Football Fridays in Georgia
Countdown to Kickoff: Week 10
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Jon Nelson and Hannah Goodin take a look at the biggest football news around the state.
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WELCOME TO "COUNTDOWN TO KICKOFF."
I'M HANNAH GOODIN ALONGSIDE JON NELSON.
BELIEVE IT OR NOT REGION TITLES ARE ON THE LINE STARTING THIS WEEK, JOHN.
>> FOLKS WIN, WIN, TAKE CARE OF BUSINESS, YOU COULD END UP GETTING THE INSIDE TRACK TO REGION TITLES.
LAST WEEK WE HAD TEAMS THAT WON BIG GAMES AND THEY'RE ON THOSE INSIDE TRACKS.
BUT THEY STILL HAVE WORK TO DO.
IF SOME THINGS FALL CERTAIN WAYS IN CERTAIN REGIONS, WE COULD TALK REGION CHANCE.
AND THAT WOULD MEAN FILLING UP MY BRACKET SO MUCH EASIER.
THE MORE STUFF I HAVE PLUGGED IN, THE BETTER IT IS FOR ME WHEN IT COMES TO FILLING OUT BRACKETS.
WE ALL KNOW WHAT BRACKETOLOGY IS ALL ABOUT.
>> JOHN'S FAVORITE PART OF THE SEASON.
SOME REGIONS ARE COMPLETELY IN THE BLEND.
THEY'RE NOT EVEN CLOSE TO CHOOSING REGION CHAMPS.
>> NOPE.
>> AND THOSE ARE USUALLY THE REGIONS OF DOOM.
>> WELL, YOU'VE GOT THAT IN MORE WAYS THAN ONE THERE, THEY ARE REGIONS OF DOOM.
YOU'VE GOT FOLKS THAT ARE GOING TO BE DECIDING EVERYTHING DOWN TO GAME TEN AND YOU'VE GOT FOLKS THAT ARE JUST GOING TO BE CONTINUING TO JUST KNOCK EACH OTHER AROUND, 5-4, 6-4 IN SOME CASES.
IT'S GOING TO BE A SPRINT THESE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS.
IT'S GOING TO BE GREAT FOR THOSE OF US WHO COVER IT AND WATCH IT.
NOS NECESSARILY FOR THE PLAYERS AND FANS AND COACHES.
>>> LET'S SEE WHO'S IN HERE.
HENRY OWEN.
OKAY.
>> WHERE'S OUR PREDICTION?
>> I NEED Y'ALL'S HELP WITH SOMETHING THIS WEEK.
LAST WEEK IT WAS MY TURN FOR THE WORD OF THE WEEK.
>> AND SHE HAD TO WEAR A HELMET.
>> AND I HAD TO WEAR A HELMET FOR HALF THE SHOW UNTIL PRODUCER LAURIE TOLD ME IT WAS OKAY TO COME OUT.
I NEED Y'ALL'S HELP WITH A WORD FOR JOHN.
I'M STUMPED.
I HAVE A PUNISHMENT BUT I DON'T HAVE A WORD.
JOHN CAN'T SEE THE COMMENTS.
HE'S NOT IN THE COMMENT SECTION.
THAT'S ONLY FOR ME TO MULTITASK WITH DURING THESE SHOWS.
SO, SEND ME A WORD, AND I'LL PICK THE BEST ONE AND USE IT.
>> AND YOU HAVE TO GIVE THAT INDIVIDUAL CREDIT.
>> AND PRODUCERS ARE TELLING ME REGION OF DOOM, I'VE ALREADY DONE REGION OF DOOM.
>> WE DID REGION OF DOOM EARLY, EARLY.
>> WE'VE DONE REGION OF DOOM.
I NEED A NEW WORD.
WE'LL SEE IF WE CAN GET THAT GOING.
>> OKAY.
SO, ONCE AGAIN, MAKE SURE THAT YOU PICK A WORD, SHE APPROVES IT, SHE'LL LET US KNOW.
AND THEN SHE HAS A PUNISHMENT.
SO, SHE'S GOT IT ALL LAID OUT.
THIS IS WHERE YOU HELP US.
YOU WANT TO KNOW SOMETHING ELSEWHERE YOU CAN HELP US?
YOU SEE THIS LOVELY SET BEHIND US?
WE HAVE HELMETS.
WE WANT MORE.
WE WOULD LIKE MORE HELMETS.
>> SEND US YOUR HELMETS.
>> ALL 450 OF THE GHIA TENNESSEE HIGH SCHOOL ASSOCIATION, ALABAMA, ALL THE HELMETS IN THE WORLD.
WE WANT ALL THE HELMETS IN THE PLANET IN THIS STUDIO.
THAT'S WHERE YOU HELP US OUT.
REACH OUT TO US ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
HAVE YOUR SCHOOL REACH OUT.
>> THEY WANT TO SEND US A HELMET, WHICH IS AWESOME.
>> REACH OUT TO US ON SOCIAL MEDIA ONE WAY OR THE OTHER, TWITTER, FACEBOOK, HOWEVER YOU WANT TO DO IT.
SHOOT US AN EMAIL.
WE WANT YOUR HELMETS SHOWN OFF TO THE REST OF THE STATE AND TO THE SOUTHEAST AND TO THIS AND ANY OTHER PLANET.
SO, WE'VE GOT SPACE.
WE'LL MAKE SPACE.
