>> 18 TEAMS HAVE CONVERGED ON TUSCALOOSA THIS WEEK FOR THE SUPER 7.

ALL 18 WITH ONE COMMON DREAM, AND TONIGHT IS NO EXCEPTION.

THE GULF SHORES DOLPHINS REALIZING THEIR DREAMS CAN COME TRUE, ALREADY A MILESTONE SEASON.

AND FOR THE RAMSAY RAMS, TRYING TO A REPEAT IS ALL THEY HAVE BEEN DREAMING OF.

WE WELCOME YOU BACK INSIDE BRYANT-DENNY BRYANT-DENNY STADIUM.

COACH, WHAT A NIGHT.

THE RAMS, 14 AND 0, COACH MARK HUDSPETH.

BREAKING RECORDS ALL SEASON LONG.

A LOT OF TALENT TO SHOWCASE FOR BOTH THE TEAMS.

>> YOU LAID IT OUT VERY WELL.

WE COULDN'T HAVE A BIGGER SPECTRUM TO WORK THROUGH TONIGHT.

YOU HAVE A TEAM THAT HAS BEEN -- IF RAMSAY WINS TONIGHT, THAT WILL BE THREE CHAMPIONSHIPS SINCE 2016.

GULF SHORES THE FIRST TIME EVER HERE.

GREAT RUNNINGBACKS, GREAT RECEIVERS AND QUARTERBACKS AND BIG STRONG LINEMEN.

IT'S GOING TO BE A GOOD ONE.

>> UP NEXT, WE'LL MEET THESE TEAMS, THESE COACHES AND YOU WILL LEARN ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW FOR THIS BIG 5A CLASH BETWEEN GULF SHORES AND Never seen a dog get a bath before?

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and t(guitar music) of knowing the water - As the long time coach, of the University of Alabama Crimson Tide, Coach Paul Bryant led the team to six national championships, 24 bowl games, 13 conference titles and three undefeated seasons.

He is widely considered the greatest college football coach of all time.

Hello, I'm John Crawl, defensive end on the 1973 national championship team that went 11 and all regular season.

In his 25 years at Alabama, Coach Bryant's team compiled 232 wins, 46 losses and participated in 24 consecutive ball games.

He was national coach of the year three times.

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Coach Bryant remains an integral part of the Alabama football tradition.

He established his scholarship fund for the children of former players to attend the university.

And to this day, Tide fans wear (mumbles) in his memory.

>> WE WELCOME YOU BACK INSIDE BRYANT-DENNY STADIUM, THE SUPER 7.

WE'VE ALREADY HAD FIVE TEAMS CROWNED AS CHAMPIONS.

THE STATE OF ALABAMA FOR 2023.

TONIGHT, WE WILL CROWN A SIXTH.

THE 5A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP, ROBERTS.

RICK RHODES.

COACH, GULF SHORES, 14 AND 0 BEING ON THE STAGE.

IN THIS SETTING, IT CAN BE DIFFERENT.

MEANWHILE, WHAT WE GET FROM RAMSAY IS A TEAM THAT IS USED TO BEING HERE.

>> CAN GULF SHORES HANDLE THE PRESSURE?

FIRST TIME THEY HAVE BEEN HERE.

THE STADIUM IS DIFFERENT THAN A TYPICAL HIGH SCHOOL STADIUM.

IT'S A DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENT.

THAT'S GOING TO BE A KEY.

IN THE GAMES RAMSAY HAVE LOST, TURNOVERS HAVE BEEN A PROBLEM.

KAMERON KEENAN, THE 3000-YARD-PLUS PASSER HAS TO HAVE A GREAT NIGHT.

>> TONIGHT'S COIN TOSS.

>> ASSISTING IN TODAY'S COIN TOSS REPRESENTING THE Q.BING CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION IS ELLIS BARKS FROM HOOVER HIGH SCHOOL IN HOOVER, ALABAMA.

ELLA AND HER FAMILY REPRESENT THE MANY FAMILIES WHO DIRECTLY BENEFIT FROM THE QUARTERBACKING CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION.

PLEASE JOIN ME IN A WARM WELCOME FOR ELLA AND HER FAMILY.

>> HI, GUYS.

THIS IS DANIEL.

YOU'RE THE VISITORS, YOU'RE GOING TO CALL IT.

I'LL FLIP IT AND CATCH IT.

WHAT DO YOU CALL IT?

>> HEADS.

>> WHAT DO YOU CALL IT?

>> TAILS.

>> ALSO TAILS.

YOU'VE WON, WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO?

>> WE WANT THE BALL.

>> WHAT GOAL.

>> THIS WAY.

>> TURN THAT WAY.

BLACK TURN THIS WAY.

RAMSAY WON THE TOSS.

WILL RECEIVE.

GOOD LUCK, GENTLEMEN.

>> SENDING IT TO SUSAN CARUTHERS, STANDING BY ON THE GULF SHORES DOLPHINS SIDELINES.

SUSAN.

>> THIS MAY BE THE 5A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME BUT WE HAVE AT LEAST A 7A SIZE CROWD ON THE SIDELINES.

I TALKED TO COACH MARK HUDSPETH BEFORE THE GAME.

HE IS VERY CONFIDENT FOR IT TO BE HIS SCHOOL'S FIRST TRIP TO THE SUPER 7.

HIS QUOTE I HEAR THE SIDELINES, THEY WILL PAINT BRYANT-DENNY STADIUM BRING.

>> HEAD COACH RONNIE JACKSON SAY THEY DON'T LOOK AT LAST YEAR.

HE DOESN'T BRING IT UP.

HIS MESSAGE TO HIS TEAM, WHAT CAN WE DO THIS YEAR TO MAKE HISTORY.

HE WILL RELY ON THAT EXPERIENCE FROM HIS SENIOR GROUP.

THERE ARE 26 SENIORS ON THIS TEAM, MOST OF THEM PLAYED LAST YEAR IN THAT CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM, AND HE SAYS THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO RELY ON HERE TODAY.

HOPEFULLY WIN BACK-TO-BACK FOR THE FIRST TIME IN SCHOOL HISTORY.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, LADIES.

THE RAMSAY RAMS DEFENDING 5A CHAMPIONS, COACH.

TEAM HARD TO MISS THEM WITH THE TEAL HELMETS, THE GULF SHORES DOLPHINS.

>> THEY ARE STRIKING.

>> YOU WERE HOPING FOR THE ALL TEAL LOOK.

>> I WAS HOPING FOR THAT.

KIND OF LIKE RAMSAY'S ALTERNATE BLACK AND BLUE RAMS' HORNS, BUT PRETTY GOOD LOOKING OUTFITS OBSERVE BOTH TEAMS.

>> WILL LANGSTON TO KICK IT AND THE 5A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP IS UNDERWAY, FUELED BY TRAMMELL WASHINGTON.

THE GULF SHORES COVERAGE TEAM RIGHT THERE.

WE'LL SEE A DEFENSE THAT HAS DONE NOTHING BUT PITCH FIVE SHUTOUTS AND A FIRST TEAM DEFENSE THAT HASN'T ALLOWED A PLAY THIS SEASON.

>> THE DEFENSE LED BY BRYAN VAN VANGORDER WHO HAS EXPERIENCE AT EVERY LEVEL AND HAS BROUGHT A SOPHISTICATED PACKAGE TO THE GULF SHORES.

>> KAMERON KEENAN, JUNIOR QUARTERBACK.

A PLAY.

QUICK OUT.

KNOCKED AWAY QUICKLY.

KAMERON KEENAN AND ASHTON ASHFORD, HE CAN DO A LOT.

YOU HAVE WIDE RECEIVERS IN WHAT THEY CAN DO IN WASHINGTON >> TREMELL WASHINGTON IS THEIR GO-TO GUY.

>> DOLPHINS HAVE IT.

A EXCHANGE WITH GULF SHORES ALREADY WITH THE EARLY TURNOVER.

>> TRIED TO RUN THE SPEED SWEEP ACTION.

LOOKS LIKE THEY TRIED TO PULL THE BALL.

AS ANY OPTION COACH KNOWS, IF YOU LET THE BALL RIDE PAST YOUR FRONT FOOT, IT'S GOING TO END UP ON THE GROUND MOST OF THE TIME.

GREAT PENETRATION BY GULF SHORES.

BIG TURNOVER.

THIS GAME COULD NOT HAVE STARTED ANY BETTER FOR THE GUYS IN TEAL.

>> LANDON EVERETT, SOPHOMORE LINEBACKER WAS RIGHT THERE TO FALL ON TOP OF IT.

RIGHT NOW GULF SHORES, WILL TELL YOU MORE ABOUT THEIR OFFENSE.

FRESHMAN QUARTERBACK, NOT THE FIRST IN THE SUPER 7.

JUDSON HARRIS WILL HAND IT OFF TO THE WORKFORCE.

TOO EASY.

TOUCHDOWN.

DOLPHINS 17 SECONDS INTO THE 5A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.

>> RONNIE WHO DOES A LOT FOR THE DOLPHINS.

COULDN'T HAVE STARTED BETTER FOR GULF SHORES.

>> RONNIE ROYAL COMMITTED TO N.C. STATE, TALENTED ON THE DEFENSIVE SIDE TO HAVE THE BALL.

YOU SEE HIM RUNNING THE FOOTBALL BUT HE'S NOT THE ONLY RUNNING BACK FOR THIS GULF SHORES TEAM.

TIME TO TALK ABOUT THAT AS NGSTON PUTS THAT UP AND THROUGH 7-0.

OFFENSE LEADING IN THE EARLY GOINGS.

LOOKING AT THE TOUCHDOWN ONE MORE TIME.

>> A LITTLE SPUD ZONE ACTION.

A NICE SEAL AND CUT BY ROYLE.

YOU KNOW, I'VE GOT IN MY NOTES HERE, HE AVERAGES ABOUT 27 YARDS A CARRY.

THAT'S PER CATCH, I'M SORRY.

I GOT THAT ONE WRONG.

6 YARDS PER CARRY.

884 YARDS ON THE YEAR AND THIS IS HIS SIXTH TOUCHDOWN.

>> FOR A TEAM IN GULF SHORES THAT IS NOT FAMILIAR WITH THIS STAGE, THERE'S NOT A BETTER WAY YOU COULD HAVE STARTED THIS FOOTBALL GAME.

>> LOOKED LIKE THEY WERE REALLY TIGHT, DIDN'T THEY?

MARK HUDSPETH IS ABOUT AS INTENSE A FOOTBALL COACH AS I'VE EVER BEEN AROUND AND HE HAS A GREAT WAY WITH YOUNG PEOPLE AND HE GOT EXACTLY THE KIND OF S HE WAS LOOKING FOR.

>> HUDSPETH IS NOT ONLY THE HEAD COACH AT THE FBS LEVEL BUT AN ASSISTANT COACH.

WELL DOCUMENTED HIS CAREER, WE'LL TELL YOU MORE ABOUT THAT AS THE KICK GOES THROUGH THE END ZONE.

WE'LL SEE RAMSAY ON OFFENSE FOR THE SECOND TIME TONIGHT.

WHAT SET UP THAT FIRST TOUCHDOWN, COACH?

>> WELL, AGAIN, THIS IS SPEED SWEEP ACTION, AND ANYTIME THAT YOU'RE A QUARTERBACK AND YOU RIDE AND DECIDE, AND THAT BALL GOES PAST YOUR FRONT FOOT, THE END RESULTS CAN BE JUST WHAT YOU'VE SEEN RIGHT THERE.

>> THE TWO-HEADED MONSTER, THAT IS RONNIE ROYAL, BUT ALSO KOLIN WILSON.

WE TALKED ABOUT HIM, 2,000 YARDS RUSHING.

FIRST DOWN, KEENAN, HE WAS PRESSURED AS HE WAS HIT AND THROUGH.

INCOMPLETE.

TRYING TO FIND OF HIS FAVORITE TARGETS KRISTIAN STINSON 276-POUND SENIOR WIDE RECEIVER.

48 CATCHES ON THE SEASON.

THEY'RE WELL COVERED.

>> TO THIS POINT, THERE'S NOT BEEN A CLEAN LINE OF SCRIMMAGE FOR RAMSAY YET IN THIS BALL GAME.

GULF SHORES IS GETTING PENETRATION ON JUST ABOUT EVERY SNAP.

>> GUY APPLYING THE PRESSURE IS KINGSTON LOWE COMMITTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH ALABAMA.

KEEP YOUR EYE ON ZERO WEARING WHITE, COMING BACK THIS WAY.

ASHTON ASHFORD.

ASHFORD WITH A NICE GAME ON SECOND DOWN.

SEVEN YARDS ON THE PICK-UP.

>> CAME BACK AND RAN A LITTLE COUNTERACTION, AND THE GULF SHORES DEFENSIVE END PLAYED A WRONG SHOULDER TECHNIQUE AND MADE IT BOUNCE.

THE PROBLEM WITH THAT WAS THERE WAS NO EDGE DEFENDER OUTSIDE OF HIM TO CONTAIN THE PLAY.

>> NOW ON THIRD DOWN.

RAMSAY, 30-YARD LINE, THE LINE OF GAME TO MOVE THE CHAINS.

ASHFORD HAS HIS FIRST DOWN.

TAKEN DOWN AT THE 32.

THE CHAINS WILL MOVE.

THE DRIVE STAYS ALIVE AS YOU TAKE A LOOK, IT WENT RIGHT BACK TO IT ATTACKING THE RIGHT SIDE.

>> YEAH, GOOD JOB OF PINNING THE PENETRATING DEFENDER THAT WAS COMING OUTSIDE IN AND JUST A SINGLE LINEBACKER THAT TIME.

RAMSAY PICKS UP A BIG FIRST DOWN.

>> ASHFORD AGAIN, TACKLE IN THE BACK FIELD BUT NOW THREE DIFFERENT DOLPHINS MERGING AND BRINGING ASHFORD DOWN.

MIGHT HAVE GOTTEN A COUPLE OF YARDS.

SPOT HIM DOWN AT THE 35.

THAT WILL BRING UP 2nd DOWN AND 8.

>> GULF SHORES IS NOT GOING TO SIT AND TOOK AND PLAY HEADUP TWO GAP.

THEY'RE GOING TO MOVE.

THEY'RE GOING TO GIVE DIFFERENT LOOKS.

>> KEENAN DROPPING BACK.

HE'S GOT A MAN.

>> DMMENTS OFF THE FINGERTIPS OF TREMELL WASHINGTON.

INCOMPLETE.

>> LAINTHAT'S CALLED ZERO LEVEL MOTION.

WHEN THE BALL GOES BELOW THE RECEIVER'S EYES IT MAKES IT A DIFFICULT CATCH.

IT MAKES YOU THINK THE BALL IS CLOSER THAN IT IS.

HE'S GOING TO CATCH THE BALL BELOW EYE LEVEL AND THE RESULT WILL BE ZERO RELATIVE MOTION.

>> AND THERE'S NOBODY MORE THANKFUL THAN JA MICHAEL GARRETT, THE DEFENDER.

>> THAT WOULD HAVE GONE TO THE HOUSE.

>> 3rd DOWN AND 8.

SEE IF THEY GO BACK TO IT.

GREEN PASS SETUP, RAN BEAUTIFULLY.

CAME OVER TO MAKE THAT STOP FOR THE DOLPHINS.

ONE OF YOUR DEFENDERS, MATT KISNER, NOSE TACKLE, 5-11, 225, QUICK TWITCH AND MOVES WELL SIDE TO SIDE, I WOULD SAY.

>> NICE JOB OF SMELLING OUT THAT SCREEN.

GOT BEHIND THE LINEMEN AND GOT IN THE HIP POCKET OF THE RUNNING BACK JUST LIKE YOU WANTED.

>> RONNIE ROYAL BACK DEEP FOR GULF SHORES.

>> AND HE IS DANGEROUS.

>> SPIRALING KICK.

ROYAL FEELS IT.

AND THAT IS DANGEROUS.

>> IT IS.

GOING TO BE RULED DOWN.

HIT THE GROUND.

MARK IT DOWN AT THE 36.

WE'LL SEE GULF SHORES.

SECOND OFFENSIVE POSSESSION AFTER G.E.D.ING THE BALL AT THE 2-YARD LINE BY VIRTUE OF THE TURNOVER.

WE'LL SEE THIS OFFENSE AND A FRESHMAN QUARTERBACK YOU SEE THERE AT THE CENTER OF YOUR SCREEN.

>> AND WE'VE GOT A LITTLE LAUNDRY.

>> HOLD IT.

RETURN.

TEN YARDS FROM THE END OF THE KICK.

FIRST DOWN.

>> OUR REFEREE, ROBERT POWELL.

TAKE A LOOK.

JUDD HARRIS, FRESHMAN QUARTERBACK.

PLAYS LIKE A SEASONED VERT RENNE.

KOLIN WILSON, ALMOST 2,000 YARDS COMING INTO THIS GAME.

AVERAGE IS ALMOST 10 YARDS A CARRY, RIGHT AT 9.8.

AND, YOU KNOW, HE'S A TRACK GUY.

HE'S GOT TREMENDOUS SPEED.

IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE HOW HE'S GOING TO OPERATE TONIGHT AS THEY RUN THE REVERSE TO THE OUTSIDE AND PRETTY WELL DEFENDED THAT TIME.

>> AND WILSON WAS TRYING TO GET THAT RAMS DEFENSE TO CHIT THEOUR WAY.

GO BACK WITH ROYAL.

GOOD JOB OF STAYING AT HOME ON THE BACK SIDE.

PICKS UP THREE, DOWN IN SEVEN.

NINE MINUTES REMAINING IN THE OPENING QUARTER.

AND THAT IS WILSON.

>> STRAIGHT AHEAD, PRETTY GOOD BLOCKING UP FRONT.

I THOUGHT HE WAS GOING TO SPIT OUT THERE FOR A BIG ONE, BUT NICE CLOSING SPEED BY THE RAMSAY DEFENSE.

>> THE LINEBACKER.

COMES IN, VERY IMPRESSIVE STATS.

3rd DOWN AND 1 FOR THE DOLPHINS OF GULF SHORES.

JUDD HARRIS LOOKS TO THE SIDE SIDELINE.

RAMSAY WANTED A FALSE START.

>> LOOKS LIKE THEY'LL GET IT.

>> PRIOR TO SNAP, OFFENSE, FIVE YARDS, 3rd DOWN.

>> NOT JUST ONE BUT IT WAS A CHAIN REACTION.

>> YEP, IT WAS A TACKLE THAT FLINCHED, THEN THE GUARD CAME OUT.

THAT WILL CHANGE THIS A BIT, 3rd AND 1 TO 3rd AND 6.

>> RONNIE ROYAL WILL COME TO THIS SIDE, LINE UP IN THE SLOT ALONGSIDE BRADEN JACKSON AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN.

MORE MOVEMENT.

THE DOLPHINS INDICATING AGAINST THE RAMS.

>> GOING TO GIVE THOSE FIVE RIGHT BACK.

>> PRIOR TO SNAP, OFF SIDE.

DEFENSE.

FIVE YARDS, 3rd DOWN.

YARDS FORWARD.DS BACK, FIVE WE'RE BACK TO WHERE WE WERE.

3rd DOWN AND 1.

>> RONNIE JACKSON NOT TOO HAPPY ABOUT THAT ONE.

THIRD YEAR, DEFENDING STATE CHAMPIONS.

TBHSSMENTS.

>> GULFGULF SHORES WILL CHECK TE SIDELINE A LOT.

GET A LOOK TO THE BOX.

WON'T HESITATE TO CHANGE THE PLAYS.

>> KOLIN WILSON, GOOD BLOCK FROM HIS WIDE RECEIVER WHO WAS LEADING THE WAY ON THIS SIDE.

JUST MENTIONED -- JACKSON -- WILSON.

>> YEAH, THE EDGE DEFENDER WAS JERMAINE PARKER, ABOUT 200 POUNDS.

HE'S GIVEN UP A LOT OF WEIGHT TO THE GULF SHORES LEFT TACKLE.

TOOK ADVANTAGE OF IT THAT TIME AND GOT THAT EDGE SEALED FOR A NICE GAME.

>> THE DOLPHINS FROM THEIR OWN4.

THEY'RE GOING TO GO DEEP.

INTENDED FOR JACKSON, THE CLOSEST PLAYER TO IT.

IT WAS A RAMSAY DEFENDER.

POWELL, SENIOR.

HE WAS NOT FOOLED AT ALL.

>> PRETTY GOOD DEFENSIVE PLAY BY DEMARCUS JONES.

HE'S A RECEIVER.

KEEPS THE BALL FROM BEING INTERCEPTED.

IT WASN'T REALLY A POST RIDE.

IT WAS A BANANA OR DRIVER OUT TO THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD AND GOBBLED UP BY GOOD RAMSAY COVERAGE.

>> JUDEDJUDD HARRIS SHOWING OFFE ARM.

WILSON CUTTING A COUPLE OF TIMES.

FINDING DAYLIGHT.

FOUND HIMSELF WITH A 9-YARD GAIN.

5-9, 175-POUND.

>> HE RUNS A LOT BIGGER THAN THAT.

