>>> WELCOME IN TO "COUNTDOWN TO KICKOFF."

I'M HANNAH GOODIN WITH JON NELSON.

WEEK 16, AND WE HAVE MADE IT TO THE SEMIFINALS, JON.

>> DOWN TO THE FINAL FOUR IN EACH OF THE EIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES.

FLAG FOOTBALL IS IN, THEIR PLAYOFFS AS WELL, SO THE SPRINT TO GEORGIA STATE IS -- A WEEK?

>> A WEEK AWAY.

>> A WEEK AWAY.

IT WILL BE HERE QUICKLY.

FRIDAY WILL BE A REAL CHALLENGE FOR WHO MAKES IT TO GEORGIA STADIUM IN A WEEK.

>> DECEMBER 9th THROUGH 11th, 32 TEAMS, HAPPENING THIS FRIDAY, NARROWING IT DOWN TO 16.

WE'LL RECAP THE QUARTERFINALS FIRST, JON.

WHAT WERE YOUR BIGGEST TAKE-AWAYS FROM LAST WEEK?

>> OTHER THAN THE TEAM THAT SCORED THE MOST POINTS WINS, I MEAN, YOU WOULD HAVE A LOT OF OFFENSE REALLY, WHEN YOU HAVE A LOT OF THE FAVORITES WE THOUGHT WERE GOING TO BE MAKING THEIR WAY IN, JUST THE SHEER NUMBERS WHEN YOU LOOK AT HOW MANY POINTS WERE SCORED ACROSS THE BOARD IN A LOT OF THESE GAMES.

AND YOU HAVE A LOT OF THESE GAMES COME DOWN TO THE WIRE TOO.

THE CARROLLTON GAME IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THAT.

BUT YOU HAVE A LOT OF TEAMS IN THE LOWER CLASSIFICATIONS, BROOKS COUNTY WITH A BIG NUMBER, METTER.

A LOT OF TEAMS WE THOUGHT WOULD MAKE IT, THEY MADE IT TO THIS PARTICULAR POINT IN THE PLAYOFFS.

WE TALKED ABOUT IT IN THE QUARTERFINALS WHERE A LOT OF GAMES WE THOUGHT WOULD BE CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES, MARIS BENEDICTINE, YOU SAW GAMES LIKE THAT COME TO THE FORE LAST WEEK.

>> MADE IT REALLY EASY ON US THIS WEEK.

YOU'VE SAID THE WORD.

RING THE ALARM!

>> WHAT WAS IT?

>> CHAMPIONSHIP!

>> THAT IS SO -- >> HA, HA, HA!

>> THAT IS SO LAME.

>> YOU HAVE ESCAPED, YOU HAVE EVADED -- >> THAT IS LAME.

I'M SORRY.

>> FOR THREE WEEKS.

>> THAT'S LAME.

L-A-M-E. LAME.

>> IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT YOU THINK.

>> I'M AWARE WHAT I THINK DOESN'T MATTER.

>> WE'LL LET YOU KNOW WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO IN B-BLOCK.

BREATHE, RELAX.

WE'LL LET YOU KNOW.

>> OKAY.

CHAMPIONSHIPS.

THAT WAS A REAL CHALLENGING ONE.

WAY TO GO.

>> I KNOW, RIGHT?

LET'S SEE WHO'S HERE.

SEMIFINALS GAME WEEK.

MICHAEL BAXTER, GOOD AFTERNOON TO EVERYONE.

GO, MILLS EAGLES.

HE'S EATING LUNCH AT CHICK-FIL-A, WHICH SOUNDS PRETTY GOOD.

WHAT ARE YOU HAVING FOR LUNCH?

>> THAT'S THE QUESTION.

>> WHAT IS FOR LUNCH?

>> THAT IS THE QUESTION AND ALWAYS WILL BE THIS TIME OF DAY.

>> ANOTHER IS HAVING BIG CHICKEN.

>> NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT.

>> NOTHING WRONG.

SEE IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER LUNCHES ON HERE BEFORE WE GET STARTED.

>> YEAH?

>> I'M NOT SEEING ANY.

>> ANY OTHERS?

MILK.

SOUNDS MORE LIKE A LATE-NIGHT SNACK.

>> IT DEPENDS.

IF YOU'RE A LATE RISER, WHAT'S THE DEAL?

NOTHING WRONG WITH PEANUT BUTTER AND JELLY.

FOR ME, I USUALLY HAVE TWO SANDWICHES IF I HAVE THAT.

I KIND OF O.D.

ON THE JELLY SIDE OF THINGS TO MAKE A REAL MESS.

IF I'M DOING PB&J, THERE'S MORE J AN PB.

>> ANOTHER HAVING DAIRY QUEEN.

LET'S GET THINGS STARTED HERE GUYS BY RECAPPING OUR FOOTBALL FRIDAY IN GEORGIA.

GAME OF THE WEEK FROM A WEEK AGO, QUARTERFINAL MATCHUP BETWEEN WALTON AND BROOKWOOD.

THE BROOKWOOD COMMUNITY CENTER IN SNELLVILLE.

THIS ONE WITH THE SOPHOMORE QB AND THE RAIDERS OFFENSE ALL THE WAY.

>> YOU SAW THE TOUCHDOWN BY DIGGS.

AFTER THE ONE SERIES, ZACK ROSEMAN HAD IT, JEREMY HE LEN SKI TAKING CHARGE.

STIFF ARM ONCE, TWICE, TURN THE CORNER.

WE SAW DYLAN LONERGAN FOR BROOKWOOD WASN'T 100%.

