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Jam, it's not like you to be a smart ass....That's my M.O.   
** Google says Fritz Pollard was a professional football player in the 1920's. He was also one of the league's first black coaches. Sounds like an all around good guy. RIP Mr Pollard. 

Band wise NO IF ANDS OR BUTTS. The WILDCATS are bad ass. They rep Florida well !!!!  And the Rattlers are world famous. I like the change, the new schedule. Grambling, Jackson ST, and Southern University come to Daytona sooner or later ? What's not to like.

The Bethune-Cookman/ FAMU game has been their last regular season game for decades. In 1974 the Wildcats were the home team. At that time all Daytona home games were played at the city's Municipal Stadium which is now a large parking lot for Daytona State on it's north side. It had aout 5,000 seats compared to Famu's Bragg Memorial Stadium's 25,000+. Someone got the bright idea to approach the speedway and see if a temporary playing field could be setup in the race track's tri-oval finishline area. This annual interstate rivalry has always been Bethune-Cookman's biggest money maker. The speedway agreed to make it happen. And 17,000+ tickets (22,000 total) were sold. I tried to post a picture of the local Daytona area members (the ? on my last post). I was one of 6 Volusia County players on a team of about 85 guys. I was looking pretty damn MEAN too !      

It was definitely an unexpected switch being that they're going from Mid-Eastern to Southwest. But I do feel like they wanted to freshen things up and be more competitive. Not saying the MEAC isn't competitive but both schools have done a lot for that conference in multiple sports. Plus the SWAC brand as a whole has been rising lately, so it could be another way to raise the school's profile and open up other opportunities. I definitely feel like football and band wise they both have a great shot and SWAC member bands are more on par with both schools when it comes to accolades. 
Also, with the MEAC v SWAC games and the bowl it gives more intrigue when those 2 teams face a MEAC school. Good backstory for the games for the media lol

I never went to the Florida Classic

. . .  while a race is going on.  

It would be dope if they did that again

I played in the Classic, 1974. B-CC 6 FAMU 0. Wife attended Famu. Game was played between pit road and the Start/Finish line. 22,000 fans.... Go 'Cats  

Madco will have a few players suspended.  Taylor County will have everyone. Some key madco players did get involved.  But again madco loaded and smart. 

On a side note.... the game used to be on national TV and then it was moved to only local Orlando TV or a paid ticket online.  NOT GOOD

Half the people I went to school with went to FAMU. I'm more of a BCU guy.

Lol. My wife went to FAMU. She march in the 100.

Nice. Don't have too much fun at the Library lmao

Orlando City Soccer Stadium is the ideal location for state championship games: centrally located in the middle of the state, easy access by two major highways; plenty of parking. lots of hotels and other entertainment and dining venues to give people other things to do while waiting to attend games, and it's a new stadium with a capacity of about 20,000: not too big for HS championship games.

Actual picture of Columbiafan

Columbiafan and I are cool.
Dillard comment was a joke, I put a smiley face I hope he doesn't take it personal.  No disrespect intended.
Jesse is another story.  

So if I do a top 500 and I have Seminole 500 does that mean I didn't miss on them?  

We live in unusual times, where tempers are frayed and a sense of community is not prized. One day, this will pass. But for now, what you observe will continue to be the normal. 

In a couple of decades worth of observing both the Florida Varsity board and this one, it's always amazed and amused me how small the list of regulars engaging is, and yet how abrasive the people ostensibly interested in growing the board are. Seemed like 80% of Mr High School comments were argumentative, personal attacks or responding to personal attacks. We see much of the same with the regulars here. In fact, I expect to get some insults for this very comment 

Guys, I'm not an administrator, but it sure seems it's getting a little personal in here.  Let's all chill a little. 
Here's my take on polls, for whatever it is worth:
The pollster needs to be upfront and honest about what he or she is ranking.   Are they ranking how good the teams are at the time the poll comes our or where the pollster expects them to be at the end of the season? 
For me, it's way, way, way too early to rank teams now.  But that's just my personal opinion.  Spring season just ended and the summer transfer season has barely started.  Especially at the high school level, the movement of 2 or 3 top-notch players can easily turn a team from a district runner-up into a deep playoff run team.  Or vice versa. 
Truth be told, polls (high school or college) really shouldn't come out until we're about 4 weeks into the season.   Too often, teams are ranked based on reputation.  Sometimes they live up to the hype; sometimes they don't.   But let the teams get a few games under their belt before ranking them.  
From my standpoint, the only value that pre-season polls have is to bring attention to the sport, the teams and the media outlet/person who has done the poll.   Hey, look at us . . . debating on whether certain teams should or should not be ranked.   Not necessarily a bad thing; is what it is. 
As for this thread, when I saw Columbia's poll from last year, I think he did a pretty good job.  Now, taking nothing away from him, if I did a poll right now and simply listed the teams that won state titles this past year (or, because of Covid), the year before, and put all those teams in my Top 25, my poll probably wouldn't look all that bad at the end of year.  Occasionally, a perennial power will have an off year (see Armwood) or a top-10 team for the last decade will lose their coach and several starters and go from the penthouse to the outhouse (see Plant), but for the most part (and especially now with school choice), the good teams likely will stay good and the bad teams will continue to struggle. 
And the same teams will end up in most polls year in and year out.  

Another reason polls suck.  Douchebag Jesse wants to attack a team because they were mentioned.  Go back to Blountstown, Madison County deserves better than to have you as a fan.

This was his preseason list last year.  Reading comprehension This_is_Dillard.    Dillard was ranked in his top 50.  I don't remember where.  
 
Perfect example why polls suck.  People just get mad and argue about them.  Do they really matter?

It's also a shame a top team has to hide athletes in a charter school so they can play down and beat up on the little guys.

Even with baker winning 1a I'm still not convinced they are top 50 in the state 
 
And who was other one? Champagant in 2a?

I could care less and have no idea who did a top 25.  I just wanted to bring yours back up.  As good as yours was you still missed 2 state champs.  Polls suck and so do you.  Have a good day.