Cjm04

He was a good kid.  Lived right down the street from where I work.  I coached him in an all star game coming out of middle school.  You hate to hear this.

I know all of that. It is like Boone vs Edgewater here. But this year, I don't think Ely has the horses to hang with Dillard. It will probably be close for a quarter and then Dillard breaks the dam.

Maybe but in games like this records go out the window ...thousands will b in attendance the bands will b lit ..both fan bases are tailgating all day plus a pep rally we both despise one another plus a lot of pride is gonna b on that field tonight elytrying to end their two game losing streak vs us & trying to keep us from making history on their home turf going (10-0) this game is gonna b crazy!!!

Georgia is just better than Florida right now because of the transfer rules.  We have teams full of mercenary players that are a great collection of talent, but do not always make the best team.  A lot of those GA programs are full of kids that have been playing together since little league.  There are some outliers that have a lot of transfers like Grayson, but for the most part the kids show up together in 9th grade and win together.  Remember when Miami Central won those titles, same as BTW those kids played together for 4 years.  I remember watching Armwood beat Central when Cook and Yearby were freshman, Central won the next 3 titles with pretty much the same team.  That era is dead.

Not sure anyone claimed them to be......
2018 Lakeland 33     Aquinas 20
I guess they beat a good one when it mattered? 

I know Manasco and he had Westland winning 4-5 games a season, that's how I already knew he was a great coach lol. They got some transfers in over the summer to bolster the defense too. They handled Western, I didn't think that would happen. I think Palmetto is a legit state title contender.

Totally agree. Let’s see what’s up starting Friday. Hopefully another blowout dogging the teams we should beat and beating teams we usually lose to.

Too many schools Darter.  Simple as that.  

They’ve always had that. & of course they will look big vs 1a pahokee let’s see what they do first game of the year vs CC or when the playoffs come.

Hard to say, Cjm04.  So many transfers and way too many schools.  Wish our  School Board would just enlarge existing schools instead of wasting money and opening new ones. Fort Myers, Oasis, ECS,  could be a two playoff win team.  Dunbar could join the group along with North and Lehigh despite their brutal schedule.  Will get u some better info in a few weeks.

ECS has been playing football forever, and they have had success.  When they are recruiting well its the best program in Lee County.

Cocoa cleaning up on the transfers.  Looks like the new coach learned a thing or two from his time at STA

I like the idea of August and September games having a later start time (8:00, 8:30).  Many times, that's about what time the games start anyway because of weather delays. 
But (and not to completely change the subject of this thread), I'm also the guy who thinks Florida ought to go rogue and switch football and basketball seasons . . .  play the indoor game when it's hot and stormy outside and then play the outdoor game when the weather in Florida is just right for football.   But, I'll save more on that for a later date. 

I proudly called this years ago on the national board that once the new rule is implemented basically letting public schools play by the rules as the privates Lakeland will be back to beating STAs ass. 
You cant call yourself a true competitive organization and have teams not playing by the same rules. When STA would have double digit transfers from Miami to West Palm no one batted an eye. But when some local Polk County stud wanted to play for the best coach in state history everyone got up in arms. 
Now every team can acquire talent how they see fit, and everyone can play under the same rules. 
 

Yes, Cris Collinsworth.....oh, that was Titusville Astronaut, and the year was 1975......never mind  

Sorry - just now seeing this. 
We, briefly, had a board dedicated to flag but could not get much traction for it. (This was, of course, when flag was not as insanely popular as it currently is.) Most of the flag community exclusively posted at BCP, which is fine -- we love BCP and never created the flag section to detract from what was built there. A flag section was only created on this forum because Josh started covering the sport. 
So, without many posts (I think there were MAYBE a half dozen posts in like the one season we had it and four of those were probably Josh creating threads) we just made it so all types of football (tackle, flag, college, pro, 7v7, etc) could be talked about in "The Huddle" and all the other sports could be talked about in the off-topic section. 
We're happy to rebuild the flag section of this forum if the interest is there and the flag community is interested in posting over here. 

Can't stand either team. Hopefully they go 15 OTs and their players get sick of football and quit.

No. How about simply no athletic transfers and playing in the same school year unless you moved into the school zone and had a complete family move. Anything less, sit out a year.

From what I understand, a lot of these big stadiums are funded by taxes the residents of these communities. And the residents do this because they want them. The people in charge of these districts just shrug their shoulders and say "If that's how the people want to spend their money, let them."
I can't imagine anything like this ever happening in Florida. Thank goodness, too, because if I had to lose my job because the District blew all of our cash and realized after the fact that they couldn't afford it I would go crazy. I feel for the people who lost jobs because of this. And, of course, the kids. They'll end up suffering for it too. 

Well after that loss to UVA, I have to say, UM is trash.

People post all kinds of BS on scorestream, and the freaking local papers post that crap.

We are not a very good football team right now.  We are improving, but lets be honest, Miami is garbage and we were not even able to beat them, so we got a lot of work to do.

We are not a very good football team right now.  We are improving, but lets be honest, Miami is garbage and we were not even able to beat them, so we got a lot of work to do.

I was in Ft Myers in the early 2000s, every year if we made the playoffs, we matched up with Edison.  Riverdale, the school just west of us would match up with Glades Central.  Needless to say, that is where our playoff runs would end.  Dade is different and anyone that says different hasn't had to routinely play those schools.  They are not usually going to wow you with a bunch of colorful stuff, they are going to be disciplined, physical, athletic, and coached up to their schemes.  Central, Northwestern, Carol City, Southridge, South Dade, Coral Gables, ETC do not have to run super exotic stuff to beat you.  They physically destroy their opponents every rep.

The actual game on the field is almost a side note to the intrigue in this matchup....