>>> THIS IS FOOTBALL FRIDAY IN GEORGIA.

IT'S PRESENTED BY THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF HIGHWAY SAFETY, REMINDING YOU TO BUCKLE UP, GEORGIA.

WE WELCOME YOU TO DACULA TONIGHT.

THE REGULAR SEASON FINALE, AS THE NUMBER ONE BUFORD WOLVES TAKE ON THE TOOK LA FALCONS.

A LOOK AT THE STANDINGS.

BOTH TEAMS, 5-0.

WINNER IS THE REGION CHAMP.

NUMBER ONE IN THE STATE PLAYOFFS.

THE LOSER, 5-1, AND A NUMBER TWO SEED.

GOOD EVENING.

I'M MATT STEWART, JOINED BY FIRST ROUND DRAFT PICK AND 15-YEAR PRO, WAYNE GANDY.

THE BUFORD WOLVES GOING FOR A THIRD-STRAIGHT POSSIBLE CHAMPIONSHIP.

DACULA, TRYING TO WIN THE FIFTH IN SIX YEARS.

THE FALCONS WILL HAVE THEIR HANDS FULL TONIGHT, WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF BUFORD.

>> THE PROGRAM.

WE GOT A LITTLE "GAME OF THRONES" GOING ON.

THE FALCONS AND WOLVES.

BUFORD ARE THE BULLIES ON THE BLOCK.

WHAT A TEAM THEY ARE.

>> BUFORD HAS 21 PLAYERS WITH COLLEGE FOOTBALL SCHOLARSHIP OFFERS.

LET'S START WITH THEIR QUARTERBACK, THE HIGH SCHOOL VERSION OF TOM BRADY.

ASHTON DANIELS.

>> ACTIVE FEET AND A BIG ARM.

MAKES GREAT DECISIONS.

ONLY THREE INTERCEPTIONS ON THE SEASON.

MAN, LATE IN GAMES HE IS COOL UNDER PRESSURE.

>> LOTS OF WEAPONS AT HIS DISPOSAL.

THE NUMBER ONE SENIOR ATHLETE IN THE COUNTRY, ISAIAH BOND, COMMITTED TO FLORIDA.

>> 001, WHAT A GREAT ATHLETE HE IS.

RANKED NUMBER ONE IN THE COUNTRY.

FAST AND DYNAMIC.

HE IS PART OF A RECEIVING CORPS THAT WILL RUN YOU OUT OF THE BUILDING, ALONG WITH JAKE POPE AND K.J.

>> AND ISAIAH PLAYS ON THE DEFENSIVE SIDE OF THE BALL.

A DEFENSE THAT HAS NOT GIVEN UP A TOUCHDOWN SINCE SEPTEMBER 17th, MALIK SPENCER, COMMITTED TO MICHIGAN STATE.

>> HE'S BIG AND PHYSICAL.

LOVES THE PRESSURE.

AND HE LEADS A DEFENSE WITH GAME STATS.

NINE POINTS IN THE LAST SIX GAMES.

>> CRAZY STUFF.

THE DACULA FALCONS, THEY HAVE WON FIVE-STRAIGHT.

THEY STEAM ROLLED THE REGION COMPETITION.

AND FOR THE FALCONS, IT STARTS WITH THEIR TWO-WAY THREE START, RUNNING BACK AND LINEBACKER, KYLE EFFERT.

>> HIS TEAM GETS DOWNHILL AS A RUNNING BACK.

THEY WILL NEED EVERYTHING HE HAS.

>> WHEN THEY WANT TO STRETCH THE FIELD, THEY GET THE BALL TO THE WIDE RECEIVER, MOUSSA BARRY.

>> THIS YEAR, HE'S MADE A SPLASH AS A SENIOR.

STRONG HANDS.

COMPETITIVE NATURE.

HAS A HECK OF A JOB AGAINST THE SECONDARY OF THE WOLVES.

>> THE DEFENSIVE SIDE OF THE BALL, JUNIOR JADEN BETHEA.

>> UNDERRECRUITED.

HIS COACH SAYS HE IS BILL AND PHYSICAL.

HE'S A TACKLING MACHINE.

HE SETS THE TEMPO.

19 TURNOVERS, 9 DEFENSIVE SCORES.

IMPRESSIVE.

IT IS IMPRESSIVE.

JOHN NELSON WITH US IN THE STUDIO.

HE HAS BRACKETOLOGY.

STANDING BY AT BARRETT STADIUM IS TABITHA TURNER-WILKINS.

>> WHEN THEY TOOK OVER THE DACULA PROGRAM, HE DIDN'T WANT TO TRAMPLE THE PROGRAM.

AFTER THREE-STRAIGHT NONREGION LOSSES, HE HAD TO EVALUATE A BETTER WAY.

AFTER SITTING DOWN WITH THE COACHING STAFF AND DOING SOME SOUL-SEARCHING, THEY SIT UNDEFEATED IN REGIONAL PLAY.

HE IS HOPING THAT SOME OF THE GUYS GET SOME MUCH-NEEDED ATTENTION FROM MUCH-NOTABLE SCOUTS.

WHAT DO YOU GOT IN THE STUDIO?

>> THANKS FOR HANGING OUT WITH US.

THANKS FOR ACCESSING WITH US, LARGE DEVICE OR SMALL.

HOW DO WE TRIM THE FIELD TO 256?

WE MIGHT HAVE ANSWERS ON THIS TABLE.

I HAVE EVERYTHING CHARGED AT 100%.

AND THE EXTENSION CORD.

HIT THE Q.R.

CODE AND FOLLOW ALONG ALL NIGHT LONG.

AND TIME TO PUT THINGS IN PINS, ALTHOUGH A LOT OF US MIGHT BE FILLING IT OUT IN PENCIL.

I HAVE TWO OR THREE DIFFERENT VERSIONS OF BRACKETS READY TO GO.

LIGHT THE CANDLE.

>> WHILE WE ARE IN PENCIL, BY THE END OF THE NIGHT, WE CAN BREAK OUT THE PENS AND PUT INK TO PAPER ON THE BRACKETS.

THAT'S COMING ON THE POSTGAME SHOW.

WE'LL KEEP YOU UPDATED ON SCORES.

WE'LL DO BRACKETS AT THE END OF THE NIGHT.

OPENING KICKOFF IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY BUCKLE UP GEORGIA.

BUFORD WON THE OPENING TOSS.

THEY HAVE DEFERRED.

DACULA WILL BE ON DEFENSE FIRST.

BUFORD IN WHITE, TRIMMED IN GREEN.

WE'RE UNDER WAY.

THE RETURN IS STOPPED SHY OF THE 20 YARD LINE.

NOT A LOT OF RUNNING ROOM ON THAT RETURN TO START THIS GAME.

DACULA, LED BY THEIR QUARTERBACK, NOT THE YOUNG MAN THAT STARTED THE SEASON.

BUT AUSTIN ADCOCK, HE WILL SPLIT NUMBERS WITH JAMIR BECKOM.

>> THE TWO-QUARTERBACK SYSTEM, BOTH BRING DIFFERENT ASPECTS TO THE GAME.

THEY WILL BOTH BE NEEDED TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO BEAT THIS DOMINATING DEFENSE.

>> KYLE EFFORD, TACKLED BY JAKE POPE, THE COMMITMENT TO ALABAMA.

HERE'S THE STARTING LINEUPS PRESENTED BY REGIONS BANK.

GET BACK IN THE GAME WITH REGIONS BANK.

BOYD IS THE GUY AT LEFT TACKLE.

MARTIN, SMITH, MARTIN AND INGRAM.

AND THAT WILL BE A FIRST DOWN CARRY.

BARRY, EFFORD, DAVIES AND THE BACKS AND THE RECEIVERS.

FIRST DOWN, BACK-TO-BACK CARRIES BY KYLE EFFORD.

TEN OTHER OFFERS, INCLUDING MARYLAND.

24/7 SPORTS COMPOSITE THREE-STAR LINEBACKER.

THEY PLAN TO USE HIM ON DEFENSE.

HIS COACH BELIEVES HE CAN PLAY EITHER WAY.

THE BALL IS FUMBLED.

EFFORD WAS THERE TO SCOOP IT UP.

THEY WILL LOSE YARDS ON THE PLAY.

>> THE BIG STAR IN THE BACKFIELD, LOOK FOR EFFORD TO GET THIS BALL TO TAKE THE PRESSURE OFF OF BECKOM AND ADCOCK.

HERE, JUST A MISCUE OF COMMUNICATION HERE.

ADCOCK, STILL HANDING OUT INFORMATION.

KEVAN SMITH, SNAPPING THE BALL EARLY.

THE BUFORD DEFENSE DOESN'T NEED HELP TO STOP YOU.

CAN'T HAVE THOSE MISCUES.

LUCKY COMING UP WITH THE RECOVERY THERE.

>> SECOND DOWN AND 11.

BARRY GOES IN MOTION.

EFFORD TAKING THE DIRECT SNAP.

WILL TAKE A LOSS ON THE PLAY.

THAT WAS HOUSTON, WITH HELP, MAKING THE PFL.

HERE'S THE STARTING LINEUP FOR BUFORD ON DEFENSE, RIGHT TO YOU BY REGIONS BANK.

HOUSTON, MITCHELL AND WYATT.

THE SAME THING CAN BE SAID ABOUT THE SECONDARY.

BOND, WHITE, BOLDEN AND GANDY.

WHITE AND BOLDEN ARE SOPHOMORES WITH OFFERS.

>> TWO, YOUNG SOPHOMORES.

A LOT OF RESPONSIBILITY BACK IN THE SAFETY POSITION.

THEY MAKE ALL OF THE CALLS.

A BIG JOB BEHIND A GREAT SET OF LINEBACKERS.

>> ADCOCK WILL RUN IT.

NOT GETTING THE FIRST DOWN.

TACKLED BY DAWSON ANDREW.

PUNTING SITUATION FOR THE FALCONS.

>> ALL AROUND ON THIS BUFORD DEFENSE,TWO-DEEP.

IT WILL BE TOUGH SLEDDING FOR THE DACULA OFFENSE.

WILL HAVE TO STAY IN THIRD AND SHORT.

NOT ABLE TO HAVE SUCCESS AGAINST THIS TEAM THROWING THIRD AND LONG.

>> MATT HABER ON THE PUNT FOR THE FALCONS, COMING DOWN TO THE 36, WHERE THE FAIR CATCH WAS NOT CALLED FOR.

A LITTLE FAKE MOVE THERE, BY WHITE, TO DEAC THE DEFENSE AND MAKE HIM THINK THEY CALLED FOR A FAIR CATCH.

MAYBE HE THOUGHT HE CALLED A FAIR CATCH.

THE OFFICIAL SAID NO, YOU DIDN'T.

>> YOU DIDN'T CALL FAIR CATCH.

THIS ISN'T THE END ZONE, WHERE THE BALL IS DEAD.

FINALLY NICE JOB GETTING UPFIELD.

>> GOT TEN YARDS.

THERE'S THE AFOREMENTIONED ASHTON DANIELS.

WE'VE WATCHED THIS YOUNG MAN THE LAST TWO YEARS COME OFF THE BENCH IN THE STATE FINALS AND LEAD HIS TEAM TO OVERTIME STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME VICTORY.

HE'S GOT ICE WATER IN HIS VEINS.

WILL GIVE IT TO ELIJAH WILLIAMS, WHO WILL GET EIGHT ON THE PLAY.

MOUSSA BARRY ON DEFENSE MAKES THE TACKLE.

>> GREAT JOB, PLAY-ACTION FAKE.

BUFORD, THROW AND CATCH.

GETTING THE POSITIVE YARDS.

THIS IS JUST THE FUNCTION OF A TEAM OVER THE LAST 20 YEARS THAT YOU KNOW CAN RUN THE BALL AT WILL.

NICE JOB.

DANIELS TO WILLIAMS.

>> SECOND DOWN AND ONE.

FIRST DOWN, CARRY.

THAT'S D.J.CLINKSCALES.

>> FAVORS IS THE BELL COW AT RIGHT TACKLE.

YOU HAVE BOND, CLINKSCALES, POPE AND NORRIE.

>> WHY ARE THEY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD?

THEY HUDDLE UP IN HIGH SCHOOL.

>> THE HANDOFF TO BOND.

AND BOND WILL BE DRAGGED DOWN BY BETHEA.

>> REVERSE TO BOND.

GOOD JOB OF BETHEA GETTING UPFIELD RIGHT HERE.

STAYING HOME.

ALL-OUT EFFORT.

WHAT A TALENT HE IS.

ONLY A JUNIOR.

>> SECOND DOWN AND 13.

THE LINE TO GAIN IS THE 32.

HANDOFF, CLINKSCALE.

HE IS GOING TO GET DROPPED.

HERE'S A LOOK AT THE FALCONS.

THE LINEBACKING CORPS, LITTLE GREEN NELSON AND MOORE IN THE SECONDARY.

THAT'S BROUGHT BY REGIONS BANK.

>> GREAT PENETRATION ON THE LAST PLAY BY EFFORD.

CAUSED THE PLAY TO BE BOUNCED TO THE OTHER SIDE.

>> THIRD AND 14.

DANIELS LETS IT GO DOWNFIELD.

AND IT WILL BE INCOMPLETE.

>> ALL-OUT BLITZ PLAY COMING FROM THE FALCONS DEFENSE.

GETTING IT UP HERE.

GETTING IT OUT OF HIS HAND.

HE FEELS THE PRESSURE.

IT'S DANIELS, GIVING HIS ATHLETE A CHANCE.

K.J.

BOLTEN PETITIONING THAT THE GROUND CAUSED THE FUMBLE.

>> HAVE TO CONTROL IT TO THE GROUND.

>> THROUGHOUT THE CATCH, ESPECIALLY IN THE END ZONE.

>> NEITHER TEAM HAS SCORED.

BOLDEN HAD IT BUT COULDN'T HOLD ON TO IT WHEN HE HIT THE GROUND.

>>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

SENIOR NIGHT HERE AT DACULA.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE DONATION.

WE ACCEPT AND APPRECIATE THE DONATION.

>> SENIOR NIGHT HERE.

GPB FOOTBALL FRIDAYS.

>> THANK YOU, TABITHA.

THE PUNT INTO THE END ZONE.

KYLE EFFORD, BEHIND ADCOCK.

FOUR CARRIES EIGHT YARDS SO FAR FOR EFFORD.

OUT TO BARRY, TRYING TO SET UP A SCREENPLAY.

POPE IS THERE, WITH GANDY.

AND K.J.

BOLDEN WILL BLOW THAT UP.

>> THE DEFENSE THAT THE WOLVES HAVE PUT OUT, IS NOT A HEIGHT AREA.

THEY HAVE SIZE AND SPEED.

ONE THING THAT MAKES THEM SO SPECIAL IS THE WAY THEY PLAY AS A TEAM.

THEY RALLY TO THE BALL.

THEY DON'T COUNT ON SOME GUY BECAUSE HE'S GOING TO MICHIGAN STATE TO MAKE ALL OF THE PLAYS.

EVERYBODY GETS TO THE BALL.

>> FALCONS OUTSCORED THEIR REGION OPPONENT, 154-109.

THEY'VE HAD SUCCESS SINCE THE 1-3 START.

SECOND EFFORT BY EFFORD, GETS HIM CLOSE TO THE LINE TO GAIN.

>> A LOT OF SIZE, ON THE RIGHT SIDE, WITH MARTIN AND INGRAM.

300, 280 OVER THERE.

BIG-TIME PUT TOGETHER RUNNING BACK IS EFFORD.

>> HE WILL COME UP AND PUSH ACROSS THE LINE TO GAIN.

AND LOOKS LIKE HE WILL PICK UP THE FIRST DOWN.

>> IF YOU'RE DACULA, YOU HAVE TO SUSTAIN SOME DRIVE.

GET A FIRST DOWN AND PLAY FIELD POSITION FOOTBALL.

A LOT OF BODIES THERE.

AS YOU SAID, KYLE EFFORD, COMING IN AND PUSHING ADCOCK AT THE END TO PICK UP THE FIRST DOWN.

THEY HAVE TO SUSTAIN SOME DRIVES AND CHANGE FIELD POSITION BEFORE THEY PUNT THE BALL TO GET THEMSELVES A CHANCE.

>> AFTER STARTING 1-3, THE STARTING QUARTERBACK GOT HURT.

THAT OPENED THE DOOR FOR ADCOCK TO TAKE OVER AS THE STARTER.

A BIG QUARTERBACK SACK BY JOSIAH WYATT.

>> PLAYING AT A HIGH LEVEL.

THE BELL COW WILL LOOK AT THE HAND PLACEMENT RIGHT THERE.

JUST SLAPPING THE HANDS AWAY, OF MANNY BOYLES, THE LEFT TACKLE.

CATCHING ADCOCK, AS SOON AS HE CAME OUT OF THE FAKE.

NO CHANCE TO GET THE BALL OUT OF HIS HANDS.

6'5", 220, PUTTING ON SOME WEIGHT.

WHAT A PLAYER HAS COMING TO THEM.

>> COMMITTED TO THE MOUNTAINEERS, AND THERE'S FIVE OFFERS.

BUFORD WANTS INTENTIONAL GROUNDING ON THE PLAY.

DON'T THINK THEY WILL GET IT.

IT WILL BE THIRD DOWN AND 21.

>> THIS IS WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT FOR DACULA.

JUST A BAD SITUATION, WHEN YOU PLAY AGAINST THIS KIND OF DEFENSE, THIRD AND LONG.

PITCHLE, WYATT, PAYNE, AUBREY SMITH.

YOU DON'T HAVE TIME TO GET THE BALL OUT.

YOU CAN'T BE IN THE THIRD AND LONG SITUATIONS.

>> A GOOD LOOK AT THE ENTHUSIASTIC HEAD COACH, BRIAN APPLING.

35-3, HIS 18th YEAR IN THE PROGRAM.

AND A PLEASURE TO VISIT WITH HIM ON GAME WEEK.

EFFORD, WAS THERE AND HOUSTON WAS THERE TO CLEAN IT UP.

>> DEFENSIVE END, HOUSTON, ONLY A SOPHOMORE.

THE HUSTLE TO GET IN THAT PLAY.

ONLY A FEW WILL READ AT THIRD AND ONE.

NICE RALLYING TO GET TO THE BALL.

>> MATT HABER PUNTING FROM THE 5.

HEAVY RUSH.

AND THE KICK WAS BLOCKED.

TOUCHDOWN, BUFORD.

B.J.

PAYNE SCOOPED UP THE PUNT AND THE WOLVES SCORE.

>> HUGE PRESSURE IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS PUNT.

COMING DOWN THE MIDDLE.

RIGHT IN HIS FACE.

ALMOST TAKING IT OFF HIS FOOT RIGHT THERE.

AND B.J.

PAYNE, JOHNNY ON THE SPOT, BEING ABLE TO BRING THE BALL DOWN.

MAJOR PRESSURE UP THE MIDDLE.

>> THAT WAS JACK DAMRON WHO BLOCKED IT.

AND THE SCOOP BY PAYNE FOR THE SCORE.

P.A.T.

BY MATA.

AND THE WOLFS HAVE A 7-06 LEAD.

>>> JACK DAMRON WITH THE BLOCKED PUNT, THE JUNIOR LINEBACKER, RIGHT UP THE MIDDLE.

GOT ALL OF IT.

AND B.J.

PAYNE GOT THE TOUCHDOWN.

>> COMING UNBLOCKED.

YOU KNOW THE BLOCKING SITUATIONS AND SPECIAL TEAMS, THE WORST THING THAT CAN HAPPEN, IS SOMEONE COMING UP THE MIDDLE INTO THE KICKER'S FACE.

RIGHT AT THE END.

AND WHAT A BIG BREAK FOR BUFORD.

BIG-TIME DEFENSIVE STAND.

HOLDING THIS OFFENSE.

AND THE PUNT BLOCK.

PLAY AS A TEAM IN ALL OF THE ASPECTS.

THAT'S WHY THEY'RE SO DOMINATE ING.

>> MATTA WILL KICK OFF.

THE BALL TAKEN AT THE 10 YARD LINE.

>> RETURN BY PERCY WILLIAMS.

I COMPARE THIS BUFORD TEAM A LOT LIKE ALABAMA.

ALABAMA IS ABLE TO RECRUIT THE FIVE STARS AND SIT THEM OVER ON THE BENCH.

THEY KNOW THAT'S THE PROCESS.

THEY DON'T COMPLAIN, WHILE THEY WAIT THEIR TURN TO PLAY.

BUFORD HAS SO MUCH TALENT AROUND YOU AND YOU WIN.

YOU CAN'T REALLY COMPLAIN.

>> TRYING TO FIND SOMEONE TO PLAY HIS EIGHTH AND NINTH GRADERS.

THEY BELIEVE IN THIS PROGRAM.

THEY WAIT THEIR TURN.

ONCE THEY GET ON THAT FIELD, THEY JUST PLAY AT ANOTHER LEVEL RIGHT THERE.

DAWSON, ANDREWS, THIS LINEBACKING CORPS.

I DON'T KNOW IF WE'VE SEEN A MORE IMPRESSIVE LINEBACKING CORPS THIS YEAR, WHEN YOU GO ACROSS THE BOARD.

>> RYAN APPLING, HEAD COACH, WAS PROMOTED FROM COORDINATOR, AFTER THE 2018 SEASON.

FOLLOWING IN THE FOOTSTEP OF HIS MENTORS, DEXTER WOOD.

AND JEFF SIMPSON.

>> OLD TEAMMATE OF MINE AT AUBURN.

MOVED TO THE NFL.

>> A LOT OF TIMES WHEN THERE'S A COACHING CHANGE, THINGS DON'T GO RIGHT.

IT'S RARE IN HIGH SCHOOL, THAT YOU'RE REPLACING THE HEAD COACH, BECAUSE HE MOVED TO THE NFL.

>> AN ASSISTANT COACH FINDS AN ASSISTANT JOB.

AND CAN WORK HIMSELF UP TO AN FCS SCHOOL, IN THIS SITUATION, RIGHT TO THE FALCONS.

DID A GREAT JOB.

>> FORMATION, ON THE OFFENSE.

THAT PENALTY IS DECLINED.

THIRD DOWN.

>> TO BE FAIR, HE DIDN'T GO DIRECTLY TO THE NFL.

>> THE TALENT TAKES A LOT OF CONFIDENCE AND IN A BIG TOLL ON YOU, AS WELL, TO KEEP THESE KIND OF PLAYERS HERE, IN THIS PROGRAM AND MOTIVATED TO PLAY.

>> THAT WAS BECKOM IN THERE AT QUARTERBACK.

AND DELIVERED A STRIKE TO MOUSSA BARRY, A FLAG ON THE FIELD.

KEITH HAMMOND IS OUR REFEREE.

LET'S HEAR WHAT HE HAS TO SAY.

>> Referee: ILLEGAL FORMATION, ON THE OFFENSE.

THAT PENALTY IS DECLINED.

OFFENSIVE PASS INTERFERENCE.

HALF THE DISTANCE FROM THE PREVIOUS SPOT.

REPEAT THIRD DOWN.

>> DACULA HAVING SOME TROUBLE HERE.

AND SPECIAL TEAMS SEEMS TO BE RATTLING THEM A LITTLE BIT.

>> JUST TOUGH SLEDDING.

PLAYS DOWN THE FIELD, EACH AND EVERY LEVEL, AS YOU MENTIONED.

TOP-TIER TALENT.

NOT SURE WHICH POSITION IS BETTER.

WHERE DO YOU THROW THE BALL WHEN YOU HAVE THAT SECONDARY?

IN THE THIRD, SECOND AND LONG SITUATIONS.

>> DACULA HAS A TIME-OUT.

BUFORD IS RATTLING THEM RIGHT NOW.

WE LOOK AT THE RESUME.

THEY ARE MOVING UP TO 7A NEXT YEAR, FOLKS.

IT WILL BE INTERESTING.

13 STATE TITLES.

12 SINCE 2001.

22-STRAIGHT SEASONS.

THEY HAD SEVEN 15-0 SEASONS.

THOSE CAME BETWEEN 2001-2012.

SINCE 1999, THEY HAVE WON 301 GAMES.

ONLY 26 LOSSES.

TWO OF THOSE WERE FORFEIT.

THEY HAD A WINNING STREAK IN THE MIDDLE OF ALL THAT.

AND GOING FOR REGION CHAMPIONSHIP 31 TONIGHT, IN WHAT WOULD BE THE 18th AND 21 YEARS.

>> NO MATTER WHICH LEVEL YOU KEEP MOVING THEM TO, THEY WIN.

JUST KEEP PUSHING THIS UP.

THAT'S THE KIND OF PROGRAM THEY HAVE BUILT.

EVEN WHEN I FIRST MOVED INTO THE AREA, HAVE YOU SEEN BUFORD PLAY?

>> THEY WILL BE MOVING UP TO 7A AFTER THAT.

THE NEXT STOP IS THE S.E.C.

BECKOM, ROLLING.

OUT OF BOUNDS.

AND NOW, FOURTH DOWN.

ANOTHER PUNTING SITUATION.

>> TRYING TO USE HIS FEET.

HOPE SOMETHING COMES DOWNFIELD.

TALKING ABOUT THE SECONDARY.

HEADED TO PITTSBURGH.

WHERE DO YOU GO WITH THE BALL IN THESE THIRD AND LONG SITUATIONS?

THEY HAVE TO WIN FIRST AND SECONDS DOWN.

ONCE AGAIN, PUNTING FROM THE END ZONE.

>> HIGH SNAP.

HE'S GOING TO KICK IT OUT OF THERE.

WILL TAKE A BIG BOUNCE.

WOW.

THAT WORKED OUT WELL.

SMART THINKING BY HABER.

HE NEEDS TO KICK IT OUT OF THE END ZONE AND TAKE A SAFETY THERE.

HE WAS ABLE TO BOOT IT OUT.

>> HIGH AND BEHIND HIM.

HE LOOKED TO SEE HE WASN'T UNDER DURESS.

HE HAD TIME TO KICK IN THOSE SITUATIONS.

YOU'RE TAUGHT TO STEP OUT OF BOUNDS AND TAKE THE SAFETY.

ONE TIME AND GOT THE BALL OUT OF THERE.

SAVED THE POINTS.

>> OUT TO THE 43 YARD LINE.

THAT ENDS UP BEING A 22-YARD KICK.

