Calhoun’s quest for a state title came up three points short on Friday as they fell to defending champion Buford, 13-10, in the Georgia Dome.
It was the third state championship in a row for the Wolves and the second straight win over Calhoun in the championship game as they defeated the Yellow Jackets 45-21 last December.
Calhoun head coach Hal Lamb said on Saturday that this one is probably going to take some time to get over.
“It’s been a rough day for obvious reasons,” said Lamb. “We just felt like we let one get away after looking at the tape.
“I think the kids played hard, there was nothing wrong with the effort. We just made too many mistakes. You can’t turn the ball over four times and expect to beat anybody.”
The Yellow Jackets experienced the same fate in 2005 when they went to 14-0 before falling in the championship game to Charlton County, 27-21.
Despite losing, Calhoun experience another great year as they won their ninth straight region title as well as spending the majority of the regular season ranked No. 1 in the state.
“Well, it was a great year, but this one’s going to hurt for a while because we felt like we were the better team and the better team didn’t win,” said Lamb. “But you’ve got to give Buford credit. They did what they had to do to win, and we didn’t. So it’s going to take a while to see the positives from this season.”
Lamb said that he felt especially bad for the group of seniors that will now leave this team because they were a special bunch of kids.
Looking to the future, Lamb said that he is confident that next year’s team can be very good, and this will not be the last people hear of Calhoun on this level.
“We’ll be back,” said Lamb.
As far as the "schedule makers" go, they are the representatives from each school within the region. For example, who is Calhoun playing for crossover games in 2010??? They have two of those and one non-region game to go along with seven sub-region games. Are they playing Pepperell and Armuchee. They were the two representatives from their sub-region in the playoffs this year. I haven't seen the schedule, so I have no idea.
As far as the QB and receiver situation goes, the following is what the perception is from alot of people outside Calhoun. They may both be from Calhoun, but they both played for Darlington, the QB as late as last year. After he transferred to CHS, the new turf was announced. Also, he was immediately named the starting QB when the QB from last year announced that he wasn't playing football, but was going to concentrate on baseball. This looks funny because he lead the Jackets to the title game and was named all-state in AA. So you can understand why this might look strange. He is the one I feel sorry for. This entire sequence of events has spawned the "conspiriacy" that the QB was recruited from Darlington.
Yes, both the QB and receiver have verbally committed to D-1 schools and there is no denying their talent. The knock on the receiver is that he takes plays off. I have seen this and it disturbs me. He has great size and hands, but he needs to combine that with more hustle. The QB has good size and strength, but the three or four times, I saw him, that was all I noticed. He did a good job managing the game. He may have committed to Vandy, but in as much as Armuchee isn't Calhoun, Vandy is no Florida, Georgia, or even Auburn.
I wish them well, and it would have been nice to have a team from this area win it all, but it just wasn't suppose to be this year.
As for the rest, keep reading:
“We’ll be back.”
Truer words were never spoken. I just wonder where they will get their QB and receiver at??? You think the stadium need new bleachers? or maybe a new sound system?
Now I understand why the schedule makers don't want to play up at AAA with the big boys. They are afraid they won't win.