Football Fridays in Georgia
Countdown to Kickoff: Week 7
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Jon Nelson and Hannah Goodin take a look at the biggest football news around the state.
on Nelson and Hannah Goodin take a look at the biggest football news around the state for week seven of the Georgia high school football season! They will also preview our Football Fridays in Georgia game of the week: North Cobb at Walton and our Web Game of the Week: Kennesaw Mountain at Osborne.
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Football Fridays in Georgia
Countdown to Kickoff: Week 7
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on Nelson and Hannah Goodin take a look at the biggest football news around the state for week seven of the Georgia high school football season! They will also preview our Football Fridays in Georgia game of the week: North Cobb at Walton and our Web Game of the Week: Kennesaw Mountain at Osborne.
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WE ARE BACK TO NORMAL AFTER A CRAZY SHUFFLING OF SCHEDULES A WEEK AGO BECAUSE OF HURRICANE IAN.
WE HOPE EVERYONE IS SAFE AND HANDLING EVERYTHING THAT NEEDS TO TAKE --BE TAKING CARE OF.
JOHN, WHAT DID YOU SEE FROM THE SHUFFLING QUACKS WAS THERE ANY FALLOUT?
>> I THOUGHT IT WAS HANDLED REALLY WELL.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT PEARSON, THIS IS HOW MOTHER NATURE ONCE AGAIN .
WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT THIS.
FOR THE FOOTBALL FRIDAY AND GEORGIA PODCAST, WE HAD PEARSON AND WE ARE SITTING THERE AND IT IS LIKE OKAY AND ALL OF A SUDDEN HURRICANE IAN COMES IN AND THE GAME GETS PUSHED FROM MONDAY.
SO MONDAY NIGHT, PEARSON, THAT WAS WHEN THEY FINALLY GOT THE GAME PLAYED AND JOHN, A FRIEND OF MINE WHO USED TO BE THE PLAY- BY-PLAY GUY, HE WAS LIKE MULLING IS -- IS MULLING PEARSON.
YOU MIGHT NOT NECESSARILY HAVE KNOWN OR RECOGNIZED RINGS BECAUSE EVERYONE IS IN THAT FRIDAY OR IN THAT SATURDAY AND THAT LAST GAME ON THE BOARD, PEARSON, WE GOT TO SEE SOMETHING THAT HAD COACH IN THAT BIG OFFENSIVE AND DEFENSIVE LINES OF HIS, SOMETHING TO KEEP AN EYE ON, SOMETHING THAT PIERCE COUNTY WILL BUILD FROM ANY GAME LIKE THIS AS THEY GET TO THEIR REGION PLAY AS WELL.
RIGHT NOW THERE IS THE TOP OF THE LADDER IN REGIONS, A BIG WIN FOR THEM ON MONDAY BECAUSE OF HURRICANE IAN.
>> WE SHUFFLED OUR GAME AS WELL.
WE WANT TO INTRODUCE AND BRING ON OUR FRIEND.
>> WE HAVE NEW FRIENDS.
YOU TAPPED HIM TO FAST.
THAT IS COURTESY OF --.
SO -- >> I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS CAN SEE THIS.
>> THAT IS A LINEMAN NUMBER.
A REFLECTION OF THE RIDGES.
SO THAT IS A LINEMAN'S HELMET.
SO TO ADD TO THE SYLVESTER, WE HAD SYLVANIA.
SO --WITH THE RAMS AND SYLVESTER AND SYLVANIA.
THOSE OUR OUR OUR NEW FRIENDS.
WE WANT NEW FRIENDS.
WE WANT TO KEEP HAVING NEW FRIENDS LIKE THESE SO REACH OUT TO US.
SYLVESTER AND SYLVANIA ADDED TO THE MIX.
>> LET'S CHECK AND SEE WHO IS HERE.
WE HAVE --WE HAVE HERE REPRESENTING EAST CATALINA.
CHARLES SMITH IS HERE CHECKING IN FROM ERWIN.
WE HAVE WILDCAT NATIONS.
LINDSAY SAYS LET'S GO FALCONS.
IS USUALLY MALE HEAVY IN THE COMMENTS SECTION.
>> ALSO IF THERE IS MORE THAN ONE OF A PARTICULAR NICKNAME, LET US KNOW WHAT SPECIFIC TEAM YOU ARE LOOKING AT.
SO I GUESS IT IS THE FALCONS WE CAN SAY.
LET US KNOW SPECIFICALLY.
