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  1. There should be a few people from this board at this game. Lets meet up and talk trash about Pinellas vs Hillsborough ball during it LOL. Also someone tell ole Jim Bob looking Greg Callahan aka Bocephus he still owe me from a bet from 10 years ago LOL.
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  2. Dang bro so y’all bringing y’all band ..a fan bus for the students ..a bus for the parents Family & boosters ..bringing y’all cheerleaders && y’all got fox network who live stream y’all game coming lol and u say y’all don’t have a big following or support lol .... look forward to tomorrow see which fan base can have the greater effect
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  3. Tallahassee has a football stadium bigger than Orlando. UWF plays its games in downtown Pensacola. If you don’t want college stadiums there are other large municipal stadiums that have the capacity, and I’ve seen the crowds which would fit in many high school stadiums easily. There are more hotels in the panhandle. We have basketball courts at FSU, UWF, NWFSC where they host a Thanksgiving weekend College tournament broadcast nationally. We have baseball stadiums at all those schools as well as in all the cities. There isn’t a single sport that could not be hosted in the panhandle at a venue equal to or better than a south Florida site. It could be done and should be done, at least for no other reason than to get people out of south Florida to show them another part of their state that isn’t like the rest of Florida. If a sport is hosted in Ft Myers then it should also be hosted in the panhandle the next year.
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  4. Sandalwood Saints Coach: Bob Withrow Player: Frankie Franklin
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  5. George Rhymes' biggest claim to fame is his nickname "Buster". Chuck D. of the rap group Public Enemy gave aspiring rapper Trevor Smith the name Busta Rhymes...who later became a huge hip hop star in the 1990s. Rhymes played for Northwestern about 40 years ago and was a monster back in his day.
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  6. Man you guys can’t hurt my feelings. Lmao! I would rather you guys engage in debate instead of being mindless trolls. If I say a team isn’t very good, or their schedule stinks, let’s break it down. Not just throw tantrum and change the subject.
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  7. So let me get this straight. Where someone graduated high school 17 years ago makes them eligible or ineligible to critique football? man you clowns perform in the circus so well. Lol. I’ll stop the open debate and kow tow to the crowd. You guys are awesome and your teams are all equally great. Win or lose, its just a game, and your teams all played equally hard. Great job.
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  8. THIS_IS_DILLARD

    Weather .....

    Lmao lol Bruhhh I’m crying lol hahaha
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  9. Sometimes some players themselves dont wanna go above and beyond wanna sit at home and play fortnite and Madden 20 all day just practice at school and that it. Back in the days players wanna get out of thier situation and outwork everybody on that field times has change especially my Raiders....
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  10. It's FL...the weather could be sunny and 75 and people still would not show up to the capacity that we all would like to see.
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  11. Bocephus ain't allowed out of the house....
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  12. Any team who makes the loooong trip from this side of the state to the panhandle or vice versa and actually wins gets an extra tip of the cap from me. It is grueling to say the least.
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  14. This is when DMX was the SHIZZZ!!! LOL knew someone would get the reference lol.
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  15. Yeah don't worry I am texting Greg all the trash talk I can now (he is my boy). Alright I hadn't looked at the forecast and did not realize this would be a rainy game... That sucks especially considering its a bit cooler in Florida right now. Also with both teams liking to pass the ball a lot that will have a big effect on the game.
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  16. If you see wave tell him the Tampa Casino's new expansion is complete
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  17. A school bus driving that far that’s interesting && dang u all got boosters lol sheesshhhh I see ya fr Myers lol hahaha what’s the weather like up that way ?
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  18. Hope that kid gets the help he needs because he definitely have a bright future athletically.
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  19. I knew you’d get this one Wave.
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  20. He is going, Perspetive. It will be his third. I'm sure he would trade that trip for one to Daytona to coach a state championship game. But that won't happen this year.
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  21. This old school player was one of two great south FL running backs to play for the Sooners during that era. He was a prep All-American who also excelled in basketball and track. He helped lead the Sooners to an Orange Bowl victory over FSU and earned All-American honors as a wide receiver for Oklahoma. His NFL career was cut short due to off-the-field problems. Who is he and where did he play in high school?
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  22. Sam Sirianni and Sam Jr. at Fort Myers High.