>> CERTAINLY DOES.

3rd DOWN AND 1 IS RONNIE ROYAL LINES UP IN THE SHOTGUN.

>> GOT THE WILD CATH.

>> WILD CATH ACTION.

>> WHAT DO YOU CALL THIS?

>> THE ADVANTAGE OF THIS IS THIS IS AN EXTRA BLOCKER THAT YOU GET BECAUSE THERE'S NO HANDOFF RIGHT THERE AND IT'S LIKE PLAYING WITH 12 MEN.

>> THOUGHT YOU WERE GOING TO GIVE US SOMETHING WITH A DOLPHIN IN IT.

>> WILD DOLPHINS DOESN'T GET IT.

DANGEROUS DOLPHIN MAYBE?

>> RONNIE ROYAL PICKS UP THE FIRST DOWN, GULF SHORES CONTINUING TO MOVE.

JOHN ADD TO A 7-0 LEAD.

7 MINUTES IN THE FIRST QUARTER.

5A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.

>> JUDD HARRIS WITH ND OFFTO WILSON.

STACKED UP NICELY THAT TIME AND RAMSAY WAS READY FOR IT.

MARK L. PATTERSON, NUMBER 25.

GOING TO GET BACK THERE.

LOOK AT THE DEFENSIVE STATS FOR RAMSAY.

PATTERSON IS DEFINITELY ONE TO HAVE THE DISRUPTORS AND YOU SEE WHY.

>> WELL, AND, OF COURSE, THE GUY THAT IS THE KEY TO THE WHOLE THING FOR THEM IS QUINTON REESE, THE MIDDLE LINEBACKER.

HE'S BEEN JUST OUTSTANDING.

AND QUICK.

>> HITTER TO THE OUTSIDE.

AFTER THE CATCH, RONNIE ROYAL DOING THE REST.

JUST TAKE A LOOK.

A LITTLE BIT OF A WIDE SNAP.

>> PRETTY GOOD JOB OF HAULING THAT THING IN AND GETTING THE BALL OUT.

PRETTY GOOD POISE FOR A QUARTERBACK, ESPECIALLY A FRESHMAN QUARTERBACK.

>> GOOD BLOCKING ON THE EDGE.

GULF SHORES IS KNOCKING ON THE DOOR AGAIN.

>> CONNOR PLANTZ LEADING THE WAY, KOLIN WILSON STAYS ON HIS FEET.

24 YARDS FOR THE GULF SHORES TOUCHDOWN.

>> WELL, I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, I'VE NEVER SEEN A GREAT BACK THAT WASN'T REALLY STRONG IN HIS HIPS AND UPPER THIGHS.

YOU CAN SEE HIS LEG STRENGTH, HE RUNS RIGHT THROUGH THE TACKLES.

LOOKS LIKE HE'S GOING TO BE STOPPED.

THE FEET KEPT CHURNING, POWERING THE LOWER BODY GOT HIM IN THE END ZONE.

>> GULF SHORES MADE IT LOOK RELATIVELY EASY.

DO IT WITH A POWER RUN GAME.

KICK IS UP AND GOOD.

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>> .>> WELCOME BACK TO TUSCALOO.

THE RAMSAY RAMS ARE A LITTLE BEWILDERED RIGHT NOW.

EARLY GOING, IT'S BEEN GULF SHORES, THE NEWCOMERS, FIRST TIME ON THE STAGE LEADING 14-0 BY VIRTUE OF AN EARLY TURNOVER THAT SET THEM UP CLOSE TO THE GOAL LINE.

THEN SUSTAINING DRIVE.

TALKING ABOUT RONNIE ROYAL, KOLIN WILSON, THOSE TWO BACKS AND HOW TALENTED THEY ARE, BUT GULF SHORES DON'T SEEM TO BE FAZED.

>> NOT IN THE LEAST.

GAME STATUS, TOTAL YARDS GULF SHORES 76, RAMSAY MINUS 1.

>> LANGSTON WITH A KICKOFF FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF THE 50 BECAUSE RAMSAY CALLED FOR A PERSONAL FOUL ON THE EXTRA POINT.

>> WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THIS LAST RUN.

OF COURSE, IT'S A GREAT INDIVIDUAL EFFORT, BUT I WANT YOU TO WATCH THE BLOCKING ON THE EDGE.

I'VE NEVER SEEN A GREAT OFFENSE THAT DID NOT HAVE GREAT DOWNFIELD BLOCKING AND EFFORT BY RECEIVERS.

AS HE BREAKS THE TACKLES, ONE, TWO, THREE GUYS THAT ARE WHITE SHIRTS ON BLACK SHIRTS RIGHT THERE THAT GIVES HIM A LITTLE HELP WITH THAT EXTRA YARDAGE RIGHT THERE.

>> RAMS BACK TO WORK.

KEENAN.

THE RAMS WITH THE RUNNING GAME.

SIX YARDS ON THAT FIRST DOWN CARRY.

LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE HIT COMING AT THE END OF THE PLAY.

>> PRETTY GOOD POP RIGHT THERE.

BY HAMMAC.

>> CHECKED IN ASHTON ASHFORD FOR A MOMENT.

MARTIN 5-7, 155-POUND SOPHOMORE.

>> BADLY NEEDED 1st DOWN.

RAMSAY HAS TO GENERATE MOMEMTUM AND TURN OUT THE FIRST DOWNS.

>> ASHFORD TRIPPED UP IN THE BACK FIELD.

GOT A YARD ON THE PLAY.

GUESS WHO, BRADEN JACKSON.

>> YEP.

>> STANDING ON THAT RAMSAY SIDELINE, CHRISTINA CHAMBERS.

CHRISTINA, WHAT YOU HAVE GOT?

>> COACH RONNIE JACKSON SAID THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE FOR THEM ALL YEAR HAS BEEN TRYING TO GET THEM TO START QUICKLY.

HE SAYS THAT'S BEEN A CHALLENGE FOR THEM.

HE SAYS, WE ARE A SECOND-HALF TEAM.

HE SAID, WE LEARNED A LOT IN THOSE LOSSES TO PARKER AND AUBURN FACING THAT ADVERSE AT THIS, BUT HE HOPES THEY CAN GET SOMETHING GOING ON THIS DRIVE.

>> KEEPS THEM LOW, APPLYING THE PRESSURE.

KAMERON KEENAN HAD TO DUMP IT OFF.

INCOMPLETE.

>> BROUGHT FIVE-MAN PRESSURE THAT TIME.

BROUGHT LOW FROM THE OUTSIDE LINEBACKER POSITION, AND A LOT OF PRESSURE ON THE POCKET RIGHT NOW, FOR SURE.

>> KINGSTON LOWE IS A GOOD LOOKING FOOTBALL PLAYER, 6-FOOT, 225 POUNDS, EMBRACES CONTACT, SEEKS OUT CONTACT.

WE TURN ON THE TAPE.

THE GUY WEARING ZERO FOR THE DOLPHINS IS ALL OVER THE FIELD.

3rd DOWN AND 9.

MORE PRESSURE COMING.

ACROSS THE MIDDLE.

THROWING ACROSS HIS BODY.

INCOMPLETE.

>> YOU HIT P POINT.

TRYING TO GET TO TREMELL WASHINGTON, THE GO-TO PROCEDURE, BUT THE ROLL TRYING TO THROW ACROSS YOUR BODY TO THE LEFT IS A TOUGH, TOUGH THROW.

YOU SEE THE SLANTING ACTION INSIDE, BUT, AGAIN, FIVE-MAN PRESSURE COMING OFF OF THAT OFFENSIVE RIGHT SIDE AND, AGAIN, YOU KNOW, THE THING YOU TEACH QUARTERBACKs IS THAT YOU CAN COMPLETE ANY PASS AS LONG AS YOUR FRONT HIP AND SHOULDER ARE POINTED AT YOUR TARGET AND, THAT TIME, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO WAY IN THE WORLD KEENAN COULD GET HIMSELF SQUARED UP TO THROW THE BALL AND THE BALL SAILED BAD.

>> SECOND TIME WE'VE SEEN RAMSAY POINT TONIGHT.

RONNIE ROYAL, GOOD COVERAGE.

>> GOOD COVERAGE.

>> ONCE AGAIN NOT ONLY MARQUEL PARTON ON LINEBACK BUT COVERAGE TEAMS.

DROPS ROYAL AROUND WHERE HE CAUGHT IT.

DOLPHINS AGAIN ON OFFENSE.

SO FAR TWO FOR TWO.

LOOK AT THE QUARTERBACK COMPARISON, KAMERON KEENAN THE JUNIOR, 3200 YARDS COMING IN.

THEN JUD HARRIS, FRESHMAN, QUARTERBACK.

>> NOW, I SHOULD ADD TOLL THAT THE PASSING YARDAGE FOR RAMSAY SO FAR TONIGHT IS MINUS 4.

THAT'S PRETTY ASTOUNDING STATISTIC TO -- WHEN YOU'RE FACING A QUARTERBACK WHO'S THROWN FOR 3,200 YARDS.

>> GULF SHORES GOES RIGHT BACK TO THE GROUND ATTACK AND THEY WILL AND THAT'S KOLIN WILSON AND WHY NOT.

WILSON AHEAD, GIVEN TWO, MAYBE THREE YARDS ON THAT 1st DOWN CARRY.

AND PATTERSON COMING OUT FOR A TACKLE FOR THE RAMS.

>> YOU KNOW, IF I WAS COACH ON THE RAMSAY SIDELINE, THE BODY LANGUAGE OF MY TEAM RIGHT NOW WOULD REALLY DISTURB ME.

IT'S ALMOST LIKE A LITTLE BIT IN SHOCK, DEFINITELY NO RHYTHM RIGHT NOW.

WHAT THEY NEED IS A BIG PLAY TO GET THEM GOING.

>> SO KOLIN WILSON.

RONNIE ROYAL IN THE BACKFIELD.

JOINS HIS QUARTERBACK JUD HARRIS.

HARRIS' HELMET COMES OFF.

HE TOOK OFF WITH IT.

LEFT SIDE.

A YARD SHY OF THE 1st DOWN.

NOW MARK HUDSPETH WITH A A DECISION.

>> WORKED THE DEFENSIVE END, KEPT IT.

>> ALEX RIPPY, BECAUSE THE HELMET CAME OFF OF HARRIS.

HAVE TO COME IN ON THIS THIRD DOWN.

RONNIE ROYAL.

>> FOOT RACE.

>> ROYAL TO THE OUTSIDE!

WOW!

THAT WAS A GREAT CUT AT THE 25-YARD LINE TO GET BACK OUTSIDE.

TELL YOU WHAT, THE GULF SHORES DOLPHINS ARE RIPPING IT.

>> 55-YARD TOUCHDOWN RUN, RONNIE ROYAL.

HIS SECOND OF THE NIGHT.

IT IS ALL DOLPHINS EARLY.

BILL HANGSEN HAS BEEN VERY BUSY IN THE FIRST QUARTER.

UP AND GOOD.

21-0 AS WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE EXTRA EFFORT.

>> THIS IS A LITTLE BIT OF THAT SPLIT ZONE AGAIN.

I WANT YOU TO WATCH THE CUT AT THE 25-YARD LINE.

INSIDE, SEES THE VISION, NOW IT'S A FOOT RACE.

>> WELL, I KNOW THAT WHAT CHRISTINA SAID ABOUT THE RAMSAY TEAM BEING A SECOND-HALF TEAM, BUT IT'S HARD FOR ME TO BELIEVE YOU'RE FAZED RIGHT NOW, TRAILING 21-0.

>> YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE THE SECOND HALF IS MEANINGFUL, AND I THINK THEY ARE A LITTLE DAZED RIGHT NOW.

THIS IS DEFENDING STATE CHAMPION NOW.

IF YOU WATCH THEM, THERE'S A LOT OF WALKING AND HANDS ON HIPS.

I MEAN, THEY'VE GOT TO GET GOING.

I MEAN, THEY NEED A SPARK BADLY.

I THINK THAT THEY REALLY JUST -- THE TEMPO AND WHAT THEY'VE SEEN FROM THE GULF SHORES TEAM WAS NOT WHAT THEY ANTICIPATED.

>> SAW THE ALABAMA SCORING DRIVE, THREE PLAYS, 64 YARDS, A MINUTE ANT CHANGE EATEN UP.

RIGHT NOW THE TOTAL YARDS FOR GULF SHORES, 130 TOTAL YARDS TO JUST 12 FOR RAMSAY.

WASHINGTON FIELDS IT INSIDE HIS FIVE.

TREMELL WASHINGTON.

[CHEERING] >> THAT'S A GREAT INDIVIDUAL EFFORT RIGHT THERE.

REVERSED HIS FIELD, MADE ABOUT THREE GUYS MISS.

WHO S, MAYBE THAT WILL BE THE SPARK THAT THE RAMS NEED.

>> FINALLY BROUGHT DOWN A LEAD BY CONNOR PLANTZ.

HE WAS THE LAST MAN STANDING BETWEEN TREMELL WASHINGTON AND SIX POINTS.

HE'S THE ATHLETIC EFFORT.

>> THERE ARE FIVE WHITE SHIRTS UNBLOCKED.

LOOK AT THE CUT THERE.

THEN HE TURNS ON THE JETS.

REALLY GOOD EFFORT BY THE LAST MAN STANDING, THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN IN THE END ZONE.

>> SHOT OF MOMEMTUM FOR KAMERON KEENAN, THE RAMS OFFENSE.

ONCE AGAIN GOING TO THE BACKUP RUNNING BACK SOPHOMORE MARTIN.

NOTHING TO BE HAD ON THE FIRST DOWN.

>> CAN'T SEEM TO GET ANYTHING GOING EITHER IN THE RUNNING GAME OR THROWING THE FOOTBALL.

>> TAKE A LOOK AT 40, OTTO BREWER FOR GULF SHORES, SEEN, ALL 6-3, 230 OF HIM.

PLAY IS GOOD FOR THREE YARDS.

>> COULD FILL THE TIME BY CARTER BYRD THE SAFETY, GAME DOWN AND FILLED THAT THING JUST LIKE HE WAS SUPPOSED TO.

THE BIGGEST PLAY OF THE GAME TO THIS POINT FOR THE RAMSAY RAMS.

I MEAN, THEY'VE GOT TO BE IN FOUR-DOWN TERRITORY RIGHT HERE.

THEY NEED TO GET ON THE BOARD AND GET THIS MOMEMTUM TURNING A LITTLE BIT.

>> GULF SHORES WITH FIVE MEN WALKED UP.

NICE CARRY.

THE HOLE OPENED UP IN THE MIDDLE.

MARTIN PRINTING AHEAD.

>> SAME SLANTING EDGE PRESSURE RIGHT HERE.

YOU CAN SEE ONE LINEBACKER IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FORMATION.

THEY PICK UP THE SLANT.

AND GET BIG-TIME YARDAGE.

>> BACK TO MARTIN ON THE LEFT SIDE.

>> GOOD PLAY AGAIN TO PICK UP ABOUT FIVE.

>> TAKE A LOOK AT THE GULF SHORES FANS.

DON'T KNOW WHAT THE MILEAGE IS TO TUSCALOOSA BUT IT'S NOT RIGHT DOWN THE ROAD.

>> YOU JUST GO TILL YOU COME TO WATER AND YOU'RE THERE.

>> AROUND FIVE HOURS, THE TRIP.

SECOND DOWN AND FIVE.

IT'S ASHFORD THE MIDDLE.

ASHTON ASHFORD, COUPLE YARDS SHEA OF HIS FIRST DOWN BUT THIS IS CERTAINLY FOUR-DOWN TERRITORY.

>> AGAIN, THIS IS ANOTHER GUY THAT'S BEEN QUITE A THOUSAND-YARD RUSHER.

PRETTY GOOD YARDAGE.

>> IF YOU'RE RAMSAY, GIVE YOUR DEFENSE A REST.

>> ABSELY.

>> FINAL PLAY OF WHAT HAS BEEN A GULF SHORES DOLPHIN FIRST QUARTER.

PLENTY OF TIME LEFT, RAMSAY DRIVING.

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>> NOT A TYPO, 5A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GULF SHORES WITH 21 FIRST-QUARTER POINTS AND THEY LEAD THE DEFENDING STATE CHAMPION RAMSAY RAMS.

RICK RHODES BEING HONORED TO BE JOINED BY SOMEBODY WHO KNOWS ABOUT THE CHAMPIONSHIP STAGE AT THE COLLEGE LEVEL AND HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL.

COACH BILL CLARK JOINING US IN THE BOOTH.

COACH, HOW ARE YOU?

SO, COACH, THIS SETTING, WHAT IT MEANS, AND WE'LL TALK ALL ABOUT THE SUPER 7 AND HOW IMPACTFUL IT IS FOR HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETICS AND ALL OF THESE MEN, WOMEN, PEOPLE WHO ARE INVOLVED, ADMINISTRATORS, FANS, BUT YOUR EARLY IMPRESSIONS OF WHAT YOU SAW IN THE FIRST 12 MINUTES OF FOOTBALL?

>> WELL, YOU KNOW, COACH AND I WERE TALKING JUST A MINUTE AGO, I KNOW ABOUT REMEDES FROM BEING AT UMB AND PLAYERS AT RAMSAY AND WHAT A GREAT JOB THEY'VE DONE.

WE SAW THEM LAST YEAR AND KNEW THE COACH AND THE GUYS ON THEST.

SUPER IMPRESSIVE.

OBVIOUSLY THE BEING TURNOVER.

TURNOVER IS THE NUMBER ONE STAT IN THE GAME, BALL SECURITY.

THEY MADE SOMETHING HAPPEN, CAPITALIZED AND HERE WE ARE.

>> RAMSAY DRIVING 3rd DOWN AND 2.

HANDING IT TO ASHFORD.

CRASHES INSIDE THE 20 TO THE 18.

>> I THINK THIS IS THE BEST PUSH WE'VE SEEN FROM THE RAMSAY OFFENSIVE FRONT IN THIS SERIES RIGHT HERE.

THEY'VE GOTTEN SOME TRACTION AND A LITTLE MOMEMTUM RIGHT NOW.

>> DROPPING BACK THE THROW, KAMERON KEENAN, GOT A MAN INCOMPLETE.

THAT'S KRISTIAN STINSON, SENIOR WIDE RECEIVER.

TEN TOUCHDOWNS ON THE SEASON FOR STINSON.

RIGHT THERE, THAT PRETTY MUCH TELLE STORY, DOESN'T IT?

>> VERY MUCH SO.

AND, OF COURSE, THE 37-YARD RUSHING WILL GET YOUR ATTENTION BUT THE MINUS 4 PASSING IS FRANKLY A LITTLE UNBELIEVABLE.

>> WE HEARD THEY HAD A REALLY GOOD DEFENSE, BUT WE'RE SEEING IT.

>> IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO THROW WHEN YOU CAN'T SET YOUR FEET AND SQUARE YOURSELF UP IN THROWING.

HE HASN'T HAD MUCH CHANCE TO DO THAT AT ALL.

>> GOOD FRESH AND THEY'VE GOT HIM OFF THE SPOT, HAVEN'T THEY?

>> 2nd DOWN AND 10, BACK TO ASHFORD.

THAT'S BEEN THE BRIGHT SPOT SO FAR FOR RAMSAY ON OFFENSE, WHY NOT.

HIGHLY PUBLICIZED, ASHTON ASHFORD.

>> 7-YARD A CARRY RUSHER.

THAT'S A WAY TO GET BACK ON TRACK WHEN THINGS AREN'T GOING WELL.

GIVE IT TO A GUY, LET HIM RUN THE BALL.

THEY NEED A LITTLE MOMEMTUM.

NEED TO GET A 7 OUT OF THIS.

>> DOWN TO 3.

ASHFORD AGAIN.

INSIDE THE FIVE, THEY'LL MARK IT DOWN.

RAMS HAVE IT.

FIRST MINUTE, SECOND QUARTER.

>> THEY'RE GOING FAST.

>> HAD A DOLPHIN GOING FAST, TOO.

FORTUNATELY, THE BALL HAD NOD SNAPPED.

>> A LITTLE TEMPO WILL FETE THAT DEFENSE LINED UP.

>> AND OFF THEIR RHYTHM.

FOOTBALL IS SUCH A GAME OF RHYTHM.

YOU SPEED THINGS UP, SLOW THINGS DOWN.

>> RIGHT.

>> DOESN'T TAKE MUCH.

>> OFF SIDES, DEFENSE.

HALF THE DISTANCE TO THE GOAL.

REPLACE 1st DOWN.

>> THAT WAS LANDON EVERETT.

A LITTLE OVERANXIOUS THERE TRYING TO SHOOT THE GAP.

>> YES.

>> HE WAS SUCCESSFUL.

>> SO HOW TOUGH IS IT, COACH, AND YOU HAVE BEEN IN THIS SITUATION IN THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL ESPECIALLY WITH UAB IN GETTING A TEAM TO THIS STAGE AND NOT MAKING THE MT TOO BIG, WHICH IT DOESN'T SEEM TO BE SO FAR FOR GULF SHORES.

>> YEAH, GI THEM CREDIT.