GIVE ME A FIRST NAME AND LAST NAME WHEN IT COMES TO YOUR SCHOOL BECAUSE OF ALL THE NICKNAMES.
IT IS LIKE FIVE DIFFERENT SCHOOLS SO LET US KNOW WHO YOU ARE REALLY ROOTING FOR FIRST NAME, LAST NAME AND ALL THE GOOD STUFF YOU HAVE.
>> BEFORE WE GET STARTED, I DO WANT TO READ A TWEET FROM JEFFERSON FOR PAUL.
THE JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL PROGRAM IS HEARTBROKEN AS WE MOURN THE LOSS OF ONE OF OUR OWN , ELIJAH DeWITT.
THE FAMILY IS IN OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS.
WE APPRECIATE YOUR UNDERSTANDING AS WE RESPECT THE FAMILY'S PRIVACY DURING THIS TIME.
DeWITT PASSED AWAY LAST NIGHT.
HE WAS THE LEADING RUSHER.
REALLY GOOD YOUNG MAN AND WE ARE VERY SAD.
>> ALL THE LOVE FROM ALL OF US HERE.
ALL OF OUR LOVE TO EVERYONE IMPACTED.
SO JUST KNOW THAT OUR ARMS ARE AROUND YOU TODAY AND EVERY DAY.
>> IT IS THE LUNCH HOUR HERE AS WE ARE THINKING ABOUT EVERYBODY.
I KNOW MY STOMACH IS GROWLING.
I CAN HEAR YOURS AS WELL.
WHAT EVERYBODY IS EATING FOR LUNCH.
SO LET US KNOW IN THE COMMENTS SECTION.
WE WILL PICK A WILDEST ONCE YOU'RE ON THE SHOW AND LET EVERYBODY KNOW.
>> WE JUST PICK THEM ALL BECAUSE WE ARE UNIFORMLY HUNGRY ANYWAY.
SO JUST LET US KNOW.
IT WAS LEFTOVERS FOR LUNCH, THAT WAS FANTASTIC.
IT DOESN'T MATTER.
WE ARE HUNGRY ANYWAY.
JUST TO MAKE US MORE HUNGRY OVER THE NEXT HALF HOUR AND LET US KNOW WHAT IS ON YOUR MIND ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO LUNCH.
12:31 OR SO, WE WILL PLACE OUR ORDERS.
>> WE HAVE EVERYBODY IN HERE SO LET'S GET THE SHOW STARTED.
WE ARE GOING TO TAKE A LOOK BACK AT THE WEEK THAT WAS.
WE HAD A REALLY GOOD REGION OPENER FOR BOTH TEAMS.
TRIPLE OVERTIME.
>> TRIPLE OVERTIME AND THE TURNOVERS EARLY CAUGHT UP WITH CARTERSVILLE.
YOU HAVE FOR CO-FIRST HALF 28-7 LEAD.
>> DAVID WILLIAMS.
>> CARTERSVILLE COMES BACK TO TIE IT AT 28 WITH FIVE MINUTES TO GO.
THEN WE GET INTO A FREE FOOTBALL AND BY THE TIME WE WERE DONE IT WAS CALHOUN GOING INTO WYMAN STADIUM.
CALHOUN NOW AT THE INSIDE TRACK.
ALL THE HOME GAMES TO 3.
IT WAS GREAT TO SEE TWO GREAT TEAMS COMING UP ON A THURSDAY NIGHT.
THERE IS YOUR STOP RIGHT THERE IN TRIPLE OVERTIME AND THERE IS THE REACTION.
HE IS JUST LIKE MAN MAN I AM GLAD THIS IS OVER.
A BIG WIN FOR CLAY AND CALHOUN AND NOW IT LOOKS LIKE UNLESS SOMETHING HAPPENS, IT WILL BE CALHOUN AND EVERYTHING THROUGH THAT SECTION OF THE GRADE WHEN IT COMES TO THE POSTSEASON.
>> CALHOUN BROKE CARTERSVILLE BUT THEY USED TO HOLD A PRETTY CRAZY RECORD ALSO.
>> 113 I THINK IT WAS AND IT WAS JUST CRAZY.
IT WAS IN THE HUNDREDS.
MOST ACTIVE IN THE STATE UNTIL FRIDAY NIGHT.
YOU GOT TO SEE THAT FALL IN TRIPLE OVERTIME.
THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY WHO WATCHED IN A BIT OF A NEW WAY ON THURSDAY.