WE'LL MAKE ROOM.
>>> WE START OUT WITH LUNCH.
HE IS HAVING CHICKEN SALAD SANDWICH.
AS AN EXPERIMENT, COTTAGE CHEESE -- >> NO.
>> -- AND PINEAPPLE.
>> NO, NO, NO.
NO, NO.
NO.
>> IS THAT A SIDE TO CHICKEN SALAD?
S YEAH, IT'S A CHIDE.
COTTAGE CHEESE AND PINEAPPLE, I HAD THAT LIKE 9,000 YEARS AGO WHEN MY MOM WAS ON A HEALTH FOOD QUICK.
SHE WAS LIKE, HERE, TRY THIS.
IT WAS LIKE EATING A TIRE BUT IT HAD PINEAPPLE ATTACHED TO IT.
I DON'T HAVE COTTAGE CHEESE.
DIG THE CHICKEN SALAD BUT NOT THE COTTAGE CHEESE AND PINEAPPLE.
>> HE SAYS SEEING WHAT THE HYPE IS ABOUT.
APPARENTLY THERE'S HYPE.
WE WANT YOU TO HYPE UP YOUR LUNCHES.
LET US KNOW WHAT YOU'RE EATING FOR LUNCH ON THIS BEAUTIFUL THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
>> SO WE CAN BE HUNGRY BY THE TIME THE SHOW IS OVER AND MAYBE YOU'RE GIVING US IDEAS AS TO WHAT YOU'RE HAVING FOR THIS PARTICULAR MEAL OF THE DAY.
WE'LL TALK TO COACHES, THIS WOULD BE THE FIRST MEAL OF THE COACH'S DAY.
>>> LAST COMMENT.
WE'RE MOVING ON.
DON'T FORGET TO PUT A WORD IN THE COMMENTS SECTION FOR ME TO USE AGAINST JOHN TODAY.
>> SHE SAYS IT'S NOT A PUNISHMENT BUT IT'S AGAINST JOHN.
>>> LET'S GET GOING.
JOHN CREEK AT THE COLISEUM, JOHN.
>> IT'S STILL GOING.
IT IS STILL GOING, BY THE WAY.
ONE OF THE BEST GAMES WE'VE HAD.
AND A BIG NIGHT FOR JOSHUA THOMPSON.
FIVE CATCHES FOR 227 AND FOUR SCORES.
BIG NIGHT FOR NUMBER FIVE FOR JOHNS CREEK.
JOHNS CREEK WENT IN AT 5-1.
CAMBRIDGE CAME IN AT 5-0 ON THE DAY FOR JOHNS CREEK, KYLE DURHAM, 14-24 FOR 362-5.
YOU SEE THE CATCH BY JOSH THOMPSON.
HE WAS VERY BUSY.
THAT WAS AT THE HALF.
JOHNS CREEK HAD A BIG LEAD BUT CAMBRIDGE CAME BACK IN THE SECOND HALF.
DURHAM HILL WIND UP AND THROW IT UP AGAIN AND ANOTHER CATCH BY THOMPSON, HAVING THE NIGHT OF NIGHTS.
ZACK HARRIS, 274-3.
HE SCORED ON A 5-YARD RUN FOR THE LEAD IN OVERTIME.
AND IT WAS A GAME RIGHT THERE.
BROOKS MOORELY BLOCKED THE P.A.T.
AFTER BEING DOWN 34-17, CAMBRIDGE COMES BACK TO WIN 48-47.
CAMBRIDGE, WE TALK ABOUT REGION TITLES.
THEY NEED TO TAKE CARE OF THE BUSINESS AT HAND, THEY COULD GET THEIR FIRST REGION TITLE.
FANTASTIC ATMOSPHERE AT THE COLISEUM.
THANKS TO EVERYONE AT JOHNS CREEK.
GREAT ATMOSPHERE.
>> SO NOT ONLY WAS IT ONE OF THE BEST GAMES WE'VE HAD IN THE REGULAR SEASON, IT WAS BOTH TEAMS' FIRST TIME ON GPB, WHICH IS REALLY COOL.
>> YES.
AND WE'RE DOING THAT A LOT THIS YEAR, SHOWING TEAMS THAT HAVEN'T BEEN ON THE AIR A LOT.
OUR FIRST VISIT TO GRISHAM STADIUM TO CATCH UP WITH THE TROJANS.
THAT SET THE RECORD FOR MOST POINTS SCORED ON FOOTBALL FRIDAYS.
FIRST TIME SOUTH BALDING, CAMBRIDGE AND JOHNS CREEK.
HAVING A LOT OF THE FIRST TIMERS ON OUR AIR HAS BEEN VERY, VERY COOL.
HAVING WES PRECISE ON OUR AIR THIS YEAR, THAT WAS COOL AS WELL.
SO, GOING TO ALL THESE NEW PLACES, WE WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU GUYS FOR HELPING US OUT AND BEING GREAT STEWARDS OF FOOTBALL FRIDAYS AND LETTING US SEE THE PLACES WE HAVEN'T SEEN BEFORE.
IT'S BEEN REALLY COOL IN HAD 2021.
>> I THINK WE'RE HAVING TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES BUT WE'RE GOING TO KEEP MOVING ALONG LIKE EVERYTHING IS FINE BECAUSE IT IS FINE HERE IN STUDIO E AT GPB SPORTING IN ATLANTA.
>>> JAMES IS ON IT.
