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Countdown to Kickoff 2021: Playoffs - Round 1
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WELCOME TO 264 TEEN STREET IN ANOTHER DIGGS OF "COUNTDOWN TO KICKOFF."
ROUND ONE OF THE PLAYOFFS STARTING TODAY, LATER TODAY.
WE HAD A PLAYOFF FRIDAY, SATURDAY, THURSDAY.
HANNAH, WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE PLAYOFFS?
YOU'RE STUNNED, AREN'T YOU?
>> I'M EXCITED, JON.
>> THERE YOU GO.
OKAY.
WE'LL PULL BACK THE CURTAIN.
CARDBOARD HANNAH IS VISITING THERE.
REAL HANNAH IS VISITING THERE.
SHE'S GASSED UP, DIALED UP.
>> DID YOU THINK I'D MISS THIS SHOW, JON?
>> OH, NO.
>> NOTHING WOULD MAKE ME MISS THIS SHOW, NOT EVEN FEELING UNDER THE WEATHER.
>> AND BECAUSE OF THAT, SHE IS DOING THINGS REMOTELY FROM HER VERSION OF OFFICE HD.
I AM HERE INSIDE THE STUDIO.
WE'RE WITH YOU FOR THE NEXT 30 MINUTES.
WHAT IS ON YOUR MIND?
>> FIRST HAPPY VETERANS DAY.
THANK YOU TO ALL THOSE WHO HAVE SERVED AND ARE SERVING OUR COUNTRY.
THIS IS A VERY SPECIAL DAY, JON.
>> YES, IT IS.
ONCE AGAIN, WE KNOW THERE ARE A LOT OF YOU WHO ARE TIED TO MILITARY FAMILIES, LEST WE FORGET THOSE WHO HAVE SERVED, THOSE WHO ARE SERVING, AND THOSE WHO WILL SERVE.
BY THE WAY, WE HAVE SOME NEW FRIENDS THIS WEEK AS WE START THE SHOW.
>> YEAH.
I'VE HEARD.
I'VE HEARD A COUPLE OF NEW HELMETS.
LET'S SEE THEM.
I HATE THAT I CAN'T BE THERE TO DISPLAY THEM LIKE I NORMALLY DO.
>> HERE WE GO.
FROM OUR FRIENDS AT JACKSON COUNTY, THE HEAD COACH OF THE JACKSON COUNTY PANTHERS RIGHT HERE, THEY GET ADDED TO THE STACK.
>> NICE.
>> AND ALSO OUR FRIENDS FROM HANNON COUNTY, CHAD CHEATHAM AND THE REBELS, AND HE PUT A NUMBER ON THE SIDE, NUMBER 23.
JACKSON COUNTY PANTHERS ADDED TO THE STACK ONCE AGAIN.
THANKS TO EVERYBODY AT JACKSON COUNTY AND HANNON COUNTY.
THOSE ARE OUR NEW FRIENDS WE HAVE ON SET.
>> THOSE LOOK AWESOME.
THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH FOR ADDING THOSE TO COLLECTION.
NUMBER 23.
THAT'S COOL, JON.
THANKS FOR GETTING THAT.
I'M STILL IN THE COMMENT SECTION, THOUGH.
I'M STILL HERE.
WE ARE GOING TO LET JON OFF THE HOOK THIS WEEK.
HE DOESN'T HAVE A WORD.
>> NO.
>> NO PUNISHMENT.
>> NO.
>> AND THAT -- YOU'RE WELCOME.
>> YOU'RE WELCOME, SHE SAYS.
OKAY.
>> SO YOU'RE WELCOME, JON.
>> OKAY.
GEE, THANK YOU, HANNAH, FOR NOT HAVING ANY PUNISHMENTS LAID OUT FOR ME, ESPECIALLY THE VOICE OF THE HIGHER BEING, BONK, AS ALWAYS.
WELL, ONE THING, WE'RE PAST HALLOWEEN.
YOU NEED A THANKSGIVING VOICE, BONK.
THAT'S A LITTLE BETTER.
IT WILL BE THE GOBBLE FROM THE VOICE OF BONK HANGING OUT WITH US FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER.
AND OBVIOUSLY, ONCE AGAIN, WE KNOW WHAT TIME OF DAY IT IS.
SO IT IS THAT TIME.
>> YES, WE DO.
>> YOU HAVE TO LET US KNOW WHAT'S FOR LUNCH BECAUSE FRANKLY, I'M STARVING, HANNAH.
>> STEVE IS HAVING PEANUT BUTTER SANDWICH FOR LUNCH, CHICKEN ALFREDO FOR DINNER.
MY HUSBAND, ALSO NAMED JOHN, IS GOING TO MAKE ME SOME PANCAKES FOR LUNCH.
>> HERE'S THE QUESTION FOR YOU.
THIS IS THE FIRST QUESTION OF THE DAY.
IS THERE ANYTHING WRONG WITH BREAKFAST BEING A DIFFERENT MEAL THAN BREAKFAST?
DO YOU DO BREAKFAST FOR LUNCH, FOR DINNER?
>> NO.
ABSOLUTELY.
>> DO YOU DO DINNER FOR BREAKFAST?
