Football Fridays in Georgia
Grayson vs. Archer
Season 2016 Episode 6 | 2h 56m 14sVideo has Closed Captions
Grayson vs. Archer - Oct. 14, 2016
Grayson QB Chase Brice threw for three TD’s and Breon Dixon added a 61-yard interception return as the Rams dominated region rival Archer. Clemson commit Brice had scoring passes of 54-yards to D’Angelo Gibbs and 65 and 13 yards to Evan Sturgill for Grayson, which built a 24-0 halftime lead in the victory which secured the Region 8 7-A championship.
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Football Fridays in Georgia
Grayson vs. Archer
Season 2016 Episode 6 | 2h 56m 14sVideo has Closed Captions
Grayson QB Chase Brice threw for three TD’s and Breon Dixon added a 61-yard interception return as the Rams dominated region rival Archer. Clemson commit Brice had scoring passes of 54-yards to D’Angelo Gibbs and 65 and 13 yards to Evan Sturgill for Grayson, which built a 24-0 halftime lead in the victory which secured the Region 8 7-A championship.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship>>> WELCOME TO GRAYSON COMMUNITY STADIUM.
TONIGHT IT'S THE ARCHER TIGERS TAKING ON THE THIRD RANKED GRAYSON RAMS IN REGION EIGHT.
A COMBINED SCORE OF 130-6.
REGION OPENER 42-0.
>>> GOOD EVENING.
I'M MATT STEWART JOINED BY BIG CHUCK SMITH.
WE FINALLY GET TO SEE THE TEAM THAT EVERYBODY HAS BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS SEASON, THE GRAYSON RAMS.
13-1 A YEAR AGO.
THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP CONTENDER.
THEY HAVE HAD NO LESS THAN EIGHT KIDS TRANSFER INTO THIS FOR THEM.
FOUR AND FIVE STAR RECRUITS.
NOW THEY HAVE GOT THE BIG TARGET ON THEIR BACK ON AND OFF THE FIELD.
EVERYBODY WANTS TO BEAT THEM.
>> YOU'RE EXACTLY RIGHT.
>> YOU START WITH BRICE.
HE IS THE SWAG OF THIS TEAM.
I'M TELLING YOU.
HE SETS THE TEMPO.
HE COMPETES AT A HIGH LEVEL.
YOU HAVE A LOT OF ALL STARS COMING IN BUT THE FOUNDATION WAS SET BEFORE THEY GOT HERE.
>> WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE TRANSFERS.
ONE IN PARTICULAR, THIS RIVALRY GAME IS RAMPED UP.
THAT IS WILLIAMS.
HE NOW PLAYS FOR GRAYSON.
HE IS AN ESPN FOUR STAR AND COMMITTED TO SOUTH CAROLINA.
>> TENSIONS WILL BE A LITTLE HIGH.
IF YOU'RE ON ARCHER SIDE YOU'RE TRYING TO TACK TO THEM.
THE BOTTOM LINE IS HE IS A BIG TIME PLAYER.
HE WILL MAKE BIG TIME PLAYS.
THEY HAVE TO LIMIT HIM AND LIMIT THE REST OF THE STARS FROM WHAT THEY DO.
>> ARCHER HAS TO GET A BIG GAME TONIGHT.
I HAVE A CHANCE TO PULL OFF THE UPSET.
THEY HAVE A GUY IN THE MIDDLE.
MILLER IS A BEAST BUT HE IS ALSO ONE OF THE TOP AMATEUR WRESTLERS.
>> THAT'S WHAT I CALL HIM.
HE IS A STRIKER AND PLAYS WITH GREAT LEVERAGE.
HE THE COVER.
HE CAN RUSH.
HE IS ALSO A LEADER.
IT WILL BE A TOUGH ONE.
THEY BETTER GET THE CUFFS OUT FOR THEM!
LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
GOOD EVENING TO YOU.
GOOD EVENING TO HOW YOU'RE ACCESSING IT.
WE'LL WELCOME AT REGION IN THE REGION PLAY IN JUST A BIT.
ONCE AGAIN, LET'S JUST TALK ABOUT HOW 7A AND THE SCHEDULING HAS GONE.
YOU SEE TWO IN FLORIDA, ONE IN ALABAMA.
ONE AGAINST HOOVER COMING UP.
THEY RUN THE TABLE SO FAR.
ON THE FLIP SIDE PAECHTREE RIDGE NUMBER EIGHT AT THE TIME.
THE BLOWOUT OF NEWTON.
NUMBER FIVE, NUMBER TWO, NUMBER FOUR AND TONIGHT NUMBER THREE.
HE HAS RUN THE GAUNTLET.
REMEMBER, HE IS THE FIRST TO TELL YOU HE'S NOT HOW YOU START, IT'S HOW YOU FINISH.
YOU MIGHT HAVE THE RIGHT HAND SIDE COMING IN.
THEY WILL MAKE IT.
CHUCK SMITH.
I NEED A LITTLE HELP THIS EVENING.
GIVE ME THE MAGIC WORD.
>> WE'LL KICK IT.
>> YOU CAN SEE IT IS SCORELESS.
BIG MATCH-UP AS WE WELCOME THE LAST REGION IN.
WE'LL HAVE A LOOK AT EVERYTHING ALL NIGHT LONG.
CHUCK, YOU'LL HAVE TO CUE ME AND LET ME KNOW HOW TO KICK IT.
LET'S LIGHT A COMMUNITY CANDLE AND GET THIS UNDERWAY WITH.
>> I WAS READY.
>> JUST ABOUT SET FOR THE GRAYSON RAMS AND THE ARCHER TIGERS.
ARCHER IN THEIR WHITE TRIMMED IN RED AND SILVER.
GRAYSON IN THEIR HOME GREEN TRIMMED IN GOLD.
THE KICK WILL NOT BE RETURNED SO THE TIGERS WILL START AT THEIR 20 YARD LINE.
HE WAS STILL RECOVERING FROM HIS BROKEN COLLARBONE.
NUMBERS ON THE SEASON, HE COMPLETED 52% OF HIS PASSES FOR FOUR INTERCEPTIONS AND SIX TOUCHDOWNS.
BAKER GOES IN MOTION BEHIND THE LINE.
KEEGA STRICKLAND.
THIS IS THE ONLY RETURNING STARTER THAT WON 11 GAMES.
IN THE BACK FIELD BRANDON SHELLNUT TIED IN.
THEY ARE DOWN TO TWO RECEIVERS.
BRANDON JOHNSON NOT IN UNIFORM.
JOHNSON WITH A BROKEN LEG.
>> HAS TO GET RID OF IT.
HERE IS A LOOK AT GRAYSON ON DEFENSE.
HUBBARD AT THE DEFENSIVE POSITION.
16 OFFERS.
NUMBER EIGHT RATED, 25 OFFERS INCLUDES GEORGIA, MICHIGAN AND MIAMI.
WILLIAMS AND DEANGLO GIBBS, TWO OF THE BEST PLAYERS IN THE COUNTRY.
>> BIG TIME PLAY MAKER.
>> BAKER LIKELY WOULD HAVE PICKED UP IF FIRST DOWN.
>> THEY SAY WATCH THE BALL ALL THE WAY IN.
>> THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY LOST THERE.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
YOU DON'T WANT TO GIVE THE BALL TO GRAYSON OFFENSE.
YOU WANT TO EAT UP SOME CLOCK AND MAYBE SCORE OM POINTS.
THIS IS LOGAN.
BAWL IS FUMBLED.
MIGHT BE RECOVERED BY ARCHER AND IT IS.
SHAW FUMBLED THE PUNT RETURN RECOVERED BY PALMER.
>> PALMER GETTING DOWN THERE AND GETTING DOWN ON THE GROUND AND GETTING DIRTY.
>> THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT TO DO.
YOU WANT TO MAKE YOUR OWN BREAK.
THAT WAS ONE OF THE ONES WE GOT DOWN THERE AND GOT THE JOB.
NICE JOB.
>> HE IS ALREADY COMMITTED TO DUKE.
COMES UP WITH THE BIG FUMBLE RECOVERY.
NOW YOU HAVE IT FIRST IN TEN AT YOUR OWN 48.
>> YOU WONDER WHEN YOU'RE ON THE ROAD.
ONE UP RIGHT NOW.
>> CAUGHT AT THE 49 YARD LINE AND THROWN TO THE GROUND BY WILLIAMS.
>> NICE JOB BY WAYE, A QUARTERBACK.
NICE TACKLE.
>> SECOND DOWN AND SIX.
BALL AT THE 48.
KEEGAN STRICKLAND RUNS INTO HUBBARD.
OFFERS FROM 16 TEAMS INCLUDES MINNESOTA.
>> WIDE BODY.
ELLISON COMES TO WORK WITH A HARD HAT ON.
HE WILL BE A GOOD COLLEGE PLAYER.
>> THIRD DOWN AND SIX.
FLAG DOWN ON THE FIELD.
>> COULD ARCHER BENEFIT FROM ANOTHER EARLY MISTAKE.
>> PAST INTERFERENCE WILL BE THE CALL.
>> HE IS OUR REFEREE.
JEFF HERRON, IN HIS FIRST SEASON WITH GRAYSON BUT HIS 27th SEASON OVERALL AS AHEAD COACH.
>> WILLIAMS -- >> GOT HIS HANDS ON HIM A LITTLE LATE THERE.
FIRST AND TEN AT THE 33 YARD LINE.
HERE THEY ARE AT THE 33.
>> RIGHT.
WAYE HASN'T THROWN A TOUCHDOWN YET.
>> PLAY GETS BLOWN DEAD BEFORE THE SNAP.
THIS ONE WILL BE ON ARCHER.
>> ANDY DYER.
THIS IS THEIR EIGHT FULL SEASON.
THEY HAVE HAD THREE CONSECUTIVE SEASONS OF 11 WINS.
>> DOING A GOOD JOB.
LAST YEAR'S TEAM, THAT WAS A GOOD JOB.
I DIDN'T THINK ANYONE WOULD BEAT HIM.
>> FIRST AND 15 NOW.
AND DROPPED IT.
>> I WONDER IF THIS IS GOING BY A SCRIPT.
A LOT OF TIMES COACHES SCRIPT FIRST AND SECOND.
YOU PRACTICE IT ALL WEEK.
>> CHUCK, TWO DROPS BY THE WIDE RECEIVERS.
>> THAT IS TWO DROPS.
YOU WANT TO BUILD CON IF I DENSE IN YOUR RECEIVERS.
THEY HAVE TO MAKE SOME CATCHES HERE.
THEY WILL NEED IT AS THEY GO ON.
>> SECOND DOWN AND 15.
BEHIND THE LINE.
LOOKS LIKE THEY ARE TRYING TO SET UP ANOTHER STRING.
IT GOT BATTED DOWN.
>> GOING TO TAKE A QUARTERBACK BACK SACK BACK AT THE 49 YARD LINE.
DIXON PICKED UP HIS FOURTH SACK OF THE SEASON.
>> THAT WAS A JAILBREAK RIGHT THERE.
THERE WERE FIVE, SIX, SEVEN DEFENDERS COMING THROUGH.
EXCELLENT BY GRAYSON.
THAT WAS NICE.
THEY ARE MOVING.
A LOT OF TWISTS AND TURNS BY THE DEFENSE.
EXCELLENT WORK.
>> AND THE PUNT IS BLOCKED.
AND COVERED AT THE 41 YARD LINE.
>> THE DEFENDER WAS UNBLOCKED.
>> WHO WAS THAT?
>> ARCHER IS HAVING A HARD TIME BLOCKING GRAYSON WHETHER IT'S ON SPECIAL TEAMS OR ON DEFENSE.
BALL WAS RECOVERED BY STRIBLING.
AND SO THE BALL GOES OVER TO TO GRAYSON RAMS AT THE 41 YARD LINE.
>> FIRST OFFENSIVE PLAY FOR THE RAMS.
THEY GO FOR THE HOME RUN.
IT IS NEARLY INTERCEPTED.
>> NICE PLAY.
GETTING THOSE HANDS UP.
32 OFFERS.
TAYLOR GOING TO DUKE.
JACKSON, 17 OFFERS.
TAYLOR IS GOING TO MICHIGAN.
GIBBS IS THE NUMBER TWO RATED ATHLETE IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY.
THEY ARE LOADED THIRD DOWN AND NINE.
WILLIAMS FIRST CARRY AGAINST THE FORMER TEAM.
WILLIAMS GETS HIT AT THE 34 YARD LINE.
DID NOT PICK UP THE FIRST DOWN.
IT WILL PICK UP ABOUT FOUR.
DO YOU GO FOR IT?
>> I PROBABLY GO FOR IT.
RIGHT NOW THEY ARE TRYING TO TAKE IT TO THE OUTSIDE.
NICE SIDE STRINGING IT OUTSIDE.
GOOD JOB.
>> LOOKS LIKE THEY WILL PLAY THE FIELD POSITION GAME HERE AND PUNT IT AWAY.
>> IT SHOULD BE A GOOD FIELD POSITION HERE.
>> THEY AIM FOR THE CORNER AND THEY WON'T GET IT.
THE PUNT GOES INTO THE END ZONE.
SO ARCHER WILL BRING IT OUT TO THE 20, NELSON.
>> IT IS TIME FOR THOSE MAGIC WORDS, LET'S KICK IT.
NO SHOT.
SANDERS ON THE PART.
RUN UP THE MIDDLE AND A TOUCHDOWN.
THE FIRST SIX ON THE BOARD.
BACK UPSTAIRS.
>> 89 YARDS ALL BY HIMSELF TO MAKE IT 7-0.
WE GO BACK UPSTAIRS.
>> HAS TO GET ON TOP OF IT AT THE 11 YARD LINE.
A LOSS OF NINE ON THE PLAY.
>> A BAD SNAP THERE.
WAYE GETS BACK ON IT.
YOU'RE SET BACK, LONG YARDAGE HERE.
BEING A FORMER COACH ONE OF THE THINGS, ANY TIME YOU BACK UP THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD ALWAYS DO WHEN I WAS A COACH IN THE COLLEGE LEVEL.
>> SECOND DOWN AND 17 NOW.
>> THROWS A SCREEN PASS AND SHANG IS GOING TO GET STOPPED AT THE 15 YARD LINE.
>> ARCHER IS HAVING A HARD TIME BLOCKING.
>> THIRD DOWN AND 15.
WAYE THROWS INCOMPLETE.
I BELIEVE SHELLNUT WAS PROBABLY HIS TARGET.
HE NEVER BROKE INSIDE AND ARCHER HAS THE PUNT AGAIN.
>> THE HEAT IS ON.
THE HEAT IS ON.
THE HEAT IS ON.
GRAYSON IS SENDING DEFENDERS PRESSURING THE ARCHER OFFENSE.
THE SHEET ON RIGHT NOW.
>> YEAH.
LOGAN ALREADY FOR THE THIRD TIME.
HAD THE LAST ONE BLOCKED.
THEY GOT CLOSE TO THAT ONE.
THEY WERE PLAYING A FIELD POSITION GAME.