THE DEFENSE FOR WALTON COMING UP BIG THERE.

SCOOP AND SCORE CHANGED THE MOMENTUM.

FOR WALTON TO GET A BREAK LIKE THAT TO MAKE IT, YOU KNOW, 21-7, THEN WHAT IS BROOKWOOD GOING TO DO COMING BACK THE OTHER WAY?

THERE'S THAT MAN AGAIN, ALEX DIGGS.

THE ONE OFFER FROM DAVIDSON?

ARE YOU SERIOUS?

KIDDING ME?

TOUCHDOWN FOR ALEX DIGGS.

MAKE THAT KID A BETTER OFFER!

>> BETTER OFFER.

>> THAT'S THE RECRUITING SHOW.

HELENSKI PUTTING THE BALL IN THE AIR.

BY THE END OF IT, THEY BREAK THE TAPE.

52-35 THE FINAL SCORE.

WE TALKED ABOUT THE BIG NUMBERS THAT WERE PUT UP OFFENSIVELY.

THAT WAS ONE OF THEM.

CEDAR TOWN PUTS UP 39.

CARVER ATLANTA PUTS UP 46, PIERCE COUNTY IN THE 30s.

CALLOWAY, THOMASVILLE.

WALTON WITH BIG NUMBERS PART OF LAST WEEK TO GET US TO THIS WEEK.

>> THEY'LL FACE MILTON IN THE SEMIS.

WE'LL GET TO THOSE BRACKETS.

OTHER TOP GAMES WE HAD OUR EYE ON THE STATE, GBO SAYS, TOPS IN THE COUNTY, OH, ARE WE!

>> YOU WANT TO DO THE -- >> MY TOP FIVE SCORERS.

JON'S TOP FIVE SCORES PEP WE HAVE A LOT OF BROOKS COUNTY COMING UP.

FIRST MY TOP FIVE.

COLLINSVILLE DEFEATED LOWNDES 49-7.

NOT AN UPSET BUT WE'RE CALLING THAT SCOREAN UPSET.

>> RUNNING GAME IS HEALTHY.

>> IN 5A, BLESSED TRINITY OVER VILLA RICA.

I THINK I'VE GOTTEN TWO SCORES WRONG THIS SEASON.

DOUBLE-CHECKED MYSELF.

THAT IS CORRECT.

WORKING OUR WAY DOWN TO 4A, BENEDICTINE DEFEATED MARIST 24-21.

THAT IS MY UPSET FOR THE WEEK, WINNING BY A FIELD GOAL IN AA, SWAINSBORO DEFEATED NORTHEAST.

>> FREE FOOTBALL FOR SWAINSBORO.

>> I PUT THAT ONE ON THERE BECAUSE IT WAS THE ONLY OVERTIME GAME IN THE QUARTERFINALS.

SINGLE-A, WILCOX DEFEATED MANCHESTER 20-14.

>> YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD AND SUBTLY PLUG THE FOOTBALL FRIDAYS IN GEORGIA PODCAST?

>> SINCE WE'RE ABOUT TO TALK BROOKS.

>> OKAY.

>> WILCOX COUNTY HEAD COACH -- >> ONE OF OUR GAMES OF THE WEEK.

>> AND MORRIES FREEMAN BRINGING THE HAMMER ON THE PODCAST.

HE WAS HILARIOUS.

BROOKS COUNTY IS ONE OF YOUR TOP FIVE TEAMS.

>> MY TOP FIVE, WHERE I WAS THIS PAST WEEK, WARNER ROBINS AND JONES IN A SHOOT-OUT.

WARNER TAKES IT BY 28.

PEARSON PEACH, PEACH HAD TO DO IT ON THE ROAD.

THEY KNOCK OFF MONROE AREA BUT COME TO BLACKSHEAR.

FITZGERALD HAVING TO DO IT ON THE ROAD AS A TWO-SEED LIKE OUR FRIENDS AT BROOKS COUNTY.

FITZGERALD KNOCKS OFF PUTNAM COUNTY, 21-7.

IRWIN AND MACON COUNTY, HALF OF YOUR SINGLE-A BRACKET ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE.

BIG WIN FOR IRWIN COUNTY.

MIKE COLUMN THIS WEEK IN THE SPORTS DIRECTION CAUGHT UP WITH OWEN COUNTY.

BROOKS AND WARREN.

BROOKS COUNTY PUTTING 51 AGAINST THE SCREAMING DEVILS OF WARREN COUNTY IN WARRENTON.

GREAT OFFENSIVE NUMBERS THAT WE'VE SEEN SO FAR THIS SEASON FROM BROOKS COUNTY.

BROOKS COUNTY ONCE AGAIN YOU'RE LOOKING AT POSSIBLY ONE VERSUS TWO IN THE RANKINGS, ONE VERSUS TWO IN THE REGION, ONE GAME AWAY FROM SQUARING OFF EACH OTHER IN A SINGLE-A PUBLIC CHAMPIONSHIP.

WILCOX AND METTERER WILL HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY.

>> WHAT ELSE IS GOING ON IN SOUTH GEORGIA?

>> WHAT WE'VE SEEN FROM CLASS A PUBLIC, WE TALKED ABOUT SWAINSBORO AND FITZGERALD, CALLAWAY NOT NECESSARILY SANS GEORGIA BUT CALLAWAY IN ROUND ONE AGAINST BLECKLEY COUNTY GETTING THE WIN THERE.

THAT YOU HAVE GAME WITH CALLAWAY, A DEFENDING CHAMP.

NEVER DISCOUNT A DEFENDING CHAMP.

>> NEVER.