IS THERE ANYTHING WRONG WITH MEALS OUT OF SEQUENCE?
THAT'S THE QUESTION THAT I WILL POSE TODAY.
>> HMM.
WELL, WE'LL HAVE TO SEE WHAT PEOPLE SAY.
CHRIS HAVING SOUP WITH GRILLED CHEESE.
I NEED THAT FOR LUNCH FOR MY THROAT.
LET'S SEE.
DAIRY QUEEN, HAVING THAT FOR LUNCH.
>> WE NEED A PREDICTION BY THE END OF THE SHOW, BY THE WAY.
?
AND CRYSTAL SAYS GOOD AFTERNOON, JON AND HANNAH.
TODAY IS ROCK AND ROLL SUSHI.
A MINUTE AFTER MY HEART.
YUM.
ONE SAID BREAKFAST ALL DAY.
>> WELL DONE.
I HAVE NEVER BEEN -- I HAVE NEVER BEEN A SUSHI PERSON.
I LEAVE THAT TO THE BOSS, ACTUALLY.
>> YEAH.
ALL RIGHT, LET'S GET THIS SHOW GOING.
IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS WITH ME REMOTE, BUT I STILL HAVE MY EYE ON THE COMMENT SECTION.
I HAVE MY SCRIPT UP.
WE ARE READY TO GO.
WE ARE GOING TO START THINGS OFF WITH HIGHLIGHTS FROM OUR FOOTBALL FRIDAY AND GEORGIA GAME OF THE WEEK.
IT WAS OLD RIVALS, BUFORD VERSUS -- >> ALL BUFORD ALL DAY LONG.
ASHTON DANIELS HAD TOUCHDOWNS RECEIVING, AS YOU SEE THERE, A TOUCHDOWN PASSING THAT WAS A PART OF IT AS WELL, AND HE ALSO HAD A RUSHING TOUCHDOWN.
HE THREW FOR 117.
MOST OF IT WAS ON THAT PASS RIGHT THERE.
BUFORD, SPECIAL TEAMS COMING INTO PLAY THERE AS WELL WITH THE EARLY PUNT BLOCK AFTER A CLOSE -- SLOW START BY BUFORD.
IT WAS 35-0 AT THE BREAK, 42-7 THE FINAL.
THERE IS YOUR LAST POINT OUT OF THE WILDCAT FORMATION.
THEY CALL IT THE WILD WOLF FORMATION.
HELD THEM TO 60 YARDS ON THE DAY NET.
THERE WAS YOUR TOUCHDOWN AND YOUR LAST POINTS ON THE BOARD.
42-7 THE FINAL.
THIS WAS ONE OF 15 GAMES THAT DECIDED THE ONES AND THE TWOS WHEN IT CAME TO THE POSTSEASON.
BUFORD GOT THE ONE AND THE REGION TITLE.
BUFORD CONTINUES TO ROLL.
THAT ANTICIPATE, IF CHALK WORKS ITS WAY THROUGH, BUFORD IN THE QUARTERFINALS.
>> YEAH.
WE'LL GET TO BRACKETS IN JUST A LITTLE BIT.
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THAT SCORE, THAT HUGE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE ONE AND TWO SEEDS, JON, 42-7?
WHAT DOES THAT SAY ABOUT BUFORD?
>> I THINK A LOT OF FOLKS ARE LOOKING AT BUFORD AND SAYING THEY'RE HITTING FULL SONG AT THE RIGHT TIME.
WHEN YOU GET TO GAME TEN, THAT'S WHEN YOU WANT TO, AS YOU'RE WORKING YOUR WAY INTO SEASON NUMBER THREE, YOU WANT TO HIT ALL THOSE RIGHT NOTES AND CATCHING UP WITH COACH DURING THE WEEK AND TABITHA CATCHING UP WITH HIM AFTER THE GAME.
YOU KNOW RIGHT NOW THEIR JOB IS ONLY TWO-THIRDS DONE.
THEY'RE IN THE THIRD SEASON AND THE ONLY THING FOR THEM IS TO PLAY ANOTHER FIVE GAMES, WIN THAT FIFTH GAME, WHICH MEANS THEY'RE AT GEORGIA STATE AND COME AWAY WITH A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.
>> AWESOME.
MORE REGION CLINCHERS AROUND THE STATE.
LET'S LOOK AT MY TOP FIVE SCORERS.
THEY'RE INTERESTING THIS WEEK.
I WENT A LITTLE OFF THE BEATEN PATH.
>> NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT.
>> WEEK 12 IS IN THE BOOKS.
LET'S GO TO REGION 3-7-A.
A WIN WITHOUT THE STAR QUARTERBACK MALACHI SINGLETON AND HALL.
NINE RECEPTIONS FOR 108 YARDS AND A TOUCHDOWN.
I INTERVIEWED HIM ABOUT WHY HE CHOSE TO GO TO THE DOGS.
YOU CAN WATCH THAT ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA.
THAT REGION 3-5 TRIPLE A, TAKING DOWN CEDAR GROVE 40-35.
THE PATRIOTS OVERCAME A 35-13 DEFICIT IN THE SECOND HALF TO WIN IT IN REGION FIVE.
THE CAVALIERS RALIED FROM A IN THAT SAME REGION, HARALSON DEFEATED BREMEN 35-16.
