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With fall practice starting in a week everyone can finally start seeing what this years teams are going to look like. What questions for specific teams are most interested in seeing answered?

I really think you have to base it on the previous years teams talent, look at what key losses there were what key additions there are and look at the younger players that are moving up into key positions. 7 on 7 camps allow you to see how well the backs and receivers are working full contact team camps allow you to look at your team as a whole. The spring games are a pretty good indicator of your team but do not reflect transfers over the summer. Basically you guess at how good everyone is and find out for real in December.

Until somebody knocks Trenton off they should be favored, they lost some key components i.e. head coach and some players but they had depth and the new coach is a proven winner. Madison being a bigger school should be the best but they should have been the best last year. Trenton's game against Wakulla will be a great test the War Eagles can be downright nasty but I think had they met last year Trenton would have won.

He is definitely a great player but that entire team was something special, but I'm sure someone else would step up. They were dominant on both sides of the ball against everyone they played. They beat Madison by nine but it just seemed close because that's the only game that didn't have a running clock. I know I must sound like a Trenton fan but I am not I just appreciate watching great team I just wish they hadn't been in 1A lol.

With all due respect Trenton was a hell of a lot more than Cheetah Cheevers.

Unfortunately it appears to be true. He has posted it on Facebook. It has been rumored since last year. Port st Joe will still have a solid team but Trey is probably the most gifted athlete I have ever had the pleasure to watch. I wish him well when you get a scholarship to IMG you have to go.

I figured you'd like that.

Bold Prediction - Columbia High School will win the 7A state championship, Columbiahighfan2016 will throw a huge party and everyone on this board will have to serve as waiters for all his guest.

I don't know how I missed Lincoln. They are definitely top 10 but I don't think they quo be anything like the old lincoln. Chile's pulls from Lincolns old area and seems to be on the right track now. I look for chiles to be the dominant team in tally foe the years to come. Jefferson County is definitely one to keep an eye on. Talent rich area paired with good coaching they will be good and possibly great.

Big Bend 1. Wakulla 2. Rickards 3. Madison Co 4. Chiles 5. Godby 6. Taylor Co 7. NFC 8. Fla high 9. Leon 10 Liberty Co

Rutherford is panhandle and only won 3 games last year. They did win 2 district games and made the playoffs but were not a strong team. I haven't heard any real positives this summer but we will see what kind of turnout they have Aug. 1st

If the young guys step up and the O-line gels maybe so. I guess we will know more in a month, for all teams.

Blountstown is always talented and well coached every year I would expect nothing less this year. FWB will be good again and probably very soon but I think it will take this year. Your list looks good I would just have FWB out and PSJ and Blountstown in the 9 to 10 range maybe even tied for 10th.

FWB at six with 2 wins in 3 years puzzles me but hey they did get a new coach.

Wow, Port St Joe and Blountstown don't even crack your top ten.

Franklin county seahawks 106.5 wocy Port st joe sharks 100.5 woys 105.5 wfct Blountstown tigers I believe is 102.1

I would if I thought they were but I don't know that they are the best in Fl. Look at these national powerhouse schools in other states, parents move their kids from other states to those schools from all over just to play somewhere that they can get national acclaim. Heck it happens around our state with parents moving into another district just so their son can be on a team with more talent or better coaching. I'm sure there are kids at Columbia whose parents moved them there to be part of that program and the parent just have a long commute to work. By the way this doesn't have anything to do with a school recruiting players just parents doing whats best for their kid.

There is nothing wrong with what IMG does. They recruit nationally so they aren't really diluting the talent pool in Florida. They are independent so they aren't knocking a public school out of the playoffs. They only play teams that want to play them. If a kid has the money or the talent they can give him the coaching and specialized training to get farther than he would otherwise. I understand not wanting to rank them but when they are included in rankings it shows what a great job the schools ranked around them are doing considering IMG is a national team.

Thank you for the insight. Sometimes it is hard to see what the makeup of schools are when you are not familiar with the area. The difference between the rural areas and urban areas is pretty drastic but the common thread that winners have is heart and desire and kids counting on a better future through athletics.

Congratulations. Tune out the parents and make sure the kids have fun. It is a special person that gives their time to build young men into future leaders,

I wish everyone that follows high school football would read this article. I can't tell you how many times I've heard people criticizing coaches and bringing up that they get paid "a lot of money". I know a lot of coaches and not only do they get very little money but they usually end up putting that money back into the program for various expenses that the school doesn't pay for. A lot of kids are only eating at school the coaches make sure they get fed. A lot of kids only have team clothes to wear I know you all know some of these kids, the coaches find them those clothes even if it's a t-shirt celebrating the girls district track championship in 2008. These coaches are there for these kids when they get into trouble, when their grades slip, when their mother dies, when their father abuses them, when the whole world turns against them. I know the hard work these guys put in coaching, mentoring, tutoring, feeding, clothing, transporting these kids. Head coaches get very little and many assistants get nothing. Coaches are the last chance a lot of these kids have to keep them focused on education and bettering themselves. It is a lot cheaper to pay coaches than to build prisons. Anytime you hear someone going off about a coach ask them what positive influence they've had on a kids life, because most coaches are doing yeoman's work for the love of the kids and the game.

They used to be a real powerhouse.

FWB is down to 4 finalists for their HC position. Keeping the names quiet but one is from Florida one from Georgia from Tennessee and one from Alabama

All hell may break loose in the next 3 weeks. Kids and parents on the fence wanting to make the right decision. Do want to start for a losing team or be a backup for a contender? Do you want to give up your QB gig to be a WR or DB? Where will I get the most exposure? I imagine a lot of households are having conversations over those questions.

I honestly haven't heard of any notable transfers around us. A few young guys here and there but no one that has any name recognition.