>> TO BE THE MAN, YOU HAVE TO BEAT THE MAN.

NO ONE HAS BEATEN CALLAWAY SO FAR IN THE PLAYOFFS.

THAT'S WHY THEY ARE STILL GOING.

THOMASVILLE KNOCKING OFF RABUN COUNTY.

ANOTHER ONE WE LOOKED AT IN SOUTH GEORGIA, GUNNER STOCKTON'S HIGH SCHOOL CAREER IS NOW OVER THANKS TO THOMASVILLE AND THE BULLDOGS AND THEIR TREMENDOUS DEFENSE.

WE TALKED ABOUT PEARSON PEACH, PUTTING UP 35.

APPLING COUNTY.

>> AT THE SWAMP.

>> YOU HAVE APPLING COUNTY WINNING AT THE BRICKYARD 21-7.

THIS WAS A TWO-SEED, THEY MADE THEIR WAY THROUGH OUT OF THAT REGION.

CEDAR GROVE TRAVELING.

A LOT TO TALK ABOUT IN AND AROUND THE STATE.

>> STICK WITH US BECAUSE WE HAVE BRACKETS COMING UP.

FIRST IT'S OUR PLAY OF THE WEEK.

THIS COMES OUT OF THE 6A QUARTERFINAL MATCHUP BETWEEN CARROLLTON AND WEST LAKE.

>> M.J. MORRIS WITH THE LATE TOUCHDOWN.

196.

THROWS THE 33-YARDER WITH 41 SECONDS TO GO.

THE BACK AND FORTH, THANK TO OUR FRIENDS AT BRADDOCK SPORTS.

AND THAT IS HOW CARROLLTON ADVANCED OVER WEST LAKE IN THE QUARTERFINALS.

LAST-SECOND WIN.

M.J. MORRIS, THEY'VE GOT A TOUGH TEST WITH BUFORD THIS WEEK.

>> LOVE IT.

>> SOMETIMES WHEN A GAME IS ON THE LINE AND YOU'VE GOT IT AT HOME, YOU HAVE MOMENTS LIKE THAT.

CARROLLTON GETS IT WITH THE LATE SCORE AGAINST WEST LAKE.

THANKS FOR BRADDOCK FOR HELPING US ALL SEASON.

>> TALKING SEMIS, BUT BIGGEST STORY LINES.

>> HIT ME.

FANCY TV GRAPHIC TIME SINCE I CAN'T BE PENAL POISED FOR THAT.

MARIST AND BENEDICTINE WAS ONE, BUT QUARTERFINALS, FEELS LIKE THE FIRST TIME.

WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT TEAMS LIKE CARVER ATLANTA, WHEN YOU'RE SEEING A TEAM LIKE THAT MAKE THEIR WAY IN, APPLING COUNTY MAKING IT AS DEEP AS THEY ARE.

YOU HAVE A LOT OF THESE TEAMS THAT ARE GETTING IN THERE LATE, AND YOU SEE SWAINSBORO MAKING A RUN.

A LOT OF THESE TEAMS THAT ARE GETTING INTO THE PLAYOFFS AND HAVING THESE DEEP RUNS, ORT OCONEE WITH THEIR REMATCH AGAINST BENEDICTINE.

MAKING ALL OF THESE DEEP RUNS, GREAT TO SEE THESE TEAMS MAKING THESE RUNS TO THE FINAL FOURS IN THEIR RESPECTIVE CLASSIFICATIONS.

THOSE ARE MY BIGGEST STORY LINES OF THE WEEK.

OFFENSE, AND JUST BECAUSE OF HOW THINGS WOUND UP, YOU GOT TWO GAMES WE THOUGHT WOULD BE CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES IN ANY OTHER YEAR.

THEY HAPPENED LAST FRIDAY NIGHT.

>> STEVE KERR SAID THEY PIERCED THE PEACH.

>> UH-HUH.

>> BROOKS COUNTY IN THE HOUSE TODAY.

>> DO WE HAVE A RIM SHOT AVAILABLE FOR THINGS LIKE THAT?

>> THE REGION OF DUKE WILL BE BACK IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.

WE WERE MISSING TRAVEL, TRAVEL, TRAVEL ON THE GRAPHIC.

>> ITS UNDERSTOOD A LOT OF FOLKS WILL BE TRAVELING.

>> 325 MILES IS THE LONGEST FOR RABUN COUNTY.

>> TO GO DOWN TO THOMASVILLE.

>> GUNNER STOCKTON COULDN'T GET WARMED UP.

>> I THINK THOMASVILLE, THEY SHOW HOW STOUT THEY ARE GOING UP AGAINST A TALENT LIKE A GUNNER STOCKTON AND A TALENTED TEAM LIKE RABUN COUNTY, VETERANS MEMORIAL STADIUM, A TOUGH PLACE TO PLAY.

ZACK GRAVES SETS HIMSELF UP FOR SEASON TWO TO GET YOU RESULTS LIKE YOU'RE SEEING IN SEASON THREE.

>> WHEN WE GO THROUGH THE BRACKETS WE'LL LOOK AT THE LONGEST DRIVE.

>> KEEP THAT IN MIND AS WELL.

>> NEW VIEWERS JOINING US.

THAT'S JON NELSON.

I'M HANNAH GOODIN.

MORE COMING UP ON THE SHOW.

WE ARE GOING TO PREVIEW OUR GAME OF THE WEEK.

WE HAVE BRACKETS, KICKER, AND WE'LL TALK THE CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULE.

>> WE HAVE KICKER, YES, WE DO, WE'VE GOT KICKER, HOW ABOUT YOU?