WHAT ABOUT MY SCORES THIS WEEK, JON?
>> I THINK YOU SPENT A LOT OF TIME IN REGION 5-AA.
>> I DON'T KNOW WHY.
>> NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT.
WHAT YOU SHOWED IS THE SEASON THAT'S SCOTT PEAVY AND HARALSON COUNTY HAVE HAD.
THEY FINISHED THE DRILL, THEY WORKED THEIR WAY THROUGH THERE.
YOU GET TO FIGURE OUT WHO THE ONE, TWO, THREE, AND FOUR ARE IN REGION 5-AA.
WE'LL GIVE YOU THE IF YOU BELIEVE AA GRID.
HARALSON IS ONE, CALLAWAY IS THE TWO, HERD COUNTY, THEN ON THE ROAD TO DADE COUNTY.
GREAT INTERVIEW ABOUT THE DADE COUNTY WOLVERINE FOOTBALL.
YOUR FOUR SEED IS BREMEN.
IT'S GOING TO BE A TOUGH FIRST-ROUND MATCH.
CAUGHT UP WITH CHAD YESTERDAY AND BREMEN WILL BE A TALL ORDER FOR THEM IN ONE OF THOSE ONE-FOURS.
NOTHING WRONG WITH SPENDING A LOT OF TIME IN REGION 5-AA.
FIVE TEAMS, FOUR SPOTS.
WE KNOW WHO'S GOING TO THE POSTSEASON.
>> ONE OF THOSE REGIONS THAT'S BEEN SO INTRIGUING ALL SEASON LONG.
ALL RIGHT, JON.
WHATEVER YOUR TOP FIVE?
>> GRAPHIC TIME.
NO PUNISHMENTS TODAY.
BRUNSWICK AND EFFINGHAM COUNTY, WE CAUGHT UP WITH THE HEAD COACH FROM SPRINGFIELD AND I THINK HE WAS THE LAST GUY IN THE PARKING LOT.
BRUNSWICK RUNS THE PERFECT SEASON 21-18.
MONROE AREA, TOP RANKED FAR REASON IN THE REGION.
SAY THAT TEN TIMES FAST.
THE HURRICANES KNOCK OFF HART COUNTY 35-21.
PIERCE COUNTY IN THE DOWNPOUR IN BEARSVILLE KNOCK OFF APPLING BY 20-0 TO GET THAT REGION TITLE.
ROCKMART AND RINGGOLD, ROCKMART GETS THE WIN 18-6.
THEY ARE THE TOP SEED COMING OUT OF THEIR REGION.
MACON COUNTY AND CHATT COUNTY, A LOT OF ACTION IN SINGLE-A PUBLIC.
IT WILL BE GOING THROUGH MONTEZUMA AS MACON GOT IT OVER CHATT CO. >> STILL TRYING TO KEEP UP WITH ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS ON MY SCREEN INCLUDING LOOK AT YOU, JON, BUT I HAVE SOME COMMENTS ROLLING IN.
AND ONE THAT JUST POPPED UP WAS WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE DRIVE THAT SEMINOLL COUNTY HAD OF FOUR-PLUS HOURS?
>> ALMOST LIKE THEY'RE READING OUR RUN DON, BECAUSE THAT'S ONE OF THE TOPICS I HAVE WHEN IT COMES TO MY STORY LINES FOR THE WEEK.
DO WE WANT TO GO INTO STORY LINES?
WE CAN.
>> THAT IS THE PERFECT TRANSITION.
LET'S GO TO THE BIGGEST STORY LINES.
>> LET'S GO INTO BIGGEST STORY LINES AND SHOW YOU WHAT'S GOING ON.
A LOT HAS TO DO WITH WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT SEASON THREE, TRAVEL, TRAVEL, TRAVEL.
SEMINOLE COUNTY, DONALDSON, AS PALMER USED TO SAY, PACK A LUNCH, A DINNER, AND POSSIBLY A MIDNIGHT SACK AS YOU PUT ON YOUR HARDHAT.
OFF LOT OF THESE MATCHUPS LIKE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT BREMEN AND DADE, THAT'S ONE.
WE'RE HAVING TO TRAVEL FROM ONE END OF THE STATE TO THE OTHER.
BREMEN GOING TO FANNING COUNTY, DADE COUNTY HOSTING IN THEIR REGION AS WELL.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT -- I MEAN, WALTON AND COUGHLIN, 7A, THAT'S ANOTHER ONE WE CAN GET INTO A LITTLE BIT.
YOU'RE COMING FROM COBB COUNTY WORKING YOUR WAY DOWN TO MOULTRIE.
YOU LOOK AT A LOT OF THESE MATCHUPS, AND IT'S KIND OF FUN FOR THOSE OF US WHO ARE COVERING IT.
THAT'S THE GAME OF THE WEEK ON GEORGIA PUBLIC BROADCASTING.
WE'LL HAVE THAT PROMO IN A LITTLE BIT.
COFFEY TRAVELING FROM DOUGLAS.
THEY HAVE TO BREAK UP THEIR DRIVE TWICE TO GO TO CREEKSIDE SOUTH OF ATLANTA.
WE ASKED ROBBY PRUETT.
