Well, I will be the first to applaud the fact that Avon does it the RIGHT way. They, like Colquitt, play with what God gave them.
And as an aside, this is by NO means meant to be a racial statement, BUT. The world had better be glad that Colquitt only has 400 black coeds in a school of 2350. And 15% of the enrollment is Hispanics, who don't play football. They play primarily soccer and a few play baseball. And every so often, the coach will persuade a Hispanic kid to try out for the football team as a kicker. Many of the athletes who are Caucasian at Colquitt, concentrate on soccer, baseball, and a few dive for our nationally known diving team. I said THAT to say THIS. Colquitt plays with what is primarily a 3A enrollment, talentwise. Our 100-man varsity roster (9th-12th grade) is derived from about 200 black males, a few Hispanics, and maybe twenty to thirty white boys, making up the Varsity from a school with over 1200 males. No doubt we'd probably be better if the entire male enrollment was involved.
As for Buford, enrollment is IRRELEVANT. Herbie found that out the hard way, around 2006, when he invited then 2A Buford, to play in his Herbie vs the world challenge. And having not investigated Buford other than a cursory search. He paired them with one of the much lesser powerhouses on his list. And it was BLOOD BATH, 42-7. He brought them back the next season I believe, thinking that the first game was just an aberration, with the same result.
Buford was a 5A school until 2022 with 1100 students, and the GHSA installed the 3X multiplier, that placed them in 7A. They had a minimum of 30% of their enrollment who didn't live in Buford, primarily there for athletics. Which ALSO encompasses two separate counties in their city limits. They receive city, state, and county taxes from both Gwinnett and Hall counties, population of nearly 1.2,000,000. And they also receive SPOLOST funding from both Gwinnett and Hall counties, as well. PLUS, a significant number of college and pro athletes have gravitated to the lil wolf village next to the largest mall on the Eastern seaboard, with valet parking no less. They even have city bus service. And most cities of even 200,000, struggle to supply bus service in the rest of Georgia.
Another thing about Buford. They have won dozens of state titles in about ten different sports, both girls and boys. And that ain't an accident. NOBODY is THAT good, every season, without a lot of help from their friends and neighbors. But even Buford can't seem to lasso every stud in the area. The top DB in the country for three of the past four seasons, has come from within TEN miles of Buford, in Gwinnett County. And UGA got ZERO of them. Collins Hill's Travis Hunter, Buford's K.J. Bolden, and the freshmen DB who is starting for the Crimson Pachyderms, Caleb Downs of Mill Creek.
As for Avon playing TX. Cali, or Fla. in 2025. There are probably pretty good chances that a decent team from those states, would travel to YOU. And I don't think that they would require a reciprocal trip to their place. Evidently, those states have mucho pesos. Colquitt has played national powers from MO., Va., Fla., Cali, Ala., S.C., and Miss. And only Hoover, Ala. required a home and home. In fact, future National Champion South Panola, Miss., drove ten hours, to KICK OUR BUTTS in 2010. Our only moral victory was that they only gave up 80 points in fifteen games. And we scored 35 of those.
We just couldn't stop um. And they NEVER punt, and always go for a two point conversions, to run