SEE IF YOUR KICKER MATCHES OURS.

>> GOOD ONE, JON.

>> THAT'S WHOO V WHY WE'RE HERE.

>> WE HAVE YOUR PUNISHMENT.

ONE MORE THING TO DO AND THAT'S PREVIEW OR GAME OF THE WEEK.

>> OKAY.

>> SEMIFINAL MATCHUP ON OUR AIR WAVES, THE REMATCH BETWEEN LAST SEASON'S 7A CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAYSON VERSUS COLLINS HILL.

THE RAMS DEFEATED THE EAGLES 38-14 IN THE TITLE GAME, AND GRAYSON LEADS THE SERIES 6-2.

COLLINS 13-0.

THEY WON THE REGION EIGHT FOR THE SECOND STRAIGHT YEAR.

GRAYSON FINISHED SECOND IN REGION FOUR, BUT THEY HAVE BEEN ROLLING THROUGH THE PLAYOFFS.

THE WINNER ADVANCES TO THE CHAMPIONSHIPS TO MEET THE WINNER OF MILTON VERSUS WALL TOVRN ON DECEMBER 11th AT GEORGE STATE'S CENTER PARK STADIUM, KICKOFF AT 7:30.

>> RECRUITING 2021 PROCEEDS.

THERE IS CHAOS IN THE WORLD OF RECRUITING RIGHT NOW WITH COACHING CHANGES.

SO IT REALLY WILL BE A MERRY CHRISTMAS FOR A LOT OF SCHOOLS EXCEPT IN ATHENS, FOLKS FLIPPING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA.

WHAT'S BIGGER THAN THE NUMBER ONE?

IF YOU'RE TOP RANKED AND STILL IMPROVE ON, THAT YOU'RE LIKE THE UBER NUMBER ONE.

THE SUPER NUMBER ONE.

THE SEGMENT ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA WILL BE A PART OF WHAT'S GOING ON WITH RECRUITING 2021.

ALL THE COACHING CHANGES, ALL THE CHAOS, 7:00.

THEN "FOOTBALL FRIDAYS" AT 7:30 WITH GRAYSON.

>> UBER NUMBER ONE SHOULD HAVE BEEN NUMBER ONE FOR THE WEEK.

>> BUT IT'S CHAMPIONSHIPS.

THERE'S A REAL CHALLENGE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

IT'S BRACKET TIME.

BECAUSE THIS IS OUR LAST "COUNTDOWN TO KICKOFF," WE ARE BRINGING IT ALL FULL CIRCUMSTANCE FROM THE FIRST PUNISHMENT OF THE VERY FIRST SHOW.

YOU HAVE TO RUN IN PLACE WHILE YOU DO ALL OF THE BRACKETS.

>> LET ME SEE IF I'VE GOT ENOUGH SLACK TO DO THIS.

>> ALL RIGHT.

DON'T GET TANGLED.

>> THAT'S THE KEY HERE, BECAUSE -- ALL RIGHT.

THIS IS BREAKING THE FOURTH WALL A LITTLE BIT.

I'M ANCHORED IN PLACE SO I CAN HEAR, THAT'S THE THICK CORD, AND SO I CAN SPEAK, THAT'S THE THIN CORD.

>> THAT TABLE'S LONG ENOUGH.

>> FAMOUS LAST WORDS.

>> HERE WE GO.

>> NO EXCUSES.

>> BRACK EPTS.

>> I'M GOING TO NEED SOME ROOM.

>> STARTING WITH 7A AND JON WILL RUN IN PLACE.

YOU'VE GOT THIS.

HIT THOSE BRACKETS.

>> GOODNESS.

OKAY.

YOU HAVE MILTON AND WALTON.

WE TALKED ABOUT THAT ONE, SHOWED YOU THE HIGHLIGHTS FROM "FOOTBALL FRIDAYS."

I FEEL LIKE THAT SCENE IN "GOOD MORNING, VIETNAM," ONE OF THOSE MOMENTS.

WE'VE SEEN WALTON MAKE THEIR WAY THROUGH.

GREAT SEASON FOR BROOK WAD AS WELL, LOSING TO WALTON, BEATING NORTH GWINNETT.

THERE IT IS.

>> YES.

>> LOVE YOU GUYS.

YEAH.

RIGHT.

6A, SINCE WE TALKED ABOUT 7A, THE FINAL FORMAT, JUST IN 6A.

DACULA BEAT JONS CREEK.

CARROLLTON WE SHOWED YOU, THE LAST-SECOND TOUCHDOWN WITH THEIR WIN AGAINST WEST LAKE, BUFORD.

27-0.

5A, CREEK SIDE AND WARNER ROBINS, CREEKSIDE BEATING ST. PIUS, WORKING THEIR WAY THROUGH.

THEN THEY BEAT WHITE WATER LAST WEEK.

GREAT SEASON THERE.

WARRER ROBBINS PUTTING UP GOOD NUMBERS.

>> CAN YOU MAKE IT?

>> I CAN'T.

>> DO YOU NEED A BREAK?

>> NO.

CARTERSVILLE BEATEN BY WARNER ROBINS.

FOUR, CARVER COLUMBUS AND CEDAR TOWN.

THEY KNOCKED OFF DOUGHERTY.

ANOTHER SLOW START BUT CEDAR TOWN PUT 39 ON PERRY.

BENEDICTINE, PERRY, OCONEE, REMATCH FROM THE REGULAR SEASON.

TRIPLE.

>> THIS IS THE FASTEST HE'S EVER GONE THROUGH BRACKETS, GUYS.

