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I can bash who I want. They have a fake national championship. That doesn't mean I don't like them or don't think they deserved a shot. Go Knights

nope I declared myself champ. Last weeks totals were never totaled and I passed you. You can claim co champ or you can claim a UCF championship.

Week 3 killed the pick em contest

I don't know how much state money, if any, IMG has received over the last couple of years, but if you expand out to five years, the number is close to $10 million. One state legislator (State Rep Jim Boyd) justified it this way: IMG has "become an international sports juggernaut that is attracting 12,000 athletes a year to train in the region." That in turn is "pulling in tourists and growing Florida's fledgling sports tourism industry." Sources: https://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Daily/Issues/2015/06/18/Facilities/IMG-Academy.aspx https://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/stateroundup/sports-juggernaut-img-academy-a-big-surprising-winner-in-state-budget/2234120/ In short, IMG is getting state assistance because it's a business that is generating income to the state in the form of tourist tax dollars. Now, we can debate the pros and cons of this strategy all day long. Same for whether any business, much less one masquerading as a school, deserves tax dollars. But the thing that I think most of us can agree on is that IMG is not just another high school. In fact, it's not just another private school. If anything, when it comes to their athletic programs, it is, as someone noted above, more akin to a prep school. Therein lies the problem. Prep schools exists primarily in the northeast. Prep schools often include kids who have graduated from high school, but who have not yet gone on to college. Because of this, prep schools tend to play other prep schools . . . which you can do if there is a group of them in a particular geographic area. There are no other prep schools for IMG to play down here (and by "down here," I basically mean from the Mason-Dixon line south). So, IMG has two choices: play a national schedule (which involves 4-5 travel games a year) or play a couple of "national" games and then fill out the schedule with whatever in-state teams are willing to play you. They are neither fish nor fowl.

Over the past 19+ seasons (the 21st Century), no FBS program has more wins (208) than Boise St.

He should have stayed at USF

My grandson plays for BM and as of noon today the kids have not been advised the game has been cancelled. Archbishop Spalding was supposed to have arrived in Orlando on Monday. BM practiced Monday and will again this afternoon. I'll keep you posted.

Five years ago, Nole fans would have run the coach out of town if they lost to a "respectable" Boise State team. Willie Taggert is still there only because his buyout would be $17 million and FSU can't afford it with pissed off alumni withholding support and attendance going down the toilet. Why they ever hired Taggert amazes me; the guy never proved himself to be a top coach.

Yeah that is true but main reason I did that breakdown was to show if you attempted to take the money IMG was getting just in a single year you can start adding up and publics could get proper funding Just imagine taking all the waste spending each year and pushing it that way and you could get much better public school system

Jax Trinity was 13-1 last season in 5A. Went out in the 4th round in a very close game. Just look at their 2018 schedule and the teams they competed against. How in the world can you state that they are not a good team and haven't been?

Both weeks killed me

In this case it is not the ADs The whole East Coast is out of school until Friday. No School means no practice unless your a private school... NO one is going into a game with zero practice.

looks like the Hurricane is going to help Vero set the record. Luck is always needed in streaks like this.

I don't either. I might head west but it appears Tampa has also canceled all public school games on Friday.