Terrapin

Should be a fun game next Friday in Gainesville. Definitely will be the best team either has faced this year. Niceville is now 9-0 with 9 running clocks. They were up 42-0 with 9:36 left in 2nd Quarter when Leon requested a running clock to start tonight. This Niceville team is gonna be hard to beat! 

At least I just graduated from FSU so I don't have to see bad football anymore in person. 
 
But on a serious note: I"d give Norvell time to fix the ship and build a program. I wasn't going into this with super huge expectations. 
 
 

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. 

You'd need one school to hog all of the talent to have a shot nowadays.

Was watching a stream through other means, and yea that NFHS stream was bad. Someone find another camera operator.

I requested a refund right after the game. NOT as a sore loser, but as someone who knows when he's been ripped off. The camera operator literally could not keep the play within the frame...ever. That's when the feed wasn't cutting out completely.

1 Lakeland  7a (9-0)
2 St Thomas Aquinas  7a (7-0)
3 Armwood  7a (7-1)
4 Miami Washington  4a (6-2)
5 Miami Northwestern  5a (6-2)
6 Miami Central  6a (7-2)
7 Deerfield Beach  8a (5-3)
8 American Heritage Plantation  5a (7-1)
9 Edgewater  7a (7-1)
10 Rockledge  5a (7-1)
11 Gulliver Prep  4a (8-0)
12 Jones  5a (7-1)
13 Miami Palmetto  8a (7-1)
14 Bartram Trail  8a (8-0)
15 Sanford Seminole  8a (8-0)
16 Naples  6a (8-0)
17 Cardinal Gibbons  4a (6-2)
18 Atlantic Delray  7a (5-2)
19 Vero Beach  8a (7-0)
20 Palmetto  6a (8-0)
21 Venice   7a (5-3)
22 Palm Beach Lakes  7a (7-0)
23 Cocoa  4a (5-2)
24 Dillard  6a (9-0)
25 Chaminade Madonna  3a (6-2)
26 Western  8a (6-1)
27 Columbia  6a (6-2)
28 Wakulla  5a (9-0)
29 Lake Wales  5a (8-0)
30 Apopka  8a (6-1)
31 Escambia  6a (7-0)
32 Trinity Christian  3a (4-5)
33 Miami Carol City  4a (4-5)
34 Deland  8a (5-2)
35 Niceville  7a (9-0)
36 South Dade  8a (7-1)
37 Lakewood  4a (8-0)
38 Viera  7a (5-2)
39 Raines  5a (5-2)
40 Madison County  1a (7-2)
41 Champagnat Catholic  2a (6-2)
42 Miami Edison  3a (5-3)
43 Flagler Palm Coast  8a (7-1)
44 North Marion  5a (7-1)
45 Osceola  8a (7-1)
46 Sarasota Riverview  8a (6-2)
47 Vanguard  5a (5-2)
48 Lake Gibson  6a (8-0)
49 Clearwater Central Catholic  3a (6-3)
50 Gaither  6a (8-0)



 
 
 
 
 


 
Next (30) in no specific order

 
Dunnellon  5a (7-1)
Mainland  6a (4-3)
Fleming Island  7a (7-0)
Washington  6a (8-0)
Oakleaf  8a (5-3)
Pine Forest  5a (4-2)
Pensacola Catholic  3a (8-0)
Ribault  5a (3-3)
Mandarin  8a (5-3)
Ponte Vedra  6a (6-1)
Dr Phillips  8a (6-2)
Jesuit  5a (6-2)
Steinbrenner  8a (8-0)
Victory Christian  2a (7-1)
Berkeley Prep  3a (6-1)
Treasure Coast  8a (6-1)
Wekiva  7a (5-2)
Port Charlotte  6a (7-1)
Bishop Moore  5a (6-3)
Winter Park  8a (5-3)
University School  (6-2)
American Heritage Delray  4a (5-3)
Columbus  8a (4-4)
Plantation  7a (6-1)
Bishop Verot  3a (7-1)
Fort Myers  6a (6-2)
Palm Beach Gardens  8a (6-1)
Cypress Lake  5a (7-2)
North Fort Myers  6a (6-2)
McArthur  7a (5-3)

 

Yea. Fair assessment. I like the list.
 
Escambia is the best Panhandle team, Niceville is barely slugging it out and scrapping by on wins to maintain their record. After that it gets debatable.
 

Yea. Fair assessment. I like the list.
 
Escambia is the best Panhandle team, Niceville is barely slugging it out and scrapping by on wins to maintain their record. After that it gets debatable.
 

