Last week: 19-5

Season: 119-32, 78.86

Within 7 points of margin: 6; 27 for the season

Upset specials: 0-4

A note: The Sports Report policy is to max out picks at 39 points although some games could earn a predicted margin of victory in the 40s and 50s.

 

Games of the week

Bleckley County (4-1/1-0) at Dublin (4-0/1-0)

          The Royals were 4-1 two years ago, against a different schedule – four Class A teams and Northeast – and this is a stronger 4-1. Dublin won that meeting 19-6. This is a stronger Dublin team. Much stronger. The Royals have some weapons and maybe more speed than anybody in the region. But Dublin has everything.

The Sports Report pick: Dublin by 30   

This week

Friday night’s roundup and scores (Friday)
Scouting Reports for Friday night (Friday)
Statewide polls and Maxwell Predictions (Thursday afternoon)
The Sports Report tells you the winners
Weekly football honorees (from teams, Thursday afternoon)
Class A power ratings
Monday Morning QB
Macon TD Club honorees

Last week
Friday night’s roundup and scores
Scouting Reports for Friday night
Statewide polls and Maxwell predictions
The Sports Report tells you the winners
Weekly football honorees (from teams)
Class A power ratings
Monday Morning QB (polls and notes)
Macon TD Club honorees

Dodge County (2-3/1-0) vs. Northeast (2-3/0-1)

          Turnovers doomed Northeast last week, but reviews are that the Raiders are a good-looking team. Dodge County returned to the norm last week with a romp over Northeast. Can Northeast play with confidence against a team that’s won three straight by an average of 38-13? Can a Bibb County team get a home-field advantage that it really needs in a playoff-type situation against a team that’s made the postseason seven straight years?

TSR pick: Dodge County by 13

Howard (4-1/0-0) at West Laurens (4-1/0-0)

          The headline game of the week has the top two teams in Region 2-4A in a quality venue where the home side should be pretty full for what is likely to be an action-packed defensive game. West Laurens has been a steady top-notch defensive team for awhile, and Howard has improved this year despite some big losses. The Huskies get six more points a game, the Raiders give up 10 fewer points a game. If you have an attention span and are over 30 – at least in football-watching years - this is a great game. Is Howard ready to win this kind of game? On the road?

TSR pick: West Laurens by 5

Warner Robins (4-1) at Houston County (4-1)

          On paper, conventional wisdom is to pick the Demons by a couple touchdowns. They beat the stuffing out of Warner Robins, they’re balanced, and through five games this season – same five opponents – they’re outscoring opponents by 19 points compared to 6.6 points last year. And the Bears had a week off after scoring two points to an unranked Class 5A team. Still, Houston County has everything in place to make this a game. Remember, nobody thought the Bears would hang with Peach County.

TSR pick: Houston County by 4 (upset special)

 

Games

Westside (3-2/1-0) vs. Central (0-5/0-1), Thursday, Ed DeFore

TSR pick: Westside by 25

Friday

Aquinas (4-0/1-0) at GMC (2-3/0-2)

TSR pick: Aquinas by 29

Crawford County (1-3/0-1) at Taylor County (2-2/0-1)

TSR pick: Taylor County by 20

Dooly County (0-4/0-1) at Macon County (2-2/1-0)

TSR pick: Macon County by 21

East Laurens (1-4/0-1) at Washington County (3-1/0-0)

TSR pick: Washington County by 33

Kendrick (1-4/0-1) vs. Rutland (1-4/0-1)

TSR pick: Rutland by 8

Locust Grove (0-5/0-2) at Jones County (5-0/2-0)

TSR pick: Jones County by 34

Mary Persons (2-3/0-0) at Spalding (1-4/0-0)

TSR pick: Mary Persons by 28

Monticello (0-5/0-2) at Putnam County (1-4/0-2)

TSR pick: Putnam County by 19

Perry (2-3/0-0) at Upson-Lee (2-3/0-0)

TSR pick: Perry by 3

Pike County (2-2, 0-0) at Peach County (4-1/1-0)

TSR pick: Peach County by 29

Pinecrest (0-4) at Mount de Sales (4-0)

TSR pick: Mount de Sales by 22

Spencer (2-3/0-1) at Lamar County (5-0/1-0)

TSR pick: Lamar County by 18

Tattnall (2-2/1-0) at Wilkinson County (0-4/0-0)

TSR pick: Tattnall by 28

Twiggs County (0-5/0-1) at FPD (1-3/0-0)

TSR pick: FPD by 27

GISA (GISA records as per MaxPreps)

Brentwood (3-2) at Memorial Day (0-5)

TSR pick: Brentwood by 23

Terrell Academy (3-2) at Gatewood (3-2)

TSR pick: Gatewood by 18

Westfield (0-5) at Trinity Christian (1-3)

TSR pick: TCS by 19

ACE (0-5) at CFCA

TSR pick: ACE by 23