AND PROBABLY THE GREATEST KICK HE HAD ALL SEASON, GIVEN THE CIRCUMSTANCES.

CLINKSCALE, FOLLOWS HIS BLACKERS.

PICKS UP A COUPLE OF YARDS ON THE PLAY.

>> SPEEDY, FAST, BIG HOME RUN HITTERS.

I EXPECT FOR YOU TO SEE MORE RUNNING GOING ON.

>> BIG OFFENSIVE LINE AND TWO DYNAMIC BACKS.

>> SECOND DOWN AND SEVEN.

BALL IS AT THE 43.

RUNNING A REVERSE.

NOW, A PASS.

TOUCHDOWN ASHTON DANIELS.

THE TOUCHDOWN PASS TO ASHTON DANIELS FOR 40 YARDS AND IT'S 13-0.

>> A DOUBLE REVERSE AND THROWS THE BALL DOWN TO THE QUARTERBACK.

WHAT A GREAT PLAY DESIGN RIGHT THERE.

PLENTY OF TIME.

LOOKS LIKE RECEIVER THERE.

ASHTON DANIELS ON THE SIDELINE.

>> I COMPARED HIM IN THE OPEN TO TOM BRADY.

WE'VE SEEN TOM TRY TO RUN THAT PLAY BEFORE.

AND NOT BE SUCCESSFUL WITH IT.

ASHTON DANIELS LOOKED LIKE A NATURAL.

TIME FOR SOME BRACKETOLOGY.

>> THIS IS 1 OF 15 GAMES AROUND THE STATE THAT WILL DECIDE THE ONES AND TWOS WHEN IT COMES TO REGION CHANCE.

WHO GETS HOME GAMES AND WHO GETS HOME GAMES LONGER.

AN UPDATE IN THE MOUNTAINS.

FANNON AND DADE.

THIS IS ONE OF THE ONES AND TWOS.

THAT ONE IS TIED AT 7-7.

IN A DOWNPOUR, LIKE JOHN WARD THERE.

IN A DOWNPOUR IN BEARSVILLE, APPLING AND PIERCE, THEY ARE SCORELESS LATE FIRST QUARTER.

THEY ARE LEADING WAYNE COUNTY BY 21-0.

THAT IS IN THE FIRST QUARTER.

THAT'S BARELY SCRATCHING THE SERVICE.

COLOMBIA AND SOUTH ATLANTA, COMING DOWN TO THE WIRE, REGION CHAMPIONSHIP IN PLAY THERE, AS WELL.

FOUR-POINT GAME.

90 SECONDS TO GO.

>> YOU CLEAN UP NICE.

USUALLY ON THE SIDELINE, GETTING BATTERED BY THE ELEMENTS.

YOUR HAIR IS DISHEVELED, THE WIND IS GOING THROUGH YOU.

YOU LOOK GREAT IN STUDIO.

>> THANK YOU.

>> HERE'S THE KICKOFF RETURN BY WILLIAMS.

HE WON'T MAKE IT TO THE 15.

PAYNE ON THE KICKOFF COVERAGE.

DAWSON, ANDREW.

THEY ARE PLAYING KICKOFF COVERAGE AND PUNT COVERAGE.

JUST THE STARTERS.

THEY ARE PLAYING ON SPECIAL TEAMS.

>> A LOT OF TALENT.

A LOT OF TALENT.

AND SOMETIMES IT'S HARD TO CALL A GAME.

AND FIGURE OUT WHY A TEAM IS DOMINATING.

11 TALENTED YOUNG HIGH SCHOOL PLAYERS.

>> KYLE EFFORD ON THE CARRY.

FINAL PLAY OF THE FIRST QUARTER.

KYLE EFFORD.

BUFORD HAS JUMPED ON TOP EARLY.

A COUPLE OF TOUCHDOWNS IN THE FIRST QUARTER.

STARTED WITH A BLOCKED PUNT.

14-0, AS WE HEAD TO THE SECOND.

>>> START OF THE SECOND QUARTER.

REGION 6A CHAMPIONSHIP ON THE LINE.

NUMBER ONE, BUFORD, OUT TO A 14-0 LEAD ON HOME STANDING DACULA.

WE'RE GOING TO BE HERE LATE ON THIS BRACKETOLOGY NIGHT.

WE'LL BE HERE UNTIL ALL OF THE BRACKETS ARE FILLED UP, SO YOU KNOW WHO IS PLAYING WHERE, WHEN THE PLAYOFFS BEGIN NEXT FRIDAY NIGHT.

DACULA ON OFFENSE, WITH WORK TO DO HERE.

ADCOCK AT QUARTERBACK, TO EFFORD AND POPE.

GRABS HIM BY THE ANKLE.

>> TRYING TO GET EFFORD ON THE EDGE.

NICE JOB COMING FROM THE OUTSIDE, FORCING EFFORD, BACK INSIDE.

IT'S THE SCRAPPY JAKE POPE, HEADED TO ALABAMA.

A CORNER AND RECEIVER.

CALLING THIS GAME TONIGHT, SOME THINGS YOU HAVE TO REALIZE, AS WE TALKED ABOUT IT.

BUFORD IS LOADED.

AND YOU CAN SEE A THREE-MAN RUSH.

THESE GUYS ARE GREAT ATHLETES IN SPACE.

ABLE TO BRING DOWN THE OFFENSE.

>> THIRD DOWN AND FIVE.

ADCOCK, ROLLING, ACROSS HIS BODY.

NEARLY INTERCEPTED, AFTER GLANCING OFF THE HANDS OF BETHEA.

THAT WAS PAYNE, WHO NEARLY CAME UP WITH THE INTERCEPTION.

>> HAS THE EDGE.

AND JUST HITTING THE RECEIVER BEHIND HIM.

NOT ABLE TO DELIVER ON THE RUN.

A LITTLE DURESS AND PRESSURE COMING OFF OF THE EDGE.

THE PLAY WAS THERE TO BE MADE.

>> WHITE, WHO THREW THE TOUCHDOWN PASS.

STANDING DEEP.

HIGH SNAP AGAIN.

NO RUSH.

A LINE DRIVE KICK THAT'S GOING TO TURN OUT TO BE NOT TOO BAD AS IT ROLLS TO THE 50.

THAT'S WHERE THE BALL IS DOWNED.

THAT'S WHERE THE WOLVES WILL GO ON OFFENSE.

AS WE WERE TALKING DURING THE BREAK, BUFORD HAS FOUR FOUR-STARS ON THEIR ROSTER.

THEY ARE RANKED IN THE TOP 25 THAT DON'T HAVE FOUR FOUR-STARS ON THE ROSTER.

THEY HAVE A DEEPER ROSTER OF ALL-COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYERS AND BUIE FORD DOESN'T HAVE THAT.

BUT WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT TOP-END TALENT, THEY HAVE MORE THAN SOME COLLEGE FOOTBALL TEAMS AT A HIGH LEVEL.

>> HARD TO RECRUIT OUT HERE.

THEY HAVE A TON OF THREE-STARS.

GUYS THAT JUST HAVE SO MUCH POTENTIAL.

BIG-TIME HIT IN THE MIDDLE BY EFFORD.

HE IS MAKING SURE YOU REMEMBER THAT HE IS A BALLING HIMSELF.

6'1", 228.

HEADED TO GEORGIA TECH.

READ, REACT, HIT.

THAT'S WHAT YOU DO AS A LINEBACKER, COMING THROUGH THE GAP.

>> I'M GOING OLD-SCHOOL ON YOU.

HE REMINDS ME OF A LINEBACKER NAMED TED ROOF, THAT PLAYED AT GWINNETT HIGH SCHOOL.

TED ROOF'S KID CAME THROUGH THE BUFORD PROGRAM.

THEY ALL PLAYED FOR THE WOLVES.

HE'S 6'2".

>> BIG AND PHYSICAL.

RUNNING WITH A LOT OF CONFIDENCE.

GETTING BEHIND FAVORS AND DeMARRCO.

AND STACKED AT EACH POSITION.

>> BUTLER GOING TO RUN IT AGAIN.

THEY'RE SO DEEP.

BEHIND CLIPGSCALES AND BEN, WHO ARE COMMITTED TO THE COLLEGES OF CHOICE.

THE THIRD-STRING RUNNING BACK WAS THE INTERMEDIARY.

HE TOOK THE BALL INITIALLY.

DANIELS IS GOING TO WHIP IT OUT.

BETHEA ON THAT TACKLE FOR THE FA FALCONS.

>> NICE JOB OF BETHEA READING AND REACTING.

THEY HAVE MADE A COMBO TO THE INSIDE.

GREAT TACKLING.

YOU ADD IN NICK NELSON.

THIS IS A TOP-NOTCH DEFENSE, AS WE TALKED ABOUT.

FOR THEM TO HAVE A CHANCE, THEY HAVE TO DO ONE OF TWO THINGS.

>> THIRD DOWN AND FOUR.

DANIELS WITH THE POCKET, GOING FOR THE END ZONE.

AND INCOMPLETE.

JAKE POPE WAS THE INTENDED TARGET.

NOAH MOORE, THE CORNER ON THE COVERAGE.

AND IT'S GOING TO BE FOURTH AND FOUR.

SEE IF BUFORD GOES FOR IT HERE.

THE DEFENSE.

GET YOUR ATHLETE OUT IN SPACE.

YOU EXPECT, FOURTH AND FOUR, ON YOUR SIDE OF THE FIELD.

THIS SITUATION, A LITTLE TOO FAR OUT FOR A FIELD GOAL TRY.

YOU CAN TRUST DANIELS TO MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION.

>> DANIELS WILL RUN IT.

TRYING TO BEAT HIS MAN TO THE LINE TO GAIN.

HE REACHES ACROSS.

SEE WHERE THEY ARE GOING TO SPOT IT.

THAT'S GOING TO GET HIM THE FIRST DOWN.

THEY BELIEVE THEY GOT IT.

HAD TO GET THE BALL ACROSS THE 25.

I BELIEVE HE GOT IT TO THE 25.

>> LITTLE ROLLOUT.

GET TO THE EDGE.

EFFORD, TO THE EDGE AND USING THAT FRAME.

A MUCH BIGGER KID.

WE SAW HIM GROW UP.

HE IS REALLY LIMPING OUT.

6'3", 6'4".

DIDN'T SEE THIS WHEN WE FIRST SAW HIM.

NOW, HE'S A BIG-TIME PROSPECT HEADED TO STANFORD.

>> SEVENTH PLAY OF THE DRIVE.

HE CHOSE STANFORD OVER 15 OTHER OFFERS.

IN THE MIDDLE.

ISAIAH BOND INSIDE THE 10 YARD LINE.

I WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED IF AFTER, YOU KNOW, FOUR YEARS AT STANFORD, THAT ASHTON DANIELS IS ON NFL RADAR.

>> HE SEEMS TO HAVE THE DISPOSITION, DOESN'T HE?

HE'S NOT EVEN AT THE TIP OF HIS TALENT.

>> Referee: FIVE-YARD PENALTY.

REPEAT FIRST DOWN.

>> WITH HIS SIZE AND HIS FOOTBALL I.Q., AND HIS CALM DEMEANOR.

YOU REFERENCED TOM BRADY.

HE SEEMS, A COUPLE MORE YEARS, HE WILL GET TO HIM.

AND IT WILL CLICK FOR HIM.

>> I HAVE NEVER SEEN A HIGH SCHOOL QUARTERBACK PLAY UNDER COOL -- UNDER PRESSURE WITH THE COOLNESS THAT HE DOES.

THAT'S BUTLER ON THE RUN.

BETHEA MAKING THE TACKLE.

REMEMBER, WHEN BRADY WAS DRAFTED OUT OF MICHIGAN, NO ONE WAS TALKING ABOUT HIM LIKE HE WAS GOING TO BE THE GREATEST QUARTERBACK OF ALL-TIME.

NOBODY WAS TALKING ABOUT HIM.

AND I'M NOT ABOUT TO SAY HE'S TOM BRADY.

BUT I WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ASHTON DANIELS GETTING READY FOR THE NFL DRAFT.

>> ONE OF THOSE GUYS, THAT JUST SEEMS TO GROW EACH AND EVERY PLAY.

ASHTON DANIELS ON THAT RIGHT SIDE.

CHRISTIAN BUTLER, THE RUNNING BACK GETTING OUT ON THE EDGE.

>> PASS TO BOLDEN.

BOLDEN, ALL THE WAY DOWN THE PYLON.

DID HE GET IN?

OUT OF BOUNDS, SHORT OF THE GOAL LINE.

AND K.J.

BOLDEN, BY THE WAY, THE NUMBER ONE RATED SOPHOMORE IN THE COUNTRY.

>> JUST A LITTLE SWING PASS, NICE BLOCK OUTSIDE.

NOT HOLDING THE CORNERBACK.

185 SPEEDSTER.

>> TIMEOUT HAS BEEN CALLED.

AND IT WILL BE TAKEN BY BUFORD ON FIRST AND GOAL TO GO.

WE'LL STEP ASIDE AND COME BACK WITH THE WOLVES RIGHT THERE.

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FIRST AND GOAL TO GO FOR THE WOLVES AT THE 1 YARD LINE.

8 PLAYS 48-YARD DRIVE.

THEY CHEWED UP TO 4:30 IN THIS SECOND QUARTER.

>> WE THOUGHT WE WOULD SEE CLINKSCALES AND GINN.

>> HOW OLD-SCHOOL IS THAT?

BUTLER INTO THE END ZONE.

IT'S 20-0.

>> WELL-EXECUTED DRIVE BY BUFORD.

DANIELS MAKING GOOD CHOICES.

HERE, JUST COMING OFF OF THE LEFT SIDE, FOLLOWING THE FULLBACK.

COUNTER PLAY TO THE LEFT, WITH THE BIG BODY OF BUTLER.

BIG, PHYSICAL TALENT HE IS.

>> MATTA FOR THE P.A.T., UP AND GOOD.

JOE MILLER, THE SNAPPER HAS BEEN RECEIVING INTEREST FROM BAYLOR AND VANDERBILT.

THEY HAD A LONG LINE OF SUCCESSFUL COLLEGIATE AND NFL SNAPPERS COME THROUGH THE BUFORD PROGRAM.

YOU SEE BUTLER BUST THROUGH THE LINE IN A 21-0 LEAD, FOR BUFORD.

LET'S CHECK BACK IN WITH NELLY.

>> LET'S TAKE YOU SOUTH.

SOME OF THE REGIONS ARE BEING DECIDED.

FOUR MINUTES TO GO IN THE FIRST HALF.

THAT ONE IS STILL SCORELESS.

LENIER COUNTY, THEY LEAD BY THE SCORE OF 7-6.

THOMAS COUNTY AND DOUGHERTY, THIS IS FOR REGIONAL.

15-0, IN THE SECOND.

WEAR COUNTY, OVER WAYNE COUNTY IN REGION 1.

WEAR COUNTY IS JUST THAT MUCH CLOSER TO GETTING THE REGION CHAMPIONSHIP.

AND 5A MIGHT BE GOING THROUGH WAY CROSS.

IRWIN COUNTY LEADING EARLY.

>> THANKS, NELLY.

I KNOW YOU WILL BE BUSY.

THAT IS PERCY WILLIAMS ON THE RETURN.

THROWN OUT OF BOUNDS BY BOND AT THE 33 YARD LINE.

>> WORKING THE FALCON OFFENSE, FINDING A LITTLE ENERGY.

YOU SAW WHEN THEY STARTED THE GAME.

TRYING TO GET EFFORD GOING.

THE BIGGEST OBSTACLE SO FAR IS FINDING THEMSELVES IN THESE THIRD AND LONG SITUATIONS.

GOT TO STAY AHEAD OF THE CHAINS.

PLAYING A TOP-NOTCH DEFENSE LIKE BUFORD, MAKING A COUPLE OF PLAYS.

ADCOCK WITH HIS FEET, AS WELL.

WHERE DO YOU GO AGAINST THIS DEFENSE?

YOUR OWN DEFENSE, STAYING OFF THE FIELD.

>> EFFORD ON THE CARRY.

DO THEY HAVE A SCIENCE DEPARTMENT?

CAN THEY CLONE KYLE EFFORD?

>> THIS TEAM AVERAGES 29 POINTS A GAME.

THE OFFENSE, JUST TO GIVE THE DEFENSE A COUPLE PLAYS TO REST.

GOT TO GET A COUPLE OF FIRST DOWNS.

>> EFFORD HAS LOOKED GOOD DOING IT.

>> MAKING A COUPLE OF BIG PLAYS ON THE DEFENIVE SIDE.

THE KIND OF PERSONALITY AND TALENT, HE IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO PLAY AGAINST THIS TEAM, PERIOD.

THAT KIND OF EFFORT SHOWING HE DESERVES TO BE ON THE FIELD.

>> THIRD DOWN AND ONE.

KEEPER BY ADCOCK.

NICE READ BY HIM.

PICKS UP THE FIRST DOWN.

READ OPTION.

NOT KNOWN FOR RUNNING THE BALL.

ALL HANDS ON DECK TO GET ON THE SCOREBOARD AGAINST THIS BUFORD DEFENSE.

>> DAWSON ANDREW WAS IN ON THE TACKLE FOR BUFORD.

SIX TACKLES ALREADY IN THIS GAME.

FIRST AND TEN.

EFFORD, NOT ABLE TO OUTRUN THOSE GUYS ON THE EDGE.

BOLDEN MAKES THE TACKLE FOR LOSS.

>> A.J.

BOLDEN, WHAT AN ATHLETE HE IS, NUMBER 19.

AUBREY SMITH, ONCE YOU GO EAST-TO-WEST AGAINST THIS DEFENSE, YOU WILL LOSE.

THEY HAVE TOO MUCH SPEED AND TOO MUCH TALENT.

NICE JOB BY BOLDEN.

ONLY A SOPHOMORE.

WHERE DOES HE PLAY TWO YEARS?

>> WHEREVER HE WANTS TO.

>> THAT KIND OF TALENT, GOOD SIZE ALREADY, AT 6 FEET, ABOUT 180.

>> 15-PLUS OFFERS, INCLUDING GEORGIA, ALABAMA, FLORIDA, NORTH CAROLINA AND FLORIDA STATE.

HE WILL HAVE HIS PICK.

HIS CHOICE OF WHERE HE WANTS TO GO.

INCOMPLETE PASS ATTEMPT, TARGETED PERCY WILLIAMS.

>> NOT ABLE TO STEP INTO THAT THROW.

PRESSURE BY THAT DEFENSIVE LINE, AGAIN.

HITTING HIM AS HE TRIES TO THROW THE BALL.

THIS HAS BEEN THE DOWN THAT'S DONE THEM IN ALL NIGHT LONG.

THIRD AND LONG, NO ONE CAN PLAY AGAINST THIS DEFENSE CONSISTENTLY IN THIRD AND LONG.

TOO MUCH TALENT.

>> DACULA HAS 32 TOTAL YARDS.

THIS IS THE FALCONS OFFENSE, THAT WAS PLAYING WELL IN REGION PLAY, LEADING INTO THIS BALL GAME.

YOU ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO MAKE THAT CATCH, AS DIFFICULT AS IT MAY BE.

YOU HAVE TO MAKE THAT CATCH TO MOVE THE STICKS ON FOURTH DOWN.

>> ROLL OUT TO GET AWAY FROM THE PRESSURE.

TRYING TO GET THE BALL.

WITH THE CATCH, A COUPLE OF YARDS SHORT.

SO MUCH SPEED, CHASING YOU.

NOT EVEN TIME TO LET THE PLAY DEVELOP DOWN THE FIELD.

PRESSURE BY ELIJAH WILLIAMS.

>> CASEY BOTT THERE.

SPENT MOST OF HIS LIFE COACHING COLLEGE FOOTBALL.

TY WHITE ON THE RETURN.

HE'S A COLLEGE PROSPECT, TOO.

SOPHOMORE WITH SEVEN OFFERS, MICHIGAN STATE, KENTUCKY AND ARKANSAS.

WE'LL STEP ASIDE.

BUFORD GETS READY TO GO BACK ON OFFENSE.

>>> 3:27 TO PLAY IN THE FIRST HALF.

NUMBER ONE BUFORD WITH THE LEAD.

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THE SOUTHEAST PLUS THE BIG-TIME INTERVIEWS.

IF YOU MISS TONIGHT'S SHOW, WE WILL HAVE IT FOLLOWING OUR FOOTBALL FRIDAY LIVE TONIGHT.

FOUR-STAR QUARTERBACK COMMITTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA.

DANIELS, UNDER PRESSURE, ELUDES IT.

AIRS IT OUT.

CAUGHT BY BOND AT THE 20.

TOUCHDOWN BUFORD.

>> WE KNEW AT SOME POINT THEY WOULD TRY TO GIVE IT TO ISAIAH BOND, THE FOUR-STAR FLORIDA COMMIT.

NO FASTER PLAYER ON THE FIELD.

GOOD PRESSURE BY DACULA.

ASHTON DANIELS SHOWING OFF, SHOWCASING THE ARM.

AND IT BECOMES ABOUT THE ONE-ON-ONE MATCH-UP.

LITTLE, THE CORNERBACK, TRYING TO GUARD ISAIAH BOND DOWN THE FIELD.

I THINK EVERYBODY WOULD TAKE BOND IN A 50/50 SITUATION AGAINST MOST PLAYERS IN THE STATE.

>> 64-YARD TOUCHDOWN PASS, FROM ASHTON DANIELS, TO ISAIAH BOND.

BUFORD WITH A 28-0 LEAD.

ISAIAH BOND, COACH BRIAN APPLING SAYS HE COULD PLAY ON THE OFFENSIVE OR THE DEFENSIVE SIDE OF THE BALL, IN THE S.E.C.

>> DYNAMIC AND FAST.

HAS TRAINED WITH RAY BUCHANAN, FORMER KICK RETURNER, TOP-NOTCH SPEED, ISAIAH BOND.

RIGHT THERE, TRUSTING HIS RECEIVER, ASHTON DANIELS.

MORE ARM STRENGTH THAN YOU THINK RIGHT THERE.

ABLE TO AIR IT OUT.

60 YARDS DOWN THE FIELD.

WE WATCHED ASHTON DANIELS GROW UP IN FRONT OF OUR EYES.

AND THIS KID, ISAIAH BOND, ALL OF THE GREAT PLAYERS THEY HAD COME THROUGH THE PROGRAM, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY HAD ANYBODY MORE DYNAMIC THAN ISAIAH BOND IN A BUFORD UNIFORM, UNLESS IT WILL BE K.J.

BOLDEN COMING UP BEHIND.

>> COACH APPLING SAID HE'S A DIFFERENT KIND OF GUY.

IT'S NOT ABOUT COACHING.

THEY HAVE IT PHYSICALLY.

BOND IS ONE OF THEM.

>> BALL TAKEN AT THE 4 YARD LINE BY WILLIAMS.

WOW.

HE GOT SMACKED AND THE BALL CAME OUT.

BUFORD MAY BE ON TOP OF IT SHY OF THE 20.

THEY ARE.

THAT WAS A HUGE HIT ON PERCY WILLIAMS, AS HE CAME FLYING THROUGH THERE.

AND THE WOLVES SEPARATED HIM FROM THE BALL.

>> THE KEY, YOU MENTIONED EARLIER, THE SPECIAL TEAMS FOR BUFORD.

GOOD CATCH, GETTING UPFIELD.

BIG-TIME HIT THERE.

COMING AND KNOCKING THE BALL OUT RIGHT THERE.

BRYSON BANKS, OFFOEGBU FORD, THE TALENT LEVEL THEY ARE ABLE TO PUT ON THE SPECIAL TEAMS.

ABLE TO TAKE THE SAME THREE-STARS AND FOUR-STARS AND PUT THEM ON SPECIAL TEAMS.

MAKES THAT PART OF THE GAME SOMETHING TO WATCH.

>> UCF AND MIDDLE TENNESSEE.

WHIPKEY GOING TO RUN FOR THE TOUCHDOWN.

19-YARD TOUCHDOWN RUN.

>> NICE BLOCKING ON THE EDGE BY THE RECEIVERS, POPE AND BARNES.

HE'S THE ONE WITH THE SPEED.

THROWS A LITTLE CURVE BALL.

PUT HIM IN AUNE RUN A COUPLE OF PLAYS.

>> THAT WAS A FAST BALL.

I GET THE POINT.

35-0, BUFORD ON TOP IN THIS REGION CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.

HEADING TOWARDS QUITE POSSIBLY THEIR 31st OVERALL REGION TITLE.

>> AMAING STUFF WE'RE SEEING FROM THE BUFORD WOLVES IN THE FIRST 23 MINUTES.

GOING TO KOLB COUNTY.

FELLOWSHIP LEADING WHITFIELD.

FELLOWSHIP IS IN THE BARN.

KENNESAW MOUNTAIN.

WE'RE GETTING A REGION CHAMPIONSHIP, UP 40-0 OVER OSBOURNE.

THAT'S IN THE SECOND QUARTER.

JOHNS CREEK, AND CREEK VIEW, ONE TO PAY ATTENTION TO.

JOHNS CREEK IS LEADING CREEK VIEW.

THAT'S IN THE SECOND QUARTER.

MARIETTA LEADING WALTON.

ROSWELL LEADING WOODSTOCK IN THE SECOND.

WE'LL HAVE MORE SCORES COMING UP AT HALFTIME HERE ON FOOTBALL FRIDAYS.

BACK TO YOU.

>> I WANT YOU TO TAKE SOME TIME HERE.

GIVE US A DISSERTATION ON HOW THEY WILL BREAK THE THREE WAY TIE IN REGION SIX.

ALL THERE WITH ONE LOSS AND SPLITTING THE ROUND ROBIN BETWEEN THE THREE.

THAT'S PERCY WILLIAMS ON THE RETURN RIGHT THERE.

36-YARD RETURN.

DACULA GOING BACK ON OFFENSE, SOMEWHAT SHELL-SHOCKED.

>> YOU CAN SEE THE EFFORT BY PERCY WILLIAMS.

>> HE IS RUNNING WITH THE CONVICTION.

GOOD FIELD POSITION FOR DACULA.

>> LONG PASS TO BARRY FROM BECKOM.

AND D.J.

PAYNE TO LEAD THE CHARGE AND MAKE THE TACKLE.

AT LAST THREE OFFENSIVE PLAYS, ALL-TOUCHDOWNS.

A 64-YARD TOUCHDOWN PASS FROM DANIELS TO BOND.