THEY ARE WINNING A FIELD POSITION BATTLE.
>> YOU'RE EXACTLY RIGHT.
I AM EXPECTING HIM TO COME OUT AND DO WHAT THEY DO BEST BUT ALSO RUN THE BACK WITH THE QUARTERBACK.
BRICE, HE CAN RUN THE BALL.
>> SO FIRST AND TEN BALL AT THE 50.
>> ARCHER HAS A LOT OF DEFENDERS CROWDED AROUND THE BALL.
>> TWO TIGHT ENDS TRYING TO MATCH UP.
>> DEANGLO GIBBS IS THE REAL DEAL.
NUMBER TWO ATHLETE IN THE NATION.
NUMBER ONE RANKED PLAYER IN GEORGIA.
33 OFFERS.
THEY SAY IT'S DOWN TO GEORGIA AND TENNESSEE.
>> CHRIS TAYLOR NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO TURN THE EDGE.
NICE TACKLE OUT THERE.
WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE ARCHER TIGERS.
JUST MADE THE TACKLE.
NAVY AND AIR FORCE LOOKING AT HIM.
YOU HAVE SEEN QUINN A LOT.
OFFERS AND PALMER COMMITTED TO DUKE.
SECOND DOWN AND 14.
PLAY ACTION COMPLETE.
THAT IS A TOUCHDOWN.
THAT IS DEANGLO GIBBS.
I THINK YOU SEE WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.
>> YEAH.
GREAT JOB.
GREAT THROW BY THE QUARTERBACK.
BRICE, DEANGLO GIBBS FINDS IT.
THE SAFETY HAS TO GET OVER AND GET SOME HELP.
KIND OF LATE.
DEANGLO GIBBS KICKS THAT ONE EVERY TIME.
THAT LOOKED TOO EASY.
>> YEAH, 54 YARD TOUCHDOWN PASS.
14th TOUCHDOWN PASS OF THE SEASON FROM CHASE BRICE.
>> GIBBS VERY TALENTED RECEIVER.
>> ON AND PUTS IT THROUGH AND HAS A 7-0 LEAD.
WOW, GRAYSON HAS SO MANY WEAPONS.
JUST ONE FOOTBALL BUT WHEN YOU CAN GET IT YOU JUST NEED ONE FOOTBALL.
WELCOME BACK.
EARLY ON AND THE VISITORS STRIKE FIRST.
>> GIBBS MADE IT LOOK EASY.
>> NICE JOB OUT HERE.
IT IS THROUGH THE MIDDLE.
THEY DIDN'T GET THERE QUICK ENOUGH.
>> DEANGLO GIBBS, THE NEPHEW OF NFL GREAT GAIL CARTER.
>> I HAVE BEEN KNOWING THESE GUYS FOR A LONG TIME.
GOOD FOLKS.
DEANGLO HAS EARNED EVERYTHING HE HAS GOTTEN.
HE HAS BEEN THROUGH A FEW INJURIES HERE AND THERE.
DAY ONE GO IN THERE AND MAKE SOMEBODY'S OFFENSE THAT MUCH BETTER.
>> NO DOUBT YOU WOULD IMAGINE HE WOULD PLAY AND PLAY A LOT OF THE FRESHMAN.
>> YES, HE DOES.
HE COULD PLAY DEFENSE TOO IF YOU NEED ONE.
>> GOOD TURN AND PALMER GETS SHOVED OUT OF BOUNDS AT THE 21 YARD LINE BY MURRAY.
THAT'S WHERE ARCHER GOES BACK ON OFFENSE.
THEY HAVE TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO BLOCK THE RAMS.
THAT'S PROBABLY EASIER SAID THAN DONE.
>> YOU HAVE TO RUN THE BALL.
ANY TIME YOU HAVE A DEFENSE LIKE THIS PARTICULARLY WHEN YOU'RE THROWING THE BALL YOU CAN'T TURN -- IT WON'T BE THE ENDING YOU WANT FROM THE OTHER SIDE.
>> AND TO STRICKLAND.
RUNNING THE BAG.
PICKS UP OVER 20.
>> THAT'S SIMPLE DODGE PLAY.
MOVING OFF THE BALL A LITTLE BIT.
A NICE RUN BY KEEGAN.
NOW YOU EARN A LITTLE MORE RESPECT.
>> GETS ANOTHER HAND OFF AND ANOTHER NICE RUN BY KEEGAN STRICKLAND.
>> NICE JOB.
OFFENSIVE GUARD AND OFFENSIVE TACKLE.
THE BODIES ARE STARTING TO MOVE A LITTLE BIT BY ARCHER.
A LITTLE MORE RESPECT FROM GRAYSON WHEN YOU ADD THE RUNNING GAME IN THERE.
>> A THIRD CONSECUTIVE RUN.
HE IS ABLE TO CLEAR THAT TACKLE AND PICK UP A COUPLE OF YARDS.
HE REACHES THE 44.
CHUCK, LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE KEYS TO THE GAME WHEN ARCHER HAS THE BALL.
>> THE QUARTERBACK HAS TO MAKE SOME PLAYS WITH HIS ARM.
WE TALKED ABOUT THAT.
SO WAYE HAS TO ESTABLISH THE RUN.
REMEMBER, IN ALL OF THE LOSSES HE HASN'T THROWN A TOUCHDOWN.
THEY WON LAST WEEK.
SO THROWING IN A RED ZONE HAS BEEN A PROBLEM FOR THIS OFFENSE.
SO YOU HAVE TO STILL RUN.
HE CAN'T TURN INTO DAN MORENO TODAY.
>> THEY HAVE GOTTEN DOWN BY RUNNING THE BALL.
PASS INCOMPLETE AT THE 41 YARD LINE.
TACKLE MADE BY WILLIAMS.
THEY PICKED UP CLOSE TO FIVE ON THAT.
>> NICE TACKING L TACKLE.
NICE JOB.
GO SHORT.
THIS WILL HAVE TO GO A LITTLE LONGER.
>> LET'S SEE IF THEY CAN CONVERT.
YOU HAVE TO FIGURE GRAYSON WILL BE COMING AT THEM HARD.
THEY SHOW BLIPS ON THE EDGE.
ARCHER CALLS A TIME OUT RIGHT THERE.
>> THE HEAT IS ON EVERY TIME.
THEY HAVE SETTING THEM UP.
YOU NEVER KNOW WHERE THEY ARE COMING FROM.
WHEN YOU A GUY LIKE THAT HAE HAS LINE BACKER SIZE AND A HIGH IQ.
THE GUY WILL BE A TOPNOTCH PLAYER.
HUBBARD IS A WEAPON.
THEY HAVE GUYS THAT ARE BIG TIME.
THE KEY IS ARCHER HAS THE PLAY AS A UNIT.
THE UNIT HAVE TO PLAY TOGETHER.
>> JEFF HERRON IN HIS FIRST SEASON AS GRAYSON'S HEAD COACH AND LOOK AT JEFF HERRON IN HIS 27th SEASON AS A HEAD COACH.
278 WINS, JUST 52 LOSSES.
WON A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP THERE 1999.
WON THREE STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS IN 2003 BACK TO BACK IN 2008 AND 2009.
THIS TEAM HAS MADE THE PLAY OFFS 19 STRAIGHT YEARS.
THE ONLY TIME THEY DIDN'T WAS BACK IN 1996 WHEN HE WAS THE HEAD COACH AT WHEELER.
I MENTIONED THE HEAD COACH, MY KI KAHN.
INTERCEPTED AT THE 39 YARD LINE.
THIS MIGHT GO.
THERE GOES THE TOUCHDOWN.
>> I SAID THEY WILL HAVE TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO TURN DOWN THE HEAT.
THE HEAT CAME.
THEY GOT BURNED ON THAT ONE.
THAT PLAY WAS -- YOU GOT TO GET THE PASS RUNS.
WE TALKED ABOUT THEM SENDING SIX AND SEVEN DEFENDERS.
THAT CLEARLY PUT PRESSURE ON THE QUARTERBACK.
THAT HEAT IS GETTING HOT.
>> AND NOW A PICK SIX IN THIS GAME TO GIVE GRAYSON A 13-0 LEAD.
>> NUMBER EIGHT RATED OUTSIDE LINE BACKER IN THE COUNTRY.
DIXON WITH 25 OFFERS FROM WHICH TO CHOOSE.
AMONG THEM GEORGIA, MICHIGAN AND MIAMI.
HOW DO YOU LIKE THOSE CHOICES?
>> YOU CAN'T GO WRONG WITH ANY OF THEM.
>> LET ME TALK ABOUT WAYE A LITTLE BIT.
YOU'RE DOWN BY 7.
YOU HAVE PRESSURE COMING.
YOU CAN'T SEE THE RECEIVER BECAUSE YOU HAVE SEVEN GUYS ALREADY.
YOU HAVE TO TAKE THAT SACK INSTEAD OF GIVING UP SEVEN POINTS HERE.
>> AND PUTS IT THROUGH AND GRAYSON HAS A 14-0 LEAD HERE IN THE FIRST NINE MINUTES OF THE GAME.
>> LET'S TAKE A LOOK BACK HERE AT THE TOUCHDOWN REPLAY.
WHAT DID HE DO WRONG?
>> HE LOOKED AT THE SAME RECEIVER FOR THE ENTIRE TIME.
DIXON NEVER LOOKED OFF HIS RECEIVER.
HE RUSHED IT BECAUSE OF THE PRESSURE.
HE REALLY DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE TO REALLY FIND ANYONE BUT AT THAT POINT, AGAIN, YOU HAVE TO TAKE A SACK OR TRY TO RUN IT.
LISTEN, ANY TIME YOU HAVE A DEFENSE SENDING PRESSURE YOU HAVE MAN-TO-MAN COVERAGE IN THE BACK END.
IF YOU CAN BREAKTHROUGH THE DEFENSE YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO RUN THE BALL AND MAKE SOME YARDS.
YOU'LL HAVE TO DO THAT ALSO.
YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO SIT BACK THERE AND THROW THE BALL.
WE TALKED ABOUT THAT.
HOPEFULLY THEY WILL MAKE IT HERE.
YOU TO KEEP THE RUN GAME IN IT.
IT WILL BE A TOUGH ONE.
>> JEFF HERRON SAID HE NEVER EXPERIENCED REPLACING THE LEGENDARY MICKEY KAHN.
YOU THROW IN ALL OF THE ISSUE THAT IS COME WITH EIGHT DIFFERENT PLAYERS TRANSFERRING INTO THE PROGRAM.
>> YEAH.
AND I HAD A CHANCE TO TALK TO THE COACH FOR A LONG TIME.
WE TALKED ABOUT THAT.
THE FACT REMAINS THIS TEAM WASN'T CONTINGENT WITHOUT THE TRANSPLANT.
THE RICH GOT RICHER.
THE FIRST THING I SAID, OH.
THEN WHEN I LOOK AT THEIR PLAYERS THAT AREN'T THE TOP GUYS THAT TRANSFERRED IN, THEY ARE IN THE WEIGHT ROOM.
I CAN SEE THEY ARE PUTTING IN WORK.
IT CLARIFIES WHAT I THOUGHT.
THEY ARE WORKING HARD, MAN.
IT IS NOT NECESSARILY ALL OF THE GUYS THAT CAME IN.
OF COURSE YOU GOT WILLIAMS.
YOU KNOW, GIVE THE PROGRAM A LOT OF KRED.
THEY ESTABLISHED THEMSELVES AS A POWER PLAYER AND THEY HAVEN'T BEEN AROUND THAT LONG.
>> YOU CAN SEE JEFF HERRON TRYING TO MAKE HIS CASE WITH THE OFFICIALS.
OBVIOUSLY HIS ARGUMENT DOWN THERE IS THAT THE ARCHER PLAYER ACTUALLY TOUCHED IT BEFORE IT WENT OUT OF BOUNDS.
>> RIGHT.
>> WELL, I DIDN'T SEE A PLAYER TOUCH IT.
IT LOOKED LIKE IT WENT OUT OF BOUNDS.
AND TO STRICKLAND.
>> THE LINE BACKER BLOCKED OFF THE RIGHT SIDE.
THEY ARE BRINGING THEM BACK.
THEY ARE COMING.
THE INSIDE GUYS ARE TAKING UP ALL OF THE GAPS INSIDE.
THE OUTSIDE GUYS ARE ABSOLUTELY COMING.
THEY ARE COMING AGAIN.
>> AND OFF GO TO STRICKLAND.
NUMBER 79, 6'1" MAKING THAT STOP RIGHT THERE.
15 TACKLES ON THE SEASON FOR TAYLOR.
THAT'S THE FOURTH TACKLE.
>> AND I DON'T THINK THE DEFENSE REALLY HAD AS MUCH RESPECT BECAUSE THEY ARE SENDING SEVEN GUYS.
THIS ONE HAS TO PLAY MAN-TO-MAN.
HERE THEY COME AGAIN.
>> ARCHER 1 FOR 5.
DUMPS IT OFF AND STRICKLAND LOOKED LIKE HE WAS TURNED A LITTLE BIT.
MADE THE STOP AND LOST MORE YARDAGE ON THE PLAY.
NOW IT'S FOURTH DOWN AND AGAIN, A PUNTING SITUATION FOR ARCHER.
AND PUNTING FOR THE FOURTH TIME STILL IN THE FOURTH QUARTER.
>> AND THIS, THEY ARE ROTATING 25 PLAYERS.
25 PLAYERS WILL PLAY FOR THE GRAYSON DEFENSE.
>> WILLIAMS NICE OPEN FIELD TACKLE AT THE 49 YARD LINE BY EMMANUEL MICHELLE.
>> TIME TO HELP ME OUT WITH THE MAGIC WORDS, LET'S KICK IT.
A ONE HANDED CATCH SETS UP A TOUCHDOWN BY A VERY FAMILIAR FACE.
SO RIGHT NOW 7-7 AT ADAMS STADIUM EARLY SECOND QUARTER.
A LOT OF ACTION GOING ON.
>> ALL RIGHT.
FIRST AND TEN FOR GRAYSON HERE AT THE 50 YARD LINE.
AGAIN, GREAT FIELD POSITION.
>> TRIED TO RUN A COUNTER PLAY TO THE LEFT.
>> NICE STOP DEFENSE.
>> TAYLOR THERE, THE RUNNING BACK FOR THE GRAYSON RAMS.
HE RUSHED FOR 357 YARDS.
PLAY ACTION THIS TIME AND NICE CATCH BY DEANGLO GIBBS.
THAT WAS A BIG TIME CATCH RIGHT THERE.
SECOND CATCH OF THE BALL GAME.
HE NEARLY WENT.
>> BRICE GETS THIS BALL OUT OF HIS HANDS.
CLOSES ON A RHYTHM.
YOU CAN SEE THEY WILL CATCH IN THE OFF SEASON.
>> YEAH.
>> BALL AT THE 28 YARD LINE.
TAYLOR AT THE 22 YARD LINE.
TAYLOR PICKED UP SIX ON THAT PLAY.