THEN YOU DECIDED BECAUSE YOU ENJOYED IT SO MUCH THE FIRST TIME YOU ARE GOING TO WATCH IT THE SECOND TIME .
>> WE TOLD EVERYONE ON THE SHOW, I WAS LIKE EVERYONE IS GOING TO WATCH IT THURSDAY AND REWATCH IT FRIDAY.
>> AND YOU DID WHICH WAS A GREAT IDEA.
THAT WHAT YOU KNEW WHAT HAPPENED.
YOU GOT TO WATCH A GREAT GAME ON FRIDAY NIGHT AND WE ACTED LIKE YOUR NORMAL GRID.
YOUR NORMAL FRIDAY PROGRAMMING WAS THERE.
YOU GOT TO SEE THE POST GAME SHOW, JUST A NORMAL FRIDAY NIGHT AFTER A NOT SO NORMAL THURSDAY.
>> MY PARENTS HAD NO IDEA THE GAME WAS EVEN STREAMED.
THEY WERE TEXTING ME FRIDAY LIKE A GREAT GAME.
IT WAS LAST NIGHT!
SO APPARENTLY, SOME PEOPLE DIDN'T KNOW.
>> SOMETIMES, YOU SIT THERE AND STUMBLE ACROSS A GREAT GAME AND A GREAT GAME IS A GREAT GAME REGARDLESS OF WHAT DAY IT WAS.
SO YOU MENTIONED SATURDAY ANUSOL SENIOR GROVE --KNOCKING OFF A NASHVILLE TEAM IN ST. JOHN.
MONDAY WE TALKED ABOUT PEARSON.
SO THERE WERE GREAT GAMES ALL OVER THE GRADE OVER THE WEEKEND.
AND YOU HAD 40 GAMES ON FRIDAY NIGHT AFTER THE 140 THAT WERE PUSHED EITHER TO WEDNESDAY OR THURSDAY LAST WEEK.
SO YOU STILL HAD SOME FOLKS WATCHING PLAYS AND STILL FOLKS ON SATURDAY.
WE HAVE A FEW FOLKS STILL ON MONDAY.
SO IT WAS ALL OVER THE BOARD.
MASSIVE SHOUT OUT TO EVERYBODY.
THAT GOES TO THE ADMINISTRATION, OFFICIALS, AND EVERYBODY.
AMAZING STUFF.
EVERYONE MADE SURE THINGS WERE DONE AS SWIMMINGLY AS POSSIBLE TO MAKE SURE WE COULD GIVE YOU THE COVERAGE THAT WE DO ON FOOTBALL FRIDAY EVERY WEEK.
>> YES.
A BIG SHOUT OUT TO EVERYONE AT GPB.
MY SCHOOL BOARD FEATURED ALL OF THURSDAY'S GAMES.
ALL OF THESE GAMES WERE PLAYED ON THURSDAY.
WE WILL START WITH THE GAME IN LAWRENCEVILLE.
THEY WERE UNBEATEN.
CENTRAL GWINNETT HAD THEIR FIRST LOSS OF THE SEASON 58-7.
IT WAS ALSO A BATTLE FOR THE EARLY LEAD IN REGION 4.
TO KILL OF THE TEAMS WERE GOING AT IT.
THEN IN REGION EIGHT, FIRST- YEAR HEAD COACH JONATHAN.
THEY ARE 6-ZERO FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER.
IT WAS THE FIRST EVER MEETING BETWEEN CALLAWAY AND COLUMBIA IN REGION FIVE.
THE CAVALIERS DEFEATED THE EAGLES.
SORRY TO PRODUCER MAURY ABOUT THAT ONE.
>> GIVE ME A SECOND.
IT WAS 41-10.
>> WHY DO I HAVE 26-0 MAC.
>> LET ME SEE IF I HAVE A SCORE THAT WAS CLOSE TO THAT ONE IN THE GRID.
>> I THINK I HAVE THE HALF-TIME SCORE.
THAT IS OKAY.
WE ARE JUST GOING TO CHANGE IT RIGHT HERE.
WE ARE GOING TO PRETEND THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN.
>> YOU'RE WELCOME.
>> I DIDN'T GET BLAMED.
SORRY.
DOMINANT EFFORT.
I THINK WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE STANDINGS, YOU LOOK AT RANKINGS RIGHT NOW, IT IS HUGE.
>> ALL RIGHT.
WHAT WERE THE GAMES YOU HAD YOUR EYE ON QUACKS >> -- REMAINS UNDEFEATED.