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  23. Thursday games: Palmetto Columbus Remaining picks to come. Learned my lesson last week; I gotta wait and see which players from which teams get arrested Thursday night before finalizing picks.
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  24. Oh hai guys and girls! In honor of the playoffs heating up, Brad and I decided to put together some information and look at round 2 of the 3A playoffs. We've posted stuff on twitter for general consumption, but wanted to go a bit deeper into things since we've been told (we know!) that conversation about small school football is hard to come by. We also wanted to put some points out there in response to other conversations from around the state. Random things we've been meaning to comment on! --> JaxTCA lost to Ocala Trinity 23-21 in round 1. We'll give OTC their due further down the page, but outside of the Pensacola Catholic loss in 2012, this has to be the most disappointing loss for JaxTCA in years. Let's be real, nobody wants to play JaxTCA, so they had to play one of the toughest schedules in recent memory. There was reason for hope when they defeated Raines in week 11, but the damage had already been done prior to the playoffs starting. JaxTCA entered the playoffs with more bodies on the sideline than on the field. We expected JaxTCA to roll through the playoffs, but it didn't happen. While we think the 2020 JaxTCA team has one of the highest talent and athletic windows in the state, it's also going to have to play another impossible schedule. --> We no longer live in a world where rankings can be based soley on records, but we also don't believe that just because a team plays a tough schedule they should be given a pass. Like a healthy diet, everything needs to be in moderation. We aren't suggesting 3A teams go play STA every week, but we aren't saying to load your schedule up with 4-6 teams who beat other 4-6 teams either. This has been a hot topic issue all year. --> We like the RPI system, but it needs tweaks to the OOWP. We have been in favor of combining 2A and 3A for years. Many 2A and 3A teams have natural rivalries and it doesn't change the geography of the state. Okay, now let's look Class 3A Round 2. Note, there are two predictions. Ours on top and the Maxpreps Prediction. We did NOT look at Maxprep's predictions prior to making our picks! Lakeland Christian (8-1) hosts Melbourne Central Catholic (4-6) LCS started the season off slow, but picked up momentum and has won 7 in a row. MCC has had a rough season this year, but did manage a victory at Frostproof. The Hustlers are balanced on offense and somewhat stout on defense. In their loses teams have had success running the ball. LCS has been rolling after a week 2 loss to Bishop Verot. LCS was always our pick to come out of region 2. MCC fights hard, but LCS gets the W. LCS by 14 MP: LCS by 9 Pensacola Catholic (10-0) vs Ocala Trinity Catholic (8-2) Rumors of OTC coming back to power were murmured in DM's, watercooler talk and noises in the night. After defeating JaxTCA the rumors have been verified, OTC is a legitimate football team again. Jamarian Samuel has been a superstar for OTC rushing for just over 2,200 yards and 23 TD's. We watched OTC vs Calvary Christian and even though OTC came up short on that night against a very good Calvary team, we knew they had potential to be great. Pensacola Catholic is having the season expected of them. They're 10-0 with a hefty senior class. They have a couple of good wins to their name, but no marquee wins. This is a hard nosed, tough football team that can harass quarterbacks. Catholic has one heck of a homefield advantage in this one. OTC has a 5.5 hour drive (One way), but if they can overcome the early emotion should pick up their second stellar win in a row. OTC by 7 MP: OTC by 1 Chaminade-Madonna (8-2) vs Somerset Academy (8-2) The 2x defending state champions start the playoffs against a good, but over matched opponent. Somerset isn't technically a bad football team in relationship to what their aspirations are, but Chaminade is simply better. The Lions won't need it this week, but they will need to continue to develop Brady Allen and Alexander Law at QB for next week. Also good news, the Lions are pretty much 100% healthy at this point outside of Willie Moise. Kudos to Somerset for a good 8-2 record, but this is the biggest mis-match in all of the small school games in