Welcome to the Edge of Sports podcast. I'm Dave Ziron. We are back. Thank you for everybody's patience during the hiatus. Thank you for all the well wishes, dealing with a bunch of

personal, personal Mishigas, but very glad to be back on the horse. Today's guest, I'm really

happy and excited about this, is the author of a book that's very fascinating to me. It's called

PG versus Moco, a memoir of high school football in the shadow of the nation's capital.

And it's a book about the football traditions of Prince George's and Montgomery County, Maryland.

Since this is where I live and since this is where I have worked, I find this very interesting.

And my goal for this podcast is for you to find it interesting too.

Let's see if we can make that happen.

Succeed or fail, that is the mission.

I also have some choice words about five years since Kaepernick.

But first, let's talk to the author of PG versus Moco,

a memoir of high school football in the shadow of the nation's capital.

His name is Devin Ashby.

Let's get him on the line.

All right, first of all, Devin Ashby, the author of P.G. versus Moco, a memoir of high school football in the shadow of the nation's capital.

Thank you so much for joining us on the podcast.

Thank you for having me. Thank you.

I mean, Devin, before I ask what compelled you to write this, and I want to also learn a little bit about you and who you are and your journey towards writing this terrific book.

We really have to bring in our listeners first who might not know or care about the topic, you know, a topic that I know and care about, and obviously you know and care about.

So for the folks out there listening around the world,

how would you explain in a sentence? What, what is Montgomery County? What comes to mind?

So it's one of the most affluent counties, not just in the state of Maryland, but the entire country

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