I TALK A LOT ABOUT -- BECAUSE I KNOW OUR EXPERIENCE, YOU COME IN THE STADIUM, MAYBE THEY HAVEN'T EVER PLAYED IN A STADIUM LIKE THAT, THEY'RE LOOKING AROUND, TAKING PICTURES, LOOKING AT THE LOCKER ROOM, WE WANT TO GET THAT DONE THE NIGHT AND DAY BEFORE.

WE DID THAT IN COLLEGE, TAKE THE PICTURES, TAKE THE WALK, SIT IN THE STADIUM.

I SAW ONE TO HAVE THE TEAMS SITTING IN THE CORNER.

SIT THERE, GET THE FEEL, WHAT IT'S LIKE THE NIGHT BEFORE, YOU WANT THEM TO SLEEP ON IT.

>> ROOM TO OPERATE FOR THE RAMS.

ASHFORD STOPPED THE 1st DOWN CARRY.

COMING WIDE.

STILL MOVING HIS FEET.

INSIDE TO HAVE THE 1, GOING TO MARK HIM INSIDE THE GOALLINE.

>> A GREAT INDIVIDUAL EFFORT.

A LOT OF WHITE SHIRTS AROUND THERE.

HE OUTRAN SOME AND TRIED TO SPLIT THEM AND THEN JUST SHEER WILLPOWER.

STRETCHES, PLANTS THE OUTSIDE FOOT, CUTS UP INSIDE, KEEPS LEANING, KEEPS MOVING, A LITTLE HELP FROM THE SPRINTERS BUT ALMOST KNOCKS THAT THING IN.

BIG TIME PENETRATION.

>> THEY DID TIE THAT ONE UP.

>> AND IT WAS THE DOLPHIN OFFENDER, AND LANDON EVERETT WHO WAS GUILTY OF THE OFF SIDE.

BUT THERE YOU'RE RIGHT, COACH, I THINK HE HAD THAT ONE DOWN.

>> THEY FILLED EVERY GAP.

THE BIG GAPS LEFT UNATTENDED.

SO TOUGH FOR A LINEMAN TO DO.

YOU'VE GOT A DOWN LINEMAN ON YOU.

HE LOOPS OUTSIDE.

BUT YOU'VE GOT TO BLOCK DOWN ON THE GOAL LINE.

YOU HAVE TO FORCE EVERYTHING TO WORK TO THE INSIDE AND LET THAT BALL HIT OUTSIDE OFF TACKLE.

>> JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA HOW QUICKLY HE GOT BACK THERE.

BALL INSIDE THE 1.

NOW THEY HAVE TO WORK FOR IT.

TREMELL LOOKING TO THROW.

HE WILL THROW.

FLAG IS THROWN, I THINK AGAINST THE DOLPHINS FOR PASS INTERFERENCE AND STANDING IN THE END ZONE, KRISTIAN STINSON.

WILL AWAIT THE FLAG BUT IF THE TOUCHDOWN STANDS, COACH CLARK, HOW BIG IS THIS FOR THIS RAMSAY TEAM TO RESPOND AFTER BEING DOWN 21-0 JUST FOR THE PSYCHE OF THIS?

>> THE PHILLY SPECIAL.

I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE RUN IT BEFORE.

THEY HAVE THE NAME FOR IT.

THAT WAS HUGE.

THEY NEEDED AN ANSWER RIGHT HERE.

SO IT WAS OBVIOUSLY BIG.

>> PRETTY GOOD MOVE TO AVOID THE TACKLER THAT HAD HIM REALLY DEAD TO RIGHTS IN THE BACK THERE.

NOT SURE THAT'S THE BEST BALL SECURITY MOVE, THE OLD BALL OUT OVER THE TOP.

>> AWAIT ROBERT HOWELL, OUR REFEREE, AND HIS CALL.

>> TWO PENALTIES ON THE PLAY.

RESULTS OF THE PLAY, TOUCHDOWN.

PASS INTERFERENCE.

DEFENSE.

THAT PENALTY WILL BE ENFORCED ON THE KICKOFF.

AFTER THE PLAY WAS OVER, UNSPORTSMAN-LIKE CONDUCT, RAMSAY.

THAT PENALTY BEING ENFORCED ON EXTRA POINT.

>> OKAY.

>> THERE YOU GO.

>> WE'LL TAKE A LOOK.

AFTER THE POINT, AFTER TOUCHDOW- >> I THOUGHT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN THE OTHER WAY.

>> YEAH, I ACTUALLY DID, TOO.

>> ONE WAS DURING THE PLAY, ONE WAS DEAD BALL.

>> YEAH.

NOT THAT EITHER ONE OF US WOULD EVER QUESTION THE STRIPED SHIRTS.

>> I'M GOING TO SIT OUT AND DEFER TO YOU TWO COACHES.

>> MIGHT BE A LIGHTNING BOLT COME THROUGH HERE.

>> I CERTAINLY NEVER QUENED THEM, EVER.

>> OKAY, ONE OF US IS GOOD THEN.

[LAUGHTER] >> YOU DON'T SOUND LIKE YOU BELIEVE THAT.

>> NO, I DON'T.

>> OKAY.

>> WILLIAM MURRAY WITH A 35-YARD EXTRA POINT.

WASN'T LONG ENOUGH.

OFF TO THE LEFT.

21-6.

HOW ABOUT RAMSAY RESPONDING, AND THIS IS HOW IT HAPPENED ON 4th AND GOAL, COACHES, FROM THE 3.

>> THE OLD DOUBLE-VERSE PASS.

WATCH WASHINGTON DO A NICE JOB OF AVOIDING THE TACKLE RIGHT THERE.

THAT WAS A PRETTY DEFT PASS.

>> YEAH.

>> BOY, HE THREADS THE NEEDLE RIGHT THERE.

HE THROWS THAT BETWEEN FOUR ARMS.

>> YEAH, I MEAN, YOU LOVE THAT BECAUSE YOU GET NO REVERSE THROWBACK OR REVERSE PASS IS ALWAYS ONE OF THE TOUGHEST THINGS TO DEFEND BECAUSE THE GUY ON THAT SIDE IS THE GUY YOU WOULD HAVE COME UP, FROM A GUY THAT GAVE THAT UP MANY MOONS AGO,ADDED THAT TO PRACTICE.

WE PURSUED THE TOSS AND PURSUED THE REVERSE.

YOU'VE GOT TO STAY WITH YOUR MAN.

IF YOUR MAN, YOU'VE GOT YOUR MAN.

HE LEFT HIS MAN.

WHEN HE'S COMING AROUND REVERSE, EVERYBODY IS SCRIMPING IN REVERSE.

>> RAMSAY HEAD COACH RONNIE JACKSON HAS HAS TO BE BREATHE AO LITTLE EASIER, MARK HUDSPETH TRYING TO GET HIS TEAM READY TO GO.

>> AM I WRONG HERE?

I THOUGHT THERE WAS GOING TO BE YARDAGE.

>> YEAH, HERE IT COMES.

>> ADDED TO THE KICK.

HERE WE GO.

>> I WAS A LITTLE PRIZED THAT -- YOU KNOW, TO ME THIS IS A GREAT TIME FOR AN OFF SIDES.

IF IT GOES 10 AND YOU DON'T GET IT, YOU KNOW, THEY GET IT AT THE 35.

BUT THE PERCENTAGES ARE -- I KNOW WE WOULD HAVE HANDS RIGHT HERE.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

>> AND HOPE TO KICK IT INTO THE END ZONE.

>> THEORETICALLY, THE WORST YOU COULD LOSE IS 15 YARDS.

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

THEY GET IT ON THE 35-ISH.

>> LET'S SEE WHAT THEY ELECT TO DO.

>> I WOULD ALWAYS HOPE THEY DIDN'T TRY IT.

DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THAT'S GOING TO BE THE CASE.

LOOKS PRETTY CONVENTIONAL, BUT WE'LL SEE.

>> WILLIAM MURRAY.

>> YEAH, KIND OF.

>> FIELDED AT THE 18.

>> YOU NEVER KNOW YOU GET ON THAT WET, SLICK GROUND AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS.

>> ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN.

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

>> MACK ANDERSON CAUGHT IT ON THE HOP.

THE COVERAGE TEAM IS FOR RAMSAY.

THE 20-YARD LINE WILL BE THE WORST STARTING FIELD POSITION THAT THIS GULF SHORES TEAM HAS HAD SO FAR TONIGHT.

>> LOOKS LIKE OLD MR. MOMEMTUM IS TRYING BLACK JERSEY.

LET'S SEE IF HE'LL KEEP IT ON OR IF GULF SHORES WILL SNAP IT OFF AND PUT THE JERSEY BACK ON HIM.

>> ALWAYS INTERESTING.

>> NUMBER 2 AND 6 WEARING THE WHITE JERSEYS HAVE BEEN A PROBLEM FOR THIS RAMSAY DEFENSE.

>> YES.

>> LOT OF SPLIT ZONE.

>> YES, SIR.

>> HANDOFF TO HIS RUNNING BACK CONNELL WILSON THAT TIME.

WILSON BACK AFTER A GAME OF THREE.

CALLED HIS NAME ALREADY A HANDFUL OF TIMES TONIGHT.

BUT LINEBACKER MARQUEL PATTERSON OF RAMSAY -- >> PRETTY GOOD JOB BY THE RAMSAY DEFENSE.

ONE OF THE FEW TIMES GULF SHORES FOUND THEMSELVES BEHIND THE CHAINS DISTANCE-WISE.

>> THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT, OBVIOUSLY, AGAINST A HEAVY RUNNING TEAM, YOU'VE GOT TO WIN 1st DOWN.

>> YEP.

>> 2nd DOWN AND 7.

LITTLE OVER 7 AND A HALF TO PLAY IN THE SECOND QUARTER.

WILSON.

GOOD JOB BY THE RAMS, AT LEAST FOR RIGHT NOW, TRYING TO DIAGNOSE AND FIGURE OUT THE RUSHING ATTACK OF THE GULF SHORES DOLPHINS.

>> BIG DOWN RIGHT HERE.

RAMSAY HAS MOMEMTUM.

THEY'D LOVE TO GET A THREE AND GET THE BALL BACK.

>> THREEHOW MANY PASSES HAS GULF SHORES THROWN?

A COUPLE?

THAT WAS A GOOD BALL.

>> WELL TIMED.

>> IT WAS.

>> GOOD RUN AFTER THE CATCH.

>> HAD A STRIP BUT WENT OUT OF BOUNDS.

>> LOSING THE FOOTBALL AFTER THE CATCH, BLAZE THOMAS.

>> HAD IT IN THE RIGHT ARM.

>> THAT WAS ONLY THE THIRD PASSED.

HAVEN'T THROWN IT MUCH.

THE TIMING IS NICE.

THIS BALL WILL BE IN THE AIR BEFORE THE CUT.

>> I SAW HIM WORKING OUT AT WARMUPS.

HE WAS THROWING THAT COME BACK OUT PRETTY WELL.

>> JUD HARRIS, THE SON OF A COACH.

>> NICE.

>> NOWHERE TO GO, DROPPED TO THE BACK FIELD.

THAT PLAY WILL LOSE YARDAGE.

WE DON'T SAY THAT VERY OFTEN.

KOLIN WILSON GOOD JOB, RAMSAY DEFENSIVELY.

>> I THINK FOR THEM TO WIN HE HAS TO ASSERT HIMSELF.

I'M NOT SAYING THAT'S THE ONLY TACKLE HE'S MADE TONIGHT BUT THAT'S THE FIRST TIME HE'S REALLY BLOWN A PLAY UP AND ASSERTED I AM THE MAN ON THIS SAID TO HAVE THE BALL.

>> FORMATION INTO THE BOUNDARY, FIB, AND YOU CAN SEE THE COACHES TRYING TO GET HIM OVER THERE.

THEY HANDLED IT WELL.

>> QUINTQUN REESE, Q.B., ON SECOND DOWN, GETTING BACK TO THE ORIGINAL LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.

KOLIN WILSON DOWN TO 10.

>> SO SQUID IS FORMATION DOWN TO THE BOUNDARY.

EXCUSE ME.

>> NO, YOU'RE GOOD.

>> I ALWAYS CALLED IT FORMATION INTO A BACKGROUND.

>> WE START SAYING IT SO MUCH.

WE ABBREVIATE IT.

>> YOU HAVE TO BE EFFICIENT, COACH.

ACRONYMS.

THEY SAVE TIME.

>> WHY DON'T YOU CALL IT BF, BOUNDARY FORMATION?

>> WE MIGHT HAVE TO ADJUST.

>> HARRIS MAKING A THROW, NOWHERE TO GO.

4th DOWN AND A WIN FOR THIS RAMSAY RAM DEFENSE.

>> A BIG WIN.

>> FIRST TIME HUDSPETH AND DOLPHINS FACED WITH A PUNT TONIGHT, WASHINGTON.

>> WHAT WAS FORMATION IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD?

>> MID >> OH, OKAY.

[LAUGHTER] >> I'LL LEAVE YOU ALONE, COACH.

>> NO, YOU'RE GOOD.

WE COULD DO THIS ALL DAY.

>> WE ASK THAT YOU TWO CONTINUE.

WE'RE ALL LEARNING SOMETHING.

>> MY GUYS ALL SAID BLEU CHEESE.

WE CAN CALL IT WHATEVER YOU WANT.

>> THERE YOU GO.

>> AND TREMELL WASHINGTON BACKING AWAY FROM THE PUNT.

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>> LITTLE MORE THAN HALF THROUGH WAY THE SECOND QUARTER, GULF SHORES LEADING THE DEFENDING STATE CHAMPION RAMSAY RAMS 21-6.

COACHES, WE'RE LEARNING SOMETHING.

FIB MEANS FORMATION OF THE BOUNDARY.

>> BUT DON'T KNOW WHAT FORMATION OF THE MIDDLE MEANS YET.

>> IT'S JUST MIDDLE.

>> WE CALL IT WHERE IT'S AT.

>> I'M NOT BUYING THAT.

IT'S NOT MIDDLE.

HE WON'T DIVULGE THAT.

>> WASHINGTONIAN ASHFORD WITH A CARRY -- ASHTON ASHFORD WITH A CARRY FOR THE RAMS.

21 QUICK POINTS BY THE GULF SHORES DOLPHINS.

RAMSAY GOT IT DONE WITH A RUNNING GAME, TRICKERY, SITUATIONAL FOOTBALL PLAY, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO THINK, BUT TO GET THAT TOUCHDOWN, THE ANSWER TO STOP THE BLEEDING HELPED OUT THE DEFENSE.

THEY LOOKED BETTER ON THAT LAST POSSESSION.

>> ABSOLUTELY, AND CAME OUT AND STARTED THIS DRIVE WITH A NICE 6-YARD PLAY ON 1st DOWN AND NOTHING ON 2nd DOWN.

THIS BRINGS UP A CRUCIAL 3rd DOWN AND MEDIUM.

BE INTERESTED TO SEE IF THEY PUT IT IN THE AIR RIGHT HERE.

>> KAMERON KEENAN THE QUARTERBACK FOR THE RAMS, 200 PASSING YARDS.

HASN'T HAD A WHOLE BUNCH TONIGHT.

THAT IS ASHTON ASHFORD, FORWARD PROGRESS, PUSH FROM TEAMMATES, STILL GOING, NO WHISTLE.

ASHFORD ALL THE WAY TO THE 45-YARD LINE.

>> THIRD AND MEDIUM, ESPECIALLY IF THEY'RE GOING FOR IT ON FOURTH.

THAT'S ALWAYS THE QUESTION.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

YOU KNOW, YOU SEE WHY THIS GUY IS SO HIGHLY REGARDED.

THERE'S A LINEBACKER HAD HIM FLUSH IN THE HOLE AND HE RAN THROUGH THE TACKLE AND TOOK EIGHT FRIEND WITH HIM FOR ANOTHER TEN YARDS.

>> THE RIGHT CALL IS TO GIVE IT TO HIM.

>> YEP.

>> ASHFORD STILL DOESN'T WANT TO GO DOWN.

GULF SHORES TERRITORY, FINALLY MARKING DOWN AT THE 35.

ANOTHER 1st DOWN FOR RAMSAY.

ALL OF A SUDDEN, ASHTON ASHFORD APPROACHING THE 100-YARD MARK.

CHRISTINA SITTING ON THE SIDELINES.

CHRISTINA.

>> HE'S CHIT TO COMMITTED TO ALA STATE.

COACH CALLS HIM A BOWLING BALL BECAUSE HE DOESN'T AVOID CONTACT.

LIKE A BOWLING BALL WILL DO, HE'S GOING TO TRY TO RUN RIGHT THROUGH YOU.

>> THANK YOU, CHRISTINA.

ROBERT HOWELL, 15 YARDS TACKED ON TO THAT RUN.

>> I THINK WE'LL SEE THE FACE MASK HERE.

>> JUST THE HARD-NOSED RUNNING.

>> NOT ONLY DOES HE NOT AVOID CONTACT, I THINK HE KIND OF LOOKS IT UP.

>> YEAH, THERE IT IS.

DEFINITELY FACE MASK RIGHT THERE.

NICE WORK RIGHT THERE.

HE IS NOT AFRAID TO GET IN THERE AND BE HIS OWN BLOCKER.

>> NO.

>> HARD TO MISS THAT ONE IF YOU'RE AN OFFICIAL.

CARTER BYRD, DOLPHINS.

>> WONDER WHEN WE WOULD GET A RUN PRESSURE.

>> WE JUST GOT ONE.

>> THERE WE GO.

>> OTTO BREWER.

TOOK AT GAP AGAIN.

BREWER'S BEEN A BIG PLAY GUY FOR THEM.

27 AND A HALF TACKLES FOR A LOSS COMING INTO THIS GAME AND I THINK HE JUST ADDED TO IT.

>> DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR FOR DOLPHINS, I KNOW HIS SCHEME WAS PRETTY COMPLEX AT THE COLLEGIATE LEVEL.

COACHES, WHAT CAN YOU SEE FROM OUR VANTAGE POINT AND WHAT THEY'RE RUNNING HERE?

>> THEY'VE GOT SOME INTERESTING MOVEMENT.

YOU SAW THE END SPOT COME AROUND THE INSERT.

YEAH, YOU KNOW, I HAVEN'T SEEN ANYTHING CRAZY BUT OBVIOUSLY GOOD PRESSURE THERE WHEN HE NEEDS IT.

>> A LOT OF FIVE-MAN SLANT.

>> RIGHT.

SEEN THAT A GOOD BIT.

>> THREE UNDER THREE DEEP WITH THAT.

>> MM-HMM.

>> ASHTON ASHFORD, NOT MUCH THERE.

MAYBE A BEND BUT DON'T BREAK.

THIS GULF SHORES DOLPHINS DEFENSE, WE'RE UNDER TWO MINUTES AND WILL HAVE TO RESPOT THE FOOTBALL.

RAMSAY WOULD LOVE TO GET THE ONE-SCORE GAME HERE.

THEY'RE IN FOUR-DOWN TERRITORY.

>> 3rd DOWN AND 12.

PICKED OFF THREW IT RIGHT INTO DOUBLE COVERAGE THERE.

THE THING YOU CAN'T DO, ANY OUTSIDE THROW, YOU CAN'T LEAVE THE BALL INSIDE.

YOU HAVE TO GET THE BALL UP AND OVER THE OUTSIDE SHOULDER.

VERY WELL DEFENDED.

THAT'S A HUGE, HAULING PLAY BY THE DOLPHIN DEFENSE.

>> KAMERON KEENAN PICKED OFF BY BLAIZE THOMAS, AS YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THE COVERAGE, AS COACH MENTIONED.

ALSO A WIDE RECEIVER ON THE DOLPHINS OFFENSE.

, YOU CAN TELL HE HAS THE HANDS.

>> GREAT JOB OF HIGH POINTING IT.

THAT'S A WHEEL ROUTE, AS COACH CALLED IT.

VERY WELL COVERED.

NICE DEFENSE.

>> YOU REALLY WANT TO PUT IT IN THE BACK BOX.

>> GOT TO DO IT.

>> WHERE IT CATCHES OR IT'S OUT.

>> GOT TO PUT THE RECEIVER'S BODY BETWEEN THE BALL AND THE DEFENDER.

AND THERE'S THE TURNOVER MEDALLION, NECKLACE.

>> TAKES THE SNAP OUT OF THE SHOTGUN.

>> COACH RHODES WAS BIG ON THE TURNOVER CHAIN.

HE STARTED THAT.

>> THAT'S PROBABLY THE REASON I GOT OUT OF COACHING.

HE WAS MORE FLAMBOYANT.

>> WE HAD THE TURNOVER SUSPENDERS IS WHAT WE HAD.

[LAUGHTER] >> LOOK OUT.

THERE'S THE WILDCAT FORMATION OF DANGEROUS DOLPHIN.

>> NICE SPOT.

IT WAS A GREAT RUN.

LIKE NINE YARDS.

GOING TO GO AHEAD AND MARK IT A 10-YARD GAIN AND THEY'LL MOVE THE CHAINS WITH A MINUTE 7 SECONDS LEFT.