KING JAMES.
KING JAMES IS ON IT.
>>> WHILE WE KEEP GOING ALONG AS IF EVERYTHING IS JUST FINE -- >> IT'S ALWAYS FINE.
>> -- LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE GAMES I WAS WATCHING LAST WEEK ON HANNAH'S TOP FIVE GRAPHICS.
>> THERE YOU GO.
>> I'M GOING TO THROW IT TO MYSELF IN THIRD PERSON.
>> HANNAH TALKING ABOUT HANNAH'S GRAPHICS.
>> WEEK NINE IN THE BOOK, UPSETS IN REGION PLAY.
LET'S START WITH THOSE FIRST.
A WILD ONE IN REGION ONE 5A WHERE WARNER ROBINS WERE SHOCKED.
THE GATORS BECOME THE 12th TEAM THIS SEASON TO BEAT A NUMBER ONE RANKED OPPONENT.
IT'S A SHOCK BECAUSE THEY WERE UP 22-0 AT ONE POINT.
>> THAT IS THE SHOCK.
>> THAT'S INSANE.
>> THAT WAS THE SHOCK.
AND WARNER ROBINS CAME BACK TO CLOSE THE GAP.
28-21.
WARE COUNTY IN THE LEAD IN REGION 5A.
>> ANOTHER UPSET, THE RED PEARS WERE A 7-POINT FAVORITE.
BIG SEASON FOR JOHN FORD.
4-2 AND 2-1 IN REGION PLAY.
MORE BIG GAMES AROUND THE STATE.
THERE WAS A REGION 1A, CAME BACK AGAINST CAMDEN COUNTY.
THEY GOT OFF TO A SLOW START BUT MADE UP FOR IT IN THE END.
A BIG RIVALRY GAME, KENNESAW MOUNTAIN BEAT POPE.
>> KALEB, THE SHORTER HAWK THE COACH.
>> KENNESAW MOUNTAIN SURPRISING THIS YEAR.
THE BRONCOS BEAT NOON 28-6.
I TALKED TO THE COACH AFTER THE GAME.
HE GOT TO ANNOUNCE OUR GAME OF THE WEEK THIS WEEK, WHICH WE'LL SAVE FOR LATER IN THE SHOW.
BUT THAT WAS A FUN ONE.
HE WAS VERY EXCITED.
>> YES, HE WAS.
SO, NOW THAT YOU SAID YOURS, TIME TO GO WITH MINE.
LET'S GO WITH MINE.
IT WAS A GRAPHIC ON MY END, CARVER COLUMBUS AND TRUTH.
THIS WAS A REGION BATTLE.
CARVER COLUMBUS ONE OF THE TOP TEAMS IN THE CLASS.
SHUT OUT THE TRUTH TIGERS.
THOMPSON GETS THE DUKE BY 13, 27-14.
BLECKLEY COUNTY IN NORTHEAST, SCORED LATE, HAD TO HANG ON.
BIG REGION WIN FOR THEM, 9-6 OVER NORTHEAST.
CAL KEEPS RIGHT ROLLING SHUTTING OUT SAVANNA CHRISTIAN.
THE REASON I HAVE THIS FIFTH SCORE, GMC KNOCKING ON GLASS GLOCK COUNTY.
WITH THAT WIN IT IS THEIR EIGHTH WIN OF THE SEASON.
IT IS THE MOST WINS THAT THEY HAVE HAD SINCE 1975, GMC 8-0, BEST START IN A LONG TIME.
MOST WINS IN 75, 25, 25, 21, 47 SEASONS.
SO, BIG SHOUTOUT TO EVERYBODY IN GNC FOR RUNNING 8-0 SO FAR IN SINGLE A.
THAT WAS WHY I HAD THAT ONE INCLUDED.
WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER STORY KIND OF LIKE THE GMC STORY A LITTLE LATER IN THE SHOW.
>>> I AM BEING CORRECTED ON THE SCORE.
IT WAS NOT 28-21.
IT WAS 29-21.
>> OKAY.
>> THAT'S INTERESTING.
I MUST HAVE WROTE THAT SCORE DOWN BEFORE THEY SCORED THE EXTRA P.A.T.
OR SOMETHING.
I WAS JUST STICKING TO IT.
THAT WAS THE SCORE AND I WAS STICKING TO IT.
>> 29-20.
>> THANK YOU, BILL SANDERS FOR CALLING ME OUT.
29-21.
WE ALL KNOW I'VE GOT BABY BRAIN THESE DAYS.
>>> BEFORE WE KEEP GOING ON WE'VE GOT OUR PLAY OF THE WEEK.
THIS ONE COMES FROM CALLAWAY, WIDE RECEIVER TREYON TUCKER HAS AN INSANE CATCH.
>> CHILD PLEASE, WATCH THIS.
IT'S A SPIN MOVE AND THEN THE ONE-HANDED GRAB.
THAT IS INSANE.
>> I HAD TO SHOW IT THREE TIMES.
>> NO DOUBT.
FANTASTIC CATCH FROM CALLAWAY, AS THEY'RE REBOUNDING FROM THEIR LOSS TO HARRELLSON COUNTY IN ONE OF THE REGIONS WE TALKED ABOUT 5AA.
THIS IS DEFINITELY GOING TO COME DOWN TO MATH EVEN THOUGH IT WAS SAID THERE WOULD BE NO MATH ON THIS SHOW.