AND THEN, A 19-YARD TOUCHDOWN RUN BY WITTKE.

>> FIRST LOOK AT JAMIR BECKOM IN AT QUARTERBACK.

STARTED THE SEASON AND TRYING TO WORK BACK.

GOOD ATHLETE WITH GOOD FEET.

>> BECKOM, GOING TO TRY TO RUN TO THE NEARSIDE HERE AND PICK UP A COUPLE OF YARDS.

UNDER TWO MINUTES TO PLAY IN THE FIRST HALF.

>> YOU CAN SEE AUSTIN, WHO PLAYED HIS HEART OUT IN THE ABSENCE OF BECKOM.

A PLAYER DOWN RIGHT THERE, LOOKS LIKE ELDRICK HOUSTON, THE TALENTED SOPHOMORE.

>> 6'5", 235 SOPHOMORE.

FOUR-STAR NUMBER FIVE EDGE RUSHER IN THE SOPHOMORE CLASS OF THE ENTIRE NATION.

HAS MORE THAN TEN OFFERS, INCLUDING GEORGIA, GEORGIA TECH, ALABAMA AND OLE MISS.

HOPEFULLY HE IS OKAY.

SEE THE TRAINERS TALKING TO HIM.

MAKING COMMUNICATION WITH HIM RIGHT THERE.

>> WANTS TO BE GREAT.

WANTS TO BE COACHED.

WANTS TO LEARN.

WANTS TO DEVELOP.

COACH TALKING ABOUT HIM RUNNING THE TRACK TEAM AND RUNNING 400 METER.

TALKING ABOUT A TIRING EVENT.

HE'S A YOUNG SUPERSTAR IN THE MAKING.

ALL RIGHT 6'5".

GOOD FRAME.

>> CHECK IN WITH NELLY.

>> GIVE YOU SOME SCORES AS WE KEEP AN EYE ON THE TURF.

JEFFERSON MAKING A STATEMENT TONIGHT AFTER LOSING LAST WEEK TO NORTH ACONI.

LOOKS LIKE THEY ARE 24 MINUTES AWAY.

AND IT MIGHT BE FROM GETTING THE TWO SEED OUT OF THE REGION.

LEADING MADISON COUNTY AT THE HALF.

ROSWELL'S LEAD IS NOW 34-6.

A LOT OF COLLEGE FOLKS MIGHT BE LOOKING AT BUFORD TONIGHT.

A LOT OF SCORES AND A LOT OF STATEMENTS ARE BEING MADE BY TEAMS THAT NEED TO MAKE THAT EXTRA STEP.

WE'RE SEEING IT WITH WARE AND BUFORD AND JEFFERSON.

IT'S AN INTERESTING PICTURE SO FAR.

>> I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT CHAMINADE MADONNA HAS.

>> YOU THINK THE TAPE GOT OUT.

>> OUT OF HOLLYWOOD, FLORIDA, THAT BEAT BUFORD 7-0.

WHAT DO THEY HAVE?

EFFORD ON THE RUN.

BATTLING.

CLOSE TO THE LINE TO GAIN.

LOOKS LIKE THE YELLOW MARKER IS RIGHT, HE'S GOT THE FIRST DOWN, I THINK.

>> HE'S BEEN SO FUN TO WATCH, OVER THE LAST THREE OR FOUR YEARS.

THE FALCONS, REALLY THE FACE OF WHAT THEY HAVE BEEN TRYING TO DO OF THE PROGRAM.

HEADED TO GEORGIA TECH.

NOT A LONG DRIVE TO GET TO SCHOOL.

>> COACH SAID, IT'S BEEN TOUGH FOR HIM.

ALL THE GUYS HE PLAYED WITH, THEY'RE ALL IN COLLEGE NOW.

HIS BUDDIES WENT TO COLLEGE AND HE'S PLAYING HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL.

HE WILL GET A CHANCE TO GO TO GEORGIA TECH HERE IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS.

HE'S BEEN FUN TO WATCH.

THAT WAS HABER ON THE CARRY.

>> COMING UP FROM THE SAFETY SPOT, WHITE.

BIG-TIME HIT.

THAT'S THE THING.

NOT JUST ABOUT THE TALENT.

IT'S ABOUT THE WANT AND THE EFFORT THIS BUFORD DEFENSE GIVES, AS WELL.

>> BECKOM, THROWS COMPLETE ACROSS THE 50.

THAT'S MOUSSA BARRY WITH THE CATCH.

BECKOM WON THE LOCKER ROOM OVER.

AFTER CAMP, HE WAS SPLITTING TIME WITH ADCOCK.

NICE CATCH ON THE SIDELINE.

ARE THEY GOING TO COUNT THAT?

NOPE.

THEY WILL RULE THAT BARRY WAS OUT OF BOUNDS.

>> NUMBER 20, ONE OF THE TALENTED SOPHOMORES.

GOOD JOB OF GETTING THE BALL OUT.

GETTING HIS HEAD AND HAND THIS THERE.

BATTLING.

KNOCKING THE BALL OUT.

OFFERS FROM MICHIGAN STATE AND WE CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT THE SENIORS.

A PIPELINE OF SOPHOMORES TO KEEP THIS PROGRAM GOING.

>> IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE HOW THEY DO.

THEY HAVE WON IN EVERY CLASSIFICATION IN THE STATE.

TIME-OUT'S BEEN CALLED WITH TEN SECONDS TO PLAY IN THE HALF.

THEY STARTED OUT WINNING STATE TITLES, IN SINGLE A, BACK IN 1978.

THEN, 2001, THEY WON FOUR 2A.

AND AS THEY MOVED UP, THEY WON IN 4A, 5A, IN 2019.

DANIELS CAME OFF OF THE BENCH.

AND THEY WON IT LAST YEAR.

THEY WILL BE GOING FOR A THIRD-STRAIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP AS THEY STEP INTO THE STATE PLAYOFFS NEXT WEEK.

THEY RECLASSIFIED FOR 7A.

BRIAN APPLING CONSIDERED IT A FOREGONE CONCLUSION.

IT WILL BE FUN.

>> ALL OF THE WINNING BRINGING NOTICE TO THE BEAUTIFUL HIGH SCHOOL THEY HAVE UP THERE.

>> FOURTH AND FIVE.

BECKOM THROWS TO BARRY.

DOWN TO SIX SECONDS LEFT IN THE HALF.

>> THE BALL IS COMING OUT QUICK.

NOT A LOT OF DELAYS ON THE ROUTES.

THE RECEIVERS HAVE A QUICKNESS IN THE SNAPS, AS WELL.

>> SEE IF THEY CAN TAKE A SHOT AT THE END ZONE, ON WHAT MAY BE THE END OF THE SECOND QUARTER.

BECKOM, CAUGHT FOR A SACK AT THE 42 YARD LINE.

JaMARCUS WHITE.

THAT'S THE END OF THE FIRST HALF.

>> PRESSURE OFF THE EDGE.

JaMARCUS WHITE COMING FROM THE LINEBACKER POSITION.

WHAT A DISPLAY OF DEFENSE THAT BUFORD SHOWED YOU.

LIVING UP TO WHAT WE THOUGHT WE WOULD SEE, TALKING ABOUT A DEFENSE THAT'S GIVEN UP 6.2 POINTS A GAME.

>> DACULA WON FOUR-STRAIGHT CHAMPIONSHIPS UNTIL THEY BUMPED BUFORD INTO 6A.

BUFORD BEAT THEM LAST YEAR.

AND THEY HAVE A LEAD ON DACULA TONIGHT AT HALFTIME.

BUFORD SCORED 21 POINTS IN THE THIRD QUARTER, WITH BIG PLAYS IN THE GAME.

THE BLOCKED PUNT THAT WENT DIRECTLY TO A TOUCHDOWN.

THE 40-YARD PASS.

A 64-YARD PASS BY DANIELS TO BOND.

19-YARD TOUCHDOWN RUN BY WITTKE.

>> CAN'T OVERLOOK THE SPECIAL TEAMS.

THE BLOCKED PUNT.

AND THEN, THE KICKOFF, WHERE THEY GOT THE KICKOFF RETURN FUMBLE.

ABLE TO SET UP A TOUCHDOWN.

YOU PLAY SPECIAL TEAMS WITH THAT KIND OF TALENT, THEY HAVE ON DEFENSE, JUST TOUGH SLEDDING.

THEY SHOWED SOME LIFE IN THE LAST DRIVE.

>> LET'S SEND IT TO TABITHA.

>> COACH, YOUR OFFENSE IN THAT HALF WAS REALLY CLICKING, PLAYING AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL.

IN PARTICULAR, YOUR QUARTERBACK ASHTON DANIELS.

YOU'RE SEEING FROM HIM?

>> HE'S ABLE TO LEAD THIS TEAM.

HE'S EVEN ALL THE TIME.

NOTHING IS TOO HIGH ORE TOO LOW FOR HIM.

ME IS LEADING THIS TEAM RIGHT NOW AND DOING A GREAT JOB.

>> YOUR DEFENSE HAS BEEN SMOTHERING, NOT ALLOWING THE CHAINS TO MOVE FOR DACULA.

WHAT'S THE FOCUS -- WHAT HAS THE FOCUS BEEN IN THE FIRST HALF?

>> THE START FAST.

THEY DID A GREAT JOB.

OUR KIDS HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB THE LAST SIX, SEVEN WEEKS.

THEY IMPOSE THEIR WILL ON THE OTHER TEAM.

>> WHAT NEEDS TO CHANGE IN THE SECOND HALF?

>> I'M NOT SURE.

A COUPLE, YOU KNOW, OFFSIDES PENALTIES OR A SITUATION.

JUST CLEAN UP THE MISTAKES THAT WE MADE.

WE WANT TO CLEAN UP IN THE SECOND HALF.

>> BACK TO THE WARM STUDIO.

>> IT IS.

FOR MORE WAYS THAN ONE.

WELCOME TO THE HALFTIME SHOW.

GET BACK IN THE GAME WITH REGIONS BANK.

IT WILL BE INTERESTING WHAT THAT CONVERSATION WITH COACH AP WILL BE WHEN YOU'RE UP 35.

WHEN WE COME BACK, WE'LL GET YOU READY FOR WHAT'S GOING ON AROUND THE STATE.

WE GOT SOME REGION CHAMPIONS THAT ARE NAMED ALREADY.

HOT RACES.

15 GAMES TONIGHT, DECIDING ONES AND ONES.

WE'LL LET YOU KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON.

>>> WELCOME TO YOUR HALFTIME SHOW, BROUGHT TO YOU BY YOUR FRIENDS AT REGIONS BANK.

THE END OF THE WEEKEND, GETTING YOU READY FOR THE PLAYOFFS.

LET'S SHOW YOU THE SCORES IN THE 15 GAMES THAT WILL DECIDE ONES AND TWOS.

THEY COULD GET THE DEUCE HERE.

WE FIGURED THIS WOULD BE A DEFENSIVE GAME.

THE FRIARS UP 3-0.

BRUNSWICK IN A SHOCKER SO FAR.

THEY ARE LEAD 3G-0.

BUFORD AND DACULA.

YOU KNOW THAT SCORE.

THAT ONE AND TWO WILL BE FIGURED OUT, IN THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

DOWN BY THE AIRPORT, BY HARTSFIELD.

>> Jay: LEADING 14-6.

THE LOSER OF THIS ONE GETS THE THREE SEED OUT OF REGION ONE IN 5.

>> John:.

DUTCHTOWN AND JONES COUNTY.

THE BULLDOGS LEADING AT THE BREAK.

THE OFFENSE NOT ON TRACK SO FAR.

MARIST A BIT OF A BACK AND FORTH.

UP SEVEN AT THE HALF.

A DOWNPOUR IN BAREVILLE.

HALFTIME WINDING DOWN.

THAT ONE IS SCORELESS.

ROCKMORT AT HOME, CHASING REGION TITLES THERE.

SOUTH ATLANTA SCORES WITH 90 SECONDS TO BEAT COLOMBIA.

THEY ARE A REGION CHAMP.

COLOMBIA GOES BACK IN THE BLENDER TO FIGURE OUT TWO, THREE AND FOUR.

10-0, IN THE SECOND QUARTER.

THAT'S THE ONES AND THE TWOS GOING ON.

WHEN WE COME BACK, WE'LL LET YOU KNOW WHAT ELSE IS GOING ON.

WE MIGHT HAVE SPECIAL VOICES CHIMING IN.

THAT'S THE HALFTIME SCORES.

>>> WELCOME BACK TO THE REGIONS HALFTIME SHOW.

IT'S DECISION DAY 2021.

GAME 15, AT GEORGIA STATE, THE SECOND WEEK IN DECEMBER.

WE KNOW THAT ONE HOPING TO PLAY AGAIN, HAS THIS WEEK OFF.

JAMIE IS JOINING US ON THE HALFTIME SHOW.

COACH, WHERE ARE YOU, BY THE WAY?

>> I'M SUPPORTING ONE OF MY FORMER COACHES.

I'M OUT ENJOYING THE NIGHT.

GOT SOME FORMER COACHES.

THERE'S A HEAD COACH.

I THOUGHT I WOULD GIVE THE SUPPORT AND GET AWAY FROM THE REEGE.

>> AS YOU FINISH THE REGION PLAY, UNDEFEATED RUN, 3-0.

YOU KNOCKED OFF CAMDEN LAST WEEK.

WHAT HAS STUDY HALL BEEN LIKE THIS WEEK KNOWING YOU'RE GOING TO BE A ONE SEED.

A LOT OF FOLKS WILL HAVE TO COME THROUGH THE CONCRETE PALACE THERE.

>> WAIT BETTER FEELING THAN LAST YEAR.

WE REALLY FEEL CONFIDENT INSIDE.

OUR FANS, OUR BAND, EVERYBODY INVOLVED.

WE WANT TO MAKE PEOPLE COME TO US, RATHER THAN GO TO ATLANTA.

WE TOOK THAT ROAD THREE TIMES.

IT TOOK ITS TOLL ON US.

WINNING THE REGION.

IT'S A LONG ROAD TO TAKE TO ATLANTA EACH WEEKEND.

YOU KNOW, WE FEEL BETTER ABOUT WHERE WE ARE AT NOW.

WE CAN GET LUCKY ALONG THE WAY AND GET A COIN TOSS HERE OR THERE, IN THE THIRD OR FOURTH ROUND, THAT WILL HELP US OUT.

WE'RE JUST WAITING NOW TO SEE WHO WE GOT.

I WAS KEEPING UP WITH THE SCORES.

HARRISON IS DOING REALLY WELL.

I THINK NORTH PAULDING, IF THEY BEAT NORTH KOLB, THAT COULD THROW A KINK IN SOME THINGS.

IT'S CONFUSING AS I LOOK AT MY PHONE TONIGHT.

>> YOU AND ME BOTH.

KEEP GIVING SUPPORT TO YOUR COACHES.

ENJOY THIS FRIDAY NIGHT OFF, KNOWING YOU WILL BE BACK AT IT NEXT WEEK IN ALDOSTA.

THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US ON THE HALFTIME SHOW.

>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME.

>> JAMIE, IF YOU LOOK IN HIS QUADRANT, THERE'S SOMEBODY THERE WITH A CHHS.

I WONDER HOW MUCH PROJECTING THEY'VE DONE.

MORE ON THE HALFTIME SHOW COMING UP.

STICK AND STAY.

WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.

>>> WELCOME BACK TO THE REGION'S HALFTIME SHOW.

A COUPLE OF SCORES BEFORE WE GET YOU BACK TO DACULA.

A LOT OF WEATHER.

THEY MIGHT END UP GETTING DONE QUICKER THAN WE THINK.

REGION 1 5A, AT THE HALF, IN WRAY CROSS, LEADING WAYNE COUNTY, BY 43-0.

IT LOOKS LIKE REGION ONE 5A, COULD END UP WITH WARE COUNTY, WARNER ROBBINS, COFFEE, AND VETERANS.

WHEN THE GAME IS DONE, WE ARE NOT DONE.

THE POSTGAME SHOW.

WE'LL LET YOU KNOW WHERE THINGS STAND.

ALL OF THE GAMES THAT ARE HAPPENING.

WHO ARE THE ONES, TWO, THREES FOURS.

THE PLAYOFFS AFTER THE GAME, PRESENTED BY OUR FRIENDS AT THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF HIGHWAY SAFETY.

WE'LL GIVE YOU DIFFERENT SCORES.

HIT THE Q.R.

CODE AND YOU'LL BE UP TO DATE.

WE'LL GET YOU READY FOR THE SECOND HALF COMING UP AROUND THE CORNER.

>>> WELCOME BACK.

IT'S HALFTIME.

THE NUMBER ONE BUFORD WOLVES LEADING THE DACULA FALCONS IN THIS CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.

LET'S SEND IT TO TABAITHA.

SHE IS STANDING BY WITH COACH.

>> WHAT WAS SAID IN THE LOCKER ROOM?

>> KEEP FIGHTING.

LOVE EACH OTHER.

>> AND DEFENSIVELY, HOW CAN YOU SLOW DOWN WITH THE BUFORD TOUCHES?

>> DON'T GIVE UP THE SHORT FIELD.

KEEP RUNNING THE FOOTBALL.

>> THANKS, COACH.

GOOD LUCK IN THE SECOND HALF.

>> I'LL GIVE A SHOUTOUT TO MY FAMILY IN ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA.

LOVE YOU GUYS.

>> BACK TO YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

HOW ABOUT THAT?

A SHOUTOUT TO HIS FAMILY IN PENNSYLVANIA.

HIS DAD WAS A LONG-TIME COACH.

HE PLAYED HIS COLLEGE FOOTBALL AT SLIPPERY ROCK.

NICE SHOUTOUT, COACH.

TOUGH SITUATION THERE.

NOT A LOT YOU CAN SAY WHEN YOU'RE BEAT 35-0.

IT'S NOT BECAUSE YOU'RE PLAYING POORLY.

IT'S BECAUSE THE OTHER TEAM IS OVERMATCHING YOU.

>> AS HE TALKED ABOUT THE DEFENSE THAT BUFORD HAS ALLOWED THE OFFENSE TO GO 30, 40 YARDS AND INTO THE END ZONE.

>> LOOK AT THE FIRST HALF HIGHLIGHTS FOR DACULA IN THE FIRST QUARTER.

ON THE BLOCK PUNT BY DAMRON AND THE TOUCHDOWN RECOVERY BY PAYNE.

>> BIG-TIME DEFENSE LEADING TO THIS UNBLOCKED UP THE MIDDLE.

AND RUNNING A LITTLE DOUBLE REVERSE.

WHITE THROWING IT OUT TO DANIELS FOR THE TOUCHDOWN.

>> 40-YARD TOUCHDOWN SCORE.

14-0, AFTER ONE QUARTER.

THINGS OPENED UP IN THE THIRD QUARTER.

>> GETTING IT TO THE BEST PLAYER DOWN THE FIELD.

ISAIAH BOND DOWN THE FIELD.

AND THE SCORE STARTED TO GET OUT OF HAND.

DYLAN WITTKE, A TURNOVER.

AND A TOUCHDOWN, 35-0, AT HALF.

>> WHEN YOUR BACKUP QUARTERBACK HAS SIX SCHOLARSHIP OFFERS, IT'S A TALENTED AND DEEP ROSTER.

BUFORD CONTINUING TO DO WHAT THEY'VE DONE ALL SEASON LONG.

>> PRETTY CLEAN GAME.

ONE PENALTY ON BOTH SIDES.

FIVE DOWN THE FIELD.

ZERO FOR DACULA.

GOING ACROSS MIDFIELD ONCE.

DOMINATING PERFORMANCE.

>> IF YOU'RE DACULA, IT WILL BE DIFFICULT AGAINST THIS TALENTED ROSTER.

GOING FOR THE SECOND-STRAIGHT REGION CHAMPIONSHIP.

THEY DID NOT WIN THE REGION CHAMPIONSHIP.

THEY GOT UPSET BY CLARK CENTRAL.

THAT SNAPPED A 63-GAME REGION WINNING STREAK FOR THE WOLVES.

THEY HAVE MADE IT THEIR MISSION TO MAKE UP FOR THE ONE FAUX PAS.

THEY LEAD THIS ONE 35-0, AS WE HEAD INTO THE SECOND QUARTER.

>> COMING IN, AND GETTING A LITTLE SPARK ON THAT LAST DRIVE.

DEFENSIVELY, TO KICK WITH BUFORD.

THEY START BREAKING THE CARS BACK THEN.

AND MORE OF BUTLER AND START RUNNING THE BALL.

THEY'VE REALLY MED A LIVING WITH THAT, BEING ABLE TO TAKE THE BALL AND RUN IT AND TAKE TIME OFF THE CLOCK.

>> THE SECOND HALF KICKOFF IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY BUCKLE-UP GEORGIA.

SEAT BELTS SAVE LIVES.

GOING TO POOCH IT.

CATCH MADE AT THE 43.

AND WE WILL HAVE A RUNNING CLOCK HERE IN THE SECOND HALF.

THE TWO PLAYS, 43 YARDS.

THAT WAS THE TOUCHDOWN PASS.

WHITE TO DANIEL, 9 PLAYS, 50 YARDS.

THAT WAS THE TOUCHDOWN RUN BY BUTLER.

AND DANIELS TO BOND.

THEY FUMBLED THE KICKOFF RETURN AND WITTKE TOOK IN AND THE BLOCKED PUNT FOR A TOUCHDOWN, THE FIRST SCORE OF THE NIGHT.

>> GET SWEEP.

K.J.

BOLDEN.

AND BOLDEN ACROSS THE 50 YARD LINE.

NICE PICKUP ON THE THIRD PLAY OF THE QUARTER.

>> NICE BLOCKING OF THIS PLAY.

GOOD PLAY DESIGN.

GETTING IT TO A TOP-NOTCH ATHLETE IN BOLDEN.

SECURING THE EDGE.

WHEN YOU GET THAT TALENT OUT IN THE OPEN FIELD, THAT'S ALL YOU HOPE.

STILL RUNNING THE BALL.

THE CLOCK RUNNING.

THIS IS WHAT YOU WILL SEE.

SHORTEN THIS GAME DOWN.

>> THAT WAS A 17-YARD PICKUP.

FIRST CARRY OF THE NIGHT BY ELI PARKS.

>> 160-POUND SENIOR.

WINNER OF THIS BALL GAME, DACULA, WILL ADVANCE TO THE FIRST ROUND OF THE STATE PLAYOFFS AS A NUMBER ONE SEED.

THEY WILL PLAYING THE FOUR SEED OUT OFFOEGBU FORD, THE NUMBER ONE REGION EIGHT.

AND THEY WILL PLAY OUT OF REGION 8A.

AND DACULA WILL BE THE TWO SEED.

THEY WILL BE PLAYING THE NUMBER THREE SEED.

IN REGION 6, THERE WAS TOO MUCH.

TOO EARLY TO CALL ON ELECTION NIGHTS.

WAY TOO EARLY TO CALL.

>> NUMBER OF TEAMS IN FLAX THERE.

THREE OF THEM FOR THE TWO SPOTS.

WE'LL JUST HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS THERE.

>> THIRD DOWN AND FOUR.

CLINKSCALE.

>> WHAT A LUXURY THIS BUFORD WOLVES OFFENSE HAS.

IN ONE HALF OF FOOTBALL, WE'VE SEEN FIVE, SIX DIFFERENT RUNNING BACKS.

ALL OF THEM FALL FORWARD.

THEY RUN PHYSICAL.

YOU KEEP THEM FRESH, GOING INTO THE PLAYOFFS.

THIS OFFENSIVE LINE.

CONTINUES TO GROW.

THE GUARDS.

>> HANDOFF TO BUTLER.

LET'S TAKE YOU BACK TO YOUR COLLEGE DAYS.

YOU HAVE THE I FORMATION AND THE FULLBACK.

>> QUARTERBACK UNDER CENTER.

MORE EAGLE.

>> I WONDER IF COACH APPLING HAS SOLVED THE CONCESSION STAND.

HE SAID SOME OF THE HEAD COACHING RESPONSIBILITY, HE WASN'T AWARE OF, WAS HOT DOGS.

HOW MANY HOT DOGS ARE IN THE CONCESSION STAND.

>> HOW MANY BAGS OF FRENCH FRIES DO YOU NEED?

>> SECOND DOWN AND SEVEN.

GOING TO BE A LOSS OF YARDAGE ON THAT PLAY.

>> INTERESTING CALL.

THE WAY THEY ARE ABLE TO RUN DOWNHILL.

THE FIRST PLAY OF THIS DRIVE.

GOT THE BALL AND BOLDEN THE SAME PLAY RIGHT THERE.

THE SUCCESS THEY'VE HAD, RUNNING BETWEEN THE TACKLES.

TO END THIS GAME WITH.

CONTINUING TO TAKE THE BALL AND RUN DOWNHILL.

>> THIRD DOWN AND NINE.

>> HEAVY RUSH.

ALLEN, AND THE FIRST DOWN.

>> THIS IS THE FIRST POISE TO DANIELS HERE.

THAT SHOWS HERE.

PRESSURE IN THE FACE.

GETS THAT ON THE EDGE.

THE SHOULDERS ARE SQUARE.

DELIVERING IT, PERFECTLY THERE TO ALLEN DOWN THE FIELD.

THAT'S THE POTENTIAL.

>> SEEN WHAT HE IS ABLE TO DO OUT AT STANFORD.

FIRST AND TEN.

FIRST THINGS FIRST.

CLINKSCALE.

ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE 5 YARD LINE.

C.J.

LITTLE, THE CORNERBACK, HOLDING ON FOR DEAR LIFE.

>> A LITTLE COUNTER TRAP.

55 KICKING OUT.

PULLING THE LEFT GUARD.

THE BEAUTIFUL THING ABOUT THIS BUFORD TEAM, THESE GUYS HAVE A HAPPY, FUN-LOVING TEAM-ORIENTED MINDSET.

THE FULLBACK BEING HELPED OFF.

>> THAT'S ALSO YOUR STARTING LINEBACKER.

ALL THAT THE BRONCO POSITION.

>> HOW YOU DRAW ONE UP.

>> TOUGH-MINDED KID.

TOUGH MIND, PHYSICALITY.

>> CLINKSCALES, WEAVING THROUGH THE DEFENSE.

FINALLY GETS STONEWALLED AT THE 3 YARD LINE.

>> THE NOSE TACKLE PICKING UP THAT TACKLE.

>> THE GREEDINESS OF CLINKSCALES.