>> NICE PHYSICAL OFFENSIVE LINE GETTING AFTER IT.
>> AND THAT WAS THE END OF THE FIRST QUARTER.
WHAT A QUARTER IT WAS FOR THE GRAYSON RAMS.
BIG TOUCHDOWN PASS TO DEANGLO GIBBS.
TRANSFER FROM PEACHTREE RIDGE.
54 YARDS.
>> DIXON WITH THE PICK 6.
GRAYSON OFF AND RUNNING AFTER ONE QUARTER.
>>> THE RAMS LEADING ARCHER BY A SCORE OF 14-0. .
>> FOR ARCHER THEY HAVE TO MAKE PLAYS OFFENSIVELY.
YOU DON'T WANT TO BE OUT THERE WITH GIBBS AND TAYLOR.
YOU DON'T WANT TO GIVE THEM THAT MANY SHOTS.
THE GRAYSON DEFENSE HAS BEEN SHUT DOWN, LIGHTS OUT ON ARCHER.
THEY WILL HAVE TO MAKE A PLAY IF THEY WILL STAY IN THIS GAME.
>> 96 YARDS OF OFFENSE.
THAT'S A BIG PLAY RIGHT THERE.
>> SUPER PLAY IN THE BACK FIELD.
>> NICE COUNTER.
HERE IS WHERE IT GETS REAL STUFF.
>> SO THIRD DOWN AND NINE.
FLAG IS OUT AND BRICE IS GOING TO TAKE A SACK BACK AT THE 39 YARD LINE.
PHILLIPS, THE SOPHOMORE SPUR WAS THE FIRST GUY TO GET THERE.
>> I THINK THERE WAS A PENALTY RIGHT THERE.
>> I THINK IT WAS A FREE SNAP PENALTY.
>> IT WAS ILLEGAL MOTION BY GRAYSON.
THEY HADN'T GOT SET YET.
IT LOOKED LIKE THE CENTER SNAPPED IT.
I DON'T EVEN THINK BRICE IS READY FOR IT.
YOU GIVE THESE GUYS ANOTHER SHOT.
TAYLOR IS STILL MOVING.
YEP, STILL MOVING.
>> SO NOW -- I THOUGHT IT WAS A FREE SNAP PENALTY.
THE FIELD MARKER SAYS IT'S FOURTH DOWN.
FIELD MARKER SAYS FORTH DOWN.
>> IT'S GOT TO BE WRONG.
>> YEAH.
>> THEY GOT TO GET DOWN FIELD.
IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE IF ARCHER CAN TAKE THE PRESSURE.
>> THEY TAKE A DELAY A GAME PENALTY HERE.
>> I THINK IT IS FOURTH DOWN.
>> AND THIS IS THE MAGICAL PHRASE THAT PAYS.
>> LET'S KICK IT AND SHOW YOU WHAT'S GOING ON.
AT THE END OF 1 IT WAS 17-0.
SANDERS WINDS UP AND THROWS AGAIN 23-0.
BACK UPSTAIRS.
>> FIELDS THE PUNT AT THE 5 YARD LINE.
PALMER IS NOT GOING ANY WHERE.
>> YOU GOT TO LET IT GO.
>> THOSE START GOING ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE ON THE ROAD.
YOU'RE BEHIND.
THERE WAS NO REASON TO CATCH THE BALL.
ARCHER FINDS THEMSELVES PINNED IN AT THEIR OWN 4 YARD LINE.
ALREADY DOWN TWO SCORES.
>> I WANT TO SEE WAYE HAND THE BALL OFF AND MAKE A GOOD THROW.
IT IS BACKED UP AGAINST THE WALL THOUGH.
>> THIS IS IN THERE ON OFFENSE NOW.
THEY HAVE A BIG WIDE BODY TO BLOCK ON OFFENSE.
>> THEY GOT 25,000 IN ROTATION.
IT IS ON AND OFF, ON AND OFF, ON AND OFF.
>> THE DEFENSE WILL BE AGAINST GRAYSON.
>> THAT'S AN UNSPORTSMAN LIKE CONDUCT.
WE'LL SEE IF THEY ARE TRACK DOWN WHAT THEY DID.
I DON'T KNOW IF THEY HAD TOO MANY MEN ON THE FIELD.
WE'LL SEE IF WE CAN GET A DEFINITION OF WHAT HAPPENED RIGHT THERE.
THEY HAVE NUMBER 90 AND NUMBER 37 IN THERE BLOCKING.
>> WHEN WAS THE FIRST TIME YOU HAVE HEARD SIMULAING -- >> YOU CAN'T BARK OUT THE SNAP COUNT.
IT IS AN UNSPORTSMAN LIKE PENALTY!
>> NOT IN THE OLD TIMES.
>> SECOND DOWN AND ELEVEN.
NOT ABLE TO GET BY ABDUAL.
>> YOU KNOW YOU DON'T GET A CHANCE TO HIT AS MUCH.
GOOD JOB IN HAVING HIS HEAD UP, BUTT DOWN, KNEES BENT.
NICE WORK.
>> HE IS GOING SOMEWHERE.
HE MAY BE OVERSHADOWED NOW BUT THERE IS SOME PLACE FOR EVERYBODY.
>> YOU SAW HIM BLOCKING BELOW THE KNEES.
>> GOING TO BACK HIM UP TO THE 10 YARD LINE.
THIRD PENALTY ON THE TIGERS FOR 35 YARDS.
>> FROM A STRATEGY STANDPOINT YOU'RE BACKED UP SECOND AND 19.
YOU GOT TO MAKE A PLAY BUT YOU GOT TO MAKE IT SAFE TO THROW HERE.
>> HEAVY RUSH AND TRYING TO GET SHELLNUT AT TIGHT END.
IT IS BROKEN UP BY THE CORNER.
I'M SURPRISED WE HAVEN'T SEEN THEM TRY TO GET THINGS GOING.
AND THERE'S A QUARTERBACK SACK.
IT WILL BE DOWN AT THE 1.
OWEN WITH THE QUARTERBACK SACK.
I FEEL SORRY FOR WAYE.
YOU CAN SEE HE IS FRUSTRATED.
>> THEY DO A GOOD JOB OF SLAMMING EVERYTHING TO THE RIGHT.
WE TALKED ABOUT THAT HEAT.
HE NEARLY HAD IT AGAIN.
WILLIAMS DOWN TO THE 7 YARD LINE.
>> NICE RUN BY WILLIAMS.
>> GRABBED HIM BY THE NECK.
HE IS A THICK GUY TOO NOW.
I RAN INTO HIM A FEW TIMES AT CHURCH, ALL OF THE GOOD FOLKS OVER THERE AT FRIENDSHIP.
GOOD KID, BALLER.
SOUTH CAROLINA GOT A BALLER.
>> HE HAD TO SCRAMBLE TO GET THAT OUT OF THERE.
A SHORT KICK THAT WAS EASILY RETURNABLE.
GRAYSON TAKES OVER AT THE 7 YARD LINE OF THE TIGERS.
>> GOOD JOB RIGHT THERE BY GRAYSON.
KIND OF LOOKING BACK A LITTLE BIT.
NOBODY ACCOUNTED FOR HIM.
>> GRAYSON ON THE VERGE OF GOING UP.
HE HAS GIVEN UP ONE TOUCHDOWN.
IT WAS RIGHT THERE.
TAYLOR NOT GOING VERY FAR.
MILLER MAKING A TACKLE FOR TIGERS.
>> THE ARCHER DEFENSE HAS DONE WELL.
THEY HAVE GIVEN UP ONE EXPLOSIVE PLAY.
YOU WANT TO LIMIT 20 PLUS YARDS?
THEY HAVE DONE THAT.
>> BALL WAS AT THE SIX YARD LINE.
THEY HAVE HOLD ARCHER OR ARCHER COULD HOLD GRAYSON TO A FIELD GOAL HERE IT WOULD BE A VICTORY.
AND A TIME OUT CALLED BY GRAYSON.
>> YEAH.
HE CAN RUN.
HE CAN THROW.
PRETTY INTERESTING HOW LONG HE HAS BEEN RUNNING THESE SINCE 7th OR 8th GRADE.
>> WHAT YOU GOT?
>> I THOUGHT I WOULD JUMP THE TIME SINCE THE HEAT HAS BEEN ON ALL EVENING LONG.
>>> LOVETT IS ONE OF THOSE TEAMS THAT DRIFTED IN AND OUT.
IT IS WHERE YOU FINISH, NOT NECESSARILY WHERE YOU START WHEN IT COMES TO ACTION.
LOVETT WITH THE ACHLKTS BIG ACTION GOING ON THERE.
WE CONTINUE TO SHOW YOU WHAT'S GOING ON THERE WITH LOVETT AND TUCKER.
>> ALL RIGHT.
QUICK HISTORY SPOT CHECK.
GIVE ME THREE PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES OUT OF RODAN.
>> I DON'T FLOW.
>> BUTLER, MATHIS AND WALLY.
>> OKAY.
THOMPKINS ON THE CARRY FOR GRAYSON.
>> TRY TO MAKE A PLAY.
>> ARCHER DEFENSE HOLDING THEIR OWN.
>> YES.
>> GRAYSON NOW HAS A 17-0 LEAD.
ARCHERERS DEFENSE HOLD THE RAMS TO 3 AFTER THEY HAVE TAKEN OVER.
GRAYSON ADDS THE FIELD GOAL TO MAKE IT 17-0.
>>> A GOOD JOB BY THE ARCHER DEFENSE.
>>.
>> YEAH.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
THE DEFENSE, THEY ARE DOING FINE.
PLUS I NEED EVANS UP WITH A TACKLE AND ROWE, THEY HAVE TO MAN UP.
I MEAN THEY NEED TO BOY UP.
WE KNOW GRAYSON IS GOING TO FLIP.
WE KNOW THEY WILL SEND THE HEAT.
THEY HAVE TO PROTECT UP FRONT.
IF WAYE HAS ANY CHANCE TO DO ANYTHING FOR THIS OFFENSE IT STARTS NOW.
>> THE KICK OFF THE NONRETURNABLE AS IT GOES INTO THE END ZONE.
ARCHER WILL START AT THE 20 YARD LINE.
TO PUT A BUBBLE ON OUR PROFESSIONAL ATHLETE CONVERSATION.
CHRIS GARDOCKY.
>> YES.
>> PUNTED AT CLEMSON AND IN THE NFL.
>> YES.
MATHIS.
>> YES.
>> GREAT PLAYERS OUT OF RODAN.
>> BUT I DID NOT KNOW THIS BUT STEVE GRAM TELLS US THAT THEY -- HE SAID, YEAH, WE WANT TO GO THERE.
WE WANT TO PUT TOGETHER A SUPER POWER TEAM THAT WILL CREATE A LEGACY IN GEORGIA HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL.
>> IT'S ALL ABOUT THE CHAMPIONSHIP.
I RESPECT THOSE GUYS WANTING TO DO THAT.
SHOW ME.
WHEN -- >> THEY WON FIVE STRAIGHT ON NATIONAL TELEVISION.
>> PASS IS COMPLETE.
PASS COMPLETE TO SCHJANG.
>> NICE JOB.
>> CLOSE TO IT FIRST DOWN.
>> NICE THROW THAT TIME.
NICE JOB RIGHT THERE BY THE RECEIVER.
>> NICE OPEN FIELD TACKLE BY GIBBS TOO.
HE IS NOT JUST ALL OFFENSE.
>> NO.
HE IS NOT.
HE IS A BIG JOKER.
HE IS BIG.
>> FOURTH DOWN AND ONE HERE.
THEY LINE UP AS IF THEY ARE GOING TO GO FOR IT.
I DON'T THINK THERE IS ANYWAY THEY ARE GOING FOR IT.
>> THERE IS NO WAY.
>> DON'T SAY THERE'S NO WAY.
PAUL JOHNSON DID IT AND MADE IT.
GEORGIA TECH ENDED UP LOSING THE GAME.
>> I WOULDN'T GO FOR IT.
I DON'T THINK THEY ARE EITHER.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE RESUME THIS IS THEIR EIGHT FULL SEASON.
THEY MADE IT -- REGION CHAMPS IN 2013 AND 2014.
THEIR RECORD 25 AND 11.
THIS IS THEIR EIGHT SEASON.
THE FIRST SEASON THEY ONLY PLAYED THREE GAMES.
THIS IS REALLY THEIR SEVENTH SEASON OF VARSITY FOOTBALL.
THEY ARE ONE OF THE STATE POWERS.
ARCHER WAS ABLE TO FLIP THE FIELD A LITTLE BIT.
>> AND IT IS IMPORTANT.
YOU HAVE TO LIMIT ANY KIND OF BIG THROWS OR ANY KIND OF BIG PLAYS BY THIS GRAYSON OFFENSE.
THEY WILL COME BACK TO THAT PLAY.
THEY WILL COME BACK.
>> THEY WILL KEEP COMING BACK.
>> GIBBS WAS LINED UP AT THE TOP OF THE SCREEN IF YOU WERE JUST WONDERING.
>> WE HAD HELP OVER THE TOP.
>> BRICE IS LOOKING FOR DEANGLO GIBBS.
IT IS CAUGHT OUT THERE BY STURGIL.
65 YARD TOUCHDOWN PASS.
STURGIL RUNS IN THE SAME PLACE ON THE LEFT.
GETS BEYOND THE SAFETY.
SAFETY'S EYES WERE IN THE BACK FIELD.
LOOSES HIS VISION AND LOOSES WHERE HE IS AT.
>> GOOD JOB GETTING DOWN FIELD.
I HAVE BEEN SINGING HIS PRAISES ALL YEARLONG.
ONE HECK OF A PLAYER HE IS GOING TO GET.
>> FOR SOME REASON I'M LOOKING TO SEE.
THIS IS ALMOST EVERY DOWN.
IT'S LIKE THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT'S BETTER WHEN THEY THROW IT ALMOST EVERY DOWN.
GRAYSON, THEY ARE AGGRESSIVE.
>> YOU AND I TALKED ABOUT IT IN THE OPENING.
THAT IS THAT THIS GRAYSON TEAM IS THE TEAM THAT EVERYBODY HAS BEEN TALKING ABOUT ALL YEAR GOING BACK TO SPRING, FOOTBALL WHEN ALL OF THE KIDS STARTED TRANSFERRING IN FROM SURROUNDING METRO SCHOOLS TO FORM THIS SUPER POWER PROGRAM AND WHETHER YOU LIKE THAT OR NOT YOU HAVE TO RECOGNIZE THAT THEY ARE AS GOOD AS ADVERTISED.
HE FAKES THE HAND OFF.
WILL MAKE IT TO THE 19 YARD LINE.
THAT'S WHERE ARCHER GOES BACK ON OFFENSE.
BRICE COMPLETED 69% OF HIS PASSES THIS SEASON.
WAYE IS TRYING TO STAY UP RIGHT.
TACKLED BY THE LINE BACKER.
>> STRICKLAND FIGHTING FOR EVERYTHING HE GETS.
>> HE WOULD HAVE BEEN THE BACK UP TO WILLIAMS THIS YEAR.