THERE MIGHT BE MATH ON NOVEMBER 5th INVOLVING REGION 5AA.
THAT ONE'S GOING TO BE A TIGHT ONE, ALWAYS IS.
HARRELLSON COUNTY, THEY ARE AT THE TOP IN 5AA.
BUT GREAT CATCH FROM OUR FRIENDS IN CALLAWAY.
AND THAT IS THE PLAY OF THE WEEK.
>>> ONE MORE BEFORE WE TURN TO THE PAGE TO WEEK 10.
>> I KNOW, REALLY?
>> STILL ON WEEK NINE.
UNBELIEVABLE.
BIGGEST STORY LINES AND TAKE AWAYS FROM THIS PAST WEEK.
>> IN THE BLENDER WE'LL TALK ABOUT ALL THESE REGIONS THAT ARE GOING TO HAVE 5-4.
YOU'VE GOT REGION 6 5A.
YOU'VE GOT THREE SPACING AFTER THE THREE AND FOUR.
BLECKLEY COUNTY, YOU'VE GOT THREE TEAMS AT 3-1, 2, 3, 4 IN REGION 3.
REGION 5AA, ALL FIVE TEAMS SEPARATED BY TWO GAMES.
SO, THAT ONE'S GOING TO COME DOWN TO THE END.
AND HONESTLY IT'S JUST ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF I.
REGION 2, YOU'VE GOT TWO TEAMS AT 2-0, THREE TEAMS CHASING THEIR FIRST WIN TO GET TO THREE, FOUR, FIVE.
THIS WILL BE A CONTINUING TOPIC FOR THE REMAINING THREE WEEKS OF THE SEASON.
SHUTOUT SEASON.
SHUTOUT CITY.
IF I COULD GET MY UPPER PLATE TO WORK, A T LO OF THE TEAMS HIGH IN THE RANKINGS PUTTING ZEROS TO THE RIGHT, SHUTTING OUT MOUNTAIN VIEW BY THE SCORE OF 56-0.
SHILOH LOSES TO BEAUFORD 37-0.
YOU GET THOSE KINDS OF NUMBERS FROM A LOT OF THE TEAMS THAT ARE TOP TEN IN THE RANKINGS.
I HAD TO DO THE MATH ON THIS PARTICULAR ONE.
ALL OF THE TEAMS THAT ARE PUTTING UP ALL THESE BIG OFFENSIVE NUMBERS, WINNING TEAMS, OFFENSE, OFFENSE, OFFENSE.
39 WINNERS SCORED MORE THAN 19 POINTS, FOUR SCORED MORE THAN 60, THREE SCORED MORE THAN 70 THIS WEEK.
YOU ADD, 65 TEAMS WON GAMES BY SCORING MORE THAN 40 POINTS PAST WEEK.
AND WE'LL SEE IF THAT TREND CONTINUES.
BUT A LOT OF OFFENSE ON THE BOARD THIS FRIDAY NIGHT.
>>> WE WILL PREVIEW OUR GAME OF THE WEEK.
WE WILL HAVE THE RANKINGS.
THIS TIME WE GO 3A TO SINGLE A.
WE'LL HAVE A COACH INTERVIEW.
WE'LL HAVE THE KICKER.
THAT AND MUCH MORE.
BUT WE WANT TO GET IN THE FACEBOOK COMMENTS SECTION TO SEE WHAT YOU GUYS ARE EATING FOR LUNCH.
PEDRO SAYS VEGETABLES, FRIED RICE AND CHICK WINGS.
>> FOR ME IT'S BEEF OR CHICKEN.
I UNDERSTAND.
>> BILL SANDERS, CHICKEN FRIED STEAK AND GARLIC MASHED POTATOES.
>> THAT'S STRONG.
THAT'S TREMENDOUS.
BILL KEEPS AN EYE IN CENTRAL GEORGIA AND KEEPING AN EYE ON THE GREAT LUNCHES IN CENTRAL SQUOR JOR.
>> KEITH QUARTER IS HAVING TOASTED SANDWICHES AND TEA FOR LUNCH.
YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW MANY GRILLED CHEESES I'VE EATEN LATELY.
TOO MANY TO COUNT.
>> GRILLED CHEESE IS ONE OF THE BEST SANDWICHES ON THIS OR ANY OTHER PLANET.
>> NELSON E., WHAT IS YOUR TAKE FOR ELITE EIGHT IN FINAL FOUR IN 2A?
>> A LOT OF TEAMS.
I TELL YOU WHAT.
I'LL SAVE IT FOR WHEN WE DO THE RANKINGS IN DOUBLE A.
WE'LL USE THE RANKINGS IN DOUBLE A AS A BASE.
IT'S GOING TO BE -- ONCE AGAIN I THINK AA IS ONE OF THE MOST COMPETITIVE CLASSES.
IT WILL BE ANOTHER YEAR LIKE THAT IN AA.
IT'S GOING TO BE FUN TO WAIT FOR THE RANKINGS.
>> I'VE GOT THREE WORDS THAT HAVE COME IN.
I COULDN'T THINK OF A WORD OF THE WEEK FOR JOHN TO BE PUNISHED WITH THIS WEEK.
I'VE GOT THREE WORDS AND THE FIRST WORD THAT YOU SAY OUT OF THESE THREE WILL BE IT.
YOU HAVE NOT SAID ANY OF THEM YET.
>> I HAVEN'T.
