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Cocoa has been dominate against 2S opponents all year outscoring them 350-16. This past weekend they routed 12-0 #1 seed South Sumter 35-7 and that 7 came on the last play of regulation. Blake Boda has thrown for almost 3500 yards and 45TDs while rushing for 3 more. This lefty should be a lock for 2S player of the year and maybe dairy farmers player of the year. They have one of the best WR groups maybe in the country led by (2) 4⭐️‘s… 23’ Ohio State commit Ced Hawkins and ESPN top 300 24’ Day Day Farmer. They also have a huge target in 6’5” converted basketball player and 3⭐️ Kyon Calhoun. They have 7 players with over 200 yards receiving on this team, 9 players with receiving TDs, and 11 have caught a pass from boda. Their entire starting oline returns next year and has not given up a sack against a 2S opponent. Senior RB Anthony bridgewater has rushed for +500 yards behind them and 4 TDs but man can he pass block. This converted LB along with sophomore Malachi will make you regret blitzing! Defensively, their entire secondary is committed or holds a D1 offer, they have 2 of the top ‘24 LBs in the state with Samadre Hawkins and Davion Parham. There DL is big, athletic, well coached and anchored by 3⭐️ Loren Ward and senior Dorsey. Cocoa has 5th year HC Ryan Schnider at the helm looking to make it to his 3rd state final as a Tiger. He won state championships previously with U School and St Thomas. Early on, Coach Schnider was critized for the teams 2-2 start losing to jones on the last drive where they sacked his QB for a safety and the getting beat soundly by his former program.Those 2 loses don’t look to bad anymore as that’s likely the 3M state matchup. They also lost to seminole in OT but that game unfortunately probably cost seminole their shot at a state title. Seminole’s FAU QB Commit hasn’t played a snap since that game. Lastly, one of their biggest advantages is Coach Schnider has assembled an impressive staff around him with 3 former head coaches on staff, a former NFL player, 9 military veterans, and almost every staff member played college football. Having this type of staff with the current state of coaches pay in Florida is pretty crazy! This isn’t a good team, it’s a good program and i can’t see anyone stopping cocoa this year

Absolutely Though Miami Central controls their own destiny Beat Lakewood and AHP and they will likely have a national championship in at least 1 poll

They will need to win out first. While favored, the last thing they should do is look too far ahead. If they focus on the next two games, one game at a time, they will have a shot. At the end of the day, it is not guaranteed as this is a popularity contest, not something settled on the field.

Per the FHSAA website, here are the enrollment numbers for each classification. As you can see, once you get past Class 1, the student populations start to skew in favor of the Metro classes. For example, the largest class 3S team would be one of the smaller 3M teams. WHAT ARE THE ENROLLMENT NUMBERS FOR EACH CLASSIFICATION? Metro: 1M: 103-600 2M: 601-1,666 3M: 1,667-2,329 4M: 2,330-4,843 Suburban: 1S: 65-600 2S: 601-1,445 3S: 1,446-1,895 4S: 1,896-3,226 Rural: 1R: 133-600 Another thought: if you added the proverbial "one more week," the Class championships would start to feel like Regional titles. Call them what you will, but in my view, it wouldn't really feel like a team has one a "state championship" if they had to play one more game against another team from Florida and ended up losing it. Just my two cents'.

To quote Lee Corso, " Not so fast my friend." Chaminade-Madonna is undefeated and beat AH-P 42-34 this season...better recognize

No. I think when classifications were released the Cocoa staff jumped up and down for the free title they were given.

Yeah, I know more sarcasm so no need to educate me on your post as I was thinking the exact same thing. However, just to be clear as previously stated I believe Osceola ranks in the top 10% in the state not the 1%. So no they would not be getting my vote to compete with the likes of Central, Chaminade, AHP, etc... That is a completely different animal.

I like that idea. Let's see, we'd start out with one vote for Columbia, one vote for Venice, one vote for Osceola, one vote for Apopka, one vote for Dillard, one vote for Lakeland, and one vote for Madison . . . regardless of whether or not these teams won their classification championships!

Those are facts. After the MD loss there was a poll that had SJB #4 saying SJB will jump to #1 eventhough the teams ahead of them won

Kowboys defense controlled the game all night with a better performance than the last couple of weeks. Will skip getting into the weeds regarding the game, but Vero couldn't have managed more than 100-150 total yards for the game. Actually, could have been even more lopsided than the final score. Props to #1 Jacobs of Vero as he played his tail off and I can see why he is so highly regarded; he really didn't do much offensively, but defensively he had several important pass breakups that if he wasn't making those plays it would have been a rout early. They just didn't have enough players like him to match up with the Kowboys. Now on to the re-match with Lakeland we have been anticipating since the 3rd game of the season.

To be fair Columbia was down a 3* WR that game and turned it over 4 times Game probably goes much different if played now

Sorry, meant the following Friday.

Tend to agree with Dan on this topic. CMD should not be discounted in this discussion as Friday we will be able to compare what Central does vs AHP relative to what CMD did to them.

No one is giving Florida State University HS a chance? They are really, really good.

That ship sailed years ago

Yeah, but that can change in a heartbeat, a tweet, a sound bite, or a lie.

Cocoa is just showing the FHSAA what a stupid decision they made. This watered down junk is an embarrassment

Cocoa....a diamond in a sea of mediocrity

Yeah that game was crazy. That whole final 4 minutes was crazy. Don't know if you know the story, but we had a defensive player die in a car accident the year before and the team dedicated the season and the championship to him. The theme and foundation for him was called "Be the Light". Well as a religious school, it didn't take much for the boys to believe that their boy Ari #30, was sending them a message from above. When the lights went back on, Columbus stormed back on with a very improbable finish. Great part of Explorer lore at this point. In any case, the Drive Pnk Stadium where Inter Miami FC plays now has a nice set up and don't expect any technical issues. Owners of the Miami FC who commissioned the rebuild of the stadium are also Columbus Alumni and huge benefactors. They better get it right! LOL.

Maybe Florida could copy California and have an "Open Division" championship game after all the classification championships have been decided. A committee of 7 prominent posters from this site could identify the top 2 teams in the state, regardless of classification, and have them meet at a neutral site for the overall "state championship".

The best era was when it only went up to 5A right when they added another playoff round and started letting runners-up in the playoffs.

If the Darters beat PBC, I will be in Fort Lauderdale for the final. Columbus will rightly be the favorite, but maybe Apopka can give you a good game.