HESPECIFICALLY SAID TRAVEL FOR THEM, THE FACT THEY DON'T HAVE TO GO NORTH OF ATLANTA IS A BIG THING FOR THEM.
THEY'LL STOP IN A MIDPOINT, THEN GO TO SANDY CREEK, IT LOOKS LIKE, AND GET TO WALK THROUGH THERE.
THEY'LL HAVE TWO WALK-THROUGHS THERE JUST TO STRETCH THEIR LEGS ON THE WAY OUT.
ALSO MENTIONED FIRST-TIMERS ACE CHARTER OUT OF MACON, THE GRYPHONS MAKE THE PLAYOFF FOR THE FIRST TIME.
LOUNGE COUNTY BACK TO THE PLAYOFFS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A LONG TIME AS WELL.
THAT IS MY COLUMN THIS WEEK AT GPB.ORG.
WE CAUGHT UP WITH OUR FRIENDS AT ACE CHARTER AND LONG COUNTY AND HEAD COACH MIKE FEASTER.
GMC PREPLEY, TALKED ABOUT THEM.
THEY'VE HAD THEIR SEASON FOR THE AGES.
FIRST TEN-WIN SEASON SINCE THE 1930s, FIRST REGION TITLE SINCE 1960.
WE TALKED ABOUT DULUTH GETTING INTO THE PLAYOFFS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A LONG TIME SINCE 1994, CRAWFORD COUNTY THE FIRST TEEM SINCE 1998.
THOSE ARE THE STORY LINES.
THERE ARE FOLK WHO IS HAVEN'T BEEN IN IN 15 YEARS OR LESS.
IT'S ABOUT 85%, BUT IT'S COOL TO SEE WHERE THE OTHER 15% COMES FROM.
>> CINDERELLA STORIES.
TIME FOR OUR "PLAY OF THE WEEK."
WE GO TO CASSETA?
BELL WITH THE SCOOP AND THE SCORE.
>> SCOOP AND SCORE CENTRAL LATELY.
TAKE ANOTHER LOOK.
>> I KNOW.
>> THE IMPACT FROM CHATT CO FRONT LINE, THEY GET THE SCOOP, THE SCORE, A TOUGH ONE AGAINST MACON COUNTY, BUT WE SEEM TO BE SCOOP AND SCORE CENTRAL THIS YEAR, SEEING THESE PARTICULAR SCORES.
GREAT TO CATCH UP WITH OUR FRIENDS ON THE PREP ZONE, THE GEORGIA ALL-STAR PODCAST PREVIEWING ROUND ONE OF THE PLAYOFFS.
GREAT TO HAVE THEM AS PART OF THE FAMILY ALL SEASON LONG.
>> LET'S GET TO A FEW MORE COMMENTS BEFORE WE TURN THE PAGE ON THE REGULAR SEASON AND FOCUS ON THE FIRST WEEK OF THE PLAYOFFS.
CHRIS SELLERS WANTS TO KNOW BAINBRIDGE FIRST ISLAND.
THIS IS THE REMATCH OF LAST YEAR'S SECOND-ROUND PLAYOFF.
>> WE TALKED ABOUT TRAVEL, TRAVEL, TRAVEL, GOING FROM ONE END OF THE STATE TO THE OTHER.
BASICALLY YOU'RE GOING FROM SAVANNA, THE COAST, ALL THE WAY TO BAINBRIDGE, WHICH IS BASICALLY THAT KEAO FORM WITH THE GEORGIA BORDER, THE ALABAMA BORDER, AND THE FLORIDA BORDER.
THAT IS PACK A LUNCH, A DINNER, AND A MIDNIGHT SNACK, AND A HARDHAT AS WELL.
THAT QUALIFIES INTO TRAVEL, TRAVEL, TRAVEL.
IT'S GOING TO BE A TALL ORDER FOR ISLAND BECAUSE OF WHEN THEY'RE LEAVING, WHEN THEY'RE GETTING THERE.
I THINK THAT THE KEY IN THESE GAMES WHEN WE TALK ABOUT ALL OF THE TRAVEL, THAT FIRST HALF OF THE FIRST QUARTER.
DO YOU GET TO JUMP ON THAT VISITING TEAM EARLY?
YOU'RE THE HOME TEAM HAVING TO DO THE TRAVEL, OR HAVE THEY SETTLED IN WITH THEIR TRAVEL PLANS TO BE READY AT KICKOFF?
I THINK FOR A LOT OF THESE MATCHUPS, THE 1-4s, THE 2-3s, WHERE THOSE TEAMS HAVE TO GO A LONG DISTANCE, THAT FIRST HALF OF THE FIRST QUARTER WILL BE THE DIFFERENCE HERE.
>> ONE MORE, WESLEY BRYANT SAYS HOW ABOUT THOMASVILLE VERSUS WASHINGTON COUNTY?
HAVE WE TALKED ABOUT THAT GAME?
>> NO, WE HAVE NOT.
JOEL ING GRAM AND THE GOLDEN HOCKS IS YOUR FOUR SEED.
THEY'LL PLAY ANYBODY, ANYPLACE, ANYTIME, TWICE ON TUESDAY, AND IF THEY HAVE DO IT ON GEORGIA 300, THEY'LL DO IT.