>> AS LONG AS IT'S NOT THE WORD WORD.
>> IT'S NOT.
>> OKAY.
JUST CHECKING.
>> ROSS SAYS HE'S BACK.
WELCOME BACK.
MARIETTA VERSUS HARRISON, WINNER STILL IN POSITION FOR A PLAYOFF GAME.
HE'S GOING MARIETTA 35-28 AND THE BRAVES WILL FINISH IT TONIGHT.
THAT'S THE BEST PREDICTION.
>> TO ROSSER'S POINT, LET'S LOOK AT REGION 37A FOR A SECOND.
NORTH COBB ON TOP AT 2-0.
THEN YOU HAVE THE FOUR TEAMS THAT ARE AT 1-1 RIGHT NOW.
WALTON, MARIETTA, NORTH PAULDING AND HARRISON.
ALL BETWEEN TWO, THREE AND FOUR WITH THEIR FULL SCHEDULE NUMBERS.
FOUR TEAMS CHASING AFTER THE TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE.
AND HILL GROW SAT 0-2.
IF THINGS COULD GO HILL GROVE'S WAY -- THEY HAD A ROUGH START TO THE SEASON.
IF THEY CATCH FIRE LATE, YOU ADD THEM TO THE MIX.
RIGHT NOW YOU'VE GOT FOUR TEAMS IN THE MIX.
>> CARL IN MATTHEW ISLAND HIGH SCHOOL WILL GET YOU A HELMET.
>> OH, THE SHARKS OF ISLAND HIGH DOWN ON THE COAST.
WE NEED AN ISLANDS HELMET.
LOOKING OUT FOR US.
>> IF YOU'RE JUST JOINING US, THIS IS COUNTDOWN TO KICKOFF.
THAT'S JON NELSON.
I'M HANNAH GOODIN.
THANKS SO MUCH FOR WATCHING US.
I THINK WE'RE HAVING TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES.
HOPEFULLY THOSE ARE SMOOTHING OUT FOR YOU GUYS AS WE TURN THE PAGE TO WEEK TEN.
THIS GAME OF THE WEEK WILL BE FOR SOLE POSSESSION OF REGION 4 7A ON THE LINE.
BROOKWOOD 5-2 ON THE YEAR, 1-0 IN REGION PLAY AND WON THREE STRAIGHT GAMES.
AND DEFENSE HAS NOT ALLOWED A POINT IN THE LAST TWO GAMES.
WHAT?
THE BRONCOS ARE COMING OFF 26 WIN OVER NEWTON.
BRONCOS COACHED BY PHILLIP JONES WHO PLAYED AT THE SCHOOL, PART OF THE FIRST CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM.
THAT'S COOL.
GRAYSON 6-2, 2-0 REGION PLAY.
28-21 WIN OVER PARK VIEW.
THEY WON THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP LAST YEAR UNDER ADAM CARTER.
THE RAMS WON 58-17 IN BROOKWOOD IN 2020.
KICKOFF ON OUR AIR WAVES IS SET FOR 7:30.
>> IF YOU LOOK AT THIS REGION, GRAYSON 2-0, NEWTON, PARK VIEW 0-2.
SO, ONCE AGAIN YOU'RE LOOKING FIVE TEAMS FOR FOUR SPOTS IN THIS MINI REGION.
AND IT'S INTERESTING CATCHING UP WITH THE COACHES THIS WEEK.
THEY HAD TO GO ABOUT THINGS DIFFERENTLY.
WITH BROOKWOOD IT'S ABOUT THE LEGACIES AND THE STUDENT ATHLETES THAT HAVE BEEN ABOUT THE PROGRAM SINCE THEY WERE SIXTH GRADERS.
AND THEY'RE THE ONES MAKING THE IMPACT WITH GRAYSON VERY, VERY YOUNG.
YOU SEE THE SENIORS FOR BROOKWOOD THAT HAVE MADE THEIR WAY THROUGH THE PROGRAM, THEY'RE IMPACTING IT FOR THE BRONCOS.
FOR THE RAMS THAT WAS ONE GAME I WANT TO SAY COACH CARTER SAID AT THE END OF THE PARK VIEW GAME, HE HAD SEVEN WHO WERE EITHER FRESHMEN OR SOPHOMORES.
SO, YOU HAVE TWO TEAMS THAT ARE PIECING IT TOGETHER DIFFERENT WAYS.
THIS ONE ONCE AGAIN GOING TO BE VERY, VERY BIG TO DECIDE THE ONE AND THE TWO IN THAT REGION.
>>> COMING ON BEFORE GAME OF THE WEEK -- >> THAT WOULD BE RECRUITING 2021 WITH THE INTERVIEW OF THE STARS, HANNAH GOODIN AND MATT STEWART AND MYSELF WHERE WE CATCH YOU UP ON EVERYTHING GOING ON IN THE WORLD OF RECRUITING.
AND IT HAS BEEN A MARRY FLIPMAS IN ATHENS ALREADY.
FOLKS IN THE COLUMBUS AREA KNOW WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
WILLIAMS UNUSUALLY WAS GOING TO SOUTHERN CAL.
THEN CLAY HILTON GETS FIRED AND WITH COACHING CHANGES, YOU'RE THINKING IS HE REALLY GOING TO STAY?
WITH WILLIAMS, THE ANSWER WAS NO.
HE DECOMMITTED FROM SOUTHERN CAL.