Florida this week. Chaminade by 49. MP: Chaminade by 26 Miami Edison (6-5) vs Calvary Christian Academy (9-1) This game is a poster child for throwing out the records. Calvary is having a great season and did pull off quality wins over Benjamin and Miami Christian, but Miami Edison has played some of the best the state has to offer including Booker T, Northwestern, Carol City, Naples, Miami Central, Coral Gables. Edison has taken some losses, but they did manage to compete in some of those games and even pulled off a win over Carol City. Calvary has taken a few steps forward, but even with some lopsided losses we're going Miami Edison. Edison by 14. MP: Edison by 4. Benjamin School (8-3) at Bishop Verot (8-2) This should be a good game as the Bishop Verot Vikings are having a good season this year having defeated Lakeland Christian, Tampa Catholic and North Ft. Myers. They competed well, but came up short against American Heritage and always tough Uschool. Benjamin School hasn't been shabby themselves, their win over a good Cardinal Newman team last week was impressive and the Buccaneers have been consistent all season. We think Bishop Verot has to much speed for Benjamin School, but the Bucs will make this a game. Bishop Verot by 10 MP: BV by 10 FSU-DRS (9-1) vs Episcopal School of Jacksonville (10-1) On paper this game should favor FSU-DRS and Qb Willie Taggart Jr. FSU's only loss was to super tough Madison County, Episcopal School was blown out earlier in the year by Baldwin but avenged that loss last week 35-25. This is a high quality match-up, but we're going FSU-DRS in this one. FSU has played a significantly tougher schedule. We just think they have the passing attack to open this game. FSU-DRS by 20 MP: Episcopal by 20 Berkeley Prep (8-1) vs Clearwater Central Catholic (8-3) There are many individuals around the state who feel that this Berkeley Prep team can win class 3A this year. They have a devastating 3 pronged rushing attack lead by one of the better linemen in the state Zach Perkins, a stout passing game and a defense giving up less than 10 points per game lead by one of the top linebackers in the country, Jaylen Harrell. Dom Ciao, the HC at Berkeley is one of the best coaches in the business. They have home field advantage against the teams they need it against and they also have a 21-14 win over CCC. Of course, that win was in week 1. To say CCC has gotten better since their early season losses to Tampa Jesuit, Berkeley and Brentwood is an understatement. They are 8-1 since starting 0-2. They do hold wins over Clearwater, Uschool, Sebring and a rout of Tampa Catholic. CCC has clearly played a tougher schedule at this point. We pegged Berkeley facing Calvary Christian in the regional finals playing a classic and surviving. Part of this is because we also felt Berkeley and Calvary were far and away better than the rest of the region. CCC put a running clock on Calvary in the third quarter. Berkeley is better than Calvary, but they aren't playing better than CCC right now. Still, Berkeley has had 2 weeks to prep for this match-up and that will be the difference. Berkeley by 10 MP: Berkeley by 3 And because we have friends at Tampa Catholic! 4A! Tampa Catholic (6-5) at American Heritage (5-5) Tampa Catholic started off the season on fire at 2-0 and winning by a combined 78-14, then they faced 0-2 CCC who finally got healthy and was run off the field. That can be forgiven. TC then caught fire and won the next two games 125-0. They then lost to Berkeley Prep in a game they were down 21-16 with the ball under 2 minutes, but couldn't convert. Then they lost Winter Haven, then they lost to Bishop Verot and for the 20th consecutive year lost to Tampa Jesuit. The point? TC is very good at running the score up on bad teams, but not so good at scoring against good teams. American Heritage is a good team that could be very good if not for being bit by the injury bug. TC doesn't really have a signature win, but they have levels of competitiveness against good teams. Outside of the CCC game, they were at least in every other game until the 4th quarter. My understanding is that AHD is finally healthy which doesn't bode well for TC. This is a shame because on paper, TC should be one of the top teams in the state but clearly something is holding them back. AHD by 14 MP: AHD by 4
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  25. That's obviously because those teams all played easy schedules.
