Talking Preps NC: thin blue line flag flown at CMS school, NCHSAA playoff breakdown

A new Talking Preps NC goes live Tuesday night at 8 with replays after.

On deck:

▪ Discussion of a thin blue line flag being flown at a recent CMS football game and the reactions to it.

▪ On ‘The Rundown,” we talk Ben Simmons, Tom Brady’s 600th TD ball, who’s most at fault for the Panthers problems, the Hornets hot start and the World Series.

▪ Chris has a special message for NC seniors and a special tribute to Friday’s “Bell Game” between AL Brown and Concord that Wonders and Spiders fans don’t want to miss.

▪ Enloe High wide receiver and cornerback Larry Pickett, nephew of Pittsburgh Steelers world champ Ike Taylor, joins the show to talk his season and take on coach Greiner on “The Game Show.”

▪ Chelsea chats with Providence Day QB Grantt Logan fresh off last week’s upset of Rabun Gap.

▪ We highlight four new Fresh Faces -- Hickory’s Josiah Edwards, Sanderson’s Zion Myers, Olympic’s Elyit Naire and Burlington Williams’ Will Rhodes. And Grice features last week’s top performers, the Grice’s Gems: West Henderson’s Lukas Kachilo, Providence Day’s Keyaan Abdul-Rahim, Cardinal Gibbons’ Donovan Shepard and Holly Springs’ Brock Wills.

▪ The Mr. Football list has been trimmed to 12 and there’s at least one new face on the list, which counts down to the N.C. player of the year.

▪ Chris is back with new statewide rankings and his list of the state’s top games, including the N.C. game of the week: Weddington vs. Marvin Ridge.

▪ With the N.C. playoff pairings set to drop Saturday, Alex takes a look at the current RPI standings and explains how the new complex NCHSAA seeding system works.

▪ Finally, on ‘Coach Vs. Coach,” Grice and Greiner debate whether Sam Howell should go pro, which player the Panthers should’ve picked with their No. 1 pick and whether it’s time to make a move on Christian McCaffrey.

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