>> WENT DOWNHILL.
RUNS THE BALL REALLY HARD.
>> LOOKS LIKE HE IS WORN OUT.
>> FRESH SET, HIS FIRST AND TEN OF THE 32.
>> THE CATCH AT THE 35 YARD LINE.
>> YOU GOT MAN-TO-MAN COVERAGE IN THE BACK END.
YOU GOT SIX EVERY TIME.
YOU GOT THE 3-3 STAT.
YOU WILL HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO CATCH THE BALL AND RUN BECAUSE YOU'LL HAVE MAN-TO-MAN ON THE OUTSIDE FOR ARCHER.
THE KEY IS PROTECTION IS AT A PREMIUM TODAY.
IT HASN'T BEEN THERE MUCH FOR ARCHER.
>> YES.
EVERYTHING THEY THROW HAS TO BE SHORT OUTS, SCREEN PASSES.
HE DOES NOT HAVE TIME.
>> YEP, AND WHAT YOU SEE HERE, YOU HAVE THREE LINE BACKERS.
THAT TIME MAKES IT FIVE DEFENDERS.
IT IS LIKE A CHESS MATCH.
>> MARTIN ENDS UP GETTING THE SACK.
THAT'S THE THIRD SACK FOR THIS GRAYSON DEFENSE IN THE FIRST HALF.
>> GOT TO FIND THE MOLE.
IF THERE IS ONE OF THE MOLE.
>> ARCHER IS 2 FOR 9.
THEY GO DOWN FIELD HEIGHTENED COVERAGE RIGHT THERE.
IT WILL BE FOURTH DOWN.
>> DO YOU GET GOOD PROTECTION BY ARCHER.
THAT IS A LITTLE HIGH BUT THEY HAD HELP OVER THE TOP THERE.
GOOD COVERAGE.
>> EIGHT PUNTS ALREADY TONIGHT FOR ADERHOLD.
WE HAVE HAD SEVERAL OTHERS NEARLY BLOCKED.
OFF THE SIDE.
>> I DON'T KNOW WHAT NUMBER THAT WAS.
THERE WAS A PLAY FOR GRAYSON.
HE GOT OFF THE BALL -- I DON'T KNOW IF I HAVE SEEN A GUY GET OFF THE BALL THIS YEAR.
HE FORCED THAT ON THAT PUNT JUST BY GETTING THERE AND THEN HE STOPPED.
IT'S AN AGGRESSIVE TEAM.
WELL COACHED.
>> THEY WILL SPOT IT AT THE 35 YARD LINE.
I THINK THAT ENDS UP BEING A 7 YARD PUNT.
THAT ENDS UP BEING A 7 YARD PUNT AS THE OFFENSE OUT THERE LEADING 24-0.
>> AND BRICE PICKS UP ABOUT A YARD ON THE PLAY.
IT'S INTERESTING JEFF HERRON, RAMSEY WAS A FIVE STAR WHEN HERRON COACHED HIM.
HE SAID THE TWO QUARTERBACKS WERE PRETTY COMPARABLE.
>>> WILLIAMS HITS THE BALL.
MILLER GOING TO GET HIM ON THE GROUND AT THE 36 YARD LINE.
>> HE WOULD HAVE GOT ANOTHER FIVE YARDS.
>> MILLER SAYS REMEMBER ME?
I USED TO BE YOUR TEAMMATE.
>> YEAH.
>> THIRD DOWN.
>> FIRES.
GUNS IT INSIDE.
BALL OUT.
INCOMPLETE.
HE COULDN'T HOLD ONTO IT THAT TIME.
>> GOOD EFFORT.
>> THIS -- WE'LL GET TO SEE HOW STRONG HIS LEG IS RIGHT HERE.
I DON'T THINK IT WILL BE ON THE MARK.
HE HAD DISTANCE BUT HE DID NOT HAVE ACCURACY.
HE MISSES THE 49 YARDER AND THE BALL GOES OVER TO ARCHER AT THE 20 YARD LINE.
THAT'S ONE OF THE RULES THAT IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL IS THAT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU MISS THE FIELD GOAL THE BALL GOES TO THE 20.
SO IT'S NOT LIKE IN COLLEGE OR THE NFL.
IN THE NFL IT GOES TO THE SPOT WHERE HE KICKS IT.
>> YOU DON'T REALLY LOSE ANYTHING.
>> NO.
YOU GIVE IT UP IN THE 20s.
>> IF YOU HAVE GOT A KID THAT CAN TRY A 49 YARDER.
WHY NOT?
>> YOU'RE RIGHT.
>> WHAT DO YOU DO?
29 SECONDS YOU'RE DOWN.
>> MAKING THE TACKLE AT THE 30 YARD LINE.
STRICKLAND GOT CLOSE THERE.
I HAVE BEEN IMPRESSED.
BEST BLOCKING UP FRONT AS THIS OFFENSIVE LINE BY ARCHER BUT HE IS RUN HARD.
GOING TO GET IT AGAIN.
THIS TIME HE GETS RUN INTO THE GROUND.
>> SPINOUT OF THE BLOCK THERE AND HE KIND OF THROWS STRICKLAND.
YOU HAVE IT AND IT'S STILL GOING TO HURT.
>> IT'S GOING TO HURT.
IT'S GOING TO HURT.
>> THE GROUND BRINGS PAIN.
>> WE ARE HOPING THAT'S IT.
WE ARE HOPING IT'S NOT HIS SHOULDER.
HE ALSO LANDED KIND OF HARD ON HIS RIGHT SHOULDER AS WELL.
STRICKLAND WALKING OFF UNDER HIS OWN POWER.
NOW JOGGING.
THAT'S A GOOD SIGN.
NOW DOWN TO THREE SECONDS TO PLAY HERE IN THE SECOND QUARTER.
EXTRA AGGRESSIVE.
>> GOOD LUCK WITH THAT.
I DON'T KNOW THAT ANY NUMBER OF X'S AND O'S WILL HELP YOU THERE UNLESS YOU CAN FIND GUYS ON THE PRACTICE SQUAD OR SOMETHING.
THE RAMS TROT TO THE LOCKER ROOM WITH A 24-0 LEAD.
>> THANK YOU.
OBVIOUSLY KIND OF TOOK A LITTLE WHILE TO KIND OF CALM DOWN A LITTLE BIT.
>> I'M NOT REAL PLEASED RIGHT NOW.
I TELL YOU, WE LET OUR EMOTIONS EFFECT OUR PLAY.
WE DIDN'T HAVE A VERY SMOOTH HALF OFFENSIVELY.
WE ARE BETTER THAN THAT.
WE HAVEN'T HAD A TOUGH GAME IN A FEW WEEKS.
WE HAVE GOT TO CALM DOWN AND DO A BETTER JOB.
WE ALMOST HAD A COUPLE OF GAMES.
JUST BAD COMMUNICATION.
SO FIRST THING WE HAVE TO DO IS FIX OUR COACHING.
I DID A BAD JOB IN THE FIRST HALF.
OUR KIDS HAVE PLAYED HARD AND OVERCOME IN OUR OPINION.
MAYBE IF WE CAN COACH A LITTLE BETTER MAYBE IT WILL IMPROVE.
>> JEFF HERRON THINKS HE HAS SOME STUFF TO WORK ON.
THE HALFTIME SHOW STARTS RIGHT NOW.
>> I HATE TO SEE WHAT THE SECOND HALF WILL BRING.
>> COMING UP WE'LL HEAR FROM BOTH THE ARCHER AND GRAYSON MARCHING BANDS AND CHECK OUT SCORES FROM ALL OVER GEORGIA.
>> AND A ALL OF THAT AND MORE COMING UP.
DON'T GO ANY WHERE.
>>> WELCOME BACK.
ARCHER, WE REALLY NEED TO HEAR FROM YOU.
IT LOOKS LIKE THE MAJORITY OF THINGS THAT GRAYSON WILL WIN TONIGHT'S BALL GAME.
WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU.
SHOW YOUR SCHOOL SPIRIT.
BE PROUD.
I WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU GUYS.
DON'T FORGET TO TWEET US.
YOU CAN STREAM THIS GAME LIVE BY DOWNLOADING IT FOR FREE IN THE APP STORE.
LET US KNOW WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM.
SO FAR OUR IT IS A LITTLE BIT.
DON'T FORGET TO TWEET US AND SHOW US YOUR SCHOOL SPIRT SPIRIT.
>> IT IS A CRAZY WORLD THAT WE LIVE IN.
IT IS QUIRKY AND FUN.
>> IT IS GOOD TO CATCH UP WITH YOU AFTER A COUPLE OF WEEKS.
>> WE ARE HAVING A GREAT YEAR AT ARCHER.
I WANT TO SEND A THANK YOU OUT TO STUDENTS, FACULTY, COMMUNITY MEMBERS FOR MAKING GREAT SCHOOLS.
>> ALL RIGHT.
A GREAT REPRESENTATION.
IT IS TIME TO PLAY THE GAME.
WE'LL SEE IT TOGETHER FOR THE FIRST TIME.
I DID ACTUALLY DO IT.
>>> IN ADDITION TO NEWS THAT GALAXY NOTE 7 PHONES WERE RECALLED AS A FIRE HAZARD AND REPLACEMENT PHONE THERE IS NEWS THAT ANOTHER SAMSUNG, THE GIGA SOUND SYSTEM, THE SAMSUNG TOP LOAD WASHING MACHINE.
>> GEE WHIZ.
I'LL SAY B.
>> STEP AWAY FROM THE LAUNDRY ROOM.
MANY SAY THEIR SAMSUNG WASHING MACHINES HAVE GONE KAPLOOWEY.
A WOMAN IN DALLAS, GEORGIA SAID WHEN HER WASHER EXPLODED IT SOUNDED LIKE A BOMB GOING OFF.
>> ONE ROUND DOWN ONE TO GO.
BACK TO THE SET.
>> THANK YOU, JOHN.
A BIG PART OF HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL IS LISTENING TO THE MARCHING BAND.
LET'S CHECK IN WITH THE BROUGHT TO YOU BY REGIONS BANK.
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TONIGHT'S THEME IS I LOVE THE '80s.
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>> BROUGHT TO YOU BY REGIONS BANK.
WE'LL HEAR FROM THE GRAYSON HIGH SCHOOL MARCHING BAND.
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>>> ALSO, I'LL GET THE 411 FROM PROUD PARENTS AND WE'LL HAVE ALL OF THE SCORES FROM AROUND THE STATE THAT YOU WANT TO KNOW.
IT IS ALL AHEAD WHEN WE CONTINUE RIGHT AFTER THIS ON GPB.
>>> WELCOME TO FOOTBALL FRIDAYS.
WE ARE AT GRAYSON COMMUNITY STADIUMLOGANVILLE, GEORGIA.
THEY HAVE A GOOD CHANCE TO WIN ANOTHER ONE.
>> IT'S A BIG NAME ON THE FIELD THAT DAY.
WE'LL HEAR SCORES FROM AROUND THE STATE.
FIRST TIME FOR -- >> ARE YOU SMARTER THAN JOHN NELSON.
>> ROUND TWO, HERE WE GO.
WHAT'S GOING ON AT GRAYSON THESE DAYS?
>> WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE.
WE ARE GETTING OFF TO A GREAT START.
CROSS COUNTRY WON THE GULF COAST STAMPEDE.
WE ARE THRILLED WHERE WE ARE AT -- ATHLETICALLY.
>> AFTER HURRICANE MATTHEW BLEW THROUGH LAST NIGHT WHAT ARTIFACTS TURNED UP?
A, A CASH OF CIVIL WAR CANNON BALLS OR?
>> I SAY CIVIL WAR CANNON BALLS.
THEY WERE FUSED TOGETHER AND HAD TO BE.
>> I THINK DALLAS SUPER SEEDS EVERYBODY ELSE.
DALLAS IS YOUR NEW CONTENDER.
>> ALL RIGHT.
I THINK WE SHOULD CONSIDER THAT ONE.
>> ALL RIGHT.
>> GAME ON.
>> I LIKE IT.
THANK YOU, JOHN.
>> ALL RIGHT A.
BIG PART OF HIGH SCHOOL FRIDAY NIGHT.
LET'S LISTEN IN TO THE GRAYSON MARCHING BAND.
THE HIGH SCHOOL NARING BAND IS UNDER THE DIRECTION OF BARNES.
LAND OF A THOUSAND DANCES.
CHEERLEADERS JOIN THE BAND ON THE FIELD.
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>>> GREAT JOB.
DOWN SOUTH LEADING CAMDEN COUNTY 39-3 AT THE HALF.
WE HAVE 17-14 IN THE SECOND QUARTER.
WALTON 35-7 AT THE HALF.
IT IS BUFORD LEADING 35-7.
CARTERSVILLE AND A BIG GAME IN CLASS 4 A.
IT IS OVER LUMPKIN COUNTY.
A TOUCHDOWN IN THE SECOND AND OVER TURNER COUNTY IN THE SECOND QUARTER.
>> WE ARE AT THE HALF WAY POINT.
HARD TO BELIEVE.
HERE IS THE SCHEDULE.
NEXT WEEK AT BROOKWOOD.
THE 28th WE HIT THE ROAD TO SOUTH GEORGIA FOR A 7 A MATCH UP BETWEEN THE VIKINGS AND THE PACKERS.
NOVEMBER 4th IS THE LAST WEEK BEFORE PLAY OFFS.
WE ARE BACK IN THE STUDIO COVERING THE WHOLE STATE TO SEE WHO MAKES THE BRACKET.
>> YOU HAVE SEEN THE HALFTIME SCORES.
HERE IS YOUR PREVIEW.
THE LAST REGION IS FINALLY UNDERWAY.
REGION 1 7 A.
THEY KICK OFF WITH THEIR SPRINT.
>> WE'LL TAKE THE TEAM AS FAR AS WE CAN GO.
WE WANT TO WIN.
EXPECTATIONS ARE SIMPLE.
SO WE JUST WANT TO HAVE A GOOD TIME, GET BETTER AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
>> WE ARE DOWN HERE IN THIS WONDERFUL COUNTRY NEXT TO THE BEACH.
WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT WHERE WE ARE.
WHAT CAN YOU DO?
THIS IS A GREAT COMMUNITY.
WE WILL TRY TO DO WHAT WE CAN.
WE WILL MAKE ADJUSTMENTS AND THEY DO A GREAT JOB.
>> I DO HATE, YOU KNOW, THIS REGION HAS BEEN IN TACT FOR A LONG TIME.
>> FOR THOSE OF YOU LOOKING OUT AND FILLING OUT YOUR BRACKETS THE QUARTERFINALS COULD BE.
>> YOU MIGHT THE BE THE ONLY GUY THAT FILLED OUT HIS BRACKET YET.
>> THE NATURAL CHOICE.
>> NOW OVER TO JACKIE FOR ANOTHER EDITION WHERE WE CHECK IN.
I THINK WE HAVE TO DOUBLE BOTH OF THEM.
>> WE HAVE A DOUBLE HEADER.