COACH, WE'RE LEARNING SO MUCH.

COACH CLARK, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAD PLANS LATER ON.

ARE YOU JOINING SOME OF THE BIGWIGS IN A SUITE HERE OR WANT TO HANG OUT WITH US?

THE THIRD QUARTER?

>> IT'S PAST MY BEDTIME.

WHEN YOU GET RETIRED, YOU KNOW -- OOOH.

>> THROWS.

JUD HARRIS.

LUCKY THE CLOSEST GUY TO IT WAS RUNNING BACK COMING OUT OF THE OUTFIELD, KOLIN WILSON.

TIME OUT CALLED BY MARK HUDSPETH AND GULF SHORES.

>> KEVIN SCARBINSKY HAS BEEN BRAVING THE ELEMENTS FOR THE LAST TWO DAYS.

WE'LL HAVE EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW.

SO YOU CAN STAY WITH US AS WE TAKE A LOOK AT HOW THE TWO TEAMS GOT HERE.

GULF SHORES, FIVE SHUTOUTS SO FAR THIS SEASON.

TO DO IT 45-0 IN THE SEMIFINALS, THAT CERTAINLY SAYS A LOT.

THEN RAMSAY EQUALLY AS IMPRESSIVE IN WHAT THEY WERE ABLE TO DO WINNING BY THREE SCORES OVER GUNTERSVILLE.

>> YEAH.

OTH OF THEM REALLY DOMINATING PERFORMANCES WORKING TO THIS SUPER 7 FINAL.

>> IT'S ALWAYS INTERESTING TO WATCH PEOPLE IN THE TIMEOUTS AT THE END, HOW THEY USE THEM, AND DID THEY SAVE THEM, DID THEY -- >> YEAH.

WELL, YOU KNOW, YOU WANT TO SAVE THEM, BUT, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES THE BEST-LAID PLANS, YOU KNOW.

BUT BOTH THE TEAMS HAVE KEPT THEIRS.

>> I PROBABLY WASN'T THE BEST AT SAVING THEM IN THE FIRST HALF.

I ALWAYS TRY TO KEEP ONE, BUT I ALWAYS THOUGHT MOMEMTUM AND ALL THAT WAS HUGE IN THE FIRST HALF.

BUT IF YOU CAN HAVE SOME, IT'S GREAT.

SECOND DOWN AND 10.

GULF SHORES STILL WITH TWO TIMEOUTS REMAINING.

50 SECONDS TO PLAY.

>> YOU KNOW, YOU JUST KIND OF THINK THEY MIGHT TAKE A SHOT HERE WITH THOSE TWO DYNAMIC OFFENSIVE THREATS THEY'VE GOT.

THAT'S A PRETTY DYNAMIC DEFENSE RIGHT THERE.

>> KOLIN WILSON MET AS HE TRIED TO TURN IT UP.

HE WAS DENIED.

THAT GENTLEMEN RIGHT THERE WAS ONE OF THE FIRST DEFENDERS ON THE SCENE.

>> CAMERON CARSON, 230-POUND SENIOR DEFENSIVE END.

>> YEAH, THOUGHT WE MIGHT SEE A SHOT.

THEY MIGHT SAVE IT FOR HERE.

YEP, HERE IT IS.

>> HARRIS ACROSS THE MIDDLE.

>> UNDERROUTE.

GIVE HIM SOMETHING TO WORK WITH.

>> HE'S MADE GREAT CUTS.

>> YES, HE DID.

>> SLUNG DOWN AWKWARDLY, WILSON, HE'S GOING TO GELT TURNED OUT.

GOING TO BE BURNED BY GULF SHORES.

DEPENDING ON THE SHOT, SHOULD BE GOOD ENOUGH FOR A 1st DOWN.

BIG CONCERN IS NINE SECONDS LEFT AND MANAGING THE CLOCK.

>> TIME TO OUT, FUSTLES.

>> IT IS AN ALABAMA NATURAL GAS ASSOCIATION TIMEOUT ON THE FIELD.

ALL RIGHT, GAME MANAGEMENT.

COACH RHODES FIRST, WHAT DO YOU THINK ON YOUR ONE TIME OUT IF YOU'RE MARK HUDSPETH.

>> YOU'RE ON THE 45-YARD LINE, SO YOU'VE GOT A CHANCE TO GET THE BALL CLOSE TO THE END ZONE.

I MEAN, I'D TAKE A SHOT.

I MEAN, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, YOU'RE PLAYING FOR A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.

I THINK THIS IS A GREAT TIME TO TRY TO SEE IF YOU CAN GET A QUICK ONE RIGHT BEFORE THE HALF.

>> YEAH, TAKE A SHOT OR, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW WHAT -- I SHOULD KNOW THE LENGTH OF THE I CAN CAN BEER, BUT, YOU KNOW, I LOVE THE CLEAROUT BY NUMBER ONE AND TWO ON THE OUT AT ABOUT 20 YARDS AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST A GREAT -- YOU CAN TIME THAT THROW UP AND HIT THAT GUY, HE'S OUT OF BOUNDS.

YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE A TIME OUT SO IT'S NOT AS CRUCIAL, BUT I WOULD YOU KNOW, MAYBE PUT THEM IN FIELD GOAL RANGE RIGHT HERE AT THE END.

>> ESPECIALLY UAB HAD THE BENEFIT OF GREAT FIELD GOAL KICKERS.

>> NO DOUBT.

VERY BLESSED.

>> THEY'RE GOING TO NEED ABOUT 15 MORE YARDS TO HAVE A LEGITIMATE FIELD GOAL SHOT.

>> HARRIS, BACK IN THE POCKET, WON'T GET IT.

JERMAINE PARKER STEPPING UP FOR THE RAMS.

>> OVER THE TOP, DIPPED INSIDE.

THINGS GOT MORE INTERESTING.

>> ALL GULF SHORES IN THE FIRST QUART.

GIVE A LOT OF CREDIT TO THE DEFENDING 5A STATE CHAMPION RAMS WHEN THEY COULD HAVE BOWED OUT, WERE ABLE TO ANSWER, AND 21-6 IS OUR SCORE HERE AT HALF TIME.

SO IMPORTANT.

I KNOW, KLOBUCHAR CLARKS YOU REITERATED HOW IMPORTANT THAT WAS NOT ONLY TO GET POINTS IF YOU'RE RAMSAY BUT ALSO FOR THE DEFENSE TO RESPOND.

>> BOTH.

>> COACH CLARK, WE APPRECIATE IT.

LET'S SEND IT TO SUSAN CARUTHERS.

SHE IS STANDING PI.

>> ALL RIGHT, COACH.

WE ARE WELL ON YOUR WAY TO PAINTING BRYANT-DENNY BLUE.

WHAT DO YOU LIKE WHEN YOU SEE THE TEAM ON THE FIRST HALF.

>> CAME OUT WITH A GOOD START, OPENING KICK OFF, PANNING THEM DEEP.

THE WHOLE THING IS TO TRY TO MAKE THE OPPONENT GO 80 EVERY TIME.

WE LET THEM BACK LATER IN THE GAME WHEN THEY POP THE KICKOFF TURNOUT TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE FIELD, GOT MOMEMTUM AND GOT THE SCORE.

WE HAVE TO KEEP THEM PINNED DEEP AND NOT GIVING THEM THE SHORT FIELD.

OFFENSIVELY, I THOUGHT WE HAD A REALLY STRONG START.

SORT OF GOT OUT OF KILTER A LITTLE BIT THERE I THOUGHT LATE IN THE SECOND QUARTER.

BUT DEFENSIVELY, WE HAD A BATTLE THERE ON THE GOALLINE AND WE MISSED A CALL.

ONE OF THE GUYS DIDN'T HIT A OPPORTUNITY STUNT WE HAD CALLED.

A LOT OF FOOTBALL LEFT TO BE PLAYED AGAINST A REALLY GOOD TEAM.

>> THANK YOU, COACH.

GOOD LUCK.

>> APPRECIATE IT.

>> YOU HEARD FROM THE GULF SHORES HEAD COACH SINGING HIS FIRST STATE CHAMPIONSHIP, THE SCHOOL'S FIRST STATE TITLE.

RIGHT NOW, THEY'RE IN GREAT POSITION, ASPECT EXPECTED.

IT WAS A FIRST HALF OF REALLY BIG PLAYS, BUT NONE BIGGER, AS RAMSAY IS TRYING EVEN MORE INTO THAT LEAD OF GULF SHORES BUT A BIG INTERCEPTION.

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HALF TIME OF THE 5A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.

GULF SHORES HAS TAKEN COMMAND AGAINST DEFENDING CHACH DEFENDIN RAMSAY.

GULF SHORES 21.

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>> AND WE'RE BACK AT BRYANT-DENNY STADIUM, HALF TIME TO HAVE THE CLASS 5A CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.

GULF SHORES UP 21, RAMSAY 6.

CADE WILL BE PLAYING FOR THE TIDE THIS YEAR.

THE NATIONAL JUNIOR COLLEGE DIVISION ONE BASEBALL PLAYER OF THE YEAR AT WALLACE DOTHAN.

CADE, THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US.

>> THANK YOU FOR BRINGING ME ON.

PLEASURE BEING HERE.

>> WHAT DID IT MEAN TO YOU TO HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY AT AN ALABAMA COMMUNITY COLLEGE, TO GIVE YOURSELF AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET TO A PLACE LIKE ALABAMA?

>> MAN, YOU KNOW, RIGHT AFTER AUBURN, I WAS KIND OF STRUGGLING TO FIND OUT EVEN IF I WANTED TO CONTINUE TO PLAY BASEBALL.

I GOT THE OPPORTUNITY.

MACKEY SASSER AND ALL THOSE GUYS, RON HOWELL, SPENCER PRICE, THEY ALL GAVE ME A CHANCE AND WANTED ME TO DO BOTH.

I CALLED DAD AND SAID, THEY WANT ME TO HIT.

HE SAID I HAVE BEEN SAYING THAT FROM THE JUMP.

I GOT THE BAT BACK IN MY HAND AND STAYED DOING BOTH.

I HAD GOOD SUCCESS.

I GOT BACK HOME, STAYED AT MY HOUSE, WHICH I NEEDED TO MATURE A LITTLE BIT.

AND WALLACE DOTHAN OFFERED EVERY BIT OF OPPORTUNITY FOR ME.

AND I COULDN'T BE MORE GRATEFUL FOR IT.

>> I'D SAY IT WORKED OUT WELL.

10 AND 0 ON THE MOUND IN 2023, 87 STRIKEOUTS.

1.6 ERA AND AT THE PLATE HIT.

YOU'RE AVAILABLE MUCH MORE THAN A PITCHER.

WHAT WILL YOU DO FOR THE TIDE?

>> BOTH.

THEY'RE LOOKING MORE SO AS A HITTER BUT THEY HAVEN'T SEAN ME PITCH MUCH.

I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SHOWING THOSEFIES WHAT I'VE GOT, TOO.

EVERYBODY ALWAYS ASKS ME, YOU KNOW, WHAT DO I LOVE MORE, AND I REALLY DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER BECAUSE IT'S JUST A DIFFERENT FEEL.

WHEN I'M ON THE MOUND, I CAN CONTROL THE GAME, WHEN I'M IN THE BOX, I CAN CONTROL THE GAME.

I JUST LIKE GIVING MY TEAM THE BEST CHANCE TO WIN WHETHER WITH MY ARM OR BAT.

>> WE SAW ALABAMA MAKE A GREAT RUN LAST YEAR, CAME UP SHORT OF WAKE FOREST IN THE NCAA TOURNAMENT.

HOW GOOD IS THE FEELING AROUND THE RAM NOW AND HOW EXCITED ARE YOU TO GET STARTED IN.

>> WE HAVE RETURNERS THAT CAME BACK.

THE NEWCOMERS LOOK UP TO THOSE GUYS.

THEY WENT THROUGH IT LAST YEAR WITH EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED.

IT DIDN'T STOP THEM.

WHO WOULDN'T WANT TO PLAY FOR THAT?

JUST BASED OFF THE GUYS WE HAVE COMING IN AND THE GUYS WE ALREADY HAVE, I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY SPECIAL THIS YEAR AND WE'LL GEV I GIVE THE FANS SOMETHING TO CHEER ABOUT.

>> CADE, WHAT WOULD YOU TELL YOUNG HIGH SCHOOL PLAYERS WHO MAYBE DON'T GET THE FOUR-YEAR COLLEGE OFFER AND MAYBE GET A LITTLE DISCOURAGED AND THEY THINK, WELL, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO GO TO A TWO-YEAR SCHOOL.

OBVIOUSLY, THAT CAN BE A GREAT PATH.

WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO THOSE YOUNGSTERS?

>> I CAME FROM A FOUR-YEAR AND WENT TO A TWO-YEAR.

DON'T EVER THINK THAT THE TWO-YEAR IS ANYTHING LESS THAN THE FOUR YEAR.

I PLAYED WITH SOME GUYS AT JUNIOR COLLEGE THAT MAY BE BETTER THAN SOME OF THIS LEVEL.

I MEAN, THERE ARE STUDS EVERYWHERE.

LIKE I SAID, JUNIOR COLLEGE WAS THE PERFECT THING FOR ME.

I GREW AS A PERSON.

I GREW AS A BASEBALL PLAYER AS A TEAMMATE, AND IT REALLY LIT THAT FIRE WHERE I NEEDED IT AND REALLY AND TRULY IT'S THE REASON I'M STILL PLAYING BASEBALL.

SO I APPRECIATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE.

IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW GOOD MY KID IS, HE'S GOING TO JUNIOR COLLEGE.

>> THAT'S A GREAT ENDORSEMENT FOR THE ALABAMA COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM.

CADE SNELL, THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US.

CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR SUCCESS.

WE WISH YOU BEST HERE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA.

>> ROLL TIDE.

THANK YOU ALL.

>> WE HAVE TO GO TO A BREAK.

BACK HERE AT BRYANT-DENNY STADIUM.

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>> WE'RE BACK HERE AT BRYANT-DENNY STADIUM AWAITING THE SECOND HALF OF THE CLASS 5A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.

COACH JACK CROWE BACK HERE WITH ME ON THE SET.

I THINK GULF SHORES KIND OF STUNNED EVERYBODY, INCLUDING RAMSAY, WITH THE WAY THEY STARTED.

>> RIGHT.

>> THEIR BIG PLAY PEOPLE MADE BIG PLAYS LED BY RONNIE ROYAL.

>> RAMSAY MADE A LOT OF MISTAKES.

I DIDN'T SEE -- I MEAN, THEY GAVE GULF SHORES EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE FULL MOMEMTUM FROM THE VERY BEGINNING, TURNING THE BALL LOWER -- >> TURNING THE BALL OVER RIGHT IN FRONT OF THEIR OWN GOAL LINE.

>> THERE WASN'T ANY FOCUS.

THE CHALLENGE FOR THESE TWO LOCKER ROOMS RIGHT NOW IS, ONE, TO REGAIN THEIR FOCUS BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANY, AND THE OTHER ONE CAN SOMETIMES BE JUST AS TOUGH, AND THAT'SMAKE SURE YOU CAN MOVE THE FIRST HALF INTO THE SECOND HALF AND ACTUALLY FINISH THIS THING.

I WOULD BE SURPRISED IF THIS THING DOESN'T GET CLOSER AS THE GAME GOES ON.

THAT WOULD BE MY PERSPECTIVE.

UNLESS RAMSAY CAN'T GET THEIR ACT TOGETHER.

THEY WERE PLAYING WELL BELOW THE LEVEL OF FOOTBALL I EXPECTED.

>> THEY LOST TWO GAMES, ONE TO PARKER AND ONE TO AUBURN.

BOTH ONE-SCORE GAMES.

BUT THEY HAD AN OPPORTUNITY LATE IN THE SECOND QUARTER TO CUT IT WITH AN INTERCEPTION -- >> MISTAKE, MISTAKE, MISTAKE.

YOU BEAT YOURSELF.

YOU'VE GOT TO LEARN HOW TO TURN IT AROUND.

TO ME, THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE IS FOR COACH JOHNSON TO GET THEIR ATTENTION.

>> RONNIE JACKSON.

>> RONNIE JACKSON, HE'S GOT TO GET THEIR ATTENTION, THEY'RE NOT FOCUSED.

>> THEY HAVE BEEN, AND HE SAID THIS, A SECOND-HALF TEAM THIS YEAR.

SOMETIMES YOU DON'T REALLY WANT TO RELY ON ON THAT AGAINST A TEM AS GOOD AS GULF SHORES.

HOW IMPRESSED WERE YOU WITH THE PLAY-MAKERS FOR GULF SHORES.

>> GIVEN THEY'VE GOTTEN A FRESHMAN QUARTERBACK -- BECAUSE THEY RUN A FELLOW FENCE.

THEY'RE NOT PROTECTING THE QUARTERBACK.

HE'S EXPOSED IN SO MANY THINGS THEY DO, AND HE'S PRETTY SPECIAL, NOW.

FOR A GUY THAT I SORT OF FELT GENERIC ABOUT, HE'S NOT GENERIC.

HE'S QUITE THE GUY, AND IT ALL LOOKS LIKE IT REALLY DOES REVOLVE AROUND HIM.

>> YEAH, I THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SEE KAMERON KEENAN THE QUARTERBACK FOR REAMSZ MAKE PLAYS.

ON DEFENSE, Q.B.

REESE HASSON HT BEEN THE FORCE WE'RE USED TO SEEING.

THIS MAY REQUIRE A TURNOVER FOR RAMSAY, AN INTERCEPTION, FUMBLE, RECOVERY AND HE'S THE GUY WHO CAN MAKETHE PLAY.

>> HE'S LOST THE PAL A FEW TIMES.

I DON'T KNOW WHERE FROM MY VIEW OF IT IS HOW HE'S GOT CAUGHT UP IN TRAFFIC, LET'S SAY, SOMETIMES, AND WAS ELIMINATED, AND THEY HAD BIG RUN OPPORTUNITIES THAT BASICALLY HE WASN'T EVEN AROUND THE PLAY.

AND ONE TIME HE JUST FLAT MISSED THE TACKLE, BADLY MISSED THE TACKLE.

>> THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN OFTEN.

IT'S UNFOCUSED.

WHEN YOUR BEST PLAYER IS LIKE THAT -- AND HE'S A GREAT PLAYER.

GREAT PLAYERS ARE PRETTY AVERAGE WHEN THEY'RE NOT FOCUSED AND HE'S PLAYING PRETTY AVERAGE.

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IS THERE AN ALPHA IN THAT LOCKER ROOM?

>> Q.B.

REESE IS THE ALPHA.

>> IF HE'S THE ALPHA, HE BETTER GET HIS HAT ON BECAUSE HE AIN'T PLAYING WITH AN ALPHA HAT.

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>> WELL, ONE-HALF OF FOOTBALL IN THE BOOKS HERE IN THE 5A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME, SUPER 7 IN TUSCALOOSA, BRYANT-DENNY STADIUM.

GULF SHORES THE NEWCOMERS TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP STAGE LEADING DEFENDING STATE CHAMPION RAMSAY RAMS BY A SCORE OF 21-6.

LANDON ROBERTS JOINED BY COACH RICK RHODES.

COACH, ONLY GOING 21 FIRST QUARTER POINTS BY GULF SHORES, THOUGHT WE COULD POTENTIALLY GET A BLOWOUT.

WE STILL MAY, BY MEANTIME, FIRST 24 MINUTES, NAYS JOB BY RAMSAY IN RESPONDING THE WAY THEY DID.

>> THEY CAME OFF THE DECK SWINGING AND GOT BACK IN THE GAME.

A NICE DRIVE TO GET ON THE SCOREBOARD.

BUT THERE ARE TELLING SIGNS RIGHT HERE.

THEIR PASSING GAME HAS BEEN NON-EXISTENT.

IF RAMSAY IS GOING TO GET BACK INTO THIS FOOTBALL GAME, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BE ABLE TO GENERATE OFFENSE THROUGH THE AIR.

>> NO BIG SURPRISE FROM GULF SHORES WITH WILSON AND ROYAL, 72 AND 72 YARDS RESPECTIVELY.

RAMSAY WAS GIVE CREDIT TO ASHTON ASHFORD AND WHAT HE WAS ABLE TO DO.

EARLY ON IF YOU FUMBLE ON YOUR OWN 2-YARD LINE, YOU'RE ASKING FOR IT AND THAT WAS GULF SHORES TAKING IT EARLY.

>> KOLIN WILSON, GREAT INDIVIDUAL EFFORT TO GET INTO THE END ZONE.

ROYAL WITH A BIG TIME -- >> RONNIE ROYAL WITH A 55-YARD TOUCHDOWN SCAMPER THERE.

AND THEN A LITTLE RAZZLE DAZZLE.

STINSON IN THE BACK TO HAVE THE END ZONE -- STINSON IN THE BACK OF THE END ZONE.

CARVER LOOKED LIKE THEY WOULD INTO THE LEAD.

CHRISTINA CHAMBERS.

>> NEGATIVE ONE-YARD PASSING ON THE OFFENSE.

