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A state title would move Rush Propst to the top of the heap.

The star of reality television's "Two-a-"came to Colquitt County High School before the 2008 season with a resume that included five Alabama state titles. After an improved first season from the year before, Propst led his team to road victory after road victory, all the way to the 2009 semi-finals before falling to eventual champion Camden County.

One year later, Propst and his Colquitt County Packers are once again in the semi-finals, but this year, the Packers may make it all the way to the Georgia Dome for the state title game. Propst’s squad will travel up to Gwinnett County to face Grayson, but Propst told the Moultrie Observer recently that he is “OK” with going on the road after the Rams won the coin toss for home field rights.

Propst should be fine with a road game as his team has gone on the road over the last two seasons with great success. In the 2009 playoffs his unit went to DeKalb County and walked out with a win over Stephenson one week after knocking out Westlake on the road. Then he ended Hutson Mason’s prep career at Lassiter with a win over the Trojans in Cobb County last year.

This year has been similar. Colquitt County first traveled to Jenkins and hung a 50-spot on the scoreboard. The next week, the Packers nearly went for 50 in a win over ML King at Hallford Stadium before coming home to polish off Mill Creek.

Now Propst will take his show on the road again and with a record-setting quarterback in Tyler Brown and a fine tailback in Tevin King, Colquitt could be ready to pull another road “upset” against a Grayson squad that will be a state title contender next year. A win this week and then another victory next week in the Georgia Dome would put Propst on a pedestal of elite Georgia high school coaches. Several coaches have pulled the double-dip of an out-of-state title, coupled with a Georgia title, but not many have pulled off the feat in the largest classification. Propst claimed five Class 6A titles in Alabama and now could add a Georgia AAAAA. That would be impressive and you’d have to immediately call him, considering the region he plays in and how quickly he’s restored the program, the best coach currently in the state.

Two games remain but if Propst can pull off the feat with a roster that isn’t one of the most impressive in the state or of his career, then he should be recognized as the best around.