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3 minutes ago, Pipe Dreams said:
That team would have cruised through the current 8A... The old FL 6A was just brutal. Top tier HS football.
I agree. I can't think of one team standing in 8A or 7A with the possible exception of St. Thomas, that would have stood in the way of the 2010 DP team. For that matter with Central and Carol City eliminated, I would clearly favor that DP team against either Northwestern or Armwood in 6A.
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6 minutes ago, badbird said:
Probably the best Central Florida team ever but wont be remembered as it because they blew it
I agree. I saw them literally destroy a decent Olympia team early in the season and remember being very glad that redistricting had separated them from Apopka's district. Down to their kicker was elite as he could hit fifty yard field goals!
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3 minutes ago, 181pl said:
Columbia High School football is over represented on this board by about 25000%.....
That's because there is a prolific Columbia High School fan on the board who is passionate about his team.
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19 minutes ago, Pipe Dreams said:
For Central to score 42 on that DP team... is completely nuts...that was as good as DP will ever be IMHO. They rolled everyone (even Seminole Ridge although the score doesn’t say so). We had 30+ D1 guys (3 on NFL rosters) in the 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014 classes.
I will maintain till the day i die that the 2010 DP team was the best it has had through 2018. Maybe someday there will be a better DP team, but that one was real hard to beat. When DP went up by 17, I thought they had the title in the bag.
I actually lost a $50 bet that night.
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37 minutes ago, OldSchoolLion said:
He never made it a Parade AA.
Probably because he got little playing time till his senior year. Central had a lot of excess talent on its rosters back then. Amazing some of those kids stayed with the program.
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22 minutes ago, badbird said:
I agree with gatorman. Also rural areas aren’t able to put all star teams together like Urban
Legalization of the good old weed may be the solution. Parents of kids can be offered some rural farm land for cultivation as an inducement to country living! Green Acres is tha place to be ...
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Very strong team. Only Rickards, Orange Park and Bolles, to a lesser extent, provided any competition.
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10 hours ago, 181pl said:
No. to #1. It's a good team, but passing game could be way better. Your 04-06 teams were better. Also I'd take 09 Plant and 2011 Manatee over this team if we're talking about powerful public school teams from north of Broward County. Technically Dwyer is North of Broward County and they also had one hell of a team in 2009.
04 and 05 were better for sure. The lack of a true QB in 06 makes me hesitant to declare 06 better than the current team.
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6 hours ago, ColumbiaHighFan2017class said:
I thought when Lee lost last week that duval was safe to go undefeated in semifinals week since Lee was only one who would have had no chance of winning their semifinal game (considering they got blasted by a team who just got running clocked)
Congratulations to North Marion on first state appearance
Edgewater vs Lakeland was close for a half 21-14 with Edgewater showing some momentum at the end of the half and getting the ball to begin the third quarter. Then the second half started and Edgewater imploded.
Second half mistakes and an inability to consistently and effectively run the ball against Lakeland were Edgewater's downfall. I get the impression that both the Edgewater vs Lee and versus Lakeland games misstated the extent to which each team were better than/worse than the other. So, believe it or not, Lee may have actually given Lakeland some difficulty. But we will never know.
Despite the blowout, I am still glad I made the game, as the kid I know on the Edgewater team had a great game: he had a clutch reception for about 35 yards that set up their first score; a kickoff return for 47 yards that set up Edgewater's second score; and out jumped the Lakeland corner in the end zone to account for their final score.
When I saw him against Bishop Moore earlier in the season, my feelings were that he had talent, but seemed somewhat reluctant to engage in contact. What I saw last night tells me he can go as far as he wants in the game of football.
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12 minutes ago, THIS_IS_DILLARD said:
Smh lol another home playoff blow out lost stop hyping this dam team PLEASE
Deerfield Beach has squandered more talent in the past 20 years than any other school I can think of in the State.
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Any true fan of Apopka football is appreciative of what he has done with the program. Before RD, Apopka was a difficult Central Florida team to play. He upped the ante and made the program a state threat.
Should Mr. Darlington depart, I wish him success in Alabama. He certainly gave me many memorable moments while he has coached the Blue Darters.
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33 minutes ago, FL_HS_football said:
Predicting on only the ones I know something about the teams
Riverview over Mandarian by 17
Columbus over DFB by 13
STA over Venice by 31
Lakeland over Edgewater by 3
* I believe Edgewater could pull the upset in this one, but I give the nod to Lakelend because its home game.
Armwood over Crestview by 10
NW over Naples by 30
Gibbons over Jesuit by 7
TCA over N. Marion by 17
Raines over Dunnellon by 20
University over Cocoa by 10
Chaminade over CCC by 7
Except for the Riverview vs Mandarin game, I like your picks. I think the spread in the Riverview/Mandarin game will be reversed. I also agree that Lakeland is the favorite over Edgewater, mostly because of the home field advantage.
