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Really, many of the teams that I see are running some form of the spread option (even whatever ESPN High School Game) with the same basic idea, put the ball in the hands of your best athlete (QB) and allow him to make the plays necessary to win. Yes, many of them can throw the ball, but they are making just as many plays with their feet. I also think the spread option makes a lot of sense. While I think it is easier to build a consistent offensive line through the weight room, I think there are more little speedy/shifty guys walking the halls of your school. As a result, it is easier to get the ball in space and allow them to create. The spread option (or some variant) is basically what all of the colleges are running today. As a result, if a high school coach thinks it is his job to get his players into college then he is going to emulate what colleges are doing. I am not saying this is the right idea.

I think the easy answer would be St Thomas Aquinas, but I am sure that is wrong. Clarifying question how far back does Parade and USA Today go? Like, do I have to think back to those 40s and 50s teams that had or is Parade and USA Todat a more modern thing 80s onward?

Can Hawthorne do it again? No. Losing QB Losing Top 2 Rushers Losing all but 1 receiver Losing nearly 19 seniors on a Roster of 35 As for Chiefland... Another run heavy team that loses their best rusher Another team losing 15 seniors on a Roster of 44 As for Pahokee They might get Booker T Washingtoned due to their difficult schedule. The reality is that it doesn't matter much, because they will eventually have to play Madison County. Madison isn't losing to any of these teams.

Umm... unless you can throw, catch, run, tackle, block or kick then no, 1000 of you doesn't turn a team into a winner. Unless you are writing the big checks (which I am going to doubt, right now). A rabid fanbase doesn't create a winner, if it did, then why are teams without rabid fan bases still winning. And just so you know 42% of 5A-8A Elite 8 games, Semi finals, and Finals were won by 20 or more points since 2012. So it seems quite likely that teams are getting blown out even in later stages. Again, you talk like Columbia is elite. Look at your posts from when Columbia "beat" IMG in a pre-season game. You talked like Columbia was finally going to win a state championship (where some of us told you to relax and don't get ahead of yourself) and they lost in the 2nd round on their own turf. There is nothing wrong with going to games and enjoying them. There is nothing wrong with cheering your team and regaling us with an awesome play, drive, or player. But you try to raise yourself up on the backs of others. You forget that there is more to be proud of then just a football team. Do I enjoy when the gator football team wins? Sure do, but I also enjoy watching the Gator Volleyball, Gymnastics, and Men's Basketball achieve at high levels. I enjoy seeing the Gator Baseball and Softball be dominant. I hate the fact that the women's basketball is awful. I celebrate the fact that UF is now a Top 10 Public University. Did I rub it in to my FSU friends this year, sure did, but we move on quickly.

Let's talk about that Final Four... losing to Viera by 19 on your home field (so much for home field advantage) and Viera loses by 35 to STA. Again, another Columbia squad that is very good, but just not elite. I swear you talk more trash on a forum for your school considering they haven't won anything since 1967. Lots of teams have halftime leads, it is why they play a full game. Close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades and since we aren't talking about that, take your close and mosey on down the road.

And you haven't made it since 97, seriously you sound so bitter. Like Columbia would have done better against Miami Central that year. Columbia had their chance in the regular seasons against Gainesville and lost. And when all Columbia had to do was win against Navarre to try and get their revenge, what did Columbia do, that's right, choked in the big game again. Where Columbia lost by 7, Gainesville beat the same team by 36. Seriously? Sure Columbia has beaten Gainesville since, but your high moments are still never as high as theirs.

I believe in Chiefland they prefer the term Carolina Blue

He played and won a state championship during his Junior Year playing on both the offensive and defensive side (line) of the ball. Gainesville Sun Defensive Player of the Year. He played at an SEC school, made all SEC his sophomore, junior, and senior years. He played in the NFL for 12 seasons.

Sigh, again over your head. Your argument is that these schools can never have home field advantage because they share a stadium or that their stadium sucks because the parking is too small. First go to a Columbia Game at 7:15 instead of 5:00 (when you usually get there)and see how the parking is. It sucks. Yes it sucks at Citizen's Field, go pay the money to park at the VFW and it is fine. And if you have been the school you know the campuses are small and land locked, no room for expansion, no room for a stadium, and even if Buchholz put a stadium you would knock them for no parking. Again, the community is built up right around the school. Columbia has acres surrounding it with nothing. As for dominating Buchholz and Gainesville Since 2013, Columbia is 37-65-4 against Gainesville in Baseball, Boys and Girls Basketball, Boys and Girls Soccer, Softball, and Volleyball according to MaxPreps. Since 2013, Columbia is 15-14 against Buchholz in Baseball, Boys and Girls Basketball, Boys and Girls Soccer, Softball, and Volleyball according to MaxPreps.

