OldSchoolLion
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ColumbiaFan has failed to mention all of the controversial recruiting and subsequent wins by Columbia in the early days. Columbia was a losing program until one day players from nearby Suwannee started transferring in. While everyone else was riding donkeys, these transfer players would pull up to school on their fancy thoroughbreds and designer boots courtesy of the booster club.
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Sorry to burst anyone's bubble here, but St Thomas Aquinas has won about 530 games just in the past 50 years. THAT's impressive. If they had been playing football for 100 years at that level, who knows how many wins they would have.
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3 minutes ago, ColumbiaHighFan2017class said:
Believe it or not the purpose of this thread was genuine, I would like to have the full list posted because the state does a poor job keeping track of win totals for the programs in Florida
Gatorman told me that Gainesville High has way more wins than Columbia.
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19 minutes ago, CoachMacho said:
Listen...
I had a kid last year who came to us from another school. They thought he was mediocre. He could never find a permanent spot on the field.
He was only 5'9" 170lbs...but he had that "dawg" in him. A relentless, tough, coachable kid.
I moved his little butt to OLB (we run a 3-4) and he started over a 6'1" 215lb kid with SEC offers.
The season ends and he's First Team All-State. 96 tackles, 20 TFL's, 11 sacks. He's the ONLY Linebacker on the entire All State team that's the size of a DB. lol
Kid was even featured in a national Max Prep article for "Top-100 Under The Radar Players".
Martavius "Tay" Davis.
You gotta believe in these kids, man. You can't always judge a book by it's cover.
A muscular, 170-pound kid is a BIG kid by "normal" teenage standards. Combine that with outstanding fundamentals, superior tacking skills, and dawg mentality and you've got a formidable linebacker that can take down a much bigger rb. It's BS to think one needs a 220-pound linebacker in high school today.
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Only once in the history of FHSAA football have 5, playoff-eligible football teams finished the playoffs undefeated in the same year.
What year was it and who were those great teams?
In possibly the second best year ever, 4, playoff eligible teams finished the playoffs undefeated in the same year.
What year was it and who were those great teams?
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14 minutes ago, Perspective said:
Curious how many wins Hillsborough High School has in their 130+ year history.
Not as many as Columbia. That is all you need to know.
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18 minutes ago, THIS_IS_DILLARD said:
Hmmmm was it the Lincoln Trojans in 2001 at doak Campbell stadium ???
that was a crazy good game
You got it! Lincoln featured a young Antonio Cromartie. It was a tight game at half, but Lincoln pulled ahead and STA ran out of time. Both STA and Lincoln finished 14-1 that year.
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1 hour ago, DarterBlue2 said:
So, that's what shaped you!! I always wondered why a Mid-Florida person such as yourself had this NYC/Tri-state attitude. Now I know!
Wow, Wharton was recruiting in the Northeast. And they talk about private schools!
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The other team that beat a 14-0 STA squad in a state final featured a future hs All-American and Pro-Bowler who caught a TD and had a couple of flashy punt returns versus the Raiders
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3 hours ago, Holy Moly said:
Fort Walton Beach in 1991????
That a very good guess, but 1991 was back in the days when teams normally only played 14 games at most. STA was 13-0 coming into the FWB game.
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4 minutes ago, Yourbasement said:
5
Pine Forest and Lakeland
(No I did not google these, im just going off prior knowledge)
(edit: to Lakeland)
No problem looking things up if you are inclined to do so!
5 is not correct, but that's a good guess!
Pine Forest defeated a 14-0 STA team in the 2000 4A final. Very good!
Lakeland faced a 13-0 STA team in 2005, so that's not quite correct.
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19 minutes ago, VeniceIndiansFootball said:
I bet you’re not old enough to drink.
Goo bama
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12 minutes ago, nolebull813 said:
That was my senior year! We had Richard Batman Woods as the coach. He was a college hall of famer with Southern Cal and played with the Bucs. He was Hardy Nickerson and Derrick Brooks before they were!
we had a UNC commit at RB, Larry Edwards, and USF commit Terrence “country” Royal at LB.
ran into Ely and Tyrone Moss. (Rest in peace). He torched us for 200 plus yards.
Yeah when I left, Wharton decided football wasn’t important anymore.
Looking at their record before 2002, am not sure they thought football was important then either.
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26 minutes ago, Trelle said:
Coors Light is my intoxication of choice tonight Jesse, what’s yours buddy?!
Pine cone liquor...very warm, robust, with just a buttery high note of all weather coolant.
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St Thomas Aquinas has won 11 state titles. How many of those involved a perfect, undefeated season?