YESTERDAY IT WAS ANNOUNCED HE'S GOING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA.
NOW THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA HAS THE NUMBER TWO LIST IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL RIGHT NOW FOR THE RECRUITING FOR SIGNING DAY COMING UP THE WEEK AFTER THE CHAMPIONSHIPS HERE IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA.
SO, IT'S GOING TO BE THE CHAMPIONSHIPS, WE DON'T REST.
THEN IT'S EARLY NATIONAL SIGNING DAY.
WE'LL HAVE COVERAGE ON ALL THE GPB PLATFORMS FOR EARLY NATIONAL SIGNING DAY, BUT WILLIAMS RECRUITING STORY FOR 2021 AT 7:00 ON FRIDAY.
>> WHO ARE WE FEATURING ON OUR SPECIAL SEGMENT?
>> THE INTERVIEW WITH THE STARS?
>> NO, THE SPECIAL SEGMENT.
THE SPECIAL SEGMENT THAT WE HAVE ON RECRUITING 2021.
>> SEE, NO, NO, NO.
SEE?
NO, NO, NO.
NO, NO, NO.
>> THAT WAS FROM JIM BLAIR.
HE TRIED TO GET YOU TO SAY "MAKE THAT KID AN OFFER."
>> JIM, HERE'S WHERE I WAS GOING WITH THIS.
NOW SHE'S GOING TO HAVE A COUGHING FIT.
HERE'S WHERE I WAS GOING WITH THIS IDEA.
WHEN HANNAH MENTIONED SPECIAL SEGMENT, THE FIRST THING THAT POPS INTO HER HEAD IS HER INTERVIEW.
I WAS THINKING WHO IS THE INTERVIEW OF THE STARS INTERVIEWING THIS WEEK.
THAT'S WHY I WAS WAITING R YOU TO ANSWER THE QUESTION, WHO ARE YOU INTERVIEWING THIS WEEK?
>> DON'T WORRY.
THERE'S TWO MORE WORDS.
>> GO TO NUMBER TWO.
>> YOU CAN'T JUST, SO WHAT'S THAT SPECIAL SEGMENT?
IT'S LIKE THERE ARE MULTIPLE ANSWERS.
>> I KNOW, I KNOW.
I'M SORRY.
I RUINED IT.
LAURIE, THANKS.
USH HAVE PLAYED THE MUSIC.
I DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO COMMUNICATE.
IT JUST CAME UP.
>> YOU SHOULD HAVE PLAYED THE TRUMPET FANFARE AND I WOULD HAVE SAID, MAKE THAT KID AN OFFER.
THERE IT IS.
THAT'S HOW YOU DO IT.
AND YOU SIT THERE AND YOU SUCKER ME INTO SAYING IT.
I CAN'T SAY MAKE THAT KID AN OFFER AS A PUNISHMENT.
HIT IT, TOM.
KEEP HITTING IT.
>> THE INTERVIEW THIS WEEK IS WITH BROOKWOOD JUNIOR QUARTERBACK DELMAR VIN.
HE IS A GREAT KID, UNCOMMITTED.
JUST A JUNIOR, LOTS OF OFFERS.
OFFERS FROM OVER A DOZEN POWER FIVE COLLEGES.
HIS DAD WENT TO PENN STATE, PLAYED QUARTERBACK THERE.
THEY WERE THE FIRST OFFERING.
HE'S LIVING THE DREAM TRAVELING THE COUNTRY.
ALABAMA, GEORGIA, SOUTH CAROLINA.
>> LAST YEAR DYLAN WAS INJURED SO HE WAS NOT AVAILABLE FOR BROOKWOOD AND GRAYSON LAST YEAR, WHICH WAS THE COMING OUT PARTY FOR JAKE GARCIA.
SO, HE'LL BE INVOLVED THIS YEAR.
WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS THIS YEAR WITH BROOKWOOD AND GRAYSON.
GOING TO BE A FUN ONE AT 7:00.
>>> LET'S GET TO THE TOP TEN RANKINGS.
THEY ARE FINALLY OUT.
LAST WEEK WE WENT 7A TO 4A.
THIS TIME WE'RE STARTING WITH 3A.
>> CEDAR GROVE, MA CONEY COUNTY, APP LYNN AND PIERCE.
SANDY CREEK, 1 VERSUS 5 AT THE BATTLEGROUND IN TYRONE AS REGION IS HEADING IN THAT DIRECTION.
SANDY CREEK IS 5 WITH THOMPSON WITH WIN 6.
CHEROKEE BLUFF.
NUMBER 7 ROCK MART PUT UP A BIG NUMBER LAST WEEK.
MONROE AREA STILL UNDEFEATED AND THEY ARE IN THAT BIG REGION.
ANOTHER ONE WE TALKED ABOUT IN THE BLENDER WITH AKONI COUNTY.
THEY'RE GOING AT IT THIS WEEK.
STEVENS COUNTY, HEART COUNTY, THEY'LL BE IN THE DISCUSSION.
PEACH COUNTY AT 3-3 IS NUMBER 10 IN AA.
HERE'S THE QUESTION TO THE ANSWER EARLIER.
RAVEN COUNTY, FITCH FIELD, JEFF DAVIS THEY'RE SNEAKING THEIR WAY THROUGH.
IT'S ONE OF THE SNEAKIEST 7-0s THIS YEAR.
YES.
NORTHEAST.