JOEL ING RAHMAN, WE CAUGHT UP WITH HIM EARLY THIS YEAR, THEY HAD A TOUGH NONREGION SKEJ YIL AND HAD SOME COVID CONCERNS AS WELL.
I THINK BALDWIN WAS WIPED OFF THE BOARD BECAUSE OF COVID CONCERNS.
JOEL INGRAM, A TOUGH SEASON ONE AND TWO BUT IT WILL BE A TALL ORDER GOING TO THOMASVILLE IN THAT 1-4 AT VETERANS MEMORIAL STADIUM IN ROSE CITY.
>> ALL RIGHT.
WE HAVE A LOT COMING UP ON THE SHOW.
WE'LL FROM VIEW OUR GAME OF THE WEEK IN A SECOND.
WE'LL GO THROUGH ALL SEVEN BRACKETS.
THERE'S MORE THAN THAT.
>> EIGHT.
SEVEN CLASSES, EIGHT BRACKETS.
>> I ALWAYS GET CONFUSED.
WE'LL HAVE TIME FOR THAT.
WE HAVE OUR GAMES TO WATCH AND OUR KICKERS.
LET'S GET INTO IT.
THAT'S JON NELSON.
THAT WAY?
NO.
>> THERE YOU GO.
YOU POINT TO YOUR RIGHT.
I POINT TO MY LEFT.
>> THAT'S JON.
I'M HANNAH.
I'M CALLING IN FROM HOME FOR ALL SAFETY PRECAUTIONS BECAUSE I'M NOT FEELING 100%.
YOU CAN NEVER BE TOO SAFE THESE DAYS.
SO LET'S PREVIE OUR "GAME OF THE WEEK."
IT IS THE FIRST ROUND OF THE PLAYOFFS.
CLASS FIVE-A WITH COFFEY AND CREEKSIDE.
THEY'VE BAN MODEL OF CONSISTENT SUCCESS UNDER ROBBIE PRUETT.
THE CREEKSIDE SEMINOLES ARE THE SECOND SEEDED TEAM FROM REGION 3.
IN FIVE SEASONS, THE HEAD COACH HAS TURNED THE PROGRAM INTO A CHAMPIONSHIP CONTENDER.
THE SEMINOLES HAVE TWO REGION TITLES SINCE 2013.
KICKOFF IS SET FOR 7:30 AT THE SWAMP.
JON?
>> OFF COUPLE OF TEAMS WITH THEIR LOSSES.
THIS IS THE ONLY GAME IN 5A WITH TWO RANKED TEAMS GOING AT IT.
LET'S LOOK AT THE LOSSES FOR THESE TO LET YOU KNOW ABOUT SEASON ONE AND SEASON TWO.
LOSSES FOR CREEKSIDE, CARTERSVILLE AND -- FOR COFFEE, THEY LOST TO WARE COUNTY AND WANTER ROBBINS.
THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE GETTING WITH ROBBY PRUETT AND THE TROJANS COMING NORTH TO PLAY CREEKSIDE.
HERE'S YOUR STAT OF THE DAY, HANNAH.
COFFEE HAS BEEN ON THE ROAD FOR 15 STRAIGHT PLAYOFF GAMES DATING BACK TO 2016.
15 STRAIGHT ROAD PLAYOFF GAMES FOR THIS BUNCH, AND WITH WHAT THEY'RE DOING DOWN THERE IN DOUGLAS, GREAT WORK BY THE COACHING STAFF.
BUT 15.
I CAUGHT UP WITH TODD HOLCOMBE TO SEE WHAT THE RECORD IS.
HE'S FAIRLY CONFIDENT THAT THIS IS THE RECORD FOR MOST CONSECUTIVE ROAD PLAYOFF GAMES, AND HE DOESN'T THINK ANYBODY IS CLOSE TO 15.
15 ROAD GAMES IN A ROW IN THE PLAYOFFS IN SEASON THREE FOR COFFEE.
YOU SEE WHAT THEY'RE ABLE TO DO.
>> WOW.
LET'S FINALLY TALK ABOUT THE PLAYOFF IN A FULL SPECTRUM FORM.
BRACKETS ARE OUT.
GO TO GPB.ORG/SPORTS TO FOLLOW ALONG.
JON, I DON'T WANT YOU TO GO THROUGH EVERY SINGLE GAME BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME.
>> YEAH, WE DO.
>> PICK YOUR FAVORITE QUADRANT, YOUR FAVORITE MATCHUP.
WE'LL START WITH 7 A AND MARATHON THROUGH THIS ALL THE WAY TO SINGLE-A PRIVATE.
>> LET'S START IN 7A AND THE MAGIC OF BRAD AND BONK.
UPPER LEFT, WHAT WE'RE STARING AT.
HERE'S YOUR BRACKET ON THE HOLE.
UPPER LEFT, TIPTON/MARIETTA.
MILTON IS ONE SEED.
MILL CREEK.
WE'VE SEEN BOTH TEAMS ON FOOTBALL FRIDAY.
SOUTH GWINNETT.
NORTH GWINNETT, YOUR 2-3.
TO THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE, LET'S GO ALL THE WAY UP, MOUNTAIN VIEW GETS DENMARK.