THAT ONE IS ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE THAT CAME FROM PERRY IN WEST SIDE.
WE TALKED ABOUT WORTH COUNTY.
STILL PUTTING UP BIG NUMBERS.
I THINK THE MARGIN WAS THE SHOCK HERE.
--WERE BEATEN BY 33.
A TRAVELING HOME SHOW MIGHT BE KIND OF DIFFICULT.
THEIR ROADSHOW CONTINUES.
SO ONCE AGAIN, BRADEN COUNTY , THEIR SCHEDULE, THEY WANT TO CHALLENGE THEMSELVES WITH THEIR GAMES AND THEY WANT TO TRAVEL TO ALL OF THESE PLACES TO MAKE HAVING TO TRAVEL HUNDREDS OF MILES COME SEASON THREE, THEY ARE READY.
ANOTHER BIG WIN FOR RAVEN COUNTY KNOCKING OFF FELLOWSHIP THIS PAST FRIDAY.
THURSDAY NIGHT.
THERE WE GO.
>> I REMEMBER HEARING THE COMMENTS SECTION COPYING AND PASTING VIGOROUSLY.
>> CONTROL B .
SWITCH PAPER.
>> THAT BRINGS US TO OUR PLAY OF THE WEEK AND THIS COMES FROM OUR FRIENDS AT --.
>> CALO CON SIERRA.
I THINK HE IS LIKE SEVEN FEET THREE INCHES TALL.
HE PICKS IT ALL FROM ONE END OF THE SCREEN TO ANOTHER.
YOU GO LEFT TO RIGHT, THAT MEANS ONE THING.
92 YARDS.
NORTHEAST, MADE A DEEP RUN ON THE PLAYOFFS LAST YEAR.
THIS IS AGAINST KING JAMES.
BIG WIN FOR NORTHEAST OVER CENTRAL MACON.
OFF INTO THE SUNSET.
>> 47-0 MAC, THE FINAL SCORE.
BEFORE WE TURN THE BOOKS, WHAT WERE YOUR BIGGEST TAKEAWAYS FROM A CRAZY WEEK QUACKS >> FANCY TV GRAPHIC TIME.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT REGION PLAY, THAT IS WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT RIGHT HERE.
WE KNOW A LOT OF THESE TEAMS ARE ONES AND TWOS AND THEY ARE FIGHTING EACH OTHER EARLY IN REGION PLAY.
WHO HAS THE INSIDE TRACK QUACKS 33 AND ZERO MAC.
YOU LOOK AT ALL OF THESE TEAMS.
DOWN TO 39 UNDEFEATED.
WE ARE DOWN BELOW 30 BUT WE ARE NOW UNDER 10% OF THE TEAMS PLAYING BETTER UNDEFEATED RIGHT NOW AND ON THE MOVE.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RANKINGS AND EVERYTHING THERE.
33-0 MAC SHUT OUT LAST WEEK.
A LOT OF THEM WERE BIG MARGINS ALSO SO ON THE MOVE IS YOUR RANKINGS.
33 SHUTOUTS, ONES AND TWOS PLAYING EARLY.
DOWN 39 UNDEFEATED AND GEORGIA HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL.
ALL FOUR LINES OF THEM CRAMMED INTO TWO CO-SENTENCES THIS WEEK.
>> LET'S JUMP INTO THE FACEBOOK COMMENTS SECTION AND SEE WHAT PEOPLE ARE EATING FOR LUNCH.
>> BUT WHAT IS IT QUACKS >> THERE ARE ONLY SO MANY COPY AND PASTE I CAN DO.
>> THE ROASTED CHICKEN PARK, I WAS THERE FOR THE ROASTED CHICKEN PART BUT YOU LOST ME WITH VEGGIES.
IT WAS LIKE WHEN HANNAH WAS TALKING, ALL OF A SUDDEN SHE GOT REALLY STATIC HE.
>> GOD FOR BID >> SEE DARRELL WHAT YOU ARE DOING.
THAT IS WHY WE ARE DOING THE SEGMENT.
SO WE CAN BECOME INSANELY JEALOUS OF EVERYONE'S CHOICES.
>> BACON EGG AND CHEESE SANDWICH AND SOME YOGURT.
THERE WERE A FEW MORE.
LET'S GET INTO SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WE HAVE.
GET JOHN SOME RAW OYSTERS.
WE NEED HIM TOMORROW.
>> THERE WILL BE NONE OF THAT.
I HAVE NEVER BEEN A FAN.
I HAVE NEVER BEEN A BIG SEAFOOD PERSON.
