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The bad thing about polk county schools is that you can't get a county bus until after 5:15 due to the middle schools schedule being different from the High schools. It would be an hour and a half drive to Manatee from Lakeland so that would get them there around 6:45-7 and that would mean they would be rushed and could throw off their mojo. Could have something to do with not rescheduling this one. I assume they got a charter bus to avoid that issue.

good reasoning. I just saw his stats were 17-20 for 167 yards and 2 td's against winter haven. Not bad stats against a pretty decent (usually) Winter Haven team. What are Osceola's strengths?

How did Columbus look?

Should be interesting to see how they do against a veteran Lake Gibson defensive front that was extremely impressive last year. Who yall got winning this game? i'm going with Gibson just off experience.

My Picks for week 1: THURSDAY - No. 7 Miami Central- University (Orange City)- Lake Gibson FRIDAY- No. 5 Cocoa - No. 3 Miami Carol City - No. 25 Madison County - Tampa Bay Tech - No. 19 Robert E. Lee - No. 14 Venice - Oscar Smith, Va. - Lakeland SATURDAY - No. 2 American Heritage (Plantation) - Cartersville, Ga. - No. 8 Miami Southridge - No. 16 Jones - No. 1 St. Thomas Aquinas

4* O lineman & Miami commit Cleveland Reed transfers back to Fort Meade from Lakeland HS (transferred to Lakeland in December from Fort Meade)

Vanguard will have a hard time replacing, but the backup they had last year got a good bit of reps and is a tremendous player. He was fun to watch last year. Mainland will have the biggest adjustment to make. Having watched them play numerous times, he was their playmaker in every offensive situation. When he was struggling, the whole team struggled. When he was "on", the whole team was "on" Lake Gibson qb last year wasn't all that impressive to me at times. He threw alot of picks and got sacked alot due to just not throwing the ball away. Word is that LG has a transfer coming in June that will be a surprise to most. Ponte Vedra will def have a hard time replacing. He was "Mr. Football" for goodness sakes. You never can fully replace that. Should be interesting to see what they can do.

They're not good.

per source, he "transferred to Lakeland" and participated in football workouts without being enrolled in the school and before he moved into the Lakeland school zone. He is currently enrolled there, but according to source could face some problems with the issue of participating in another schools activities while still being enrolled at Lake Gibson. Word is he transferred because he and the coach didn't get along, i've heard he isn't the hardest of workers and wanted things just handed to him, which apparently is what Lakeland is doing for him? This is all just what i heard and i am in no way 100% sure of any of the above statements.

A top 6A team needs a spring game, KOC, 3, 5, 7, and 9. Let me know what yall have!!

Thank you!

Does anybody know if Spectrum can/will sell any state championship tv copies? I have yet to see a couple of the games as I do not have Spectrum tv network.

We will see. Returning 16 of 22 starters helps. That was a fun game to watch.

I'm going down on Saturday, let me know where yall will be and i'd like to meet up with yall. Be good to put some faces with these names haha

If i had to guess, i would imagine they probably did that also.

I feel like this isn't that uncommon. If you all know coaches as i assume you do, it is common to reach out to numerous coaches to see about getting film. You DEFINITELY aren't going to get the film if you don't ask, so why NOT ask? haha

hahahaha and all of LG's fans are happy you are picking against them. I don't think there will be one single person upset that you picked CC. Is CC the best team in all of the championships 1a-8a?

This is no joke! He does pick against them alot. In fact, i think he has every round of the playoffs right?!

Man people are quick to throw LG under the door mat haha so what yall gonna say if LG goes out and hits them in the mouth and pull this one off? haha

I can see why you might say that then. We shall see on Saturday. Thanks for your input.

What do yall predict the score to be? since apparently it is going to be sooooo bad. I haven't seen Carol City play so idk anything about them other than their schedule and what not. Strengths? any weaknesses?

Looks like you were exactly right. haha

Wow, so Vanguard scored 13 in the first Q then 0 the rest of the game? I'm sure many didn't expect that after seeing the first quarter. Hats off to both teams. A little better game than I expected. Sounds like both defenses showed up. What do you all expect from the LG vs. Navarre game this coming week now? I never can get a good feel for the panhandle schools. Predictions?

I wasn't able to see Vanguard play this year, but i have heard they play many guys both ways. Could have a large part to do with it because as I saw Lake Gibson play, they didn't have any guys going both ways and rotating guys every play almost so they seem to stay fresh. Could play a huge role in their success thus far. Good luck to Vanguard and LG both. Enjoy the game James Ricks! Keep us up to date on how it is going.

Happy Thanksgiving to all. Enjoy time with family and friends and enjoy the football weekend. I know I will.