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  26. I hope Escambia falls but everyone of their next opponents (if they keep winning) has to travel to them an average of just over 6 hours. Mileage and travel time approx depending on route & traffic: Mainland (this week) 431 miles 6.25 hrs Columbia 308 miles 4.5 hours Mainland 450 miles 6.5 hours Lee 358 miles 5.25 hours Tampa Bay area teams (Gaither, Largo, Clearwater) 500 miles 7.25 hours (day after thanksgiving so maybe tack on another hour). On the bright side, the traveling teams pass through a timezone and gain an hour LOL
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  27. Trinity Catholic Celtics (8-3) @ Pensacola Catholic Crusaders (10-0) 2nd round of the 3A north playoffs The Celtics will drive 6 hours this Friday to Pensacola. The last and only time the Celtics did this was in the 2010 playoffs and they defeated the Crusaders 21-14 and went on to defeat University School in the championship game. Both teams have had a so so schedule. Certainly not tough but not exceptionally easy either. Both teams rely upon their ground and pound game. Neither team's passing percentage is anything to write home about. . Pensacola Catholic is running the problematic Pistol Wing-T formation. Problematic, that is, for opposing defenses. And they have two beasts for RB's. Big and fast. Their QB seems to run that formation to perfection (at least what I have seen on video). In one of the Celtic's past playoff games they faced Bolles and their infamous Wing T formation. They held Bolles to zero points until the 4th quarter when Bolles resorted to passing. The Celtics won. My understanding of this formation is for the defensive players to "follow the ball" and not necessarily the player. I believe that was the modus operandi for the Celtics against the Wing-T. My thoughts are that this is going to be a very difficult game for Trinity and will take their best effort to overcome the travel distance, opponent's field and fans, and probably the best team they will have faced all year. Can they do it, I don't know. Hope so. Game time: Clear and 44 Degrees. Get out your gloves and ear covering.
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  28. I think Lakeland, STA, Dillard, Lakewood, and Blountstown are virtual locks to advance. I don't think I'd be surprised if any of the other undefeated teams fell though.
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  29. Our coach was Richard “Batman” Woods. He played for the Tampa Bay Bucs and was a college hall of famer from Southern Cal. He was our school resource officer as well. He had a passion to get kids from around the school interested in sports. we were still a new school when he took over. He started coaching the third year the school opened. He built a foundation for that 2002 team with his desire to get kids interested in sports. He was really passionate about the school. It wasn’t some side gig. He cared about the students and kids wanted to play for him. my senior year we had some studs most notably Larry Edwards and Terrence “Country” Royal. Edwards was our running back/linebacker and Country was our D-end. Edwards went to UNC and Country to USF. They were dominant. We went 13-2 including pasting Lakeland in the playoffs. Lost a tough one to Ely and Tyrone Moss (RIP) After that season, Batman won all the coaching awards there was to win, and got a job coaching football in Europe. After Batman left there was a coach there for a couple years, and then Coach Mitchell. Mitchell was my PE teacher when Batman was the head football coach. Mitchell has been coaching the last 15-16 years and they haven’t done squat since 02. By keeping him as the head coach for so long with zero success it’s abundantly clear the admin and AD have no desire to field successful teams. They have been stuck in neutral for so long, they don’t even care to get out. There hasn’t been any change nor the desire to change the losing culture.
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  30. One of the best old school wide receivers to come out of Miami-Dade County. Was a star for the Canes and had a very productive career in the NFL, where he had over 500 receptions and 6500 receiving yards...most of it with one team. Who is he and where did he play in high school?
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  32. I see this as a "Tiger vs. the field" issue. You've got Tiger (i.e., Dillard) and, as good as Tiger may be (when he's healthy), Nolebull is putting his money on the field. And at the end of the day, he probably has the odds in his favor and will be able to say, "See, I told you so." This_is_Dillard, it's all good. Just take care of business on the field and you'll get the love and respect you're looking for.
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  33. I’m just sitting back and reading that’s all.. What’s good fellas ....
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  34. Awful Miramar ?? Miramar is only 3-7 because of all of those games they had to forfeit if not Miramar is 7-3 and in the playoffs instead of mcarthur who they beat. miracle win vs Columbus ? We drove up and down the field on Columbus & held their ESPN top 5 Rb in the country in check we didn’t trail Columbus not one time & by the way Columbus loses were to powerhouses south dade btw u school then to us && their still in the playoffs so apparently their not sorry. & 3 that game vs stranahan is a rival game early in the season where you throw records out the window Dillard is nowhere the same team in week 3 that they are now; & American heritage beat stranahan 27-6 soooooo??? again your opinion is your opinion so I’m gonna respect it cus it’s just that a “opinion” but I’ve been to every Dillard game so I believe I have more insight on what they are & what they aren’t. I never claimed for us to be Miami northwestern because we’re not we’re Dillard!! We’re not flashy we don’t have a boat load of ESPN transfers we’re just a hungry football team with a lot of underclassmen whose only gonna get better.
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