I AM LEGITIMATELY NOT.
WHEN I WAS A KID I DID THE FISH AND CHIPS THING BUT IT WAS TV DINNER FISH AND CHIPS.
IT WASN'T THE LEGIT STUFF.
>> THE WINTERS HILL CLASSIC WILL BE EPIC TOMORROW NIGHT.
WE WILL PREVIEW THAT ONE AND TALK ABOUT THAT QUITE A BIT COMING UP SO HANG OUT FOR THAT.
ANDREW WATKINS DOMINATED -- COUNTY.
>> DOHENY RIGHT NOW IN REGION ONE AAA, HE IS IN THAT REGION WITH CARVER.
THEN YOU HAVE MUNRO CHRISTOPHER AND COLUMBUS.
THEY ARE ALL AT 1-ZERO.
THEY HAVE BEEN RANKED IN THE TOP 10 AND THEN YOU HAVE CARVER AND THOMASVILLE ONCE AGAIN.
THEY ARE GOING TO CHALLENGE THEMSELVES PLAYING FOLKS ALL OVER THE PLACE.
THEY HAVE SOME REALLY GOOD WORK DOWN THE PAST COUPLE OF SEASONS.
DOHERTY RIGHT NOW PART OF THE THREE-WAY JIM.
>> ONE MORE WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON MARIETTA QUACKS >> LET'S SEE WHERE THEY ARE IN STANDINGS RIGHT NOW.
1-5 IN THEIR SEASON ONE BUT PHIL GROVE OR I'M SORRY HARRISON IS 1-5.
HILL GROVE IS AT 2-4.
I ALWAYS SAY TAKE SEASON ONE AND PUT IT OFF TO THE SIDE BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, YOU CAN LOOK AT YOUR ACTIVITY IN SEASON ONE AND SEE WHAT YOU NEED TO LEARN ABOUT WHEN YOU GET INTO SEASON TWO.
YOU HAVE ONE MORE WEEK DEPENDING ON WHO YOU ARE TRYING TO FIGURE STUFF OUT.
ALL YOU HAVE IN REGION THREE ARE THOSE REGION GAMES.
THEY ARE FALLING AT 4-2 IN THE OVERALL BUT JUST BECAUSE YOU ARE ONE NECK-5 DOESN'T MEAN YOU CAN'T MAKE HAY IN REGION PLAY.
SO YOU SIT THERE AND YOU ARE GOING ALL RIGHT DO YOUR BUSINESS IN SEASON TWO AND THEN EVERYTHING ALIGNS ITSELF WHEN IT COMES TO SEASON THREE.
SO LEARN FROM SEASON ONE, GET INTO SEASON TWO AND WE HAVE GRADUATION.
YOU HAVE PLAYERS SHUFFLING IN AND OUT FROM GRADUATION AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
TAKE THESE AS SEASON ONE.
TAKE IT INTO SEASON TWO AND AND GET READY FOR SEASON THREE.
WE KNOW THE PLAYOFFS ARE GOING TO BE ABSOLUTELY INSANE.
>> THANK YOU FOR THE TWO-MINUTE BREAKDOWN.
THIS IS COUNTDOWN TO KICKOFF.
TIME TO TALK REALLY FAST AND TURN THE PASTE TO OUR FOOTBALL FRIDAY IN GEORGE'S GAME OF THE WEEK.
ANOTHER REGION FIVE BATTLE.
NORTH -- IS 3-2.
TOMORROW NIGHT 7:30 P.M. >> GET A SNEAK PREVIEW OF THE YOUNG QUARTERBACK TRYING TO TAKE OVER.
SO I THINK THE MORE THAT THIS GAME GETS OUT OF THE HIGH 20s, I THINK IT LENDS ITSELF MORE TOWARDS WALTON.
IF NORTH COBB CAN MANAGE POSSESSION KEEP THE GAME IN THE LOW 20s AND NOT TRADE FLOWS WITH WALTON, I THINK IT LEANS MORE TOWARD NORTHCOTE.
SO THE HIGHER THE SCORE, KEEP AN EYE ON WALTON BUT THE LOWER THE SCORE KEEP AN EYE ON NORTH COBB.
THEY ARE KEEPING TIME IN POSSESSION AND THEY ARE KEEPING THAT OFFENSE OFF THE FIELD.
THAT IS THE QUICK VERSION OF WHAT I THINK.
SO THE HIGHER THE SCORE I THINK IT LEADS MORE TOWARDS WALTON WHEN IT COMES TO A SHOOTOUT.
