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Yeah it does

I believe he's referring to FHSAA's inability to reach a consensus or render a decision which has left us all in limbo. I applaud the Treasure Coast schools. At least they have a plan. Everyone else needs to follow suit because FHSAA is too slow.

Osceola, yeah they would have beat East Lake likely. Tough nosed teams typically have an edge on the likes of them. But they would have beat East Lake even with the coaches son at QB.

There are 4 counties: Okeechobee, Martin, St Lucie, Indian River, the schools that field a football team are below. Okeechobee: Okeechobee HS Martin: Martin County HS South Fork HS Jensen Beach HS St Lucie: Port St Lucie HS Centennial HS Treasure Coast HS Fort Pierce Central HS Fort Pierce Westwood HS John Carroll HS (Private) Indian River: Vero Beach HS Sebastian River HS St Edwards HS (Private)

Yeah they sure did It's almost like Columbia didn't beat Eastside 46-6 a year earlier Lol

Madison County and East Ridge were formidable teams back then. For example, Madison County was actually ranked #1 all classes(Beef O'Brady's poll) coming into the 2003 state title game, so losing to them by ten at that time was a "good" loss. In 2004, East Ridge was undefeated in the regular season and lost a close playoff game to state finalist Lake Gibson. ER came into that 2005 Columbia game as one of the top-ranked 6A teams in the state at the time, so Columbia losing to them by one point likely didn't hurt them much in the polls either. The pollsters have had a love affair with Columbia for many years. Maybe there was some of that, "this has got to be their year" thinking, and it was difficult to let go of a strong preseason ranking when it started to appear that a Columbia team was not going to contend. I don't mean that as a knock on Columbia. I just cannot tell you how many times I've seen Columbia ranked highly in the polls, only to disappoint come season's end.

Silence must be a good thing It means nobody has any criticism of the list lol

In October of 2005, Tim Tebow and hc Craig Howard's Nease team came to Lake City. 10th ranked Columbia was 5-2 and and faced 8th ranked Nease was 5-2. Nease went up 21-0 and never looked back, winning 49-24. Tebow rushed for 73 yards and 3 TD's. He went 19/28 passing for 271 yards and 2 TD's despite suffering an injury. 180 of those passing yards went to Ryan Ellis. Ellis was a 2-time, First Team All-State selection who led the state in receiving yards two straight seasons. He finished 2005 with 103 receptions for 1911 yards and 18 TD's. This win gave Nease the District 5-4A title and they eventually went on to win the 4A title, beating Armwood in the final. Columbia lost its next game to Orange Park Ridgeview, costing the Tigers the runner-up spot in the district. In a controversial ending to the game, it is alleged that a very young fan of Columbia threw a dirty diaper at Tebow as he was leaving the stadium because Tebow would not give the youngster his autograph.