROAD TO THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS HAVE OFFICIALLY BEGUN.
WE GOT ANOTHER HALF COMING UP.
BUT WE WANT YOU TO HANG OUT WITH US.
AFTER THE PARTY IS THE AFTER PARTY.
>> DO NOT FORGET THE POLL QUESTION.
WHO IS GOING TO WIN?
AND GREAT NAMES WE HAVE SEEN.
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>> WE WILL SEE YOU AFTER THE GAME.
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>>> HALFTIME HERE AT CARROLLTON.
TROJANS UP 10-7 ON VALDOSTA TONIGHT.
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DOWN THE FIELD, MATT STEWART, AND WAYNE GANDY UP HERE.
WHEN A RUN BY TODD BEFORE THE END OF THE FIRST HALF.
ROBINSON BREAKS OFF A 50 YARD TOUCHDOWN.
WHAT WAS THE MESSAGE TO YOUR TEAM IN THE LOCKER ROOM?
>> 50 TO PLAY FOOTBALL.
EVERY PLAY, PLAY OFF THE FOOTBALL >> COACH, THE DEFENSE IS PLAYING VERY DIFFICULT.
A LOT OF EDGE ON JUJU.
SECONDLY THE TREND IN THE SECOND HALF IS HE'S A GREAT QUARTERBACK, GOING TO GET IN HIS FACE AND GET THEM OUT OF RHYTHM A LITTLE BIT.
IT'S A VERY --OFFENSE.
OUR GAME IS STILL ATTACKING.
>> ONE LAST THING, ERIC BRANTLEY HAS BEEN ATTACKING FOR EIGHT TACKLES, TWO TFL, QUARTERBACK SACK AND THAT FIRST HALF.
HE HAS BEEN AS GOOD AS ADVERTISED.
>> ERIC BROWN IS --NATION.
>> NO DOUBT ABOUT IT.
YOU GOT A BELIEVER OUT OF ME.
GOOD LUCK IN THE EGG IN HALF, COACH.
SHELTON FELTON, HIS TEAM IS DOWN, 7-7 10-7.
ROBINSON, BIGGEST PLAY AND THE BIGGEST PASS OF THIS FIRST HALF WAS FROM ALBERTUS, THE PUNTER.
>> HONOR ROLL OUT, BEHIND RECEIVER, DOWN THE FIELD TO TURNED OFFENSE OUT FOR A TOUCHDOWN.
>> THAT TURNED INTO A TOUCHDOWN, FOUR-YARDS OUT.
7-0 LEAD, CARROLLTON.
AGAIN, AND A BIG RUN DEFENSE INTO WILDCATS TERRITORY.
SET THAT THE 23 YARD FIELD GOAL BY HERNANDEZ.
AT THAT POINT, IT IS 10-0.
WE ARE THINKING THAT IS GOING TO HALFTIME SCORE, BUT TODD ROBINSON, THAT DIFFERENCE IS OFF.
>> HE DECIDED RIGHT BEFORE THE HAPPY WOULD GET INTO THE ACTUAL BIG TOUCHDOWN RUN.
55 YARDS FOR THAT YOUNG MAN, KEEPING HIS TEAM IN THE GAME.
>> HE HAD LEFT THE GAME EARLIER WITH AN ANKLE INJURY.
HE LOOKED LIKE HE IS OKAY.
WAYNE, LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR BREDA PEST MANAGEMENT .
WHAT'S ON THE PAGE >> CARROLLTON REALLY SHINED.
WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT JUJU LEWIS OF HIS OFFENSE, AVERAGES OVER TUNA 38 YARDS A GAME PASSING.
AND AT THE TIME OF POSSESSION, WITHOUT A 14-37 WOULD BE OVER WITH VALDOSTA.
CARROLLTON HAD THE BALL A LOT IN THE FIRST HALF.
BIG PLAY.
THEY'RE KEEPING PACE AND TREADING WATER.
AND THAT IS RIGHT WHERE COACH FELTON WANTS THEM TO BE.
>> CARROLLTON IS DOWN.
RATHER, VALDOSTA IS DOWN TO CARROLLTON AT THE HALF.
I GET A FEELING AS WE HEAD INTO THE THIRD QUARTER THAT THE MOMENTUM IS ON THE WILDCAT SIDE.
THEY'RE GOING TO GET THE BALL FIRST.
>> THEY TOOK ADVANTAGE OF A BIG PLAY AND BUILT UP SOME MOMENTUM WITH THE DEFENSE.
IT WAS FEELING GOOD IN THAT FIRST HALF, WHEN YOU COULD TAKE ON THAT OFFENSE AND HOLD IT BASICALLY TO 10 POINTS IN THAT HALF.
AND REALLY, IT WAS A SHORT FIELD WHERE THEY GOT THE TOUCHDOWN.
A GREAT JOB DEFENSIVELY, BUT YOU DID NOT EXPECT JUJU LEWIS AND HIS OFFENSE TO REALLY START WORKING IN THE SECOND HALF.
>> YOU COULD TELL, COACH FELTON HAS BUILT UP THAT US AGAINST THE WORLD MENTALITY IN HIS TEAM.
YOU GET THAT FEELING FROM THESE GUYS AS WE GET READY TO START THE THIRD QUARTER AND THE SECOND HALF KICKOFF.
BROUGHT TO YOU BY BUCKLE UP, GEORGIA .
SEATBELTS SAVE LIVES.
AS HERNANDEZ HAVE IT TEED UP AT THE 40.
WE ARE READY TO START THE A SPOT IN THE QUARTERFINALS ON THE LINE HERE TONIGHT.
KICKED COMING DOWN AT THE SEVEN.
DERON FOSTER, SIDELINED FROM A TOUCHED OUT ABOUND OF THE 42 YARD LINE.
GREAT FIELD POSITION FOR THE WILDCATS TO START.
DO WE HAVE A FLAG DOWN ?
YES, WE HAVE ONE WAY DOWN THERE AT THE 16 YARD LINE.
NO NEEDS TO GET TOO EXCITED.
IT IS COMING BACK.
>> DOWN AROUND 18 YARD LINE.
CLEAR BLOCK IN THE BACK.
YOU SEE MULTIPLE FLAGS, THAT MEANS MULTIPLE OFFICIALS HAVE SEEN THAT CALL.
YOU COULD SEE RIGHT HERE , MIDDLE OF THE SCREEN .
RIGHT THERE, CLIPPING HIM IN THE BACK.
THAT RETURN HAS BEEN TAKEN OFF THE BOARD FOR EACH TEAM BECAUSE OF THAT PENALTY.
>> WILLIAMS, THE BACKUP LINEBACKER, GETS THE FLAG THROWN ON HIM.
SO INSTEAD OF HAVING THE BALL AT THE 42 OR 43, IT WILL BE WAY BACK AT THE 10.
LET'S SEE HOW THIS WILDCATS OFFENSE RESPONDS.
21 PLAYS FOR 104 YARDS FOR THIS OFFENSE.
MOST OF IT FROM THAT GUY RIGHT THERE, TODD ROBINSON.
NOT MUCH IN THE PAST GAME.
KIND OF EXPECTED 383 YARDS RUSHING.
HE IS A TOP RUSHER SO FAR IN THIS GAME .
>> EVERY GAME.
THAT IS WHAT THE WILDCATS WANT HIM TO DO.
COMING ON THE ROAD TO TRY TO GET THIS VICTORY.
>> THAT IS FOSTER IN THE BACKFIELD.
AND THE QUARTERBACK PULLED AND GET LOCKED.
DID NOT FOOL JAKE LEVY, THE WORLD-CLASS WRESTLER.
HE DROPPED IN FOR A LOST.
>> BIG PENETRATION UP THE FIELD AT THAT TIME.
HOLDING THE BALL HERE, TRYING TO GET THE BACKSIDE CUT OFF.
GOOD JOB RETRACING HIS STEPS THEREBY LEVY.
>> HE WAS A HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION, NATIONAL CHAMPION SHIP WRESTLING IN FARGO NORTH DAKOTA DURING THE OFF-SEASON .
SECOND AND 13 NOW.
NOT MUCH DOING RIGHT THERE AS THEY RUN IT RIGHT INTO THE TEETH OF THAT DEFENSE.
CJ KELLY IN ON THAT TACKLE FOR THE TROJANS.
THIRD DOWN TAKE KELLY, BRADBURN.
WHAT A BIG NIGHT HE HAS HAD.
GETTING DOWN AND MIXING IT UP IN THERE.
NUMBER 32.
THE D-LINE, AS WE TALKED ABOUT, WITH KELLY, RICKS, LEVY, THEY ARE UNDERSIZED, BUT THEY PLAY HARD.
FANTASTIC AT GETTING OFF THE BLOCKS.
>> THIRD DOWN AND 11.
AND THE TROJANS GET A CHANCE TO GET A BIG THIRD DOWN STOP HERE AND GET THE BALL BACK WHAT YOU THINK WOULD BE REALLY GOOD FIELD POSITION.
ROBINSON, THROWING OUT OF THE END ZONE, UPPER GRABS AND INCOMPLETE.
IS A BIG PRESSURE BY CJ KELLY.
GREAT COVERAGE ON THE BACK END.
NOWHERE TO REALLY PUT THAT BALL.
A GOOD ENOUGH JOB TO GET OUT OF THE TACKLE BOX AND THROW IT AWAY HERE.
>> AND I BLOCK IN THE BACK PENALTY ON THE KICKOFF WAS JUST AN ABSOLUTE KILLER.
THEY WERE NEVER ABLE TO LOSE THAT BALL.
NOW THEIR PUNTING OUT OF THEIR OWN END ZONE.
JOHN SMITH, SENDING STANDING HAPPILY DEEP IN THE END ZONE.
TEMPLETON IS THERE LONG SNAPPER.
HEAVY RUSH COMING OFF THE EDGE.
THEY MAY HAVE GOT A PIECE OF IT.
IT IS COMING DOWN OF THE 29 AND KICKED OUT OF BOUNDS.
DID THEY GET A PIECE OF THAT?
OR WAS IT JUST A SHORT KICK WITH HEAVY PRESSURE ?
>> CLEAN OFF THE EDGE.
VERY POSSIBLE THAT HE COULD HAVE GOTTEN A PIECE OF THAT BALL.
AND BECAME UNBLOCKED.
>> THAT WAS KAMERON McCLURE, I THINK .
>> HE FELT THE PRESSURE.
YOU COULD DEFINITELY SEE, BUILDING UP PRESSURE, TRYING TO GET IT OFF.
HE SAID HE COULD GET OFF HIS FOOT, JUST TRYING TO AVOID THE FORCED PRESSURE.
SO THE TROJANS TAKE OVER AT THE 30 YARD LINE.
GREAT OPPORTUNITY RIGHT HERE.
BALL GOES TO THE FARMER.
GAPING HOLE.
TOUCHDOWN!
>> KIMAURI FARMER, COMING OFF OF THAT LEFT SIDE BEHIND DUDLEY.
MILLER READ.
GOOD LUCK THERE.
GREAT BLOCKING BY JORDAN WHITE.
EXPLODING THROUGH THE HOLD.
IF THERE HAD BEEN AN MVP FOR THIS OFFENSE TODAY, HE WOULD HAVE BEEN THE ONE RIGHT THERE.
FARMER, MAKING THAT PLAY AT DAZZLING SPEED.
>> 30 YARD TOUCHDOWN RUN FOR KIMAURI FARMER.
IT IS CARROLLTON THAT SEIZES THE BULL BY THE HORNS AND TAKES CARE OF THE MOMENTUM HERE IN THE THIRD QUARTER.
KICK IS UP AND GOODBYE HERNANDEZ.
VALDOSTA THOUGHT THEY MIGHT HAVE SOMETHING GOING HERE TO START THIS THIRD QUARTER.
GREAT KICK RETURN, BUT IT TURNS OUT IT IS CARROLLTON WITH BIG MOE.
>> "FOOTBALL FRIDAYS IN GEORGIA" ON GPB IS BROUGHT TO YOU IN PART BY DBHDD AND THE GOVERNOR'S RED RIBBON CAMPAIGN.
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KIMAURI FARMER, HAVING HIMSELF A KNIGHT.
19 CARRIES FOR 120.
A COUPLE OF TOUCHDOWNS, AND A ONE PLAY , 30 YARD, SIX SECOND DRIVE.
LOOKS LIKE HE IS ENJOYING THAT GATORADE.
>> EXPLOSIVE RUNNER AT TIMES, IN THE OPEN FIELD, GOOD BLOCKING BY THE TIGHT END, ZION COOLEY.
HILTON STARTS OFF WITH A BIG 30 YARD RUN.
>> HOW DO PEOPLE THOUGHT WHEN --WENT DOWN WITH A BROKEN LEG AGAINST LANGSTON HUGHES IN THE OPENER THAT THE TROJANS WERE IN DEEP TROUBLE THIS YEAR RETURNED BY THE WILDCATS.
BALL COMES DOWN, SITTING ON THE SIDELINE.
TROJANS MIGHT HAVE IT.
THEY GOT IT!
FOSTER TOSS IT UP ON THE RETURN, RIGHT THERE, AS HE IS GOING DOWN, THE BALL COMES OUT.
AND IT JUST KIND OF LINGERED THERE ON THE SIDELINE.
RECOVERED BY JADYN THOMPSON WHO HAD THAT PASS RECEPTION ON THE FAKE PUNT.