THE DANES ARE NUMBER ONE.
CAMDEN COUNTY COMING OUT OF REGION ONE.
YOU WANT TO TALK TRAVEL, THAT'S TRAVEL.
DOWN LOW, PARK VIEW AND PEMBLE BROOK.
YOU LOOK AT YOUR CHALK, SECOND ROUND, NORCROSS MAY HAVE TO TRAVEL TO THE CONCRETE PALACE.
NEXT STEP, DOWN ONE, WHAT'S GOING ON IN 6 A.
UPPER LEFT, AS YOU LOOK AT YOUR BRACKET ON THE HOLE, EVAN HOSTS HOUSTON COUNTY.
JONS CREEK, THEY HAVE TO GO TO THE STADIUM TO TAKE ON ROME.
THE UNDEFEATED BRUNSWICK PIRATES.
DOWN LOW, NORTH SIDE WARNER ROBINS HAS A HOME GAME AGAINST LAKESIDE EVANS.
THEY COULD GET RIVERWOOD BUT A TOUGH TEST.
ALATOONA.
LET'S GO UPPER RIGHT, SHOW YOU WHAT WE HAVE, EFFINGHAM COUNTY, THE THREE SEED AFTER THEIR LOSS TO BRUNSWICK, HAVE TO GO TO WEST LAKE.
ACOVY GETS THE LOOK.
DOWN LOW, LOVEJOY HAVING TO GO TO THE HILL.
BUFORD, INTERESTING FOR THE LONG HORNS.
GROVETOWN HAS TO GO TO LEESBURG.
DOWN ONE MORE LADDER, 5A.
THAT IS HOW IT LOOKS ON THE HOLE WITH EVERYBODY IN.
UPPER LEFT.
WE HAVE OUR GAME RIGHT THERE, WINNER OF THAT ONE GETS THE WINNER OF CASS AND PYATT.
WHITEWATER.
LOOKS LIKE THAT MINI BRACKET COULD DICTATE WHO MAKES IT INTO THE QUARTERFINALS.
DOWN LOW, WARNER ROBINS HOSTING JONESBORO.
INTERESTING GAME FOR COACH WESTBROOK.
EAST SIDE TO MANCHESTER, GRYPHON AND JONES COUNTY, JONES COUNTY, THE GREYHOUNDS IN A ONE-TWO.
THEY HAVE A REGION TITLE.
THAT IS YOUR LEFT-HAND SIDE.
WARNER ROBINS, AND CARTERSVILLE POSSIBLE.
JACKSON COUNTY, THE PANTHERS MAKE IT IN, WIN AND IN FOR THE COACH, BUT THEY HAVE TO TO HAVE TOUGH TEST.
THE TWO SEED VETERANS, YOUR FOUR SEED OUT OF REGION ONE.
DOWN LOW, UNION GROVE AND STARSVILLE.
DECATUR HAS TO GO TO THE READ TO TAKE ON CALHOUN.
IT COULD BE AN INTERESTING SECOND-ROUND MATCHUP, POSSIBLY GOING TO WAY CROSS.
THAT IS IT FOR FIVE.
THE TEAMS THAT HAVE MADE IT IN 5A.
LET'S GO TO FOUR.
UPPER LEFT WITH THE 32 TEAMS, JENKINS WITH THE TWO SEED, DOUGHTY HAS TO TRAVEL FROM ONE END OF THE STATE TO THE OTHER FROM ALBANY AND SAVANNA.
WEST LAWRENCE AND CARVER COLUMBUS.
THE LOW CORNER, NEW HAMPSTEAD AFTER LOSING TWO TO FINISH THEIR SEASON HAS TO GO TO CAIRO.
THAT'S TRAVEL, TRAVEL, TRAVEL.
CEDAR TOWN IS THE ONE, FLOURERY BRANCH IS THERE AS WELL.
UPPER RIGHT, LA GRANGE AND BALDWIN.
BALDWIN HOSTS BUT THEY COULD GET MARIST IN THE SECOND ROUND.
YOU COULD SEE BENEDICTTON IN THE QUARTERS.
DOWN LOW, SPAULDING AND TROUPE.
THAT ONE IS TODAY.
WE'LL KNOW OUR FIRST WINNER THE FIRST ROUND OF THE PLAYOFFS BY THE END OF THE NIGHT.
WHITFIELD, THE NINTH RATED OFFENSE IN THE STATE, THEY MIGHT END UP WITH BAINBRIDGE IN THE SECOND ROUND.
THAT'S QUAD.
TRIPLE, UPPER LEFT, CAUGHT UP WITH MIKE FEASTER.
CATCH THAT COLUMN WITH THE BLUE TIDE MAKING THE PLAYOFFS FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER AT GPB.ORG IN THE SPORTS SECTION.
WINNER OF THAT ONE PROBABLY GETS CEDAR GROVE.
MOST OF THE WORK ON THE PLAYOFFS ON THE ROAD.
DOWN LEFT, APPLING COUNTY IS YOUR TWO.
THEY'RE HOSTING JOHNSON SAVANNA, THE ADAM SMASHERS, A GREAT NAME.
TURKEY BLUFF.