THAT'S WHAT THEY BRING TO THE FIELD.

THEY'RE SMALL IN STATUE.

THEY'RE STRONG AND FAST AND HAVE THAT KNACK OF WANTING TO SCORE.

>> FIRST AND GOAL TO GO, THERE AT THE 3.

DANIELS BEING CHASED.

WHIPPED IT TO THE END ZONE.

IP COMPLETE.

THAT WAS MALIK SPENCER, THE LINEBACKER WHO FLIPS IN THERE ON OFFENSE.

>> GETTING THE PRESSURE UP THE MIDDLE BY JONATHAN WILLIAMS.

PUSHING DANIELS OUT.

ONCE AGAIN, SHOWING YOU POISE AND ARM STRENGTH TO SNAP THAT BALL OUT.

>> 11th PLAY OF THE DRIVE COMING UP HERE.

NEARLY USED UP ALL EIGHT MINUTES SO FAR IN THIS QUARTER.

THAT'S BUTLER.

HE'S GOING TO HAMMER IT DOWN TO THE 1.

BETHEA NUMBER 11 OF DACULA, SHOWING SIDELINE TO SIDELINE, BEING PHYSICAL.

>> THE QUARTERBACK KEEPER BY ASHTON DANIELS.

>> BIG BODY, 6'3", UP 210, GETTING A LITTLE PUSH BY THE FULLBACK.

INITIALLY STOPPED AT THE LINE.

AND ELIJAH WILLIAMS, 6'1", 215, PUSHING HIM INTO THE END ZONE.

THAT KIND OF PLAY IS BECOMING KIND OF COMMON WITH A FULLBACK.

I WOULD CALL IT THE USC.

TOUCHDOWN RUN.

QUARTERBACK JUST SQUARES HIS SHOULDER.

AND LETS THE RUNNING BACK PUSH HIM IN.

>> IT IS 42-0.

FOUR MINUTES TO PLAY IN THE THIRD QUARTER.

BUFORD IN COMMAND IN THIS REGION 8 6A CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.

>>> 4:03 TO PLAY IN THE THIRD QUARTER.

A 42-0 LEAD FOR BUFORD, AS THEY CLOSE IN ON THE 43rd REGION CHAMPIONSHIP.

HERE IN YEAR NUMBER 80.

STARTED OUT AS A LITTLE COUNTRY SCHOOL.

THE FIRST TWO CAME IN SINGLE-A.

THEY HAVE BLOWN UP INTO A 7A SCHOOL NEXT YEAR.

IF YOU'RE THE FALCONS NOW, THE INEVITABILITY IS, WE ARE BEHIND ON THE SCOREBOARD HERE.

YOU HAVE TO MAYBE COME UP WITH SOME THINGS HERE, THAT WILL BE POSITIVE FOR YOU AS YOU GOT INTO THE STATE PLAYOFFS.

>> CREATE SOME ENERGY FOR THIS TEAM.

SAW EARLY ON, KYLE EFFORD, GIVING THAT EFFORT, TRYING TO ENERGIZE THE REST OF THE PLAYERS.

YOU CAN SEE, THE WHOLE BODY LANGUAGE, IN AND OUT OF THE HUDDLE, LOOKING TO THE SIDELINE.

42-0, THE CLOCK IS RUNNING.

THEY KNOW, LITTLE CHANCE OF COMING BACK AND WINNING THIS GAME.

GOING INTO THE PLAYOFFS.

ALL YOU CAN HOPE FOR IS PIECE TOGETHER THE ENERGY.

AND YOU CAN CHECK BUFORD OFF AS SOMEBODY YOU CAN SEE DOWN THE ROAD AGAIN.

>> HABER ON THE CARRY.

>> NUMBER 23, TASHAWN WHITE.

COMING DOWN THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD.

>> THAT WAS A KNUCKLE SANDWICH.

JaMARCUS THE SENIOR.

>> I'M SURE THEY WILL BE ARGUING TONIGHT, OVER WHO GOT THAT TACKLE.

I GOT THERE FIRST.

>> THIRD DOWN AND NINE.

BECKOM, RUSH.

>> I WAS HOPING HE WOULD GET IT OUT IN TIME.

AND HE TOOK A HUGE SHOT AS HE DELIVERED THE BALL.

BARRY COULD NOT COME UP WITH THE CATCH.

>> TIGHT COVERAGE ON BARRY.

UNDER PRESSURE, IN THE FIRST HALF.

BECKOM, THIRD AND LONG.

YOU'RE NOT GOING TO MAKE A LOT OF HAYWAY AGAINST THIS DEFENSE.

YOU HAVE TO APPROACH IT, HAVE TO STAY IN THIRD AND FOUR, WHERE YOU CAN USE YOUR FEET TO MAKE FIRST DOWN.

>> JORDAN ALLEN IS STANDING DEEP FOR THE WOLVES TO TAKE THIS PUNT.

THAT'S EFFORD, WHO WILL TAKE THE KICK.

KYLE EFFORD, COMES DOWN AT THE 37.

THAT'S WHERE BUFORD GOES ON OFFENSE AFTER THE TIME-OUT.

>>> FINAL MINUTE OF THIS THIRD QUARTER.

BUFORD GOES BACK ON OFFENSE.

THE WOLVES FINISH UP AT 9-1.

6-0, IN 8 6A.

WITTKE IN AT QUARTERBACK.

HE WILL TAKE A LOSS.

GOOD PURSUIT THAT TIME.

C.J.

LITTLE, THE CORNER, WHO GOT THERE FOR THE TACKLE.

AND WITTKE GOT SIX OFFERS.

>> THIS BUFORD TEAM, THEY ARE BAILING DACULA OUT.

THEY HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO STOP THE RUN GAME.

A COUPLE OF TIMES DACULA FALCONS HAVE HAD SUCCESS PLAYS ARE EAST AND WEST, COMING TO THE EDGE.

>> MIGHT BE THE FINAL PLAY OF THE THIRD QUARTER.

COMPLETE TO BOLDEN.

GOT A BLOCKER.

AND BOLDEN, TACKLED BY THE CORNER, NOAH MOORE, AT THE 50 YARD LINE, ON THE FINAL PLAY OF THE THIRD QUARTER.

PICKED UP 14 ON THE PLAY.

WE'LL HEAD TO THE FOURTH, WITH BUFORD IN COMMAND.

>>> START OF THE FOURTH QUARTER IN CHILLY DACULA.

WE'RE GOING TO BE GOING THROUGH BRACKETOLOGY, AND UPDATE YOU ON ALL OF THE SCORES.

WE'LL INTERVIEW ALL OF THE COACHES.

THAT IS COMING UP AT THE CONCLUSION OF THIS BALL GAME RIGHT HERE.

WE KNOW THAT BUFORD IS GOING TO BE THE NUMBER ONE SEED COMING OUT OF REGION 8. WHO WILL BE THE NUMBER FOUR COMING OUT OF REGION 6?

THEY WILL BE MATCHED UP AGAINST THEM AT TOM RIDEN STADIUM, NEXT SATURDAY NIGHT.

6A WILL BE PLAYING ON SATURDAY NIGHT NEXT WEEK.

DACULA WILL BE AT HOME HERE AGAINST THE NUMBER BE SEED OUT OF REGION SIX.

ALL OF THAT LIKE SO MUCH ELSE, STILL UP IN THE AIR.

>> HARD-NOSED DOWNHILL RUNNING RIGHT THERE.

C.J.

CLINKSCALES AGAIN, RUNNING BEHIND HIS PADS.

170 POUNDS.

NICE KICKOUT BLOCK THERE BY CHRISTIAN BUTLER.COMMITTED TO BOSTON COLLEGE IN MARCH.

THREE-STAR ATHLETE.

FROM RECRUITING, HE WOULD END UP PLAYING ANYWHERE ON THE FIELD.

MAYBE DEFENSIVE SIDE OF THE BALL.

THAT'S VICTOR VEND.

HE COMMITTED TO COLORADO IN MARCH.

A COUPLE OTHER OFFERS, INCLUDING GEORGIA TECH AND MICHIGAN STATE.

MICHIGAN STATES IN THE OFFERS.

A LOT OF MICHIGAN STATES.

THE SPARTANS IN THE TOP FOUR COLLEGE RANKING.

MALIK SPENCER HAS COMMITTED TO IT.

>> TURNED THE PROGRAM AROUND.

AND PUT IT IN THE PROMINENT SPACE.

MICHIGAN STATE SPARTANS.

>> BUTLER.

HOW LONG BEFORE HE IS GETTING OFFERS?

>> GETTING DOWNHILL.

FAVORS BEHIND THE PAD.

CHRISTIAN BUTLER, MORE OF THE OLD-SCHOOL, WATCHING THIS AND RICKY WATTERS.

THOSE GUYS, TALL AND LONG, AND RAN PHYSICAL.

6'2", 215 JUNIOR.

ONE OF THE FEW GUYS ON THIS BUFORD TEAM, YOU KNOW, DOESN'T HAVE OFFERS.

THAT MAKES HIM AN ANOMALY.

THAT IS NOT GOING TO BE FOR VERY LONG.

NUMBER FOUR TAILBACK, YOU DON'T HAVE A LOT OF GREAT GAME FILM.

HE IS PUTTING TOGETHER SOME GAME FILM TONIGHT.

>> AND HIS WILLINGNESS TO SHIFT DOWN TO A FULLBACK, WE'VE SEEN IN A COUPLE PLAYS.

KICKOUT.

REALLY IS GOING TO ILLUMINATE SOME OF THE COACHES OF HIS TEAMWORK, HIS EFFORT.

AND 215 POUNDS.

WHAT A SPECIAL BACK AND SEASON HE MIGHT HAVE NEXT YEAR, FOR THIS WOLVES TEAM.

FIRST AND TEN.

BALL AT THE 26.

8:30 TO GO.

CLINKSCALES.

THEY HAVE ALWAYS BEEN RUNNING BACK BY COMMITTEE.

THAT'S THE BUFORD WAY.

BRIAN APPLING SAID THIS HAS BEEN WORKING THIS WAY.

BEFORE I WAS ASSISTANT COACH.

WHY WOULD I CHANGE IT?

>> REALLY GOT GUYS TO UNDERSTAND, PLAYING HERE AND UNDERSTANDING THIS PROGRAM.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY WHETHER YOU HAVE A 1,500-YARD SEASON.

IF YOU HAVE 750, 900 YARDS, OR HAD JUST AS GREAT A YEAR, THE ROTATION AT THAT POSITION.

>> HE MAKES A GREAT POINT.

YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET THE STATS.

>> Referee: FALSE START, OFFENSE, FIVE-YARD PENALTY.

REMAINS SECOND DOWN.

>> IT'S VERY RARE THAT ANYBODY FOR BUFORD IS ANYWHERE CLOSE TO THE TOP OF THE STATS LEADERS.

THEY PLAY SO MANY GUYS.

THEY BLOW OUT SO MANY TEAMS.

THE LAST GUY I CAN THINK OF THAT REALLY WAS A STATS MACHINE WAS DARIUS WALKER, WHO PLAYED HERE.

MR. GEORGIA FOOTBALL.

WENT ON TO PLAY AT NOTRE DAME.

>> OUTSIDE OF THAT, I DON'T RECALL A LOT OFFOEGBU FORD PLAYERS, THAT FUMBLED.

>> HOW ABOUT BIG JONATHAN WILLIAMS.

AND GIVING DACULA A CHANCE TO GET ON THE BOARD HERE.

>> SOME OF THE PRESSURE FROM THE BACK END THERE, BY DAVIS.

KNOCKING THAT BALL OUT OF DYLAN WITTKE'S HAND.

LOOK AT THE BIG FELLA.

DOESN'T LOOK LIKE A NOSE TACKLE.

LOOKS MORE LIKE A FULLBACK.

5'10", 240.

>> HE KNEW WHAT TO DO WITH THAT FOOTBALL.

HE LOOKED COMFORTABLE WITH THAT THING TUCKED.

>> LOOKED SMOOTH.

SCOOPING IT UP RIGHT THERE FOR THE BIG FELLA.

>> YOU GO, JONATHAN.

BECKOM BACK IN THERE AT QUARTERBACK.

THAT WILL BRING BETHEA BACK THERE.

EFFORD, DROPPED AT THE 6 YARD LINE.

FLAG ON THE PLAY, AS WELL.

THAT WAS 80, ABE GONZALES, MAKING THE TACKLE.

>> GOOD PENETRATION BY GONZALES.

>> NO FOUL ON THE PLAY.

>> SLICING ON THAT RIGHT SIDE OF THE LINE.

MAKING EFFORD HAVING TO BOUNCE TO THE OUTSIDE.

THIS BUFORD DEFENSE -- IT TAKES PRIDE.

YOU HAVE NINE POINTS IN THE LAST SIX GAMES.

THEY ARE MAKING A CONCERTED EFFORT TO KEEP YOU OUT OF THE END ZONE.

THIS IS A BIG DEAL FOR THEM, TO HOLD DACULA RIGHT HERE.

>> EFFORD, FIGHTING, DOWN TO THE THREE.

THAT'S A BIG DEAL.

>> RALLYING TO THE BALL.

THIS IS THE GO AHEAD SCORE FOR DACULA.

NOT LIKE IT IS 42-0.

THEY TAKE A LOT OF PRIDE.

THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT COACH APPLING.

YOU WANT THE DEFENSE, REGARDLESS OF THE SCORE OR THE PERSONNEL IN THE GAME.

THEY ARE GOING TO FIGHT TO THE END AND NEVER BELIEVE THAT AN ATHLETE IS NOT KEEPING STATS, FOR HIMSELF.

THAT'S A MISNOMER THAT YOU THINK A DEFENSE IS NOT KNOWING WHERE THEY ARE ON THE FIELD.

>> THIRD DOWN AND GOAL FROM THE 2.

TRYING TO LOAD UP AND GO RIGHT SIDE.

AND EFFORD GETS TO THE END ZONE FOR THE DACULA TOUCHDOWN.

>> TURNOVER CALLED BY FESTUS DAVIS.

COMING TO THE RIGHT SIDE, AND TAKING ALL THEY CAN, TO GET TO THE END ZONE.

EFFORD, WITH THE BIG BODY, ABLE TO KNOCK THEM INTO THE END ZONE.

>> THAT'S THE FIRST TOUCHDOWN SCORED ON THE BUFORD DEFENSE SINCE SEPTEMBER 17th.

NEARLY TWO MONTHS AGO.

42-7, HERE IN THE FOURTH QUARTER.

>>> 42-7, BUFORD ON TOP.

AND LET'S LOOK AT THE PLAY OF THE GAME.

IT'S PRESENTED BY BESTIE, SHARE WITH YOUR BESTIE.

THE TRICKERATION.

>> THIS LITTLE REVERSE TO TYSEAN WHITE, THE SOPHOMORE, LEADING THE BIG QUARTERBACK, ASHTON DANIELS, DOWN THE SIDELINE, FOR THE TOUCHDOWN.

TO GET THE MOMENTMENT IN THIS GAME.

>> THAT WAS A NICE, TIGHT SPIRAL.

>> BOTH PLAYERS LOOKING LIKE THE REVERSE ON THAT PLAY.

>> THE POOCH KICK.

THE WHISTLE BLOWN DEAD, AS THE BALL WAS FAIR CAUGHT AT THE 29.

>> MY PARTNER HERE, WAYNE, GETTING ON A FLIGHT AND GOING TO LOS ANGELES TOMORROW.

TELL US WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING OUT IN LOS ANGELES, WHERE YOU STARTED YOUR CAREER PLAYING FOR THE RAMS.

>> I'M GOING OUT TO CELEBRATE ONE OF MY GREAT FRIENDS, ISAAC BRUCE, WHO WENT INTO THE HALL OF FAME BACK IN AUGUST.

THEY'RE GOING TO GIVE HIM HIS GOLD JACKET CEREMONY TAKING ON THE TENNESSEE TITANS ON SUNDAY NIGHT OVER AT THE GREAT CATHEDRAL ON THE WEST COAST.

SOFI STADIUM.

CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THE $5 BILLION IT TOOK TO CONSTRUCT IT.

>> LOS ANGELES WENT FOREVER WITHOUT HAVING PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL, AFTER THE RAMS LEFT AND WENT TO ST. LOUIS.

IT REALLY DID TAKE THE PROMISE OF THAT STADIUM TO BRING THEM BACK.

I MEAN, L.A.

COLISEUM.

YOU ACTUALLY PLAYED AT THE STADIUM IN ANAHEIM WHEN YOU STARTED YOUR CAREER OUT OF AUBURN, PLAYING FOR THE RAMS, THE FIRST ROUND DRAFT PICK.

TAKE SOME PICTURES.

I WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE INSIDE.

>> I WILL.

>> IT LOOKS GREAT ON TELEVISION, I'LL TELL YOU WHAT.

>> READING SOME OF HOW THEY HAD TO DIG DOWN.

CERTAIN ELEVATION LEVELS TO GET THIS PROJECT GOING CLOSE BY THE AIRPORT.

>> I LIKE TO THINK THAT WE HAVE A GREAT STADIUM IN ATLANTA, MERCEDES-BENZ STADIUM.

I'VE NEVER BEEN IN THERE TO WATCH A FOOTBALL GAME.

I SUGGEST THAT YOU DO.

IT'S QUITE THE EXPERIENCE.

WHAT THEY'VE DONE IN LOS ANGELES, THEY CERTAINLY, YOU KNOW, LOOKS LIKE THEY'VE RIVALED IT.

>> THIS YEAR, FINALLY BEING OPEN, HAVING A GREAT SEASON.

>> YEAH.

>> UGA, MATT STAFFORD, LEADING THE WAY.

GOING INTO THIS GAME 7-1 ON THE SEASON.

SO, SUPER BOWL BEING HELD THERE THIS YEAR.

OUT AT SOFI.

>> THINK THEY MIGHT GO OF ODELL?

HE'S ON THE MARKET.

>> GOT RID OF DeSEAN JACKSON.

VON MILLER.

MIGHT AS WELL BRING ODELL.

>> GREAT VON MILLER.

I THOUGHT YOU MADE A GREAT POINT.

THE REAL LINCHPIN FOR THEM WAS MAKING THAT TRADE TO GET STAFFORD FROM DETROIT, TRADING JARED GOFF AND EXCHANGE OF QUARTERBACKS.

GIVING THEM THAT BIG-TIME OFFENSIVE QUARTERBACK, TO MAYBE GET TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP THIS YEAR.

>> HEAD COACH, SEAN McVAY, HE IS FROM THE AREA.

>> HE WAS QUARTERBACK AT MARIS.

HELPED LEAD THEM -- THE 2002 STATE CHAMPIONSHIP?

>> NOT LONG AGO.

THE SAME COACH THAT IS STILL THERE, ALLEN CHADWICK.

ALLEN CHADWICK WAS THERE 20 YEARS BEFORE McVAY.

WE'LL STEP ASIDE.

>>> WELCOME BACK TO 260 14th STREET, ATLANTA, GEORGIA.

WHEN THE GAME IS OVER, OUR NIGHT IS NOT OVER.

TRYING TO WHITTLE THE FIELD DOWN TO 256.

IT'S 8 BY 32.

256.

YOU WANT TO FOLLOW ALONG WITH EVERYTHING, GOING ON WITH THE PLAYOFFS.

THERE'S A Q.R.

CODE.

YOU HIT THAT.

YOU'LL KNOW EVERYTHING THAT WE KNOW, RIGHT THERE.

YOU WILL KNOW EVERYTHING THAT WE KNOW, WHEN WE KNOW IT.

HERE AT GPB SPORTS HERE.

>> LOOK AT THE PAPERS.

YOU LOOK LIKE AN ACCOUNTANT AT TAX DAY.

>> THIS IS THE ACCOUNTANT IN THE FAMILY.

THIS IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY.

>> I'LL BE WITH YOU.

AND GET IT DONE.

>> GET IT DONE.

>> TWO MINUTES TO PLAY HERE.

COACH CHADWICK GOING INTO THE GEORGIA SPORTS HALL OF FAME THIS YEAR, ALONG WITH OTHER NOTABLES.

OUR GOOD FRIEND, STEVE, CALLING THE ATLANTA HAWKS BASKETBALL.

I USED TO WORK WITH STEVE ON THE HAWKS.

CONGRATULATIONS, THAT CLASS.

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALLEN CHADWICK, AS THEY GO INTO THE STATE PLAYOFFS.

NUMBER ONE, LOOKING TO REPEAT, AFTER WINNING THE THIRD STATE TITLE, LAST SEASON.

>> FORMER TEAMMATE OF MINE.

NOBODY MAXIMIZED THE ABILITY MORE THAN WARRICK DUNN.

HE PUT ON DISPLAY ON THE FOOTBALL FIELD.

>> SECOND DOWN AND FOUR.

THE WOLVES WILL TAKE A KNEE AND GET OUT OF HERE WITH VICTORY NUMBER NINE AND REGION CHAMPIONSHIP 31 IN PROGRAM HISTORY.

WILL WE SEE THEM AGAIN FIVE WEEKS FROM NOW IN THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME FOR 6A?

THE WAY THE BACK ET SETS UP, THEY COULD BE ON A COLLISION COURSE WITH LEE COUNTY, IN WHAT WOULD BE A REMATCH OF LAST YEAR'S DRAMATIC STATE CHAMPIONSHIP VICTORY IN OVERTIME.

BUFORD DOES IT AGAIN.

THE NUMBER ONE TEAM IN 6A, STEAMROLLS TO THE REGION TITLE, WITH A CONVINCING VICTORY, OVER A DACULA TEAM, THAT WAS OVERMATCHED BY THIS PROGRAM.

>> PHYSICAL DEFENSE.

NOT LETTING DACULA ESTABLISH THE RUN.

AND ON OFFENSE, TAKING THE ADVANTAGE OF THE SHORT FIELD.

THIS KEPT THEM COOL AND CALM.

ASHTON DANIELS, LEADING THIS TEAM.

THE REGION IS JUST A START FOR THEM.

>> YEAH.

IT'S A MUTED CHAMPIONSHIP.

THEY'RE EXCITED ABOUT IT.

IT'S ALWAYS A GOAL.

YOU TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT BUFORD HAS DONE THIS YEAR.

THEY BEAT THE NUMBER TWO RANKED TEAM, IN 7A.

ALLOWED ONE TOUCHDOWN.

THAT'S COMING IN THE FOURTH QUARTER.

FOUR SHUTOUTS IN THE LAST SIX GAMES.

OUTSCORED THE LAST SIX OPPONENTS.

272-9.

THEY ALLOWED 63 POINTS IN THE REGULAR SEASON.

>> INTENSE DEFENSE.

THE DEFENSE, AS I KEEP SAYING, WITH SO MUCH TALENT.

SOMETIMES YOU TAKE IT FOR GRANTED.

YOU DON'T GET THE EFFORT.

THEY HAVE THE TALENT, THE EFFORT, AND YOU CAN TELL THEY ARE A TEAM AND PROGRAM THAT TAKE WHAT BUFORD HAS BEEN, AS SOMETHING THEIR LEGACY IS SUPPOSED TO STAND ON, AS WELL.

>> THING THAT'S INTERESTING, ASHTON IS NOT ONLY A LEADER ON THE FOOTBALL FIELD, BUT ALSO IN THE WEIGHT ROOM, IN THE CLASSROOM, IN THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY.

HE IS WELL RESPECTED BY ALL OF THE STUDENTS.

NOT JUST THE TEAMMATES BUT ALL OF THE STUDENTS IN THE SCHOOL.

MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING THEY EXPECT.

>> WE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF WATCH BLOSSOM AND BECOME THE KIND OF PLAYER THAT WE KNOW WILL RISE TO THE OCCASION IN THE BIG GAME.

>> THE QUESTION NOW, ASHTON DANIELS, BUFORD WOLVES, CAN THEY WIN FIVE MORE GAMES?

CAN THEY WIN A THIRD-STRAIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP?

THAT'S THE QUEST THEY ARE BEGINNING READY NEXT WEEK.

LET'S CHECK BACK IN WITH NELLY.

>> WITH THAT, LEE COUNTY, TEAM LURKING IN THAT SAME QUADRANT, LOW RIGHT, PUT BUFORD IN PEN.

DACULA IS IN THE UPPER LEFT SECTION OF 6A.

HOUSTON, THEY'RE A THREE SEED, IN THE UPPER LEFT.

THEY WANT TO BEAR DOWN.

DACULA AS A TWO SEED, WILL GET A FIRST ROUND HOME GAME.

HUGHES AND NORTHSIDE WARNER ROBBINS IN THE LEFT SECTION.

HUGHES, A STOUT PROGRAM OUT OF FULTON COUNTY.

RIGHT NOW, YOU'RE LOOKING AT THOSE SIX TEAMS.

AND THE REGION THREE CHAMP, OUT OF 6A, IS GOING TO GET A FIRST ROUND BYE, AS WELL.

WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT THOSE SITUATIONS.

EVANS AND ALCOVE, THAT'S DECIDED.

THAT'S UPPER RIGHT.

THE WINNERS OF SATURDAY, GETS THE FIRST ROUND BYE.

HUGE FOR WHO GETS THAT GAME.

THAT WILL BE DECIDED TOMORROW.

6A IS A SNAPSHOT OF WHAT'S GOING OF.

IN CATCHING UP, YOU ASKED ABOUT A TIEBREAKER SITUATIONS THAT IS IN REGION SEVEN.

THERE'S MATH INVOLVED.

STEPHEN CRAFT TOLD ME THERE'S MATH.

HE'S GIVEN ME THE EQUATION.

WE'LL SEE IF ALL THREE TEAMS WIN IN REGION SEVEN.

WE HAVE TO USE THE MATH AND FIGURE OUT HEAD-TO-HEADS AND TIEBREAKERS.

THAT'S THE BEGINNING OF THE EVENING.

>> WE MIGHT NOT HAVE TO USE THAT MATH AFTER ALL.

I WAS FOLLOWING ALONG ON TWITTER.

LAST I SAW, CREEKVIEW WAS BEATING JOHNS CREEK IN THE SECOND HALF.

IF THAT HOLDS, IT WOULD COME DOWN TO RIVER WOOD AND CAMBRIDGE.

RIVER WOOD WON THAT REGULAR SEASON GAME.

THEY WOULD BE THE ONE SEED.

THEN, IT WOULD FALL TO CAMBRIDGE AS THE TWO AND JOHNS CREEK THE THREE.