>> CALEB ODOM, I WANT TO SAY, WHO WAS INITIALLY KNOCKING THAT BALL OUT.
THEN JADYN THOMPSON WAS ABLE TO KEEP THE BALL IN BOUNDS TO KEEP HIS BODY IN BOUNDS BEFORE THE BALL HIT THE SIDELINE.
GOOD BREAK BY THE TROJANS AND THE SPECIAL TEAMS TO SET UP THEIR OFFENSIVE AND .
>> QUICK PASS, COMPLETE, TOUCHDOWN, CARROLLTON!
ALL GOES TO MOSLEY, AND JUST LIKE THAT, VALDOSTA HAS BEEN THUNDERSTRUCK.
MOSLEY, RUNNING A QUICK PLANT.
LEWIS, WARMING UP.
AS WE TALKED ABOUT, GREAT ARM, GREAT TOUCH HERE.
PLAY ACTION FAKE, LEADING THE RECEIVER.
NEVER LETTING THE CORNERBACK GET BACK INTO THE PLAY AREA.
NICE ROUTE BY RYAN MOSLEY ON CAMERON BROWN.
>> 42nd TOUCHDOWN PASS OF THE SEASON FOR JUJU LEWIS.
KICK BY HERNANDEZ IS UP AND GOOD.
THAT IS HIS 90th TOUCHDOWN PASS FOR THE SOPHOMORE.
QUICK STRIKE HERE TO MOSLEY.
>> JUST A QUICK SLANT.
OUT OF THAT SLOT POSITION.
MOSLEY, 6'2", 175, A SOFTWARE HIMSELF, RUNNING AGAINST CAM BROWN.
HE HAS HAD A GOOD NIGHT TONIGHT, AS HE OF COVERED CALEB ODOM, BEING CAUGHT IN THE SLOT.
IS A QUICK READ BY LEWIS.
>> THIS GAME HAS TURNED IN A HURRY.
VALDOSTA GOT THE OPENING KICKOFF, DOWN 10-7.
THEY GET A RETURN OUT OF THE 43, GET CALLED BACK, BLOCK TO THE BACK.
TWO PLAYS FROM THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.
CARROLLTON TAKES A 24-7 LEAD .
>> THAT RETURN WAS LOUD AND CLEAR AT HALFTIME.
THE DEFENSE STARTED OUT WITH AT THREE AND OUT.
GOT THE BALL QUICK.
AND NOW, THE TURNOVER WITH THE OFFENSE, STRIKING QUICK.
WHAT WE THOUGHT THEY WOULD DO WHEN THEY STARTED THE GAME.
NOW IN TWO PLAYS, IT IS 24-7 .
>> THE QUESTION NOW FOR VALDOSTA IS, WHAT KIND OF COMEBACK ABILITY DOES THE POWER SPREAD OFFENSE HAVE ?
>> SEEING THEY ONLY THROUGH THE BALL FOUR TIMES THE FIRST HALF, THE STRUGGLE HERE IS THE SCORE GETTING FURTHER.
>> FOSTER GET A CHANCE OF THE RETURN.
HE IS GOING TO BE DROPPED AT THE 24.
GREAT NIGHT FOR HIM STATISTICALLY.
BUT ON THE SCOREBOARD, THE TEAM IS UP 17.
WE SEE WHEN YOU ARE JUJU, YOUR ATTITUDE HAS TO BE THAT YOU ARE ALWAYS ABOUT WINNING.
IT IS ABOUT A TEAM GAME AS MUCH AS WE MAKE IT SEEM THAT IT IS ABOUT THE QUARTERBACK.
IT IS ABOUT THE TEAM.
AND SOMETIMES THE TEAM HAS TO CARRY THE QUARTERBACK UNTIL HE FINDS HIS GROOVE.
>> TODD ROBINSON COMES BACK OUT THERE.
OFFER BY TROY AND UMASS.
HAD A 65 TOUCHDOWN RUN FOR VALDOSTA.
THEIR ONLY SCORE TONIGHT.
NOW TWO MINUTES INTO THE THIRD QUARTER .
AND THE HANDOFF , UP TO THE 31 GOES FOSTER ON THE RUN.
THEY GO RIGHT BACK TO THE FRESHMAN.
BUBBLE BACK KICKOFF.
THE FRESHMAN ON THE BENCH.
THEY GO RIGHT BACK TO IT.
>> CONFIDENCE IN THIS YOUNG MAN AND WHAT HE CAN DO OUT ON THE FOOTBALL FIELD.
24-7 WITH THIS MUCH TIME IN THE THIRD QUARTER.
AND YOU STILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO RUN YOUR OFFENSE.
THEY ARE RUN BASED TEAM, PLAY ACTION DOWN THE FIELD.
BUT THEY CANNOT GET AWAY FROM THE RUN TOO QUICKLY.
>> FIRING AND BROKEN UP.
TRYING TO GET THE BALL TO ELI LEWIS.
AND THAT WAS KESHUN JOHNSON, COMING FROM DEEP IN THE SECONDARY TO BREAK IT UP.
>> GREAT JOB OF BEING ABLE TO COME UP QUICKLY AND GET THAT LEFT HAND AROUND THE RECEIVER AND NOT HAVE PASS INTERFERENCE HERE BY JOHNSON.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THAT LEFT HAND COMES OVER AND KNOCK THAT BALL OUT.
AND NOT INTERFERE WITH THE RECEIVER.
GOOD JOB BY THE SENIOR.
>> THIRD DOWN AND FOUR.
PFL .
GREAT PURSUIT RIGHT THERE BY RICKS , COMING OFF THE EDGE.
>> NICE JOB BY THAT YOUNG MAN, THE JUNIOR.
THIS D-LINE IS A BUNCH OF TWEENER'S.
THEY PLAY HARD, LOOKING DOWN THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.
MAKING SURE ROBINSON HAS THE BALL.
AND THEN MAKING THE PLAYS THERE >> COACH SAYS IF YOU ARE --I WILL TAKE RICKS OVER JUST ABOUT ANYBODY.
BIG TACKLE FOR LOSS RIGHT THERE.
AND NOW, JOHNSON STANDING DEEP IN THE 30 TO FIELD THE PUNT FROM JOHN SMITH.
ANOTHER SHORT KIT, BUT DOES TAKE A VALDOSTA HOP .
AND ROLLS DEAD AT THE 31 .
THAT IS WHERE CARROLLTON WILL GO ON OFFENSE AFTER!
TWO QUICK TOUCHDOWNS HERE IN THE THIRD QUARTER.
>> AGAIN, PRESSURE COMING OFF THE EDGE.
OBSERVING THE FLOW OF THE PUNTER.
THE UNFORTUNATE BOUNCE WAS VALDOSTA .
THE DEFENSE HAS TO START MAKING SOME PLAYS.
THAT FIRST HALF, THEY REALLY SHUT THE OFFENSE DOWN FOR YOU GOT TO KIND OF WAKE UP FROM THE QUICK JABS THEY HAVE THROWN AT YOU AND GET BACK TO PLAYING THE >> FIRST AND 10 FROM THE 31.
QUICK PASS.
LOOKING FOR A FLAG.
THERE IS NOT GOING TO BE ONE.
THAT IS GOOD COVERAGE BY JAYLEN BENTLEY.
A LOT OF BOOS COMING FROM THE CARROLLTON SIDE.
>> IN THE SLOT, YOU COULD SEE THEM GRABBING AROUND THE WAIST.
GETTING AWAY WITH IT RIGHT THERE ON COLBERT .
>> SECOND DOWN AND 10 FROM THE 31 BRANTLEY HAD A BIG FIRST HALF.
HARD TO BLOCK THAT GUY.
JUJU ON THE ROLL OUT.
COMPLETE DOWNFIELD.
GOES TO MOSLEY WHO HAD A TOUCHDOWN CATCH JUST A FEW MINUTES AGO.
IT IS GOING TO BE THIRD DOWN AND SHORT.
>> NICE JOB OF GETTING HIS FEET SET BY LEWIS.
PRESSURE IN HIS FACE.
PROGRESSION, SAID HIS FATE , DELIVER THE BALL DOWN TO MOSLEY.
>> NEITHER TEAM IS BEEN GREAT ON THIRD DOWN TONIGHT.
THIS IS GOING TO BE THIRD DOWN AND SHORT.
THEY GO WITH THE POWER SET.
FARMER, NOT GOING TO GET THE FIRST DOWN.
HOW ABOUT THAT VALDOSTA DEFENSE RALLYING TO THE BALL?
THAT WAS TOM LYNN LEADING THE WAY, THE LINEBACKER.
BUT THERE'S A FLAG DOWN AT THE 38.
DEFENSE, RALLYING A LOT OF BALLS TO THE BALL IN THERE.
>> THIS PENALTY CALL IS GOING TO BE HUGE.
RIGHT NOW, FOURTH AND SHORT.
IT IS GOING TO SAY FOURTH AND SHORT.
SO YOU GOT FOURTH AND REALLY LESS THAN A YARD.
WHAT DO YOU DO HERE, WAYNE?
>> THE WAY THIS OFFENSE HAS BEEN, IF I WAS COACH KING, I WOULD KEEP MY HEADSET AND TRUST THAT THEY WILL GET ME THIS FIRST DOWN.
>> OFFENSE HAS NOT LEFT THE FIELD.
FOURTH DOWN AND LESS THAN A YARD.
BALL AT THE 40 AND A HALF, GOT TO GET TO THE 41.
HANDOFF, FARMER, HE GOT IT.
SECOND EFFORT WAS ABLE TO GET PAST THE 41 TO THE 42.
>> NICE JOB OF GOING WITH THE DOUBLE CADENCE IN THAT SITUATION.
A LOT OF TIMES WHAT YOU DO IS YOU GO UP AND SAY --THE DEFENSE LACKS AND THINGS YOU'RE GOING TO FALL OFF TO FOURTH AND ONE.
YOU COUNTERACT, GET THE REEF RESET, THAT JUST RUNNING YOU SEE FARMER POWERING UP THE FIELD TO PICK UP THAT FIRST DOWN.
>> KIMAURI FARMER HAS A GREAT CHANCE TO GO FROM OBSCURE BACKUP AT THE START OF THE SEASON TO ALLSTATE ALL IN THE SAME SEASON.
COMING TO THE NEARSIDE.
FARMER, WRESTLED HIS WAY UP TO THE 49.
>> GOOD BLOCKING ON THE EDGE BY MOSLEY.
AND ODOM.
THAT WAS A LONG PLAY COMING FROM THE OTHER HALF THERE.
OUT ON THE EDGE IN THAT SITUATION, -- GET TO THAT SIDE OF THE FIELD.
>> THAT LONG PLAY GOT THEM SEVEN YARDS.
SECOND DOWN AND THREE.
LET'S SEE IF THEY GO FOR A HOME RUN HERE.
THEY DO.
WIDE OPEN.
ODOM!
STUMBLING INSIDE THE 10 YARD LINE.
>> ONCE AGAIN, TIED UP WITH THE QUARTERBACK CORNERBACK, CAN YARD.
CAM BROWN.
MATCHUP.
LEADING HIM DOWN THE FIELD.
GREAT BODY CONTROL TO BRING THAT BALL IN.
COULD NOT GET HIS FEET TO GET INTO THE END ZONE.
BUT ALWAYS AN OPTION FOR JUJU IN THOSE SITUATIONS.
HE LOOKS AND SEES THE DEFENSE HAS NOT ROLLED OVER THE DOUBLE COVERAGE.
>> FIRST AND GOAL.
50 BACKFIELD VERY QUICK TO THE END ZONE POINT TOUCHDOWN.
BALL GOES BACK TO CALEB ODOM.
ENOUGH OF THAT, WE'VE GOT TO GET OUR TOP GUY A BALL HERE.
>> ONE-ON-ONE, ONCE AGAIN, TOP OF THE SCREEN.
THIS TIME, WORKING ON JAELYN COPELAND.
ODOM, JUST A QUICK SLANT INSIDE YOUR USES THAT BIG BODY.
6'4", 220.
VERSUS 6'1", 170.
YOU CAN SEE WHY THIS YOUNG MAN IS HEADING TO TUSCALOOSA.
SUCH A VALUABLE WEAPON FOR THE TROJANS .
>> HE TOLD 24/7 SPORTS THAT HE CHOSE ALABAMA BECAUSE THAT IS WHERE LEGENDS ARE MADE.
>> SOMETIMES THEY ARE.
SOME OF THEM ARE.
>> I DID NOT THINK YOU WOULD AGREE WITH THAT STATEMENT, BUT I THOUGHT I WOULD THROW IT OUT THERE.
THOSE ARE HIS WORDS .31-7.
CARROLLTON TURNED UP THE JUICE HERE IN THE THIRD QUARTER .
>> "FOOTBALL FRIDAYS IN GEORGIA" ON GPB IS BROUGHT TO YOU IN PART BY CIGNA HEALTHCARE.
>>> CALEB ODOM WITH THE TOUCHDOWN PASS.
BLOWN THIS GAME OPEN WITH THREE MINUTES OF THE THIRD QUARTER.
CAPPING THE GOVERNOR'S RED RIBBON CAMPAIGN SCORING --THIS GAME GOT AWAY FROM VALDOSTA IN A HURRY.
>> DEFENSE PICKED UP WHERE THEY STARTED OFF IN THE FIRST HALF.
OFFENSE FINALLY LOOKING LIKE AN OFFENSE.
THEY HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS UNDER JUJU LEWIS.
EXPLOSIVE PLAYS AND QUICK SCORING.