HART COUNTY AND RINGGOLD, THE WINNER HAS TO GO TO THOMPSON.
UPPER RIGHT, SHOW YOU WHAT WE KNOW IN AAA.
ANOTHER SNEAKY 2-3.
ROCK MARTIN WITH STEVENS COUNTY.
BRANTLEY COUNTY HAS TO GO TO LIBERTY COUNTY.
DOWN LOW, RIGHT, MORGAN COUNTY HAS TO GO TO PEACH.
PEACH AND MONROE AREA, INTERESTING SECOND ROUND POSSIBILITY THERE.
DAWSON COUNTY, SANDY CREEK, AN INTERESTING 2-3.
PIERCE COUNTY, PEACH COUNTY, MONROE AREA, ALL LOW RIGHT TRIPLE A.
THAT WILL BE FUN TO WATCH FOR THOSE WHO COVER, NOT NECESSARILY FANS OR THE PLAYERS.
DOUBLE AND SINGLE LEFT ON THE BOARD.
THAT'S YOUR AA GRID.
UPPER LEFT, NORTHEAST MACON AFTER THEIR EARLY WIN IN THE GET TO HOST COOK.
HAROLSON THERE.
RAVEN COUNTY, THEY MIGHT HAVE TO PLAY SWANS BREAUX NEXT TIME OUT.
DODGE COUNTY.
BREMEN WE TALKED ABOUT THAT ONE.
UNION COUNTY HAS TO COME DOWN TO TAKE ON LOVE ET.
PUTNAM COUNTY.
UPPER RIGHT, SHOW YOU WHAT WE KNOW THERE.
VIDALIA COMES IN AS A THREE SEED.
MY FRIEND JON KUHN, HAS TO GO TO WEST SIDE AUGUSTA.
SOUTH ATLANTA IS THE ONE SEED.
YOU SEE CALLAWAY AND BLECKLEY COUNTY AS A POSSIBLE SECOND-ROUND MATCHUP IF THEY GET THROUGH PEP RIL AND EARLY COUNTY RESPECTIVELY.
JEFF CO AND DAVIS.
GREAT MATCHUP IN THE PINELANDS.
PACE HAS TO GO TO RAMON COUNTY.
HERR HAS TO GO TO DADE.
WACO AND THOMAS, WE TALKED ABOUT THAT ONE EARLY ON AS WELL.
THAT'S AA.
SINGLE-A, WHICH FIRST?
CRAWFORD COUNTY IN THE COLUMN THIS WEEK.
THEY HAVE TO GO TO MONTEZUMA.
A SUBPLOT WITH COACHING STAFFS.
LINCOLN COUNTY IS A TWO.
JOHNSON AND IRWIN.
IRWIN WILL BE DOING THEIR WORK FROM HOME.
DOWN IN THE LOW LEFT, MITCHELL COUNTY AS A TWO, GMC PREP, GREAT SEASON BUT A TOUGH FIRST-ROUND MATCHUP WITH MANCHESTER.
TRYON HOSTS SOCIAL CIRCLE.
CHARLTON AND WILCOX, OLD REGION RIVALS GOING AT IT AT THE 1-4.
THAT IS INTERESTING IN ROCHELLE.
TURNER COUNTY IN DUBLIN.
TOUGH NONREGION SCHEDULE BUT THEY STORM THROUGH THE REGION.
COMMERCE AND BOWDONE YOUR 1-4.
THE GRYPHONS HAVE TO GO TO ELLENVILLE.
DOWN LOW, MONTGOMERY COUNTY, A DARK HORSE.
THEY HAVE TO GO TO TAKE ON THE BROOKS.
WASHINGTON A HOME SEED AND A REGION CHAMP.
CHATT CO, WARREN COUNTY, INTERESTING THERE.
VEF SKREF HOLY INNOCENT AND CHRISTIAN.
4 A FORFEIT WIN SO THEY WAIT FOR THE WINNER.
DOWN LOW LEFT, WHAT WE KNOW HERE, SAVANNA CHRISTIAN AND T SQUARED.
ST. FRANCIS, TRINITY CHRISTIAN GETS A BYE.
THEY WILL BE HEADING TO THE SECOND ROUND WAITING FOR THEIR OPPONENT, ATHENS CHRISTIAN OR ST. FRANCIS.
THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE, UPPER RIGHT, LANDMARK AND PA CHELY, GEORGE WALTON ACADEMY AS A FOUR.
FELLOWSHIP CHRISTIAN, WESLEYAN, CAVALRY DADE IN THE UPPER RIGHT.
THAT WILL BE INTERESTING TO KEEP AN EYE ON THERE.
KINGS RIDGE, PRINCE AVENUE.
PRINCE AVENUE IS THE ONE.
MT.
PERRINE THE TWO.
THAT IS YOUR LOW RIGHT.
PAC GETS TO MOVE FORWARD AS WELL.
KINGS RIDGE HAS FORFEITED THAT ONE AS WELL.
WHITFIELD ACADEMY, EIGHT FOR EIGHT, HANNAH, YOUR EARLY ANALYSIS AS TO WHAT'S GOING ON.