1 Lakeland  7a (7-0)
2 St Thomas Aquinas  7a (5-0)
3 Columbia  6a (6-0)
4 South Dade  8a (6-0)
5 Armwood  7a (5-1)
6 Deerfield Beach  8a (4-2)
7 Miami Washington  4a (5-2)
8 Miami Northwestern  5a (4-2)
9 Edgewater  7a (6-1)
10 Miami Central  6a (5-2) 
11 Rockledge  5a (5-1)
12 Cocoa  4a (5-1)
13 Gulliver Prep  4a (6-0)
14 Chaminade Madonna  3a (5-1)
15 Bartram Trail  8a (6-0)
16 American Heritage Plantation  5a (5-1)
17 Miami Palmetto  8a (5-1)
18 Jones  5a (5-1)
19 Vero Beach  8a (5-0)
20 Flagler Palm Coast  8a (6-0)
21 Sanford Seminole  8a (6-0)
22 Naples  6a (6-0)
23 Cardinal Gibbons  4a (4-2)
24 Atlantic Delray  7a (3-2)
25 Columbus  8a (4-2)
26 Palmetto  6a (6-0)
27 Oakleaf  8a (5-1)
28 Lake Wales  5a (6-0)
29 Escambia  6a (6-0)
30 Palm Beach Lakes  7a (5-0)
31 Western  8a (5-1)
32 Miami Carol City  4a (3-4)
33 University School  4a (5-1)
34 Dillard  6a (7-0)
35 Trinity Christian  3a (3-4)
36 Wakulla  5a (7-0)
37 Dunnellon  5a (6-0)
38 Apopka  8a (4-1)
39 Plantation  7a (6-0)
40 Lakewood  4a (7-0)
41 Viera  7a (3-2)
42 Deland  8a (3-2)
43 Niceville  7a (7-0)
44 Raines  5a (3-2)
45 North Marion  5a (5-1)
46 Bishop Verot  3a (6-0)
47 Champagnat Catholic  2a (4-2)
48 Vanguard  5a (3-2)
49 Osceola  8a (5-1)
50 Madison County  1a (5-2)
 
 


 
Next (30) in no specific order

 
Mainland  6a (2-3)
Pine Forest  5a (3-2)
Ribault  5a (2-2)
Fleming Island  7a (5-0)
Spruce Creek  8a (3-2)
Pensacola Catholic  3a (6-0)
Robert E Lee  6a (4-2)
Ponte Vedra  6a (5-1)
Lincoln  7a (4-2)
Bolles  4a (5-1)
Sarasota Riverview  8a (4-2)
Lake Gibson  6a (6-0)
Gaither  6a (6-0)
Victory Christian  2a (6-0)
Dr Phillips  8a (4-2)
Jesuit  5a (4-2)
Treasure Coast  8a (5-0)
Steinbrenner  8a (6-0)
Charlotte  6a (5-1)
Bloomingdale  7a (5-1)
Miramar  7a (4-3)
McArthur  7a (3-2)
American Heritage Delray  4a (4-2)
Fort Myers  6a (5-2)
Barron Collier  6a (4-2)
Palm Beach Gardens  8a (5-1)
Glades Central  4a (4-3)
South Fort Myers  6a (5-1)
North Fort Myers  6a (5-1)
Calvary Christian  3a (7-0)

With Suwannee dropping Columbia this year the rivalry between Columbia and Gainesville is most common active rivalry as they have played over 60 times in past 100+ years of the rivalry 
 
That on top of the demographic differences between Lake City and Gainesville makes this I75 rivalry a one that developed organically over time
 
It's also a very good rivalry in Winter and spring sports which keeps this rivalry very intense all year long

From a strictly football perspective I agree with you. Wake Forest, Vandy, Kansas, Illinois, Indiana, Rutgers, etc. were grandfathered in. They belong to the establishment and to the conferences that hold the 81% advantage in head to head competition. You can thank those grandfathered institutions for helping keep the margin at 81%. If those schools were in the G5 it would be more like 90%.
But the answer to your statement lies in the revenue those schools generate for their conferences from other sports and other sources. Not just football. Otherwise, we would wouldn’t be having this conversation.
 
 

If we lose to Gainesville tomorrow I will retire from every message board for good

Good list. I like it.

With Niceville's win over Lincoln last night and a win over Navarre next week, Niceville would be a big favorite to punch its ticket as 7A district 1 champion.

Btw I'll say this as well
 
If you hate my rankings so much or think i do such a crap job, do your own damn rankings
 
 
I put in hours each week when I could be doing plenty of other stuff, if you don't agree with something that's one thing but to imply i have no idea what I'm talking about or that i didn't put in effort is a load of bullshit considering I don't see anyone else on this entire forum doing a statewide rankings even up to 25 and I've been ranking 80 teams
 
Even if you don't agree with what i did you can at least show respect for the effort i put into my rankings!

Idk. Niceville and Escambia are in different classes with the recent reclassification. Niceville (7A) and Escambia (6A). It could be a coin flip of a match if they ever played.

In the Panhandle.
 
Niceville made a statement as best team. (Navarre got ousted by Lincoln).
 
Booker T (Pensacola) is also proving their worth rolling over teams. (They have been historically bad)

In summary taggart is scaring me with his recruiting and I'm worried on how many years and decades he setting this program back 
 
I'm mortified

Our play calling sucked big time! You can't give a team like that second chances and keeping drives alive with dumb penalties. 

Northwestern defense looked great out there. Just penalties and play calling killed them in the end.
That said, IMG struggled in the first half.

How many of those football players actually attend TCA and don’t do FLVS? 

I watched first half but got tired so I recorded second half and will probably watch rest later today
 
 
I thought bears were gonna be favorites heading in but clearly they got some work to do

Jay Walls begins his eighth season at Navarre.  Navarre may not be loaded with big name talent, but that has not stopped them in the past.  Give a good coach 7 years at one school and he can work wonders with a reasonable amount of talent. 

They're still going to be competitive. Definitely enough to clinch a playoff spot (or not depending on how the system shakes out and it resorts to a coin flip)
Escambia is ready to go again. Not much to say about them. Both sides have areas that are questionable, but we will have to wait and see how the season plays out.
Gulf Breeze lost their star running back. Their offense is hoping to reload. Likely they struggle if their offense can't come alive. Defense is ready to go though.