VALDOSTA CAME IT IS GOING TO STOP.
THAT IS WHAT CARROLLTON IS NOW DOING, MAKING QUICK, EXPLOSIVE PLAYS FOR THE TOUCHDOWN.
>> BY NO MEANS WAVING THE WHITE FLAG JUST YET, BUT VALDOSTA IS GOING TO HAVE TO REGROUP AND CHANGE SOME THINGS IN A HURRY.
GETS BACK TO CLOSE TO THE 20.
MAYBE THE 19.
WHAT CAN VALDOSTA DO OFFENSIVELY GIVEN THEY DO NOT HAVE THE QUARTERBACK THAT CARROLLTON DOES?
>> THEY DO NOT HAVE THE VERTICAL GAME.
WHAT CAN I DO TO GET BACK IN HIS GAME?
>> GET OUT ON THE EDGE, QUICK PASSES FOR ROBINSON.
HE DOES HAVE FAST, SPEEDY GENES.
WE TALKED ABOUT HUNTER AND THOSE GUYS WHO HAVE NOT TOUCHED THE BALL.
WE HAVE NOT THE NUMBER ONE WITH THE BALL IN HIS HANDS TONIGHT.
>> RIGHT UP THE MIDDLE.
THAT WORKED FOR A TOUCHDOWN RUN IN THE FIRST HALF.
NOT A BAD GAIN ON THE FIRST DOWN RUN BY THOMPSON AS BRADFORD MAKE THE TACKLE.
>> LEADING THE QUARTERBACK, MAKES THE READ.
I WOULD KEEP DOING THIS UNTIL THEY STOP IT AT LEAST.
>> THAT THEY FIRST DOWN.
A COUPLE OF CARRIES BY ROBINSON.
I DO NOT EVEN SEE JEAN ON THE FIELD.
I DO NOT KNOW IF I'VE SEEN THEM ON THE FIELD TONIGHT.
WE WERE NOT TOLD THAT HE WAS NOT AVAILABLE.
AND WE DID TALK TO COACH FELTON FOR ABOUT AN HOUR THE OTHER DAY.
FLAG IS DROPPED.
>> Referee: FALSE START, OFFENSE POINT FIVE-YARD PENALTY.
STILL FIRST DOWN.
>> TAKING A LOT OF TIME TO GET THAT PLAY IN AND COME BACK.
DEFINITELY TRYING TO RUN THE BALL, YOU CANNOT HAVE THOSE NEGATIVE PLAYS .
>> THOMPSON ON THE RUN, THROW IS INCOMPLETE .
>> GOOD JOB GETTING OUTSIDE THE POCKET, AWAY FROM THE RUSH.
GETTING THE BALL DOWN THE FIELD.
>> THAT WILL BRING A SECOND DOWN.
SECOND AND 15, LINE TO GAIN IS FOSTER RUNS HARD UP THE MIDDLE.
STOPPED AT THE 34.
ACTUALLY, THAT WAS SHAQ WHITE ON THE CARRY.
HE SUPPOSED TO STAY IN THE FIELD.
NOW A LATE SWITCH.
UP TOP, TRY TO STRETCH THE FIELD, INCOMPLETE AT THE 25 YARD LINE, GOING TO JAMIL WILLIAMS.
IS GOING BE FOURTH DOWN AS HE TURNS TO LOOK FOR FLAG.
DOES NOT GET IT.
>> WILLIAMS, ADDING A STEP ON THE COVERAGE.
>> THAT IS GOING TO BE FOURTH DOWN.
>> JOHN SMITH ON THE PUNT AT THE 20 YARD LINE.
BOOMING KICK THIS TIME.
FAIR CATCH IS CALLED FOR, MADE AT THE 24 YARD LINE.
AND THAT IS WHERE THE TROJANS WILL GO BACK ON OFFENSE.
AND NOW LEADING BY --HERE IN THE THIRD QUARTER.
>> THIS OFFENSE HAS REALLY COME ALIVE.
THEY'VE ONLY BEEN ON THE FIELD WITH A COUPLE OF PLAYS IN THE SECOND HALF, BUT THEY ARE CLICKING RIGHT NOW.
THE PAST GAME, THAT LAST DRIVE, LEWIS, ODOM, OPENING UP THE OFFENSE.
THAT CONNECTION HAS BEEN GREAT FOR THEM ALL YEAR LONG.
THEY'RE GOING TO CONTINUE THAT NO MATTER WHO THEY PLAY.
IT IS ALL ABOUT A MATCHUP WHEN YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT TRYING TO COVER CALEB ODOM.
>> FIRST AND 10, BALL AT THE 24.
QUICK PASS GOES TO JORDAN WHITE, THE TIGHT END.
JORDAN WHITE, SHOWING OFF HIS WHEELS.
RUNS OVER AND ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE 33 YARD LINE.
THAT IS THE JORDAN WHITE THAT WE HAVE COME TO KNOW AND LOVE.
>> WE TALKED ABOUT THIS WEEKS AGO, JORDAN WHITE HAS ANOTHER GEAR.
I DO NOT KNOW WHERE HE WAS KEEPING IT, BUT HE JUST SHOWED IT.
THIS YOUNG MAN, LOOK AT THIS SPEED RIGHT HERE ON THE EDGE.
6'3", 225.
HE HAS THE QUARTER, HE IS BOWLING OVER PEOPLE.
GAINED HERE IN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS.
HE IS A HECK OF A PLAYER.
>> I CERTAINLY HOPE SO AS HE JUST BOOKMARKED THAT HIGHLIGHT FOR HIS --HIGHLIGHT REEL.
THAT IS GOING TO LOOK GOOD ON TAPE WHEN THE COACHES LOOK AT THAT.
I AGREE WITH COACH JOEY KING.
I DO NOT KNOW WHY TEAMS ARE NOT JUST KNOCKING DOWN THE DOOR FOR THIS GUY.
HE IS FIXED 6'3", SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT SHORT FOR THE POWER CONFERENCE TIGHT AND VERY BUT HE IS CERTAINLY A COLLEGE-LEVEL TIGHT END.
McNEIL, OUT OF THE WAY, TOUCHDOWN, CARROLLTON!
CHRISTIAN WARD.
THAT WAS CHRISTIAN WARD WITH THE TOUCHDOWN CATCH AND RUN.
>> MATCHUP ON THE EDGE.
SECURE THE BALL.
DEEP FOR A MAN A 6'3".
JUST NO ONE OUT THERE.
THE NUMBERS .
THAT'S WHAT THEY TRIED TO DO.
THEY KEEP A RECEIVER CONSISTENTLY OUT WIDE, TRYING TO FIND THAT ONE ON ONE MATCHUP.
WHEN YOU HAVE THOSE KIND OF ATHLETES THAT CAN BE YOU ONE ON ONE.
AND THE P.A.T.
IS GOOD.
THREE TOUCHDOWN PASSES FOR JUJU LEWIS IN THE THIRD QUARTER ALONE.
FOUR TOUCHDOWNS FOR THE TROJANS IN THIS THIRD QUARTER.
IN JUST EIGHT MINUTES.
AND THEY TURN THIS GAME INTO A ROUT.
IT IS 38-7.
>> YOU CAN SEE ALL THE WEAPONS THAT HE HAS.
FIRST HALF, NO ONE WAS REALLY IN THE MIX.
THEN THIS QUARTER ALONE, HE GETS THE BALL TO ODOM.
YOU SAW THE BIG PLAY BY WARD.
WHITE, THE WAY HE CAN CATCH THE BALL AND RUN.
SO EXPLOSIVE.
OFFENSIVELY, WHAT A DRIVE THERE BY THE QUARTERBACKS.
BUT MORE IMPRESSIVE, HAVE HIS RECEIVERS HAVE THE YARDS AND THE CATCHES.
>> WOW.
THIS GAME HAS TURNED IN A HURRY.
EIGHT MINUTES AGO ON THE CLOCK, IT WAS 10-7.
WITH THAT WE WERE HEADED TOWARDS A HUGE BATTLE THE SECOND HALF.
AND CARROLLTON HAS DROPPED THE HAMMER.
FOSTER WILL WATCH IT GO OVER HIS HEAD AND INTO THE END ZONE.
AND A FLAG COMES OUT.
I THINK THE BALL WENT INTO THE END ZONE.
WE MIGHT HAVE SOME KIND OF UNSPORTSMANLIKE INFRACTION COMING UP HERE.
>> A VERY LATE FLAG.
>> Referee: FOUL ON THE PLAY.
DEAD BALL.
PERSONAL FOUL ON THE RETURN TEAM.
AFTER THIS FIELD GOAL, FIRST DOWN.
>> THOSE KIND OF FOULS IN THAT SITUATION, FRUSTRATION FOULS A LOT OF TIMES.
EIGHT MINUTES AGO, BASICALLY, IT WAS 10-7.
NOW, AND THAT SHORT OF A TIME, 38-7.
TAKING ON A TEAM --A RUN BASED TEAM.
NOT REALLY A PASSING TEAM WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBERS THIS YEAR.
FOR TODD ROBINSON.
YOU KNOW ABOUT COACH FELTON AND HISTORY OF VALDOSTA, THEY'RE GOING TO FIGHT TO THE END OF THIS GAME.
>> THOSE YARDAGE FIGURES WERE 146-104 WHEN THE QUARTER STARTED.
THEY ARE NOW 350 TO 129.
AND THAT IS LEVY WITH THE TACKLE.
>> JOHN LEVY, WHAT A FORCE INSIDE.
CAN'T TALK ENOUGH ABOUT THIS DEFENSIVE PRODUCTION THEY GET FOR THE SIZE UP FRONT.
MOST OF THESE GUYS ARE LISTED AT A LINEBACKER WEIGHT.
WHEN YOU LOOK ACROSS THE BOARD, BRODIE BRADBURN IS 225 IN THE MIDDLE.
GREAT AT PLAYING OFF LEVERAGE AND GETTING BLOCKS.
>> ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS WITH LEVEL LEVY, HE IS JUST A JUNIOR, STILL A LONG WAY TO GO --RIGHT UP THE MIDDLE, THERE GOES FOSTER, IN ANOTHER FOOT RACE.
DERON FOSTER TRACKS THIS ONE INTO A LONG TOUCHDOWN RUN FOR VALDOSTA .
WELL THEY CAN DO THAT.
>> THIS IS THE ONE THING COMING INTO THIS GAME AS AN OFFENSE RUSHING OVER 330 YARDS, A GAME, AS THE TEAM PUT UP THIS YEAR.
AND A LOT OF IT HAS BEEN BEHIND TODD ROBINSON AND HIS MAN RIGHT HERE?
ONLY A FRESHMAN, SHOWING YOU THE SPEED HERE .
DERON FOSTER.
GET HIM OUT IN THE OPEN FIELD.
STILL RUNNING THE BALL, EVEN DOWN WITH BIG DEFICITS, GETTING ON THE BOARD QUICKLY IN THAT DRIVE.
>> 89 YARD TOUCHDOWN RUN.
GARCIA PUTS IT THROUGH THE UPRIGHTS AND IT IS 38-14.
THAT IS BIG, BECAUSE IF THEY CAN HOLD THIS, THAT KEEPS THE AMOUNT OF THE RUNNING CLOCK IN THE FOURTH QUARTER, WHICH MEANS YOU STILL HAVE GOT A CHANCE.
>> GREAT BLOCKING THOSE FRONTS.
TACKLE OVER, BLOCKING DOWN, POWER PLAY KICKING OUT, AND THEN, THE YOUNG MAN JUST FINDING THAT KRIS AND RUNNING TO THE END ZONE.
YOU LOOK AT THE SCOREBOARD, CARROLLTON, DEFINITELY IN THEIR MIND, I'M IMAGINING THAT COACH KING IS STILL THINKING OF TRYING TO GET THIS TO A RUNNING CLOCK.
THE OFFENSE, THEY GOT THAT KIND OF ROOM TO GO ON THE FIELD AND HAVE THAT ATTITUDE.
>> THE GOVERNOR'S RED RIBBON CAMPAIGN SCORING YARDS.
COMING ALL ON THE FEET OF DERON FOSTER 38-14.
IT IS REALLY HARD TO COME BACK FROM A 24 POINT DEFICIT.
AND OF COURSE, THE RUNNING CLOCK HAS GOT TO BE A 30 POINT DEFICIT.
ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE UNDER NORMAL CIRCUMSTANCES.
BUT WITH A RUNNING CLOCK, IT IS ASTRONOMICAL ODDS.
SO THEY GOT A CHANCE HERE BY GETTING THAT TOUCHDOWN IF THEY CAN KEEP CARROLLTON FROM SCORING AGAIN BEFORE THE END OF THE QUARTER.
AND THAT IS A BIG IF, FOR THE TROJANS TO PUT FOUR TOUCHDOWNS ON THE BOARD IN THIS PERIOD.
WATCH FOR THE KICK HERE, THEY'RE GOING TO TRY TO DROP INTO NO MAN'S LAND, BETWEEN THE 30 AND 50.
EXACTLY WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO TRY TO DO.
IT WILL BE CAUGHT AT THE 34.
LUNCHING FORWARD IS --TO THE 50.
>> NICE JOB IN THAT SITUATION.
NO DANCING AROUND.
HIT THE BALL.
BALL SECURITY, GET OF THE FIELD.
CATCH YOUR OFFENSE ON THE 50 YARD LINE.