PAM TAYLOR JOIN ME NOW.
THEY ARE TWINS.
OKAY.
THIS WILL BE REALLY FUN.
WE'LL HAVE YOU GUESS WHICH TWIN DOES WHAT?
WHOSE LEAST FAVORITE CHORE IS VACUUMING?
>> WILL.
>> THEY BOTH AGREE ON THAT.
>> WHOSE FAVORITE TV SHOW IS SOUTH PARK?
>> WILL.
>> THEY SAID WILL.
IT IS ACTUALLY BOTH.
>> ABOUT TIME TO KICK OFF THE SECOND HALF.
FIRST WE GO TO OUR TCSG CAREER PLAY OF THE GAME.
>>> INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IS A WIDE RANGE OF CAREER OPPORTUNITIES .
>> STEWART AND SMITH WITH YOU UPSTAIRS.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK BACK AT THE FIRST HALF HIGHLIGHT.
IT IS THE GRAYSON DEFENSE.
THREE SACKS IF THE FIRST HALF.
>> EXTRA AGGRESSIVE.
CELEBRATING THE EMOTIONS OF THAT DEFENSE.
>> AND JUST THE PRESSURE FORCING THEM INTO A BAD SNAP RIGHT THERE AND THEN THE BLOCK.
HE PUNTED EIGHT TIMES IN THE FIRST HALF.
SEVERAL OTHERS NEARLY BLOCKED AND THEN BRICE, HE ONLY COMPLETED THREE PASSES IN THE FIRST HALF.
THAT WAS A 54 YARD PASS, TOUCHDOWN TO DEANGLO GIBBS.
>> STRUGGLING MAKES A BAD PASS.
THE HEAT IS ON.
>> 61 YARD THERE FOR DIXON.
>> DOWN TO THE FIELD.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
HERE WITH THE COACH IT WAS A FIRST HALF OF BIG PLAYS.
>> NO QUESTION.
I'M NOT HAPPY WITH HOW WE COMPETED IN THE FIRST HALF.
WE ARE PLAYING ON OUR HEELS WHICH IS NOT THE WAY WE GO ABOUT OUR BUSINESS.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING IF WE CAN GET ON THE BALL SO WE CAN GO PLAY.
>> AND FIRST GETTING YOU YARDAGE THERE.
>> YEAH.
ANY TIME WE HAVE GOTTEN INTO THIRD AND EIGHT AND THIRD AND NINE WE HAVE MADE THE WRONG DECISION WITH THE FOOTBALL.
YOU CAN'T DO THAT.
WHEN YOU MAKE WRONG DECISIONS YOU'RE PUNTING.
>> THANKS FOR YOUR TIME.
SENDING IT BACK UPSTAIRS.
GETTING READY FOR THE SECOND HALF.
>> YEAH, A LITTLE BIT FIRED UP THERE.
ARCHER WITH NEARLY TWICE THE AMOUNT OF POSITION.
NOT THAT IT DID HIM MUCH GOOD.
HE HAD NEARLY 24 POINTS TO THE TIGERS ZERO.
>> AND THE ONE THAT STANDS OUT IS THE 27 YARDS RUSHING.
WHEN YOU AN AGGRESSIVE DEFENSE YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO RUN.
YOU CANNOT SEND THEM BACK THERE AND EXPECT HIM TO THROW ON EVERY DOWN.
>> 147 YARDS PASSING IN THE FIRST HALF.
>> YEAH.
THIS HE IS A BEAST.
I HAVE BEEN SINGING HIS PRAISES ALL YEARLONG.
I THINK HE IS ONE OF THE BEST QUARTERBACKS IN AMERICA.
I REALLY BELIEVE THAT.
I THINK HE GOT AN INCREDIBLE PLAYER.
>> YES.
>> IT IS IN HIS DNA.
THERE IS SOMETHING ABOUT THE THOSE LEGACY KIDS.
SINCE HE COULD CRAWL HE HAS BEEN OUT PLAYING BALL AND LEARNING FROM HIS UNCLE.
SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
I HAVE SEEN IT BEFORE AND I HAVE SEEN WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.
HE IS THE PICTURE OF WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE AND THAT'S A WINNER.
>> YES.
STREETER WAS HERE PRIOR TO THE START OF THE GAME STAYING HELLO TO THE COACHES.
>> I STEPPED OUT AS HARD AS THEY CAN IN THE SECOND HALF AND TRY TO GET BACK IN THIS THING.
>> I'M JUST GOING TO HIT ANYTHING, WHATEVER COMES MY WAY.
>> YOU HAVE TO BE A LITTLE BIT DEEPER.
>> DOESN'T MATTER WHAT HAPPENS.
I WILL KNOCK SOMEBODY OUT.
>> YEAH.
HE GETS BLOWN OUT.
>> LET'S GO.
LET'S DO IT.
>> I THINK THAT WAS KIND OF THE MESSAGE DYER HAD FOR HIS TEAM.
YOU CAN SEE THEY WANTED THEM TO RISE TO THE OCCASION IN THE SECOND HALF.
MAKING THE TACKLE ON LANE.
LANE HAS BEEN OFFERED A TRANSFER FROM STEVENSON HIGH SCHOOL.
NICE ON PLAY.
THE ONLY KID OUT HERE.
>> THAT WAS JUST THE SIXTH PASS ATTEMPT.
AND THROUGH THE HANDS OF STURGIL THAT TIME.
>> ARCHER GOT AWAY THAT TIME.
IT WAS WELL DESIGNED.
TAKE IT TO THE RIGHT.
SCREEN TO THE LEFT.
THE BIG BOYS WAS COMING FOR THAT.
>> THIRD DOWN AND FOUR.
>> EIGHT ON THE PLAY DROP.
SHAW GOING IN MOTION BEHIND THE LINE.
THEY RUN THE SCREEN INSTEAD.
FIRST DOWN AND MORE.
BALL OUT.
IT IS COVERED BY ARCHER.
MILLER WITH A TACKLE AND THE SCRIPT.
>> NICE PLAY BY MILLER.
GREAT EFFORT.
THIS IS WHAT COACH IS TALKING ABOUT.
THIS IS WHAT IT IS ALL ABOUT.
MILLER, GOOD PRESSURE HERE.
WATCH IT.
COMES OUT OF NOWHERE.
IT IS LIKE SHOT OUT OF A CANNON.
>> HE WAS ABLE TO GET HIS RIGHT ARM IN THERE.
AS HE IS MAKING THE TACKLE HE BASICALLY PUNCHES THE BALL OUT, MAKES THE BALL OUT AND PUNCHES THE BALL OUT.
THAT IS WHAT MILLER JUST DID.
>> GREAT EFFORT AND ALWAYS REWARDED.
>> LET'S SEE IF HE CAN GENERATE SOMETHING HERE ON OFFENSE.
NOT A WHOLE LOT OF RUNNING ROOM.
STRICKLAND PICKS UP 43 YARDS IN THIS FIRST HALF.
THAT WAS EMMANUEL MICHELLE.
SO HE IS RIGHT THERE.
HE WENT TO THE SIDELINE LATE WITH THREE SECONDS LEFT IN THE FIRST HALF.
HE DOES NOT START IN THE FIRST QUARTER.
SHELLNUT THE TIGHT END PICKS UP ABOUT SIX ON THE PLAY.
>> THAT'S UP AROUND THE BALL.
DID YOU GET THAT?
>> I GOT IT.
>> I WILL TELL YOU THIS MAN IN THE MIDDLE, NUMBER 56.
I'M WATCHING HIM.
VERY CONSTRUCTIVE TODAY.
>> AND THROUGH THE HANDS OF SCHJANG AND IT'S FOURTH DOWN.
>> GET BACK IN YOUR GAME.
THIS IS FIRST DOWN.
>> WE GOT A FREEBIE.
THERE'S NOTHING WORSE THAN THAT.
SOMEBODY IS GOING TO GET A BUTT CHEWING IN THAT FILM ROOM.
>> FIRST AND TEN FOR ARCHER ON 44.
>> SOLOMON.
MARTIN AND DIXON ALL HAVE QUARTERBACK SACKS.
>> THIS IS A FIVE MAN PRESSURE.
WHO IS THE MOLE?
THE LINE BACKER, YOU NEVER KNOW.
>> ALL KINDS OF MOVEMENT.
IT WILL BE A PENALTY ON ARCHER.
>> SIX POSSIBLE RUSHES.
THEY BRING FOUR OR MOST OF THE TIME THEY BRING FIVE.
>> SO SECOND DOWN AND 19.
PLAY RUNNING FOR HIS LIFE AND LOOSES HIS BALANCE AS HE FALLS FORWARD TO THE 48.
LET'S CHECK IN WITH JOHN NELSON, AN UPDATE ON KEEGA STRICKLAND.
WATER BOTTLE IN ONE HAND.
IT IS THE STERNUM.
RIGHT NOW DEPENDING ON HOW HE FEELS AND WHEN HE GETS CLEARED.
THEY NEED TO GET HIM BACK.
UP TOP A MAN BREAKS OPEN.
>>> YOU GOT MAN-TO-MAN COVERAGE.
GRAYSON BROUGHT THE FIVE MAN PRESSURE.
THERE WAS MAN-TO-MAN COVERAGE.
IT WAS AN OVERTHROW.
>> LINE DRIVE WILL NOT BE FIELDED AND BOUNCES OUT OF BOUNDS AT THE 25 AND THAT'S WHERE THE RAMS WILL GO ON OFFENSE FOR THE SECOND TIME IN THIS THIRD QUARTER.
LOVE JOY AND TUCKER.
>> THIS IS AN EARLY PHYSICIAN GAME RIGHT HERE.
>> LOOKS LIKE A GOOD ONE GOING ON THERE.
FIRST AND TEN.
RUNNING RIGHT HERE IN THIS DIRECTION.
EMMANUEL MICHEL MAKING THE TACKLE FOR ARCHER.
>> IT'S A PICK UP OF ABOUT SEVEN.
>> IT'S RIGHT HERE.
>> YEAH, IT IS.
>> AGAIN, HOPKINS, NICE BY THOMPKINS.
PICKS UP THE FIRST DOWN.
>> A HEISMAN RIGHT HERE.
>> BAM.
>> OH.
>> RIGHT NOW WHAT YOU'LL SEE THEY HAVE IN TOTAL CONTROL OF THE GAME.
THEY WANT TO GET OUT OF HERE WITH THE WIN.
RUN THE BALL.
I DON'T EXPECT TO SEE HIM SITTING BACK THERE.
>> A TIME OUT ON THE FIELD.
>> IT IS HIS HYBRID SAFETY LINE BACKER FOR THE ARCHER TIGERS.
THE SAME DEFENSE THAT GRAYSON RUNS, 3-3-5 WITH THE SPURS.
>> RIGHT.
>> THE REASON YOU COULDN'T SEE IS THERE'S ABOUT 10,000 PLAYERS ON THE SIDELINES.
JUST WHEN THEY START BRINGING UP THE NINTH GRADE, MAN, THEY ARE DEEP.
THEY ARE D, DOUBLE E, DEEP.
>> THIS TIME MILLER MAKING THE TACKLE.
YOU CAN SEE HIS EXPERTISE COME THROUGH WHEN HE MAKES THE TACKLE.
WHEN MILLER GETS HIS HANDS ON YOU THAT'S THE END OF THE PLAY.
>> DOING A GOOD JOB MAKING THAT TACKLE.
COMING DOWNHILL.
>> SECOND DOWN NUMBER 46, WILLIAMS AND GET THAT OTHER TACKLE.
MAKES MILLER.
WATCH OUT.
WILLIAMS AND MOVES DOWN FIELD.
THEY FINALLY GET HIM ON THE GROUND.
LET'S SEE.
>> WE HAVE TO LOCK HIM UP HERE.
GOOD JOB BY WILLIAMS.
TAKING THE BALL AND MAKING THE PLAY.
THAT'S ALL THAT IS HERE.
MAKING THE PLAY.
PLAY MAKERS.
>> SAM BROWN NUMBER TEN WAS THE GUY THAT HELPED OUT TO GET WILLIAMS OUT OF BOUNDS FINALLY.
FIRST AND TEN FROM THE 38.
THOMPKINS RUNNING THE BALL AGAIN.
THOMPKINS GETTING THE RUN HERE INSTEAD OF TAYLOR.
TAYLOR WAS THE GUY THAT HAD THE BALL PUNCHED OUT BY MILLER SO HE IS OVER ON THE SIDELINE GETTING A CHANCE TO THINK ABOUT IT.
RIGHT?
ISN'T THAT WHAT THE COACHES DO?
YOU FUMBLE AND YOU GET A CHANCE TO THINK ABOUT IT.
SOMEONE ELSE GETS A CHANCE TO PLAY.
>> ESPECIALLY LIKE THIS.
YOU HAVE SEVERAL GUYS THAT CAN CARRY THE LOAD.
>> FLAG OUT.
FLAG THROUGH THE AIR.
MAN WIDE OPEN.
GOT TO GET IT ON THAT GLOVES.
>> YEP.
EVEN THOUGH THERE WAS A PENALTY ON THERE YOU GOT TO GET IT.
HE COULD HAVE RAN UNDER.
SO NOW THIRD DOWN AND 13.
HE SHOULD HAVE CAUGHT IT.
>> HE DOVE WHEN HE DIDN'T HAVE TO DIVE.
HE STARTED JUMPING IN THE AIR.
CUT HIM SOME SLACK.
MILLER WITH THE SACK AT THE 45 YARD LINE.
>> MILLER WITH HIS FOURTH SACK OF THE SEASON.
WATCH HIM.
>> WHAT'S REALLY SURPRISING IS NOTHING AGAINST CINCINNATI.
HE DIDN'T HAVE ANY OFFERS FOR THE 235 LINE BACKER.
>> HE SHOULD.
>> HE IS A LINE BACKER.
NICE PUNT.
FIVE MINUTES TO PLAY AND GRAYSON SHUTTING OUT THE TIGERS HERE AT HOME.
>>> WELCOME BACK.
THIS GAME HAS BEEN BACK AND FOURTH ALSO.
RIGHT NOW IT'S 17-13.
THIS ONE WAS 10-7 AT THE BREAK.
LASSITER GIVING IT OFF THAT PUNT.
BEING SHUT OUT BY KAUFMAN, 20-0.
BACK UPSTAIRS FOR THE REST OF THE THIRD.
>> THAT'S TWO STRAIGHT WEEKS.
MAY BE EXPOSED A LITTLE BIT ONCE THEY HAVE GOTTEN INTO REGION PLAY.
>> WHO KNEW?
>>> ARCHER BACKSEAT IN ACTION HERE ON OFFENSE INSIDE THEIR OWN YARD LINE.
>> IT LOOKED LIKE THEY HAD 20 DOWN LINE.
>> OH, MY GOSH.
>> THIS IS WHAT HE WAS LOOKING AT RIGHT HERE.
GOT MILLER IN THERE HE WAS SUPPOSED TO FOLLOW HIM.
>> YEAH.
