Extra Point! With Phil Jones

Extra Point! With Phil Jones is a live-streamed Georgia high school football show from ITG Next, and it sounds like one. Phil Jones hosts. The football usually comes after a stretch of hellos, sponsor thank-yous and tech trouble handled live, like a headphone problem on air or a sound level turned down mid-greeting. One episode comes from a Mellow Mushroom in Valdosta, with Dr. Kevin Collins of Houston Clinic and Pepsi-Cola of Valdosta thanked by name. In another, Phil starts on the dark skies and the rain before turning to what he calls the 'football forecast.' Who joins him changes from show to show. Mizani Matthews, introduced as Ms. Producer, is co-host on several episodes. Mark Dykes, owner of ITG Next, sits in on another, and a guest named Larry talks high school football with Phil on a third. That conversation turns up one of the best stories here. A Nashville Rebels team, 5-0 at the halfway mark and ranked ninth in the state, rides a charter bus the boosters arranged to Camden County, hoping to intimidate the kids on the coast, and comes home badly beaten. The twist is that Camden County were the underdogs that night. Most of the talk is predictions and rankings. In a conversation about the state's top programs for 2025, Buford is called a destination school, Grayson is named the Class 6 favorite to go back to back, and Milton's shot at a third straight title comes up. Worth County gets attention for its returning quarterback. A hunch that Worth County once kept Charlie Ward from a state title gets passed to the chat to confirm. The chat works almost like a second voice in the room. Comments are read by name and answered: a Toombs County fan recommends a late-October rivalry game, which leads to a question about whether it's called the onion bowl, and another viewer points out a week 10 mix-up. The games-of-the-week run covers weeks one through 12, and for week 10 the hosts weigh Thomas County Central at Northside Warner Robins, with Carrollton at East Coweta as a backup. Local details fill the gaps, like a word of credit for the halftime bands that keep the energy going. Across the regular season and the offseason, the episode titles show the show's range: 'Countdown to Kickoff!!! Transfers??', 'Spring Games, Transfers & Coaching Moves – Georgia High School Football Update' and 'Week 2 Wrap-Up & Week 3 Preview: Inside Phil's Picks & the ITG Game of the Week'. Transfers, picks and the ITG Game of the Week come up again and again. The tone stays warm and plain, closer to a hometown sports hour than a polished studio show, and the pace stays quick even when the talk wanders. The sign-offs point people back to ITG Next for coverage beyond the hour.