WHAT DO YOU NEED TO DO IN THE SECOND HALF?

WE HAVE TO SETTLE DOWN, INCLUDING MYSELF.

WE HAVE BEEN WAITING ALL YEAR FOR THIS MOMENT, AND WE COULDN'T WAIT TO GET OUT THERE.

NOT SAYING WE'RE TENSED UP BUT WE WERE READY TO PLAY BALL.

WE HAVE TO SETTLE DOWN.

RIGHT NOW WE'RE GOING TO SETTLE DOWN.

WE'RE BUILT FOR THIS.

YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A DIFFERENT TEAM IN THE SECOND HALF.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

>> I LOVE THE HONESTY FROM THE COACH NOT ONLY SAYING WE HAVE TO SETTLE DOWN, MYSELF INCLUDED.

HOW MANY TIMES DO YOU HEAR THAT?

>> I WAS THINKING EXACTLY THE SAME THING AND I MEAN IT SINCERELY.

REALLY AN EXTRAORDINARY COMMENT.

AND LOOKING RIGHT INTO THE INSIDE TO HAVE THE COACH'S MIND.

>> TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR FIRST-HALF STATS.

150 YARDS RUSHING FOR GULF SHORES, WE MENTIONED, AND THAT IS THE DOUBLE THREAT KOLIN WILSON AND RONNIE ROYAL.

BUT A GOOD JOB BY RAMSAY TO PAYABLE TO ANSWER.

THEY HAVE A TALENTED RUNNING BACK OF THEIR OWN IN ASHTON ASHFORD AND HOW HARD HE RUNS.

>> A GUY THAT SEEKS OUT CONTACT AND REALLY KIND OF GOT THIS THING TURNED AROUND A LITTLE BIT.

WHY IS THERE ONLY MINUS ONE YARD PASSING AT THIS POINT?

I THINK WHEN YOU THROW THE BALL BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO, IT'S ALWAYS AN UPHILL FIGHT.

THERE'S BEEN VERY FEW TIMES RAMSAY HAS BEEN ABLE TO THROW THE BALL FROM AN ADVANTAGEOUS POSITION.

SEEMS LIKE ALWAYS A LONG-YARD AN SITUATION, A TIME WHEN THEY CAN PUT A LOT OF FEED ON THE PASSER.

I THINK THEY'LL TRY TO BE A LILT MORE VARIETY IN THIS HALF.

I THINK COACH GOT THEIR ATTENTION AT HALF TIME AND WE'LL FIND OUT REAL QUICK.

>> RAMSAY TO KICK IT OFF TO START THIS SECOND HALF OF PLAY.

RONNIE ROYAL, HE'S ALWAYS A THREAT TO TAKE IT AULD WAY, FIELDING IT.

AND ROYAL WITH A 189-YARD RETURN, OUT TO THE 39, WHERE GULF SHORES WILL TAKE OVER ON OFFENSE.

>> NICE JOB OF COVERAGE.

A LOW LINE DRIVE KICK THAT GOT TO ROYAL IN A HURRY.

A LOT OF TIMES THOSE THINGS GO FOR A LONG WAY.

RAMSAY WOULD HAVE NONE OF IT.

THEY ALWAYS SAY THE LAST FOUR MINUTES AND FIRST FOUR MINUTES OF A HALF ARE CRUCIAL.

I CAN'T THINK OF A MORE CRUCIAL TIME RIGHT HERE ESPECIALLY FOR THE GUYS IN BLACK RIGHT HERE.

THEY NEED TO GET OFF TO A GREAT START IN THE SECOND HALF.

>> FRESHMAN QUARTERBACK JUD HARRIS, HARRIS -- HARRIS, 39 YARDS.

HANDING OFF TO RONNIE ROYAL.

ROYAL THREE YARDS.

>> TRY TO RUN THE STRETCH PLAY, TRY TO SPLIT THE DEFENSE GOOD PURSUIT BY THE BACK SIDE OF THE RAMSAY DEFENSE AND HOLD IT JUST TO THAT 3-YARD GAME.

>> RAMSAY DEFENSE WHEN IT LOOKED LIKE THEY COULD FOLD, WHO COULD BLAME THEM?

THEY WERE OUT OF BREATH.

SEEMS LIKE THEY SPEND THE ENTIRE FIRST QUARTER OUT ON THE FIELD.

BUT YOU REALLY GOT TO SEE A LITTLE OF THAT DESILIYENS AND WHY THEY HAVE BEEN -- RESILIENCE AND WHY THEY HAVE BEEN FORMIDABLE ALL SEASON LONG.

DOLPHINS, SECOND ONE THEY HAD TONIGHT.

>> WHEN YOU START OUT A GAME WITH A FUMBLE THAT YOUR OPPONENT RECOVERS ON THE 2-YARD LINE -- >> OFFENSE, FIVE YARDS, SECOND -- >> IN ANY GAME IT'S CATASTROPHIC BUT IN A BIG GAME LIKE THIS, MULTIPLIED BY A THOUSAND.

BIG PENALTY RIGHT THERE.

>> MARK ERIC, HEAD COACH OF THE DOLPHINS.

LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE COACH, SEVERAL STOPS ON THE COLLEGE CIRCUIT.

HE'S GOT IT GOING ON, TBUSTLES AND THE GOLF -- GULF SHORES AND THE DOLPHIN PROGRAM.

3rd DOWN AND 11 FACING GULF SHORES IN THE FIRST ONE AND A HALF MINUTES OF THIS SECOND HALF, 5A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.

>> NICE JOB BY JERMAINE PARKER COMING OFF THE RIGHT DEFENSIVE END POSITION.

MADE THE RIGHT CHOICE AND RAN THE PLAY TOWN FROM BEHIND AND PUTS GULF SHORES IN THIS THIRD AND VERY LONG SITUATION.

>> BLAIZE THOMAS, RONNIE ROYAL LINED UP TO THE RIGHT.

THAT WAS RONNIE ROYAL WHO LINED UP WIDE AND CAME ACROSS THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD, COACH.

WHAT DID YOU SEE HERE?

>> COME OFF THE PLAY FAKE AND RUN A DEEP TURN IN THERE.

THE PLAY FAKE HOLDS THE LINEBACKER UNDERNEATH, SPLITS THE TWO LINEBACKERS, AND THAT BALL IS RIGHT ON THE MONEY.

I TELL YOU WHAT, YOUNG MR. HARRIS HAS A PRETTY LIVE ARM.

>> CERTAINLY DOES, NOW FOUR OF SIX.

>> AND ROYAL IS GOING TO GO TO THE SIDELINE, LOOKS LIKE HE WAS SHAKEN UP A LITTLE BIT ON THE LAST PLAY.

>> LAST PASS COMPLETION.

GOOD FOR 17 YARDS.

SO GULF SHORES NOW ON THE RAMSAY SIDE TO HAVE THE 50 WORKING FOR 50 ON FIRST DOWN.

WILSON LINING UP IN THE BACK FIELD WITH QUARTERBACK JUD HARRIS.

THREE WIDE RECEIVERS TO GO WITH WILSON.

AND HE COUGHED IT UP.

HE GOT IT.

SCRAMBLED FOR THE FOOTBALL, AND RAMSAY, WITH THE FIRST TURNOVER TONIGHT WITH THE GULF SHORES DOLPHINS.

>> II WAS THINKING WHAT A CLUTCH THE YOUNG QUARTERBACK MADE AND CERTAINLY WAS TO GET THEM THE 1st DOWN.

BUT WHAT A CLUTCH DEFENSIVE PLAY TO RAKE THAT BALL LOOSE.

Q.EESE STICKS THAT LEFT HAND IN THERE AND WATCH HIM POKE THAT THING OUT RIGHT THERE.

>> THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT RAMSAY WAS LOOKING FOR.

COACH JACKSON SAID YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A DIFFERENT TEAM IN THE SECOND HALF, AND WE'RE STARTED THAT WAY.

>> TAYLOR WITH THE RECOVERY.

SO NOW THE RAMS BACK ON OFFENSE, TRYING TO GET THE PASSING GAME GOING.

WASHINGTON, NOTHING THERE.

>> THEY TRAY TO GO DEEP TO -- >> THEY TRIED TO GO DEEP TO HIM, WIDE, GOOD COVERAGE.

SAVED THE TOUCHDOWN ON THE FIRST HALF FROM THAT YOUNG MAN.

>> THAT'S THE BUBBLE SCREEN.

THE GUY THAT MAKES THE TACKLE IS THE GUY ALIGNED RIGHT OVER THE BUBBLELE-EE.

YOU HAVE TO BACK ON HIM AND GET SOME KIND OF DAYLIGHT.

THAT ONE NEVER HAD A CHANCE.

>> BLAIZE THOMAS 5-11, 170-POUND JUNIOR, COMING UP WITH THAT PLAY.

LOST ALMOST 5 YARDS, 2nd AND LONG.

IT WILL GO THE OTHER WAY.

ASHTON ASHFORD, RUNNINGBACK, GETS THE LOST YARDAGE BACK.

>> DID A NICE JOB OF PICKING UP 5.

>> LOOKING AT GULF SHORES.

THEY'LL DROP A MAN.

SENDING PRESSURE.

WASHINGTON THERE AND JUST KNOCKED AWAY AT THE LAST MOMENT AS TREMELL WASHINGTON, SECOND DEEP SHOT WE HAVE SEEN FROM KAMERON KEENAN, THE RAMS QUARTERBACK.

BLAIZE THOMAS IS YEOMAN'S WORK FROM THE DEFENSIVE BACK POSITION.

DOES A NICE JOB.

HE'S GOING TO UNDERCUT THE ROUTE.

ABLE TO SEPARATE THE RECEIVER'S HANDS AT THE SAME TIME AND THE BALL IS A LITTLE UNDERTHROWN AND A LITTLE BIT BEHIND.

SO PROMISING FIELD POSITION THAT RAMSAY HAD GOES FOR NAUGHT.

LOOKS LIKE A MAN SHORT ON THE PUNT UNIT AS WELL.

>> SO WILLIAM MURRAY, AS THE PLAY CLOCK IS ABOUT TO EXPIRE, BLUE LINE DRIVE, RONNIE ROYAL WISELY BACKS UP FROM IT.

RAMSAY QUICK TO COVER IT.

THAT'S WHERE THE DOLPHINS WILL TAKE OVER.

SO THE TURNOVER, NOT CAPITALIZED ON BY RAMSAY, AND GULF SHORES VERY, VERY FORTUNATE.

DIDN'T HAPPEN.

FRESHMAN Q.B., DOLPHIN OFFENSE COMING OUT.

MOVING THE BALL, A GOOD STRIP BY Q.B.

REESE AND HUDSON.

YOU GO BACK WITH WHAT GAVE YOU THE SUCCESS IN THE FIRST HALF WITH ALMOST 200 YARDS TOTAL OFFENSE.

>> 21 POINTS IN THE FIRST QUARTER BUT A GOOSE EGG SINCE THAT TIME.

AND RAMSAY DEFENSE HAS ADJUSTED AND HAS PLAYED MUCH, MUCH BETTER.

>> 162 YARDS ON THE GROUND THUS FAR, JUD HARRIS.

HE'S GOING TO SCAMP I AHEAD.

ALMOST GOT AWAY FROM ONE OF THE RAMSAY DEFENDERS.

RAMS.

>> I THINK THAT WAS REESE AGAIN.

HE'S PRETTY STRONG.

THE ONE-ARMED TACKLES ARE NOT EASY TO DO.

>> SENIOR LINE BACKER QUARTERBACK Q.B.

REESE.

216-POUNDER, CAUSED THE FUMBLE.

SAVES WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN A PRETTY GOOD PLAY, FRESHMAN QUARTERBACK FOR THE DOLPHINS, HARRIS.

2nd DOWN AND 6.

DOLPHINS APPROACHING MID FIELD ONCE AGAIN.

>> LOOKED LIKE STRAIGHT ZONE.

NICELY JOB OF OPENING UP THE MIDDLE.

WATCH THE RIGHT GUARD IN THE MIDDLE.

THAT'S SPLIT ZONE PHEN.

NICE CREASE.

GOOD RUNNING BY WILSON.

1st DOWN.

>> KOLIN WILSON, 88 YARDS, GOOD FOR 6.5 YARDS PER RUSH.

SWING IT WIDE.

RONNIE ROYAL BACK IN THE GAME.

MAY BE BAD NEWS FOR THE RAMS.

FINALLY ABLE TO BE KNOCKED OUT OF BOUNDS AT THE 45.

PLAYED GOOD FOR 7 YARDS.

WILL BRING UP SECOND DOWN AND SHORT.

>> I'LL TELL YOU, YOU KNOW, WHEN THIS OFFENSE STAYS AHEAD OF THE CHAINS, VERY, VERY DIFFICULT TO STOP.

THEY HAVE SO MANY WEAPONS, YOU KNOW, SUCH A PROLIFIC SCHEME.

REALLY NEEDS A MINUS YARDAGE PLAY RIGHT HERE.

>> RONNIE ROYAL LINE UP IN THE SLOT ON THE NEAR SIDE AS HE JOINS BRADEN JACKSON, NOW ROYAL IS GOING TO TAKE THE HANDOFF.

AND THE BALL CAME OUT AND RAMSAY'S GOT IT.

FLAG COMES IN BUT THE RAMS HAVE THE FOOTBALL.

SECOND CONSECUTIVE POSSESSION THAT THE GULF SHORES DOLPHINS HAVE TURNED IT OVER.

WAIT AND SEE WHAT CAUSED IT.

I THINK THE RESULTS OF THE PLAY WILL STAND.

WE WILL CHECK THE PENALTY FROM OUR REFEREE.

>> I'M KIND OF WONDERING IF THERE WASN'T A FACE MASK THERE.

WASN'T THE TYPE OF PLAY WHERE YOU COULD GET A BLOCK IN THE BACK OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, I DON'T THINK.

THAT'S JUST A GUESS ON MY PART, BUT KIND OF WONDERING IF THERE WAS SOMETHING GRABBED THERE.

WE'LL SEE.

>> PERSONAL FOUL, FACE MASK, GULF SHORES.

15 YARDS FROM THE END OF THE RUN.

FIRST HALF.

>> SO THERE YOU GO.

RAMSAY BENEFICIARIES OF TWO STRAIGHT FUMBLES ON CONSECUTIVE POSSESSIONS, NOW ON THE MOVE, TRYING TO CUT INTO THIS GU(upbe) click the seatbelt, not the like button.

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(upbeat music) >> WELCOME BACK IN TO BRYANT-DENNY STADIUM.

21 TO 6 BUT THE STORY OF THE SECOND HALF IS GULF SHORES COUGHING IT UP ON TWO CONSECUTIVE DRIVES.

RAMSAY TRYING TO CAPITALIZE BUT KIND THE STORY WHEN IT COMES TO KAMERON KEENAN IN THE PASSING GAME.

3 OF 10 PRIOR TO THAT SACK FOR ZERO YARDS.

THIS IS THE FIVE-MAN PRESSURE.

A LITTLE DOUBLE TWIST.

THEY BRING THE OUTSIDE LINE BACKER OFF THE EDGE, COMES CLEAN, NOT PICKED UP AT ALL.

AND YOU SEE THE RESULT RIGHT THERE.

>> AND YOU HAD MATT KISNER FROM THE NOSE.

YOU'RE RIGHT, THE OUTSIDE BACKER GETTING THAT PRESSURE, EVEN TIMES THAT KAMERON KEENAN HAS NOT BEEN TAKEN DOWN, HAS BEEN FORCED TO THROW, AND THE DOLPHINS HAVE DONE A GOOD JOB OF DISRUPTING THE TIMING.

GOING TO DO IT HERE.

STINSON HAS WHEELS, TRIES TO GET TO THE OUTSIDE.

A GOOD TACKLE, COMING OVER TO MAKE THE PLAY QUICKLY.

TO DROP HIM IS CARTER BYRD.

>> I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, PRETTY SOPHISTICATED LOOK BY GULF SHORES.

SHOWED ALL-OUT PRESSURE, JUMPED OUT AT THE END AND REALLY CAME WITH A FOUR-MAN RUSH, BUT RAMSAY HAD THE CALL TO DEFEAT THAT.

THEY TRIED TO HIT THE TUNNEL SCREEN UNDERNEATH BUT REALLY GOOD PURSUIT TO HOLD THAT JUST A NEGLIGIBLE GAME.

THIS HAS TO BE FOUR-DOWN TERRITORY.

>> 3rd DOWN AND 14.

>> TRY TO GET HALF OF IT HERE.

>> KAMERON KEENAN DROPPED THE BALL.

GOING TO LOSE MORE YARDAGE.

THAT PLAY LOSES FOUR MORE.

MORE.

4th DOWN AND 18 MARKING 18 MARKE QUARTER.

STARTED WITH A CHANGE AND SNAPBACK TO THE QUARTERBACK.

>> SNAPS A LITTLE HIGH AGAIN.

WHEN YOU YOU DO A RIDE AND DECIDE PLAY, WHEN THAT BALL PASSES THE FRONT FOOT, YOU'VE GOT TO GIVE IT TO THE RUNNING BACK, CAN'T TRY TO PULL IT.

THE RESULT IS A DRIVING, STARTED WITH A 1st AND 10 ON THE 35-YARDLINE GOING IN IS GOING TO END UP ON A PUNT FROM THE 45-YARD LINE.

WILLIAM MURRAY, PROBABLY TOO MUCH FOR HEAD COACH RONNIE JACKSON'S LIKING TONIGHT, BUT AN EFFECTIVE PUNT AS IT ROLLS OUT OF BOUNDS AND GULF SHORES PINNED DEEP FROM THEIR OWN 1 YARD LINE WITH ONLY 4 AND A HALF MINUTES LEFT FROM THE THIRD QUARTER.

>> YOU CAN PLACE IT BETTER THAN THAT BUT NOT BY VERY MUCH.

THAT BALL WAS A BEAUTIFUL COFFIN CORNER KICK WHICH YOU DON'T SEE THAT MUCH ANYMORE.

MAYBE THIS DEFENSE CAN BUST SOMETHING FOR 6.

BE INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT GULF SHORES DOES WHETHER THEY DEPEND ON THE RUNNING GAME.

YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES OFF THE PLAY ACTION, THE STREAK RIGHT DOWN THE SIDELINE TRYING TO GET A BIG ONE IS THERE FOR THE TAKING.

SEE HOW THEY PLAY IT.

>> GULF SHORES WITH 240 TOTAL YARDS, JUST 85 FOR THE RAMSAY RAMS.

SURE MARK HUDSPETH WOULD LOVE NOTHING MORE THAN A 99-YARD DRIVE HERE.

BUT THAT'S A SAFETY.

>> CLOSE.

HE BARELY GOT OUT OF THE END ZONE.

>> OFFICIAL FROM THE FAR SIDE TO HAVE THE END RUNNING TO SAY TO d DOWN.

>> IF YOU GIVE THEM WHERE THE FORWARD PROGRESS WAS, ABOUT THE BACK STRIPE TO HAVE OF THE BALLS GOING TO BE IN THE END ZONE.

THE TIP OF THE BALL IS OUT OF THE END ZONE BUT THE BACK HALF OF IT IS IN.

SEE WHAT I'M SAYING?

I'VE NEVER SEEN A BALL ALIGN -- WELL, THAT ONE IS PRETTY CLOSE.

>> YOU'RE TALK ABOUT YOU CAN'T GET MUCH CLOSER.

I DON'T THINK YOU CAN GET ANY CLOSER THAN THAT.

MR. DEMARCUS JONES CAME UP TO MAKE THAT STICK, BUT RAMSAY, THEY'RE GOING TO CHALLENGE THAT LAST PLAY.

SEE THEIR HEAD COACH RONNIE JACKSON.

THROWING THE CHALLENGE FLAG.

HE WANTS TO CHALLENGE WHERE THE BALL WAS SPOTTED.

>> RULING ON THE FIELD.

PREVIOUS PLAY WAS THE RUNNER GOT OUT OF THE END ZONE.

RAMSAY IS CHALLENGING THAT RULING.

PREVIOUS PLAY IS UNDER FURTHER REVIEW.

>> AGAIN, I'M LIKE YOU, COACH, I DON'T KNOW IF THE RUNNER COMPLETELY GOT OUT OF THE END ZONE.

THE BALL WAS OUT PARTIALLY.

>> THE TIP OF THE BALL WAS OUT, THEREFORE THE BALL WAS OUT.

I'VE NEVER SEEN A BALL PLACED EVER GOING OUT OF THE END ZONE WHERE PART OF THE BALL IS ACTUALLY IN THE END ZONE.

DOES THAT MAKE SENSE?

>> IT DOES.

>> I MEAN, THAT LOOKS LIKE ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED.

LOOKS LIKE ABOUT TWO THIRDS OF THE BALL GOT OUT OF THE END ZONE.

THIS WILL BE INTERESTING.

GREAT GOOD DEFENSIVE STAND RIGHT THERE.

GOOD PENETRATION.

LOTS OF BLACK SHIRTS ON THE BALL.

>> GIVE CREDIT TO MARQUEL PATTERSON.

