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4 hours ago, Ray Icaza said:
Unfortunately districts are decided by the FHSAA, so OHS has to play inferior teams such as Gateway and Celebration in Kissimmee plus other schools in SE Orange county that are not the best. That is not our choice so over the years we have picked up games with Dr. Phillips, Edgewater. West Orange, Bishop Moore and other better teams in Orange county if they are willing to do home and home. Also will go into Polk to play Lakeland, Lake Gibson, Winter Haven, Lake Wales and others of that caliber. Our region includes Tampa teams but we don't pick them up as much although we have had games with Manatee and Tampa Jesuit. In addition, one of the oldest state "rivalries" is with St. Cloud and the locals clammer for that game. Last year we scheduled home and home vs Miami Columbus as well as Cocoa. So we are not ducking anyone. Coach Nick has done a good job as he now has 5 Regional Championships in the 11 years he has been head coach. Most schools would be thrilled with that record.
You don't have to justify Osceola football to anyone. It stands on its own and is very good.
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Osceola has the same amount of titles as Vero. 1. Osceola has been to the finals at least 4 other times. Vero has one finals appearance and won.
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On 12/3/2020 at 6:56 PM, OldSchoolLion said:
2006 was an incredible year. The following state champions all finished the year undefeated. There could have been 7, but dem boyz from Belle Glade was slackin.
6A Northwestern
5A Lakeland
4A Plant
2A Bolles
2B Pahokee
All those teams were juggernauts. What a great year!
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Hillsborough County still has multiple competitive teams but there is no real middle ground outside of a few teams. You're either very good or very bad.
Way things broke this year. I'm lumping in how teams did regardless of class. Private schools have asterisk.
Contenders to Very Good in their class:
B-Dale
Armwood
Tech
Gaither
*Jesuit
*TC
*Berkeley
Hillsborough
Newsome
*Seffner Christian
Middle of the Road:
Chamberlain
Plant City
Jefferson
Wharton
Steinbrenner
Sumner
*CDS
*Cambridge
Not Good:
Plant
Robinson (by end of year due to attrition after good start)
Alonso
Blake
Middleton
Spoto
Sickles
Leto
Strawberry Crest
Brandon
Riverview
Durant
East Bay
King
Lennard
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Tampa Hillsborough never won State in the playoff era. Lots of playoff appearances and one Finals appearance, but no title.
Tampa Robinson, although an up and down program historically, has been to the finals twice and the Semis a few times but fallen short.
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I like Minneola's chances against St. Augustine and Central. I say Central because although Palmetto is a very good squad, I don' think they match up well with Central this year compared to their team last year.
Palmetto is physical. They have a big QB, a good sized O-line, and a RB with great, great balance. But their passing game was thoroughly unimpressive against Hillsborough (a very poor man's version of Central's defense). Palmetto beat Hillsborough with physical play in a very close game. But this plays right into Central's style. Very few teams in the country can simply out-physical Central. Last year Palmetto kept Central off balance with a very effective short passing game and balanced that with QB runs and some tough runs from their backs. I don't think Palmetto has enough of a passing game this year to make Central respect it. QB runs and the RBs looking to break plays for yardage just isn't going to be effective against Central.
Minneola (if they get past the Jackets) has a pretty dynamic offense. So they can likely put up some points against Central's always dominant defense. They held a very good and balanced Gaither offense to 14, so if they can hold Central to 21 or under, they could have a puncher's chance.
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B-Dale, to have a shot, has to force some turnovers. STA is too talented on both sides for B-Dale to think they will match them score for score or stop for stop. They will need at least 3 turnovers to have a shot and have to play mistake free. Tall task.
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Good for Hawthorne!!
Madison should play in their real class.
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Thought this would be a better game.
Berkeley Prep almost knocked off Chaminade. That was a great game. 23-21.
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Southeast goes to the Semis if they beat Lake Gibson at home on Friday. They gave Plant a good game at SE in 2008.
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Final?
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On 9/29/2020 at 7:35 PM, OldSchoolLion said:
The Canes have been very crisp and workmanlike. This is a different team than I have seen in a while. The coaches have done their job so far.
True, but recent history shows us that when Miami is punched in the gut, they fold. They haven't really played anybody with the ability to step on their throat and keep them down, but they will. I think they end up with at least two losses this year.
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Until the failed James Blackman experience ends, it will get worse. Norvell needs to clean house. Start Rodemaker or Purdy. Who cares at this point? We know they can't win with him. We don't know about the others. Jordan Travis isn't really a qb unless you are going to run option or rpo only, but he is a nice weapon to have. Just not as a starting qb.
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Pretty sure we all wear masks everyday when we go out. I wear them in and out of my office. Not in my office bc we are down to 6 people in our suite and we all have offices or large cubicles separated by a good amount of space.
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Those schools that don't get fans are not affected. But I find it hard to believe that kids who have been pent up for 6 months would not want to sit in the Friday night air with their friends cheering on their school.
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Another bad decision. Only a few family members of players, cheerleaders, and band members.
I could see some limitations on crowd size, but they aren't even allowing regular students to attend. SDHC is a steaming pile of sh@#.
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Bottom line is that the state is clearly better with S Fla then without S. FLA., so let's hope they get moving.
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S. Fla. needs to get their shit together and start their season.
This disease is bad for us old, fat phux. Young kids are good 99.95 % of the time. Just wear masks and socially distance if you are kid who interacts with at risk people. And high risk people should be wearing masks in public.
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I'd still try to schedule them. Post-Weiner Plant had a lot of staters transfer to greener pastures. Like with any rebuild, it will be a rough stretch for PHS until the new staff gets a system in place and buy in from everyone.
Bloomingdale-Tech finish
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I'd like to see Bdale and Niceville. Would be a very off-brand but fresh title game.