>> ONE OF NORTH COBB'S BEST PLAYERS.
WE HAVE ALREADY SEEN HIM.
HE IS COMMITTED TO MICHIGAN.
I WAS ABLE TO CATCH UP WITH HIM THIS WEEK AND ASKED HIM ABOUT WHAT IT WILL TAKE TO BE THEM WHICH HE IS PRETTY CONFIDENT AND ALSO ABOUT HIS COMMITMENT TO MICHIGAN.
HERE IS A LOOK AT THOSE ANSWERS MESHED TOGETHER.
>> WE HAVE A GREAT DEFENSE WHICH HAS BEEN ON FIRE LATELY.
JUST GOING UP THERE WHAT, IT WAS GREAT TO BE AROUND.
I FEEL LIKE THAT IS SOMETHING TO GROW.
>> SO HE SAID WALTON SHOULD BE NO PROBLEM.
NOT A PROBLEM.
>> I LIKE THE BRAVADO THAT YOU SEE.
NORTH COBB, THE THING ABOUT THEIR RUNNING GAME, IT CAN COME AT YOU FROM A LOT OF DIFFERENT ANGLES AND A LOT OF DIFFERENT GUYS AND THE OTHER KEY IN ALL OF THIS IS THAT YOU HAVE TO PREPARE FOR ALL OF THOSE NORTH COBB --.
YOU HAVE TWO BE PREPARED FOR TUCKING AND RUNNING.
YOU HAVE TO BE PREPARED FOR THE DEPTH THAT IS THERE AT NORTHCOTE.
IT WILL BE A CHALLENGE FOR THE DEFENSE.
IT WILL BE COMING FROM YOU AT ALL DIFFERENT ANGLES AS THEY TRIED TO MANAGE THE CLOCK HERE.
>> THAT WAS ONLY A SNIPPET OF THE INTERVIEW.
LOOK FORWARD TO THE FULL INTERVIEW AND MORE ABOUT HIS RETURNING PROCESS, WHY HE CHOSE MICHIGAN.
ON --.
IT ALSO REARS AFTER THE POST GAME SHOW.
THERE IS 1 MILLION DIFFERENT PLACES YOU CAN WATCH IT.
>> VERY VERY COOL STUFF.
YOU HAVE SEEN THE NORTHERN SCHOOLS COME IN AND YOU SAW IT A LOT WITH AN AMERICAN CONFERENCE WHERE YOU GOT TO SEE A LOT OF ACTION COME IN AND BRING THE TALENT OUT OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA UP NORTH AND NOW YOU'RE SEEING ALL OF THE BLUEBLOOD COMING IN THERE.
>> HE IS TRYING TO PULL SOME PLAYERS.
SO HE SAID HE HASN'T HAD A WHOLE LOT OF SUCCESS.
IT IS A TOUGH PLACE TO GO FROM BEING A GEORGIA GUIDE.
>> ONE OF THE GREAT RUNNING BACK COACHES.
>> THAT IS ALL A PART OF ALL OF THIS HERE.
YOU WANT TO PLAY AT MICHIGAN BUT DO YOU WANT TO PLAY WITH -- IN MICHIGAN QUACKS >> WITHOUT EVEN HESITATION, HE SAID I AM READY.
LISTEN TO THE FULL INTERVIEW.
>> SPOKEN BY TWO CO-FOLKS WHO ATTENDED UNIVERSITY -- >> AND GET COLD OVER THE SLIGHTEST LITTLE CHILL.
EXTREME GAME OF THE WEEK IS REGION 578 OPENER.
WE TALKED TO CARDINALS HEAD COACH ON THE PODCAST THIS WEEK.
HE SAID EVERYONE IS GETTING REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS AND THEY ARE VERY HAPPY TO BE ON OUR AIRWAY.
>> ONE MORE WIN THIS YEAR FOR OSBORNE.
CAN THEY MATCH THE NUMBER OF WINS THEY HAD FROM 2015 TO 2021.
FIVE IS A TOTAL FOR OSBORNE TRADITIONALLY OVER A SPAN OF YEARS.
>> LIKE FOR CO-.
>> LIKE A LOT OF THEM AND TO HAVE THIS START HAS BEEN REALLY COOL TO SEE THE OUTREACH THAT HAS COME FROM THE COMMUNITY BY ARE SEEING.