UNLESS THEY END UP TIED WITH CREEKVIEW.

THAT COULD BE THE FOUR.

I DON'T HAVE THE STANDINGS.

>> THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THIS AT 100% CAPACITY WHEN IT COMES TO COMPUTERS AND THINGS.

>> LET'S EXPLAIN WHY THEY'RE GOING TO GET THE FIRST ROUND BUY.

VALDOSTA IS INELIGIBLE TO COMPETE THIS YEAR.

THEY WILL NOT BE IN THE STATE PLAYOFFS.

THEY WILL BE THE FOURTH SEED COMING OUT OF THAT REGION ONE 6A.

>> THAT'S WHAT FILLS IN THAT SPACE.

IT'S NOT THE ONLY BYE SPOT WE HAVE.

WE HAVE SOME IN PRIVATE THAT WILL BE GETTING INTO, AS WE WORK OUR WAY THROUGH.

>> LET ME ASK YOU ABOUT THIS BUFORD TEAM THAT WE JUST SAW PLAY.

I THINK EVEN YOU AND I, WE KNEW HOW TALENTED THEY WERE.

EVEN YOU AND I WERE A LITTLE SURPRISED HOW DOMINANT THEY WERE.

>> COACH, A LOT OF TEAMS WOULD HAVE GIVEN UP.

YOU KEPT THE FOOT ON THE PEDAL.

WH DOES THIS SAY ABOUT YOUR SQUAD?

>> I'M PROUD TO SAY, I COACH THEM BECAUSE THEY ARE LISTENING.

THEY'RE DOING A GREAT JOB OF JUST GROWING AS A TEAM.

>> THE DEFENSE ALMOST HAD A PERFECT GAME THERE.

WHAT HAPPENED ON THE TOUCHDOWN?

AND HOW PROUD ARE YOU?

>> I'M PROUD OF THE WAY WE PLAYED.

WE DIDN'T SEE IT ON THE PLAY WE SCORED ON.

WE DIDN'T EXECUTE.

YOU GIVE UP SEVEN POINTS.

I'M PROUD OF THE WAY THEY PLAYED.

SPECIAL TEAMS, OFFENSE, DEFENSE.

A FULL TEAM GAME.

I FEEL LIKE WE'RE ROLLING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

>> WHAT ADJUSTMENTS NEED TO BE MADE TO KEEP THIS GOING?

>> THEY HAVE BEEN PRACTICING HARD AND BEING PHYSICAL WITH EACH OTHER.

WE GET BETTER EACH WEEK, MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY, VERSUS FRIDAY.

WE'RE READY TO GO AND BE BETTER ON FRIDAY BECAUSE OF WHAT WE DO MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

THEY HAVE TALKING AND THROWING EACH OTHER UNDER THE BUS WHEN THEY DON'T MAKE A PLAY.

>> GAMES LIKE THIS, WHEN THEY'RE TELEVISED, WHAT DOES IT DO FOR THEIR KIDS?

>> THEY ARE FOCUSED DURING THE WEEK.

IT GIVES THEM A LITTLE BIT OF JUICE AND ENERGY FOR THE WEEK.

THEY DO A GREAT JOB.

THEY KNOW, I CAN GO BACK HOME AT NIGHT AND HEAR THE COMMENTATOR SAYING MY NAME ON THE TV.

THEY GOT A LITTLE MORE ENERGY TO MAKE PLAYS ON FRIDAY.

>> A GREAT WIN.

I KNOW YOU ARE PROUD OF THIS KID, ASHTON DANIELS, YOUR QUARTERBACK.

HE'S OUR PLAYER OF THE GAME.

LET ME PUT THIS TOWEL ON YOU REALLY FAST.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THERE YOU GO.

WELL-DESERVED.

WELL-DESERVED.

ASHTON, GREAT GAME TONIGHT.

>> THANK YOU.

>> YOUR COACHES RAVE ABOUT YOUR POSITIVITY, YOUR NEXT PLAY MENTALITY.

HOW DID YOU AND YOUR GUYS COME UP WITH A STATEMENT?

HOW DID YOU GET IT DONE?

>> I THINK WE HAD A LOT OF PREPARATION THROUGHOUT THE WEEK.

WE GOT A LOT OF GUYS THAT FOCUS IN ON MEETINGS.

WE WERE PREPARED AND CAME OUT AND PUT IT ON THEM.

>> YOU DID.

I THOUGHT I SAW YOU PLAYING A LITTLE QUARTERBACK.

SOME PUNTER AND KICKER.

YOU DO A BIT OF EVERYTHING.

WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE?

>> PROBABLY QUARTERBACK.

I'VE BEEN PLAYING IT FOR SO LONG.

>> THAT'S THE ONE YOU GET TO PLAY AT THE NEXT LEVEL, RIGHT?

YOUR SENIOR SEASON IS COMING TO AN END.

THIS IS SPECIAL FOR YOU.

WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING TO ACCOMPLISH?

>> TO CHERISH EVERY MOMENT I HAVE WITH THEM AND THE FINAL GOAL IS THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.

>> I'LL LEAVE YOU ON THIS ONE.

GOING TO STANFORD.

BIG-TIME MOVE.

HOW EXCITED ARE YOU?

>> I'M SO EXCITED.

I CAN'T WAIT TO GET OUT THERE.

LOVE THE COACHES AND THE GUYS ALREADY.

IT WILL BE A BLAST.

>> AWESOME.

GREAT GAME TONIGHT.

YOU ARE PHENOMENAL TALENT.

MATT, BACK TO YOU IN THE STUDIO.

>> THANKS.

GOOD JOB TONIGHT.

LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU ON THE COLLEGE PARK SKY HAWKS GAMES.

GOING BACK TO MY QUESTION TO YOU ABOUT THIS BUFORD TEAM, I WAS TAKEN BACK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW DOMINANT THEY WERE IN THIS GAME.

THEY ARE BETTER THAN I THOUGHT THEY WERE.

>> LIVING UP TO BUILDING, PHYSICAL, FAST.

EVERYBODY KNOWS THEIR ROLE.

NOBODY TRYING TO OVERDO THEIR JOB.

AND IT'S JUST NOT A LOT OF AREAS TO ATTACK THEM.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE DEFENSIVE LINE.

THE BACK END, THE KIND OF ATHLETES THEY HAVE.

DOMINATING PERFORMANCE.

>> THAT'S GOING TO WRAB UP THE REGULAR SEASON HERE ON GPB.

WE'RE JUST GETTING STARTED.

WE HAVE 12 MORE FOOTBALL GAMES TO GO.

FOUR MORE ROUNDS OF PLAYOFFS.

PLUS, THE FLAG FOOTBALL STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS, AS WELL.

FINAL WEEK OF THE SEASON IN DECEMBER.

WHAT A STATEMENT WIN BY BUFORD TONIGHT, AS THE WOLVES WIN, THE REGION CHAMPIONSHIP AGAIN.

AND NOW, FOR MY PARTNER, WIN GANDY, JOHN NELSON, OUR ENTIRE GPB TEAM, I'M MATT STUART.

SO LONG.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WOLVES, AS DOMINANT AS EVER.

♪♪ >>> WELCOME TO THE POSTGAME SHOW HERE ON FOOTBALL FRIDAYS HERE.

GPB, AT BUCKLE UP, GEORGIA, SEAT BELTS, SAVE LIVES.

WE TRY TO WHITTLE THE FIELD DOWN TO 256, WE'RE STARTING TO GET FINALS IN.

WE'RE STARTING TO GET THE LAY OF THE LAND WHEN IT COMES TO ACTION IN THE EIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES.

REGION 1 5A.

AND ONE GUY THAT'S GOTTEN TO SEE IT, THE HEAD COACH OF THE TROJANS.

>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME.

>> WHAT WERE YOU DOING TONIGHT?

WERE YU WATCHING EVERYBODY ELSE?

YOU DIDN'T HAVE A GAME ON THE BOARD ON THE FRIDAY NIGHT.

>> OUR DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR IS UP AT WOODWARD SCOUTING THAT GAME.

HE HAD TO GO TO ATLANTA TO SEE HIS PARENTS.

HE'S UP SCOUTING THAT GAME.

WE GAVE OUR KIDS OFF.

I CLIMBED UP IN A TREE MOST OF THE DAY.

GOT HOME JUST IN TIME TO WATCH THIS WOODWARD AND CREEKSIDE GAME.

>> I KNOW YOU HAVE THAT ONE SPOT SHADOWED.

LET'S TALK ABOUT 1 5A.

AND THOSE THAT HAVEN'T HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON IN REGION 1 5A, I MAINTAIN IT'S ONE OF THE TOUGHEST REGIONS IN THE STATE BECAUSE YOU HAVE QUALITY TALENT IN A SPRINT FOR FOUR REGION GAMES.

IT'S WARNER ROBBINS, YOU AND VETERANS AND WAYNE.

>> IT'S TOUGH.

THE GAME LAST WEEK CAME DOWN TO THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF, TO BEAT WARE.

WARE WITHOUT IT'S A TOUGH REGION.

THE REGION WE'VE BEEN IN THE LAST FIVE OR SIX YEARS.

THEY WON FIVE OF THE SIX YEARS.

AND TWO OF THE FIVE, THE STATE CHAMPION AND THE RUNNER-UP CAME OUT OF OUR REGION.

IT'S TOUGH.

WHAT ARE SOME OF THE TAKEAWAYS ABOUT TEAM IN THE REGULAR SEASON, KNOWING THAT THE NONREGION SCHEDULE HAD TO GET YOU READY?

WHAT'S YOUR TAKEAWAY.

>> Stacey: >> OUR KIDS PLAY HARD.

WE PLAYED GOOD IN SPECIAL TEAMS.

WE'VE BEEN CONSISTENT.

THAT'S OUR NEMESIS AND WHAT WE HAVE TO GET IN GEAR IF WE MAKE A RUN IN THE PLAYOFFS.

WE HAVE TO GET BETTER AND MORE CONSISTENT IN THE RED ZONE.

HELP OUR OFFENSE AND DEFENSE AND SPECIAL TEAMS.

WE DID A GOOD JOB OF THOSE PARTS OF THE GAME.

VERY CONSISTENT.

A LOT OF INJURIES.

IT HURT US OFFENOFFENSIVELY.

THE BEST PLAYER WAS OUT.

AND HE GOT HURT AGAIN.

SEVERAL OFFENSIVE LINEMEN.

WE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF ADVERSITY.

CAN'T USE THAT AS AN EXCUSE.

WE HAVE TO FIND A WAY TO GET THE JOB DONE AND BETTER.

THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TO DO.

I'VE BEEN WATCHING THESE TEAMS TONIGHT.

ONE THE RANKED TWO AND ONE IS RANKED FOUR.

THEY HAVE A LOT OF SIZE AND SPEED.

THEY LOOK WELL COACHED.

WE HAVE TO GET BETTER QUICK ON OFFENSE, TO PULL OUT A VICTORY.

>> CONTINUE YOUR INTEL ON WOODWARD AND CREEKSIDE.

SAY HELLO TO EVERYBODY IN DOUGLAS.

WE'LL CATCH UP WITH YOU SOON.

>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME.

>> ROBBIE PRUITT, THE HEAD COACH OF THE COFFEE TROJANS.

HE'S IN THE UPPER LEFT-HAND PORTION OF THE BRACKET.

YOU CAN DO THAT IN PEN.

COFFEE WILL PLAY THE LOSER OF WOODWARD ACADEMY AND CREEKSIDE.

WE'LL KEEP YOU UP-TO-DATE.

THE COFFEE COACHING STAFF IS GETTING READY FOR THAT ONE.

IN THE UPPER LEFT-HAND PORTION OF THE UPPER LEFT-HAND BRACKET, COFFEE HAS TO TRAVEL TO ATLANTA TO TAKE ON THE LOSER OF WOODWARD AND CREEKSIDE.

TIME TO BRING MATT STUART INTO THE CONVERSATION.

MATT HAS PROBABLY DISPOSED OF A GOOD TWO LITERS OF WATER, AFTER CALLING THE DOMINANT WIN OFFOEGBU FORD OVER DACULA.

WE CATCH UP WITH COACH PRUITT AND WE GOT TO PULL THE CURTAIN BACK ON 1 5A.

NORTH OF THE NAT LINE, STOUT COMPETITION.

>> NO DOUBT.

THEY ARE 8-2.

TWO LOSSES TO TWO OF THE BEST IN THE STATE, WARE COUNTY AND WARNER ROBBINS.

WARNER ROBBINS, UNTIL WARE COUNTY BEAT THEM.

WE THOUGHT THAT WARNER ROBBINS WAS UNBEATABLE.

THEY HAD THE HUGE WIN.

BUT COFFEE GOING ON THE ROAD.

THIS IS JUST STATUS QUO FOR THEM.

THEY HAVE BEEN TO THE QUARTERFINALS OR BETTER FIVE-CONSECUTIVE SEASONS.

THEY PLAYED IN THE 27 STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES.

THIS IS NOTHING NEW FOR THEM TO PLAY WOODWARD OR CREEKSIDE, UP IN ATLANTA.

THIS IS WHAT THEY DO EVERY YEAR.

IT'S NOT GOING TO BE A BIG OBSTACLE OR SOMETHING THEY HAVE TO GET USED TO.

THEY ARE USED TO GETTING ON THE BUS, PACK A LUNCH AND A DINNER AND PLAY UP HERE.

THEY WILL BE READY FOR EITHER ONE OF THOSE TEAMS.

>> SPEAKING OF REGION 1 5A, WE CAN HAVE THE HEAD COACH OF THE WARE COUNTY GATORS.

JASON STRICKLAND, ON THE POSTGAME SHOW, AFTER A BIG WIN OF WARE COUNTY, REGION 1 5A.

IT'S JOHN AND MATT IN ATLANTA.

THANKS FOR HANGING OUT WITH US.

>> APPRECIATE YOU, BUDDY.

ALWAYS.

>> TAKEAWAYS FROM TONIGHT.

I KNOW THAT IT WAS A DOMINANT WIN FOR YOU.

BUT AS YOU HAD A CHANCE TO DIGEST WHAT'S GOING ON, WHAT ARE COME SOME OF THE TAKEAWAYS?

>> WELL, I MEAN, WE HAD ATROCIOUS WEATHER HERE TONIGHT.

O WE WANTED TO SEE HOW OUR GUYS WOULD RESPOND.

WE HAVE BEEN HARPING ON HOW WE PLAY NOT WHO WE PLAY.

REALLY COLD AND REALLY WET.

AND PROUD OF OUR EFFORT.

GOT TO PLAY A BUNCH OF KIDS.

THE OLDER GUYS, THE LEADERSHIP, REALLY COACHING THE YOUNGER KIDS, VERY EXCITING TO SEE.

>> MATT, GO AHEAD WITH A QUESTION.

>> COACH, YOU PLAY IN A BRUTAL REGION.

YOUR VICTORY OVER WARNER ROBINS, EVERYBODY WAS THINKING THE DEMONS WERE UNBEATABLE.

YOU PROVED THAT NOT TO BE THE CASE.

TAKE ME BACK TO THAT VICTORY AND HOW THAT SET THE STAGE FOR YOU GUYS.

>> SO MANY TEAMS HELPED.

AND YOU CAN'T HELP THAT PROUD.

THEY DON'T NEED ANY HELP.

THEY'RE SO WELL-COACHED.

YOU CAN'T TURN THE BALL OVER.

MISS A BUNCH OF TACKLES.

THEY ARE JUST GOING TO KILL YOU.

REALLY, OUR MESSAGE TO OUR GUYS.

MAKE THEM BEAT US.

WE HAD A GOOD WEEK OF PRACTICE.

GETTING BACK TO HOW WE PLAY, NOT WHO WE PLAY.

OUR GUYS FELT LIKE THEY WERE CLOSE LAST YEAR.

WE PLAYED A GOOD PORTION OF THE GAME.

SO, ABOUT THREE POINTS.

WE FELT LIKE WE WERE RIGHT THERE.

ANYTIME I PLAY THIS, WE HAVE NORTON AND THOSE GUYS, THEY WILL RUN OUT THERE FOR US.

WE FELT LIKE WE HAVE A SHOT.

THAT WAS ONE OF THOSE NIGHTS.

>> YOU MENTIONED CASTELLANOS.

BIG NEWS WITH NORTON AND IOWA STATE.

TELL US ABOUT HIS DECISION, AND WHAT HE HAS MEANT TO YOU GUYS THIS YEAR.

>> IOWA STATE HAS BEEN ON HIM FOR A LONG TIME.

THEY JUMPED ON HIM.

I THOUGHT THEY HAD DONE A PHENOMENAL JOB.

REALLY DOING EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO CONVINCE HIM OF WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE A CYCLONE.

THEY WENT OUT THERE FOR A VISIT WHEN THEY WERE PLAYING OKLAHOMA STATE.

MET WITH HIS FAMILY AND MET WITH ME.

WE HAD ZOOM CALLS TO COACH CAMPBELL.

ONE OF THOSE DEALS.

HE'S A SMALL DOWN GUY.

I THINK IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT THEY'VE DONE, EVEN HALL, THE KID THEY GOT NOW, AN NFL DRAFT PROSPECT.

I THOUGHT THEY DID A GREAT JOB OF SELLING IT TO GET HIM OUT THERE AND GET HIM TO GO PLAY.

HE'S A GUY THAT DOESN'T CARE ABOUT DISTANCE.

HE WANTS AN OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY THE NEXT LEVEL AND GET A COLLEGE DEGREE.

HE HAS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY.

FOR US, HE HAS BEEN INCREDIBLE FOR US.

HE IS ONE OF THE MOST CONSISTENT KIDS I'VE BEEN RND EVER.

HE'S THE SAME GUY EVERY DAY.

HE IS ALWAYS IN AN UPBEAT MOOD.

GOT A BIG, BEAUTIFUL SMILE ON HIS FACE ALL THE TIME.

AT THE END OF IT, HE IS 215 POUNDS AND RUNS LIKE A DEER.

HE'S A LOT OF FUN TO HAVE.

>> THAT'S A HUGE GET FOR IOWA STATE TO GET HIM.

TELL US ABOUT YOUR QUARTERBACK, THOMAS CASTELLANOS, WHO HAS COMMITTED TO UCF, GOING TO PLAY WITH THE KNIGHTS AND GUS MALZAHN, WHAT HE HAS MEANT FOR YOUR PROGRAM.

FOR THE PEOPLE THAT HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO SEE HIM, HOPE PLAY THEY GET A CHANCE TO SEE HIM.

TELL US ABOUT HIM.

>> A SPECIAL KID.

I THINK, PEOPLE HAVE GOTTEN ACCUSTOMED TO HIM, YOU KNO -- PEOPLE THINK HE'S A 25-YEAR-OLD GUY.

THEY FORGET HE'S JUST TURNED 18 AND HE'S DOING THESE MIRACLES ON FRIDAY NIGHTS.

WE GO AS HE GOES.

AS COMPASSIONATE ABOUT FOOTBALL.

YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT A GUY THAT REALLY CHANGES THE WEIGHT OF THE FIELD WHEN HE WALKS OUT THERE, HE IS THAT GUY.

HE'S BEEN A TON OF FUN TO COACH.

I CAN'T IMAGINE FIGURING OUT WHO WILL REPLACE HIM BECAUSE HE IS THAT GUY.

HE IS A SPECIAL TALENT.

>> JASON STRICKLAND, A BIG WIN TONIGHT.

IF YOU'RE FOLLOWING IN PEN, IT'S TIME TO PUT WARE COUNTY IN LOW RIGHT IN THE BRACKET.

THANKS FOR HANGING OUT WITH US HERE.

WE'LL CATCH UP WITH YOU.

AND IN LOW RIGHT, AS YOU'RE PAYING ATTENTION, IT IS CALHOUN IN THE SECOND ROUND, THAT WOULD HAVE TO TRAVEL FROM CALHOUN, DOWN TO WARE COUNTY FOR ROUND NUMBER TWO.

LET'S TAKE A PEEK AND SEE WHERE WE ARE.

WHAT DID YOU THINK OF CATCHING UP WITH TWO COACHES?

>> THAT WAS GREAT.

THEY WILL BE IN IT FOR THE LONG HAUL.

IT'S NOT JUST ONE GAME AND OUT.

YOU HEARD WHAT I SAY ABOUT COFFEE.

THESE GUYS WILL MAKE DEEP RUNS.

THE THING THAT IS MOST INTRIGUING ABOUT THE 5A PLAYOFFS, OR ONE OF THE THINGS, IS THE CROSSOVER MATCH-UP.

WE'RE GOING TO SEE POSSIBLY CALHOUN, WHO WE SAW LAST WEEK ON FOOTBALL FRIDAY AND ALL OF THE TALENT THEY HAVE, HAVING TO GO TO WARE COUNTY AND WARNER ROBINS, COMING UP TO CARTERSVILLE FOR THE SECOND ROUND.

YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE CARTERSVILLE RANKED NUMBER ONE.

WARNER ROBINS NUMBER THREE.

A REMATCH OF LAST YEAR'S STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME, COMING IN THE SECOND ROUND OF THE STATE PLAYOFFS.

AND THAT'S INCREDIBLY INTRIGUING MATCH-UP FOR JUST THE SECOND WEEK OF THE PLAYOFFS.

AND SOME TEAM IS GOING TO HAVE THEIR SEASON ENDED A LOT EARLIER THAN ANYBODY ANTICIPATED.

>> YEAH.

ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU HAVE TWO TOP TEN TEAMS, WHOEVER IT IS.

WHEN WE CAUGHT UP WITH ROBBIE PRUITT, TWO GOING AT IT.

WOODWARD, CREEKSIDE, COFFEE, ALL IN THE TOP TEN.

TWO WILL BE SQUARING OFF IN THE UPPER LEFT-HAND SECTION OF THE BRACKET WHEN IT COMES TO ROUND NUMBER ONE.

>> AND THAT COFFEE MATCH-UP AGAINST WOODWARD OR CREEKSIDE, I BELIEVE, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, THAT WILL BE THE ONLY MATCH-UP OF TOP TEN TEAMS, OUT OF ALL THE "A" CLASSIFICATIONS.

THE ONLY TOP TEN RANKED TEAMS.

>> A PEEK AT THE SCORES AND SHOW YOU THE UPDATES.

WE WANTED TO DO WITH OUR SCOREBOARD TONIGHT WAS SHOW YOU THE 15 GAMES THAT ONES AND TWOS WOULD BE DECIDED BY THE END OF THE NIGHT.

McEACHERN, COMING OVER PEPLEBROOK.

LOOKS LIKE HE GETS THE SHUTOUT.

REGION SEVEN, NUMBER ONE, ARCHER.

6-0, IN REGION, 6-4 OVERALL.

NORCROSS.

ARCHER, ONE.

NORCROSS.

MEADOWCREEK, YOUR THREE, WITH THEIR WIN OVER DISCOVERY.

DULUTH AND DUNWOODY.

JONES COUNTY, THEY ARE A REGION CHAMPION.

THEY COME BACK TO WIN 23-21, 21-13.

RIVERDALE, KNOCKS OFF LUELLA.

THAT ONE IS IN THE FOURTH.

PIERCE AND APPLING.

IT IS TORRENTIAL RAINS.

HE IS TELLING THE TRUTH.

PIERCE COUNTY LEADING APPLING LATE.

WE WILL TRY TO GRAB RYAN HEARING IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA.

ROCKMORT, HOLDING ON AT HOME, AGAINST RINGOLD.

COLOMBIA TO SOUTH ATLANTA.

BACK-TO-BACK REGION CHAMPIONSHIPS FOR FANNIN COUNTY.

DOMINANT NIGHT.

METTAR, LEADING 17-0.

THAT ONE IS IN THE SECOND QUARTER.

THAT'S THE LAST UPDATE WE HAD THERE ON THAT PARTICULAR SCORE IN SINGLE-A.

>>> WHEN WE COME BACK, WHAT ELSE IS GOING ON.

WE'LL CATCH UP WITH COACHES AND HAVE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN ALL EIGHT CHAMPIONSHIPS THAT ARE HEADING TO GEORGIA STATE IN FIVE WEEKS' TIME.

IT'S THE POSTGAME SHOW HERE ON FOOTBALL FRIDAYS IN GEORGIA, BROUGHT TO US BY OUR FRIENDS AT THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF HIGHWAY SAFETY.

>>> WE ARE GETTING YOU READY FOR THE FIELD OF 256, THAT WILL MAKE THE 256 SLOTS AVAILABLE, AS WE HEAD TO GEORGIA STATE.

I'M IN ONE STUDIO AT GPB.

MATT IS ACROSS THE HALL, AFTER CALLING A DOMINANT WIN FOR BUFORD OVER DACULA TONIGHT.

WE GO THROUGH THINGS, WE TALKED ABOUT 5A A LOT.

IS THERE ANYTHING THAT'S PIQUED YOUR INTEREST AS WE ARE HERE EARLY IN THE 10:00 HOUR?

>> I WAS GOING TO GO BACK AND HIT SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE SCORE GOURD THAT YOU SHOWED RIGHT BEFORE THE BREAK, IN THE BIG BATTLE BETWEEN PIERCE AND APPLING.

A TEAM THAT HAD RISEN TO NUMBER TWO.

AND PIERCE LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE GOING TO WIN THAT.

I BELIEVE THAT'S A FINAL.

THEY HAVE WON THE REGION TITLE, FINISHING UP 8-2, IN THE REGULAR SEASON, AS THEY LOOK TO DEFEND THEIR STATE CHAMPIONSHIP FROM A YEAR AGO.

A GREAT JOB BY RYAN HEARING.

THEY JUST KEEP GETTING THE JOB DONE.

PIERCE COUNTY, A SOLID, GOOD PROGRAM.

THEY ARE GOING TO GO INTO THE PLAYOFFS AS A ONE SEED OUT OF THE REGION.

LOOKING TO DEFEND THEIR STATE TITLE.

THAT SMACKS ME.

FANNIN, A GREAT BACKSTORY THAT GOES MUCH DEEPER AND MORE IMPORTANT THAN WINNING A REGION TITLE TONIGHT.

AND CONGRATULATIONS TO THEM ON WHAT THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO.

NOT JUST THIS YEAR, BUT THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.

ATLANTA AREA, YOU KNOW, HAVE FLOWN UNDER THE RADAR A LITTLE BIT.

