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Here are the rest of the Playoff Rosters with Florida representation: NCAA D3 (127 ex-Florida High School players) Mount Union (OH) 25 Aurora (IL) 15 Huntingdon (AL) 12 Greenville (IL) 8 Wheaton (IL) 8 Johns Hopkins (MD) 6 Springfield (MA) 5 North Central (IL) 5 Lake Forest (IL) 5 Albion (MI) 5 Birmingham Southern (AL) 4 Carnegie Mellon (PA) 4 Rensselear (NY) 4 St John's (MN) 4 Bethel (MN) 3 Central (IA) 2 Anna Maria (MA) 2 DePauw (IN) 2 Washington & Lee (VA) 2 Cortland St (NY) 1 Rose-Hulman (IN) 1 Mary Hardin-Baylor (TX) 1 Framingham St (MA) 1 Endicott (MA) 1 La Crosse (WI) 1 Delaware Valley (PA) 0 Salisbury (MD) 0 Linfield (OR) 0 Redlands (CA) 0 Trinity (TX) 0 Muhlenberg (PA) 0 Whitewater (WI) 0 NAIA (118 ex-Florida High School players) Keiser (FL) 88 Northwestern (IA) 5 Indiana Wesleyan 4 Central Methodist (MO) 4 Reinhardt (GA) 4 Kansas Wesleyan 3 Grand View (IA) 2 Southwestern (KS) 2 Marian (IN) 1 Dickinson St (ND) 1 Lindsey Wilson (KY) 1 Morningside (IA) 1 Ottawa (AZ) 1 Concordia (MI) 1 Montana-Western 0 St Xavier (IL) 0 Interesting to note - There are no Division 3 schools based in the state of Florida, yet the winningest program in all of college football over the past 25 or 30 years, regardless of classification (Mount Union OH) has 25 Floridians on their roster. Coincidence? I think not. As Ray mentions, there are 504 teams playing in D2, D3 and NAIA combined. This list only reflect the 76 playoff teams and their Florida connections. There are many, many more Floridians continuing to represent at these levels. As for the 483 Florida "kids" playing this weekend, their families, friends and ex-coaches, these playoff games are as important as it gets. Best of luck to all of them.

While so many of us are focused on which teams will be selected for the Four Team FBS tournament, the smaller guys are set to decide it on the field beginning this weekend. These lower level playoffs will include scores of ex-Florida high school stars who have continued their careers at less publicized universities. There are also Florida college teams that will be participating in these tournaments. Here are the participants for this week's college playoff games. I have handicapped each of them beginning with NCAA Division II. NCAA Division II (28 team field - Top 4 seeds receive 1st round byes) Byes - Kutztown (PA), Valdosta St (GA), Ferris St (MI), Colorado School of Mines Angelo St (TX) over Minnesota-Duluth by 17 Augustana (SD) over Bemidji St (MN) by 12 Grand Valley St (MI) over Lindenwood (MO) by 11 Harding (AR) over Washburn (KS) by 8 Lenoir-Rhyne (NC) over Bowie St (MD) by 12 Nebraska-Kearney over Western Colorado by 1 New Haven (CT) over Bentley (MA) by 3 Notre Dame (OH) over Slippery Rock (PA) by 5 NW Missouri St over Central Washington by 10 Shepherd (WV) over Findlay (OH) by 8 West Florida over Newberry (SC) by 19 West Georgia over Albany St (GA) by 10 NCAA Division III (32 team field) Birmingham Southern (AL) over Huntingdon (AL) by 9 Central (IA) over Bethel (MN) by 6 Cortland St (NY) over Springfield (MA) by 15 Delaware Valley (PA) over Anna Maria (MA) by 37 DePauw (IN) over Rose-Hulman (IN) by 3 Johns Hopkins (MD) over Salisbury (MD) by 7 Linfield (OR) over Redlands (CA) by 16 Mary Hardin-Baylor (TX) over Trinity (TX) by 10 Mount Union (OH) over Washington & Lee (VA) by 24 Muhlenberg (PA) over Framingham St (MA) by 30 North Central (IL) over Carnegie Mellon (PA) by 22 Rensselaer (NY) over Endicott (MA) by 6 St Johns (MN) over Lake Forest (IL) by 21 Wisconsin-La Crosse over Albion (MI) by 13 Wisconsin-Whitewater over Greenville (IL) by 43 Wheaton (IL) over Aurora (IL) by 13 NAIA (16 team field) Grand View (IA) over Dickinson St (ND) by 6 Indiana Wesleyan over Kansas Wesleyan by 11 Lindsey Wilson (KY) over Montana-Western by 23 Marian (IN) over Southwestern (KS) by 9 Morningside (IA) over Ottawa (AZ) by 9 Northwestern (IA) over Central Methodist (MO) by 15 Reinhardt (GA) over Keiser (FL) by 8 St Xavier (IL) over Concordia (MI) by 1 Note - NCAA D1 FCS Selections will be made this coming Sunday

For Jesse, every thread is a Madison thread.

Lol we actually have a decent kicker lol finally, and I agree some of the players could possibly be looking ahead but with the way homestead has been talking about how they own broward and how Dillard has struggled vs dade teams in the past I believe Dillard wants to show the world they can beat up on dade teams as well. So I believe Dillard will be focused.

All interesting & correct info but let’s keep this all about this fridays matchup I don’t want the thread to get locked. but to answer your question yes they’re a lot of Caucasian kids that attend Dillard Dillard is still 85 to 90% African American but Caucasian kids to attend.

You're correct. James Dillard was a the son of slaveholders and Caucasian. In his later years he was an advocate for raising the quality of education for black people and the reason for the school being named after him.

Are you going to the game and if so keep us updated.

What was her name?

How the hell did you turn this into a Madison thread?

I understand your perspective (no pun intended). And, if the districts within each region were relatively comparable, I would support the position that a district champ should host at least their first playoff game. But within regions, there are some very lopsided ones. An example which is the subject matter of a thread herein is 7A, Region 3.Another example would be 8A, Region 2, where Vero Beach traveled to Palm Beach County to beat district champs, Forest Hills, a team that would likely have struggled to beat Freedom or Ocoee here in Orlando. As such, I am not convinced that all district champs deserve to host their first game, but I do feel that they should be given a playoff berth as it is not their fault (usually) that they ended up in a very weak district. Although I was a skeptic when it came to using an RPI to determine playoff spots, I have gradually come to the opinion that on balance it is better than what we had before. I do agree with you that the calculation of the RPI could be refined and improved.

When you post on the message board, I feel like my intelligence is being cheated.

This news definitely changes my vote and messes up their chance of making it out of the 2nd round

Of course Dillard has Caucasian kids . . . the football team has a kicker, right?