AS WE COME BACK OUT, WHAT DO YOU THINK AS WE LOOK AT THESE EIGHT BRACKETS AS WE'RE CHASING THE CHAMPIONSHIPS TO GEORGIA STATE?
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
>> I THINK MERRY CHRISTMAS, JON, BECAUSE THIS IS YOUR FAVORITE TIME OF THE YEAR.
>> STALL FOR A MINUTE SO I CAN -- STALL FOR A MINUTE SO I CAN DO SOMETHING OFF CAMERA.
DOING EIGHT BRACKETS IN A HURRY IS A TALL ORDER.
STALL FAR MINUTE WHILE I GET A SIP OF SOMETHING.
>> I KNOW.
OKAY.
I WILL STALL FAR MINUTE.
OUR GRAPHIC -- >> THANK YOU.
>> I CAN'T HEAR BONK.
>> HE SAYS I CAN DO IT ON CAMERA SO I DID.
>> AWESOME.
OUR GRAPHIC GURU, CHRIS BALLARD, IS IN THE COMMENTS SECTION.
HE PUT WHERE YOU CAN FIND ALL THE BRACKETS.
YOU CAN FILL THEM OUT, PRINT THEM OUT.
>> HE'S GOT IT EVERY SINGLE DAY.
>> HE DOES.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE WOULD DO OUTWITHOUT THESE AMAZING GRAPHICS.
OUR GAMES TO WATCH AND THE ONLY ONE I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS OUR CINDERELLA STORY.
DON'T YOU HAVE DMC ON HERE?
THE TOP ONE.
MANCHESTER VERSUS GM C. I WANT TO TALK ABOUT HOW SPECIAL THEY'VE BEEN THIS SEASON.
WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS?
>> WHEN YOU GO BACK TO THEIR HISTORY AND THAT 1934 TEN-WIN SEASON, THE HEAD COACH AT THE TIME, A GUY THAT A LOT OF FOLKS IN ATHENS KNOW, WALLY BUTTS.
GEORGIA BULLDOG COACHING LEGEND, GMC COACHING LEGEND AS WELL.
LAST TEN-WIN SEASON BACK IN 1934.
SOME GREAT STUFF.
>> ALL RIGHT.
LET'S GET TO OUR KICKERS QUICKLY AND MAYBE ONE COMMENT IF OUR PRODUCER, PHIL, DOESN'T CUT US OFF AIR.
OUR KICKER IS LONG COUNTY VERSUS CHA THAM COUNTY.
>> THIS IS WHAT SEALED IT FOR THE BLUE TIDE OF LONG COUNTY.
WIN GOT THEM INTO THE PLAYOFFS FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER.
SO CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYONE THERE.
HANNAH, CAN YOU SPELL THE TOWN?
>> I'M NOT EVEN GOING TO TRY.
>> LUDOWICI, THE COUNTY SEAT OF LONG COUNTY, THE BLUE TIDE, AND HEAD COACH MIKE FEASTER.
CONGRATULATIONS ALONG WITH OUR FRIENDS AT ACE CHARTER FOR MAKING THE PLAYOFFS FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER.
THAT WIN DID IT FOR THEM.
CONGRATS TO THE BLUE TIDE OUT OF GEORGIA MAKING IT INTO THE POSTSEASON.
>> SUTHERLAND COULD NOT BE HERE TODAY, BUT HE SAYS MARIETTA WILL WIN 35-14.
NORTH COBB IS ON UPSET ALERT VERSUS CAMDEN.
SO IF THEIR QB DOESN'T PLAY.
AND THEN OF COURSE COFFEE IN AN UPSET, 48-41 IN ONE O.T.
MATT WILL HAVE A GREAT CALL.
THANKS FOR JOINING US IN THIS VERY INTERESTING SHOW BEING FROM HOME, JON.
THANKS FOR DEALING WITH ME.
>> HANNAH'S THERE.
I'M HERE.
>> JON -- >> OF COURSE HANNAH IS HERE AS WELL.
SEE?
THERE'S HANNAH RIGHT THERE.
>> I'M EVERYWHERE.
I'M EVERYWHERE.
>> THERE'S TWO HANNAHS AND ONLY ONE ME.
ONCE AGAIN, THANKS TO EVERYBODY HERE THAT MADE THIS SHOW POSSIBLE.
EVERYBODY BEHIND THE SCENES, YOU CRUSH IT EVERY SINGLE DAY HERE AT GPB.
SEND IT HOME AS WE GET READY FOR COFFEE AND CREEKSIDE FRIDAY NIGHT.
>> I HOPE TO BE BACK IN STUDIO NEXT WEEK.
I WILL BE ABSENT TOMORROW AS WELL.
NIKKI WILL COVER.
I'LL BE BACK.
YOU CAN'T GET RID OF ME.
THANKS FOR WATCHING.
LIKE JON SAID, FIRST ROUND OF THE PLAYOFFS 5A MATCHUP BETWEEN COFFEE AND CREEKSIDE, IT WILL BE THE BEST ONE AROUND THE STATE.
THAT'S JON NELSON.
I'M HANNAH GOODEN.
THANKS FOR WATCHING.
GO TO GPB.ORG/SPORTS FOR ALL THINGS HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL AND FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA @GP BSPORTS.
SEE YOU TOMORROW NIGHT.
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