>> IT IS.

CEDAR GROVE AND APPLING COUNTY.

WE TALKED ABOUT CEDAR GROVE PUTTING REVENGE, BEATING THOMASON BY 14.

CARVER ATLANTA, GREAT RUN BY COACH THERE.

AA, SWAINSBORO AND FITZGERALD, GREAT SEASON FOR COACH ROBERTS.

SWAINSBORO TO OVERTIME.

FITZGERALD WON ON THE ROAD.

CALLAWAY HAVING TO DO IT ON THE ROAD BUT THEY'RE A DEFENDING CHAMP.

SINGLE-A.

WHERE ARE WE GOING FIRST?

THREE OF TEAMS FROM THE OLD REGION OF DOOM AT ONE POINT.

BROOKS IS IN THE REGION OF DOOM.

WILCOX IS OUT OF IT.

BUT ALL THOSE THREE TEAMS HAVE TIES TO REGION TWO.

METTER, COACH GARVIN PUT UP BIG OFFENSIVE NUMBERS AGAINST TURNER COUNTY.

>> LAST ONE, JON.

YOU'RE BEING CHEERED ON IN THE COMMENT SECTION.

>> I AM SO NOT.

>> YOU ARE.

>> TRINITY CHRISTIAN EAGLES, REMATCH FROM THE REGULAR SEASON.

FELLOWSHIP AND PAC, THAT WILL BE A TIGHT BATTLE AS WELL.

THAT'S YOUR BRACKETS.

I'M OUT OF BREATH.

>> WELL DONE.

WAY TO GO, JON.

LAST SHOW, LAST PUNISHMENT.

YOU WERE SUCH A SPORT THIS YEAR.

THAT WAS A GOOD WORKOUT.

YOU NEEDED TO GET THE BLOOD FLOWING FOR RECRUITING SHOW THIS AFTERNOON, THE BIG SEMIFINAL GAME FRIDAY.

IF I RUN IN PLACE, I MIGHT GIVE BIRTH.

>> WELL, WHAT'S YOUR OPINION ON THIS?

>> I THINK WE'RE GOOD FOR THIS SHOW.

>> OKAY.

>> I THINK WE'RE PRETTY GOOD.

SOME GOOD COMMENTS COMING IN.

SEAN GENTRY SAYS BONK IS HILARIOUS.

ISN'T HE?

>> WOULDN'T HAVE IT ANY OTHER WAY.

>> WOULDN'T HAVE IT ANY OTHER WAY.

>> SET ALL THIS UP.

LONGEST DRIVE, WHILE YOU CATCH YOUR BREATH.

I'LL READ THE COMMENTS.

MICHAEL SAYS NORTH OCONEE, ROAD TRIP TO SAVANNAH.

LONGEST DRIVE THIS WEEK, CARVER ATLANTA TO PIERCE COUNTY.

THE SECOND WOULD BE OCONEE TO BENEDICTINE.

SHORTEST DRIVE IN 7A, BOTH GAMES LESS THAN 30 MILES.

>> BENEDICTINE AND NORTH OCONEE MAKES SENSE AND SO DOES THE OTHER POST TOND BOARD.

LET'S GO WITH THOSE TWO.

I LIKE THAT WE'RE DOING MATH ON THE SHOW.

AS LONG AS ANYBODY ELSE DOES THE MATH ON THE SHOW AND NOT ME, THAT'S GREAT.

CHALLENGE FOR NORTH TO OCONEE.

BENEDICTINE IN THE REGULAR SEASON WAS DOMINANT THERE.

YOU HAVE THE REVENGE FACTOR WE TALKED ABOUT WHILE I WAS LOSING MY BREATH GOING THROUGH THE BRACKETS.

THERE ARE TWO THAT ARE VERY, VERY CHALLENGING WHEN IT COMES TO THE ROAD TRIPS THAT HAVE TO BE TAKEN.

GOING TO PIERCE, THAT ONE'S GOING TO BE TOUGH FOR CARVER ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE OF THAT BRACKET.

TOUGH ENVIRONMENTS IN BOTH CASES.

REVENGE IN ONE, CHANCE TO BE IN A CHAMPIONSHIP GAME FOR A TEAM THAT HASN'T BEEN THERE.

>> LET'S TALK ABOUT FEW TOPICS BEFORE WE GET TO OUR KICKER HERE.

WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK ABOUT THE CLASS CHANGES FOR NEXT SEASON?

NONE OF THAT IS FINALIZED QUITE YET.

>> WE'RE STILL LOOKING AT -- >> STILL WORKING ON IT.

>> STILL WORKING ON IT.

WE SAW THE GRAPHICS FROM AAA AND SINGLE-A.

THEY'RE STILL TRYING TO FIGURE THINGS OUT WITH APPEALS.

IT WILL BE INTERESTING BECAUSE THERE HAVE BEEN SOME TEAMS ON THE PRIVATE SIDE THAT HAVE REQUESTED TO GO UP IN CLASS.

THERE ARE SOME THAT ARE JUST GOING UP IN CLASS BECAUSE OF THE MULTIPLIER, THE 3.0.

IN THE OFF-SEASON, WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO ON THE "FOOTBALL FRIDAYS IN GEORGIA" PODCAST, WE'LL RE-EXAMINE CLASSIFICATION FROM A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT ANGLES TO GIVE YOU AS MUCH INFORMATION AS WE CAN AS WE'RE LEADING INTO THE NEW CYCLE.

