Nulli Secundus

Real talk. A neighborhood-caliber team heading out of state for a game that will highlight the strength (or weakness) of Florida is not the beat. Accomplish a little something at home. Hell, at least make the damn playoffs and have 1 win under your belt. A tougher schedule, LMAO! Their current schedule is OBVIOUSLY tough enough.

The only brand in town...

So you're saying if IMG only "recruited" within Florida, you'd be cool with that? I'm just asking...

WTF!? Who sat down and thought this was a good idea? Thanks for my Friday morning laugh

Send him to Lee or Pinellas

If you watch further, the Lakeland coaches CLEARLY tried to argue that same point to no avail. No instant replay in HS, LOL.

You can't post for 24 hours!

Larger selection pool, LOL!

They damn sure nailed RB Bowman with that same penalty in the 2018 final against STA. Hurdling Penalty - L vs STA 2018

I never met him and can only speak from the standpoint of his tremendous contributions to the world of high school football which cannot be overstated. However as I get older, I appreciate times gone by and cherish what lies ahead because we all have to make that journey sooner or later. Peace to his family and all those that are directly affected by Joe's passing that had the pleasure of knowing him personally. One day, it will all make sense. RIP Joe...

Too many damn classes, LMAO!

You're welcome!

You're right any school can lose and sooner or later does. Dade is no different. You said you didn't care about the 60's and 70's but those times add to Dade's overall title count? You can't have it both ways. The weird facts according to you are still that, FACTS! For example, you stated that Southridge dominated the 90s and I call bull on that. Southridge went 1-2-1 and I don't give a damn where you went to school, no one is going to look at that record and say, "Southridge dominated the 90's". I respect the fact that Southridge made it to the finals 4 times in the same decade. That is legit especially back then. However, you could've easily mentioned CC or NW as they both managed better finals records in the 90's than Southridge. From 90-99, Dade went 5-2-1, the tie and losses all came from Southridge. Segregation was prevalent everywhere in the south. Miami wasn't the only city that had to deal with that. Segregated black schools have been closed and/or converted all over Florida/America without a doubt. Polk County has the same story; Rochelle in Lakeland - fed directly into Kathleen high, Union Academy integrated into Bartow, Roosevelt in Lake Wales served Lake Wales, Frostproof and smaller communities, and Oakland in Haines City just name a few that started Polk County's early football history. Same story, albeit on a smaller scale than what happened in Miami. That's a different history lesson altogether and the detriment that followed is not one soon to be forgotten. Everyone knows that Dade has more rings. Again, not debating that. Hell, since 8 classes were created, it's been easier than ever to get to the finals. With the sheer amount of schools that Dade has, Dade arguably has the easiest path to the finals. I mean 21 titles in 10 years is unheard of and due to realignment, Dade has the good fortune to not have all their powerhouse schools in the same class. It is what it is. Florida football is what it's all about.

Dade (4) 2701767 - Columbus, MNW, MC and Champagnat Broward (3) 1944375 - STA, Cardinal Gibbons and Chaminade Hillsborough (3) 1459762 Jesuit, TBT and Berkeley Orange (3) 1429908 - Apopka, Jones and OCP Polk (2) 725046 - Lake Gibson and Lakeland Christian Brevard (2) 606612 - Merritt Island and Cocoa Alachua (2) 278468 - Buchholz and Hawthorne Duval (2) 995567 - Jax TC and Bolles Washington (1) 25318 - Chipley Madison (1) 17968 - Madison County Levy (1) 42915 - Chiefland Collier (1) 375752 - First Baptist Leon (1) 292198 - Florida High Pinellas (1) 959107 - Lakewood Baker (1) 28259 - Baker County Escambia (1) 321905 - Pine Forest Highlands (1) 101235 - Sebring St Lucie (1) 329226 - Treasure Coast Sarasota (1) 434006 - Venice

Thanks NoleBull813! You make my research easy!

If Dade been running the state since the beginning of time (or at least since the advent of the FHSAA keeping records in 1963): Why doesn't Dade have more titles? Why was Dade iced out from winning titles from 1978-1992? Why has Dade missed the finals in the following years? 1966, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1992, 2000, 2005 If nothing past Broward matters, why did Dade manage to lose to non-South Florida teams in the following years? 1973, 1974, 1976, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1989, 1991*, 1994, 1999, 2001, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018** *tie result **Multiple schools

Welp! Somebody will be wrong and right on Friday, LOL!

Solid idea! Good Luck with the FHSAA, LOL. By the way, people would complain if money grew on trees. If implemented in 2022, what would be your threshold to distinguish between good teams and bad teams over a 4 year rolling average (win/loss ratio, playoff performance, etc)?

That is a BIG problem.

There's nothing new under the sun. The world has always sucked. We're just witnessing it in real-time...

What, not MADISON!?

Always positive. For me, a wandering mind usually means I have time to actually think so I take it in stride. Very good point indeed. The best teams don't always win for various reasons. However, who or what factors determines the best team is?

Don't go opening a can of worms with that comment, !

Yeah, that's bull. Again, RPI assumes that all things are equal and in no way measures weak/strong teams.