Tigerfan1

Florida high schools are not even in the same galaxy as Texas when it comes to facility's. Some JR colleges dont even compare to Texas High Schools.   

Here is a average 6A school in Texas with a enrollment of 2600
http://www.permianpanthersfootball.com/Facilities.html

Allen (TX) has a student enrollment of 5900 and an average home attendance of 14387.  For comparison Trenton has a student poplation of 358 so if they average 895 attendance at home then they equal Allen but they probably average 2 to 3 times that.  Basically what my point is that the large schools in Texas have the type of community support that we see in 1A but our large schools aren't getting support.  

The only candle(s) FL can hold to Texas HS football is individual talent and a few teams....
 
Everything else is a different level.  There are public schools in Texas with facilities that make our best private school facilities look like dumps.... but I guess that can't be said about Columbia and Tiger Stadium..

WOW from Attendance to this !!!!!! LOL

Don't change the subject...it is what it is  and to be honest your statement proves me correct.  Texas football is overall is just bigger and have way more authentic PROGRAMS.  You're Columbia Tigers TEAM are run like rec league compared to Texas HS PROGRAMS dude....please get some rest, Columbia.
 
Let other teams do the talking and calling out etc...By representing Columbia and FL you are simply embarrassing us if a TX poster reads your comedy...
 
I would pull for you but it doesn't stop my brain from being stupid either....

Okay...that is what came up in the google search...Please help yourself and update...No one puts lipstick on a pig better than you, Columbiahighfan2016....

Oh boy.....
 
No , I haven't been to Tiger "Stadium"  but how does it compare to the SIXTH biggest in Texas?
 

 
 
 
versus Tiger Stadium Lake City:
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
What am I missing?
 
Go get your head examined, kid....

Really interesting.  It is nice to be able to have the real numbers and not just rumors. Seeing 1A schools with 150 competing with schools that have 4 times the population in the same class just makes you want to pull for them, let's hear it for Hawthorne, Jefferson County and Graceville.

You raised a winner Shark bait. Someone who doesn't except failure and thats a good thing.

Lol...Sorry about that Tigerfan1. Forgive my passion. I'm a die hard Pahokee Blue Devil fan.
 
Looks like you and "Joshua Wilson" must have been sitting together.

I sat with some Glades Central fans when Trenton played at Pahokee and i can tell ya most of the guys i spoke with dont like Pahokee at ALL. LOL

LOL they way some of them folks talked about Pahokee i dont think respect was involved. 

I sat with some Glades Central fans when Trenton played at Pahokee and i can tell ya most of the guys i spoke with dont like Pahokee at ALL. LOL

Let me make a quick note regarding Mainland using information from the story that was linked in this thread earlier: 
 
Mainland is currently in 6A based on old enrollment numbers. They currently have enough students to play in 7A and would like to move up since they know they will be moving up in 2019 so they said "hey, why not just do it now."
 
So they sought to be moved to 7A, based on their enrollment numbers, but they quickly realized district travel would be a nightmare since there were no local teams within a short drive from them.
 
So they then looked at 8A and said "yeah we can compete here and the district travel would be very manageable" so they then decided to appeal to be moved to 8A. 
 
And, yes, teams have done this in the past. Teams have requested to be moved to a different classification because of district travel pains. 

Josh if these complaints were just from this year I might agree with you but this has been echoed year after year. They stick their head in the sand and do nothing. They basically revamped the entire system because a bunch of small private schools weren't happy. Do you know how long it took public schools to get the Rural division??? Years and years of complaining and finally they do something. But in 1 year of a bunch of new private schools that may not even be around in 10 years all go independent the FHSAA revamps the entire playoff system lure them back in the fold.

You can defend the FHSAA all you want Josh but the fact is the whole urban and rural tag is just so it's not called public and private. You just acknowledged that teams "stack" their rosters, or in other words recruit. So instead of dealing with that which would fix most of the problems with all of the teams being independent, they completely revamp the entire playoff system. How about just enforce the rules that were already in place. We all know that will never happen because there is ZERO transparency with the FHSAA. They set standards then change with no reason or protocol whatsoever. When the whole rural class was talked about they discussed a class with 32 teams and they said they would NEVER allow a class under that(32) so that's how the 600 limit came about to have enough teams. What happens 2 years later, 2A and 3A are operating under 32 teams. They could very easily say 1A is the lowest 36 teams in school population, then you wouldn't have schools manipulating enrollment numbers to get under a certain number. I could go on and on about the incompetence of that organization but that's enough for now. You let me know where I'm wrong Josh.

Maybe i should have said if 600 is good for 1A then why is it not good for 2A? I understand that the FHSAA wants to bring back most of the independents i am just trying to shine a light on a few small 1A schools that have a low population that have to deal with the other schools that have population 3 times there size. You and FHSAA can ignore it all you like but it's still a problem for a few schools.  If it's correct for 1A then it must be correct for 2A as well just my 2 cents. I know nothing is ever 100 % fair and this may be a good starting point but teams like Jeff-co or hawthorne may be better suited in 2A if given the opportunity. 

A win over a category 4 team is worth 35 points; a loss to a category 1 team is only 30.  Do you schedule the powerhouse team you might lose to or go schedule the average team that somehow got in the playoffs and you feel good about being able to beat?  See my post above.  

Baker historically struggles with athletic teams their win against Blountstown really surprised me.  I hope they do win it all because they run a good program and I will always pull for panhandle teams unless they're playing Armwood.  A little side note about how nice the people are there, I was helping out when my son played for Franklin County at Baker and these 2 women came up to me when we were unloading from the bus and asked me how many players we had.  After the game they met me at the bus with goodie bags for all of our players and staff, some great homemade cookies and brownies.  I am not sure we would have gotten them if we won lol.  I am easily swayed with cookies so Go Baker.

Talk about a hard road to the finals!!!!! The south bracket is loaded with good teams, Congrats Pahokee 

Baker 20-19 Blounstown. Hail Mary with like 20 seconds left by Blountstown fell incomplete, the Gators have made it to state. 

Talk about a hard road to the finals!!!!! The south bracket is loaded with good teams, Congrats Pahokee 

Congrats!!!! Devils, STATE BOUND....

It's going to be another big week for 1A