SO WE'LL TAKE A REAL IN-DEPTH, DEEM-DIVE LOOK INTO IT IN THE OFF-SEASON SO EVERYONE CAN BE AS INFORMED ABOUT ALL OF THE DIFFERENT WAYS THAT IT IMPACTS FOLKS.

SOME FOLKS WEREN'T IMPACTED.

SOME FOLKS GO UP CLASS TWO OR THREE.

SOME WANTED TO GO UP TWO OR THREE CLASSES.

SOME FOLKS GET TO DROP.

SOME REQUESTS FOR APPROVED.

SOME WEREN'T.

THERE'S A LOT OF MACHINATIONS HERE AND WE'LL LOOK AT THEM IN THE OFF-SEASON.

SO IT WILL BE SOME INTERESTING CHALLENGES, ESPECIALLY ON THE MULTIPLIER SIDE WITH THE CITY SCHOOLS AND THE PRIVATE SCHOOLS AND WHERE THEY END UP AND WHAT THE REGIONS LOOK LIKE.

THAT'S ANOTHER ASPECT IN ALL OF THIS THAT'S GOING TO BE REALLY INTERESTING, TO SEE HOW THE REGIONS LAY OUT, ESPECIALLY TEAMS GOING UP IN CLASS, LIKE A CAROLTON.

WHERE DOES CARROLLTON FIT IN ALL OF THIS?

WHAT DOES THEIR REGION LOOK LIKE COMING OUT?

IT WILL BE SOME REALLY INTERESTING TOPICS WE'LL LOOK AT IN THE OFF-SEASON.

YEAH, IT'S STILL BEING LOOKED AT AS BEST WE CAN TELL JUST TO GET EVERYTHING FINAL-FINAL.

BUT THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF THAT HAS TO BE JUGGLED BY THE GHSA AND ALL THE SCHOOLS INVOLVED.

>> GET YOUR FINAL QUESTIONS IN TO THE FACEBOOK COMMENTS SECTION.

I'VE GOT NOTHING TO FILL WITH.

WE'LL KEEP ASKING QUESTIONS.

>> OKAY.

>> I'M KIDDING.

I WANT TO TALK ABOUT COACHING CHANGES TOO.

OVER 25?

>> YEAH.

NOW AT ABOUT 25.

COACH COKELEY RESIGNED.

>> THERE'S NORMALLY LIKE 80.

>> THERE'S NORMALLY 80, SO RIGHT NOW, THIS IS FOR TEAMS THAT HAVEN'T MADE THE PLAYOFFS, RIGHT NOW AT 25.

JIM RESIGNED AT WAKE COUNTY.

THAT'S THE MOST RECENT ONE AFTER HIS HANDFUL OF SEASONS THERE.

SO LOOK FOR MORE CHANGE AND ONCE AGAIN ANOTHER ASPECT IN ALL OF THIS IS ALL OF THE OUT-OF-STATE COACHES THAT NOW COME INTO THE STATE OF GEORGIA BECAUSE THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT THE QUALITY OF COMPETITION IS HERE, AND THEY WANT TO TAKE THAT NEXT STEP.

SO JOBS IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA, THEY'RE NOT JUST FOR GEORGIA COACHES, THOSE THAT WANT A CHANGE OF SCENERY.

COACH ACE CROSS THE COUNTRY ARE LOOKING TO COME TO THE STATE OF GEORGIA TO TAKE THAT NEXT STEP IN THEIR CAREERS.

IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE ALL OF THE CHANGES THAT HAPPEN, ALL THE JOB OPENINGS THAT HAPPEN, WHO GOES WHERE AND COMES INTO THE STATE FOR 2022.

>> WE'VE GOT SOME FINAL COMMENTS ROLLING IN FOR OUR FINAL SHOW.

LET'S HIT THE KICKER.

>> OKAY.

>> THE BEST PART OF THE SHOW.

THIS WEEK IT COMES FROM THE QUARTERFINAL GAME BETWEEN WILCOX COUNTY AND MANCHESTER.

A PRETTY AWESOME SCOOP AND SCORE.

>> STEAL AND SCORE.

>> STEAL AND SCORE.

>> THIS WAS ONE OF THE CONCERNS FOR ANYBODY PLAYING WILCOX COUNTY.

WE LIKE IT.

WATCH RIGHT THERE.

STEAL.

>> STEAL.

>> TURN.

>> GOT IT.

>> AND SCORE EVENTUALLY.

THANKS TO OUR FRIEND AT THE PREP ZONE, WRBL.

TOUCHDOWN FOR WILCOX IN THEIR WIN OVER MANCHESTER.

THAT WAS ONE OF THE CONCERNS THAT WAS OUT THERE WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT WILCOX COUNTY.

THAT BIG DEFENSIVE LINE AND HAVING TO MOVE AROUND ALL OF THOSE BODIES.

THAT'S DEFINITELY GOING TO BE ONE FOR IRWIN COUNTY TO KEEP AN EYE ON, AND I'M SURE THEY LOOKED AT A LOT OF WILCOX COUNTY TAPE THIS WEEK AS THEY GET READY FOR THIS ONE.

THAT BIG DEFENSIVE LINE THAT'S THERE FOR THE STO SHOW.

NOT A SCOOP AND SCORE.

STEAL AND SCORE.

>> I THINK I SAID SCOOP AND SCORE BECAUSE WE'VE DONE SO MANY.

>> IT WAS A STEAL.

>> PREPARED FOR SCOOP.

NO SCOOP.

>> BUT THE THING IS THAT MEANS DEFENSES HAVE BEEN REALLY GOOD THIS YEAR IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA, AND THEY'VE BEEN VERY, VERY OPPORTUNISTIC TOO.