COULD ASK FOR A BETTER OPPORTUNITY IF YOU ARE CARROLLTON TO PUSH THIS LION A LITTLE FURTHER.
>> I DO NOT KNOW WHAT IS WORSE, KICKING IT DEEP AND RISKING THE RETURN OR KICKING IT SHORT AND GIVING UP THE BALL OF THE 50?
>> IN THAT SITUATION, YOU ARE BETTER OFF --GIVING THE TEAM A BETTER CHANCE TO CREATE A WORSE FIELD GOAL -- >> WHAT HAPPENED TO THE SQUID KICK ?
THE HARD-LINE DRIVE KICK THAT JUST SKIMS THE GROUND?
THE THING WITH THAT IS, EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE, YOU WILL GET A WACKY BOUNCE OUT OF IT.
YOU DO NOT SEE TEAMS TRY THAT MUCH ANYMORE.
NOW THEY'RE GOING TO STEP UP AND GET INTO A NORMAL FORMATION QUICK PASS GOES TO ODOM.
AND ODOM, TRYING TO WRESTLE WITH THE GUY OVER HERE ON THE SIDELINES.
THAT IS BAKER, THE SAFETY.
HE PICKS UP FOUR ON THE PLAY TO THE 46.
>> BIG, FAST.
THAT IS WHAT CALEB ODOM REPRESENTS RIGHT THERE.
YOU CAN SEE, GETTING THE BALL OUT ON THE EDGE.
HE IS HARD TO BRING DOWN ONE-ON- ONE.
>> ALSO AN OUTSTANDING BASKETBALL PLAYER.
HE RECEIVED INTEREST FROM LSU AND VANDERBILT AS FAR AS BASKETBALL.
FARMER, CLEARING THE EDGE , AND FARMER, BRANTLEY IS GOING TO BRING HIM DOWN WITH ONE HAND.
SO DARN STRONG.
>> GREAT JOB GETTING OUT ON THE EDGE, JUST BLOCKING ON THAT RIGHT SIDE BY SIZEMORE.
PULLING AROUND THE TIGHT END, WHITE.
AND BRANTLEY, SHOWING YOU THE SPEED AND QUICKNESS, LIKE A LITTLE HAND PUPPET.
>> FIRST AND 10, BALL AT THE 36 .
>> ONCE AGAIN, KEEP YOUR EYE AT THE BOTTOM OF YOUR SCREEN.
CALEB ODOM, ALWAYS AN OPTION IF THEY FEEL LIKE IT'S A ONE-ON- ONE MATCHUP.
>> YES, GOING THAT WAY.
JUST OVER --INSIDE THE 15 YARD LINE.
THAT WAS OVER THE CORNER, CAM BROWN, ON THE COVERAGE.
HE HAS BEEN OFFERED BY UMASS.
>> A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYBODY IN THE SECOND HALF OVER THERE.
TURNER ON ODOM.
BROWN, COPELAND , BAKER .
THE SAFETY HAS GONE OVER THERE.
>> CAM IS JUST A SOPHOMORE.
THERE ARE GOING TO BE A LOT MORE OFFERS THAN UMASS COMING DOWN THE PIPE.
HANDOFF GOES TO FARMER.
TACKLE MADE AT THE 34.
>> KOBI BROWN, RUNNING THAT DOWN FROM THE BACKSIDE.
SHORT GAIN OF 17 FOR VALDOSTA.
DUDLEY WANTS TO KNOW WHETHER IT'S A PERSONAL FOUL.
SOMEONE PUSHED HIS HELMET OFF AT THE END.
>> THIRD DOWN AND SEVEN.
THEY ARE SAYING THE COVERAGE IS UP TOP.
THAT IS WHERE THEY'RE GOING WITH IT.
AND INCOMPLETE.
TRYING TO GET THE BALL TO WARD.
I AM IMPRESSED WITH THESE CORNERS.
THEY HAVE DONE A GOOD JOB OF TONIGHT.
>> ON THAT COVERAGE RIGHT THERE, WARD, JUJU, TRYING TO GO TO THOSE ONE-ON-ONE MATCHUPS AGAIN.
FOURTH AND LONG, SITTING AT THE FRONT.
>> ALBERTUS HAD THE BIG PASS IN THE FIRST HALF.
GUESS WHO THAT IS?
THAT GUY WON A HIGH SCHOOL TROPHY.
WON AND NFL MVP AWARD.
CAM NEWTON.
>> THAT JACKET RIGHT THERE, I LOVE IT.
BEAUTIFUL JACKET.
>> BALL BOUNCES INTO THE END ZONE.
IT IS GOING TO BE A TOUCHBACK.
NOW, CAM NEWTON AND JUJU LEWIS, TWO DIFFERENT TYPES OF QUARTERBACKS, RIGHT?
>> YES, TWO DIFFERENT SIZES.
>> YOU WERE OUT THERE ON THE FIELD.
I TELL YOU WHAT IS EXTRAORDINARY, YOU ARE ON THE FIELD, AND JUJU IS JUST NORMAL SIZE.
HE IS NOT, I MEAN, THIS GUY HERE, WHEN HE WAS PLAYING HIGH SCHOOL AT WESTLAKE, YOU COULD TELL, THIS GUY IS A MONSTER.
THIS GUY IS HUGE.
>> 6'5", 250 ON A LIGHT DAY.
PHYSICAL, STRONG, AND A BIG ARM.
I WAS GLAD HE SHOWED UP AT OUR BURN.
WHAT A YEAR HE PUT IN FOR THAT HEISMAN AND NATIONAL TITLE.
>> RIGHT OF THE MILL, ROBINSON TO THE OUTSIDE.
DOES HE HAVE ANOTHER ONE?
HE RUNS OUT OF BOUNDS .
TODD ROBINSON, MR.
EXCITEMENT.
>> GREAT JOB ONCE AGAIN.
>> Reporter: DRAW, BREAKING OUT INTO THE OPEN FIELD HERE.
GOOD POWER BLOCKING, PULLING AROUND THE LEFT TACKLE, LEFT GUARD, KICKING OUT WITH BENNETT.
THIS CARROLLTON DEFENSE SEEMS TO BE --I'M A LITTLE SHOCKED.
YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE SCOREBOARD AND EXPECTING THE TEAM TO COME OUT AND DRILL THE BALL TO TRY TO GET BACK INTO THE GAME.
AND VALDOSTA IS STILL WILLING TO RUN THE BALL, RUN POWER RUNS, TO TRY TO GET BACK IN IT.
>> YOU HAVE TO DO WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO.
THE COACHES TELL ABOUT ALL THE TIME.
WE'VE GOT TO BE OURSELVES.
AND THAT IS WHAT THEY DO.
ROBINSON, LOOKING FOR A LENA TO RUN IN.
DOWN TO THE 43 YARD LINE.
SHORT GAIN.
THAT MIGHT'VE BEEN THE FINAL PLAY OF THE THIRD QUARTER.
VALDOSTA IS GOING TO KEEP THINGS NORMAL.
IT WILL NOT BE A RUNNING CLOCK IN THAT FOURTH QUARTER.
SO THAT GIVES ME CHANCE.
I KNOW THEY ARE DOWN 24, BUT THEY WILL HAVE A CHANCE GOING INTO THE FINAL PERIOD.
THIRD DOWN.
ROBINSON GETS SWARMED THAT TIME.
AND THAT WILL BE THE FINAL PLAY OF THE THIRD QUARTER.
WOW, WHAT A QUARTER IT WAS FOR CARROLLTON.
10-7 AT HALFTIME.
THE TROJANS SCORED FOUR TOUCHDOWNS IN THE PERIOD.
IT IS 38-14 AS WE HEAD TO THE FOURTH.
TO PUSH THIS LEAD A LITTLE FURTHER.
>> I DO NOT KNOW WHAT IS WORSE, RETURN OR KICKING IT SHORT AND GIVING UP THE BALL OF THE 50?
>> BUCKLE UP, GEORGIA, AS WE HEAD THE FOURTH QUARTER HERE IN CARROLLTON.
THE TROJANS LEADING VALDOSTA, 38-14.
IF CARROLLTON HOLD ON TO WIN, THEY WOULD HOST THE QUARTERFINAL NEXT WEEK ON THIS FIELD.
THE FRIDAY AFTER THANKSGIVING , AGAINST LOYALTON OR NORTH WHEN NETS.
WHOEVER WINS THAT GAME WILL BE HERE NEXT FRIDAY NIGHT IN THE QUARTERFINALS.
AND WALTON IS UP, 34-19 IN THE FOURTH QUARTER IN THAT ONE.
IF VALDOSTA COMES BACK TO WIN, THEY WILL BE ON THE ROAD.
>> NICE JOB OF LEWIS GOING DOWN TO GET THE BALL BY ROBINSON.
>> A LITTLE GAIN HERE.
>> SMITH, STICKING HIS NOSE IN THERE.
THREE STARS, HEADING TO DUKE.
MIDDLE LINEBACKER, STANDING UP IN THIS GAME.
HE PLAYED MORE OFF THE EDGE.
>> FOSTER ON THE CARRY.
HE GETS DOWN TO 29.
THEY CAN DO IT MAYBE IN A COUPLE OF MINUTES.
IT'S NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION.
THEY WILL HAVE TO PULL SOME TRICKS OUT OF THE BAG, BUT IT WOULD NOT BE BEYOND THE REALM OF POSSIBILITY.
>> A LOT OF CONFUSION AS WE TALKED ABOUT.
THEY ARE A RUN-BASED OFFENSE.
TWO MINUTES, TRYING TO GET LINED UP, TAKING A LOT OF TIME OFF THE CLOCK.
>> THIRD DOWN AND SEVEN.
UP TOP THEY GO.
PENALTY FLAG ON THIS PLAY.
MONTREZL SMITH.
SIX ON SIX RIGHT THERE.
JONTAVIOUS McGRIFF WAS THE TARGET .
>> THEY WERE JUST BEATING SMITH OFF THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.
NO OTHER CHOICE.
NO OTHER CHOICE THEN SMITH, BRADLEY.
HE'S GOING TO RUN WIDE OPEN RIGHT HERE.
IS GOING TO BEAT HIM OFF HIS LINE.
HE IS ABOUT TO BE WIDE OPEN.
TRYING TO HOLD HIS HANDS UP LIKE HE DID NOT DO IT, WHICH ALWAYS IS KIND OF AN INDICATOR THAT MAYBE IT HAPPENED AT SOME POINT.
NICE ROUTE BITE McGRIFF TO GET OPEN.
>> FIRST AND 10 FOLLOWING THE --FIRST AND 10 FOR THE WILDCATS OF THE 14 YARD LINE .
WAS CHATTING WITH THE COACHES BETWEEN QUARTERS, AND PRINCE JEAN, THE REASON WE HAVE NOT SEEN HIM IS BECAUSE HE IS INJURED.
OFF THE YARD LINE, THAT IS HUNTER SWITCHING FROM NINE TO 10 FOR THIS GAME.
HUNTER WITH HIS FIRST CATCH OF THE GAME.
>> ROBINSON, WATCH THEM ON THE RUN.
>> ROBINSON, GOING TO GET STOPPED RIGHT THERE.
TRYING TO RUN A PIECE OF THAT DEFENSE.
THAT IS GOING TO BE HARD TO DO.
SEE KELLY AND CJ GAMBLE IN ON THAT TACKLE.
BOTH OF THEM.
>> CONVERSION, SENDING BRANTLEY INTO THE GAME.
A LITTLE HEAVYSET.
IT WILL BE BROWN, THE BIG TIGHT END, SET OVER TO THE LEFT.
>> HANDOFF GOES TO TOMLIN, THEY'RE STARTING LINEBACKER.
HE LUNGES FORWARD, GOING TO BE THIRD DOWN AND GOAL.
CARROLLTON, RUNNING A LOT OF TIME OFF THE CLOCK ON THE SHORT YARDAGE PLAYS.
UP A TOUCHDOWN, BUT THEY'RE JUST AS HAPPY TO WATCH THE CLOCK RUN.
>> LOOKING TO THE SIDELINES KEEP THAT HEAVYSET IN THE GAME.
ALL THE BIG BODIES LINING UP TO THE RIGHT THERE IS YOU SEAT Mc GRIFFITHS, AND BRANTLEY.
>> HANDOFF, UP THE MIDDLE, TOMBLIN, CHURNING THOSE LEGS.
DOWN TO THE ONE HE GOES.
IT'LL BE FOURTH DOWN AND GOAL.
HE IS EITHER GETTING THE BALL AGAIN , OR ROBINSON IS GOING TO KEEP IT.
ROBINSON, GOING TO KEEP IT.
GIVES THE PUSH RIGHT THERE.
AND A FLAG.
THEY CAN DO THIS, BUT THERE IS A FLAG OUT.
LET'S CHECK THE PENALTY FLAG .
>> IN ANY CASE, IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE YOU GOT INTO THE END ZONE.
>> NOT FROM OUR ANGLE, HE DIDN'T.
IT IS GOING TO BE ON VALDOSTA.
>> Referee: RUN ON THE OFFENSE, THE PENALTY IS DECLINED.
>> AIDING THE RUNNER, WHICH OF COURSE THE EAGLES HAVE MADE FAMOUS.
IT'S ALL THEY TALK ABOUT ON TELEVISION.
BUT IN HIGH SCHOOL, YOU CANNOT DO IT.
SO VALDOSTA GETS STOPPED AT THE GOAL LINE.
BALL GOES OVER ON DOWNS TO CARROLLTON.
