The game of this week in the state of Georgia is between two teams that always have high expectations. North Gwinnett will make the short trip over to Buford on Friday night and both teams are loaded with talent. Those two programs are also well-coached and well-acquainted with one another due to proximity. <\/p>\n
Buford is out of Region 8 is the No. 1 seed and it is facing an unbeaten North Gwinnett team. It\u2019ll be broadcast on\u00a0Peachtree Sports Network<\/a>\u00a0starting at 7:30 pm E.T., and digitally on\u00a0Atlanta News First<\/a>,\u00a0ZEAM<\/a>\u00a0and the\u00a0National Federation of High Schools Network<\/a>. Buford is ranked 9th in the state of Georgia while North Gwinnett is ranked 8th according to the On3 Massey Ratings. This a quarter-final matchup with the winner taking on the winner of Carrollton\/Hillgrove.\u00a0 North Gwinnett or Buford would host next week based off the coin toss conducted by the Georgia High School Sports Association.<\/p>\n The\u00a0On3 Massey Ratings<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 which were officially used during the BCS era and have generated college and high school sports team rankings since 1995 \u2014 rank sports teams by analyzing game outcomes, strength of schedule and margin of victory.<\/em><\/p>\n These two schools are only seven miles apart. Buford has been on a roll and the Wolves have blown out their last 10 opponents, including a 42-7 win over Lowndes last week. North Gwinnett has quietly gone 12-0 and they are led by senior QB Ryan Hall, a three-year starter with 5,547 career passing yards and 1,965 rushing yards.\u00a0He\u2019s one of the most decorated triggermen in the state of Georgia<\/p>\n Both teams have several major college prospects on each side of the ball and across multiple classes. North Gwinnett\u2019s strength is its defensive front with Braxton Kyle<\/a><\/strong>, a Rutgers DL commit, and Cole Funderburk<\/a><\/strong>, a Wake Forest DE commit. Buford is led by 2025 USC LB commit Jadon Perlotte (former Georgia pledge) and 2026 Four-Star DL Bryce Perry-Wright. The On3 Massey prediction has Buford winning this game 41-14. <\/p>\n The post Rusty Mansell\u2019s Georgia Game of the Week: North Gwinnett at Buford<\/a> appeared first on On3<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The game of this week in the state of Georgia is between two teams that…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-76763","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76763","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76763"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76763\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Tale of the Tape\u2026<\/h2>\n