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I got a feeling that Madison is going to struggle to get games scheduled without having to travel a long way.

Sounds like Trenton had their chances. Nearly 400 yards of offense aint what I call being shut down. Turnovers are the great equalizers. Seen plenty games at all levels get completely changed from turnovers. The stat sheet doesn't tell all but it gives you an idea of the flow of the game. It sounds like Pahokee will be tough to stop offensively though.

I was wrong. We missed the playoffs that year. That was a tough year.

Dan, I was there for every one of those games you mentioned. That on with Xavier Lee was a doozie. I have never seen a high school team throw the ball as well as they did. Lee was special. And yes we have taken our lumps in the championship games. Chaminade was a machine. There was another on I don't want to remember either. Would love to see our teams match up again. On a side note I know I am getting old and my memory is starting to fail me but I don't remember missing the playoffs in 2013. I know the last few years we have been down some but could have sworn we still made the playoffs. I could be wrong.

Madison County must be right behind you guys with 21 or 22 years straight.

Come on Captain! Have you guys got that big of an axe to grind with us? You guy won last year fair and square. You were the better team no doubt about it. I actually thought it was a good fun game. The kind that good rivalries start from. Why do you feel the need to bring up every piece of dirt you can think of? For the record all of that mud slinging last year was not Madison people. As far as I know I am the only Madison fan that was on the boards last year and I said nothing. Go look at the other board if you need too. It is probably all still there unless it fell off the last page. What did Madison do for you to use every ace in the hole argument you could have on us. We are not the big bad wolf.

I can do simple math. 593 + 100 = 693 so yes we would be over. But again we are playing by the same rules that everyone else is. I just feel like I am having to unjustly defend my team for what? Playing by the rules? What do you expect us to do? On top of that this grief is coming from a Trenton fan? Are you kidding me? LOL

This is not the first charter school in Florida. There is a whole bunch of them you know. Madison didn't invent the wheel with this whole charter school thing. If you used your argument there is a whole bunch of schools that would be in different classifications.

The thing I disagree with is that Madison possibly getting 2-3 studs from the charter schools kids. These are the smart kids. Not athletes. Now please nobody jump on me for that. I know there are plenty smart athletes. Also this perceived advantage is a little overblown. We play by the same rules and regulations that all schools play with. We happen to have a charter school that plays no sports.

Come on Captain, don't go there. I would think of all people a Trenton fan wouldn't go there especially with all of the mud that got slung at you guys last year. Yes we have lost numbers for a bunch of reasons. Plain and simple Madison's public school system is struggling and has been for I cant tell you how many years. Just look at the grades for public schools for the proof. We are a very small, very poor county. There are no jobs to speak of. The people that could leave have left. Add in the failing school and you get why the charter school was created. I will say this, the kids going to the charter school are not football players. There may be a couple that put on a uniform but you will probably see them walking the sidelines. I am trying to skirt this whole issue and be politically correct if you catch my drift. The idea that Madison is hiding Deon Sanders and Emmett Smith at the charter school is just false. Also while we are at it, I really don't look for Madison to move up in classification when they recount. If anything our numbers will be smaller because by now the charter school is in full effect with an allotment of 25 kids per grade totaling 100. Nothing has changed to increase our number. So unless the FHSAA re-jumbles the classes with new cutoff limits we are probably staying down just from what little bit I know about it. I am not trying to start an argument here but it just seemed like everyone was piling on.

It will be interesting to see where we wind up.

I probably wont make it. I used to not ever miss a game but as I have gotten older my priorities have changed a bit.

Yep Columbiafan, Madison fan here. Trajan, we looked pretty good with Suwannee but I think they are down from what I can tell. Rickards is supposed to be pretty good so that is promising that we got by them the way we did. Are we close to the old Madison squads? I don't think so really. We are better than last year I think. The difference is on defense. In the old days we could always rely on the defense keeping us in the game with ANYBODY no matter what we did on offense. At least the vast majority of teams anyway. Don't get me wrong we got our feelings hurt a few times along the way but we could just about always count on the defense. We are solid now, just not quite there.

Trajan, Wakulla had a great team last year. You lost two special players and I am sure a bunch more gooduns. You guys smoked us last year no doubt and yes we were very average last year. I have been following Madison a loooooong time and if I had to rank Madison's teams from top to bottom for the last twenty years last years team would be dead last. No offense to the boys or anything. They played hard and gave it their all but we just were not very good. I am sure you could see the drop off. Not sure what to make of this years team yet. How are you guys looking?