>> "FOOTBALL FRIDAYS IN GEORGIA" ON GPB IS BROUGHT TO YOU IN PART BY DBHDD.
WIN BY LEARNING ABOUT SAFE USAGE OF PRESCRIPTION OPIOIDS.
>>> 38-14.
CARROLLTON JUST GOT A STOP INSIDE THE GOAL LINE.
SO VALDOSTA DEFENSE COME BACK OUT.
AND NOW CARROLLTON IS OFFENSE.
AT THIS POINT, THEY GOT TO COME UP WITH SOME KIND OF FUMBLE RECOVERY IN THE END ZONE.
>> YOU NEED TO TURN A VERY QUICK SCORE DEFENSIVELY.
A QUICK KICK PUNT RETURN.
KICK SOMETHING QUICKLY THAT THE OFFENSE DOES NOT HAVE TO HAVE THAT FULL STRAIN OF TRYING TO GET BACK IN THIS GAME .
>> JUJU LEWIS, 190 YARDS PASSING TONIGHT.
12 OF 21.
MOST OF THAT COMING IN THE THIRD QUARTER.
THERE IS A SAFETY.
HOW ABOUT THAT?
THEY TRY TO RUN IT OUT OF THE END ZONE.
AND BIG MARCUS WILLIAMS GETS THE SAFETY.
THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT.
>> BIG PENETRATION BY WILLIAMS OF THE FIELD.
RUNNING THE BALL, AS WE SAW WHEN JOHNSON WAS IN THE SITUATION, THEY WENT FROM UNDER CENTER.
HERE, CARROLLTON IS RUNNING THIS PLAY.
GOOD JOB OF GETTING OFF THE BLOCK BY WILLIAMS.
TRYING TO CUT TO THE BACKSIDE HERE.
IT'S FARMER.
IN THAT SITUATION AS A RUNNING BACK, YOU DO NOT WANT TO TRY TO MAKE ANY CUTS.
YOU JUST WANT TO HIT THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE AND GET OUT OF THE END ZONE.
>> TO FURTHER YOUR POINT, IF YOU LINE UP UNDER CENTER, THAT MEANS THE RUNNING BACK HAVE A RUNNING START AND IS RUNNING TOWARD THE LINE WHEN THEY GET THE HANDOFF.
WHEN YOU DO IT OUT OF THE SHOTGUN, THE RUNNING BACK HAS NO MOMENTUM.
HE STANDING RIGHT THERE BESIDE YOU.
IT IS AN EASY SAFETY FOR VALDOSTA.
>> YOU ARE COMING FROM A DEAD STOP.
THINGS ARE HAPPENING BEFORE YOU EVEN GET THE BALL.
THAT IS WHY IN THOSE SITUATIONS, YOU DO WANT TO GO FROM UNDER CENTER AND CUT DOWN THE OFFENSIVE LINE.
EVERYTHING IS JUST ABOUT GETTING TWO OR THREE YARDS GOING FORWARD.
>> THAT IS A PROBLEM SOMETIMES YOU ENCOUNTER WITH A TEAM THAT GOES 100% SHOTGUN.
THEY DO NOT PRACTICE GOING UNDER CENTER.
SOMETIMES YOU NEED TO DO IT.
>> SOMETIMES IT IS DEFINITELY NECESSARY TO BE ABLE TO SWITCH OVER.
>> FREE KICK HERE.
VALDOSTA GETS THE BALL BACK.
SAFETY RULE, THEY GET THE TWO POINTS AND THEY GET POSSESSION.
KIND OF LIKE A TECHNICAL FOUL IN BASKETBALL.
YOU GET THE POINTS AND GET THE BALL.
KICKED COMING DOWN AT THE 29.
AND FOSTER, UP TO THE 46.
GOOD FIELD POSITION.
AGAIN, THEY'RE NOT OUT OF IT YET, BUT THE CLOCK IS NOW STARTING TO WORK AGAINST THEM AS 8:49 LEFT IN REGULATION.
>> WE HAVE SEEN THEM RUN THE BALL WITH TODD ROBINSON.
YOU SAW THE BALL RUN BY FOSTER.
BUT IN THIS DRIVE, DOWN 22, YOU REALLY FEEL IT HAS TO START BECOMING A VERTICAL GAME.
YOU HAVE TO TRY TO GET YOUR BEST RECEIVE RECEIVERS JUST GOING VERTICAL.
AND THREE MORE 50/50 BALLS IN THIS DRIVE BUT THEY CAN THEY DO THAT WITH THEIR WIDE RECEIVER, PRINCE JEAN, OUT WITH INJURIES TONIGHT?
WE WERE NOT MADE AWARE OF THAT.
HE WAS STILL LISTED AS NUMBER ONE ON THE DEPTH CHART.
THEY'RE GOING TO RUN WITH IT.
ROBINSON, DOWNFIELD, WIDE OPEN.
HOW DID THAT HAPPEN?
HUNTER WITH A TOUCHDOWN.
>> FROM THE REVERSE ACTION, PULLING THE DEFENSE.
AND HUNTER, JUST GETTING LOST.
THE DEFENSE TOTALLY LET HIM GO.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE IS NO ONE ON THE COVERAGE.
THAT IS ALL FROM THE REVERSE ACTION.
AND THEN, GOING WITH THE FLEA FLICKER.
WE TALKED ABOUT GOING VERTICAL.
HAVING A CHANCE, YOU HAVE TO FIND SOMETHING GOING DOWN THE FIELD.
AND THEY DID, WITH A QUICK STRIKE.
>> THEY HAD TO THROW TRICK IN THERE TO GET THAT GUY OPEN DOWNFIELD WITHOUT COVERAGE.
55 YARDS FOR TWO HERE TO TRY TO MAKE IT A 14 POINT GAME.
THEY'RE DOWN TO SEVEN ON THE PLAY CLOCK.
THEY HAVE GOT THE HUSTLE.
DOWN TO FIVE.
YOU CAN SEE THE PLAY CLOCK IN YOUR SCREEN.
THEY STAB AT THREE.
ROBINSON THROWS THE BALL.
COULD NOT HOLD ON.
THEY HAD EXECUTED PERFECTLY, EXCEPT FOR THE MOST IMPORTANT PART.
THE CATCH.
>> IN THIS SITUATION, ERIC BRANTLEY CAN DO EVERYTHING ON THE FIELD.
YOU REALLY JUST WANT TO STOP AND CATCH THE BALL.
YOU WERE IN THE END ZONE AND JUST WANT TO CATCH THE BALL THEREBY STOPPING YOUR FEET.
>> VALDOSTA BACK IN THE GAME WITH THE FLEA FLICKER .55 YARD TOUCHDOWN PASS TO HUNTER.
38-22.
WE'VE STILL GOT A GAME AT GRISHAM STADIUM.
>> "FOOTBALL FRIDAYS IN GEORGIA" ON GPB IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY CIGNA HEALTHCARE.
>>> 38-22.
VALDOSTA, STILL HANGING IN THIS GAME, WAYNE, WITH THAT BIG PLAY.
IT'S BEEN ALL BIG PLACE TONIGHT.
YOU GOT THE TOUCHDOWN RUN BY ROBINSON.
YOU'VE GOT THE 89 YARD TOUCHDOWN RUN BY FOSTER, AND THAT YOU GOT THE 55 YARD TOUCHDOWN PASS FROM ROBINSON TO HUNTER.
>> JUST FIND A WAY TO WIN.
THAT IS KIND OF COACH FELTON'S MIND.
HE IS STILL IN THIS GAME.
HE'S GOT HIS TEAM STILL PLAYING HARD.
AND RIGHT NOW, THEY HAVE GIVEN THEMSELVES A CHANCE HERE WITH A: 39 LEFT.
>> HERE COMES, I AM GUESSING, AND ONSIDE KICK?
NO.
WAY TO SCOOT DOWN TO THE 21 YARD LINE.
NOT MUCH AIR UNDERNEATH THAT ONE.
AND RETURN TO THE 30.
THAT WAS KIMAURI FARMER ON THE RETURN.
HE HAS DONE PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING TONIGHT.
146 YARDS RUSHING FOR KIMAURI FARMER TONIGHT ON 26 CARRIES AND TWO TOUCHDOWNS.
>> WITH 8:32 LEFT IN THIS GAME.
THE WAY THAT VALDOSTA IS PLAYING, HE IS ONE OF THOSE GUYS THAT YOU HAVE TO GET GOING AGAIN TO SETTLE DOWN.
TO TRY TO START EATING UP SOME CLOCK, GET A COUPLE OF LONG FIRST DOWNS.
IT TAKES THREE PLAYS TO GET IN AND JUST PUT THE LOAD ON HIM AND THE OFFENSIVE LINE.
>> THERE IS KIMAURI FARMER ON THE CARRY.
TACKLE MADE BY THE SAFETY, JABARI BAKER.
HE IS BEEN A BIG PART OF THEIR DEFENSES HERE.
THE SAFETY WANTED BY --STATE.
KIND OF THEIR COACH ON THE >> GOOD JOB THERE, GETTING UPFIELD, UPSIDE.
YOU SEEM BIG DRUMS RUNS COMING BY FARMER AND DUDLEY.
TAKING THEIR TIME, TWO TIGHT ENDS SET.
>> SECOND DOWN AND SEVEN.
AND BRANTLEY, THERE TO STOP IT.
WHAT A MONSTER GAME FOR BRADLEY.
>> THE TROJAN OFFENSE BY WHAT IS IN A MEMO OVER TO ERIC BRANTLEY.
WE ARE TRYING TO RUN THE BALL.
YOU'RE MAKING TOO MANY PLAYS.
WHAT A GREAT JOB.
THE THING YOU LOVE ABOUT HIM IS HOW HE CAN MOVE UP AND DOWN THE LINE.
LEFT SIDE, RIGHT SIDE, YOU PUT THEM AT THE NOSE SOMETIMES.
JUST AN ALL OUT PLAYER GETTING TO THE BALL.
>> 10 TACKLES, THREE TFL'S AND A QUARTERBACK SACK FOR BRADLEY.
COMMITTED TO COLORADO.
YOU THINK THE COACH PLACE IN THE PLAY?
BALL IS THROWN, COMPLETE UP TO THE 43.
THAT WILL GIVE A FIRST DOWN.
THAT'S A BIG-TIME CONVERSION GOING TO AJ McNEIL.
>> NICE JOB BY McNEIL ON THAT SLANT.
A CHANGE IN HIS HAND POSITION TO CATCH THE BALL.
A LITTLE LOW ON THE THROW BY JUJU.
GREAT JOB WITH HIM ADJUSTING, CHANGING HIS HANDS TO CATCH THE BALL.
KNEW HE WAS GOING TO TAKE A BIG HIT THERE, COVERED UP WELL.
GOT A HIT BY McGRIFF.
GOOD JOB BY AJ McNEIL.
>> THE SAFETY, COMING OFF THE EDGE, CROSSED OVER THE LINE.
>> Referee: DEFENSE, FIVE-YARD PENALTY.
>> THAT HARD COUNT .
WE HAVE SEEN AND CONSISTENTLY DO THAT TONIGHT .
OFFENSIVE CARROLLTON, THAT TIME, GETTING THREE AND FIVE.
THE SAFETY COMING ON A RUN BLITZ THERE OFF THE EDGE.
KHALIL MOLLAY.
>> JUJU, QUARTERBACK SACK BACK AT THE 37 YARD LINE.
HE JUST HAD NO PLACE TO GO WITH IT.
>> AND FROM THE SNAP, HE JUST LOOKED UNCOMFORTABLE IN THE POCKET, AS THOUGH HE DID NOT GET THE READER THAT HE WANTED.
YOU CAN JUST SEE, NO REAL PRESSURE.
HE JUST DID NOT LIKE THE ROUTE.
YOU SEE A LITTLE PRESSURE BY WILLIAMS.
AND NOW, JUST NOT ABLE TO WORK THE BALL DOWN THE FIELD.
VERY RARE THAT WE SEE HIM DISCOMBOBULATED TO THROW THE BALL.
>> SECOND QUARTERBACK SACK FOR BRANTLEY.
IT LOOKS LIKE HE IS CONDUCTING A SEMINAR WITHOUT OFFENSIVE LINE RIGHT NOW.
WHAT YOU THINK YOU MIGHT BE SAYING?
>> I AM STILL COMING.
I WILL BE COMING ALL NIGHT.
I'VE WORKED ALL NIGHT WITH MR. BRANTLEY.
>> SECOND DOWN.
BALL IN THE AIR, INCOMPLETE.
TRIED TO GO TO WARD.
NOW IT IS GOING TO BE THIRD DOWN.
BRANTLEY HAS BEEN FUN TO WATCH TONIGHT.
WHETHER HE WINS OR LOSES, ERIC BRANTLEY HAS BEEN GREAT TO WATCH.
>> INTERESTING CALL ON THAT VERY SECOND AND 15.
HARD TO GAIN.
IMAGINING THEY WOULD HAVE RUN THE BALL TO KEEP THE CLOCK MOVING.
VALDOSTA, BY THROWING THE BALL IN THAT SITUATION, KILLING THE CLOCK.
>> THIRD AND 15, ONE AND THREE, NEARLY INTERCEPTED AS THE BALL POPS OUT OF THE HANDS OF KIYUN COFER.
THAT WAS A NEAR DISASTER.
>> A QUICK SCREEN OUT ON THE EDGE.
THE JUNIOR, YOU GOT TO COME UP WITH THIS CATCH FOR YOUR QUARTERBACK.