>> THAT DOESN'T TELL YOU ANYTHING.

GOT TO SEE SOMETHING R DOWN THE LINE.

YOU KNOW, I MEAN, REPLAY IS A GREAT TOOL, BUT ALL THIS SUPER SLOW MOTION I THINK REALLY DISTORTS THINGS A LOT.

>> WE HAVE TECHNOLOGY FOR SEEMS LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE, COACH, MICRO CHIPS IN THE FOOTBALL.

>> IT CERTAINLY CAN BE DONE.

>> WHY DO WE STILL USE TWO STICKS AND A STEEL CHAIN FOR A 1st DOWN?

>> THOSE GUYS HAVE TO HAVE SOMETHING TO DO.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

IT'S KIND OF THE FLAVOR OF THE GAME.

THOSE GUYS THAT RUN THE CHAIN CREWS ARE AMONG THE BEST PEOPLE IN FOOTBALL.

THEY REALLY LOVE DOING IT.

BUT FROM A TECHNOLOGICAL STANDPOINT, YOU CAN'T SAY THAT'S MODERN TECHNOLOGY.

>> ARE YOU GOOD WITH MICROCHIPS AND SOFTWARE?

I FEEL LIKE I MAYBE GAVE AWAY A REALLY GOOD IDEA.

>> ARE YOU SAYING AM I PERSONALLY GOOD WITH MICROCHIPS AND SOFTWARE?

>> COACH RHODES, I'M ASKING, DO YOU HAVE A GUY?

>> OH, DO I HAVE A GUY?

I HAVE A GUY WHO KNOWS A GUY.

I'M LOOKING FOR A SIDE HUSTLE THAT COULD LEAD TO EARLY RETIREMENT.

>> I WOULDN'T QUIT YOUR DAY JOB.

>> RONNIE ROYAL.

>> THERE YOU SEE THE BALL THERE.

I THINK I'M RIGHT.

>> RULING ON THE FIELD STANDS.

RAMSAY'S CHARGED WITH TIME OUT, HAS ONE CHALLENGE REMAINING.

>> CERTAINLY DON'T BLAME RONNIE JACKSON FOR THROWING A CHALLENGE.

>> NO, IT'S WORTH DOING.

>> BUT AS IT STANDS, SECOND DOWN AND 10 FOR GULF SHORES, OPERATING ALMOST OR PARTIALLY FROM THEIR OWN END ZONE.

>> I'LL SAY THIS AGAIN, I WOULD HAVE LOVED TO HAVE HAD THE RED FLAGS WHEN I COACHED.

I WOULD HAVE HAD 12 OF THEM WITH ME.

TBLVMENT I MEAN, THAT BALL IS -S OFF THE WHITE LINE -- WELL, IT'S NOT OFF NOW.

>> JUD HARRIS, A THROW FROM HIS OWN END ZONE.

HE DOES HAVE A MAN.

JACKSON.

DOES THE FLAG COME IN?

GULF SHORES SHRINED WANTED ONE.

>> GOOD JOB FROM WHOEVER IT WAS WHO IF YOU PULLED THE YOUNG MAN.

THE BALL IS TO THE BACK SIDE.

LOOKED TO ME LIKE TWO GUYS PLAYING FOOTBALL.

>> FLETCHER TAYLOR, DEFENSIVE BACK FOR RAMSAY, DOING BATTLE WITH BRADEN JACKSON, DOLPHINS WIDE RECEIVER.

INCOMPLETE PASS, 3rd DOWN AND 10.

JUD HARRIS GOING TO TRY AGAIN.

CLOSEST GUY TO IT.

SAME MATCHUP, FLETCHER TAYLOR.

>> YOU KNOW, THEY THOUGHT THEY HAD A MATCHUP THAT THEY COULD HIT, YOU UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT, MAN, YOU HATE NOT TO.

YOU SEE THE SNAPS A LITTLE BIT LOW AS WELL, BUT YOU HATE TO SEE NOT TRYING TO GET ENOUGH ROOM TO AT LEAST USE THE SPREAD PUNT BECAUSE THIS IS GOING TO HAVE TO BE -- THIS IS GOING TO BE A 10-YARD, 1-INCH PUNT FORMATION RIGHT HERE.

WHAT THAT MEANS IS HE'S GOT TO BACK UP AS TIGHT TO THAT END LINE AS HE CAN.

HE CAN'T STEP BACK ANY, THOUGH.

HE HAS TO TAKE ONE STEP AND GET THE BALL OUT IN A HURRY.

>> A DEEP SNAPPER ACCUSTOMED TO SNAPPING AT 13 YARDS, NOW HAVING TO SNAP AT 8.5.

GOING TO FEEL IT AND HIT RIGHT AS HE DOES.

MACK ANDERSON WITH THE INSTANT IMPACT RIGHT AFTER TREMELL WASHINGTON FIELDED THIS PUNT.

>> ALL 6-4, 175, ONE STEP, GETS IT OUT, ABOUT AS FOOD AS YOU CAN DO RIGHT HERE.

REALLY A WELL-TIME KICGHT HERE.

BIG HIT.

BIG HIT.

AGAIN, GOOD FIELD POSITION FOR RAMSAY BUT THEY STARTED THEIR LAST DRIVE ON THE PLUS 35.

SO STILL A NET GAIN OF ABOUT 6 YARDS ON THE EXCHANGE OF PUNTS.

>> WELL, IT'S GOING TO BE INTERESTING HERE, CAN RAMSAY ACTUALLY CAPITALIZE ON THE DEFENSE DOING THEIR JOBS, INCOMPLETE PASS THERE.

ON TWO FUMBLES, RESULTED IN ZERO POINTS.

HE HAS TO WONDER NOT ONLY A TIME BEING A FACTOR BUT, ALSO, COACH, HOW MANY OPPORTUNITIES ARE YOU GOING TO GET FROM ANOTHER REALLY GOOD FOOTBALL TEAM?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

THEY'VE HAD TWO GOLDEN OPPORTUNITIES.

KEENAN LOOKS ABOUT AS FRUSTRATED AS A QUARTERBACK CAN BE NOW.

NOTHING HAS GONE RIGHT FOR HIM.

THERE HAVE BEEN PROTECTION PROBLEMS.

HE'S OVERTHROWN BALLS.

CAN'T SEEM TO GET PEOPLE OPEN.

>> FOR A GUY WHO'S THR 32 YARDS COMING INTO TONIGHT, HE'S FOUR 4 OF 12 FOR 2.

>> AND OVER 30 TOUCHDOWNS ON AIR.

>> ASHTON ASHFORD.

SPEAKING OF 2, NUMBER 2.

>> WELL, HE HAS BEEN THE OFFENSE FOR RAMSAY.

AND, I MEAN, HIS RUNNING HAS REALLY KEPT HIM IN THE FAME.

YOU GAME.

YOU CAN SEE THE DOUBLE PULL.

NICE CUT RIGHT THERE.

GOOD, STRONG RUNNING AT THE END.

THE CUT DIPS INSIDE, NOW BACK OUTSIDE.

NICE, NICE RUN.

>> 1st DOWN.

RAMSAY FROM THE 27 OF GULF SHORES.

ASHTON AGAIN IN A NICE OPEN FIELD TACKLE.

CALLED HIS NAME SEVERAL TIMES OFFENSIVE AND DEFENSIVE SIDE OF THE BALL, BRADEN JACKSON.

>> YEAH, I MEAN, JACKSON, I THINK FROM HIS SAFETY POSITION, BOY, ROLLED DOWN IN A HURRY AND HIT TO HOLD THAT THING TO JUST A 1-YARD GAME.

>> ASHTON ASHFORD.

CARRY BEFORE LAST, 97 YARDS.

NOW 98 AND 19 CARRIES.

OH, MY GOODNESS, RONNIE ROYAL WITH THE ONE-HANDED INTERCEPTION.

I CAN'T BELIEVE WHAT WE JUST SAW.

KAMERON KEENAN GOING TO HIS BIG TIGHT END, ALL 6-5, 215-POUND OF HIM -- >> -- OFFENSE, PENALTY IS DECLINED -- GULF SHORES.

>> THAT IS AN UNBELIEVABLE INTERCEPTION.

THAT MAY BE THE BEST CATCH I'VE EVER SEEN.

>> I MEAN, WHAT?

>> I MEAN, HE GETS HIS HAND OVER E TOP OF THAT BALL AND WITH ONE HAND PULLS THAT THING TOWN AND BACK IN AND STAYS IN BOUNDS.

FOLKS, I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, IF YOU'VE GOT A BETTER CATCH THAN THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT, FROM ANYBODY.

HOLY SMOKES.

>> AND THE SECOND INTERCEPTION TONIGHT, I THINK YOU CAN HONESTLY SAY, SAVED THE TOUCHDOWN AND PREVENTED ONE WITH THE RAMSAY RAMS.

>> HAVE YOU EVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THAT?

>> NO.

I'VE SEEN ONE-HANDED CATCHES AND GREAT ONES.

>> NOT LIKE THAT, FALLING BACK?

>> YEAH, COMING OVER THE TOP OF THE BALL AND BRINGING IT BACK DOWN.

>> GOING TO HAND IT OFF TO RONNIE ROYAL.

>> TOUGH GOING THERE.

>> HE LOSES A YARD ON THAT CARRY.

>> HERE WE'RE GOING TO SEE IT AGAIN.

WATCH HIM HIGH POINT THAT BALL, GET HIS FINGERS OVER THE TOP OF THAT BALL AND PULL IT DOWN ONE-HANDED.

I MEAN, I COULDN'T TAKE A BOX OF CEREAL OFF THE SHELF LIKE THAT.

>> SECOND DOWN AND 11.

BACK TO THE GROUND, RONNIE ROYAL.

>> TOUGH GOING, THROW.

>> THE DOLPHINS, A LITTLE BIT OF BREATHING ROOM AS HE'S OUT TO THE 9.

>> YEP.

>> 3rd DOWN AND 4.

WHAT A BIG DOWN HERE FOR BOTH TEAMS.

>> SO NOT ONLY RONNIE ROYAL IS ALMOST 100 YARDS RUSHING AND A COUPLE OF TOUCHDOWNS, THE LONG COMING ON A 55-YARD SCRATCHER IN THE FIRST QUARTER, BUT THAT INTERCEPTION, A HIGHLIGHT REEL AND I'M SURE A PLAY THAT WILL BE SHOWN IN SUPER 7'S HIGHLIGHT PACKAGES FOR YEARS TO COME.

NOW ROYAL ON THE OUTSIDE.

>> GOOD DEFENSE.

>> RAMS KEEP INTAINED.

GET TO THE EDGE.

IT WASN'T JUST ONE, IT WAS A HOST OF RAMSAY DEFENDERS.

>> HE GOT POPPED PRETTY GOOD AGAIN.

>> THE DOLPHINS COMING OUT TO PUNT DEEP WITHIN THEIR OWN TERRITORY.

>> THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO KEEP THIS OFFENSE FOR GULF SHORES PINNED UP, BUT, I MEAN, WE MAY HAVE SEEN THE GREATEST DEFENSIVE PLAY WITH REGARD TO A PASS IN THE HISTORY OF THIS CHAMPIONSHIP.

IT WAS UNBELIEVABLE.

>> THAT BALL, THE PUNT IS BLOCKED.

HAD WILL LANGSTON'S PUNT BLOCKED, RAMSAY WILL HAVE THE FOOTBALL INSIDE THE 15-YARD LINE.

>> HE'S GOING TO COME AGAIN RIGHT UP THE CHUTE -- EXCUSE ME, OFF THE LEFT SIDE.

THIS IS A NO-NO, SOMETHING YOU DON'T WANT TO DO, THE BALL CROSSES THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE, YOU DON'T WANT TO FIELD IT, BUT IT TURNED OUT WELL.

YOU CAN SEE RIGHT OFF THE LEFT SIDE.

>> DEMARCUS JONES.

>> GOT HIS LEFT HAND ON IT.

HE BLOCKS IT WITH HIS OUTSIDE HAND.

HIS HIGH HAND DIDN'T GET IT.

IT WAS THE LEFT HAND THAT WAS TOWN AROUND HIS HIP.

>> 1st AND 10 RAMSAY, INSIDE A MINUTE.

ON THE 13.

ASHTON ASHFORD, NOW OVER 100 YARDS ON THE NIGHT.

>> HE IS REALLY GOOD AT RUNNING THAT STRETCH PLAY, GETTING WHICH DOES AS RAMSAY GOES QUICK.

>> TOOK FOUR DOWNS THE LAST TIME RAMSAY WAS INSIDE THE RED ZONE.

GULF SHORES DEFENSE, NO WHISTLE.

THEY'LL MARK ASHFORD AT THE ONE.

SECOND DOWN AND GOAL, SHOULD PROBABLY BE THE FINAL PLAY OF THE THIRD QUARTER.

>> AND IT WILL BE.

WHAT A THIRD QUARTER.

ACTION PACKED.

HIGHLIGHT REEL, THIRD QUARTER.

FIRST IT WAS RONNIE ROYAL WITH A ONE-HANDED, INCREDIBLE SNAG.

THEN THE SPECIAL TEAMS OF RAMSAY HAVE THE RAMS SET UP TO CUT INTO THIS DOLPHIN LEAD.

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>> WELCOME BACK INSIDE BRYANT-DENNY STADIUM.

RAMSAY TRYING TO CUT INTO THE 21-6 GULF SHORES LEAD, ALL 21 POINTS SCORED BY THE DOLPHINNIVE DOLPHINS IN THE FIRST QUARTER.

RAMSAY ABLE TO ANSWER.

IN THE THIRD QUARTER, TURNOVERS, TWO BY GSHORES, ONE RAMSAY.

A SPECIAL TEAMS PLAY SET UP THE RAMSAY RAMS, A BLOCKED PUNT.

NOW RAMSAY ONLY 2nd AND GOAL.

ASHFORD TRIES THE MIDDLE.

GULF SHORES, BRIAN'S DEFENSE, TIGHTENING UP WHEN THEY HAVE TO.

THERE'S A FLAG ON THE FIELD.

>> THIS COULD BE REAL INTERESTING.

YEAH, WE THINK WE MIGHT HAVE A LATE HIT HERE.

WE'LL SEE.

IF THERE IS, THE YARDAGE WILL BE INCONSEQUENTIAL.

>> GULF SHORES, PERSONAL FOUL, HALF THE DISTANCE, THIRD DOWN.

>> ALL RIGHT, NUMBER 4 WILL COME IN LATE RIGHT THERE AFTER THE PLAY IS OVER.

>> CARTER BYRD.

>> THAT WILL BE ABOUT A HALF-INCH PENALTY, I THINK.

>> SO THIRD DOWN AND GOAL.

HUDSPETH.

>> YOU CAN BET THE DOLPHINS WILL TRY TO HIT THOSE GAPS RIGHT HERE AND THE RAMS WILL TRY TO WEDGE THAT THING OUT AND POP IT IN.

>> ASHTON ASHFORD, FROM I HAVE BEENS OUT.

THE SECOND TOUCHDOWN OF THE NIGHT.

RAMSAY RAMS.

>> I FEEL SURE THEY'LL GO FOR TWO HERE.

>> FLAG CAME IN LATE.

WE'LL HAVE TO CHECK IT, BUT I WOULD THINK UNSPORTSMANLIKE.

AND THE TOUCHDOWN SHOULD STAND.

>> IT LOOKS LIKE -- >> AFTER THE PLAY, PERSONAL FOUL, OFFENSE.

PERSONAL FOUL DEFENSE.

BOTH PENALTIES OFFSET.

GO HAVE A TRY.

>> LOOKS LIKE RAMSAY IS GOING TO GO FOR ONE RIGHT HERE.

LITTLE SURPRISED BY THAT.

>> WILLIAM MURRAY.

NSSMENTSMISSED ON HIS PREVIOUS T AFTER TOUCHDOWN BUT THAT WAS FROM 35 YARDS OUT.

THIS ONE THE STANDARD 20-YARDER.

THEY'RE GOING TO FAKE IT.

WASHIN.

>> HE'S GOING TO MAKE IT, TOO.

TREMELL WASHINGTON.

NOBODY WEARING WHITE AND TEAL SAW THAT ONE COMING AND WASHINGTON GOES UNSCATHED INTO THE END ZONE FOR 2 POINTS AND WE HAVE A TOUCHDOWN BALL GAME.

TAKE A LOOK AT RONNIE JACKSON, HEAD COACH OF THE RAMS.

THEY COULD HAVE BOWED OUT EARLY, COACH.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

I MEAN, THIS WAS A TEAM DOWN 21-0, BEFORE YOU PUT MUSTARD ON YOUR HOT DOG.

THEY COME BACK AND NOW IT'S A ONE-SCORE GAME.

GOOD PUSH RIGHT THERE, AND SOME TRICKERY ON THE POINT GETS US TO A ONE-SCORE GAME.

>> TREMELL WASHINGTON.

AND YOU SEE ASHTON ASHFORD HAS 112 YARDS ON THE NIGHT.

>> WELL, THIS IS THE DRIVE OF THE NIGHT RIGHT HERE COMING UP.

>> SPEAKING OF DRIVES, SCORING DRIVE.

BENEFICIARIES OF GETTING THE BALL INSIDE THE 15-YARD LINE AFTER THE BALL PUNTS.

PLAYS 15 YARDS.

>> JUST WHAT WE EXPECTED COACH.

>> YEAH, YEAH.

>> YOU KNOW, IT'S REALLY, AGAIN, GULF SHORES HAS 21 POINTS EARLY EARLY.

NOTHING BUT GOOSE EGGS SINCE.

>> STILL ONLY 114 TOTAL YARDS FOR THIS RAMSAY RAMS.

THE EYE-POPPING STAT, TWO YARDS PASSING AS THE KICK GOES OUT OF BOUNDS.

AFTER THE STEP-OFF, GULF SHORES WILL HAVE RELATIVELY GOOD POSITION EARLY IN THE FOURTH QUARTER.

>> GULF SHORES, AT LEAST NOT BACKED UP.

ON THE TWO DRIVES IN THE QUARTER, I WAS COUGHING UP THE FOOTBALL, ONE TIME FROM RONNIE ROYAL, ANOTHER TIME FROM KOLIN LSON.

>> BALL PLACED AT THE 35, 1st DOWN.

>> ANOTHER LOOK AT THE SCORE, GOOD PUSH BY THE FRONT.

THE YOUNG MAN HAS HAD QUITE A NIGHT.

112 YARDS ON 23 CARRIES.

>> 109 YARDS BETWEEN THE THREE, IF YOU THROW IN SACK YARDAGE AND LOST YARDAGE.

BUT YOU'RE RIGHT.

ASHTON ASHFORD, HE HAS BEEN THEIR OFFENSE.

>> CERTAINLY HAS, A LOW SNAP, JUD HARRIS TRIES TO PICK IT UP.

KOLIN WILSON COMING BACK THE OTHER WAY.

>> AND THE BALL IS LOOSE.

>> ANOTHER FUMBLE BY GULF SHORES.

RAMSAYAS GOT IT AND, ONCE AGAIN, THEY'VE GOT IT CLOSE.

THE RAMS, OPPORTUNISTIC, ESPECIALLY HERE IN THIS SECOND HALF.

WOW.

>> THEY HAVE HAD SNAP PROBLEMS THROUGHOUT THIS GAME, AND THAT ONE COST THEM DEARLY.

>> Q.B.

REESE IS THE RAM WE HAVE BACK THERE.

>> KOLIN WILSON WILSON TRIES TO MAKE IT, BUT HE GETS A FACE OF Q.B.

REESE.

WE SAID EARLY COACH JACKSON SAID THEY WERE A SECOND HALF TEAM AND THIS HAS BEEN A VERY STRANGE TRIP BACK TO THE POTENTIAL OF HAVING A TIED BALL GAME, BUT WE'RE THERE.

CHRISTINA CALLED THAT SHOT FROM THE SIDELINE.

LET'S GIVE CREDIT WHERE CREDIT IS DUE, SHE HIT THAT ON THE HEAD.

>> Q.B.

REESE IS COMMITTED TO ALABAMA.

HE BRINGS SO MUCH ENERGY AND EFFORT ON THE FIELD.

HE SETS THE TONE WITH OFF-SEASON WORKOUTS.

OFF THE FIELD, THE TEAM FEEDS OFF OF HIM, AND YOU SAW THAT ON THAT LAST PLAY.

>> THEY, OFFENSE.

WONDER WHAT Q.B.

STANDS FOR?

I BET IT'S QUALITY BLOWS.

>> QUALITY'S GOT TO BE A PART OF IT.

>> YES.

>> I'D SAY QUALITY BALL PLAYER, BUT THAT WOULD REQUIRE AN EXTRA LETTER.

ASHFORD NAVIGATES THROUGH TRAFFIC.

AFTER THE STEP-OFF, RAMSAY HAS ITS SECOND TOWN AND GOAL.

>> PIG PENALTY TO START THIS DRIVE.

>> CERTAINLY WAS.

>> NOT MUCH DOUBT WHHEY'RE GOING TO DO RIGHT HERE.

>> THEY'LL SPOT IT.