THAT'S BEEN COOL TO SEE.

SO A STEAL AND SCORE WAS THIS WEEK FOR YOUR KICKER FOR WILCOX COUNTY AND MANCHESTER.

>> GETTING LOVE FOR THE SHOW.

PHIL SAYS YOU GUYS ARE AWESOME, LOVE THE SHOW.

GIRLS ARE GETTING SOME SHOUT-OUTS.

JERRY SAYS NO FILL-IN.

WE WOULDN'T BE HAVING A SHOW NEXT THURSDAY ANYWAYS.

>>> WE'LL BE BUSY.

>> WE WON'T BE DOING A RECAP.

>> WE WILL COUNT IT DOWN.

>> WE WILL HAVE ALREADY COUNTED DOWN.

IT'S TOO CLOSE TO THE DUE DATE.

SO, TWO DAYS PRIOR IS PUSHING IT.

>> TOO CLOSE TO THE DUE DATE.

>> PRODUCER LAURIE TOLD ME IT WAS TIME TO WRAP IT UP.

WE'VE GOT A FEW MORE MINUTES LEFT.

LET'S TALK ABOUT CHAMPIONSHIP, THE WORD OF THE WEEK.

>> SURE.

SURE.

I DON'T HAVE TO RUN ANYMORE.

>> AND THE OFFICIAL SCHEDULE, WE DON'T HAVE A FULL SCREEN FOR IT, BUT THINGS START ON THURSDAY WITH FLAG FOOTBALL.

>> THREE FLAG FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES THIS YEAR BECAUSE OF MORE TEAMS THAT -- LAST YEAR THE NUMBERS WERE DOWN FOR PARTICIPATION OBVIOUSLY BECAUSE OF COVID-19.

WE HAVE TWO CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES LAST YEAR.

THREE CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES IN FLAG FOOTBALL THIS YEAR.

YOU'RE SEEING PLAYOFF ACTION PORTAL I THINK COMES TO MIND, WHO MADE IT TO ONE OF THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES L.A. YEAR.

THEY HAD TO TRAVEL FROM ONE END OF THE STATE TO THE OTHER.

THERE'S YOUR TRAVEL, TRAVEL, TRAVEL.

WE'LL DO IT IN FLAG FOOTBALL.

PORTAL GOES FROM I-16 TO HARRIS COUNTY, I BELIEVE, FOR A DOUBLE-HEADER PLAYOFF ACTION.

SO AND, YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE GETTING ONCE AGAIN, EARLY ROUNDS OF THE PLAYOFF, THE CLOSER WE GET TO GEORGIA STATE, I THINK IT WAS AT THE HOME DEPOT BACKYARD LAST YEAR.

ALL OF THE FLAG FOOTBALL COMING TOGETHER, YOU HAVE THE THREE GAMES THIS YEAR.

THEN YOU HAVE THE SINGLE-A GAMES, PRIVATE AND PUBLIC.

THAT'S YOUR DAY ONE.

>> FLAG FOOTBALL, FIRST GAME IS 11:00 A.M., THE SECOND AT 12:45.

>> CHECK.

>> THE THIRD AT 2:30.

>> CHECK.

>> THEN -- >> YES, SINGLE-A.

>> SINGLE-A PRIVATE AND PUBLIC, 5:00 P.M., 8:00 P.M.

I'LL BE SPLITTING TIME IN THE STUDIO WITH NIKKI.

YOU'LL BE ON THE FIELD.

WE ARE UNLEASHING JON AGAIN.

HE'S ALLOWED TO GO BACK OUT INTO THE WILDERNESS.

>> THIS WEEK I DON'T HAVE TO SAY A WORD AND RUN IN PLACE INSIDE THE STUDIO FOR AN ENTIRE DAY.

>> NOT SO SURE!

>> I KNOW HOW IT'S GOING TO PLAY OUT.

THAT'S THURSDAY.

FRIDAY AND SATURDAY THEY ALTERNATE, EVENS AND ODDS.

>> THEY PLAY AT NOON, 3:30, AND 6A AT 7:00.

>> EVES ON FRIDAY, SO ODDS ON SATURDAY.

>> SATURDAY AT NOON, AAA, 3:30 IS 5A, AND 7:00 P.M. PRIMETIME DADDY, 7A.

>> AND ONCE AGAIN, THANKS TO ALL OF YOU THAT MAKE THE CHAMPIONSHIPS WHAT THEY ARE.

AND, YOU KNOW, ALL THE PARTICIPATION THAT WE'VE SEEN.

WE HOPE EVERYBODY CAN MAKE IT DOWN TO GEORGIA STATE STADIUM IF YOUR TEAM IS THERE OR EVEN IF YOU WANT TO SEE QUALITY FOOTBALL AND THE END OF THE SEASON WHEN IT COMES TO GEORGIA HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL.

GO TO GEORGIA STATE.

GO TO THE FLAG FOOTBALL GAMES ON THURSDAY.

>> YEAH.

THOSE ARE GOING TO BE FUN.

>> HERE'S ONE OF THE COOL THINGS ABOUT FLAG FOOTBALL.

WE RAN IT LAST YEAR.

FIRST TIME THAT IT WAS A SANCTIONED SPORT.

LITERALLY, WE HAD FOLKS ON SOCIAL MEDIA SIT THERE AND SAY FLAG FOOTBALL IS THE ADDICTION THAT I DIDN'T KNOW THAT I HAD UNTIL I STARTED WATCHING IT.

SO BIG UPS TO ERNIE AND EVERYBODY AT THE GHSA FOR GETTING FLAG FOOTBALL AS A SANCTIONED SPORT.

