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I am pretty sure I railed against the playoff points and the RPI and was told that I was too old fashioned, this new system would reward people for playing tough opponents. The best teams would get in. Now, the season isn't over, and the games aren't finalized, but I don't think this is any better than the old system so far.

Pahokee is not getting in. They maybe go 2-2 over the next 4 and that is a big time maybe. I said it at the beginning of the season that Pahokee was going to have the same thing happen to them that happened to BTW (Miami) a couple of seasons ago. The schedule is too tough and you lose one too many games.

Just remember this is a snapshot, lots of games still to play.

Pompano Beach - 1976 St. Cloud - 1980 Still 2 before them.

Not sure if we asked this question or not, Of the following teams with at least 1 playoff victory, which team has the longest current drought between their last victory in the playoffs and today? American (Hialeah) - Atlantic (Port Orange) - Blake (Tampa) - Eau Gallie (Melbourne) - Forest Hill (West Palm Beach) - Hernando (Brooksville) - Hialeah - John I Leonard (Greenacres) - Key West - Lake Howell (Winter Park) - Miami Beach - Miami Springs - North Miami - Okeechobee - Osceola (Seminole) - Pompano Beach - St. Cloud - Terry Parker (Jacksonville) - Titusville - Wolfson (Jacksonville) -

So if Columbia is 3rd or 4th would you be upset?

Anybody think there will be surprises regarding a team being lower/higher than you think they should be. I will simply note to everyone when the RPI comes out to be patient. Let the whole season play out. Teams that flying high in week 6 might not be in Week 11, nor might be their opponent's or their opponent's opponent's.

You can see Lakeland #53 jawing at the sideline, you can see Lakeland #67 (at 2:45) talking what looks like angrily at a teferee if we are going to call out others. The reality is that I trust the coaches to know their teams, if the coach felt that a handshake line could be an explosive situation than the best thing to do is tell his assistants to corral the team, go shake the head coaches' hand and move on.

Thank you both for answering. It was near the end of the playclock so I thought it have been a delay of game penalty, but it was a false start call. I am just surprised that is the rule, seems as some people have suggested it could lead to abuse.

4 minutes left in 4th and Team A is trying to run the clock. Team A is on offense runs the clock down to a couple of seconds on playclock. Team A gets a false start, clock stops, ball is reset. Once ball is reset, clock starts running again. Am I wrong to believe that the clock should not have begun again after the false start? I am not sure if Team B noticed (They were home team) so i am unsure if coach was protesting it.

It won't, they have played 6 games and have 3 more games left. So unless 2 of the 3 get canceled they will have the minimum required of 8 games. Additionally, adding a team that is not a quality win (less than .500) generally wouldn't help them. Take the week off and prepare.

American Heritage Plantation is one of them.

He is talking about 1A-4A.

I agree with the general idea that school size does matter in a sport like football in comparison to basketball or volleyball or softball. Football is a lot about depth and not just the 11 on each side of the ball but the kids you can bring in to give them a rest. Basketball some of these kids play the full game and dominate the entire time on both offense and defense. One dominant softball pitcher is more valuable than one dominant hitter. So yes, a 6A school should dominate a 1A school. As the many examples we have of 8A schools that can barely manage to get a team. Sometimes it really is about the Jimmy and Joes and not X and Os.

American Heritage Plantation Armwood Bolles Booker T Washington (Miami) Cocoa Miami Central St Thomas Aquinas Trinity Christian One of the darn teams probably missed it by one Lakeland is my bonus

http://www.fox13news.com/sports/high-school-sports/plant-high-school-football-coach-robert-weiner-suspended

Any reasoning?

I wouldn't sleep on Escambia or Ponte Vedra. Let's see how PV does this week against a very good Bartram Trail team and in another few weeks against a better St. Augustine team. I don't see PV as the biggest threat in Region 1 to Columbia, but I could see PV pulling the upset. As for Escambia, Columbia historically does not do well when it travels west during the playoffs. 2001- Niceville (W) 2001- Lincoln (L) 2002- Choctawhatchee (W) 2002- Lincoln (L) 2004- Lincoln (L) 2012- Navarre (L) 2015- Lincoln (W) 2016- Lincoln (W) 2017- Lincoln (L) Granted 6 of those games were against Lincoln, but I stand by my statement. Additionally, Columbia seems to be piling up small injuries week and week.

Yes, it is the RPI first, and RPI is not just affected by a team's winning percentage, but two other factors as well. So if team A could be 3-7 (1-1 in district) Team B could be 5-5 (1-1) Team C could be 4-6 (1-1) and Team A could be district champion if their RPI is higher than B or C.

4.7.4.3 RPI Ranking – Tiebreaker (a) Head-to-head result between the two teams (b) Winning Percentage (c) Opponents’ Winning Percentage (d) Opponents’ Opponents’ Winning Percentage (e) Highest-rated win (according to the final RPI standings) (f) Next highest-rated win (exhaust all possibilities)

(a) If two schools are tied for first place in the final district standings, the winner of the regular season game between the two schools shall advance to the regional tournament as the district champion. (b) If three schools are tied for first place in the final district standings and one of the three schools defeated the other two in regular season competition, then that school shall advance to the regional tournament as the district champion. (c) If three or more schools are tied for first place in the final district standings and the tie cannot be broken based on the results of regular season competition, then a district tiebreaker shall be based on the RPI Ranking throughout the entire regular season to include week 11 games.

Calling IMG a Florida is an insult. The team recruits, they run a damn football academy (literally on their website they are advertised as a football academy), these aren't students who happen to play football, they are football players who happen to show up at the same school. I was originally going to show you how many of just the seniors have played all 4 years at IMG, but since there are 35 years and the MaxPreps system is slow. I will just link to an article about one of them (a California native), the article also mentions that IMG has 30 newcomers for this season. 30!!!! They aren't made even close to the same way that the average football team is made. Heck, even the Trinity Christian, Bolles, STA, usually are somewhat limited by their geographical area. These guys aren't. Look, we all understand IMG is a very talented collection of players, but that is what they are, a collection of players. They aren't a team in any sense of the word. They are 4* and 5* kids who have sugar daddies who want them to go to IMG so they will be better football players, not better people. Hell, the college scandal that broke last year involved one of the people on their staff as the guy who took the exams for the kids. Sorry, IMG is not a high school football team. They are a football factory that happens to reside in Florida with pre-College players, but calling them anything near a high school team is crazy. https://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio-state-football-recruiting/2019/07/105539/elias-ricks-arrives-at-img-with-decisions-left-to-make

Jambun, In the Sun-sentinel video, he seems to call time out at the beginning as indicted by the sideline judge. His team was on the field, so even if he was directing comments towards official at that moment doesnt it mean he can be on field and thus not penalized. .

Westside is a good story (I think they have had one winning season in the last 15 years, so one more win and they are assured of that). A quick look at their region (even if they are district champs) tells me they are 50/50 to get to round 2 and zero chance to round 3 though. These aren't world beaters. At the same time, it is good to see a team scheduling similar strength teams and still winning.

Wow is Dwyer that bad. Has the whole program rebelled because they didn't want Coach Rolle (I think). Has the riveria beach pipeline shutdown?