Just curious, how often are Gainesville and Buchholz playing each other in the playoffs. And if you ever visit any older community school you would know their isn't much room to build in and around the school. Go visit Robert E Lee and see how much parking there is. Go visit Fletcher. Heck go visit the actual campus of Buchholz/Gainesville and realize the reason why they need a neutral site stadium. It isn't hard to figure out. Cities aren't blessed with hundreds of acres of unused space like say Lake City. And heck, if you ever went to Memorial Stadium there was no parking there either. As for beating BHS and GHS... Buchholz 2015 Girls 4A Swimming and Diving State Champions 2016 Girls 4A Swimming and Diving State Champions 2017 Girls 4A Swimming and Diving State Champions 2018 Girls 4A Swimming and Diving State Champions 2019 Girls 4A Swimming and Diving State Champions 2013 Girls 7A Basketball State Champions Gainesville 2015 Girls 3A Swimming and Diving State Champions 2016 Girls 7A Softball State Champions Columbia 2013 Girls 6A Softball State Champions

I know I know!!! But I will wait a day

Tim "Ice"Harris and Tim Harris, Jr were both Booker T Washington

I am assuming this was for me. Little League and High Schools don't use the same fields to my knowledge and if they do, sounds fine to me. How much overlap is there between a high school fan and a little league fan/parent. How many police are necessary at little league/rec ball games? As for colleges coming to games, I think most coaches are coming so that players see them not so that they see players. Most coaches are doing their scouting through video. And several Miami teams play their games on Saturday due to field sharing. Again, I see understand why later on a Friday is better for fan attendance/parents, but I would be willing to bet that 11 am on a Saturday would get more parents than Friday at 6 pm. I would also state that you would get more high school students/average fans for a Friday than a Saturday due to tradition.

Should just move the games to 11 AM-5 PM on Saturdays instead, most parents won't have to take off work, police force can work multiple games. It is not like Duval County (outside of Raines and maybe Lee) has great attendance anyway. Still a shame that outside forces cause this much pain on students, parents.

Ridgeview hire Matt Knauss https://www.jacksonville.com/sports/20190618/ridgeview-hires-matt-knauss-as-football-coach

You obviously have never lived in a place that has snow. You also have never lived in a place that if gets snow that it is ill-prepared to handle it. Should there be a back-up, sure. The games were moved back to the home sites of schools instead of the Dome in Atlanta, sounds like a back-up plan to me. The problem was how late they waited to cancel, not that the games were never played or did not have another location. See picture to understand, everybody from Atlanta's fears of snow. https://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/ct-spt-snow-storm-atlanta-super-bowl-20190128-story.html

Apples and Oranges... State Championships and weather that affect the whole state, specifically snow in a southern state, is not the same as making a deadline for schedules. Additionally, you are dealing with a stadium that has numerous uses than just a high school football state championship. Meanwhile, softball state championships, nobody else is using those fields.

The following are games played by Trinity Christian against Duval County teams over the past 10 years that were not in their district. Most of the time, Trinity Christian hasn't been playing those games. And I understand why large schools in big metro areas don't want to play Trinity, they can play other public schools, keep the money internal to the system. Losing encourages players to job ship to Trinity. 2009: 1 team (Episcopal) 2010: 1 team (Episcopal) 2011: 2 teams (University Christian and RIbault) 2012: 3 teams (Sandalwood, University Christian, Ribault) 2013: 1 team (University Christian) 2014: 1 team (University Christian) 2015: 2 teams (Ribault, University Christian) 2016: 1 team (University Christian) 2017: 1 team (Ribault) 2018: 1 team (Ribault) ------------------ As for Columbia's struggles in scheduling... They are a big fish in a really small pond, literally. Beyond the 2 Gainesville schools, what school is even 75% of the size of Columbia? Columbia 1960 Suwannee is 1197 Baker County 1378 Santa Fe 1095 Fort White 595 Gainesville 1886 Buchholz 2292 after that you are either in Ocala, Jacksonville, or Tallahassee, all of which could basically stay in their home counties or immediate neighboring counties to find competition. I am not surprised Columbia is having a hard time finding opponents, smaller district, more emphasis on every game counting means don't want to schedule an automatic "L". Remember, one of the arguments that you make for this scheduling over the simpler just district games counts is that every game counts now. As a result teams don't want to schedule a 80% likely loss no matter the high strength of schedule. I don't blame coaches and ADs for that. I also think coaches and ADs are worried about the bottom line, traveling to Lake City is far, even for close teams. While Lake City travels well, is it more cost effective to play a school in county?

Best I could do from the Gainesville Sun Archives...

Clinton Portis is correct. Class of 1999 Gainesville High School University of Miami 1999-2001 Drafted by the Denver Broncos in 2002 with the 51st pick Ran for over 1500 yards in each of his first two seasons Traded to the Washington Redskins in 2004 Spent another 7 seasons playing for the Washington Redskins.

Nope

If only there was a way to ensure that teams didn't struggle early in their history, I don't know by say putting them in a classification with other weak teams to allow them to build their programs. I know people dislike the idea of promotion and relegation in high school sports, but when I look at numbers like this and the teams that have less than a .250 winning percentage over the last 5 years, I begin to question are we doing more harm than good when we keep schools that are obviously struggling in classifications well above their ability.

Bronson High School? Not sure they have been playing football all that time, but the school has been around since the 1920s (they competed in 1929 boys state basketball tournament)

Ran for over 2000 yards his senior season as he led his team with over 20 TDs where he was All-Area Player of the Year Helped lead his team to the first back to back playoff since the 1970s Won a state championship on his school's 4 x 100 relay Started as a true freshman and played for 3 seasons in college before being drafted in the 2nd round Played 9 seasons in the NFL...

Robert Marve Aaron Murray Stephen Garcia are 3 of my guesses