THEY ALSO HAVE TIME TO RUN IT OUT OF HERE MILLER BLOCKING BUT YOU CAN'T BLOCK EVERYBODY.
HE DROPS EMMANUEL MICHEL AT THE 5 YARD LINE.
>> YOU HAVE BEEN PUTTING IN SOME WORK.
FROM THOSE OUTSIDE LINE BACKERS TO WIN.
>> RYAN TAYLOR.
>> THAT'S REAL DEEP.
REAL DEEP.
>> ALEXANDER ON THE COVERAGE AND THE TIGERS HAVING TO PUNT.
HAVING TO PUNT OUT OF THEIR OWN END ZONE.
>> IT WAS A GREAT JOB BY THEIR CORNER BACK USING THE SIDELINE.
PUSHED HIM OUT OF BOUNDS.
IT IS REALLY REDUCING WHERE THE QUARTERBACK IS THROWING THE BALL.
NICE DEFENSE BY ALEXANDER.
GETS IT OUT OF THERE.
TAKEN BY WILLIAMS.
DOING A LOT OF DANCING TRYING TO GET BEHIND A WALL.
WILLIAMS SPUN OUT OF BOUNDS AT THE 29 YARD LINE BY MILLER ON SPECIAL TEAMS.
LET'S CHECK IN.
TIME TO CHECK IN ON A DEFENDING CHAMP AND LET YOU KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE WESTMINSTER WILDCATS AS THEY TAKE ON THE MUSTANGS.
YOU CAN SEE WHAT IT IS RIGHT NOW.
48-6.
ONCE AGAIN, YOU A LOT OF TEAMS THAT WERE DEFENDING CHAMPS PUTTING THE PEDAL DOWN.
46-6 WESTMINSTER LEADS McNAR.
>> BACK UPSTAIRS.
>> ALL RIGHT.
FIRST AND TEN NOW FOR GRAYSON AT THE 29 YARD LINE.
THEY HAVE BEEN PLAYING WITH A SHORT FIELD IT SEEMS LIKE THE ENTIRE NIGHT.
>> HUBBARD.
>> A HUGE BLOCK BY NUMBER 77 WILL TAYLOR WHO IS THE NUMBER 11 RANKED CENTER IN THE NATION.
GRAYSON HAS BEEN PLAYING RIGHT GUARD.
>> GOT VERSATILITY.
>> YEAH.
>> THE HEAD COACH.
>> TOUCHDOWN.
>> AND 31-0 AS GRAYSON HAS OPENED UP A FOUR TOUCHDOWN AND THREE-POINT LEAD.
HERE IS A LOOK AT YOUR REPLAY.
BRICE JUST PUTS IT ON THE MONEY.
NICE RUN BY STURGIL.
>> OUT OF ALL OF THE TEAMS YOU HAD TO FIGURE THAT ARCHER PROBABLY HAD THE BEST CHANCE OF ANYBODY OF BEATING GRAYSON IN THIS REGION BUT ARCHER IS PROBABLY THE TEAM THAT'S GOT THE BEST CHANCE, BEST SHOT AT GRAYSON IN THIS REGION.
THEY ARE DOWN 31-0.
>> RIGHT.
>> YEAH.
>> WHAT YOU GOT?
>> LET'S GO THROUGH THE SCORES THAT WE HAVE AND SEE WHAT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW.
LOVEJOY LEADING 26-21.
THAT IS NOW IN THE FOURTH.
TALK WITH COUNTY NOW OF 56-3 IN REGION 1A.
A LOT OF FOLKS SAW SOMETHING DROPPING SEVEN I THINK WAS THE KEY TO SEE IF HE COULD RUN THE FOOTBALL.
HE SAW THAT TAPE AND THEY HAVE A BIG LEAD.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
THANKS FOR THOSE UPDATES.
THAT WAS BROWN ON THE RETURN FOR ARCHER.
THEY TAKE OVER THE 31.
LET'S SEE IF THEY CAN GET ANY KIND OF OFFENSE GENERATED HERE.
>>.
>> PUT THE PE DAL TO THE METAL.
>> IT IS WITH THE INJURED STERNUM LATE IN THE SECOND QUARTER.
HE WAS ABLE TO GET LOOSE ENOUGH TO GET BACK IN THERE.
I THINK IT WOULD BE A GOOD QUESTION WE CAN SEND NELLY ON A SKAFEN JER HUNT HERE.
THEY WILL RULE THAT A LATERAL, NOT AN INCOMPLETION.
>> I LIKE SEEING THE SUCCESS.
HE IS GOING DOWN FIELD AND GET YOU A TOUCHDOWN.
FEEL CONFIDENT.
GET A TOUCHDOWN.
>> BALL AT THE 43.
>> IN AND OUT, IN AND OUT.
>> REALLY ENJOYED TALKING TO STEVE BROOKS.
>> CENTRAL HEAD COACH OF HENDERSON.
>> REALLY GOOD TALKING TO HIM.
HE HAS TAUGHT ME A LOT.
HOW IT REALLY HAS GROWN AND REALLY WE TALKED ABOUT THEY HAVE A LOT OF PLAYERS HERE.
THEY ARE DEEP.
THAT IS ALMOST LIKE THE TRANSPLANT HERE.
HE HAS ALREADY BEEN A COMPETITOR.
>> INCOMPLETE.
SCHJANG COULDN'T COME UP WITH IT.
I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SAY.
>> YEAH.
>> BEFORE THIS YEAR.
>> EARLY RETURNS.
>> NOVEMBER 1st, 2012 ON A THURSDAY NIGHT.
IT WAS ARCHER AND GRAYSON, 48-0 >> WOW.
>> THAT'S EARLY RETURN.
SO IT'S BEEN A WHILE.
>> IT'S BEEN A WHILE.
>> THAT WAS INTERCEPTED HERE.
INTERCEPTION FOR GREENWAY.
THAT 2012 TEAM WAS THE SENIOR SEASON OF ROBERT AND COMPANY.
>> THE EIGHT OF THE SEASON IN THE FINAL MINUTE THE RAMS GO BACK ON OFFENSE.
TAYLOR BACK IN THERE.
TAYLOR PICKED UP A COUPLE OF YARDS FOR THE 35 YARD LINE.
>> THIS DEFENSE HAS BEEN BACKED UP AGAINST THE WALL ALL NIGHT LONG IN ARCHER.
THEY ARE WEARING DOWN.
>> AND THAT IS THE END OF THE THIRD QUARTER.
>> GRAYSON GETTING THE SHUT OUT HERE TONIGHT.
IT'S BAN TOUCHDOWN PASS.
THEY HAVE DONE THAT TWICE TONIGHT.
31-0 AS WE HEAD TO THE FOURTH.
>>> WELCOME BACK.
FINAL 12 MINUTES.
GRAYSON DOMINATING OVER ARCHER.
THE STUDENTS ARE SLIGHTLY FIRED UP.
WE CAN GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON WHAT'S GOING ON WITH TUCKER AND LOVEJOY.
LOVEJOY KICKS IT OFF AT THEIR OWN 33 YARD LINE.
LOVEJOY LEADING IN A BIG REGION GAME.
A GREAT GAME FOR THE TIGERS.
CAN THE TIGERS RESPOND IN THE FINAL CORNER THERE?
LET'S LIGHT THE CANDLE WITH HIM.
>> ALL RIGHT.
#NELLY.
WE'LL BE DOING A LOT OF KICKING IN THE FOURTH QUARTER.
GOT A RUNNING CLOCK AS WE START THIS FOURTH QUARTER.
GRAYSON WITH A LEAD.
THEY ARE SECOND DOWN.
>> UPWARDS KICKING SOME BUTT THIS WEEK.
CLARK CENTRAL.
>> UH-HUH.
>> TAYLOR ON THE CARRY TO START THIS FOURTH QUARTER.
WHAT IS CLARK CENTRAL -- WHO ARE THEY PLAYING?
>> NELLY WILL BE ON THAT.
>> SINCE THEY LOST A COUPLE.
>> YEAH.
>> I'M USING MY GPB APP TO TELL YOU CLARK CENTRAL LEADS 28-0.
>> SEE WHAT I'M SAYING?
UH-HUH.
>> WHAT'S THAT ABOUT, NELLY?
THIRD DOWN AND NINE.
BRICE WILL RUN IT.
RIGHT ACROSS THE 40 AND STEPS OUT IN A CLUTCH BY SHAW.
HE LAID HIM OUT.
>> REMEMBER THAT?
>> ALL RIGHT.
YOU DO THE SOUND EFFECTS.
HERE WE GO.
>> ALL RIGHT.
HERE IT COMES.
>> BOOM.
>> GOT IT.
>> ON EMMANUEL MICHEL.
>> I THINK THAT IS MILLER DOWN AT THE 27 YARD LINE.
>> THAT'S THE FIRST TIME BRICE HAS RAN THE BALL TODAY.
HE HASN'T HAD TO REALLY USE IT LEGS.
HE HAS BEEN DOING IT WITH HIS ARMS.
>> SO HE LOOKS LIKE HE IS OKAY.
>> LAST PLAY GETS BACK UP.
HE HAS HAD A HECK OF A GAME TODAY.
>> LET'S GO BACK AND WATCH AND SEE WHAT HAPPENED HERE.
I DIDN'T KNOW IF THERE WAS ANY CONTACT.
I SAW HIM GO DOWN.
LET'S WATCH IT.
THERE HE IS.
COMES BUSTING THROUGH THE PLAY.
AND, YEAH.
YEAH.
>> YEAH.
>> TRYING TO MAKE A CUT ON THE GRASS.
THIS TIME OF THE YEAR AS THE TEMPERATURES COOL DOWN THAT GRASS GETS A LITTLE SLICK AS THE NIGHT GOES ON.
HE'LL GO TAKE A SPOT UNDER THE TENTH.
FIRST AND TEN FOR THE RAMS.
TAYLOR, HIS PARTNER THERE GETTING HIM ON THE GROUND AT THE 46.
THAT A PICK UP OF SIX ON THE PLAY.
>> MILLER, HE HAS SHOWN UP EVERY PLAY.
HE MADE BIG PLAYS.
THE DEFENSE HAS A LITTLE BIT.
>> JACKSON WITH A CATCH.
>> LET'S SHOW YOU WHAT'S GOING ON.
GOING INTO THE FOURTH.
>> THEN 49 SECONDS IN.
YOU'LL SEE WITH 9:45 TO GO.
WOODSTOCK UP OVER LASSITER.
AND NOW AN 11 POINT DEFICIT THERE.
WOW, THAT'S A HUGE VICTORY FOR WOODSTOCK ON THE ROAD IN THAT REGION.
WOODSTOCK STEPPING UP.
>> THEY ARE.
>> THIRD DOWN HERE.
>> AND OFFICER TAYLOR FIRST DOWN FOR HIM.
TACKLE MADE BY DAWN BUT NOT BEFORE TAYLOR IS ABLE TO MOVE.
>> TO ME I THINK HE WILL BE PLAYING CORNERS.
I'M REALLY IMPRESSED.
REALLY IMPRESSED.
THEY KIND OF LOOK ALIKE WHEN THEY RUN THE BALL.
>> YEAH, HE IS 5'9".
A LITTLE MORE THICKNESS.
>> YEAH.
HE WAS THICK.
THEY CALL THAT SWOLE.
>> HE WAS SWOLE, MAN.
>> HE HIT THE HOLE PRETTY HARD TOO.
HE THREW IT IN A HURRY.
>> AND DOWNHILL REALLY FAST.
>> HE IS THICK.
>> THAT WAS TONY GRAY NUMBER 78 OUT THERE FINISHING OFF THE HOLE.
TONY GRAY NUMBER 11th RANKED OFFENSIVE TACKLE.
32 OFFICERS FOR TONY GRAY.
AND JACKSON TACKLED OUT THERE ON THE EDGE BY PHILLIPS.
>> GETTING RAVE REVIEWS.
HE IS BIG TIME.
>> THERE'S BIG OLD TONY.
HE HAS OFFERING FROM EVERYBODY.
32 OFFICIAL OFFERS.
GEORGIA AND KENTUCKY CONSIDERED HIS LEADERS.
HE IS IS ONE OF THOSE EIGHT PLAYERS.
HE CAME IN FROM CENTRAL GWINNETT.
GOES TO SHAW AND SHAW FLAGGED DOWN AS HE IS DRIVEN OUT OF BOUNDS FROM INSIDE THE YARD LINE.
IF WE CAN GO A BACK AND LOOK AT THAT REPLAY IT WILL COUNT AS A PASS FROM CHASE BRICE.
>> A PERSONAL FOUL TOO FROM ARCHER.
>> WHERE DID YOU SAY THE OFFENSIVE LINE MAN IS?
>> THIS WILL BE A PASS.
LOOK.
THAT'S PASS.
>> IS IT?
>> YEAH.
IT WENT FORWARD.
IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE A PASS.
>> IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE A PASS BUT IT COUNTS AS A PASS.
IT'S A FORWARD PASS.
>> WHEN DID YOU SAY HE WAS LOOKING AT HIM AGAIN IN.
>> TAYLOR?
>> YEAH.
>> YOU SAID KENTUCKY AND GEORGIA.
NO.
KENTUCKY AND GEORGIA AMONG THE 32 OFFERS.
THEY HAVE ALSO GOT 77 WILL TAI LOUR UP THERE.
HE LOOKS LIKE HE IS OKAY.
>> MAN, I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT IS IN THERE.
>> SAYS THE MAN FROM TENNESSEE.
>> HEY, I'M TALKING ABOUT KENTUCKY AND GEORGIA.
>> BUT THAT'S HIM.
>> I RESPECT THAT.
UNLESS HE WANTS TO GO UP THERE YOU GO TO KENTUCKY IF HE WANTS TO.
>> MAYBE.
>> YOU GO -- >> YOU FEEL LIKE YOU WANT TO MAKE AN IMPACT IMMEDIATELY.
>> THAT'S HOW IT IS.
>> YEAH.
THAT'S A NO BRAINER.
>> YOU GO UP TO KENTUCKY.
TAKE IT OVER TO GEORGIA.
>> WELL, FROM ALL OF THE KENTUCKY FANS THAT ARE -- >> KENTUCKY FANS CAN'T EVEN GET MAD.
>> THAT'S CHUCK.
>> THEY CAN'T EVEN GET MAD.
THEY CAN'T EVEN GET MAD.
>> THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE ALL OF THE MID-AMERICA CONFERENCES COMING DOWN AND GETTING GEORGIA ATHLETES.
TAYLOR IS COMMITTED TO MICHIGAN.
A NINE YARD TOUCHDOWN RUN.
IT'S 37-0.
>> THAT WAS GOOD BLOCKING INSIDE.
>> TOUCHDOWN REPLAY RIGHT HERE.
>> YEAH.
>> NICE WORK.
NICE WORK.
>> TAYLOR NUMBER 77 DOING A GOOD JOB.
GOOD FOOTWORK AND GOOD MOVEMENTS.
>> AND WE SAW TAYLOR'S PARENTS.
THE TWIN BROTHER WHO IS THE LONG SNAPPER ON THIS TEAM, THEY ARE GOING TO DUKE.
>> NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT.
>> GOOD MAN.
GOOD MAN.
>> 38-0.
>> CURT TAYLOR TAKES IT IN FROM 9 YARDS OUT.
GAY SON 38-0 HERE IN THE FOURTH QUARTER.
!
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>>> AND JUST WHEN YOU THOUGHT IT WAS AN 11 POINT GAME HOW ABOUT MAKING A SCORE TO CUT THE MARGIN JUST A LITTLE BIT.
BACK AND FOURTH GAME WITH LOVEJOY AND TUCKER.
78 YARD TOUCHDOWN RUN.
TUCKER NOW HAS THE LEAD AGAINST LOVEJOY.
WE'LL KEEP GOING.
>> ADAMS FAMILY STADIUM.
>> ADAMS FAMILY STADIUM.
UNFORTUNATELY I DON'T HAVE A HAND WHERE I CAN DO THE FINGER SNAP.
>> THAT IS 1961?
>> YEAH.
BRIAR CLIFF HIGH SCHOOL.
>> ALL OF THE DEKALB COUNTY FACILITIES HAVE ASTRO TURF.
GODFREY HAS TURF.
THAT IS PANTHERSVILLE.
A LOT OF SCHOOLS THAT HAVE UNDERGONE THEIR -- WHAT'S THE WORD I'M LOOKING FOR?
>> RENOVATION.
REFURBISHED.
>> YES.
YOU GO TO THE AND GET ME EVERY TIME.
>> TAKEN AT THE 12 YARD LINE.
SAM BROWN MOVING LATERALLY AND NOW VERTICALLY AND SHOVED OUT OF BOUNDS NEAR THE 30.
>> GOOD WORK, BROWN.
>> WELL, ARCHER WILL FALL TO 1-1 IN THE REGION AND GRAYSON WILL IMPROVE TO 3-0.
GRAYSON WILL HAVE TWO REGION GAMES REMAINING.
THEY WILL PLAY HOST TO SOUTH GWINNETT.
>> OKAY.
>> NEXT TO LAST WEEK OF THE SEASON.
GRAYSON HAD ONLY ONE GEORGIA TEAM IN THEIR NONREGION SCHEDULE.
>> THAT'S PRETTY AMAZING.
THAT'S REALLY AMAZING.
>> YOU KNOW, NOBODY IS SAYING IT BUT NOBODY IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA OUTSIDE WOULD PLAY THE NONREGION BECAUSE OF THE TRANSFERS.
THEY WERE UPSET ABOUT ALL OF THE TRANSFERS.
A LOT OF COACHES UPSET ABOUT IT.
THEY HAVE DEERFIELD.
HOOVER ON THEIR SCHEDULE.
>> THEY GOT SOME REAL STUFF DOWN THERE TOO.
>> AND THAT WAS A TV GAME.
A HOOVER GAME!
SOME OF THE OTHER GAMES WERE NOT -- THOSE WERE TEAMS FROM ALABAMA COMING TO PLAY AND PLAYING THEM.
THEY HAD A HARD TIME.
ARCHER HAD A HARD TIME PUTTING TOGETHER FOR A DIFFERENT REGION.
NO ONE WANTS TO PLAY ARCHER.
NO ONE WANTS TO PLAY GRAYSON.
>> GET USED TO IT.
I MEAN THESE SCHOOLS ARE 15 MINUTES APART, 20 MINUTES APART.
THESE KIDS PLAY IN THE GWINNETT FOOTBALL LEAGUE.
THEY KNOW EACH OTHER.
THEY GET HAIRCUTS AT THE SAME SPOT.
THEY WILL BE HERE.
>> ARCHER IS ABOUT TO FALL TO 2-5 ON THE SEASON.
ALL FIVE LOSSES HAVE COME TO TEAMS RANKED IN THE TOP FIVE OF 7A.
MILL CREEK NUMBER TWO.
GRAYSON NUMBER THREE LOSING TONIGHT.
NUMBER FOUR NORCROSS.
THEY LOST AS WELL IN THE OPENING GAME OF THE SEASON AT THE GEORGIA DOME!
NICE THROW BY WAYE EXCELLENT.
NICE JOB.
GREAT THROW.
BAKER DOWN AS ARCHER TRIES TO BEAT THE SHUT OUT HERE.
>> LET'S TELL YOU WHAT'S GOING ON.
FOURTH QUARTER.
THIS ONE BACK AND FORTH.
THEY ARE HALF WAY THROUGH THE FOURTH.
COME BACK TO YOU AFTER THIS PLAY.
IT WILL BE THE FIFTH SACK OF THE NIGHT.
>> THERE IS YOUR UPDATE HERE.
YOU CAN SEE LOVEJOY SWAMPING TUCKER DEFENSIVELY.
I KNOW THAT AS THIS GAME CONTINUES FOURTH QUARTER WE ARE TRYING TO GIVE CHUCK SMITH AN UPDATE ABOUT CLARK CENTRAL.
THE LAST ONE WE HAD, BY THE WAY, 52-8 CHT IT WASN'T JOHNSON/GAINESVILLE.
THERE YOU GO.
I'M GLAD YOU'RE NOT GIVING THAT.
>> YEAH.
I'M TAKING THIS IN.
>> GETS DROPPED AT THE 44.
>> WHAT'S GOING ON AT LAKE SIDE?
>> GIVING LAKESIDE A HANDFUL.
I HAVE TO GIVE A LOT OF CREDIT TO CAM JONES.
HE TURNED HIM AROUND.
THEY WERE 4-2 AT ONE POINT.
BIG UPS AND BIG KUDOS.
>> AND YOUR FAMOUS WORDS?
>> JUST KICKING IT.
>> BALL WILL GO OVER AFTER HE IS UNABLE TO KEKD WITH BAKER ON THE SIDELINE.
SO GRAYSON GOING TO GET IT BACK WITH TWO MINUTES TO PLAY.
>> TIME OUT BY THE RAMS.
I GUESS IT WILL GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET SOME OF THE YOUNGER PLAYERS IN THE GAME.
>> I THINK I HAVE SOMETHING I WANT TO SAY ABOUT THIS CONVERSATION.
THIS IS UNPRECEDENTED.
EVERYTHING HAS GOT TO WORK TOGETHER.
PARENTS GOT TO HAVE CERTAIN MEANS.
YOU KNOW, TO GET WHERE THEY NEED TO GET WHEN IT COMES TO THESE TEAMS.
THE ONLY THING THAT'S GOING TO HELP OR CHANGE WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE, THEY GOT TO WIN IT ALL.
>> YEAH.
>> THIS IS ONE OF THOSE SITUATIONS.
LET'S MAKE A COMPARISON TO THE HEAT.
YOU HAVE GOT TO WIN A CHAMPIONSHIP.
ANYTHING LESS THAN THAT IS REALLY A FAILURE.
WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
>> AND JEFF HAS LEAD FOUR DIFFERENT TEAMS TO STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS.
HE DID IT IN 1999 AND AT CAMDEN COUNTY HE DID IT THREE TIMES AND THEN BACK TO BACK IN 2008 AND IN 2009.
TEAMS HAVE MADE THE PLAY OFFS 19 STRAIGHT YEARS.
GRAYSON WILL DO IT THIS YEAR TOO.
HE TAKES OVER THE SUPER POWERED TEAM, NO DOUBT ABOUT IT.
HE SAYS FROM A NUMBER OF PLAYERS, TALENT OF PLAYERS, YOU KNOW, KIND OF A CAM PARABLE SITUATION TO HIS SITUATION WHERE THEY WON THREE STATE TITLES.
HE SAID AS FAR AS EXPECTATIONS AND TAKING OVER A PROGRAM JUST NO COMPARISON WHO SO EVER.
JUST OUT THE ROOF HERE.
IF YOU DON'T GO UNDEFEATED WHICH THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO DO BUT IF YOU DON'T WIN THE STATE TITLE LOOK AT THIS POINT.
>> I AGREE WITH YOU 100%.
THEY WANTED TO COME TOGETHER FOR THAT.
THE SCARY PART IS THIS THE RIGHT COACH?
AGAIN, MAN, I'M ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE THAT EVERYBODY WANTS TO GET CAUGHT UP IN STARS.
THESE GUYS ARE GREAT PLAYERS.
ARE THEIR PLAYERS THAT CAN'T BE BEAT?
NO.
THIS TEAM, THEY ARE GREAT PLAYERS BUT THEY ARE -- THERE'S NO DEON SANDERS ON THE FIELD.
YOU LOOK AT THE NFL MOST OF THE GUYS, WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT, THEY ARE TWO STAR.
IF YOU SEE THE GUYS YOU'LL UNDERSTAND WHY.
THIS IS NOT LIKE THEY PICKED UP AN ENTIRE OFFENSE.
THEY HAVE GUYS THAT ARE GREAT PLAYERS.
NOW THEY HAVE TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.
>> I THINK THE BIG STORY IS THEY HAVE NOW ALLOWED -- IT LOOKS LIKE THE SECOND SHUTOUT OF THE SEASON.
NEARLY PICKED OFF AS JONES IS NOW IN THEIR QUARTERBACK.
HE CLOCK CONTINUES TO RUN.
THEY HAVE THROWN TWO SHUTOUTS THIS YEAR.
>> THEY ARE BALLING, MAN.
THEY ARE BALLING.
THE FOUNDATION WILL BE THE DEIF HE THINKS.
THEY ARE EXTRA AGGRESSIVE.
I LOVE IT.
WELL COACHED.
THEY CAME OUT HERE AGAINST ARCHER AND REALLY TOOK IT TO HIM FAST AND PHYSICAL FROM THE FIRST SNATCH!
LOOKS LIKE WILSON IS DOWN ON THE FIELD THEY ARE LOOKING AT HIS LEFT KNEE.
LET'S CHECK IN ON WOODSTOCK AND LASSITER.
>> 34-23.
WHEN THIS GAME WAS 10-7 BACK AND FORTH YOUR GOING OKAY.
IT WILL BE ONE OF THOSE GAMES.
THE FOURTH QUARTER HAS REALLY OPENED UP.
IT WILL BE A SPRINT TO SEE WHAT OPENED UP.
1-AND 9 AND A GREAT TURN AROUND.
IF LASSITER CAN'T HOLD ON IT WILL GET THEM SQUARED AWAY.
RIGHT NOW IF 34-23.
>>> THAT WILL DO IT AS THE RAMS IMPROVE TO 6-1.
THEY ARE NOW 3-0 IN REGION 8 7A HEADING INTO THEIR NEXT REGION GAME AGAINST THE RAMS.
ARCHER DROPS TO 2-5.
THEY WILL BE ON THE ROAD AT ROCKDALE COUNTY NEXT FRIDAY NIGHT.
ALL IN ALL AN IMPRESSIVE PERFORMANCE BY THOSE FEEL COULD BE THE STATE CHAMPIONS.
>> THEY LOOK THE PART RIGHT NOW.
I'M EXCITED TO SEE HOW IT FINISHES UP.
>> WELL, IT WORKED HERE TONIGHT AND IT WORKED IN THE FIRST SEVEN GAMES OF THE SEASON AS GRAYSON ROLLS OVER ARCHER 38-0.
NEXT WEEK IT'S THE BATTLE OF FIVE FORKS.
JOIN ME ALONG WITH LARRY SMITH.
CHUCK, GOOD WORKING WITH YOU.
I'M MATT STEWART.
NOW DOWN TO JOHN NELSON ON THE FIELD.
>> THANKS VERY MUCH.
>> HOW MUCH ARE YOU GETTING PAID FOR THIS, JOHN?
[ LAUGHTER ] >> YOU TRY TO GIVE THE MAN TIME TO TOWEL OFF.
CONGRATULATIONS.
YOU GET TO KEEP IT.
>> I DIDN'T THINK WE PLAYED REAL WELL CERTAINLY IN THE FIRST HALF.
WE HAVE REALLY TALENTED PLAYERS.
THEY DID THEIR THING TONIGHT IN SPITE OF BAD COACHING IN THE FIRST HALF.
>> AND YOU LOOK AT YOUR OFFENSE AND WE TALKED ABOUT GETTING THE BIG SHOTS EARLY ON AND ALL OF THAT.
WHERE DO YOU GO FROM HERE KNOWING THAT REGION IS A SPRINT WITH THE GAME OF HOOVER THROWN IN?
>> THEY HAVE A LOT OF BIG PLAYABILITY TOO.
THIS WAS A BIG EMOTIONAL WIN FOR THEM.
WE HAVE TO GET THEIR FOCUS BACK AND SEE IF WE CAN'T GET READY FOR NEWTON COUNTY.
WE DON'T WANT TO TAKE A STEP BACKWARDS.
>> WHERE DO YOU THINK YOU ARE RIGHT NOW?
>> WE HAVE GOTTEN A LITTLE BETTER EACH WEEK.
I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY QUESTION.
STILL, IT'S A TRANSITION HERE.
SO THINGS AREN'T ALWAYS AS SMOOTH AS I WOULD LIKE IT BUT WE ARE GETTING THERE.
THE KIDS ARE WORKING HARD.
THE COACHES ARE WORKING HARD.
WE ARE NOT WHERE WE NEED TO BE.
>> THANKS FOR BEING A GREAT HOST.
>> THANKS FOR BEING HERE.
>> JEFF HERRON HERE TONIGHT.
THE POST GAME SHOW STARTS RIGHT NOW.
>> HI AGAIN EVERYBODY.
WELCOME TO POST, GPB POST GAME SHOW.
I'M MARK.
>> AND I'M JACKIE.
A GREAT PROGRAM OVER THERE.
>> ARCHER LOST FIVE GAMES IN CLASS 7A.
THERE'S REALLY NO DISRESPECT THERE.
THEY PLAYED WELL AND PLAYED AGAINST GOOD TEAMS.
THEY HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO GET IT DONE.
>> AND HE KNOWS WHAT HE IS DOING.
THEY ARE ALWAYS IN THE CON VER SAGTS TOWARDS THAT POST SEASON.
IT'S A TOUGH YEAR SO FAR FOR THEM.
I'M SURE THEY HAVE GOT THEIR HEADS IN IT AND KIND OF BONDING.
LOSING TO THE TOP FIVE TEAMS DOESN'T MAKE THEM FEEL THAT GREAT BUT A GOOD EFFORT OUT THERE!
AS WE GO ON THE ROAD TO THE GEORGIA DOME WE'LL HAVE A UNIQUE >> ABSOLUTELY.
>> NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT.
>> LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF THE EARLY HIGHLIGHTS AS BRICE TO DEANGLO GIBBS.
HE GOES 55 YARDS.
GRAYSON TAKES A 7-0 LEAD AND THEY NEVER LOOK BACK.
LATER IT'S THE FIELD GOAL.
THROUGH AND THROUGH AND THAT MADE IT 17-0.
LATE IN THE FIRST HALF BRICE FINDS STURGIL.
IT'S GOING RIGHT OVER THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD.
THIS MADE IT 24-0.
THAT WAS THE HALFTIME SCORE.
