CALHOUN, Ga. – Hal Lamb and Maurice Freeman may be adversaries on the football field tonight, but the opposing coaches in the Class AA quarterfinal are in complete agreement about one thing.
Calhoun and Brooks County should not be playing each other yet.
“He and I talked about it last week and we agreed that this would make a great state championship game,” said Lamb, whose 12-0 No. 1-ranked Calhoun team gets to host the also undefeated No. 2-ranked Trojans. “I don’t like it, but he was very upset about it.”
Freeman’s angst is understandable. Brooks lost an epic semifinal game to the Yellow Jackets in 2008 when the Trojans were stopped at the goal line on the game’s final play (though most Trojans fans still insist the ball crossed the line). They lost again last year in the second round, 43-30.
It’s not that Freeman doesn’t want to play Calhoun; he just doesn’t want do do it in the quarterfinals.