RODNEY HACKNEY HAS DONE A TREMENDOUS JOB WITH THAT RIVERDALE RAIDERS PROGRAM.

WON THE REGION TITLE, BACK-TO-BACK.

LAST YEAR, GOT TO THE QUARTERFINALS.

THAT'S A TEAM THAT THEY FLY OUT OF THE RADAR, OUT OF CLAYTON COUNTY.

THEY GET PLAYOFF WINS.

THEY GO IN AS A ONE SEED.

HOW ABOUT THE JOB SOUTH ATLANTA HAS DONE.

THIS IS BACK-TO-BACK YEARS NOW, THEY HAVE GOTTEN INTO THE STATE PLAYOFFS.

QUIETLY, THEY BUILD THEMSELVES A FINE PROGRAM IN SOUTH FULTON COUNTY.

>> SINCE YOU OPENED THE DOOR ON AA, LET'S TALK ABOUT AA AND SEE THE ACTION THAT WE KNOW SO FAR.

WE KNOW WHAT HAPPENS IN REGION 2.

SWAINSBORO.

DOWN IN LOW LEFT, THIS IS WHERE IT GETS INTERESTING.

>> I WANT TO KNOW WHERE THE GUNNER MAN IS GOING TO BE.

>> I'M BUILDING.

I'M BUILDING TO THE GUNNER MAN.

SO, COOL YOUR JETS.

LOW LEFT, AS YOU FILL THINGS OUT, FITZGERALD, BREMEN, AND FANNIN COUNTY.

AN OPENING MATCH-UP OF BREMEN AND FANNIN COUNTY GOING ON WITH WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN AA.

ALSO ON THE BOARD, YOU'RE LOOKING AT, ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE, YOU MENTIONED SOUTH ATLANTA, WITH WHAT THEY'RE DOING.

SOUTH ATLANTA, EARLY OUT AND BLECKLEY.

AND LOW RIGHT, IN THE AA BRACKET.

JEFF DAVIS, AS THE TWO SEED OUT OF REGION TWO, IS IN THE SAME MINIBRACKET THAT RABIN COUNTY.

DADE COUNTY IS IN THE MINIBRACKET BELOW.

AND THOMASVILLE IS LOW RIGHT.

EARLY REDURENS.

JEFF DAVIS, RABUN AND THOMASVILLE.

GUNNER STACK ON THE WILL HAVE GREAT OPPONENTS, PLAYING THE NUMBER FOUR TEAM OUT OF REGION SIX.

THEN, THOMASVILLE, LURKING A LITTLE BIT FOR RABUN, IN A QUARTERFINAL, TO GET OUT OF THE LOW RIGHT BRACKET.

>> WE KNOW THEY CAN LIGHT UP THE SCOREBOARD.

THERE'S NO QUESTION ABOUT THAT.

HOW MANY POINTS?

WHAT WOULD BE THE OVER/UNDER ON A RABUN AND THOMASVILLE MATCH-UP?

THAT WOULD BE INTERESTING.

AND SUBPLOTS.

WE TALKED ABOUT THAT ON RECRUITING 2021, THAT WE WILL REAIR FOLLOWING THE CONCLUSION OF OUR BROCKETTOLOGY.

WITH GUNNER, HE SET THE STATE TOUCHDOWN PASSING RECORD, BREAKING TREVOR LAWRENCE'S RECORD, WITH HIS 167th TOUCHDOWN PASS.

HE IS LIKELY, IF THEY GET TWO WINS IN THE PLAYOFFS, HE WILL LIKELY BREAK DESHAUN WATSON'S ALL-TIME TOTAL OFFENSE RECORD.

IF THEY MAKE A RUN TO THE SEMIS, MAYBE EVEN THE FINALS, MIGHT BE NECESSARY FOR THIS, HE WOULD HAVE A SHOT AT BREAKING TREVOR'S ALL-TIME YARDAGE PASSING RECORD.

I KNOW ALL OF THE SUBPLOTS ARE MINOR TO THE OVERALL STORY.

TRYING TO GET THE SHAW FAMILY A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP THERE IN RABUN AND THE TOWN, TIGER, A CHANCE TO HOIST THE TROPHY AT GEORGIA STATE.

AND THINGS TO KEEP IN THE BACK OF YOUR MIND, AS RABUN MAKES A RUN IN THE STATE FLORIDAS.

AND BLECKLEY COUNTY, WHAT A SEASON THEY PUT TOGETHER, AFTER LOSING BIG MIMS.

AMAR'IOUS MIMS, THE OFFENSIVE LINEMAN THEY GRADUATED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA.

AND COACH LASSITER HAS DONE A TREMENDOUS JOB.

I BELIEVE THEY ARE 10-0.

>> THEY ARE UNDEFEATED.

THE ROYALS HAVE DONE AN INCREDIBLE JOB.

THAT'S A TEAM WE HAVE TO KEEP AN EYE ON HERE IN THE AA STATE PLAYOFFS.

>> LET'S GO TO SINGLE-A AND GET EARLY RETURNS ON THE PUBLIC AND THE PRIVATE SIDE.

IRWIN COUNTY, THE ONE YOU'RE FOCUSING ON.

GMC PREP, HAVE WON THEIR FIRST WIN.

SINCE 1930.

SO, GMC IS A ONE SEED.

THEY HAD MITCHELL COUNTY, A TOUGH TWO SEED.

BUT YOU HAVE WILCOX COUNTY, AND WILCOX AND IRWIN COUNTY AND WILCOX.

ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE, YOU HAVE INTERESTING, WITH TURNER COUNTY, AND BOWDEN, BROOKS COUNTY, AS A TWO SEED, MIGHT HAVE TO PLAY PELHAM.

THEY SHINE AS FOR FOLKS PLAYING FOR A GAME 15.

>> ANOTHER TEAM THAT'S THROWN UNDER THE RADAR.

WE'VE HAD CHATTAHOOCHEE COUNTY RANKED A LOT MORE THAN THE STATE RANKING AND POLLS.

A ONE-POINT LOSS A COUPLE WEEKS AGO.

CHATTAHOOCHEE, A TEAM TO WATCH.

LET'S SEE HOW FAR THEY CAN TAKE THIS THING.

THAT WILL BE A FUN WATCH.

AND THE OTHER THING IS, YOU KNOW, IS IT GOING TO BE SOMEBODY OTHER THAN BROOKS AND IRWIN?

THESE TWO TEAMS HAVE BEEN ONE-TWO, AND RIGHTFULLY SO.

PLAYED FOR THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP LAST YEAR.

WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED IF THOSE TWO GUYS, THOSE TWO TEAMS, ARE THE ONES THAT EMERGE AGAIN, AND COME TO ATLANTA.

THAT REGION RIVALRY FOR THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.

>> LET'S GO BACK DOWN TO THE COAST THIS TIME AND CATCH UP WITH ANOTHER FRIEND OF GPB, THE HEAD COACH OF BRUNSWICK, THAT HAD TO GO INTO THE GRINDER TONIGHT TO GET A WIN.

IT'S JOHN AND MATT UP HERE FOR THE POSTGAME SHOW.

>> HEY, GUYS.

FEELS GREAT TO BE REGION CHAMPIONS.

>> REGION TWO OUT OF CLASS 6A.

IS A GRINDER.

YOU WERE UNDEFEATED.

RANKED TOP FIVE MOST OF THE SEASON.

WHEN IT COMES TO YOUR SEASON AND YOU'VE GONE THROUGH THE TEN GAMES, WHAT ARE THE THOUGHTS ABOUT YOUR TEAM, 6-0, IN REGION PLAY?

>> WE WERE ABLE TO OVERCOME SOME ADVERSITY.

OUR DEFENSE PLAYED PHENOMENAL.

THAT'S THE REASON WE WON IT.

ONE THING, IN TEAM PLAY, THAT'S SOMETHING OUR TEAM PLAYS FOR EACH OTHER.

THERE WERE GAMES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, WHERE OUR DEFENSE, YOU KNOW, HAD TO COME UP STRONG AND HELP US OUT.

THAT HAPPENED TONIGHT.

WE WON GAMES.

GREAT TEAM PLAY.

TONIGHT, ANOTHER ONE.

>> THE GREAT BASKETBALL COACH LIVES DOWN THERE ON THE COAST.

HE'S BEEN HITTING ME ON MY TWITTER ALL YEAR LONG.

I'M LOOKING BACK AND I SEE NO ZEROS IN THE LOSS COLUMN UNTIL THIS YEAR.

>> FOR ME, IT'S MY FIRST SEASON IN THE REGULAR SEASON.

FOR BRUNSWICK, THEY DID IT BACK IN 1999.

THAT WAS THE LAST UNDEFEATED REGULAR SEASON.

>> TELL ME ABOUT THE GLYNN ACADEMY WIN.

YOU STEAMROLLED EVERYBODY ON THE SCHEDULE.

THAT WAS THE 17-14 OVERTIME WIN.

HOW BIG WAS THAT WIN TO SET THE STAGE FOR HOW YOU FINISHED OFF THE BACK HALF OF THE SCHEDULE AND GOING INTO THE STATE PLAYOFFS AS THE NUMBER ONE SEED?

>> ANYTIME YOU GET A WIN OVER YOUR RIVAL, IT'S FANTASTIC.

THAT WAS THE FIRST REGION WIN.

THAT WAS A DOUBLE -- A DOUBLE WHAMMY FOR US, IN A GOOD WAY.

GLYNN ACADEMY AND BRUNSWICK, THESE TWO TEAMS LINE UP TO PLAY EACH OTHER, IT'S ALWAYS A GREAT BALL GAME FOR US TO COME AWAY WITH THAT WIN.

IT DID HELP US.

>> AT THE SAME TIME, YOU COUNT ON YOUR SOPHOMORE KICKER, TO WIN IN OVERTIME.

THAT'S GOT TO GIVE YOU CONFIDENCE IN A KEY SITUATION LIKE THAT, YEAH?

>> THAT SOPHOMORE KICKER HAS DONE A PHENOMENAL JOB.

HE ADDED THREE MORE EXTRA POINTS TONIGHT.

HE HAS TO BE CLOSE, I THINK HE MIGHT BE LEADING 6A, IN SCORING FOR ALL KICKERS.

>> TELL ME ABOUT A COUPLE OF YOUR GUYS WHO ARE BIG-TIME PROSPECTS.

CHARLTON ON THE OFFENSIVE LINE AND THOMAS ON THE DEFENSIVE LINE.

TELL THE FOLKS AROUND THE STATE ABOUT THE TALENT AT THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.

>> WELL, THOMAS IS NOW A JUNIOR.

>> THAT'S WHAT I MEANT.

>> YEAH.

HE WAS PHENOMENAL.

HE WILL SHOW WHY HE IS THE NUMBER FOUR-RANKED DEFENSIVE TACKLE IN THE NATION FOR HIS CLASS.

HE IS A PHENOMENAL YOUNG MAN.

HE HAD A HECK OF A GAME TONIGHT.

CHARLTON IS PLAYING WITH A HURT FOOT.

HE'S DOING A GREAT JOB.

WORKING HARD, PLAYING THROUGH PAIN THERE.

HE WANTS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP THE THING ROLLING.

WE HAVE A SOPHOMORE, EVERYONE NEEDS TO KNOW ABOUT.

THE NAME IS DEVIN SMITH.

OUTSIDE LINEBACKER, 6'3".

THIS KID IS A BALLPLAYER.

HE'S DOING INCREDIBLE THINGS.

I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY TIMES HE WILL BE IN THE BACKFIELD TONIGHT.

>> HE'S JUST A SOPHOMORE, RIGHT?

>> JUST A SOPHOMORE.

HE IS A STUD.

>> LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THAT GUY PLAY.

THANKS FOR SHARING WITH US.

>> OH, YEAH.

HE'S GOING TO BE UP AND COMING.

AND ANOTHER SOPHOMORE, TERRY MITCHELL.

HE HAD ANOTHER ELECTRIFYING CATCH ON DEEP POST.

JUST RAN AWAY FROM EVERYBODY FOR A NICE TOUCHDOWN, AS WELL.

HE IS SOMEONE ELSE THAT WILL BE SOMEONE TO LOOK AT IN THE FUTURE.

>> EXCELLENT.

>> COACH, THANKS FOR HANGING OUT WITH US.

SHAWN PENDER, THE HEAD COACH OF THE BRUNSWICK PIRATES, RUNNING THE TABLE.

6-0 IN REGION, 10-0, OVER ALL, AFTER WINNING OVER EFFINGHAM COUNTY AND JOHN FORD TONIGHT.

LOOKED LIKE YOU WERE TRYING TO GET INTEL FOR RECRUITING.

>> YEAH.

>> ASKING ABOUT THE YOUNG GUYS THAT HE'S GOT.

THIS TEAM RAN THE TABLE.

>> YEAH.

THEY HAVE GREAT PLAYERS.

ANY COACH WILL TELL YOU, THAT'S WHERE YOU WIN GAMES.

CHARLTON, COMMITTED TO FLORIDA STATE.

SOUNDS LIKE HE WAS BANGED UP A LITTLE BIT.

HELPING OUT ON THE OFFENSIVE LINE.

AND THOMAS, JUST AN ABSOLUTE STUD, A BEAST, JUNIOR DEFENSIVE LINEMAN.

AND DEVIN SMITH, THE SOPHOMORE THERE, WHO WE'RE GOING TO BE KEEPING OUR EYE ON, AS WE PROGRESS THROUGH RECRUITING 2021, NATIONAL SIGNING DAY.

AND TO THE QUOTE/UNQUOTE OFF SEASON.

>> THERE NEVER IS AN OFF-SEASON.

>> JUST THAT TIME WHEN FOOTBALL SEASON ISN'T BEING PLAYED.

BUT RECRUITING CONTINUES.

THAT'S WHY WE ENJOY, YOU AND I HOSTING, RECRUITING 2021, GETTING TO KNOW ABOUT THE PLAYERS.

YOU CAN JUST SEE HOW COACH PENDER LIT UP WHEN WE GIVE THE COACHES AN OPPORTUNITY TO TELL US ABOUT THEIR GUYS.

THEY REALLY LIGHT UP.

>>> TIME TO CATCH UP WITH A FRIEND IN THE MOUNTAIN REGION, CHAD CHEATOM.

YOU HAVE A CROWD.

YOU HAVE AN AUDIENCE THERE, CHAD.

>> YOU GOT AN AUDIENCE THERE.

THE BEAUTY OF TECHNOLOGY.

LET'S SEE EVERYBODY CELEBRATE.

WHERE IS THAT TROPHY AT?

THAT'S TREMENDOUS.

I HAVE TO ASK COACH SOME QUESTIONS.

KEEP IT TO A DULL ROAR.

WE GOT SOME STUFF THAT WE NEED TO ASK COACH ABOUT.

TONIGHT WAS A GRINDER FOR YOU, CHAD.

TALK ABOUT THIS ONE UP THERE ON A VERY SPECIAL SENIOR NIGHT.

>> YEAH.

DOWN 14-7, I THINK AT HALFTIME.

THEY PLAYED REALLY TOUGH.

CAME A LONG WAY.

THEY HIT US IN THE MOUTH EARLY.

HAD TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS AT HALFTIME.

OUR KIDS DID A GREAT JOB.

THEY FOUGHT ALL NIGHT LONG.

>> MATT, GO AHEAD.

>> TELL ME WHAT IT TAKES TO WIN A GAME LIKE THIS, CHAMPIONSHIP DOWN THE LINE.

AND TO BE ABLE TO LOOK YOUR GUYS IN THE EYES IN THE LOCKER ROOM.

AND THEN, TO WATCH THAT COME TO FRUITION IN THE THIRD AND FOURTH QUARTERS, AS THEY COME BACK AND WIN.

WHAT DOES IT TAKE?

HOW DO YOU GET TO THAT POINT WHERE YOU CAN DO THAT?

AND THE FEELING THAT YOUR HEART WHEN YOU WATCH THEM DO IT.

>> THE EXPECTATIONS THAT THESE GUYS HAVE HAD SINCE THEY STARTED DURING THE OFF-SEASON AND WORKOUTS AT 6:30 IN THE MORNING, LAST JANUARY AND FEBRUARY.

WE CAME IN HERE AT HALFTIME.

WE HAD TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS.

THESE GUYS WERE READY TO PLAY.

CHALLENGED A LITTLE BIT ON THE FIRST DRIVE.

PICKED THEM TWICE.

THESE GUYS ARE RETILL YENT.

THEY'VE BEEN HERE BEFORE.

THEY ARE IN BIG GAMES LAST YEAR.

THEY KNEW THE DEAL.

IT'S A JOY TO WATCH THEM PLAY.

>> LAST QUESTION FOR YOU, CHAD.

YOU'RE A HOMETOWN GUY.

YOU KNOW WHAT THIS MEANS TO FANNIN COUNTY.

VERY SPECIAL ON ONE FRONT.

FOR YOU, COMING BACK TO COACH, IT'S ALMOST AMPLIFIED AND IS SPECIAL FOR A GROUP OF JUNIORS PLAYING FOR ONE GROUP OF SENIORS.

>> JACKSON WAS WITH US ON THE SIDELINE.

HE'S BACK THERE.

>> THAT'S SPECIAL.

WE'RE GOING TO ENJOY THIS HERE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS.

>> I'M GOING TO ASK YOU THE LAST QUESTION.

YOU TALKED ABOUT THE TRADITION.

AND YOUR FIRST COUPLE OF YEARS, IT WAS A BATTLE.

YOU WENT 10-12.

YOU'RE 18-2, THE LAST TWO YEARS GOING INTO THE STATE PLAYOFFS.

WHAT HAS MADE A DIFFERENCE IN THE PROGRAM?

>> THE FIRST COUPLE YEARS, WE WERE IN AAA.

WE HEAD THE PLAYOFFS AND THEN PLAYED CALHOUN INTO THE NEXT YEAR.

WE HAD A FIRST WIN.

THEY LIVED THE CALHOUN AND THE CEDAR GROVE YEARS.

THE PACE AND THE HEARD AND THE FITZGERALD.

A LOT OF THEM PLAYED IN IT.

THEY KNOW WHAT IS AT STAKE.

WHEN YOU PLAY IN BIG GAMES OVER THE YEAR, YOU CAN DEVELOP A PROGRAM.

>> TELL ME ABOUT THE YOUNG MEN BEHIND YOU.

THOSE MEN HAVE WORKED HARD.

>> THOSE ARE ROAD WARRIORS.

>> I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT COMES FROM.

>> THE ROAD WARRIORS.

>> I THINK THEY LOOK LIKE GENE SIMMONS AND ALL THOSE ON A FRIDAY NIGHT.

ALICE COOPER.

>> OR A COMBINATION THEREOF.

>> CHAD, GUYS, CONGRATULATIONS.

I'M SAYING THIS TO EVERYONE ON THE SCREEN.

CONGRATULATIONS ON BACK-TO-BACK CHAMPIONS IN THE MOUNTAINS.

BREMEN COMING TO BLUE RIDGE.

THANKS FOR HANGING OUT.

THANKS ALL OF YOU.

>> THAT'S AWESOME.

>> IT IS.

>> THAT'S WHAT FOOTBALL FRIDAYS IN GEORGIA ARE ALL ABOUT.

SEEING THOSE REACTIONS.

EVERYBODY IN THE COACHES OFFICE.

SETH REESE, THE QUARTERBACK FOR FANNIN COUNTY, IS WEARING JACKSON'S NUMBER 23.

JACKSON HAS BEEN FIGHTING A BRAIN TUMOR.

THIS SEASON, SETH, AT SENIOR NIGHT TONIGHT, SAID JACKSON IS ONE OF HIS ROLE MODELS AND HIS HERO.

THEY CHANGED NUMBERS.

SETH REESE IS WEARING 23.

SETH WENT BACK TO NUMBER 5.

AND JACKSON WAS WEARING 23.

GREAT TO SEE HIM THERE.

>> WE'LL KEEP AN YOU ON THAT.

WHEN WE COME BACK, MORE COACHES IN THE QUEUE.

WE GET YOU READY FOR THE POSTSEASON ON FOOTBALL FRIDAYS IN GEORGIA.

>>> WELCOME BACK TO FOOTBALL FRIDAYS AND POSTGAME SHOW.

GREAT TO CATCH UP WITH CHAD AND THE COUNTY REBELS.

BREMEN COMING THEIR WAY.

THEY ARE IN THE LOW LEFT SECTION.

AS WE WERE LOOKING AT AA, AS WE FILL IN FANNIN COUNTY AND DADE COUNTY IN THAT REGION, YOU'RE LOOKING AT LOW LEFT, IN THE MINIBRACKET THAT IS LOW LEFT, FITZGERALD AND BREMEN AND FANNIN COUNTY.

FITZGERALD IS LURKING THERE.

>> FITZGERALD JUST SUFFERED THEIR FIRST LOSS OF THE YEAR.

THE TOP HALF OF THOSE AA RANKINGS, YOU NEVER KNOW HOW IT WILL SHAKE OUT, ONCE WE GET INTO THE STATE PLAYOFFS.

THERE'S SO MANY POWERFUL TEAMS AT THE TOP HALF OF THE 55 RANKINGS.

IT WILL BE AN INTERESTING RUN, OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS.

A LOT HAS TO DO WITH THE COIN TOSS.

WHO ENDS UP PLAYING AT HOME.

IT'S NOT THE BE-ALL END-ALL.

HERE IN THE STATE, SOME TIMES, GOING ON THE ROAD AND GOING ON THE ROAD ARE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS.

YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT TEAMS HAVING TO MAKE FIVE-HOUR BUS TRIPS.

IT'S A TOUGH, TOUGH ASSIGNMENT.

IT IS GOING TO COME DOWN TO THE COIN TOSS ONCE WE GET INTO THE QUARTERFINAL ROUND AND THE SEMIFINAL ROUND.

>> LET'S DROP OUT OF AA AND HEAD TO 7A.

JOINING US THE HEAD COACH OF THE ARCHER TIGERS.

IT'S JOHN AND MATT HERE IN THE STUDIO.

CONGRATULATIONS ON THE WIN AND THE REGION TITLE, WINNING OVER NORCROFT.

>> THANK YOU, GUYS.

I APPRECIATE IT.

>> WHEN YOU LOOK AT YOUR SEASON, YOU RUN THE TABLE IN REGION, BUT BECAUSE OF THE REGION ITSELF, IT'S ONLY A HANDFUL OF GAMES.

YOU HAVE TO SCHEDULE.

AND YOU'VE DONE THIS BECAUSE YOU WANTED TO CHALLENGE YOURSELF.

COME THE NEXT TIME OF YEAR.

YOU'VE WANTED TO CHALLENGE YOURSELF LEADING INTO REGION PLAY.

WHAT DID YOU LEARN AFTER THE ROUGH START?

>> TONIGHT WAS A GREAT TRIBUTE TO WHAT WE DID PLAY EARLY ON IN THE YEAR.

GREAT COMPETITION.

NORCROSS, THEY'RE GREAT ON DEFENSE.

I SAID, LOOK.

WE MISSED A COUPLE OPPORTUNITIES WHEN WE DIDN'T BEAT OURSELVES.

YOU GET ON THE HIGH-LEVEL GAME.

A CHAMPIONSHIP GAME, LIKE WE'RE HERE TONIGHT, YOU'RE PLAYING A GREAT OPPONENT, AND YOU CAN'T BEAT YOURSELF.

AND WE DID A GREAT JOB TONIGHT OF NOT DOING THAT.

>> I THINK I'VE SEEN THIS MOVIE BEFORE.

YOU GO 0-4, IN REGION.

YOU RUN THE TABLE IN THE REGION.

YOU GO INTO THE STATE PLAYOFFS AS THE NUMBER ONE SEED.

THIS ALMOST SEEMS LIKE A YEARLY HABIT WITH YOU GUYS.

YOU TYPICALLY ARE MAKING DEEP RUNS IN THE PLAYOFFS WITH FOUR LOSSES.

YOU USE THAT NONREGION AS KIND OF YOUR TEST TUBE TO FIGURE OUT YOUR TEAM.

WHAT DID YOU FIND OUT ABOUT YOUR TEAM IN THE NONREGION THAT ALLOWED YOU TO RUN THE TABLE AND WIN THE REGION?

>> WE GET OUR KIDS FROM UP HERE.

WE DON'T GET THEM FROM OTHER PLACES.

SOMETIMES IT TAKES US TO GET THOSE GUYS GOING AND GET THEM CAUGHT UP WITH THE SPEED OF THE GAME.

WE'RE PROUD OF THEM.

THEY'RE ARCHER TIGERS THROUGH AND THROUGH.

THEY KNOW HOW TO BATTLE AND FIGHT AND CLAW.

>> FIVE SHUTOUTS.

ALLOWED ONE TOUCHDOWN IN REGION PLAY.

YOU HAVE CALEB WOODEN THERE, ONE OF THE TOP PROSPECTS ON THE DEFENSIVE SIDE OF THE BALL.

TELL ME WHAT WAS EFFECTIVE FOR YOU GUYS IN THE REGION WHERE YOU WERE PITCHING SHUTOUTS EVERY NIGHT?

WE TELL THE KIDS IF YOU PREPARE YOURSELF, MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, AND THURSDAY, YOU'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO FLY AROUND ON FRIDAY.

INTERCEPT THE DEEP BALL AND NO LONG RUNS AND BE GREAT TACKLINGERS.

IF YOU DEEP THE THREE INGREDIENTS.

>> YOU'RE ON THE LOW LEFT, AS WE FILL OUT THE BRACKETS IN PEN.

YOUR QUADRANT IS ONE OF THE TOUGHER QUADRANTS OUT THERE.

YOUR QUADRANT IN THE BOTTOM LEFT, THAT'S A TOUGH ONE.

THOSE ARE CHALLENGES YOU NEVER BACK DOWN FROM.

>> YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE A RUN.

YOU'RE GOING THE PLAY SOME GREAT PEOPLE.

WE'RE NO STRANGER TO THAT.

WE'RE JUST CONCENTRATING ON GETTING TO BEAT.

I SEE COLQUITT AND BRADFORD.

NOT LOOKING THAT FAR AHEAD.

I AM.

YOU HAVE A TEAM THAT WILL BE ABLE TO MAKE A DEEP RUN IN THE PLAYOFFS.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE GOING TO WIN IT ALL, YOU HAVE TO BEAT SOMEBODY, ONE OR TWO GUYS LIKE THAT ALONG THE WAY ANYHOW.

YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT, WE JUST DON'T.

