Football is in full force

Well after a long summer football season arrived and as expected the local teams are well the local teams. Once again, the top teams are the top teams and the bottom teams are the same. Grayson is really good this year. I just love Ean Pemberton. We have called him Pinball for years because he bounces off people like a pinball. The game this week with South Gwinnett should be really exciting. The Comets have a wide open style and have scored 147 in 3 games averaging 49 points per game. They scored 49 in all 3 games. But they haven't come across a defense like that of the Rams. When you got three guys like Shawn Green, Joseph Champaign and Terry Williams, this Rams team could post a lot of shutouts this year. They gave up 1o points to Camden County and zero to both Warner Robins and Dacula. The 10 to Camden were gift points. After a fumble at the 20-yard line Camden kicked a field goal and also earlier had blocked a punt for a touchdown. It would not surprise me if Grayson gave up maybe 20-30 points the entire season. That is if they get by the high octane of South.
Then you have North Gwinnett with there high powered offense led by junior quarterback C.J. Uzomah. What an athlete. My predictions are the Bulldogs and Rams are headed for a battle. However, there is an X factor. They are the Peachtree Ridge Lions. Although they got spanked by Lowndes County, don't count out the Lions. It should be fun down the stretch. Collins Hill, Parkview, Brookwood and even Norcross or Mill Creek could be a spoiler as the year moves on. I am looking forward to the rest of the season. Let me know what you guys think.

Who will be this year's Grayson or Peachtree Ridge

Every year some team from Gwinnett County seems to come out of the woodwork and be a power not only in Gwinnett but state wide. This year will be no different. Last season Grayson went undefeated and had 3 great playoff games before falling in the semi's to Peachtree Ridge. The Lions also had a great year. They started off 0-2 before making it to the championship game at the Dome. So the question is who will be this year's Rams and Lions? Well my answer is Rams and Lions. Although the other teams are very good this year, which will make the Rams and Lions even better, both will be playing in early December.
Grayson returns a great runningback in Ean Pemberton. They return Shawn Green, Terry Williams and of course a big line. Peachtree Ridge returns a good quarterback and has some equally good skill players coming back and of course two great linebackers that were overshadowed last season in Tanner and Tyler Botts. Brookwood and Parkview have improved but a new trend has come and it's the Rams. Collins Hill, Norcross, Mill Creek and North Gwinnett are all very good but in the end watch for the Lions. Where can you have 8 teams battling for supremecy in one county and then get into the state tournament and it's like playing against lesser teams. This county is so loaded. So watch the others make a good run as well. But as they say to be the man you have to beat the man and right now the man is Grayson and Peachtree Ridge. They'll both be there at the end. You can count on it.