That is the age-old question in football.  One that has no definitive answer.  You see people’s opinions on the subject swing back-and-forth like a pendulum when it comes to hiring coaches.  Some schools want an offensive-minded head coach because their program needs more offense.  The very next time the same program needs another new coach their opinion might have changed and now they want a defensive-minded coach.  The reason for the vacillation?  There is no right answer to the question above.

We will once again try to answer that question Friday night on GPB when the Colquitt County Packers play the Mill Creek Hawks in the GHSA AAAAAA Semi-Finals.  The Packers are the highest scoring offense in the history of this state.  Colquitt County has scored 618 points this season for an average of 49.6 points-per-game.  In their three playoff games alone, the Packers have scored 159 points for an average of 53 per game.  Remember we’re talking football here, not basketball!

It’s a big reason why Colquitt County is ranked number-three in the country, are defending state champions, have won 28 straight games and have at the very least advanced to the state semi-finals seven consecutive seasons.

The latest team that will try to stop them will be Mill Creek.  The Hawks are 13-0 for the first time in program history and have reached the semi-finals for the first time as well.  They’ve done it with a stifling defense.  We saw it firsthand last Friday night when Mill Creek suffocated 2014 state finalist Archer 23-0.  That was a Tigers team loaded with big-time Division-1 prospects and averaging 40 ppg.

The Hawks defensive numbers are nearly as mindboggling as the Packers offensive numbers.  Mill Creek has surrendered just 88 points all season (or the equivalent of three halves of football for Colquitt County in this season’s playoffs).  The Hawks breakdown includes allowing just 6.8 ppg and only 24 yards rushing per game, along with 63 quarterback sacks and 31 takeaways.

So you decide.  What is better a great offense or a great defense?  I suggest you tune-in to GPB Friday night at 7:00 p.m. to review the evidence and about 10:30 p.m. give us your answer.

For all our recruitniks, here’s the players to keep an eye on Friday night:

Colquitt County Recruiting Profiles

#48 Ja’Quain Blakely

6-2, 210, Senior

247 Three-Star OLB

Committed to Tennessee

#2 Kiel Pollard

6-2, 225, Senior

247 Three-Star WR

Committed to Arkansas

#40 Dee Walker

6-3, 210, Senior

247 Three-Star OLB

21 Offers including UCF, Iowa

#23 Ty Lee

5-9, 165, Senior

247 Three-Star WR

7 Offers including Iowa, Arkansas St.

#4 Rakeem Hightower

6-0, 180, Senior

247 Three-Star Safety

13 Offers including Kentucky, Arkansas

Mill Creek Hawks

#65 Robbie Bell

6-5, 270, Senior

247 Three-Star OG

Committed to Louisville

#87 Tyler Vernon

6-4, 230, Senior

247 Two-Star WDE

Committed to Army

#35 Sidney Otiwu

6-0, 210, Senior

Projected Outside LB

14 Offers including Iowa St, Georgia Southern

#29 Peyton Moore

6-3, 230, Senior

Projected Weakside DE

5 Offers including Navy, Georgia State

#73 Tyler Fannin

6-3, 290, Junior

Projected Center

4 Offers including Kansas St, Marshall