NORTHEAST LOSES TO BLECKLEY LAST WEEK.
IS NORTHEAST PART OF THE DISCUSSION YET?
PUTNAM COUNTY IN EATEN TON GOING ON THIS YEAR.
DODGE AND CALLAWAY, ONCE AGAIN HARRELSON AND CALLAWAY OUT OF REGION 5.
RIGHT NOW 8 AND SO.
SO A LOT OF FOLKS TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION ENGAGED AS PART OF THE CHAMPIONSHIP CHASE IN AA.
CHANGE THE PAGE, GO TO A.
STARTING IN PUBLIC, IRWIN AND BROOKS, NOT A SURPRISE.
MACON COUNTY NUMBER 3 AT 7-0.
CHATEAU AND SLIDE.
HANNAH IS BRINGING THINGS BEHIND ME.
GEORGIA MILITARY, WE TALKED ABOUT THEIR STORY, 8-0.
NUMBER 10.
ON THE PRIVATE SIDE OF THINGS, HERE'S THE LOOK.
TRINITY CHRISTIAN, EVERYONE ELSE IS CHASING.
CAVALRY WE TALKED ABOUT THEIR SHUTOUT.
FELLOWSHIP 3 AND 4.
EAGLE BRAND AND CHRISTIAN LEFT TWO HOURS BEFORE THE SUN ROSE THIS MORNING.
THEY'RE GOING TO PLAY A GAME IN OHIO THIS WEEKEND.
WE TALK ABOUT HOW DIFFICULT IT IS IN A TWO-GAME REGION TO FINISH UP A REGION SCHEDULE.
THEY'RE AT 2-5.
WHAT ARE YOU BREAKING BEHIND ME?
>> I FORGOT THE CAMERA, THEY DO THAT FANCY STUFF WHEN YOU'RE ON CAMERA.
YOU SAID THE WORD.
STEVE CARTER SAID "BRACKET."
YOU SAID "BRACKET."
YOUR PUNISHMENT IS TO PUT THIS ON YOUR HAND AND HOLD IT UP THE REST OF THE SHOW.
>> ALL RIGHT.
>> YOU HAVE TO HOLD IT HIGH THOUGH.
I NEED YOUR ARM TO GET TIRED.
>> YOU NEED MY BUDDY LACTIC ACIDOSIS TO TAKE OVER.
>> THERE WE GO.
THAT'S IT.
>> CAN I GO THE WAVE.
>> YOU CAN DO WHATEVER YOU WANT JUST DON'T PUT YOUR ARM DOWN FOR THE REST OF THE SHOW.
LUCKY FOR YOU THERE'S ONLY 6 MINUTES LEFT IN THE SHOW.
>> HE'S GOING TO HELP US OUT WITH FACTS ON FRIDAY NIGHT.
HERE WE GO.
>> YOU CAN THANK HIM FOR YOUR ARM BEING TIRED.
>> REALLY?
THANKS, STEVE.
>>> WE'VE GOT OUR GAMES TO WATCH.
>> THERE WE GO.
>> MUCH BETTER.
>> CANNOT PUT YOUR ARM DOWN.
YOU JUST PUT YOUR ARM DOWN.
>> I'M NOT PUTTING MY ARM -- >> PICK AN ARM AND LEAVE IT UP.
WE'RE RUNNING OUT OF TIME.
GAMES TO WATCH, LET'S HIT IT.
>> LET'S SEE WHAT THE FANCY TV GRAPHICS HAS FOR GAMES TO WATCH.
WARNER ROBINS REGION ONE 6A.
SNEAKING ONE DOWN ON THE COAST.
KYLE HOCKMAN HAS BEEN REBUILDING THE PROGRAM.
THAT WILL BE THE GAME YOU'LL BE DISCUSSING AT ESPN COASTAL PROVIDED WE DON'T HAVE A FOUR-HOUR BROADCAST.
BIG ONE IN REGION OF DOOM, MONROE AREA.
WE TALKED ABOUT THAT WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT THE TOP TEN.
BLECKLEY AND WACO.
BLECKLEY AND WACO A BIG ONE THERE AS WELL.
VON LASSITER CONTINUES TO ROLE.
BIG ONE AT BLECKLEY AND WACO.
>>> SPEAKING OF THE COAST, WE HAVE OUR INTERVIEW THIS WEEK WITH BLECKLEY COUNTY HEAD COACH VON LASSITER.
WHAT DOES FOOTBALL MEAN?
LET'S FIND OUT.
>> IT MEANS A LOT TO US.
THE TRADITIONS THAT WE DO EVERY FRIDAY, YOU KNOW, OUR TOWN'S GOING TO BE IN THE STADIUM HERE JUST DOWN THE ROAD HERE.
THEY'RE GOING TO BE IN SOME STADIUM AROUND THE STATE.
IT'S IMPORTANT AT THE BACKBONE OF WHAT WE DO IN THE TOWN HERE, WE'RE SUPPORTING THESE KIDS.
AND THE GOOD THING FOR HERE IT'S NOT JUST FOOTBALL.
OUR COMMUNITY PUTS THE KIDS FIRST.
THEY WANT TO BE SUPPORTED.
THEY WANT TO BE TAKEN CARE OF AND THEY WANT TO BE TREATED RIGHT AND HAVE EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO BE SUCCESSFUL WHEN THEY'RE IN THE SCHOOL YEAR.
