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Short answer is no, unless Cocoa gives the game away.

They will be well coached. Really good discipline. They don’t beat themselves.
The biggest difference will be athleticism. Cocoa should just spread them out and let their guys do their thing in space. 

Merritt Island also! Must be fate, I remember driving on team bus to Pine Forest as MI student and winning state in '78!

Every team has a chance whether slight or minuscule. I want to go for Merritt Island so bad but I already threw in my upset picks of Hawthorne and Berkeley. 
I just don't see M.I. containing Central for very long or moving the ball on them consistently. But I do see Brady Denaburg breaking the record for longest FG made in a state final.

FiNAL Dillard 14 homestead 28 I’m mad As Hell! I’m so upset I got tears  in my eyes 
We were the overall better team man, we just made to MANY mistakes to be the better team tonight, DAM BROOO!!
 
we made to many mistakes we came away we NO points when we were at their 4 yard line, we dropped a easy pick 6 that would’ve gave us the lead & over all our offensive game plan was vanilla as hell especially against aggressive defense just like ours.
homestead threw things at Dillard that thy looked I’ll prepared for, the Qb option bit them in the ass again & on top it all we couldn’t stop getting penalized.
all recipes to lose a second round playoff game on the road, I know I’m going to get all the I told you so’s , that’s why Dillard need to play tougher comp etc etc & I welcome it all because tonight we played like we were the underdog instead of punching them in the mouth. 
 
congrats to homestead they played with a edge Dillard just couldn’t seem to match on this rainy night in homestead & with that said I’m hurt as fu** right now, but mad more then anything. Smfh. 

FiNAL Dillard 14 homestead 28 I’m mad As Hell! I’m so upset I got tears  in my eyes 
We were the overall better team man, we just made to MANY mistakes to be the better team tonight, DAM BROOO!!
 
we made to many mistakes we came away we NO points when we were at their 4 yard line, we dropped a easy pick 6 that would’ve gave us the lead & over all our offensive game plan was vanilla as hell especially against aggressive defense just like ours.
homestead threw things at Dillard that thy looked I’ll prepared for, the Qb option bit them in the ass again & on top it all we couldn’t stop getting penalized.
all recipes to lose a second round playoff game on the road, I know I’m going to get all the I told you so’s , that’s why Dillard need to play tougher comp etc etc & I welcome it all because tonight we played like we were the underdog instead of punching them in the mouth. 
 
congrats to homestead they played with a edge Dillard just couldn’t seem to match on this rainy night in homestead & with that said I’m hurt as fu** right now, but mad more then anything. Smfh. 

lol hahaha

tried to tell you boss man… homestead with the victory. dade kids just do it a lil different 

Yup and media who are afraid to be critical of one of the NCAA buddy programs 
 
Notre Dame
 
Established and overrated since 1887

Friends in high places.

It does prove that anyone who still thinks Notre Dame belongs ranked much less top 10 is clearly ranking based on their championship in 1988 and not based on their actual ability in 2021 
 
And nobody will have a convincing debate to the contrary

I watched the FSU/Notre Dame game last week.  What a great game!   Given that N.D. came into that game ranked 8th (I think), when FSU took the Fighting Irish into overtime, my immediate reaction, like that of many others, was "dang, FSU went and got good again."   
Fast forward a week.  N.D. has to score a TD in the final minute to escape with a home win against Toledo and FSU loses to Jacksonville State.   Regarding that whole "FSU got good again" thing, I guess you could say I'm having second thoughts now.  

FSU is terrible lol. @ColumbiaHighFan2017class

Taggart was fired at 9-12
The current guy would have to go 6-4 the rest of the way to even match that. 

Thanks for the plug Darter.
Well, I certainly hope everything is well with Joe Pinkos. He is an icon who's tremendous forecasting accuracy and results ability is amazing. And I believe he does it "manually!" As Darter states, I do rankings and game forecasts for all the schools. I've been doing this for Florida high schools since 1999. Joe has been around a lot longer than that. And we all look forward to his picks every single week, including myself (Yes, I like to compare).  
If you want to look at my weekly forecasts, they are on my site. Accuracy of the computer lags behind Joe for a few weeks and usually runs in the mid 70's until about week 4 when the 80% range is achieved. 
Another site that ranks every high school team in the nation and forecasts every high school game in the nation is run by Kenneth Massey.
Get back soon Joe.
   

Hope all's well Laz.
https://www.lazindex.com/index.php

When you finish a game with -58 yards of offense it doesn't matter how good your defense is, you won't win 

Cocoa is lucky to be sitting 2-0. Both Vero Beach and Osceola have some very good players. Have to admit that Cocoa's D stepped up when it got really tight. Cocoa will need to play mistake free if they plan on beating Venice.

Osceola had the same opportunities to put it away late.  We had early turnovers and you had them late.

Main difference in the outcome was our young receivers dropped too many passes and Mascoe missed a couple open shots.  Cocoa receivers made some clutch catches to keep drives going.  Our young offensive line needs to continue to improve as we only have one returning starter; he was held out as well as another with a leg injury and it showed early.  Moved a DL  (#52) to the OL in the second half and that settled the young group down a bit. Multiple illegal motion calls in the second half were also a factor as several were called against our center prior to the offensive line getting set as he tried to simply adjust the ball;  very questionable.  

Thought that fumble late would cost Cocoa. Also a little luck before that with Cowboys fumble as they were driving deep into Cocoa territory. Two very solid wins in a row for Tigers.

As said, TJ takes lead with 9 secs left.
Thought STA should've took the 15 celeb penalty from the TD on the EP but then  TJ gets another 15yd penalty during EP, so kickoff 30 yds further back, giving STA a chance at a Hail Mary for the win, which failed.  TJ 24-21.

A couple notes from my end:
1. Disheartening to see that Vero’s three best players (Jacobs, Smith, Monds) were all at Ft. Pierce Westwood last year. This is not a knock on Lenny or the Vero Beach program—it happens everywhere. Just an overall assessment of the nature of high school football as a whole. Not the same game I grew up with. 
 
2. Sad to see Vero’s YouTube broadcast get kicked to the curb. I get it—if people are willing to pay $15/game, as an athletic department, you do it. That said, the YouTube broadcasts were quite enjoyable. While I’m sure the partnership with the FM radio station will be more professional, they will surely lose some of the fun-loving homer-like tendencies from the YouTube crew. Became a staple of my Friday night’s on the couch—it will be missed. 
 
Fun game last night. Thanks to the Brevard Sports Network for allowing us in. 
 

Fantastic game by two well matched teams, I think Cocoa ended the game with 404 yards of offense, Vero had 391 yards. 
 
Hats off to Cocoa, they converted a two pointer to tie the game in regulation and another to win the game in OT. 

Cocoa Tigers won over the Vero Beach Indians in OT 42-41