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Not sold. Great program but they have a win over Lee who lost to Bartram Trail by 20 and Plant who lost to Venice bad. We will find out

Miramar wins easy. https://twitter.com/CountyPolk

Here at this week's pick'ems and the current standings. NOTE #1: If you miss more than two weeks during the season, you are automatically out of the pick'ems. NOTE #2: Should any of these games get moved up to Thursday due to Tropical Storm Dorian, they will be scratched and we will add games for the pick'ems next week to balance the numbers out. STANDINGS ohs vargas - 9-1 NoleBull813 - 8-2 ColumbiaHighFan2017class - 8-2 VeniceIndiansFootball - 8-2 Zoe Boy - 8-2 Jimmbyb1980 - 8-2 badbird - 8-2 THIS_IS_DILLARD - 7-3 KeemD321 - 7-3 FL_HS_Football - 7-3 Jags904 - 7-3 Cat Scratch - 7-3 Perspeticve - 7-3 Muckboy561 - 7-3 Lakeland Gator - 7-3 Coach - 6-4 raefsu233 - 6-4 HornetFan - 6-4 TopNotch305 - 5-5 Joshua WIlson - 5-5 peezy28 - 4-6 JOE PINKOS' PICKS - 9-1 THIS WEEK'S PICK'EMS Thread locks at 6 PM Friday Night No. 5 Armwood (1-0) at North Gwinett, Ga. (1-0) No. 10 Columbus (1-0) at Osceola (Kissimmee) (1-0) No. 23 Booker T. Washington (1-0) vs. Miami Central (0-1) No. 7 Miami Carol City (1-0) vs. No. 3 Miami Northwestern (1-0) No. 21 Cocoa (1-0) vs. Hoover, Ala. (1-0) at The Freedom Bowl Lincoln (1-0) at No. 19 Rockledge (1-0) Bergen Catholic, N.J. (0-0) at No. 2 St. Thomas Aquinas (1-0) Miramar (1-0) at Dillard (1-0) Crestview (1-0) at Escambia (1-0) Fort Myers (1-0) at Charlotte (1-0)

You could say "It's great . . . to be . . . a Florida Gator." But I doubt you'll say that.

My bad...the scoreboard I looked at had it wrong, or I read it wrong.

I understand your point, but consider this: when Mainland got good, it was on the backs of the kids who were zoned to go there (and probably some good coaching). Those kids had little or no choice where they went to high school. Today, what are the chances that those same kids would end up at Mainland? Isn't it more likely that -- even if they started out in the 9th grade at Mainland -- they would (eventually) end up at another school? That's my point: a school like Mainland who's experiencing the inevitable downturns that a public school experiences, might not ever have the chance to rebuild again, because the building blocks will opt to play down the road at the school that's already good.

And just for kicks, we'll call it the Premier League.

Armwood stopped being a wannabe a long, long time ago. 3 state titles and 7 runner-up finishes (10 total trips is really good given how young they are as a program!) While a "newer" high school (1984), they are a perennial powerhouse. They did get toasted in the KOC this year 28-0 by Jacksonville Lee. But I wouldn't discount the Hawks.

The instance of Daytona Beach Mainland was that the talent was always there, but there was a lot of apathy, and most of the kids in that area had to work. When Doug Stanley became the Head Coach in 1989, he was able to go into the community, talk to employers, and get the talented kids to play football. Mainland was a sleeping giant until that point. Dan in Daytona would be able to expound on this point.

Peezy - you're hanging your hat on a win over Keswick Christian? I remember watching them play soccer and basketball against Oneco Community Christian when that was the extent of there male sports program.......my my my how the mighty have fallen. The last I saw the falcons play, was a playoff loss to Manatee. Came all the way from GA to meet up with Wavebb, but he ended up having some unexpected medical issues then so that had to wait a few more years.....but got to meet Steve Berry later that night at Beef's when was still doing the traveling Friday night state wide scoreboard show on the radio....