WE GET READY TO PLAY AND COMPETE.

>> THE HEAD COACH OF THE ARCHER TIGERS.

CONGRATS KNOCKING OFF NORCROSS TONIGHT.

THANKS FOR HANGING OUT WITH US ON THE POSTGAME SHOW.

WE'LL BE KEEPING AN EYE.

>> THANKS, GUYS.

>> ANDY DIRE, ONE OF THE HEAD COACHES IN THE TOUGHER QUADRANT AROUND.

YOU LOOK AT THAT QUADRANT, IT'S COLQUITT, IT'S ARCHER, NEWNAN AND BROOKWOOD.

>> BROOKWOOD AND NEWNAN.

THE LOWER SECTION IS ALL FILLED UP.

NORTH QUINNETTE, SOUTH FORSYTHE.

YOU HAVE ARCHER.

>> THEY WERE DOWN.

AND ARCHER HAD A CHANCE TO COME AWAY WITH THE WIN.

THE PACKERS GOT A BLOCKED P.A.T.

AND ENDED UP WINNING BY ONE POINT.

I WAS REFERRING TO THE COACH, KNOWING HE DIDN'T WANT TO JUMP AHEAD AND LOOK AHEAD TO A SECOND-ROUND MATCH-UP, WITH ALPHARETTA ON THE SCHEDULE.

I SAW THE BIG WIN OVER GRAYSON.

THAT'S A TEAM THAT'S COMING TOGETHER LATE AS THE SEASON GOES ON.

WE SAW THAT WHEN THEY PLAYED GRAYSON HERE ON GPB A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.

THEY GOT AN OUTSTANDING QUARTERBACK IN DYLAN LONERGAN.

YOU GOT THAT PIECE TO THE PUZZLE AND PROTECT HIM AND YOU CAN GO A LONG WAY.

YOU HAVE A GREAT KID IN ALEX DIGGS.

A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, OUTSTANDING PLAYER THAT CAN DO SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS ON OFFENSE.

RUNNING THE BALL.

WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED IF THAT WAS A FINAL TEAM.

>> GOING FROM 7A TO CLASS A PRIVATE.

STRAIGHT OUT OF MEMPHIS.

WE KNOW WHAT IT MEANS.

WE COULD HAVE A SEPARATE CONVERSATION ABOUT WRESTLING IN THE 1980s, THE GUY THAT MADE IT TO THE LAST GAME OF THE YEAR, HEAD COACH OF TRINITY CHRISTIAN.

THANKS FOR HANGING OUT WITH US ON THE POSTGAME SHOW.

>> HADN'T HEARD A LOT OF THOSE REFERENCES.

THAT'S GOOD.

>> DOMINANT EFFORT OF THE NIGHT, AT THE TOP OF THE LEDDER.

YOU BEAT PACILLI HANDILY.

I'VE BEEN COACHING FOR 26 YEARS AND WE JUST PLAYED THE BEST HALF OF FOOTBALL, ANY TEAM I COACHED.

PLAYING A GOOD TEAM, RANKED SEVENTH IN THE STATE.

IT WAS 56-0, AT HALF.

SPECIAL TONIGHT.

TONIGHT IS SENIOR NIGHT.

WE HAVE A SPECIAL GROUP OF BOYS.

ABOUT 18 SENIORS ON THIS FOOTBALL TEAM.

GOOD SIZE FOR ANYBODY.

BUT A SINGLE-A PROGRAM, WITH A GOOD NUMBER OF KIDS.

COULDN'T HAVE PLAYED BETTER.

I GOT TWO BOYS IN THIS GROUP.

TWO OF MY OWN SONS ARE IN THERE, QUARTERBACK AND RECEIVER.

THEY PLAYED FANTASTIC.

AS A DADDY, I'M SO GLAD, MY TWO BOYS GET TO GRADUATE AND GET TO PLAY BALL, WITH THIS GROUP OF SENIORS HERE AT TRINITY.

>> HOW GRATIFYING IS THIS FOR YOUR PROGRAM?

YOU'RE RELATIVELY NEW TO THE GEORGIA HIGH SCHOOL ASSOCIATION.

YOU WERE PLAYING IN THE GISA, AND WINNING CHAMPIONSHIPS IN THAT ORGANIZATION.

AND THEN, A MOVE UP TO GHSA.

YOU MAKE THE RUN IN THE STATE MR MRS LAST YEAR AND GET TO THE FINALS.

EVERYONE IS ASKING, WHAT IS TRINITY CHRISTIAN?

NOW EVERYONE KNOWS.

YOU DOMINATED.

YOU ARE THE NUMBER ONE TO WIN THE STATE TITLE THIS YEAR.

I FEEL CONFIDENT IN SAYING THAT.

HOW GRATIFYING HAS IT BEEN TO MOVE UP -- JUST TO MOVE FROM GISA AND HAVE SUCCESS IN THE GHSA.

>> YEAH.

THIS IS MY FIFTH SEASON HERE AT TRINITY.

YOU'RE RIGHT, MY FIRST SEASON WAS TRINITY'S LAST YEAR -- IN THE GISA.

WE ONLY HAD 12 GRADUATING CLASSES.

TRINITY IS A YOUNG SCHOOL.

WHAT DREW ME HERE WAS A LOT OF AWESOME, FANTASTIC PEOPLE, WHO WERE HUNGRY.

THEY SAID, WE WANT TO BUILD SOMETHING SPECIAL.

HONESTLY, WE WANT TO BUILD SOMETHING SPECIAL AND HONOR THE LORD.

HOW WE DO IT IS A PRIVATE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL.

SO, TO BE QUITE HONEST, MY FIRST YEAR, WE CAME OVER AND TOOK OVER A PROGRAM FIVE YEARS AGO, I THINK WAS RANKED DEAD-LAST IN GISA.

PLAYED FOR A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP, OUR FIRST YEAR, AND MADE THE TRANSITION, WENT 7-4, AND 8-3, SOMETHING LIKE THIS.

VICE VERSA.

AND LAST YEAR, WITH WE WERE FORTUNATE LAST YEAR.

WE GOT HEALTHY AT THE RIGHT TIME.

WE WERE BANGED UP ALL DURING THE YEAR.

A GREAT GROUP OF KIDS AND MADE A NICE LITTLE RUN.

DIDN'T KILL ANYBODY ALONG THE WAY.

JUST WON EACH GAME ENOUGH THAT WE WERE ABLE TO PLAY 15 GAMES.

ANYBODY WILL TELL YOU, IT'S INVALUABLE, THE DIFFERENCE OF GETTING TO PLAY 15 GAMES IN A SEASON, THE EXPERIENCE FOR YOUR KIDS, INCREDIBLE.

AND OF COURSE, WE RETURNED A REALLY GOOD GROUP.

I ONLY HAD TWO SENIOR STARTERS ON THE TEAM LAST YEAR.

I NEVER HAD THAT BEFORE.

IT'S GRATIFYING.

WE TALK ABOUT CLIMBING.

WE SAY, MAN, YOU'RE GOING TO BE A CAMPER AND YOU'RE HAPPY WITH IT OR YOU DECIDE TO QUIT BECAUSE CLIMBING IS HARD OR YOU GET UP EVERY DAY AND YOU CLIMB.

WHAT I'M PROUD OF IS NOT SO MUCH, JUST THIS FRIDAY NIGHT, I'M PROUD OF ALL OF THE WORK THESE KIDS HAVE PUT IN FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS.

WE WORK THEM HARD YEAR-ROUND.

AND HOPEFULLY, BLESSING FOR THEM, THAT THEY BUILT PRERELATIONSHIPS.

WE ARE BUILT ON PREPARATION AND BROTHERHOOD.

WE WANT TO WORK HARD AND LOVE DEEP.

THAT'S OUR RECIPE.

>> YOU'RE STILL CLIMBING THE YOU SAID LAST YEAR, YOU DIDN'T KILL ANYBODY.

YOU'VE DONE THAT THIS YEAR.

YOU'VE BEEN WINNING BY HUGE MARGINS, EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT.

SO, GIVEN THAT, AND GOING INTO THE PLAYOFFS, WHAT CONCERNS YOU, SINCE YOU HAVE BEEN SO SUCCESSFUL THIS YEAR.

COMPLACENCY OR BEATING OURSELVES, COME INTO YOUR LEXICON?

>> YEAH.

I TELL ALL OF MY FOOTBALL TEAMS, I'M A BIG JOHN WOODEN DISCIPLE, AND HIS DEAL WAS BEING THE BEST YOU CAN BE.

I TELL OUR KIDS EVERY WEEK, OUR OPPONENT IS NOT OUR ENEMY.

OUR ENEMY, GENERALLY IS YOURSELF.

YOUR ENEMY, YOU JUST SAID IT, IS COMPLACENCY, OR I HAD ENOUGH.

OR I'M SATISFIED.

OUR DEAL, I TELL OUR KIDS ALL THE TIME, IF SOMEBODY BEATS US, I'M FINE WITH THAT.

MY LIFE IS NOT GOING TO BE MADE OR NOT MADE ON WINNING THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP OR NOT.

ONE TEAM I DON'T WANT TO BEAT US IS TRINITY CHRISTIAN.

WE DON'T WANT TO BEAT OURSELVES.

WE TALK ABOUT SILLY PENALTIES OR NOT WORKING HARD.

NOT PLAYING AS HARD AS WE CAN ON A SNAP.

YOU KNOW, ANY OF THOSE THINGS THAT WOULD HURT OURSELVES.

AND SO, THAT'S WHERE OUR FOCUS IS.

I WILL TELL YOU, TONIGHT IS ONE OF THOSE NIGHTS THAT WE PREACH THAT.

OUR KIDS CAME OUT AND DID AN UNBELIEVABLE JOB.

GOT TO MENTION, DAVID DALLAS, OUR QUARTERBACK IN THE FIRST HALF, WAS 17 FOR 21, FOR 346 YARDS AND THREW FOUR TOUCHDOWNS.

AN UNBELIEVABLE PERFORMANCE.

YOU HAVE ALL OF THE RECEIVERS AROUND YOU.

SO PROUD OF ALL OF OUR KIDS.

PROUD OF OUR KIDS HOW THEY WORK.

PROUD OF OUR PROGRAM, IN GENERAL.

WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE AROUND HERE, THAT BELIEVE THAT FOOTBALL AND ATHLETICS ARE GOOD FOR YOUNG MEN AND GOOD FOR YOUNG WOMEN.

IT'S A BLESSING TO BE IN A PLACE THAT KNOWS ATHLETICS AND FOOTBALL MAKES A DIFFERENCE IN A KID'S LIFE.

>> I KNOW THAT YOU CAN GO EAR MUFFS NOW.

A LOT OF FOLKS ARE THINKING, HE'S THE FAVORITE RIGHT NOW FOR CLASS-A PRIVATE.

THANKS FOR HANGING OUT WITH US.

YOUR FIRST GAME IS IN TWO WEEKS.

>> GUYS, I APPRECIATE IT.

THANKS FOR HAVING ME ON.

THANKS FOR ALL YOU DO FOR HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL.

>> LET'S TAKE A PEEK AT SINGLE-A PRIVATE.

LET'S GAUGE THE LANDSCAPE, AS WE HAVE SOMEBODY THAT IS HOPPING INTO THE BATTER'S BOX.

>> IS THERE SOMEBODY THAT CAN CHALLENGE TCS?

THEY BEAT ELKA THIS YEAR.

THEY BEAT FELLOWSHIP THIS YEAR.

THOSE ARE GOOD TEAMS.

IT'S LIKE THE BUFORD EFFECT.

IT'S NOT LIKE TEAMS THAT PLAY BUFORD ARE BAD.

THEY'RE JUST SO MUCH BETTER.

THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN SINGLE-A PRIVATE.

>> WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE LEFT-HAND SIDE, AS YOU FILL IN PEN, THAT YOU CAN DO NOW, TRINITY CHRISTIAN IS LOW LEFT.

ABSOLUTELY LOW LEFT IN THE QUADRANT.

THEY GOT THE FIRST ROUND BYE IN THEIR QUADRANT.

THEY GOT ATHENS CHRISTIAN, DARLINGTON, THE OTHER NUMBER ONE SEED, ABOVE THEM.

AND HEBREW CHRISTIAN IS THERE, AS WELL, LOW LEFT.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE LEFT-HAND SIDE, YOU GOT HOLY INNOCENT, WHO IS UP IN THE UPPER LEFT INSIDE.

I WILL POSE -- I WILL PUT EAGLES LANDING CHRISTIAN TO THE FLOOR AT 4-6, COMING IN AND MAKING A DEEP RUN OUT OF THE LEFT-HAND SIDE.

YOU ONLY HAVE A HANDFUL OF GAMES IN YOUR REGION.

IT IS THE TRUE DEFINITION OF A MINIREGION.

HE HAD TO GO OUT OF STATE TO PLAY GAMES.

>> THEY PLAYED IN CINCINNATI.

>> WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THAT, I WOULD POSIT THAT IT WOULD BE PART OF THE DISCUSSION.

WE'VE BEEN SKIPPING AROUND IN CLASSES.

LET'S SKIP TO ANOTHER REGION CHAMP.

A GUY THAT CAME UP WITH A BIG WIN TONIGHT.

LET'S GO TO McEACHERN.

CONGRATS ON THE BIG WIN.

>> WHEN YOU LOOK AT YOUR REGION -- >> CAN YOU HEAR ME?

>> WE CAN.

YOU'RE GOOD TO GO.

STAY IN THAT CAR.

DON'T MOVE FROM THAT SPOT.

>> OKAY.

>> YOU LOOK AT YOUR REGION PLAY, YOU RUN THE TABLE AT 4-0, AND YOU'RE 6-4 ON THE SEASON, WHAT DID YOU LEARN IN REGION PLAY AFTER GETTING THROUGH THE ROUGH NONREGION START?

>> IT'S ALL ABOUT WHEN IS IT GOING TO COME TOGETHER.

AND WE HAD A CHANGE OF MINDSET.

AND WE -- THE OTHER THING, WE -- A COUPLE DAYS A WEEK -- WE'RE GOING TO DO IT EVERY WEEK.

WE'RE GOING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT GUYS WANT TO RUN FOUR QUARTERS.

-- BY OUR KIDS AND OUR COACHES, THOSE GUYS PLAYING WITH EMOTION, HAVE FUN.

AND I THOUGHT OUR SENIORS FOUND A WAY TO TAKE SOME LEADERSHIP, OWNERSHIP OF THE PROGRAM.

LEADERSHIP IS ONE THING AND OWNERSHIP IS ANOTHER THING.

I THOUGHT THEY DID A GREAT JOB THE LAST COUPLE WEEKS.

THEY NEVER PANICKED.

THEY SEEMED TO BE HAVING FUN.

EVERYBODY IS FOND OF WINNING.

HAVING FUN WAS A BIG PART OF IT.

WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING FOR IT.

WE ARE MAKING THE PLAYS.

AND WE HAD SOME GUYS COME OF AGE -- THOSE GUYS ARE KIND OF YOUNG.

REALLY YOUNG, INEXPERIENCED.

AND PLAYING BETTER AND BETTER.

AND OTHER GUYS PLAYING BETTER.

WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW.

WE'RE PLAYING SOME VERY GOOD TEAMS.

>> YES, YOU HAVE.

COACH, YOU WERE 2-4 WHEN YOU STARTED OCTOBER.

AND THAT'S NOT THE MOST ADVANTAGEOUS PLACE TO BE.

I'M SURE THERE WERE SOME STERN CONVERSATIONS, MAKE SOME SOUL-SEARCHING, SOME DIFFICULT PRACTICES.

WHAT DOES IT SAY ABOUT YOUR TEAM, AT 2-4, IN OCTOBER, YOU GUYS WERE ABLE TO TURN IT AROUND OVER THE NEXT MONTH AND YOU GO INTO THE STATE PLAYOFFS AS A REGION CHAMP?

>> AS I SAID, ABOUT OUR KIDS AND OUR COACHES.

IT WAS FUNDAMENTAL, THE EXCITEMENT, THE ENTHUSIASM, OWNERSHIP, LEADERSHIP.

THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE IN THE PROGRAM.

WE WANT BACK TO A TRAINING MINDSET AND THAT DRILL THAT WE DO.

THE DRILL WE DO, YOU KNOW, WE KIND OF MOVED AWAY FROM IT.

WE STARTED DOING IT AGAIN.

ALL OF A SUDDEN, OUR KIDS WERE ENJOYING IT.

IT WAS BECOMING MORE PHYSICAL.

THAT'S WHAT WE TRIED TO DO.

BECOMING A PHYSICAL OFFENSE AND A PHYSICAL DEFENSE.

WE FELT WE NEED TO THROW THE BALL AND WE WERE THERE TO RUN THE FOOTBALL.

>> YOU TALK ABOUT THROWING THE BALL WHEN YOU NEED TO.

YOU GOT THE GUY TO DO THAT, PULL THE TRIGGER, BRYCE ARCHIE GOING INTO TONIGHT.

21 TOUCHDOWN PASSES, 5 INTERCEPTIONS.

TELL ME ABOUT THE SEASON YOU GOT FROM YOUR SENIOR Q.B.

>> LAST YEAR, I TOLD EVERYBODY, I GOT ONE OF THE BEST KEPT SECRETS IN THE STATE.

LAST YEAR, I THOUGHT WE DIDN'T DO A GOOD JOB OF PROTECTING.

WE WERE VERY YOUNG.

WE STRUGGLED.

WE COULDN'T DO A GOOD JOB OF PROTECTING HIM.

THIS YEAR, WE WERE DOING TO DO A BETTER JOB OF PROTECTING HIM.

AND HE'S GOT SOME GUYS AND A GUY, THAT CAN GET IT DONE.

WE'VE BEEN FORTUNATE, THAT HE'S BEEN ABLE TO STAY IN THE POCKET AND HE COMES OUT OF THE POCKET, CAN CREATE PLAYS.

IT DOESN'T HURT THAT HE IS THROWING THE BALL TO CALEB.

SOME OTHER TEAMS, THEY HAVE DONE A PHENOMENAL JOB WITH LEADERSHIP.

>> YOU MENTIONED THE GUY.

THAT'S CALEB WEBB.

61 CATCHES COMING INTO TONIGHT'S BALL GAME.

HE'S COMMITTED TO EAST CAROLINA OR WAS AT SOME POINT.

HAVING A FABULOUS SENIOR SEASON.

TELL US A LITTLE BIT -- I THINK WE JUST LOST COACH.

I WAS GOING TO ASK HIM.

WE WILL SAVE THAT CONVERSATION FOR ANOTHER TIME THERE.

>> WELL -- >> I WANTED TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT CALEB WEBB.

I KNOW SOME BIGGER PROGRAMS, NOTHING AGAINST -- I KNOW SOME BIGGER PROGRAMS ARE STARTING TO LATCH INTO HIS PIPELINE.

>> IS THIS WHERE WE ASK T.S.

FOR THE TRUMPET FANFARE AND POINT INTO THE CAMERA AND SAY MAKE THAT KID A BETTER OFFER?

>> YEAH.

>> YOU LOOK AT McEACHERN.

AND McEACHERN, THEY'RE IN THE UPPER LEFT QUADRANT, AS YOU FILL OUT YOUR 7A BRACKET.

YOUR BOTTOM LINE, McEACHERN, IS IN THE SAME BRACKET AS MILL CREEK AND TIFT.

THE MINIBRACKET WITH McEACHERN, COULD BE A SECOND ROUND MATCH-UP, IF EVERYTHING WOULD HOLD TO SEATING.

MILL CREEK WOULD VISIT McEACHERN, IN THE UPPER LEFT, AS YOU LOOK AT THINGS IN 7A.

WE GOT TO CATCH UP WITH COACH STEPHENS.

SAME WITH COACH DYER.

THEY'RE HAVING TO SCHEDULE OUTSIDE.

THEY WILL HAVE TO SCHEDULE FOLKS THAT REALLY HONESTLY, HEY, I NEED A GAME.

YOU GOT A GAME.

IT HAPPENS TO BE TOUGH OPPOSITION.

IF YOU'RE IN THE NONREGION PLAY AND THE NUMBER TO THE RIGHT OF THE DASH IS BIGGER THAN THE ONE TO THE LEFT OF THE DASH, DON'T BE CONCERNED ABOUT IT.

REGION IS WHERE YOU MAKE YOUR HAY.

AND McEACHERN, KNOCKING OFF PEBBLEBROOK AND GETTING A REGION CHAMPIONSHIP.

>> IT'S A DIFFICULT THING, TO SCHEDULE NONREGION THINGS.

ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE IN THE POSITION THEY ARE IN.

SO MANY ELSE.

WE COULD RATTLE OFF ALL OF THE NAMES OF THE COACHES IN 7A, THOSE THAT ARE RUNNING BIG-TIME PROGRAMS OR WINNING PROGRAMS.

IT'S DIFFICULT TO SCHEDULE.

WHO WANTS TO PLAY ARCHER?

WHO WANTS TO PLAY McEACHERN, OR MILL CREEK IN THE NONREGION SCHEDULE AND FACE A POSSIBLE BATTERY?

THAT'S WHY YOU END UP WITH GREAT MATCH-UPS BEFORE REGION PLAY BEGINS, BECAUSE IT'S ALMOST LIKE A TOURNAMENT, WITH BIG-TIME SCHOOLS AND REPUTATIONS AND PROGRAMS END UP PLAYING EACH OTHER BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE ANYBODY ELSE TO PLAY.

SO, IT'S HARD TO SCHEDULE THOSE GAMES SOMETIMES.

>> LET'S GO TO AAA.

HEAD COACH OF THE YELLOW JACKETS.

THANKS FOR HANGING OUT.

CONGRATS ON THE WIN OVER RINGGOLD.

HOW DIFFICULT HAS IT BEEN?

>> YOU GET TO 8-1, 9-0.

WHAT HAS THE RUN BEEN LIKE FOR YOU TO GET THROUGH REGION PLAY TO GET TO A REGION CHAMPIONSHIP?

>> IT'S BEEN A LONG JOURNEY.

WE PLAY EIGHT REGION GAMES IN OUR REGION.

WE'VE HAD SOME BATTLES THROUGH THIS THING.

JUST LIKE EVERY TEAM, YOU GOT TO FACE ADVERSITY.

YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE INJURIES.

YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE GAMES WHERE YOU DON'T PLAY WELL.

YOU KNOW, WE PLAYED SOME HARD, REALLY GOOD FOOTBALL TEAMS IN RING.

>> John: GOLD.

A LOT OF THEM WERE LOOKING AT THEIR TURNAROUND AND WHAT COACH ATKINS DID AROUND THERE.

BEING 0-10 AND NOW HE'S 9-0, AND THEY'RE LOOKING FOR THE FIRST REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP.

HERE, WE'VE DONE IT IN AA AND TWICE IN AAA.

>> YOU CAN COUNT ON ONE HAND THE NUMBER OF LOSSES YOU'VE HAD.

HOW DOES THIS TEAM STACK UP WITH THAT ONE?

I THINK YOU WERE 11-1, THE FOLLOWING YEAR.

HOW DOES THIS TEAM STACK UP WITH THE ONE THAT GOT YOU TO THE BIG GAME?

>> IT'S NOT THE SAME.

WE GOT DIFFERENT PLAYERS.

YOU KNOW, WE FEEL LIKE WE'RE A LITTLE MORE WELL-ROUNDED, AS A FOOTBALL TEAM THIS YEAR.

THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE'RE BETTER.

2018, HAD A SPECIAL BUNCH OF SENIORS THAT WERE CLOSE.

THOSE TEAMS AND THOSE YEARS THAT YOU HAVE, IT COMES DOWN TO CHARACTER.

IT COMES DOWN TO HOW CLOSE THE LOCKER ROOM IS.

SO, IT'S DIFFERENT.

ATHLETICALLY, WE FEEL LIKE WE MIGHT BE BETTER.

>> TELL ME ABOUT JOJO HANES, YOUR JUNIOR.

>> JOJO IS A SPECIAL PLAYER.

HE'S BEEN GIMPY FOR THE LAST COUPLE WEEKS.

HE HURT HIS ANKLE IN A SCRIMMAGE GAME, AGAINST CARROLLTON.

WE DIDN'T PLAY.

AND HE WAS ROCKING AND ROLLING AND TWEAKED IT AGAIN.

HE REINJURED IT AGAIN.

ONLY GOT TWO CARRIES TONIGHT.

OUR QUARTERBACK WENT DOWN.

OUR STARTING QUARTERBACK, WENT DOWN WHO IS A SOPHOMORE, GUIDING THE CHIP FOR US AND PLAYING EXTREMELY WELL.

>> CONGRATULATIONS ON OVERCOMING THAT ADVERSITY.

YOU TOUCHED ON IT EARLIER IN OUR CONVERSATION.

A LOT OF EMOTION ON THAT ON THE RINGGOLD SIDE.

THEY WERE HAVING A HISTORIC SEASON.

HOW DIFFICULT DID THAT MAKE TONIGHT'S REGION CHAMPIONSHIP VICTORY GOING UP AGAINST THE TEAM THAT, UNLIKE YOUR PROGRAM, YOU'VE BEEN THERE, DONE THAT.

TRYING TO DO THAT AND HAVE A GREAT SEASON.

>> YEAH.

WE'VE BEEN THERE.

2016, WHEN I TOOK OVER THIS PROGRAM, WE WERE TRYING TO GET THERE.

WE HAVE A SEASON PROGRAM AND WE LOST ONE GAME IN THOSE SIX YEARS.

YOU FACE THE TEAM THAT HAS ALL OF THE MOMENTUM AND THE HOPE AND THE BELIEF, THEIR COMMUNITY JUST SHOWED UP.

IT WAS A SEA OF BLUE ON THEIR SIDE.

IT WAS ELECTRIC.

THAT'S WHAT HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL IS ABOUT.

THE STORIES THAT ARE TRYING.

AND THE ONES THAT HAVE ALREADY DONE IT.

IT WAS A GREAT FOOTBALL GAME.

IT WAS A HARD-FOUGHT FOOTBALL GAME.

OUR DEFENSE PLAYED EXTREMELY WELL.

ANYTIME WE CAN HOLD A TEAM TO SIX POINTS AND AVERAGING AROUND 47, WE FEEL LIKE WE DID SOMETHING SPECIAL.

>> NO DOUBT.

YOU LOOK LIKE YOU'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO, YOU MENTIONED WHAT FOOTBALL MEANS TO ROCKMART.