THE INTERESTING REVERSAL OF ROLES WHERE --IRONSIDE AT HILL GROVE AND NOW THE HEAD COACH AT OSBORNE, MADE A CALL TO SOUTH GEORGIA.
IRONY ALERT.
AND IRONSIDE CAME FROM OUR FRIEND AT WIRTH COUNTY.
SO ALL OF THIS IRONY -- >> WE DID IT ON PURPOSE.
>> ALL THE CIRCULAR STUFF, WE ALWAYS BRING IT BACK.
>> WE ARE BRINGING THINGS TO NUMBER ONE RANKING.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT ALL THESE TEAMS THAT ARE ON THE NUMBER ONE LIST ON THE GPB SPORTS RANKINGS.
GATORS MOVED UP ONE PLACE TO BECOME THE THIRD TEAM TO HOLD THIS SPOT.
THAT GAME WE MENTIONED EARLIER, THE OTHER NUMBER ONE TEAM RENAMED THE SAME.
>> WE WILL BE CATCHING UP WITH YOU.
HE WAS, LEE COUNTY -- UNDEFEATED.
THIS WEEK THEY HAD JENKINS TRAVELING TO --NORTHERN COUNTY CEDAR GROVE.
IT IS THAT REGION PLAY AND ONCE AGAIN THAT CIRCULAR LOGIC.
THAT IS OUR BUDDY IN WIRTZ COUNTY.
EVERYTHING SEEMS TO BE COMING BACK TO OUR NEW FRIEND THIS WEEK.
WE HAVE THE HELLMAN.
THEY ARE PLAYING FITZGERALD.
IT IS WORTH COUNTY WEEK HERE.
>> LET'S SEE IF WE CAN KEEP IT GOING.
WHAT IS ON YOUR GAMES TO WATCH PAGE QUACKS THE GAMES TO WATCH.
THE 378 WAR.
WIVES TALES THAT THERE IS A HISTORY OF THIS RIVALRY THAT FOLKS WILL BE POISED AT THE STATE LINE TO SLOW TRAFFIC DOWN SO THE VISITING FANS WON'T MAKE IT TO THE GAME IN TIME.
THAT IS WHAT THIS ONE MEANS.
BURKE COUNTY BENEDICT IS TODAY.
THAT ONE IS TODAY BY THE WAY, REGION BATTLE.
CEDARTOWN GOES AGAINST HERITAGE RINGGOLD.
THAT ONE TODAY AS WELL SO WE HAVE THAT ONE THAT IS SQUARED AWAY.
TWO OF THE GAMES ON THE PAGE OUR THURSDAY GAMES.
A LOT OF IMPORTANT THURSDAY GAMES THIS WEEK.
>> YOU ARE MISSING ONE.
THE WINTERS BILL CLASSIC.
THIS ONE USUALLY DETERMINES THE LEADER IN THAT REGION ONE --AT WE HAVE GOT IT THIS FRIDAY.
WE CANNOT WAIT TO DIVE INTO THIS.
JOHN CAUGHT UP WITH BOTH COACHES EARLIER THIS YEAR.
LET'S LISTEN IN.
>> WE ARE IN A TOUGH REGION.
AT THE SAME TIME, WE ARE GOING TO PLAY --.
ALWAYS RIVALING SOUTH GEORGIA.
WE ARE GOING TO PLAY EACH OTHER BUT WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE CHALLENGE.
I THINK OUR REGION IS STRONG TOP TO BOTTOM.
IT IS GOING TO BE TOUGH.
THE BIGGEST THING ABOUT THE REGION IS THERE ARE ONLY FIVE SCHOOLS IN THE SOUTH.
THERE IS A LOT OF TRAVELING.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE CHALLENGE.
>> SOMETHING UNIQUE ABOUT THIS MATCHUP IS THE COACHING TRIO.
WHAT THAT MEANS AND HIS RELATIONSHIP.
>> I AM THINKING IT IS SOME KIND OF RECORD ESPECIALLY WHERE WE ARE IN OUR CAREERS AND OUR PAST TO GET THERE.
SEAN STATED THAT EXTRA YEAR.
--AND I LEFT THAT SEASON.
UP UNTIL THIS POINT REALLY, ALMOST SPOKE ABOUT EVERY DAY ABOUT HIS TRIALS IN CHATTANOOGA AND AKRON AND TENNESSEE AND WORKING ALL THE WAY THROUGH IN THE HIGH SCHOOL RANGE.
--AND I HAVE STAYED IN TOUCH AS WELL.
WE WENT TO HIS WEDDING.