ALABAMA HAD THEIR CHAMPIONSHIP FLAG FOOTBALL GAMES EARLIER THIS WEEK.

>> THERE WAS OVERTIME.

>> YEAH.

>> THERE WAS -- >> GREAT CATCHES TOO.

>> THERE WAS CATCHES AND TOUCHDOWNS AND -- I MEAN, IT WAS WAY BETTER THAN WHAT I WAS EXPECTING.

NOW WE HAVE AN EXTRA GAME.

AND THE DOCTOR SAID DON'T BE SURPRISED IF THERE ARE EIGHT CONFRONTATIONS OF CHAMPIONSHIPS COMING UP IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS WITH HOW POPULAR IT'S BEEN?

>> IT'S EXPLODED.

THAT WILL BE OUR EARLY ACTION ON THURSDAY.

GO SEE THE FLAG FOOTBALL GAMES, SINGLE-A.

IF YOU'RE NEARBY OR LOOKING FOR SOMETHING TO DO AND YOU DON'T HAVE A TEAM THAT'S THERE, GO AHEAD AND BE A PART OF THE EXPERIENCE AT GEORGIA STATE.

IT'S A GREAT WAY TO WRAP UP THE SEASON FOR US.

IT'S A GREAT WAY FOR THE GEORGIA HIGH SCHOOL ASSOCIATION TO WRAP UP IT YEAR OF COMPETITION.

IT IS GOING TO BE FUN TO BE THERE ALL WEEKEND -- WELL, THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY, SO ALL END OF THE WEEK FOR EVERYBODY HERE AT GPB.

IT'S A CAST OF THOUSANDS THAT PUTS THIS STUFF TOGETHER.

OUR CREDIT ROLL IS HUGE, BUT THAT'S BECAUSE EVERYONE HAS A PART AND THEY ALL KICK YOU KNOW WHAT WHEN IT COMES TO THE CHAMPIONSHIPS AND EVERYTHING WE DO HERE WHEN IT COMES TO "FOOTBALL FRIDAYS."

>> PEOPLE ARE ASKING FOR PREDICTIONS.

WE DON'T MAKE PREDICTIONS.

>> WE LOVE ALL OF OUR CHILDREN EQUALLY HERE.

>> CAN IRWIN THREE-PEAT?

>> YEAH.

>> I DON'T SEE WHY NOT.

>> RIGHT NOW, IN TALKING TO CASEY FROM IRWIN COUNTY, HE TOLD ME THAT A LOT OF FOLKS THOUGHT THIS YEAR WAS A REBUILDING YEAR FOR IRWIN COUNTY BECAUSE OF ALL THE SENIORS THEY LOST.

>> SOME REBUILDING YEAR.

>> HEY, WHEN YOU'RE ONE GAME AWAY FROM PLAYING FOR A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP AGAIN, YOU'VE BEEN TOP RANKED MOST OF THE SEASON, IT'S BEEN IRWIN AND BROOKS, ONE OF THOSE TWO TEAMS AT THE TOP OF THE RANKINGS WHEN IT COMES TO SINGLE-A PUBLIC.

ONE GAME AWAY, BUT WE KNOW THE FOLKS IN ROCHELLE WILL HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY ABOUT THAT.

ROCHELLE AND TO SYLLA, TWO GREAT FOOTBALL TOWNS.

BUDDY NOBLE STADIUM WILL BE PACKED.

GET YOUR TICKETS NOW.

GET THERE EARLY AND ENJOY THE EXPERIENCE IN ALL OF THESE HOME GAITS ACROSS THE BOARD.

IT'S THE LAST TIME THESE FOLKS WILL HAVE THESE EXPERIENCES FOR THIS SEASON, AND FOR SENIORS, THEIR LAST EXPERIENCE AS WELL.

GREAT FOOTBALL FOR THE FINALS IN EACH OF THE FINAL FOURS.

>> LAST PREDICTION.

>> SEVEN OVERTIMES?

>> GRAYSON 37, COLLINSVILLE 34.

>> WOW.

>> THAT'S A HIGH-SCORING GAME.

>> WE'LL TAKE IT.

>> IT HAS BEEN FUN.

WE'VE HAD 16 SHOWS.

ANOTHER SEASON IN THE BOOKS.

THANK YOU TO PRODUCER LAURIE, DIRECTOR BONK, AND BRAD.

>> ALL OF YOU GUYS.

>> TOM ON AUDIO.

WE HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE BEHIND THE CAMERA.

WE'VE GOT RANDALL AND CHUCK IN GRAPHICS.

THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE.

I ALWAYS FORGET TO NAME SOMEBODY.

>> CHOICE D, ALL OF THE ABOVE.

YOU PICK BUTT, BOTTOM LINE.

THE BEST CREW IN THE BUSINESS RIGHT HERE AT GPB.

FOR EVERYTHING WE DO ALL WEEK LONG, LIKE, FRIEND US ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS.

SEND US HOME.

>> AND BRIE IN MAKEUP.

>> YES.

>> MAKEUP.

LOOK HOW GOOD JON LOOKS.

>> EXACTLY.

I NEED ALL THE HELP I CAN GET.

>> IT'S GRAYSON VERSUS COLLINSVILLE TOMORROW NIGHT IN THE SEMIS.

SEE YOU THERE, SEE YOU FOR A FULL 100 HOURS OF CHAMPIONSHIP COVERAGE NEXT THURSDAY.

THANKS FOR WATCHING, GUYS.

IT'S BEEN FUN.

SEE YOU LATER.