A LONG THREE YARDS.

ASHFORD TRIES THE MIDDLE.

NOT MUCH IN THE MIDDLE HAS BEEN SURRENDERED TONIGHT BUT THE GULF SHORES DEFENSE.

>> YOU GET IN THE BUNCHED-UP FORMATION, DOESN'T GIVE YOU A WHOLE LOT OF OPTIONS.

I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THEY WILL BE ABLE TO LINE UP AND MUSCLE THE BALL IN FROM THE 7-YARD LINE, ON 3rd DOWN AND GOAL.

THE PENALTY WAS REALLY BIG TO START THIS DRIVE.

>> THE TWO TOUCHDOWNS THAT THEY HAVE SCORED, AT LEAST ONE OF THEM HAVING TO GO WIDE, YOU SAW IT, TREMELL WASHINGTON PULLING OUT ON A FAKED EXTRA POINT.

RAMSAY CAN GET SOMETHING THROUGH THE AIR, SAME RESULT.

PLAY WILL LOSE 4 YARDS AS AS KAMERON KEENAN IN THE PASSING GAME, NOW NEGATIVE YARNLD ONCE AIN -- YARDAGE ONCE AGAIN, 4 OF 13.

>> THEY'LL BRING 3 FROM THE TOP OF YOUR SCREEN.

NOBODY PICKS UP THE ELLEN RUSH.

NO BACK TO PICK HIM UP EITHER.

A WELL DESIGNED THREE-MAN PRESSURE FROM THE SIDE AND NOW A VERY PROMISING 1st AND GOAL TURNED INTO A 4th AND GOAL FROM THE 11 AND THEY WILL HAVE TO PULL SOMETHING OUT OF THE HAT NOW.

>> LANDON EVERETT, HUGE 3rd DOWN PLAY FOR GULF SHORES.

4th AND 4 FROM THE 11H.

11 KEEN.

TURNAWAY RAMSAY.

>> REALLY GOOD COVERAGE.

ANY KIND OF SPRINTOUT PASS YOU WANT SECONDARY CONTAIN WHICH HAS SOMEBODY COMING FROM THE SECOND LEVEL INSIDE OUT.

THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED.

HE GOT HIM.

WHAT A GOAL LINE STANDBY, GULF SHORES.

>> YOU POINTED OUT 5-YARD DELAY TO START THE DRIVE.

CHANGES THE COMPLEXITY AND MINDSET FROM AN OFFENSIVE CALL.

>> YOU HAVE A 1st AND GOAL RIGHT AT THE 5-YARD LINE.

IT'S A HUGE, HUGE PENALTY.

NLTS.

>> RONNIE ROYAL.

ROYAL HANGING ON TO THE FOOTBALL.

TUCKED IT TIGHT THERE.

OUT ACROSS THE 20.

UP TO THE 23-YARD LINE.

>> OF COURSE, THE ADVANTAGE OF PUTTING HIM BACK THERE FOR THAT DIRECT SNAP AND THAT WILDCAT IS LIKE PLAYING WITH 12 GUYS BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT HANDING THE BALL OFF TO ANYBODY.

THE PSYCHE OF BOTH TEAMS, YOU CAN SEE PEP IN GULF SHORES' STEP.

IT'S GOT TO BE A LITTLE DISCOURAGING FOR THE RAMSAY RAMS.

>> WORKING OUT OF THE WILDCAT AGAIN.

RONNIE ROYAL, THE BALL CAME LOOSE.

THE OFFICIAL, THOUGH, SPOTTING HIM DOWN JUST PAST THEST DOWN MARKER.

BUT GULF SHORES DURING THE SECOND HALF HAVING A HARD TIME HOLDING ONTO THE FOOTBALL.

>> FIELD, RUNNER DOWN BY CONTACT.

>> SUSAN CARUTHERS ON THE GULF SHORES SIDELINES.

WHAT CAN YOU TELL US.

>> RONNIE ROYAL NUMBER 2, ONE OF THE GULF SHORES SCHOOL COUNSELORS IS HERE AND SAYS SHE MET RONNIE ON THE FIRST DAY IN SCHOOL IN NINTH GRADE.

HE WAS TIMID AND SHY BUT HAS GROWN TO A LEADER ON THE TEAM.

HE WILL STAY AFTER THE GAME, SHAKE HANDS WITH THE FANS, HANG HARPED AND PLAY FOOTBALL WITH LITTLE GUYS ON THE FIELD.

HE'S VERBALLY COMMITTED TO N.C. STATE.

AFTER THE SCHOLARSHIPS STARTED COMING IN, HE MET WITH HIS COUNSELOR BECAUSE HE WAS INTERESTED IN TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET SCHOLARSHIPS FOR OTHER ON HIS TEAM.

HE'S AN ALL-AROUND GOOD GUY.

>> REALLY GOOD STUFF, THANK YOUSH SUSAN.

KOLIN WILSON, HIS RUNNING BACK MATE WITH A 4 AND A HALF YARD GAIN ON 1st DOWN.

NOD HARRIS, QUARTERBACK IN THE GAME, HARRIS 5-9, 62 YARDS.

WHY GO TO THE AIR WHEN YOU CAN GO TO THE GROUND?

ONE YARD FOR KOLIN WILSON ON THAT PLAY.

>> NOW IT WILL GET INTERESTING.

DO YOU PUT THE BALL IN THE AIR OR, AGAIN, YOU KNOW, THE ADVANTAGE THAT YOU HAVE IN THESE, YOU KNOW, THIRD DOWN AND COULD BE RUN COULD BE PASS IS YOU'VE GOT TWO GUYS THAT CAN RUN THE FOOTBALL AND THEY CAN GET FIVE OR SIX YARDS ANYTIME THAT YOU WANTED.

BIG, BIG, BIG PLAY, ESPECIALLY FOR THE RAMSAY DEFENSE RIGHT HERE.

>> RONNIE ROYAL.

>> BACK IN THE WILDCAT AGAIN.

>> 3rd DOWN AND 4.

ROYAL KEEPS IT HIMSELF.

GOT HIS FIRST DOWN, KEEPS MOVING THE LEGS AND FINALLY HE'S BROUGHT DOWN BUT NOT BEFORE A GAIN OF 7 YARDS.

SO THEY'LL MOVE THE CHAPES.

THE CLOCK IS STILL ON THE MOVE AFTER THEY STOP IT MOMENTARILY WITH JUST OVER 6 AND A HALF MINUTES LEFT.

RAMSAYY WITH TWO TIMES OUT LEFT AND GULF SHORES WITH THEIR FULL COMPLEMENT OF THREE.

>> SUCH A TOUGH CONCEPT.

YOU'RE IN THE WILDCAT, SHOW SPEED SWEEP TO WILSON, AND THE GUY WHO MAY KEEP THE BALL IS ROYAL.

IF YOU'RE A LINE BACKER YOU'RE DARNED IF YOU DO OR DON'T.

WIDE TO THE SWEEP, VULNERABLE TO THE INSIDE RUN.

IF YOU STAY INSIDE, WILSON IS CAPABLE OF TAKING IT AROUND THE END FOR BIG YARDAGE.

>> DOING IT THERE.

THAT'S HOW YOU DEFEND IT THERE.

>> JERMAINE PARKER.

>> TAKE AWAY THE SPEED SWEEP AND TACKLE THE GUY THAT KEEPS THE BALL.

THAT'S REALLY A NICE PLAY BY THAT YOUNG MAN RIGHT THERE.

SEARS SAID THAN DONE.

YOU WATCH HIM.

HE'S GOING TO READ THE MESH.

SEAS THE KEEP, COMES OFF OF THE SPEED SWEEP, DOWN INSIDE, MAKES A HECK OF A FOOTBALL PLAY.

>> SENIOR EDGE DEFENDER.

FIRST TIME WE HAVE CALLED HIS NAME TONIGHT.

WHAT A BIG PLAY AT A BIG MOMENT.

PLAY LOST 3.

2nd DOWN AND 13.

MARK HUDSPETH IS SEEN GRIMACING.

RONNIE ROYAL.

RONNIE ROYAL.

>> THAT'S THE ADVANTAGE YOU HAVE.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO THROW THE BALL IN THAT KIND OF SITUATION BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT TWO GUYS THAT CAN HIT THE CREASES AND GET YOU 10, 15 AT A TIME.

A GREAT RUN.

GOOD BLOCKING UP FRONT.

NICE JOB BY A BIG NUMBER 79 CONNOR LOWELL ON THE OUTSIDE ZONE, WORKS HIS GUY FOR WIDTH.

ROYAL SEES IT.

CUTS INSIDE.

GETS BACK OUTSIDE.

USES THE SPEED FOR A BIG, BIG 1st DOWN.

>> CONNOR LOWELL, SENIOR.

IT'S ROYAL AGAIN.

>> THIS TIME HE MAY GO TO THE HOUSE.

OOOH, CLOSE.

THEY'LL MARK IT.

>> THEY'RE GOING TO MARK HIM.

>> IN TENDIN THE END ZONE.

>> THAT IS A TOUCHDOWN FOR GULF SHORES.

THE SCORING DROUGHT IS OVER AFTER GOING 24-PLUS MINUTES WITHOUT ONE, IT'S RONNIE ROYAL FROM 26 YARDS OUT.

>> THAT YOUNG MAN HAS HAD QUITE A NIGHT.

GULF SHORES LOOKING AT A TWO TOUCHDOWN GAME WITH ANOTHER FIVE MINUTES TO PLAY AND AWAITING THE EXTRA POINT OF WILL LANGSTON WHO HAS BEEN PERFECT HERE TONIGHT.

>> TALKING ABOUT A CLUTCH DRIVE.

>> RULING ON THE FIELD, TOUCHDOWN.

PREVIOUS PLAY -- >> WHILE THEY REVIEW IT, WE'LL STEP AWAY.

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>> WELCOME BACK IN THIS 5A CHAMPIONSHIP.

THE PREVIOUS PLAY, TOUCHDOWN RUN FROM RONNIE ROYAL UNDER REVIEW.

THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT.

THE RIGHT FOOT -- TOUGH TO TELL THERE -- BUT THE RIGHT FOOT GOING OUT OF BOUNDS BEFORE THE BALL WAS EXTENDED AN OVER THE GOAL LINE.

>> I THINK THIS MIGHT BE A BETTER LOOK AT IT.

KEEP WATCHING THAT RIGHT FOOT.

LOOKS LIKE IT'S -- YOU KNOW, SOMETHING MADE THAT LEG STOP.

THE BALL -- LOOKS LIKE THE BALL WOULD BE SPOTTED ON THE 1.

BUT WE'LL SEE.

>> AFTER REVIEW, THE RUNNER WAS OUT OF BOUNDS, THE BALL WILL BE PLACED AT THE 1 YARD LINE 1st AND GOAL.

>> SO IT IS OVERTURNED.

BUT MY QUESTION TO YOU NOW IS SITUATIONALLY WITH SCORE AND TIME, YOU DO HAVE TWO TIMES OUT IF YOU'RE RAMSAY, BUT IF GULF SHORES FOR SOME REASON DOESN'T PUNCH IT IN, THEY LET THE CLOCK KEEP EASING, ARE YOU WILLING, IF YOU'RE RAMSAY, TO LET THEM EAT ALL THAT TIME?

>> WELL, I THINK YOU WANT TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS ON THIS NEXT PLAY.

IF YOU CAN GET A MINUS YARDAGE PLAY, YOU KNOW, THAT'S ONE THING.

IF THE BALL IS GOING TO BE INSIDE THE 1, I'M GOING TO SAVE THAT TIME BECAUSE IT'S STILL GOING TO BE JUST A 2-SCORE GAME.

>> WELL, AND COACH, IF WE'VE SEEN ANYTHING IN THE SECOND HALF, BALL SECURITY HAS NOT BEE- >> BALL SECURITY HAS BEEN IN SHORT SUPPLY.

DON'T FORGET THE SNAPS THAT HAVE BEEN KIND OF ERRANT.

GULF SHORES SURE ANSWERED ON THIS DRIVE RIGHT HERE.

COMING OFF A GREAT GOAL LINE STAND.

>> JUD HARRIS BACK IN AT QUARTERBACK.

LOW SNAP AGAIN.

HARRIS GOING TO KEEP IT.

HANGS ON TO THE FOOTBALL.

>> I'M A LITTLE SURPRISED BY THAT ONE RIGHT THERE.

I THINK THEY THOUGHT THAT DEFENSE WOULD COLLAPSE HARD INSIDE, BUT THE DEFENDER STAYED HOME, AND REALLY NOWHERE TO GO.

PROBABLY LOST A YARD.

>> DID.

GULF SHORES IN NO HURRY.

20 STILL ON THE PLAY CLOCK.

THEY ARE GOING TO TAKE THEIR TIME.

YEAH, THEY'RE KIND OF IN THEIR 4-MINUTE OFFENSE NOW.

THEY'LL RUN IT DOWN.

>> NOT AS MUCH AS YOU WOULD EXPECT AS RONNIE ROYAL MET WITH RESISTANCE RIGHT AS HE GOT TO THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.

>> A WALL OF BLACK SHIRTS.

>> TAKE ANOTHER LOOK.

THAT'S Q.B.

REESE, NUMBER 6, LEADING THAT CHARGE.

>> GOOD.

LINE DEFENSE BY RAMSAY THAT TIME.

TO YOU PUT IT IN THE AIR OR TO YOU PUT IT TO YOUR MAN ONE MORE TIME?

>> HARRIS CAN ROLL THIS WAY.

THROWS.

INCOMPLETE PASS.

A BIT OF A HUSH OVER THE CROWD AND SOME WONDER IF HIS ARM WAS GOING FORWARD, AS YOU TAKE ANOTHER LOOK.

GOOD PRESSURE.

>> THAT'S PRETTY CLOSE RIGHT THERE.

I'M SURE THIS WILL BRING UP A FIELD GOAL WHICH, YOU KNOW, IS NOT OF ANY SMALL MATTER.

THAT WILL MAKE IT A TWO-SCORE GAME.

UNDER FOUR MINUTES, 3:00 LEFT, PRETTY SIGNIFICANT.

>> CAMERON CARSON APPLIED THE PRESSURE IN THE HIT, HARRIS.

I DON'T KNOW.

>> THAT'S GOING TO BE AN OFF SIDE.

>> THE RAMSAY PLAYERS RUNNING THROUGH THE GAP.

THE OFFICIALS WILL CONVENE.

>> SO DO YOU STILL GO FOR THREE RIGHT HERE?

>> DEAD BALL.

OFF SIDES.

HALF THE DISTANCE TO THE GOAL.

>> GOING TO PUT THE BALL ON THE ONE AND A HALF YARD LINE.

>> YOU WILL LEAVE HANGSEN OUT THERE AND LET HIM KICK IT THROUGH THE UP RIGHTS.

IF YOU'RE HEAD COACH MARK HUDSPETH, THAT'S WHAT YOU HOPE WILL HAPPEN.

>> IT'S REALLY A GLORIFIED EXTRA POINT.

HUH-OH.

>> WENT WIDE.

LANGSTON PUSHES IT TO THE RIGHT.

GULF SHORES.

>> I THOUGHT THE BALL WAS OFF THE HASH AND IT WASN'T THAT SEVERE AN ANGLE BUT, OBVIOUSLY, IT WAS.

AND -- BOY, WHAT A TURN OF EVENTS RIGHT HERE.

>> IT SEEMED ELEMENTARY.

FIRST FROM RONNIE ROYAL, A TOUCHDOWN OVERTURNED AFTER REPLAY, AND THEN THE SURE-FOOTED WILL LANGSTON PUSHING IT OFF TO THE RIGHT.

YOU SEE THE DISAPPOINTMENT AND ANGUISH THERE AND NOW MARK HUDSPETH, FEELING PRETTY GOOD ABOUT TWO MINUTES AGO, NOW YOU HAVE TO BE CONCERNED.

THE GOOD NEWS IS YOUR DEFENSE STEPPED UP FOR MOST OF THE NIGHT AND THE GOOD NEWS IS YOU HAVE LIMITED THE RAMSAY PASSING ATTACK TO 5 TOTAL YARDS.

>> 5 YARDS.

YOU KNOW, FROM A TEAM THAT HAS THROWN 3,000 YARDS FOR THE YEAR, THAT BODY LANGUAGE THERE KIND SAYS IT ALL.

THAT'S VERY, VERY FRUSTRATING TO HAVE THAT KIND OF DRIVE, THAT GOOD OF DRIVE AND COME AWAY WITH NOTHING.

BUT A NICE GOAL LINE STAND BY RAMSAY AND THEY HAVE 3:30 TO TRY TO TIE THIS UP.

>> HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU SEEN IT?

YOU TAKE A TEAM THAT'S A DEFENDING STATE CHAMPION, USED TO WINNING, EXPECT TO WIN, YOU GIVE THEM MULTIPLE OPPORTUNITIES ESPECIALLY HERE IN THE SECOND HALF, LET THEM HANG AROUND AND NOW RAMSAY NOT ONLY WITH THE POSITION TO TIE BUT TAKE THE LEAD AND WIN ANOTHER 5A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP, 80 YARDS THE GO, BUT THE RAMS STILL WITH TWO TIME TIMEOUTS.

>> YOU HAVE TO PUT THEM AWAY.

THE LONGER YOU LET THEM HANG AROUND, THE TOUGHER IT IS TO PUT THEM AWAY.

HERE WE GO.

>> KAMERON KEENAN, THE QUARTERBACK, FIVE WIDE RECEIVERS.

TREMELL WASHINGTON.

WASHINGTON WISELY RUN US OUT OF BOUNDS AFTER FOUR, MAYBE FIVE YARDS.

TREMELL WASHINGTON WHO HAS BEEN EVERYWHERE, RECEIVER, LINING UP AS A WILDCAT, SAW HIM AS HOLLYWOODER ON THE EXTRA POINT.

THEY PUT THE BALL IN HIS HANDS LATE.

5-YARD PICK-UP.

CLOCK STOPS AT 3:22.

ASHFORD AHEAD FOR 5 YARDS.

1st DOWN.

>> LOOKS LIKE WASHINGTON IS GOING TO BE THE GUY.

HE'S IN A QUARTERBACK.

>> WASHINGTON SLIPS DOWN, GOING TO KEEP HIS FOOTING.

ON THE 3rd AND SHORT, PLENTY.

>> HE CAN OF AN ATHLETE TO KEEP HIS FOOTING.

JUST A LOT OF SHORT STUFF.

REALLY A GREAT ATHLETIC MOVE TO STAY UP, HAS THE PRESENCE TO GET OUT OF BOUNDS AND STOP THE CLOCK AND PICK UP HIS 1st DOWN.

>> UNDER 3 MINUTES TO PLAY.

BALL SPOTTED AT THE 34, RAMSAY.

TREMELL WASHINGTON.

DEMARCUS JONES GOING IN MOTION.

WASHINGTON.

SHORT HOPS THAT UP ONE.

RECEIVER ON THE FAR SIDE OF THE FIELD.

KRISTIAN STINSON, A TOUGH THROW ON THE RUN.

>> 5-YARD OUTCUT ON THE RUN.

HAD HIM.

HE WAS OPEN, BUT JUST NOT ENOUGH ARM TO GET IT THERE.

NOW, RAMSAY DOES HAVE TWO TIMEOUTS LEFT.

HIGH DRAMA ON THE BIGGEST STAGE.

>> FOR A GAME THAT ESPECIALLY STARTED OUT THE WAY IT DID, LOOKED LIKE GULF SHORES WOULD RUN AWAY WITH IT.

RAMSAY RAMS, WHISTLES BLOW STOP PLAY AT 2nd DOWN AND 10.

>> THREE RECEIVERS BUNCHED TO THE WIDE SAID OF THE FIELD AND THEY NEVER GOT SET.

>> PRIOR TO SNAP, FALSE START.

OFFENSE.

FIVE YARDS, REPLAY SECOND DOWN, CLOCK OPERATOR, PLEASE RESET THE GAME CLOCK TO 2:47.

>> THEY'D NEVER COME TO A COMPLETE STOP WHICH OBVIOUSLY YOU HAVE TO DO AND THE RESULT IS A VERY PRECIOUS FIVE YARDS LOST.

>> 6 >> SIXTH PENALTY ON THE NIGHT FOR COACH RONNIE JACKSON AND THE RAMS.

COULD PROVE COSTLY.

ESSURE COMING, WASHINGTON TRYING TO GET AWAY.

MOVES IT BACK.

HAD A MAN OFF THE FINGERTIPS OF HIS TIGHT END, I BELIEVE, JAQUILLE MALONE.

BRING UP THIRD TOWN AND 15.

>> NICE JOB BY WASHINGTON AVOIDING THE BLITZ.

RAN THE NCAA BLITZ.

SLANTED FRONT TO FIELD.

GOING TO BRING TWO OFF THE WEAK SIDE.

YOU CAN SEE THERE 20 AND 7.

BOTH COME CLEAN AS A WHISTLE.

NICE JOB BY WASHINGTON TO GET THE BALL OUT OF THIS AND AVOID THE SACK.