BALL DELIVERED.
IS LOOKING UPFIELD, YOU COULD SEE HIM LOOKING UPFIELD.
START STOP LOOKING AT THE BALL AND STARTED LOOKING UPFIELD, AND THAT WOULD HAVE SECURED THE CATCH.
>> WE'VE GOT NUMBER 98 STANDING DEEP I THINK WE HAVE A JERSEY CHANGE.
THERE IS NO 98 ON THE ROSTER.
HEAVY RUSH.
IT'S GOING TO BE SCOOTED UP TO THE 13 YARD LINE.
I AM NOT QUITE SURE.
98.
THAT IS AN ILL FITTING JERSEY RIGHT THERE.
>> ANYONE IN 98 WOULD NOT HAVE TAKEN THE GAMBLE OF COVERING THE BALL UP LIKE THAT EITHER.
TAKES A SUPERIOR ATHLETE TO MAKE THAT CHOICE.
>> ELI LEWIS, NUMBER 8, AND HUNTER, NUMBER 9, HAVE BEEN THE PUNT RETURNER'S.
THE MYSTERY MIGHT BE SOLVED RIGHT HERE.
THAT IS ELI LEWIS.
>> AS I SAID, AND APTLY HAD TO TAKE THE RISK OF COVERING UP A PUNT.
NOT SOMEONE IN A JERSEY NUMBER 98.
>> NOT SURE WHY HE DID THAT.
>> 98 DOES NOT HAVE ANY KIND OF QUICKNESS.
TO BE COVERED LIKE THAT.
>> I THINK WE ARE GOING TO GET THE --AGAIN.
TELLING THE BAND THEY HAVE TO STOP PLAYING THE MUSIC.
>> OUR PRODUCER COMES UP WITH THE BEST.
YOU CANNOT HAVE TWO NUMBER EIGHTS ON THE FIELD.
SO HE GOT THE BIG PAJAMA TOP JERSEY TO WEAR.
ROBINSON, RUNS RIGHT INTO BRADFORD.
>> JUST LIKE LAST DRAW, YOU HAVE TO GET VERTICAL.
YOU HAVE TO GO DOWNFIELD.
TRY TO FIND A ONE-ON-ONE MATCHUP.
WE KNOW YOU HAVE BEEN HIT WITH SOME BIG RUNS TO HELP YOURSELF IN THIS GAME.
BUT RIGHT NOW, YOU ARE GOING TO NEED SOME BIG CHUNK YARDAGE DOWN THE FIELD AT A THEY COULD GET A CHUNK HERE, AND THINGS COULD GET MIGHTY INTERESTING.
STILL FIVE MINUTES.
PASS THROWN, INCOMPLETE.
GET THE TO ELI LEWIS.
>> GOOD JOB BY KAMERON McCLURE, STAYING BACK IN.
THEY ARE NOT FLYING ON ANY MORE OF THOSE FAKES THAT WE SAW ON THE FLEA FLICKER.
THEY'RE NOT TO LET THE RECEIVERS GET BEHIND THEM.
>> THIRD DOWN, CLOCK STOPPED.
5:03 LEFT IN REGULATION.
16 POINT LEAD FOR CARROLLTON.
BIG TOUCHDOWN, THIRD QUARTER.
THE DIFFERENCE IN THIS GAME.
CARROLLTON SCORED 28 POINTS IN THAT THIRD QUARTER.
CLOCK IS RUN, RECEIVER GOES DOWN.
THAT WAS WILLIAMS, THE WIDE RECEIVER, WHO ENDED UP ON HIS BACK.
>> GREAT PRESSURE BY RIGGS.
REALLY PUSHING THEM OUT OF THE POCKET.
THERE IS NO WERE TO GO WITH THE BALL.
GOOD COVERAGE ON THE BACK END.
BY THE SECONDARY, KESHUN JOHNSON.
AND JADYN THOMPSON.
JUST KEEPING THE RECEIVERS IN FRONT OF THEM.
THEY'RE GOING TO GIVE UP A FIVE OR EIGHT YARD CATCH.
THEY'RE NOT GOING TO LET THE RECEIVING COURT GET BEHIND THEM AGAIN AS WE SAW IN THAT LAST DRIVE.
>> FOURTH AND EIGHT.
GOT THE BALL AT YOUR OWN 17 AND YOU HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO GO FOR IT.
I MEAN, PUNTING IT AWAY AT THIS POINT DOES YOU NO GOOD.
THERE IS NO PATH TO VICTORY DOING THAT.
ROBINSON ON THE ROLE, ON THE THROW, GOT THE FIRST DOWN.
WILLIAMS MAKES THE CATCH.
FLAG OUT TOO.
BACK THERE THE 10 YARD LINE.
PROBABLY HAVE A HOLD .
>> ROLLED OUT, OUT ON THE EDGE.
>> Referee: ILLEGAL FORMATION, FIVE PLAYERS IN THE BACKFIELD, ON THE OFFENSE.
FIVE-YARD PENALTY FROM THE PREVIOUS SPOT.
REPLAY FOURTH DOWN.
>> ONE OF THE RECEIVERS, NOT UP ON THE BALL IN THAT SITUATION.
YOU HAVE GOT TO KNOW WHO IS ON THE BALL AND WHO IS OFF THE BALL.
GOOD PLAY DESIGN.
NICE JOB BY ROBINSON GETTING OUT OF THE POCKET AND RUNNING THE BALL DOWN THE FIELD TO WILLIAMS.
>> RINSE AND REPEAT IF YOU CAN.
FOURTH DOWN, LINE TO GAIN, 24.
GOT TO CONVERT HERE OR GIVE THE BALL UP ON DOWN.
AND BASICALLY, THAT WOULD BE THE END OF THE GAME.
FOR ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES.
IN ALL LIKELIHOOD.
HEAVY RUSH.
GETS IT TO WHITE.
SHAK WRIGHT IS GOING TO TRY TO GET THE FIRST DOWN.
AND HE DOES.
GREAT HUSTLE BY SHAK WRIGHT TO PICK UP THE FIRST DOWN.
>> A FLARE ROUTE BY SHAK WRIGHT OUT OF THE BACKFIELD.
NO ONE IS IN COVERAGE OUT HERE ON WRIGHT.
COMING WITH THE PRESSURES.
MAKING A FOOT RACE TO THE FIRST DOWN MARKER THERE.
BIG HIT COMING BY CALVIN HEEL.
BUT NOT ENOUGH TO STOP THEM FROM GETTING THE FIRST DOWN.
>> FIRST AND 10 FROM THE 25.
AND A WHISTLE.
>> ANOTHER FALSE START ON THE OFFENSIVE LINE FOR VALDOSTA.
>> Referee: FALSE START, OFFENSE .
FIVE-YARD PENALTY .
STILL FIRST DOWN.
>> VALDOSTA HAS ALL THREE TIME- OUTS REMAINING.
THEY WOULD DEARLY LOVE TO BE ABLE TO HOLD THOSE TO GET A TOUCHDOWN HERE AND HAVE THOSE DEFENSE TO USE.
VALDOSTA HAS CLIMBED BACK IN THE YARDAGE RACE.
IF IT WAS A YARDAGE RACE, THEY ARE RIGHT THERE IN IT.
FOSTER GETS THE HANDOFF.
DERON FOSTER.
BACK TO THE ORIGINAL LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.
MAYBE A YARD PLUS.
IT IS GOING TO BE SECOND DOWN AND NINE.
IT LOOKS LIKE CALVIN HEEL IS OUT THERE IN COVERAGE.
INSTEAD, THEY GO THE OTHER WITH THE PLAY.
DOWNHILL, NEARLY INTERCEPTED AT THE 38 YARD LINE.
THAT WAS NEARLY PICKED OFF BY QUENTIS ADAMS.
>> DROPPING BACK INTO COVERAGE.
KNOCKING THIS BALL DOWN FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS GAME.
ROLLING IT UP WITH TODD ROBINSON.
WE SEEN HIM ROLL RIGHT, THIS TIME, GOING LEFT.
DISLIKED BY ADAMS TO KNOCK THAT DOWN .
THEY MISSED A CHANCE.
THEY HAD A GUY HOBBLE IN SINGLE COVERAGE.
THIRD DOWN AND NINE.
THE SCREEN PASS GETS BLOWN UP BY BRADBURN.
READING THE QUARTERBACK EYES.
WE SEEN THIS MANY TIMES IN HIS HIGH SCHOOL CAREER PRETTY GOOD PLAY BY THAT YOUNG MAN .
>> I WONDER IF HE HAS LINEBACKER ON HIS BIRTH CERTIFICATE.
>> HE HAS A NAME THAT SOUNDS LIKE A LINEBACKER.
GOT GREAT SIZE.
HAS JUST BEEN A GREAT LEADER FOR THIS TEAM .
THE ENTIRE SENIOR YEAR.
>> ALABAMA STATE AMONG HIS OFFERS.
POCKET FOR ROBINSON.
NOW STRIKING DOWN.
NOW HE GOES DOWN.
THE QUARTERBACK SACK TO POSSIBLY FINISH THIS GAME OFF.
IT IS JOHN LEVY.
BALL GOES OVER ON DOWNS.
SO MAYBE THE LAST BIG OPPORTUNITY FOR VALDOSTA RIGHT THERE.
IT DIES WITH THE QUARTERBACK SACK FROM JOHN LEVY.
16 POINT LEAD FOR THE TROJANS AS THEY HEAD BACK OUT ON OFFENSE AFTER THE BREAK.
>>> IT IS THE FOURTH QUARTER OF OUR SECOND ROUND PLAYOFF GAME BETWEEN VALDOSTA AND CARROLLTON.
STICK WITH US, AFTER THE GAME IS THE POST GAME SHOW.
YOU DO NOT WANT A MISS IT.
WE WILL HAVE HEAD COACHES LIVE FROM ALL OVER THE STATE CALLING IN .
WE WILL TALK TO THEM LIVE, AND JOHN WILL BE CLOSING OUT THE BRACKETS.
STAY WITH US.
DO NOT GO ANYWHERE.
WE WILL SEE YOU IN A BIT.
>> WE ARE NOT GOING ANYWHERE, ARE WE, WAYNE?
WE WILL BE HERE AND GET READY TO TALK TO THE WINNING COACH AND THE GEORGIA COTTON COMMISSION PLAYER OF THE GAME COMING UP.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US HERE TONIGHT.
WE HAVE A GREAT TIME AT GRISHAM STADIUM.
IT LOOKS LIKE CARROLLTON IS ON THE VERGE OF CLOSING OUT THIS SECOND-ROUND VICTORY AND MOVING ON TO THE QUARTERFINALS, WHICH THEY WILL BE HOSTING HERE.
FARMER, DOWN TO THE 9 YARD LINE.
WHAT HAPPENED?
FARMER, ALL OF A SUDDEN, WENT DOWN.
HE IS OKAY.
>> YES, THEY WILL BE HOSTING THE QUARTERFINAL HERE NEXT WEEK.
AGAINST EITHER WALTON OR NORTH GWINNETT.
SO WALTON IS STILL AT A 48-19 LEAD.
WE TELEVISED THAT QUARTERFINAL LAST YEAR.
BETWEEN BEAVER AND LEWIS.
>> SOUNDS LIKE AN EXCITING SECOND MOVIE.
A LOT OF BALLS SHOULD BE THROWN IN THE AIR BETWEEN THOSE TWO QUARTERBACKS.
>> AND LEWIS, THROUGH THE AIR, ODOM, OVER THE SHOULDER.
WITH A CHERRY ON TOP.
>> CALEB ODOM, FOUR-STAR, ALABAMA, TIGHT END IN THE COUNTRY.
HE IS JUST A HYBRID, 6'4", 220.
PART TIGHT END, PART RECEIVER.
WE HAVE SEEN THEM IN THAT SITUATION CONSISTENTLY TONIGHT.
AND JUJU LEWIS.
HE LOOKS OVER, YOU SEE THAT ONE- ON-ONE MATCHUP.
NO SAFETY OVER THE TOP.
HE IS GOING TO GET THE BALL TO HIS BEST RECEIVER AND BIGGEST WEAPON, WHICH IS CALEB ODOM.
>> SO FOUR MORE TOUCHDOWN PASSES FOR JUJU LEWIS TONIGHT.
ALL OF THEM IN THE SECOND HALF.
THAT GIVES HIM 45 ON THE SEASON.
UPRIGHTS.
TWO PLAYS, 19 YARDS.
THE GOVERNOR'S RED RIBBON CAMPAIGN STORY DRIVE.
THE TROJANS HAVE FINALLY PUT THIS SECOND-ROUND GAME TO BED.
AND JUJU TONIGHT , AS WOULD NEVER STAND, 209.
WHICH IS REALLY JUST KIND OF AN AVERAGE DAY FOR HIM.
14-25.
FOUR TOUCHDOWN, 45 NOW ON THE SEASON.
HE HAS GOT A SHOT IF HE KEEPS UP THIS PACE.
THEY MAKE IT TO THE STATE FINALS, WAYNE.
AND HAVE THE STATE SINGLE- SEASON TOUCHDOWN PASSING MARK.
IT IS 66 BY --WHO PLAYED AT MACON COUNTY .
HE SAID THAT IN 2016.
AS OF RIGHT NOW, HE IS 11 BEHIND THAT NUMBER.
BUT THEORETICALLY, THREE GAMES TO PLAY.
>> EASY.