THEY TEAM UP FOR ANOTHER TOUCHDOWN TO MAKE IT 31-0.
LATER IT'S CURT TAYLOR.
HE WILL GO RIGHT UP THE MIDDLE TO MAKE THE SCORE 38-0 AS GRAYSON UPS ITS RECORD TO 6-1 ON 2 SEASON.
LET'S CHECK IN NOW, THE PLAYER OF GAME.
>> YEAH; HE HAD A BIT OF A NIGHT.
>> THE LAST QUESTION I ASK IS THE FIRST QUESTION I ASK YOU.
WHERE DO YOU GUYS THINK YOU ARE AS A TEAM RIGHT NOW?
>> WE HAVE TAKEN EVERY GAME.
I GET A CHANCE.
IT IS HERE.
WE HAVE BEEN WORKING HARD.
IT IS THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.
IT COMES TOGETHER AND GET A FEEL FOR EACH OTHER.
YOU HAVE A LOT OF NEW COACHES.
EVERYBODY GETTING A FEEL FOR EACH OTHER.
WE ARE KEEPING IT MOVING AND KEEPING IT ROLLING.
>> WITH ALL OF THESE NEW HEADS WHERE DO YOU THINK YOU ARE RIGHT NOW WHEN YOU'RE CLOSE?
WHERE ARE YOU RIGHT NOW?
>> I DON'T THINK WE ARE CLOSE TO THE MAX POTENTIAL.
WE LOOKED VERY GOOD ON DEFENSE.
WE LOOKED GOOD ON OFFENSE AS WELL.
I THINK ON BOTH SIDES WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF WORK WE CAN DO AS FAR AS GAME PLANNING, SCHEMING AND PLAYERS KNOWING THEIR ASSIGNMENTS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
WE HAVE A LOT OF STUFF WE HAVE TO WORK ON.
>> YOU WON'T TELL US A LOT ABOUT THAT.
SO THEN TO GET TO WHERE YOU WANT TO BE THIS GAME 15 AND WIN GAME 15.
WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO DO TO GET TO WHERE YOU WANT TO DO?
>> WE HAVE TO COME OUT AND COME OUT AND PRACTICE EVERY DAY.
IF WE THINK WE'LL BEAT HIM WE COME OUT AND PRACTICE HARD.
THE COACHES WON'T LET UP ON US.
WE MAY GET A DAY OF PRACTICE.
WE COME OUT AND THAT'S WHAT WE TRY TO DO.
WE TRY TO PRACTICE HARD.
WE HAVE A LOT OF TALENT.
IT'S WHERE WE TRY TO EXPOSE IT AND BRING THE BEST OUT OF EACH OTHER.
IT'S EASY.
IT'S EASY.
>> AND THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT.
WE HAVE THE OFFICIAL PRESENTATION.
YOU HAVE THE FIRST PART.
LOOK AT THIS.
PLAYER OF THE GAME.
YOU GET TO KEEP THAT.
THIS GOES WITH YOU.
THIS GOES WITH YOU.
THANK OUR FRIENDS THAT COME OUT FOR HANGING OUT AND MAKING A VERY NICE TROPHY.
WE'LL SEND IT BACK OVER TO THE SET.
>> CERTAINLY HAS A REASON TO SMILE.
HE IS OUR PLAYER AND PLAY OF THE GAME.
LET'S GET TO THE PLAY OF THE GAME.
THERE'S A LOT HAPPENING TONIGHT.
CLOSE TO HIM, NUMBER NINE.
WAITING FOR THE BALL.
HE WILL RUN IT IN AND TURN IT TO SIX POINTS.
IT WILL TAKE IT 13-0.
AS YOU CAN SEE, HE IS PRETTY EXCITED AND FIRED UP ABOUT THAT ONE.
NICE JOB FOR THAT.
YOU CAN FIND US ON FACEBOOK, TWITTER AND SNAP CHAT AND TWITTER.
AS YOU CAN SEE THE MAJORITY VOTE AND SURE ENOUGH THEY DID.
>> WE ALSO HAVE AN APP YOU CAN DOWNLOAD FOR FREE.
WE HAVE PATTY NELSON.
SIT ON MY PHONE FROM DALLAS FORT WORTH.
YOU'RE KIND OF FAMILY.
YOU CAN'T WIN THE GPB FLAG.
I ALWAYS WEAR ANY FLAG PROUDLY.
PUMPKIN SPICE DOG TREATS.
THANKS FOR HANGING OUT WITH US.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOUR TWEETS NEXT WEEK.
>> SOMETHING ELSE IS THE SCORE BOARD.
WE'LL CHECK OUT SEVERAL SCORES FROM AROUND THE STATE STARTING OFF WITH WHERE WE WERE ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED TO BE.
DUE TO HURRICANES KNOCKED OFF CAMDEN COUNTY.
IT IS ON ALL CYLINDERS.
IT WAS MILL CREEK 31-12.
ROBINS 26-7.
34-21 YOUR FINAL THERE.
OTHER SCORES OVER HUGHES.
THE BIG GAME 23-19.
BUFORD RANKED 21.
CARDERSVILLE RANKED NUMBER ONE.
THAT GAME STILL IN THE FOURTH QUARTER 35-21.
CARTERSVILLE ON TOP.
TOP RANKED GAC 49-21.
>> REMEMBER, THERE'S AB -- IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S IN THERE.
43-3.
LET'S KICK IT AND LET YOU KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.
THIS GAME BACK AND FORTH ALL THE WAY THROUGH BIG ACTION IN THE FOURTH QUARTER.
BOOD STOCK LEADING 34-23.
LOOKS LIKE THERE'S ABOUT 2 TWO MINUTES TO GO.
TRYING TO HANG ON HERE.
WHAT LASSITER IS LOOKING FOR IS A RETURN.
WHEN THE DEFENSE ACTS LIKE THAT IT WILL BE A FOURTH DOWN SITUATION AT THE 40 YARD LINE.
IT WILL BE A FIRST DOWN FOR LASS TER.
YOU'RE AT 90 SECONDS TO GO.
AN 11 POINT LEAD.
THIS GAME WAS 10-7 AT THE BREAK THIS IS WOODSTOCK AND LASSITER.
DODGING AND SCRAMBLING FOR THE TROJANS.
DO YOU GET RID OF IT?
YOU HANG ONTO IT.
YOU DEAL AT THE 16 YARD LINE.
YOU'RE LOOKING AT 77 SECONDS NOW FOR WOODSTOCK AND LASSITER.
CAN WOODSTOCK HANG ON?
THE POINT THAT WE MADE IN THE SHOW LASSITER HAS BEEN IN THE TOP TEN.
YOU SAW RIGHT THERE THE PUNCH OUT TRYING TO GET IT DONE.
A SCRAMBLE, WIDE OPEN, NO FLAGS.
LOOKS LIKE A TOUCHDOWN FOR LASSITER.
SO 34-29.
THEY CALLED HIM OUT AT THE 2.
SO THAT'S 61 SECONDS.
YOU'LL TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT IT HERE LOOKING FOR ANY KIND OF A TARGET.
IT LOOKS LIKE WOODSTOCK DROPS SEVEN IN THIS PARTICULAR COVERAGE.
YOU CAN SEE HERE IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S ABOUT TO BE A SCORE.
YOU SEE HIM STEP OUT OF BOUNDS AT THE TWO YARD LINE.
A FLAG ON THE PLAY.
LET'S SEE WHERE THE FLAG WAS DROPPED AND WHAT KIND OF SITUATION IT CREATES FOR LASSITER.
THEY HAD IT AT THE TWO.
IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S A SPOT FOUL.
IT WILL BE A LONG SITUATION FOR ABOUT A MINUTE TO GO REGULATION FOR LASSITER.
THERE'S THE FLAG.
THEY WILL GO BACK TO ABOUT THE 30 YARD LINE AND START IT OVER.
ONCE AGAIN, DOWN 11.
YOU HAVE TO GET THE ON-SITE KICK IF YOU WILL TURN THIS 11 POINT MARGIN AND SEE WHAT ELSE IS GOING ON.
WE'LL SEND IT TO BREAK.
WE'LL BE BACK WITH A CONCLUSION IN JUST A SEC.
>> I WANT TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THAT.
>> I KNOW.
IT WAS LIKE SUSPENSE.
I CAN'T TAKE IT.
>> MORE SCORES, MORE HIGHLIGHT TS WHEN WE COME BACK.
>> AND WE'LL GIVE YOU ONE FINAL SOCIAL MEDIA UPDATE AND HEAR MORE.
STAY WITH US.
WE'LL BE BACK IN A FEW MINUTES.
>> THE LIGHTS ARE STILL ON.
>> LET'S SHOW YOU WHAT'S GOING ON AT WOODSTOCK AND LASSITER.
THIS IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE CHICKEN.
THERE IS THOSE PARTICULAR SECTIONS.
THE CHICKEN SPONSORED ASPECT OF THE GAME.
FOURTH DOWN 25.
YOU'LL THROW IT UP AND HOPEFULLY YOU'LL GET A FLAG.
YOU HAVE 40 SENGDS LEFT.
>> HAIL MARY.
KNOCK IT DOWN AND THAT I HAD DID.
IT LOOKS LIKE SOMETHING ELSE HAPPENING WOODSTOCK WILL KNOCK OFF LASSITER BY THE SCORE OF 34-43.
31-0.
TEAMS WERE IN AND OUT.
FINAL SCORE 52-7.
THIS WAS WHAT CHUCK SMITH WANTED TO DELIVER.
ALSO RICHMONDAY HILL ON THE COAST 28-6.
ONE MORE TO GIVE YOU BEFORE THAT.
WINDS OVER JOHNSON AND SAVANNAH.
>> DO TAKE A BREATH.
WE'LL THROW IT OVER TO JACKIE AND SHE CAN GET US UPDATED ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
>> WE LIKE TO CELEBRATE A LITTLE FLASH BACK FRIDAY.
THESE PHOTOS ARE TOO GOOD NOT TO SHARE.
YOU HAVE BRAVES AND THE RAMS THERE NUMBER ONE.
IT LOOKS LIKE HE IS A QUARTERBACK THERE.
THESE WERE HEAD TODAY DUKE.
THOSE GUYS TALKED TO THEIR PARENTS AT HALFTIME.
BE SURE TO SEND US YOUR PHOTOS.
BE SURE TO FIND US ON FACEBOOK, TWITTER AND SNAPCHAT TOO, GUYS.
>> ON THAT LASSITER GAME, THEY LOST LAST WEEK AND THEN WOODSTOCK COMES IN.
IT WOULD BE A VERY COMPETITIVE GAME.
>> RIGHT NOW YOU'RE LOOKING AT SEEDING.
YOU SAID I'M THE ONLY ONE LOOKING AT BRACKETS RIGHT NOW.
THIS GAME PROBABLY COULD HAVE BEEN A 2-3 GAME TO FIGURE OUT WHO WOULD HAVE THE FIRST ROUND HOME GAME COMING OUT OF THE REGION.
GETTING THAT LEG UP IT MEANS WITH ONLY THREE GAMES LEFT THEY HAVE THAT MUCH MORE WORK TO DO TO GET THE REGION CHAMPIONSHIP.
A BIG WIN ON THE ROADS.
>> YOU VISITED REGION 1.
THERE IS ONLY FOUR TEAMS IN THAT STATE.
IT WILL ONLY BE THREE GAMES FOR ALL OF THE DIFFERENT TEAMS.
THEY ARE ALL -- >> I MEAN THINK ABOUT IT.
THE FOLKS HAD A LOT MORE ON THEIR MINDS.
>> RIGHT.
DO WE HAVE THE FINAL SCORE ON THAT GAME?
>> IT WAS 49-3 AT THAT POINT.
SO FOUR WINS NOW?
>> YEAH.
WHEN YOU SEE FOUR NUMBERS TO THE RIGHT OF THE DASH THIS SEASON.
I THINK IT WILL BE THIS SEASON AND THAT SEASON.
I WILL CONTINUE TO PREACH, IT'S OKAY.
BECAUSE OF HAVING TO COME UP WITH THESE WILD CARD GAMES YOU'LL HAVE TEAMS AT 5-5 AND 6-4 MAKING GOOD PLAY OFF RUNS BECAUSE OF THE NONNONREGION SCHEDULE THAT THEY PLAYED.
>> BUT THEN YOU HAVE TO SPRINT THROUGH WHICH IS THE TOUGHEST TO WIN.
>> RIGHT.
YOU HAVE A SPRINT AND HOPE YOU HAVE ENOUGH TO GET THROUGH PLAY OFFS.
>> IT'S A MARATHON, FOLKS.
>> RIGHT.
>> WE'LL BE BACK WITH MORE SCORES AND TRY TO FIND MORE GAMES OUT THERE IF THERE'S ANY GOING ON.
WE'LL BE BACK IN JUST A SECOND WHEN THE GEORGIA FOOTBALL FRIDAY POST GAME SHOW CONTINUES RIGHT AFTER THIS.
>>> WELCOME BACK.
WE ARE HERE.
YOU HAVE UPDATED SCORES FOR US.
>> YEAH, LET'S HEAD HERE.
29-20 AND THEY HAVE ONE OF THE BIGGEST RUNNING BACKS IN THE STATE RIGHT NOW.
KEEP AN EYE ON COOK AS THEY MAKE THEIR WAY THROUGH.
COLUMBUS KNOCKED OFF 40-29 AND THE OTHER ACTION 45-17.
I'LL GIVE YOU A PARTIAL HERE.
LET ME GIVE YOU TWO MORE.
35-13.
YOUR PARTIAL TIED AT 28 GOING INTO OVERTIME.
AND ALSO A TWO YARD TOUCHDOWN, FIVE AND A HALF MINUTES TO GO.
THEY LEAD BY 34-28.
SO MAYBE THAT GOT AROUND.
>> YEAH.
I WANT TO SEE THAT.
>> YOU HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING THAT ALL YEARLONG.
>> YEAH.
>> I THOUGHT HE WAS GOOD.
WE TALKED TO HIM A LOT THIS WEEK.
HE TALKED ABOUT THAT.
YOU HAVE GOT TO WONDER, A GUY WHO -- THIS HAS BEEN HIS KIND OF DOMAIN.
HE KIND OF SHAKES THINGS UP A LITTLE BIT.
THEY ARE ALL GELLING TOGETHER.
>> THAT WRAPS UP TONIGHT'S GAME AT GRAYSON HIGH SCHOOL.
>> WE CERTAINLY HOPE YOU HAVE ENJOYED TONIGHT'S BROADCAST.
YOU CAN WATCH IT ALL OVER AGAIN COMING UP IN A LITTLE BIT AFTER WE SIGN OFF.
>> NEXT FRIDAY NIGHT GPB, A GREAT RIVALRY GAME BETWEEN PARK VIEW AND BROOKWOOD.
>> THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TONIGHT.
YOU CAN WATCH AN ENCORE PRESENTATION AS SOON AS WE SIGN OFF.
GOOD NIGHT EVERYBODY.
>> BYE.
>> BYE.
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