Thomas County

They're going to weird places.

Like, before we recovered Cam Brooks services at the 11th hour last year on signing day, that kid from Thomas County Central was going to Cal? Like, what the hell is that? This question persists, and this is one of those under-the-surface questions.

We're all looking at how bad the football team is, Gene, for 60 minutes week in, week out, but this is something that has been a wart for Mike Norvell since the very beginning, even after the COVID stuff wore off, is They don't do recruiting well at

all.

This player is from the Peach State.

four-star defensive lineman, class of 2028, Prince Chi out of Thomas County Central High School in Thomasville, Georgia.

Prince, welcome to the Swamp 24-7 Recruiting Podcast, man.

Appreciate the time as always.

Yeah, absolutely.

Absolutely.

And you bring up what you guys are running at Thomas County Central.

It's working right.

No.

Hey, so seriously, I need to talk to you because I've got a case in Thomas County, which is a really good med mal case.

And they've actually offered, I would say, good money on it.

But it's just not enough for the case.

But I, you know, so I'm getting ready to go try and, you know, their big defense or that, you know, the reason why they haven't offered more.

And what what I think the case is worth is because they're like, we're in Thomas County.

You're not going to go get a big verdict there.

it's a doctor

Prosecutors for the state of Georgia said they would try her again for murder and arson.

Due to extensive publicity, the second trial would be held in neighboring Thomas County.

And it was quite naturally a battle of the experts.

But which experts would the jury believe? Converse Bright was the new defense attorney representing Sheila Bryan at her second murder trial.

And I think it's obvious with the way that they're bringing in Jamarcus Johnson, Caleb Tucker, and then the next guy I'm going to talk about, Prince Che out of Thomasville, Georgia, right on that Florida-Georgia border.

I think he's at Thomas County Central.

This is a guy, again, who looks like a future NFL nose tackle.

It seems like he's just perfectly built, explosive, big-time-looking type of nose talent.

It was part of the monoculture.

When we all read the same book, whether it's in book clubs or in, I, I miss Thomas County's One Book program, stuff like that, it's one of the few times we're actually all reading, talking, thinking about the same thing, and I think there's something really beautiful about that.

And so if you need some motivation, Deja, I don't know if that motivates you, but for me, it is helpful to know, oh, well, this is my one way to connect with this group of friends, or this is my one way to get to talk about this subject matter is by reading this book.

This is one way that I get to participate in the conversation.

... [laughs] two pos- two spots in the rankings and destroyed them.

Thomas County beat H- who is number two in the, in the state, beat Houston County, who is number 22, 43 to 3.

Gee.

I mean, my God, these, these guys are just murdering people.

Well, since Ricky took over the last podcast, like literally, so I get a couple of questions here.

Maybe with so much history in Thomasville and Thomas County, how did the History Center help decide what would be highlighted in the book?

That was a tough one.

There's a lot to cover.

So even once these children who have received the book have grown up and graduated, there will be kids coming in behind them who still need to learn some of these concepts, and they'll be able to take from that book and say, there it is.

As we talk about that funding, that's a critical part of it.

And, you know, we'd like to thank the West Point Class of 77, Hearst Spoilers, Flowers Foods, Literacy for Thomas County, Thomasville Center for the Arts, Ponders, and obviously the city of Thomasville for their role, and Center for the Arts, and the History Center, the Jack Hadley Black History Museum, and Pebble Hill Plantation, all those that played such a role in this.

But there's an important part of this as well, the grant that was received.