BREAKING RECORDS LIKE THAT FOR THIS YOUNG SOPHOMORE , HE DEFINITELY SHOWS YOU A LOT OF THE FIRST HALF THAT HE HAD, WE TALKED ABOUT ONLY 26 YARDS PASSING.
HE COMES OUT HERE, GREAT TOUCH ON THE BALL ON SOME OF THESE ROUTES BY HIM.
AND HE IS JUST A STAR IN THE MAKING.
>> RETURN.
UP TO THE 23.
HE IS STILL JUST A SOPHOMORE.
COMMITTED TO SOUTHERN CAL.
ON THE COVER OF SPORTS ILLUSTRATED BEFORE HIS 16th BIRTHDAY.
YOUNGEST PERSON EVER AS FAR THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL PROSPECT TO BE ON THE COVER OF SI.
>> HE HAS LIVED UP TO THE HYPE.
>> RIGHT UP THE MIDDLE.
ROBINSON, UP TO THE 48 YARD LINE.
AND NOT TO MAKE IT A COMPLETE JUJU FEST, I LIKE THIS OTHER QUARTERBACK TOO.
I KNOW HIS A QUARTERBACK AT THE NEXT LEVEL, BUT I LOVE THE HEART AND THE PHYSICAL STYLE OF PLAY THAT TODD ROBINSON HAS SHOWN US TONIGHT.
>> DEFINITELY LOVE THIS.
I TALKED EARLIER ABOUT THE COMMITMENT.
AND HIS ABILITY TO ACTUALLY EMBRACE HIS POSITION AND EXCEL AT IT.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WAS COMMON AT ONE POINT WERE GUYS HAD PLAYED OTHER POSITIONS.
HE WOULD GO IN AND SACRIFICE AND PLAY QUARTERBACK.
PLAYERS AS THEY ARE PLAYING, ONE SPORT, ONE POSITION .
FOR HIM, TO SACRIFICE AND GO OUT AND REALLY PUT UP NUMBERS AND GIVE HIS TEAM A CHANCE -- >> I THINK IT HELPS IN TOO.
NEXT LEVEL.
WHEREVER HE ENDS UP GOING, HE STILL HAS A LONG WAY TO GO IN HIS RECRUITMENT TOO.
AS THE PASS IS COMPLETED TO LEWIS.
ELI LEWIS, STILL OUT THERE DANCING ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE 17 YARD LINE.
AND THERE IS A FLAG DOWN BACK AT THE 49.
I THINK IT HELPS ALL OF THOSE GUYS WHO PLAYED HIGH SCHOOL QUARTERBACK TO PLAY ANOTHER POSITION.
ESPECIALLY IF TODD ROBINSON AND THAT BEING A QUARTERBACK.
PLAYING QUARTERBACK.
THE WIDE RECEIVER, THAT HELPS THEM AT THE NEXT LEVEL.
>> Referee: --MANDEL FIELD -- OFFENSE, SECOND DOWN.
>> YOU CAN REALLY SEE WHAT THE QUARTERBACK IS READING.
AND THAT IS I THINK WHAT YOU ARE SAYING.
QUARTERBACK BACK MIGHT DO IN THE SITUATION.
DEFINITELY SOME GROWTH FOR HIM.
BUT ONLY A JUNIOR.
HE IS GOING TO GO UP.
GOOD SIZE TOO WHEN I SAW HIM OUT ON THE FIELD.
AND HE SHOWED YOU THE SPEED.
SO YOU KNOW HE CAN RUN.
>> HE HAS GOT ANOTHER YEAR.
HE IS JUST A JUNIOR.
GOING TO RUN THE QUARTERBACK DRAW A WRITE UP THE MIDDLE AGAIN.
AS HE GETS DOWN CLOSE TO THE 40.
HE HAS RUSHED FOR OVER 150 YARDS TONIGHT.
>> AND ALL OF THIS IS ON AN ANKLE THAT HE HURT EARLY IN THE GAME.
WE THOUGHT MAYBE HE WAS NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE.
>> CAUGHT IN STRIDE, ELI LEWIS.
AND LEWIS, ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE 16.
VALDOSTA, STILL TRYING TO SCORE SOME MORE POINTS OF A HOP ON THAT BUS AND HEAD SOUTH.
FINAL 75 SECONDS.
FOSTER, NO.
THAT IS SHAK WRIGHT.
TRYING TO GET OUTSIDE AND RUNS OUT OF BOUNDS.
FLAG DOWN OF THE 16 YARD LINE.
I LIKE WHAT SHELTON FELTON HAS BEEN ABLE TO DO WITH THIS PROGRAM.
TO PUT IT KINDLY, IT WAS IN SHAMBLES AFTER THE RUSH PRODUCED FUNNY MONEY SCANDAL.
THINGS HAVE NOT EXACTLY GONE GREAT FOR SHELTON FELTON IN TENNESSEE.
HE WAS LOOKING FOR HELP.
LOOKING FOR A JOB.
RUSH HIRED HIM >> Referee: FIVE-YARD PENALTY FROM THE PREVIOUS SPOT.
STILL FIRST DOWN.
>> AND THE SUPERINTENDENT SAID WE NEED SOMEBODY TO HELP US OUT HERE.
THEN THAT'S WHAT SHELTON FELTON DID.
HE WENT THROUGH EXTORTING CIRCUMSTANCES IN THAT SEASON.
YOU PLAY A WHOLE SEASON, SENIOR CLASS, YOU HAVE NO REWARD FOR THEM.
JUST 10 GAMES AND THAT IS IT.
ESPECIALLY A PROGRAM LIKE VALDOSTA.
I ADMIRE WHAT HE HAS BEEN ABLE TO DO.
THEY WILL FINISH UP 8-4 THIS YEAR.
BUT I LIKE THE TRAJECTORY OF THE PROGRAM.
>> AND YOU TALK ABOUT THE HONOR TO BE THE FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN VALDOSTA COACH.
HE TOOK GREAT PRIDE IN BEING ABLE TO STEP INTO THAT POSITION .
>> HOW ABOUT THAT CATCH?
A TOUCHDOWN.
THAT IS NOT A BAD PASS FROM THOMPSON EITHER.
AND HE TOOK A SHOT AND HELD ONTO THAT BALL.
WHILE STILL GETTING HIS TOES DOWN IN THE END ZONE.
>> GREAT JOB, CONCENTRATION, RIGHT THERE.
THOMPSON FOR A PERSONAL FOUL.
NUMBER 5, TRYING TO KNOCK THE BALL OUT.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE PLAY, HE FEELS LIKE HE IS JUST TRYING TO DISLODGE THE BALL IN THAT INSTANCE.
TOUGH CALL ON HIM, BUT GREAT CATCH BY HOLMAN.
>> MAKES IT 45-28.
THEY CALLED A PERSONAL FOUL, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WITH A PERSONAL FOUL WAS.
>> Referee: PLAY OF THE TOUCHDOWN.
FOLLOWING THE PLAY, DEAD BALL.
PERSONAL FOUL ON THE DEFENSE.
15-YARD PENALTY.
--THE KICKOFF.
>> THE CONFUSION IS HOW IT WAS A DEAD BALL .
>> HE WAS TRYING TO MAKE IT A BIG HIT ON THE RECEIVER AND KNOCKED THE BALL FREE.
HE DIDN'T.
>> HE DIDN'T USE IT.
HE DID NOT LEAVE HIS FEET.
TOUGH CALL THERE.
>> I DON'T KNOW.
THEY JUST CALLED A PERSONAL FOUL.
WITH NO EXPLANATION AS TO WHAT THE PERSONAL FOUL WAS.
GOING FOR TWO HERE.
ROBINSON, THROWING IN, NEARLY INTERCEPTED BY JOHNSON.
NOT RETURNABLE IN HIGH SCHOOL ANYWAYS.
IT'S A DEAD BALL IF HE CATCHES IT OR JUST KNOCKED DOWN.
SO IT'S 45-28.
THERE WILL BE A 15-YARD PENALTY ASSESSMENT AND A KICKOFF.
WE WILL HAVE ANOTHER ONE SIDEKICK COMING UP HEAR FROM CARROLLTON.
>> I THINK THAT LAST DRIVE FROM VALDOSTA, THE WAY THEY DROVE, THERE REALLY WAS NO CHANCE OF COMING BACK IN THIS GAME.
BUT THAT KIND OF SYMBOLIZES THE ATTITUDE THAT COACH FELTON HAVE PUT INTO THIS PROGRAM.
THEY ARE GOING TO FIGHT TILL THE END.
THEY'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO WORK HARD.
GUYS STILL LOOK LIKE THEY WERE ENGAGED IN THAT DRIVE.
NOT JUST SITTING THERE SULKING THAT THEY WERE ABOUT TO LOSE.
THAT MAN RIGHT THERE, ROBINSON, A LEADER.
YOU COULD TELL BY THE WAY HE LEADS HIS TEAM .
>> DO NOT BE GOING ANYWHERE.
WE HAVE A LOT MORE FOOTBALL COMING TO YOU AND FOR YOU ON THIS FRIDAY NIGHT.
WE ARE REALLY JUST KIND OF GETTING STARTED.
WE ARE GOING TO WRAP THINGS UP HERE AND TALK TO THE WINNING COACH AND PRESENT OUR GEORGIA COTTON COMMISSION PLAYER OF THE GAME.
TALK TO HIM.
AND THEN WE WILL SEND YOU OFF TO NIKKI AND JOHN, STANDING BY IN OUR GPB SPORTS STUDIO.
THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE ALL THE SCORES FROM AROUND THE STATE, UPDATED BRACKETS.
AND THEY WILL BE TALKING TO COACHES ALL OVER THE STATE WHO WERE VICTORIOUS ON THIS FRIDAY NIGHT.
AND THEY WILL NOW BE PLAYING AND PRACTICING FOOTBALL ON THANKSGIVING WEEKEND .
AND I THINK WE WE WE ABLE TO ANNOUNCE DURING THE SHOW WHERE WE ARE GOING TO BE FOR THE QUARTERFINALS OF THE STATE PLAYOFFS.
THE ONSIDE KICK IS UNSUCCESSFUL.
CARROLLTON IS GOING TO TAKE THE BALL OVER NEAR THE 36.
WITH 59 SECONDS.
VALDOSTA DOES HAVE THREE TIME- OUTS REMAINING IF THEY ELECT TO USE THEM.
REALLY NO POINT IN DOING THAT, BUT WE WILL SEE WHAT THEY DO.
OTHERWISE, CARROLLTON WILL BE ABLE TO DEAL THIS OUT AND GET US OUT OF HERE AND TO THE POST GAME SHOW.
STICK AROUND FOR THAT.
THE ANNOUNCEMENT FOR NEXT FRIDAY NIGHTS QUARTERFINALS.
ALWAYS ENJOY THE QUARTERFINALS ON A FRIDAY AFTER THANKSGIVING.
IT JUST FEELS LIKE FOOTBALL.
IT'S GOING TO BE FOOTBALL ALL DAY.
FOOTBALL ON THANKSGIVING.
COLLEGE AND PROSE.
THE PROS ARE EVEN PLAYING ON BLACK FRIDAY.
WE ARE PLAYING ON BLACK FRIDAY.
YOU BE WITH US ON BLACK FRIDAY FOR THE QUARTERFINALS OF THE GEORGIA HIGH SCHOOL PLAYOFFS.
IT WILL BE A LOT OF FUN , WHEREVER WE END UP GOING.
YOU KNOW WE ARE DOWN TO THE FINAL EIGHT IN EVERY CLASSIFICATION.
IT IS NOTHING BUT THE GOOD ONES NOW.
>> AND AS YOU MENTIONED, WALTON AND CARROLLTON.
IMAGINE THEM ON THIS FIELD, BATTLING.
THOSE TWO QUARTERBACKS TRYING TO PROVE THEY ARE THE BEST IN THE STATE.
IT SOUNDS SO EXCITING.
AND AS YOU TURN DOWN, YOU GET TO THE TOP 10 TEAMS HAVING TO JUGGLE IN THE PLAYOFFS.
>> IF --COUNTY IS ABLE TO MEET WEST LAKE , THEY'RE GOING TO BE HITTING THE BUSES AND PLAYING UP AT MILTON NEXT FRIDAY NIGHT.
THAT WILL BE A REMATCH OF THE 2018 STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME WHEN MILTON BEEK --COUNTY 14- 13.
AT GRAYSON.
>> WHICH GAME DO YOU WATCH?
>> THERE ARE NO CUPCAKES IN THE QUARTERS.
AND THIS CERTAINLY WAS NOT A CUPCAKE.
VALDOSTA GAVE CARROLLTON ALL THEY COULD TAKE.
AND CARROLLTON JUST BLASTED THEM WITH FOUR TOUCHDOWNS IN AN EIGHT MINUTE STRETCH IN THE THIRD QUARTER TO BLOW THIS GAME OPEN.
AND GIVE THEM SOME BREATHING ROOM.
BUT VALDOSTA NEVER TOOK OFF THE GLOVES.
>> A COUPLE OF MISCUES WHERE THEY TURN THE BALL OVER ON THE KICKOFF.
AND SOME QUICK SCORING.
IT WAS JUST REALLY LIKE A GUT PUNCH.
IT THROUGH THE GAME FROM 10-7 TO 38-17 QUICKLY ON VALDOSTA, WHO JUST CONTINUE TO FIGHT WITH THEIR QUARTERBACK, THEIR COACH, AND THEIR PROGRAM.