WE TALKED ABOUT CONSISTENCY.

IT COMES TO AAA, I WOULD MAINTAIN THAT AAA IS ONE OF THE TOUGHEST CLASSES AROUND, WHEN IT COMES TO COMPETITION ACROSS THE BOARD.

WHERE WOULD YOU PUT AAA WHEN IT COMES TO HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL IN THE STATE?

>> WE FEEL LIKE AAA IS A VERY, VERY TOUGH CLASSIFICATION.

LAST YEAR, WE'RE SITTING THERE WITH ONE REGULAR SEASON LOSS IN THE SECOND ROUND.

WE BATTLED CEDAR GROVE IN THREE OVERTIMES AND HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO WIN THAT GAME.

THERE'S NO EASY GAMES IN AAA.

JUST TWO YEARS OF EXPERIENCE.

OUR REGION IS REALLY TOUGH.

LOOKING AT SCORES AND WHO THEY PLAYED, THEY'RE JUST AS TOUGH.

THIS IS A TOUGH CLASSIFICATION IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA.

>> COACH, THANKS FOR HANGING OUT WITH US HERE.

CONGRATS ON THE BIG WIN AGAINST A VERY TOUGH RINGGOLD TEAM.

WE KNOW NOW, AS WE FILL THINGS IN, YOU ARE IN THE UPPER RIGHT SECTION.

COACH, THANKS FOR HANGING OUT WITH US.

WE'LL CATCH UP WITH YOU SOON.

>> THANK YOU, GUYS.

>> BEN PARSON.

>>> WHEN WE COME BACK, WE'LL TRY AND PUT A BOW ON THINGS AS WE TRIM THE FIELD TO 256, THE PLAYOFFS BEGIN NEXT WEEKEND.

>>> THE POST GAME SHOW HERE.

BEN NELSON WITH MY BESTY, MATT.

WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU THE EARLY INTEL, AND CATCHING UP WITH A LOT OF COACHES, THAT HAVE BEEN REALLY COOL TO CATCH UP WITH.

I HAVE TO BREAK THE FOURTH WALL.

THE INTERVIEW WE DID WITH CHAD, THAT'S ONE OF THE BEST WE'VE DONE HERE.

THAT WAS FUN TO SEE ALL OF THAT JOY IN THAT -- CRAMMED INTO THAT COACH'S OFFICE.

LET'S GO THROUGH THE BRACKETS, AND THE INFORMATION AS WE HAVE THEM.

UPPER LEFT IN 7A.

TIFT IS YOUR THREE.

THEY WILL BE PLAYING THE REGION 3 NUMBER TWO.

YOU HAVE TIFT, DULUTH, AND WEST FORSYTH.

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

>> WE SAW WEST FORSYTH AND MILL CREEK.

MILL CREEK HAD A BIG 38-10 WIN OVER THE WOLVERINES, INCOMING THAT NIGHT.

TIFT, TWO OUT OF THE THREE, IS THAT RIGHT?

>> TEAM TWO OUT OF REGION THREE.

>> DIDN'T MARIETTA BEAT WALTON TONIGHT.

>> THAT IS TRUE.

>> THEY WOULD AT 3-2, GET THE TIEBREAKER OVER WALTON.

YOUR THREE WOULD BE WALTON IN THE TIEBREAKER.

>> HOW ABOUT THAT?

MARIETTA GETS A HOME GAME AFTER ALL.

THEY WILL BE HOSTING TIFT COUNTY NEXT FRIDAY NIGHT.

THAT SHOULD BE AN INTERESTING MATCH-UP.

THAT MARIETTA TEAM HAS BEEN HIT OR MISS EVERY WEEK.

IT'S BEEN UP-AND-DOWN TEAM.

IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE.

SEE IF THEY WERE UP TONIGHT.

>> DOWN.

WHAT THIS MEANS IS, THAT WALTON, AS THE NUMBER THREE TEAM OUT OF REGION THREE, HAS TO GO TO THE HOG PEN.

YOU HAVE ARCHER, GWINNETT, AND NOONAN.

THE FOUR TEAM WOULD BE ALPHARETTA.

IT'S WALTON, COLQUITT, ARCHER, NORTH GWINNETT, SOUTH FORSYTH, AND WALTON.

>> REMEMBER HOW THEY OPENED THE SEASON?

WITH AN OVERTIME VICTORY OVER LOWNDES?

THE REGION CHAMPION THAT BEAT COLQUITT COUNTY.

WALTON HAD THE VICTORY OVER LOWNDES, IN MERCEDES-BENZ STADIUM.

STUMBLED DOWN THE STRETCH WITH THE LOSS TO MARIETTA.

NOW, THEY GO ON THE ROAD AGAINST COLQUITT COUNTY.

WE KNOW THAT WALTON IS CAPABLE.

WE'VE SEEN THEM DO IT, AT ONE POINT.

THEY WERE RANKED NUMBER FOUR IN 7A.

NOW, HAVING TO MAKE THAT FOUR-HOUR TRIP OR FOUR-PLUS-HOUR TRIP.

>> WALTON, COLQUITT, PLPHARETTA, ARCHER, NORTH GWINNETT, FORSYTH.

WE HAVE SOME OF THE INFORMATION HERE.

YOUR THREE SEED IS EAST COWETA, AFTER THEIR LOSS TONIGHT.

THEY GO TO GRAYSON.

EAST COWETA AND GRAYSON.

MOUNTAIN VIEW, TO DENMARK, AND MEADOW CREEK.

IT'S ROSWELL, AND COME DEN COUNTY.

EAST COWETA IS YOUR THREE.

ROSWELL IS THE TWO.

THAT'S THE TOP RIGHT.

>> LAST YEAR, WE HAD CAMDEN COUNTY IN THE FIRST ROUND HERE ON GPB.

THEY CAME UP TO ATLANTA.

PUT A REAL BATTLE WITH PARKVIEW ON THE FIELD.

AND PARKVIEW ENDED UP WINNING THAT GAME IN OVERTIME.

THEY GOT THEIR HANDS FULL AGAINST THIS NORTH COBB TEAM, THAT'S STACKED WITH MARQUIS KILLEBREW, ON RECRUITING 2021.

AND THE FOUR-STAR WIDE RECEIVER COMMITTED TO GEORGIA.

SINGLETON, ONE OF THE MOST FUN QUARTERBACKS I'VE SEEN PLAY ALL SEASON.

A JUNIOR.

HE'S GOING TO BE HUGE NEXT YEAR, AS A SENIOR.

CAMDEN COUNTY GOT SOME WORK CUT OUT NEXT NORTH COBB.

>> LET'S WRAP UP 7A.

THE FOUR, NUMBER THREE, WE TRAVEL TO PEBBLEBROOK.

NORCROSS, AND CHEROKEE, AND REGION THREE'S NUMBER FOUR, WE'RE LOOKING AT SOME COMBINATION OF HARRISON, HEADING TO LOWNDES.

THAT'S WHAT YOU GOT THERE.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE LAM.

>> John: BERT STARS.

HIS SENIOR YEAR, HE MAKES THE STATE PLAYOFFS.

YOU GOT TO PLAY COLLEGE HILL.

CONGRATULATIONS TO LAMBERT MAKING THE STATE PLAYOFFS.

WHERE THAT PROGRAM HAS COME FROM.

I KNOW THEY ARE EXCITED.

THEY WILL GIVE COLLINS HILL THEIR BEST SHOT.

>> LET'S BLOW THROUGH 6A.

LET'S BLOW THROUGH.

UPPER LEFT, HOUSTON COUNTY.

ROME, GO LOW LEFT.

NORTHSIDE WARNER ROBINS, LAKESIDE EVANS, TO DOUGLAS COUNTY.

THEY ARE THE FOUR BECAUSE OF THE MATHA WAS INVOLVED OUT OF REGION FIVE.

WE'RE GOING TO WAIT FOR THE MATH INVOLVED THERE.

ON THE BOARD, YOU HAVE ALLATOONA.

LET'S GO TO THE UPPER RIGHT.

RICHMOND HILL, AND KEN SAW MOUNTAIN.

AND THE BUY WILL LOSE THE BYE WEEK.

>> BYE IS GOING TO LOSE IN THE UPPER RIGHT.

LOW RIGHT AND WE'LL SHOW YOU WHAT'S GOING ON THERE.

ALSO ON THE BOARD, IT IS LOW RIGHT, EFFINGHAM COUNTY.

YOU WILL HAVE SINGLE-A.

AND RICHMOND HILL, AS THE TWO SEED OUT OF REGION TWO.

THEY COME OUT WITH THE TWO SEED.

LEE COUNTY, AND SO, MATT, ONCE AGAIN, WE LOOK AT 6A, ON THE WHOLE.

YOU'RE LOOKING AT THIS PARTICULAR BRACKET FOR THE QUARTERFINALS, LOW RIGHT, IN 6A.

LEE COUNTY AND BUFORD, IN THE SAME BRACKET.

>> WHAT DID CAL DO TO ANYBODY?

WE SAW BUFORD TONIGHT HERE.

AND LET ME TELL YOU.

THE FALCONS DON'T HAVE AN EASY MATCH-UP.

THIS IS A GREAT SEASON.

I THINK THEY FINISHED UP 8-2.

FOR THE TEN-GAME RECORD.

THAT WILL BE AN INTERESTING MATCH-UP.

POPE AT DACULA.

LOSING BIG TO BUFORD.

BUFORD THE REMATCH OF THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME IN 2020, 34-31, GOT AN EMMY NOMINATION, SO GOOD.

IN ALL LIKELIHOOD, UNLESS SOMEBODY JUMPS UP AND PULLS OFF UPSET.

WAITING FOR THE LOSER OF WOODWARD AND CREEKSIDE.

GOING LOW LEFT AND SHOW YOU WHAT'S GOING ON THERE.

WARNER ROBINS AND CARNERSVILLE.

A POSSIBLE SECOND-ROUND MATCH-UP.

LET'S GO UPPER RIGHT.

SHOW YOU WHAT WE KNOW.

CONGRATULATIONS TO TIM BARREN FOR WINNING THE REGION TITLE.

DUTCHTOWN IS THE NUMBER TWO TEAM.

DUTCHTOWN IN THE OTHER MATCH-UP, WAITING THE THREE SEED THERE.

WE KNOW THEM.

VETERANS.

THE FOUR SEED, OUT OF REGION NUMBER ONE.

AND LET'S GO LOW RIGHT.

TRYING TO FILL IN HOLES.

THE BIGGEST THING THERE, IT COMES TO 5A, IS COOL HUN.

WOODWARD BEAT CREEKSIDE.

THE GAME IS AT CREEKSIDE.

THANK YOU, DR.

CRAFT FOR WATCHING THE SHOW AND LETTING US KNOW.

THAT'S THE MATCH-UP, UPPER LEFT.

CREEKSIDE WILL BE HOSTING COFFEE.

BUT CALHOUN AND WARE COUNTY, YOUR 5A.

>> WOODWARD BEAT CREEKSIDE TONIGHT.

COFFEE, INSTEAD OF HAVING TO DRIVE ALL THE WAY TO COLLEGE PARK, GOES TO FULTON COUNTY AND WILL PLAY CREEKSIDE NEXT FRIDAY NIGHT IN THE 5A STATE PLAYOFFS.

HECK OF A BALL GAME.

THAT'S A MATCH-UP OF TWO TOP TEN TEAMS.

AND AGAIN, AS I SAID EARLIER, THE ONLY TOP TEN MATCH-UP IN EVERY ONE OF THE EIGHT CLASSIFICATIONS.

>> LET'S GO TO QUAD-A, BEFORE AAA.

UPPER LEFT, JENKINS, JEFFERSON, AND THEY ARE WORK AS A TWO SEED.

LOW LEFT, SHOW YOU WHAT WE KNOW HERE.

NEW HAMPSTEAD, AND WAITING FOR ONES HERE IN AAA.

LET'S GO UPPER RIGHT.

AND SHOW YOU WHAT WE KNOW, CEDAR SHOLES, AND EVERYBODY LOOKING AT BENEDICTINE.

>> THE REGION CHAMPIONS BY VIRTUE OF THEIR PREVIOUS NUMBER ONE-RANKED JEFFERSON, THE 2020 STATE FINALIST, FROM A YEAR AGO.

IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE.

THE TITANS CAME OFF OF A HUGE VICTORY.

WHAT DOES THE PATH LOOK LIKE THE REST OF THE WAY.

AND WHAT DOES JEFFERSON'S PATH LOOK LIKE THE REST OF THE WAY.

GENE CATHCART WILL GO INTO THE PLAYOFFS AS A NUMBER ONE SEED.

SECOND ROUND, YOU'RE PROBABLY ON THE ROAD.

MAYBE ON THE ROAD FOR THE REST OF THE WAY.

>> LET'S GO TO AAA.

THE FIRST QUESTION, HAVE YOU DRIED OUT YET?

>> IT WAS AN UGLY NIGHT.

I FELT LIKE WE WERE IN GREEN BAY.

IT WAS AN UGLY NIGHT.

WE ENDED UP PULLING OUT A BIG WIN TONIGHT.

>> THE DIFFERENCE BEING, IF YOU HAD BEEN IN GREEN BAY, WHAT WAS FALLING WOULD HAVE BEEN FROZEN.

YOU CAN BE THANKFUL FOR THAT.

8-2, AS YOU GO INTO THE STATE'S PLAYOFFS.

YOU HAD A LOT OF SENIORS LEFT.

YOU HAD REPLACING TO DO.

WHAT DID YOU LEARN ABOUT LAST YEAR'S TEAM.

WHAT DID THE STARTERS LEARN FROM LAST YEAR'S STATE CHAMPIONSHIP RUN?

>> THE BIGGEST THING WE PREACH ALL THE TIME, IS BE COACHABLE.

BE COACHABLE.

DO WHAT WE ASK YOU TO DO.

AND IF IT DOESN'T WORK, IT'S OUR FAULT.

DO WHAT WE ASK YOU TO DO.

BE COACHABLE.

IT'S AMAZING, AS GOOD AS I'VE SEEN IN MY CAREER.

OUR KIDS ARE COACHABLE.

THAT MAKES MY LIFE SO EASY.

I PROMISE I'M NOT A GREAT COACH.

BUT I HAVE GREAT PLAYERS.

>> WE TALKED TO BIFF PARSON FROM ROCKMART JUST A BIT AGO.

HE IS IN THE SAME HALF OF THE BRACKET YOU ARE.

I WANT TO GET YOUR PERSPECTIVE ON THIS, AS WELL.

NOT A LOT OF FOLKS GET TO WATCH AAA FOOTBALL.

YOU'RE IN ONE OF THE TOUGHEST REGIONS OUT THERE, WHEN IT COMES TO THE TOP TWO TEAMS THAT ARE IN IT.

BREAK DOWN AAA FOOTBALL FOR FOLKS THAT HAVE NEVER SEEN IT AND HOW TOUGH IT IS BE STATE-WIDE.

>> WELL, YOU KNOW, I DON'T CLAIM TO KNOW ANYTHING.

BUT YOU HAVE COMPETITION, FROM ONE TO TEN.

IN AAA, YOU DO IN THE PLAYOFFS.

TEN TEAMS THAT MAKE -- TEN GOOD TEAMS.

YOU GOT CEDAR GROVE, AND SANDY CREEK, MONROE AREA, US, APPLING, OF COURSE, PEACH, YOU HAVE A LOT OF QUALITY TEAMS, IN YOUR TOP TEN.

I THINK THERE'S MORE COMPETITION IN AAA THAN ANY OTHER CLASS.

IT DOESN'T MEAN THERE'S BETTER TEAMS IN AAA, PER SE.

THERE'S PROBABLY A BETTER TEAM IN AAAAAA, BUT IN COMPETITION, I THINK AAA IS THE MOST COMPETITIVE CLASS IN GEORGIA.

>> YOU'RE TWO TOUCHDOWNS AWAY FROM BEING UNDEFEATED ON THE YEAR.

RANK TOPPED FIVE.

RABUN COUNTY, RANKED NUMBER ONE.

THOSE DON'T COUNT AGAINST YOU.

WHAT DID YOU LEARN FROM THOSE GAMES THAT GOT YOU READY FOR THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP RUN OR PLAYOFF RUN, YOU'RE READY TO EMBARK ON.

>> WE HAD A BIG COVID OUTBREAK DOWN HERE.

I MEAN, WE HAD GUYS THAT HAD TO USE THE OFFENSIVE LINE ON THURSDAY, THAT HAD NEVER PLAYED THE POSITION BEFORE.

WE DIDN'T HAVE OUR TAILBOOK, EITHER.

s YOU HAVE A TEAM THAT IS NOT TOO BAD.

WE GET EVERYBODY BACK.

EVERYBODY BACK AND HEALTHY, WE WILL BE A TOUGH FOOTBALL TEAM.

AND THE FOURTH QUARTER, AGAINST FISHER, WE HAD THREE OFFENSIVE LINEMEN GET HURT.

JUST DIDN'T HAVE MUCH OF AN OFFENSIVE LINE IN THE RABUN GAME.

WE HAD A CHANCE TO WIN.

OUR TAILBACK WASN'T QUITE BACK TO WHERE HE IS NOW.

NOW, LINEMEN BACK, RAN FOR 285.

OUR SCHEDULE, YOU MAY LOSE A GAME OR TWO, WHEN YOU PLAY GOOD PEOPLE.

THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS.

YOU GET BETTER WHEN YOU PLAY GOOD PEOPLE.

YOU GO OUT WINNING 72-0, YOU DON'T LEARN ABOUT YOURSELF BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE TO STUDY YOURSELF.

YOU MOVE ON TO THE NEXT GAME.

WHEN YOU LOSE, YOU LOOK AT EVERYTHING, EVERY MISTAKE, AND I THINK IT MAKES YOU BETTER.

NOBODY WANTS TO LOSE.

YOU WOULD LIKE TO GO 15-0 EVERY YEAR.

BUT A LOT OF TIMES WHEN YOU LOSE, YOU END UP STUDYING YOURSELF A LITTLE HARDER.

AND YOU FIGURE OUT, WHERE DO I GOT TO IMPROVE?

AND SOMETIMES IT HELPS YOU.

>> LET ME ASK YOU ONE QUESTION OFF THE BEATEN PATH BEFORE WE CLOSE THINGS OUT HERE.

I KNOW FOOTBALL, PIERCE COUNTY, IT'S A HUGE DEAL.

I KNOW THIS PREDATES YOU BEFORE YOU WERE THE HEAD COACH.

WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR YOUR COMMUNITY TO HAVE THE STARTING QUARTERBACK, THE NUMBER ONE COLLEGE FOOTBALL TEAM, IN THE NATION, COME FROM THE PROGRAM THAT YOU'RE NOW COACHING AND WITH A KID THAT WAS BARELY RECRUITED COMING OUT OF YOUR HIGH SCHOOL?

>> WELL, FIRST OFF, TALKING ABOUT STETSON, THAT JUST TELLS YOU, YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE -- YOU WANT TO WORK AND YOU CAN PLAY THIS GAME, YOU CAN DO ANYTHING.

HE'S FROM BLACKSHEER, GEORGIA.

PROBABLY GOT THE BEST TEAM IN THE COUNTRY, GEORGIA.

THAT SPEAKS TO KIDS HERE.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE 6'4" TO BE GOOD AT THIS GAME.

HOW HARD YOU WORK IS YOUR DECISION AND YOUR GIFT BACK TO GOD.

SO, ANYBODY CAN DO IT.

NOT EVERYBODY CAN DO IT.

ANYBODY CAN DO IT.

WHAT A SUCCESS STORY HE IS.

BEING FROM PIERCE COUNTY, I GET PEOPLE THAT CALL ME AND SAY, THE QUARTERBACK FROM GEORGIA.

HE'S FROM PIERCE COUNTY.

I DIDN'T GET TO COACH HIM.

BUT HE IS FROM PIERCE COUNTY, GEORGIA.

THIS IS A HEAVILY POPULATED.

WE HAVE A LOT OF TOBACCO AND COTTON.

IT'S NOT LIKE LIVING IN DeKALB COUNTY.

9,000 PEOPLE HERE.

EVERYBODY KNOWS EVERYBODY.

IT'S A GOOD, GOD-FEARING COMMUNITY.

AND IT'S NEAT TO SEE, THE QUARTERBACK FROM GEORGIA IS FROM PIERCE COUNTY.

>> AND EVERYBODY KNOWS STETSON BENNETT.

>> STETSON IS A GREAT KID.

YOU KNOW, YOU WATCH HIM ON THE SIDELINE.

HE DOESN'T HAVE A BUNCH OF JUNK IN HIM.

HE GOES OUT THERE AND LEADS THE TEAM.

HE'S FUN TO WATCH.

BOTH HIS BROTHERS PLAYED FOR US.

THEY'RE SENIORS.

THEY DID A GREAT JOB FOR US.

IT'S BEEN A SPECIAL YEAR.

>> RYAN HEARING, THE HEAD COACH OF THE PIERCE COUNTY BEARS.

TRYING TO DRY OUT AFTER THE MONSOON THERE.

CONGRATS WITH THE WIN OVER APPLING.

WE HAVE FOUR MINUTES TO GO.

WE HAVE FOUR BRACKETS.

SEE WHAT WE CAN DO.

LET'S BLOW THROUGH THEM HERE AND GO THROUGH 30,000 FEET.

AAA, LONG COUNTY.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE BLUE TIDE.

YOU MAKE IT IN AS A THREE SEED FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER.

THE BLUESIDE.

WHITE COUNTY IS YOUR FOUR.

ADAIRSVILLE IS YOUR FOUR.

HARLEM AND CHRIS.

APPLING COUNTY, THERE'S YOUR TWO.

CHEROKEE BLUFF.

AND HART COUNTY.

THAT IS PACK A LUNCH, PACK A DINNER.

AND THOMPSON IS YOUR REGION CHAMP.

UPPER LEFT -- UPPER RIGHT.

MARY PERSONS AND BURKE.

AND STEPHENS COUNTY.

AND BRANTLEY COUNTY, LIBERTY COUNTY, THAT'S YOUR ONE AND YOUR FOUR.

RIGHT AND LOW RIGHT.

MORGAN COUNTY AND PEACH.

PEACH IS LURKING.

NORTH MURRAY, THE MOUNTAINEERS WILL GET MONROE AREA.

DAWSON COUNTY IS YOUR SEVENTH.

PIERCE COUNTY IS YOUR ONE.

GO TO AA.

COOK IS YOUR THREE SEED.

ELBERT COUNTY, AND SHANNON JARVIS GOES THERE.

LOW LEFT, LET'S SHOW YOU WHAT WE KNOW.

FITZGERALD, BREMEN, FANNIN COUNTY.

BREMEN, GOES TO FANNIN.

UNION COUNTY, PUTNAM COUNTY.

UPPER RIGHT, SHOW YOU WHAT WE KNOW HERE.

IT IS WEST SIDE AUGUSTA AS YOUR TWO.

SOUTH ATLANTA, YOUR REGION CHAMP OUT OF REGION SIX.

AND PEPERIL.

LET'S GO LOW RIGHT.

IT IS JEFF DAVIS HAS YOUR TWO SEED, IN THE 3-2.

JEFF DAVIS.

RABUN COUNTY IS YOUR ONE.

JEFF CO AND DAVIS.

DADE COUNTY, NUMBER TWO.

THERE AGAINST THOMASVILLE.

THAT'S YOUR ONE.

YOUR BOTTOM RIGHT IN AA.

HOLY INNOCENCE WILL BE THE NUMBER ONE SEED.

REGION FIVE IS HOLY INNOCENT.

EAGLES LANDING CHRISTIAN, A REGION CHAMPIONSHIP, AT 4-6.

LOW LEFT.

SHOW YOU WHAT WE KNOW.

HEBRON CHRISTIAN.

ATHENS CHRISTIAN, IS YOUR THREE SEED.

BELOW THAT, THE BYE WEEK WILL LOSE TO TRINITY CHRISTIAN.

LANDMARK CHRISTIAN IS YOUR THREE.

THEY TAKE ON PACELLI.

WESLEYAN IS YOUR TWO SEED.

BOTTOM RIGHT, IT IS BROOKSTONE, KINGS RIDGE, MT.

VERNON, IS THE THREE SEED.

PUBLIC.

IT'S ECI, AS THE TWO.

LOW LEFT, AND SHOW YOU WHAT WE KNOW.

MCA AND MITCHELL.

GREAT SEASON FOR GMC.

WILCOX, YOUR REGION CHAMPS OUT OF REGION ONE.

TURNER COUNTY, YOU THREE.

BOWDEN IS THE ONE SEED.

CONGRATS TO ACE CHARTER, THEY'RE THE THREE SEED.

METTAR IS YOUR REGION CHAMP OUT OF REGION THREE.

BROOKS COUNTY.

AND WARREN COUNTY, THE SCREAMING DEVILS, AND PELHAM, YOUR ONE AND FOUR.

>> DO YOU REALIZE THAT SANDY CREEK BEAT CEDAR GROVE TONIGHT?

>> THE 49-35.

>> YEAH.

THAT SLIPPED THROUGH THE CRACKS.

A HUGE WIN FOR THE FIGHTING PATRIOTS AFTER THEY WERE BEATEN BY CARVER ATLANTA, A COUPLE WEEKS AGO.

>> SO, THAT IS WHERE WE'RE GETTING CLOSER TO THE FIELD OF 64-4.

A LITTLE NORTH OF 400, DOWN TO 256.

EVERYTHING WILL BE SETTLED BY MONDAY NIGHT, WHEN WE KNOW WHERE WE'RE GOING.

WE WILL LET YOU KNOW.

WE GOT Q.R.

CODES, APPS, GPB.ORG.

ALL OF THE SOCIAL MEDIA.

MATT, THANKS FOR BEING A GREAT PARTNER AND HANGING OUT WITH ME ALL NIGHT.

>> YOU BET.

ENJOYED IT.

>> PLAY IT SAFE, EVERYBODY.

THE PLAYOFFS ARE COMING UP AROUND THE CORNER.

WE'RE GOING TO CATCH OUR BREATH FOR 15, 20 MINUTES.

THANKS FOR ALL OF THE COACHES.

ALL OF THE SCHOOLS.

ALL OF THE GREATEST, FOR PUTTING THE POSTGAME SHOW IS.

THANKS TO EVERYBODY BEHIND THE SCENES.

YOU KICK BUTT.

GOOD NIGHT, EVERYBODY.

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