On two occasions, STA came into a state title game with a perfect 14-0 record and was defeated. What two teams handed STA those defeats?
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2 minutes ago, Ric Flair said:
This is pretty funny.
YOU make it funny my friend.
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I just looked at the state finals played from 1988 and prior. Some of them were played at neutral sites, but most were played at one school's home field. Of the latter, looks like home team won 49 times and visitors won 42 times, so very close. Surprised me, because back in the day some of those finals involved some substantial travel and I would have thought the home team would have won more often than they did.
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Below is the current FBS AP rankings. How many of these teams were ranked in the 1995 end-of-season AP poll? See if you can guess without looking up the answers and we'll see who comes closest.1 Alabama2 Notre Dame3 Ohio St4 Clemson5 Texas A&M6 Florida7 Cincinnati8 BYU9 Miami10 Indiana11 Georgia12 Iowa St13 Oklahoma14 Coastal Carolina15 Marshall16 Northwestern17 USC18 Wisconsin19 Oklahoma St20 Louisiana21 Oregon22 Tulsa23 Washington24 Iowa25 Liberty
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20 hours ago, Nolestrong said:
Why does this team never get any respect? With the current staff, they have played in two State Championships, won 9 straight District Titles and a bunch of play off games. I understand they have not won a State Championship, but a team that is in the middle of it every year and nobody talks about them. Play off records......3-0 against Lakeland, 2-1 against DP, 1-0 against Vero. I just wonder???? Are they really not that good? Is there coach a D*#K and nobody like them. I'm a big Kowboy fan and just wonder why when the media hits Central Florida you never hear Osceola mentioned. By the way they are playing for a Regional Championship on Friday which will be the current staff's 5th in 11 years. Not to shabby.
Back in the 1970's, Kissimmee was the sticks and folks did not consider it part of Orlando (Apopka was the same way). It may as well have been an island. Maybe some of that old mindset is still around, and Kissimmee is still looked upon as being on the "outside." just guessing.
As far as not getting recognition...anyone who knows FL hs football knows Osceola and recognizes them as a great program. They are routinely ranked in the polls. I would imagine some of the younger fans today don't know the history.
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2 hours ago, skyway said:
Kissimmee is a "tweener" of a town. It's not really all the way Orlando, but it's definitely not Tampa Bay, either. So, media is reluctant to pay much attention to them. It's a shame.
The closest thing to a decent reason for the lack of coverage is they are a bit lacking in truly marquee wins. The Lakeland wins were pretty good, but, in the last decade anyway, those weren't elite Lakeland teams that they beat.
But, overall, they and Naples are possibly the two most unfairly disregarded programs in the state over the last 20-30 years.
That's an interesting point. Maybe more emphasis today is placed upon teams from the large metro areas. It's funny because back in the old days teams from the Panhandle were getting more national recognition than other parts of the state..
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At #2, parked behind Deerfield Beach, we have Tampa Jesuit. Jesuit won a controversial state title over Kathleen in 1968. Trailing by a point and down to their last play, Jesuit's coach Bill Minihan called for his famous Holy Roller trick play. Jesuit's entire offense came on the field dressed as priests. Terrified of eternal damnation, Kathleen's defense kneeled, allowing Jesuit to score.
Jesuit made it back to a final in 1992, but lost to Pasco. Jesuit has been knocking on the door, though, making 4 Final 4 appearances in the past 5 seasons. They have a chance to make the Final 4 once again this Friday when they host Jones.
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7 hours ago, Perspective said:
Osceola (Kissimmee)?
The answer to the second question is ....Osceola won a state title in 1998 against Estero and has appeared in 4 other title games. The Kowboys have made 9 Final 4 appearances.
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At #3 is Columbia. Columbia won the Class A state title in 1967. Pictured below was that team's stud 1-star qb(they only gave out two stars back then) Biff Gatahata donning the famous Tiger stripes.
Columbia has made 33 playoff appearances since then, including a 1997 title game appearance, where the Tigers lost to Carol City. It has been a long wait for the Tigers, who still have a chance to make it this year.
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Vero Beach is at #5. Vero won its only title at the Citrus Bowl in 1981 versus Panama City Mosley. They have made 5 Final 4 appearances since then, but were not able to line up correctly on every play and failed to make it through to a final. They did come close, losing by 10 or fewer points each time. 3 of those 4 losses took place in Miami. There last state semi appearance was in 1998, when they lost a heartbreaker to Southeast. Vero has a chance to advance if they can beat yet another Miami-Dade team.
Who owns the most wins in state history?
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I just randomly picked 50 years