BUT JUST COMING UP SHORT HERE TONIGHT FOR CARROLLTON.
>> THAT IS GOING TO DO IT.
CARROLLTON DEFEATS VALDOSTA, 45- 28.
AND THE TROJANS MOVE ON TO THE QUARTERFINALS.
11-1 ON THE SEASON.
IT LOOKS LIKE THEY WILL BE HOSTING THE WALTON RAIDERS IN A REMATCH OF LAST YEAR'S QUARTERFINALS.
RIGHT HERE AT GRISHAM STADIUM NEXT FRIDAY NIGHT.
VALDOSTA SEES IT AND AT 8-4. .
SEASON END AT 8-4.
JUJU LEWIS, 14 OF 25 FOR 209.
FOUR TOUCHDOWN.
ALL OF THEM COMING IN THE SECOND HALF.
ONE INTERCEPTION AT THE SECOND OF THE SEASON.
KIMAURI FARMER --AND A COUPLE OF TOUCHDOWNS.
ODOM, THE WIDE RECEIVER, FOUR CATCHES, 63 YARDS AND TWO TOUCHDOWNS.
LEADING TACKLER FOR THE TROJANS, JOHN LEVY.
NINE TOTAL TACKLES, TWO TFL.
MONTREZL SMITH HAD EIGHT TACKLES AND A TFL.
BRADBURN HAD SEVEN TACKLES AS WELL.
WE WOULD BE REMISS IF WE DID NOT POINT OUT ERIC BRANTLEY.
WHAT A PERFORMANCE FOR HIM FOR THE WILDCATS AS HE GOES FOR 10 TACKLES, THREE TFL.
HAD A QUARTERBACK SACK.
AND OFFENSIVELY FOR VALDOSTA, A GAME EFFORT BY TODD ROBINSON.
163 ON THE GROUND, AND 133 IN THE AIR.
>> GREAT EFFORT.
THEIR STARS REALLY CAME OUT.
THEY SHINED AND GAVE THEM A CHANCE.
AND ON THE OTHER SIDE, WITH JUJU, THEIR RUN GAME WITH KIMAURI FARMER , LONG ENOUGH FOR HIM TO GET IN RHYTHM WITH HIS RECEIVERS.
>> WE ARE LINING UP COACH JOEY KING RIGHT NOW.
VALDOSTA .
GOOD SHOWING BY THOSE GUYS TONIGHT.
PLAYING IN ANOTHER HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT.
THEY HAVE DONE ALL SEASON.
BUT THEY COME UP SHORT AGAINST THE CARROLLTON TROJANS.
IN TONIGHT'S POST GAME INTERVIEW, IT'S BROUGHT TO YOU BY JOHNNY'S NEW YORK STYLE PIZZA.
YOUR ORIGINAL NEIGHBORHOOD STYLE PIZZERIA.
JOEY KING JOINS US WITH A HEADSET.
CONGRATULATIONS, COACH.
YOU ARE HEADING ONTO THE QUARTERFINALS.
I'VE GOT TO ASK YOU.
WHAT DID YOU SAY TO THE GUYS IN THE LOCKER ROOM ?
AT LEAST YOU CAN SHARE WITH US, BECAUSE YOU CAME OUT AND DROPPED FOUR TOUCHDOWNS IN AN EIGHT MINUTE SPAN IN THE THIRD QUARTER TO TAKE CONTROL THE GAME.
>> WE SAW SOME THINGS WE LIKE TO WE DID NOT CAPITALIZE ON THE FIRST HALF.
AGAIN, THE FIRST HALF OFFENSIVELY, WE DID NOT PLAY CLEAN.
BUT WE ONLY TRIED TO PUNT ONE TIME AND FAKED IT.
WE JUST KEPT GETTING IN OUR OWN WAY.
THE MESSAGE WAS, GET OUT OF YOUR WAY AND DO WHAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO DO.
>> COACH, TALK ABOUT JACOB LEVY AND THE PERFORMANCE HE HAD TO TACKLE POSITION.
WE TALK ABOUT BEING ON THE SIDES, BUT MAN, HE WAS MAKING PLAYS ON THE DEFENSIVE LINE .
>> HE IS A GROWN MAN.
WE DID SOME THINGS THAT ARE DIFFERENT FOR HIM TONIGHT TO FREE HIM UP AND ALLOW HIM TO RUN.
JACOB CAN PLAY LINEBACKER TOO.
HE IS JUST A BIG, STRONG KID.
HE DID A FANTASTIC JOB FOR US.
NATIONAL CHAMPION IN WRESTLING TOO.
IT IS JUST EXTRAORDINARY.
EVERY TIME I SEE KIMAURI FARMER, WHAT A GREAT STORY IT WAS.
THIS GUY WAS GOING TO BE ON THE SIDELINE MOST OF THE SEASON.
DID NOT TURN OUT THAT WAY.
BRYCE GOT HURT, AND KIMAURI FARMER GOES FOR 160 TONIGHT.
AND HE REALLY WAS.
WHILE THE GAME WAS CLOSE, HE WAS A BIG STORY FOR YOU GUYS OFFENSIVELY .
>> HE WAS.
HE KEPT THOSE LEGS CHURNING.
HE DOES A GOOD JOB OF ENCOURAGING THE LINEMAN.
A LOT OF TIMES, RUNNING BACK, ESPECIALLY --WANT TO BOUNCE THAT THING OUTSIDE.
HE DID A GOOD JOB OF CHECKING THOSE GUYS UP FRONT AND KEEPING THOSE LEGS CHURNING AND GETTING YARDAGE FOR US.
>> ONE MORE QUESTION FOR ME.
CALEB ODOM REALLY CAME ALIVE IN THE SECOND HALF.
WAS IT SOMETHING YOU TALKED ABOUT IT HAVE TIME TO GET HIM GOING?
WERE YOU GOING TO JUST START GETTING HIM THE BALL REGARDLESS OF WHAT THEY WERE RUNNING?
>> A LITTLE BIT.
AGAIN, WE TRIED TO COMPLEMENT THE OFFENSE.
WHEN KIMAURI FARMER STARTED DOING A GOOD JOB INSIDE, THEY STARTED SINGLING HIM OUT .
WE LIKE THE ONE ON ONE MATCHUPS, BUT THEY HAD --OVER THE TOP OF HIM.
>> COACH, YOU GET WALTON NEXT WEEK IN THE QUARTERFINALS.
IT APPEARS THEY HAVE A BIG LEAD IF THEY ARE NOT DONE YET ALREADY.
THEY'RE GOING TO WIN.
A REMATCH OF LAST YEAR'S QUARTERFINALS, WHEN YOU GUYS FACED --.
THAT WILL BE A BIG STORY LINE ALL WEEK.
YOUR THOUGHTS ON FACING THE RAIDERS ONCE AGAIN?
>> WE ARE BLESSED TO BE PLAYING.
WE ARE BLESSED TO BE IN THE POSITION WE ARE IN GOING INTO THE THIRD ROUND.
WE GOT THE CHRISTMAS LIGHTS UP OUT HERE.
PLAYING ON THANKS GIVING WEEK, THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT TO DO.
WE ARE DOING WHAT WE WANT TO BE DOING.
THEY ARE DEFINITELY RESPECTABLE OPPONENTS.
COACH DOES A GOOD JOB OVER THERE AND THEY ARE PLAYING THEIR TAILS OFF.
>> BLACK FRIDAY FOOTBALL, YOU GUYS WEAR BLACK.
MUST BE A GOOD TIME TO BE PLAYING BUT IT WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU GUYS BACK.
COME ON BACK TO GRISHAM STADIUM .
>> BRING KIMAURI FARMER IN.
HE IS OUR TRUE GEORGIA COTTON COMMISSION PLAYER OF THE GAME.
PRESENTED BY GEORGIA COTTON COMMISSION.
THE NATURAL CHOICE FOR GEORGIA.
HOW ARE YOU DOING, BUDDY?
YOU WENT FOR 160 TONIGHT.
YOU SCORED A COUPLE OF TOUCHDOWNS.
I JUST GOT TO ASK YOU.
START OF THE SEASON, YOU FIGURE YOU ARE JUST GO TO BEHOLDING THE HELMET PRETTY MUCH ALL SEASON WATCHING BRYCE HICKS.
WHAT'S IT BEEN LIKE FOR YOU?
YOU GOT A CHANCE TO BE ALLSTATE WITH WHAT YOU BEEN ABLE TO DO THIS SEASON?
>> IT'S BEEN AMAZING.
I CAN'T ASK FOR ANYTHING MORE.
I'M JUST GRATEFUL FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY .
>> KIMAURI, I WANT TO KNOW WHAT IS BACK ON THAT LEFT SIDE?
YOU ALWAYS CUT BACK TO THE LEFT.
IS IT SOMETHING ABOUT YOUR VISION?
YOU MAKE BIG RUNS ON THAT LEFT SIDE WHEN YOU MOVE THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.
>> I JUST GET THE BALL AND RUN.
WHATEVER HOLE WILL OPEN UP, THAT IS WHAT I GO TO.
IT AIN'T A SIDE.
>> WE GOT SOME GREAT HIGHLIGHTS RIGHT HERE.
I DO NOT KNOW WHETHER YOU CAN SEE THEM OR NOT, BUT SOME GREAT JUMP CUTS FOR YOU IN THE HOLE.
WHERE DID YOU LEARN TO RUN LIKE THIS?
HAVE YOU MODELED YOUR GAME AFTER ANY PARTICULAR PLAYER?
>> I BEEN --SINCE I WAS FIVE YEARS OLD.
IT'S KIND OF MUSCLE MEMORY FOR ME NOW.
BUT COACH AND MY WHOLE LINE, SHOUT OUT TO THEM.
YOU HAVE A VERY PHYSICAL PART OF YOUR GAME THAT I THINK YOU ARE DISPLAYING TO A LOT OF PEOPLE.
PEOPLE SEE YOU AND THINK YOU ARE JUST SPEED.
BUT YOU RUN VERY PHYSICAL IN BETWEEN THE TACKLES.
>> YOU'VE GOT TO BE PHYSICAL.
>> NO DOUBT ABOUT IT.
I'VE GOT TO ASK YOU, WHAT DID COACH SAY?
AS MUCH AS YOU CAN TELL US, WHAT DID COACH SAY TO GUYS AT HALFTIME?
IT LOOKED LIKE HE LIT A FIRE UNDER YOU GUYS.
YOU SCORED FOUR TOUCHDOWNS IN EIGHT MINUTES IN THE THIRD QUARTER AND TOOK OVER THIS GAME.
>> COACH KEPT THE GAME PLAN SIMPLE.
ADD SECURITY.
HE GAVE AN ABLE FIRE AT HALFTIME.
THAT IS ALL BUT I BET HE DID.
HE LET YOU ALL UP A LITTLE BIT.
YOU GET A CHANCE TO PLAY ON THANKSGIVING AGAIN.
PRACTICE ON THANKSGIVING, THE BLACK FRIDAY FOOTBALL.
LOOKS LIKE THE WALTON RAIDERS.
I KNOW LAST YEAR YOU PROBABLY WATCH THAT GAME.
ANY THOUGHTS ON BEING IN THE QUARTERFINALS AS A SOPHOMORE?
>> IS A BLESSING.
>> A BLESSING TO WATCH YOU YOU ARE OUR GEORGIA COTTON COMMISSION PLAYER OF THE GAME .
>> THAT WAS FUN TO WATCH.
GOOD YOUNG MAN.
GOOD TO SEE KIDS HAVE FUN PLAYING FOOTBALL.
>> ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT THE GAME.
HOW HE RUNS OUT ON THE FIELD.
AND LET HIS TEAM TO VICTORY, ESPECIALLY IN THE FIRST TWO AND HALF QUARTERS.
JUST EXCITING TO WATCH HIM AS A SOPHOMORE, LIVE UP TO, AS HE SAID, GIVE CREDIT TO BRYCE HICKS.
WHEN HE BROUGHT INTO THE GAME , AND REALLY WANTED TO SHOW OFF FOR HIS TEAM .
>> BE SURE TO JOIN US NEXT FRIDAY NIGHT FOR THE QUARTERFINALS OF THE GEORGIA HIGH SCHOOL PLAYOFFS.
OUR GAME SELECTION WILL BE ANNOUNCED, COMING UP IN JUST A FEW MINUTES.
ON OUR GPB SPORTS "FOOTBALL FRIDAYS IN GEORGIA" POST-GAME SHOW.
YOU WILL WANT TO STICK AROUND FOR THAT.
PUT THAT REMOTE DOWN RIGHT NOW.
THE GHSA, NEXT FRIDAY NIGHT, QUARTERFINALS, HERE ON GPB.
IF YOU WANT TO REWATCH PORTIONS AGAIN, YOU CAN CATCH A FULL REPLAY THIS EVENING AFTER OUR POST-GAME SHOW OR IN THE COMING WAY WEEK AT GPB.ORG.
ONCE AGAIN, CARROLLTON INTO THE QUARTERFINALS AFTER A VICTORY OVER VALDOSTA.
I MET MATT STEWART.
GOOD NIGHT FROM GRISHAM STADIUM, CARROLLTON.
STAY TUNED FOR JOHN AND NIKKI IN THE STUDIO.
SPORTS UPDATED THAT'S LIKE THIS HAS BEEN A PRESENTATION OF GPB SPORTS.
HAPPY THANKSGIVING.
WE WILL SEE YOU ON BLACK FRIDAY.
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