BUT THE DOWNS ARE DWINDLING DOWN AND THERE'S STILL A LONG 15, 16 YARDS -- 15 YARDS TO GO.

>> MICHAEL GARRETT, THE DOLPHINS LINEBACKER APPLYING THE PRESSURE.

>> TIME OUT, RAMSAY.

>> RAMSAY TO BURN ONE OF THE TIMEOUTS.

GULF SHORES FANS HANGING IN THERE, HOPING THAT THEIR TEAM, THEIR PROGRAM CAN MAKE HISTORY HERE TONIGHT.

YOU SHOULD TAKE A LOOK, SPEAKING OF HISTORY.

RAMSAY WENNING IT LAST YEAR -- WINNING IT LAST YEAR, A TALENTED PIPE ROAD TEAM IN 2021.

THE LIKES OF QUINN SHAWN JUDKINS.

>> WHO WENT ON TO TO GREAT THINGS.

>> HE DID.

>> GREAT FOOTBALL TEAMS RIGHT THERE, THE CENTRAL COUNTY BUNCH IN THE LATE '18s, A TOUGH HARD-NOSED PHYSICAL BUNCH.

RAMSAY.

>> HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE GUY BEHIND THE SCENES.

HE'S IN OUR HEAD SET RUNNING THINGS.

THAT'S WHY THINGS GO SO SMOOTHLY.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY HAMMOND REYNOLDS.

>> HAPPY BIRTHDAY, HAMMOND.

WHAT ARE YOU NOW, 26?

[LAUGHTER] >> WHAT A GREAT WAY TO SPEND YOUR BIRTHDAY.

HE SAID HE WOULD RATHER BE HERE WITH US AND THAT'S A GREAT ANSWER.

>> MUCH APPRECIATED.

GLAD WE COULD SHARE IT WITH YOU.

GLAD WE COULD SHARE THIS GREAT 5A CHAMPIONSHIP GAME, RAMSAY FACING THIRD AND 15.

TRAILING BY TOUCHDOWN, JUST OVER TWO AND A HALF LEFT.

>> KEENAN BACK IN.

>> ACROSS THE MIDDLE, BEHIND INTENDED WIDE RECEIVER.

PRETTY GOOD COVERAGE.

>> SHALLOW ROUTE WAS TWO YARDS AND THE DIG WAS ABOUT AT TWELVE AND VERY WELL COVERED AND THE BALL NOT EVEN NEAR.

>> ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN.

4th AND 15 FOR THE RAMS.

COULD DECIDE IF THEY'RE GOING TO REPEAT AS 5A STATE CHAMPIONS.

>> YOU'RE GOING TO TRY TO GET SOMETHING OVER THE TOP AND HAVE A DEEP TURN-EN ROUTE AS A SECOND CHOICE.

EITHER THAT OR TRY TO, YOU KNOW, MAYBE A COMEBACK.

IT WOULD HAVE TO BE A DEEP ONE BECAUSE THEY NEED 15 YARDS.

>> LINE TO GAIN IS THE 44.

>> DELAYED GAME, OFFENSE.

>> ANOTHER HUGE PENALTY.

THAT'S TWO DELAY OF GAMES THAT HAVE BEEN CRITICAL IN THIS SECOND HALF.

>> AND IF 15 WASN'T HARD ENOUGH, NOW THE DEGREE OF DIFFICULTY INCREASES 5 YARDS.

>> YEAH, I THINK YOU'VE GOT TO PUT ONE UP TOP NOW AND, YOU KNOW, TRY TO GET A BIG PLAY OR TRY TO GET AN INTERFERENCE CALL.

>> KAMERON KEENAN, CAN HE FIND ONE?

TO ASHTON ASHFORD.

AND GULF SHORES AND THEIR DEFENSE HOLDING, FOR THE MOMENT.

THE OFFENSE STILL HAS TO COME BACK ON THE FIELD.

STILL 2:EFT.

RAMSAY WITH ONE TIMEOUT REMAINING.

>> THE REALITY IS THEY'LL NEED TO GET A TURNOVER OR A BIG, MIRACULOUS PLAY IF THEY'RE GOING TO PULL THIS THING OUT.

RIGHT NOW COACH HUDSPETH IS TELLING PEOPLE, FEET AFTER CONTACT, BOTH HANDS ON THE BALL, FOCUS NO PENALTIES, LET'S CLOSE IT OUT.

WOULD YOU PUT ANYTHING OUT OF THE REALM ESPECIALLY AFTER WHAT WE'VE SEEN?

EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED?

>> AFTER THESE PLAYS, THREE YEARS AGO, I WOULD NEVER SAY MY GAME IS OVER UNTIL I'M IN THE CAR WITH THE SEAT BELT ON.

>> RONNIE ROYAL.

RAMSAY FORCE TO TAKE A TIME OUT.

>> AND THAT THE THEIR -- AN THAT'S THEIR LAST ONE.

>> TIMEOUT.

RAMSAY.

THAT'S YOUR THIRD AND FINAL TIMEOUT.

>> I'M DOING MY ADDITION HERE WITH MY WONDERFUL ANALYTICAL MIND HERE.

THEY CAN PRETTY MUCH RUN THIS THING OUT.

>> FINAL TIME OUT CALLED BY THE RAMS PRESENTED BY OUR FRIENDS AT ALABAMA NATURAL GAS ASSOCIATION.

>> THE THINGS HE'S COVERING THERE, LET'S GET A GOOD SNAP EVERY TIME, SECURE THE FOOTBALL, YOU KNOW, TWO HANDS ON THE BALL.

LINEMEN, KEEP THOSE FEET MOVING, HANDS INSIDE, NO PENALTIES AND CERTAINLY NO LACK OF BALL SECURITY.

YOU'VE GOT TO REMEMBER, THIS IS A PROGRAM NOW THAT, PRIOR TO COACH HUDSPETH COMING, THEY WON SEVEN GAMES IN FIVE YEARS.

IF IT WASN'T FOR TONIGHT, THEY WOULD BE 32 AND 6 IN HIS THREE YEARS THERE.

SO REALLY A MIRACULOUS TURNAROUND.

>> SECOND DOWN AND 6.

RAMSAY, NO WAY TO STOP THE CLOCK.

ROYAL BEING PURSUED, TO MARCUS JONES FROM MIND.

ROYAL LOSE AS YARD.

BUT THAT'S THE LEAST OF MARK HUDSPETH AND THE GULF SHORES DOLPHINS' CONCERNS.

THEY'LL HAVE TO SNAP THIS BALL, IF THEY WANT TO -- RIGHT DOWN TO THE PLAY CLOCK WITH 1:28 LEFT.

I'M THINKING THEY MIGHT GET 10 OR 15 SECONDS LEFT.

I KNOW MY MATH ABILITIES PRETTY WELL.

I WOULDN'T BET MUCH ON THAT.

SO WE'LL SEE.

THAT'S THE PLAY OF THE DECADE.

>> TIMEOUT.

>> INTERESTING.

A TIMEOUT CALLED BY GULF SHORES, AND THAT WILL GIVE US TIME TO BRING YOU THE PLAY OF THE GAME.

THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL EXCITING PLAYS BUT THIS ONE WILL LIVE ON PAST TONIGHT AND PAST THIS SUPER 7.

RONNIE ROYAL.

>> POINT THE BALL AND GET OVER THE TOP TO HAVE THE BALL.

WATCH THAT WHITE GLOVE GET ON TOP OF THAT BALL AND BRING IT IN.

>> LIKE VELCRO.

THAT'S JUST UNBELIEVABLE.

>> AND AS I SAID, THEY SAID IN MY HEADSET WE'RE GOING TO SEE THE PLAY OF THE GAME AND I SAID OUT LOUD IT'S THE PLAY TO HAVE THE DECADE -- THE PLAY OF THE DECADE.

IT'S REALLY UNBELIEVABLE.

EITHER THAT OR THAT TBLOV IS EXTREMELY ILLEGAL, ONE OF THE TWO, AND I DON'T THINK THAT'S THE CASE.

>> SO FAR THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR GULF SHORES HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL TEAM, FIRST REGION CHAMPIONSHIP UNDEFEATED SEASON, MOST WINS IN A SEASON, MOST POINTS SCORED, MOST SHUTOUTS IN THE SEASON, AND RIGHT MOVE TO 26 AND THE OF THE LAST TWO SEASONS.

>> PRETTY PHENOMENAL WHAT THEY'VE TONE IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.

CAN THEY ADD THEIR FIRST BLUE MAP?

RONNIE ROYAL.

>> THAT WILL DO IT FOR SURE.

(YOU KNOW, I THOUGHT THEY MIGHT TAKE THE SAFE WAY OUT RIGHT THERE, BUT TRUSTING IN NUMBER 2 WHICH THEY HAVE ALL DAY.

WHAT A TREMENDOUS, TREMENDOUS TURNAROUND IN THREE SHORT YEARS FOR THE GULF SHORES DOLPHINS.

YOU CAN SEE THE EXCITEMENT NOW ON THAT SIDELINE.

>> WE SHOWED YOU THE CATCH ON THE DEFENSIVE SIDE OF THE BALL, BUT RONNIE ROYAL TONIGHT, 22 CARRIES, 188 YARDS AND TWO SCORES.

>> YEAH, HE HAS HAD A NIGHT FOR THE AGES HERE TONIGHT, THAT'S FOR SURE.

I THINK THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SNAP IT ONE MORE TIME.

>> WHEN YOU ADD ON, HE LEADS GULF SHORES IN RECEIVING FOR THREE CATCHES FOR ALMOST 40 YARDS.

AND A FLAG COMING IN LATE AND THE RAMS GOING TO BE HIT FOR UNNECESSARY ROUGHNESS, AS QUARTERBACK JUDSON HARRIS -- FRESHMAN QUARTERBACK, MIND YOU -- DROPPED BACK AND WAS HIT BY ONE OF THE RAM DEFENDERS.

>> A LOT OF INTERIOR CONTACT AS WELL.

THERE'S NOTHING LIKE WINNING.

>> IT IS A GIVING SEASON AND BOTH TEAMS GAVE PLENTY OF OPPORTUNITIES TO ONE ANOTHER.

>> YES, THEY DID.

>> TO EITHER STAY IN THIS FOOTBALL GAME OR TO RUN AWAY WITH THIS GAME.

IT'S GOING TO BE GULF SHORES WHO PROVES TO BE THE MOST RESILIENT.

>> AND THERE'S YOUR STATE CHAMPIONS.

>> THE GULF SHORES DOLPHINS, YOUR 2023, 5A STATE CHAMPIONS.

>> AGAIN, THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT IN THE FIVE YEARS PRIOR TO THIS HAD WON SEVEN GAMES.

AND THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STORY IS EQUALLY AS EMOTIONAL BUT IN THE OTHER WAY.

TOUGH TO GET THIS FAR AND LOSE.

>> GULF SHORES' HEAD COACH MARK HUDSPETH NOW FINDS HIS WAY TO RONNIE JACKSON, HEAD COACH OF THE RAMSAY RAMS.

STANDING BY WITH THE VICTORIOUS HEAD COACH IS SUSAN CARUTHERS.

SUSAN.

>> CONGRATULATIONS, COACH.

THE FIRST TIME IN SCHOOL HISTORY TO BE HERE, AND YOU JUST KNOCKED OFF THE REIGNING STATE CHAMPIONS.

WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO THE PROGRAM.

>> I'M SO PROUD OF THE TEAM, THE COMMUNITY, EVERYBODY INVOLVED, COACHING STAFF.

SECOND HALF ALMOST SELF-DESTRUCTED.

WE FOUND A WAY TO WIN WHEN IT COUNTED.

WE HAVE BEEN DOING THAT ALL YEAR.

DEFENSE ONCE AGAIN, JUST BEEN LIGHTS OUT ALL YEARS.

THEY WERE LIGHTS OUT AGAIN.

WAS ABLE TO OVERCOME SOME SECOND-HALF MISTAKES THAT WERE REALLY NOT THE WAY WE PLAY MOST OF THE YEAR.

BUT GIVE THEM GUYS CREDIT, THE HAD A LOT TO DO WITH THAT, THEY HAVE AN OUTSTANDING TEAM.

BUT I'M PROUD OF OUR PLAYERS, COACHES, COMMUNITY.

WE'RE TAKING THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP BACK TO THE BEACH.

>> YES YOU ARE.

CONGRATS, COACH.

GO CELEBRATE.

>> THANKS A LOT.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

OBVIOUSLY THE ELATION IN MARK HUDSPETH AND WHAT HE HAS DONE WITH HIS GULF SHORES PROGRAM A PERFECT 15 AND 0 ON THE SEASON, FIRST BLUE MAP AS A FOOTBALL PROGRAM.

WHO WOULD HAVE THUNK IT COMING IN WITH THE OFFENSIVE FIRE POWER WE'VE SEEN FROM BOTH TEAMS, BUT TONIGHT GULF SHORES AND THEIR DEFENSE WERE ABLE TO KEEP THE RAMSAY RAMS OFFENSE IN CHECK.

ONLY 127 TOTAL YARDS FOR THE DEFENDING STATE CHAMPIONS.

>> 5 YARDS PASSING WHICH IS AN UNBELIEVABLY GREAT DEFENSIVE PLAY AS WE LOOK AT THAT YOUNG MAN THERE WHO HAD ABOUT AS GOOD A GAME AS YOU'RE GOING TO FIND IN A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME, AND I'VE SEEN A LOT OF THESE, AND I'VE SEEN VERY FEW PERFORMANCES THAT WOULD EQUAL WHAT THAT YOUNG MAN DID HERE DO NOT ON BOTH SIDE OF THE BALL.

>> RONNIE ROYAL, COMMITTED, GOING TO PLAY FOOTBALL IN THE END, N.C. STATE WOLF PACK.

IF HE WAS NOT ON THE RADAR OF SEVERAL DIVISION PROGRAMS HE IS NOW.

>> NORTH CAROLINA STAYED IS ALGOOD START, BUT SOME OTHER FOLKS WILL COME BY, I THINK.

>> THE TEAMS CONTINUING TO GO THROUGH THE HANDSHAKE LINE.

THE FIREWORKS GOING OFF AS YOU CAN HEAR INSIDE OF BRYANT-DENNY STADIUM.

WHAT A DAY TWO OF THE SUPER 7 WE HAVE BEEN TREATED TO.

THE GAMES THAT WE HAD EARLIER TODAY TO THIS NIGHT CAP.

A DYNAMIC GAME BETWEEN TWO DYNAMIC TEAMS.

>> YOU SEE THE STATS, A PRETTY SIZABLE DEFENSE.

LET'S SAY A WORD ABOUT THE RAMSAY RAMS.

YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THE STATE FINALS TWO YEARS BACK TO BACK, THAT'S A GREAT PROGRAM.

21 TO 0 I SAID BEFORE YOU PUT MUSTARD ON YOUR HOT DOG, BUT THEY HUNG IN THERE.

THEY HAD A CHANCE.

IN THE END, THEY COULD NOT MAKE THE PLAYS THEY HAD TO TO WIN THE GAME, BUT STILL A GREAT SEASON FOR THOSE YOUNG MEN AND THAT COACHING STAFF.

CERTAINLY NOTHING TO HANG THEIR HEAD ABOUT AT ALL.

>> TO GO DOWN A QUICK 7-0 A MINUTE-PLUS INTO THE FOOTBALL GAME TO GIVE UP 21 UNANSWERED IN THE FIRST QUARTER, BUT THEN TO PITCH A SHUTOUT FOR THE NEXT THREE SAYS A LOT ABOUT THE RAMSAY RAMS AND THEY'RE LED BY A CLASSY INDIVIDUAL IN HEAD COACH RONNIE JACKSON OF.

OF COURSE, TOMORROW, THE ACTION DOESN'T STOP.

THREE MORE BLUE MAPS TO HAND OUT.

GET STARTED TOMORROW MORNING DURING THE 4A CHAMPIONSHIP, CHEROKEE COUNTY TAKING ON MONTGOMERY CLIQUE.

THEN FYFFE AND REELTOWN.

THEN VALAND AND CLAY CHALKVILLE -- SARALAND VERSUS CHALKVILLE.

>> YOU KNOW, I'VE KNOWN MARK HUDSPETH A LONG TIME.

HE CROSSES ALL THE Ts AND DOTS ALL THE Is, I CAN TELL YOU.

A GREAT ACCOMPLISHMENT BY HIM, HIS PLAYERS AND HIS STAFF.

>> YOU MENTIONED THE STAFF THAT HE HAS ASSEMBLED THERE IN GULF SHORES WITH ALL OF THE COLLEGE EXPEDIENCE, BUT, TONIGHT, IT WAS A BATTLE THAT MAYBE AFTER 12 MINUTES OF FOOTBALL, THEY DIDN'T ANTICIPATE, BUT GIVE SO MUCH CREDIT AND WE'LL REITERATE WHAT RONNIE JACKSON, ATTITUDE REFLECTS HEERPD AND THE RAMS NEVER QUIT.

>> NO QUIT IN THEM.

THEY FOUGHT HARD AND MADE IT A CLOSE FOOTBALL GAME.

THE GOAL LINE STAND AFTER THE TURNOVER BY THE GULF SHORES DEFENSE WAS PROBABLY THE DEFINING MOMENT OF THIS GAME, THAT AND THAT YOUNG MAN RIGHT THERE.

>> ELATION ON ONE SIDE AND A LOT OFTIES APPOINTMENT ON THE OTHER AS WE AWAIT.

>> WE WOULD HIKE LIKE TO CONGRA- >> WE TURN IT OVER TO THE PUBLIC ADDRESS ANNOUNCEMENT.

>> -- FOR MAKING IT TO THIS YEAR'S SUPER 7 CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.

TO COMMEMORATE THIS INCREDIBLE ACCOMPLISHMENT, EACH HEAD COACH WILLEIVE AN OFFICIAL WILSON CHAMPIONSHIP FOOTBALL.

PRESENTING THIS YEAR'S CHAMPIONSHIP FOOTBALLS IS BRANDON DEAN, DIRECTOR OF THE ALABAMA HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION.

FIRST FROM RAMSAY HIGH SCHOOL.

HEAD COACH RONNIE JACKSON.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] NOW, FROM GULF SHORES HIGH SCHOOL, HEAD COACH MARK HUDSPETH.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] JOIN US IN CONGRATULATING BOTH COACHES FOR AN INCREDIBLE SEASON.

TBLFNLTS.

[CHEAND APPLAUSE] AND NOW PLEASE JOIN US IN WELCOMING J.T.

LAWRENCE, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF THE AHSAA FOR THE PRESENTATION OF THE MOST VALUABLE PLAYER AWARD.

THE 2023 MOST VALUABLE PLAYER FOR THE CLASS 5A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME IS RONNIE ROYAL FROM GULF SHORES HIGH SCHOOL!

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] AT THIS TIME, WE ASK YOU WELCOME CENTRAL BOARD MEMBER LUKE HALLMARK FROM RICT 3 TO THE FIELD WITH KIM VICKERS ASSOCIATE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE AHSAA FOR THE PRESENTATION TO HAVE THE 2023 -- OF THE 2023 CLASS 5A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP RUNNER UP TROPHY.

YOUR 2023 5A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP RUNNER UP IS THE RAMSAY RAMS LED BY HEAD COACH RONNIE JACKSON!

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] NOW, FOR THE MOMENT YOU'VE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR, PLEASE GIVE A WARM WELCOME TO EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE AHSAA ALVIN BRIGGS AND CENTRAL BOARD MEMBER JEFF TORRANCE FROM DISTRICT 2 FOR THE PRESENTATION OE 2023 5A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP TROPHY.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, YOUR 2023 5A STATE CHAMPIONS ARE THE GULF SHORES DOLPHINS LED BY HEAD COACH MARK HUDSPETH!

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 2023 5A STATE CHAMPIONS!

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> DWELL, GULF SHORES, YOUR 2023 5A STATE CHAMPIONS, THE DOLPHINS CELEBRATING WITH THE BLUE MAP, THE FIRST IN SCHOOL HISTORY FOR THE FOOTBALL PROGRAM.

COACH, YOUR TAKEAWAYS FROM WHAT YOU SAW TONIGHT?

>> GREAT INDIVIDUAL EFFORT BY RONNIE ROYAL, AND DEFENSE, DEFENSE, DEFENSE.

THEY NEVER LEFT A VERY GOOD RAMSAY RAMSO FENCE GET ON TRACK.

127 YARDS TOTALO FENCE, ONLY YARDS PASSING.

GOT OFF TO THE BIG START ABL HANG ONIO ON OFFENSIVELY.

THEY DOMINATED.

>> FIVE-HOUR DRIVE FROM TUSCALOOSA TO GULF SHORES.

IT WILL BE A VERY PLEASANT FIVE-HOUR DRIVE BACK.

THE BLUE MAP FOR THE 5A HEADED BACK TO THE SPECIAL PART OF THE STATE.

SPECIAL THANKS TO CHRISTINA CHAMBERS AND SUSAN CARUTHERS.

THANKS FOR JOINING US.

KEVIN SCARBINSKY WRAPS IT UP HERE FROM THE SUPER 7 IN TUSCALOOSA.

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