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1 hour ago, ColumbiaHighFan2017class said:
Columbia is close to making that run
They just need to completely disregard all the noise and bull crap from the fair weather people in the fan base, use that Lee game as a fire under them for every single game next year and make the decision that they will do whatever it takes to break through the glass ceiling
They are very much capable of doing so, even though I'm not exactly on the best of terms with some people out there I know their potential
The moment they live up to it they will be in Orlando
I saw Columbia both live and on film this year. The only Orlando area teams that I think matched them with talent were: Wekiva, Jones and Edgewater. Seminole, which under performed, may have matched them with talent, too. Aside from that, Bishop Moore would have given them a game based on heart. Columbia would have probably beaten all other area teams fairly comfortably on a neutral site.
I have to agree that Columbia under performed this year based on the team it fielded. It should have played Edgewater in the Regional final, and in my opinion, would have had a slightly better than 50/50 chance in that game.
My only concerns were that on offense you relied a bit too much on your QB, while on defense, the team had a tendency to give up big plays at times.
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19 hours ago, Floridatech said:
Jealous of Venice you know what I get tired of you fake Indians getting transfers from FOUR different STATES and y'all have a nerve to talk shit bout STA LOL and the reason why you wanted us to win state so bad is because Vero put a ASS whoppin on y'all and we are a traditional 2nd round loser and y'all didn't wanna say y'all lost to a 2nd round loser same shit that Viera poster said last year that Vero and would be champs last year but both our asses lost in the second round
The truth hurts!
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57 minutes ago, Legion37 said:
While I discount nobody, LHS secondary hopefully learned a lesson. How is Edegewater"s rush defense?
Adequate, but Lakeland will have its share of rushing yards
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Wekiva may drop to 7A based on numbers. But they will probably petition to remain in 8A. Ocoee has 8A numbers as does Lake Nona. Evans is on the bubble between 8A and 7A,
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8 minutes ago, VeniceIndiansFootball said:
Venice and STA both won blowout games in round 3 tonight! They battle next week at STA! So my question to all fans is, who do you guys have winning this game, and what are your predictions? Should Venice be favored to win next week? I’ve got Venice winning by 7.
Venice gave up way too many points against a game Bloomingdale. Playing STA at their house with them bent on revenge, this game is going to get ugly quickly.
St. Thomas by 25 or more.
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6 minutes ago, Legion37 said:
Well this Plant game was exciting but Plant couldn't stop Lakeland on the ground.
Lakeland gave up a lot of passing yards but did stop Plant on enough occasions to obviously win by 19 points.
Lakelands pass defense was torched on 4 big plays but tightened up in the red zone.
Edgewater has a pretty balanced offense. Dual threat athlete at QB and several nice receivers. Solid offensive line that makes the running game tick. Defense is decent but will give up points to good teams.
I don't know how much Lakeland has improved since the Apopka game and this may factor into next week. If they are still pretty similar to the team that beat the Darters, then I could see this game going either way.
For the life of me, I am still trying to figure out how Edgewater lost to Hagerty.
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3 minutes ago, Legion37 said:
What I figured, thanks
I will be there next Friday. Having seen both Lakeland (at Apopka) and Edgewater (against Bishop Moore), I actually think this has the makings of a great game!
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1 minute ago, Legion37 said:
Where is the game?
How does the seeding work at this level.
It's at Lakeland. Edgewater had to do the road the entire playoffs after being upset by Hagerty!
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38 minutes ago, ColumbiaHighFan2017class said:
Can you say beatdown?
Or in the immortal words of badbirdy
CAVED IN!!!!!
CAVED IN!!!!!
CAVED IN!!!!!
CAVED IN!!!!!
CAVED IN!!!!!
CAVED IN!!!!!
Lee was distracted, Edgewater was not. The much unheralded Edgewater (Bad Bird did like them), is the last Orlando area team standing, I think.
While Edgewater may have won anyway, I don't believe they are 34 points better than Lee. Lee clearly felt they had won the lotto with the win over Columbia and were ripe for the loss.
I passed Edgewater on business three times this week and each time the football team was at practice. They clearly too this game seriously.
Bring on Lakeland. I think they can beat them!
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1 minute ago, ColumbiaHighFan2017class said:
I would have thought Lee wins at beginning of the week but I've seen that several Lee players are still focused on last week and i think they blow it tonight
The Edgewater kids have been practicing diligently every morning this week. If they are physically able, and Lee is slacking they will win.
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1 hour ago, badbird said:
head coaches would have had to pull down their pants for a measurement. That's why no women were hired back in the day
Talk about football being a game of inches!
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Columbia 1967 State Championship team
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That's not enough data to draw a conclusion as to whether Columbia County football is better. But it probably says that at the very least it can compete with Hillsborough County.