THAT IS REALLY WHAT OUR TOWN IS ABOUT.
WE KNOW THAT'S THE LIFE BLOOD OF THIS TOWN.
AND KIDS THAT WANT TO COME BACK HERE AND LIVE AND RAISE A FAMILY LIKE I DO, THEY'VE GOT TO BE SUPPORTIVE.
AND THAT'S WHAT'S SPECIAL ABOUT THIS PLACE.
THERE'S NOTHING LIKE FRIDAY NIGHTS OVER AT THE STADIUM.
AND WHEN YOU KICK OFF AGAINST THE RAIDERS IN THE QUARTERFINALS AND THE WHOLE TOWN IS THERE, THE TOWN COULD GET ROBBED HERE IF THEY WANTED TO.
EVERYBODY SHUTS DOWN, EVERYBODY IS THERE AND IT'S A LOT OF FUN.
>> AND BY COAST I MEAN MIDDLE GEORGIA.
>> AND THE HOMETOWN GUY, RAISED IN COCHRAN, WENT TO SCHOOL AT BLECKLEY COUNTY.
HE BOUGHT A PIECE OF PROPERTY ACROSS FROM WHERE HE WAS RAISED, SO HE LIVES ACROSS THE STREET FROM HIS CHILDHOOD HOME THERE, GETS TO HUNT A LOT.
HE KNOWS WHAT IT MEANS TO BE AT HOME COACHING YOUR ALMA MATER.
VON LASSITER IN BLECKLEY COUNTY.
>> MAYBE THIS DIDN'T WORK OUT AS WELL AS I THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO.
I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE COAST THOUGH.
I DID NOT MEAN TO GET THAT MIXED UP.
THAT WAS MIDDLE GEORGIA.
I WAS THINKING BENEDICTION.
THEY'RE REALLY IMPRESSING ME THIS YEAR.
LET'S GET TO FACEBOOK COMMENTS SECTION.
PEDRO SAYS PEACH COUNTY IS BETTER THAN 3-3 RECORD.
>> NO DOUBT.
ABSOLUTELY.
THAT'S WHAT CHED CAMPBELL LIKES TO DO.
HE LIKES TO SET UP A SCHEDULE TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE READY FOR REGION PLAY.
AND LOSING THE GAME AGAINST CHRIS IN REGION HAS YOU CHASE AFTER THE TWO.
DEFINITELY THAT IS SOMETHING THAT CHAD CAMPBELL DOES EVERY SINGLE YEAR, CHALLENGE THEMSELVES TO GET READY FOR REGION PLAY AND A RUN ON THE PLAYOFFS.
>> GOING TO NEED FOUR TDs FOR THE RECORD.
JUST FOUR.
HE'LL GET THAT.
NO DOUBT.
>> AND I MEAN WE'VE SEEN THE LAST HANDFUL OF WEEKS, AND I'M DOING THIS JUST SO THE LACTIC ACID DOESN'T TAKE HOLD.
THAT'S WHY I CHANGED HANDS.
>> YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO CHANGE HANDS.
>> WHY NOT?
YOU DIDN'T SAY YOU CANNOT CHANGE HANDS.
>> I DON'T REMEMBER THAT PART OF THE CONVERSATION.
>> YOU'VE GOT ONE MORE MINUTE.
LET'S HIT THE KICKER.
THE BLUE TIDE HAS WON MOST GAMES IN A SEASON SINCE 2012 WITH FOUR.
ONE MORE GAME THEY COULD MAKE THE PLAYOFFS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN SCHOOL HISTORY.
>> THEY KNOCKED OFF BLANTLY COUNTY LAST WEEK.
GREAT WIN.
THEY HAD A 12-0 LEAD AND GET THE TOUCHDOWN THERE AS WELL.
SO, BIG LEAD TO START.
28-19 I THINK WAS THE FINAL SCORE IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY IN THIS ONE.
BIG WIN FOR THEM.
THEY'RE 4-4.
CON GRATS TO THE BLUE TIDE OF LONG COUNTY.
THEY HAVE PIERCE.
CONGRATS DOWN THERE.
THE BLUE TIDE OF LONG COUNTY AT 4-4.
>> WE'VE GOT O.B.
FARLEY WATCHING FROM TENNESSEE, MEMPHIS.
THANK YOU FOR WATCHING.
CHECK OUT THE PODCAST.
WE HAVE JEFFERSON HEAD COACH ON THIS WEEK.
WE GET INTO ALL THE POSSIBILITIES OF REGION MATCHUPS, WHAT'S ON THE LINE, EVERYTHING.
>> ALL THAT STUFF.
>> AND -- >> YEAH?
>> JOHN CAN FINALLY PUT HIS ARM DOWN.
DON'T FORGET TO FOLLOW US AT SOCIAL MEDIA.
WE ARE EVERYWHERE, TWITTER, INSTAGRAM, FACEBOOK, YOUTUBE.
I WILL NEVER BE TELLING JOHN TO PUT HIS FOAM FINGER ON EVER AGAIN.
IT COULD BE A NOSE PICKER.
SO, THERE'S THAT.
DON'T FORGET IT IS BROOKWOOD VERSUS GRAYSON ON OUR AIR WAVES TOMORROW NIGHT, RECRUITING 2021 AT 7:00.
GAME AT 7:30.
WE WILL SEE YOU GUYS THEN.
THANKS FOR WATCHING.
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