MATCHING BACKUP WAS KIND OF FUN BUT YOU HAD THAT -- IT IS STILL ABOUT --AND IT WILL BE ABOUT THE GAME BUT THEN YOU DEFINITELY GET BRAGGING RIGHTS FOR 364 DAYS.
>> THEY ALSO TALKED ABOUT LESSONS THEY HAVE LEARNED.
HIGHER AS MUCH PEOPLE YOU POSSIBLY CAN, LET THEM WORK AND COACH SAID TO THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX, NOT CONTAIN YOURSELF, INC.
BIGGER AND GREAT THINGS WILL HAPPEN.
NEVER LEAVE A KID BEHIND.
>> GREAT TO CATCH UP WITH -- ABOUT THE PROSPECTIVE AND ABOUT WHAT BOTH OF THOSE COACHES LEARNED WHILE THEY WERE A PART OF HIS STAFF AMID 2010.
ONCE AGAIN, GO BACK TO WIRTZ COUNTY ONE MORE TIME.
SEAN CALHOUN AND REGION ONE ALSO.
THREE HAD COACHES, ONE REGION, ONE HEAD COACH THAT THEY HAD THEIR ASSISTANTSHIP UNDER.
ALABAMA WATCHING HIS SON PLAY FOOTBALL.
>> JESSE IN THE COMMENTS SECTION WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT -- REGION PLAY QUACKS YOU HAVE 15 SECONDS.
>> SERIOUSLY WHEN YOU LOOK AT ONE OF THE TOUGHEST REGIONS IN THE STATE IF NOT THE COUNTRY, --IN RICHMOND HILL, COACH MADE THE POINT TO ME HE THINKS CAMDEN WILL COME UP TO BITE ONE OF THOSE TOP THREE TEAMS WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT.
IT WILL BE A TOUGH ONE.
>> TICKER TIME.
WE GO TO --WHERE MILLCREEK'S HOMECOMING GAME AND THIS ONE WAS REALLY SPECIAL.
JOHN, YOU TAKE IT AWAY.
>> DAUGHTER NAMED PART OF THE HOMECOMING COURT AS A FRESHMAN.
>> THERE SHE IS IN THE MIDDLE.
>> SHE LOVES TO HAVE HER PICTURE TAKEN WITH THE FOOTBALL TEAM.
PROUD MOMENT THERE.
>> ONE OF THE GREATEST MOMENTS FOR ME MY DAUGHTER RUBY WAS NAMED HOMECOMING FRESHMAN QUEEN AND I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF ESCORTING HER AFTER THE GAME.
ALL THE PLAYERS HONORED HER WITH A CELEBRATION PICTURE.
I LOVE THIS TEAM FOR MAKING IT SO SPECIAL.
THEY GOT THE WIN 58-7.
WHAT A SPECIAL NIGHT FOR THE WHOLE MILLCREEK FAMILY.
>> WE GOT TO CATCH UP WITH LOVELADY.
THOSE OF THE QUESTIONS WE LIKE TO ASK OUTSIDE THE BOX.
YOU SEE THE SMILE ON COACHES FACE.
IT WAS ONE THING YOU GOT THE WIN, YOU MOVED ON AND REGION PLAY AND YOU ARE STILL UNDEFEATED BUT TO SEE THE DAD SMILE WHERE HE GETS TO TALK ABOUT EVERYTHING GOING ON WITH HIS DAUGHTER, VERY VERY COOL STUFF.
THAT IS IT RIGHT THERE.
BUT IS YOUR SHOT.
>> ALL RIGHT GUYS.
--VERSUS OSBORNE, ALL OF THIS IS ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA.
YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON ALL THE PLACES LISTED HERE.
THE TIK-TOK CHALLENGE HAS BEEN REALLY SUCCESSFUL.
SO GO VOTE.
MORE INFORMATION ON HOW TO VOTE IS THERE ON TIK-TOK.
THAT HAS BEEN A REALLY FUN ONE.
>> ON THE SOCIAL MEDIA, IT IS REALLY FUN TO SEE .
>> ALL RIGHT.
WE ARE OUT OF TIME.
WE ARE GETTING LUNCH.
THANK YOU EVERYBODY FOR TUNING IN.
WE CANNOT WAIT TO SEE YOU THANK YOU FOR HANGING OUT WITH US LAST NIGHT ALSO.
>> AMAZING WHAT CAFFEINE WILL DO.
>> THANK YOU EVERYBODY.
WE WILL SEE YOU NEXT WEEK.
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