OldSchoolLion
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OldSchoolLion got a reaction from muckboy561 in FINAL DILLARD 33 GLADES CENTRAL 6
Dillard will be stylin for the game
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OldSchoolLion got a reaction from muckboy561 in FINAL DILLARD 33 GLADES CENTRAL 6
Muckboy says they sending these guys to take care of Dillard. No heavy lifting necessary.
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OldSchoolLion got a reaction from Perspective in The Best FL HS Offense of Each Decade
Thanks for the input. There have been some people on here who consider Plant very offensive. Seriously, I would likely go with 2006 Northwestern if I was going to add another to the list. That team gave Miami Central its only two losses that year, and hung 39 and 41 points on them to show the first time wasn't a fluke.
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OldSchoolLion got a reaction from muckboy561 in FINAL DILLARD 33 GLADES CENTRAL 6
But when u like Earth Wind & Fire you don't need more than 15 members, They start em young in the Muck.
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OldSchoolLion got a reaction from uncleluke23 in Did Madison Co.????
It ain't in Madison County, that's for sure.
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OldSchoolLion got a reaction from muckboy561 in Did Madison Co.????
It ain't in Madison County, that's for sure.
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OldSchoolLion got a reaction from Tony2126 in Did Madison Co.????
A holiday gift for that special poster in your life.
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OldSchoolLion got a reaction from muckboy561 in Did Madison Co.????
"I don't normally wear deodorant, but when I do, I wear Hawthorne."
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OldSchoolLion got a reaction from KeemD321 in The Greatest State Championship Team Ever
Nice selections
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OldSchoolLion got a reaction from KeemD321 in The Best FL HS Offense of Each Decade
And the best offense of the 2010's????? Well, I am not giving my pick just yet, but I've narrowed it down to these contenders: 2010 Tampa Jefferson 2010 St Thomas Aquinas 2010 Miami Central 2013 Booker T Washington 2013 Miami Central 2018 Lakeland -
OldSchoolLion got a reaction from KeemD321 in The Best FL HS Offense of Each Decade
And the best offense of the 2000's is...the 2008 St Thomas Aquinas squad. The Raiders finished the year 15-0 and were thought by some to be the best hs team in the country that year. The Raiders scored at least 35 points in each of their games that season, and averaged 47 points per game. Only one opponent got within 21 points of the Raiders all season, and that was an OOS opponent. The Raiders topped all their playoff opponents by 21 or more points.
STA was led by the phenomenal rb tandem of Gio Bernard and James White, both of whom currently play in the NFL. Playing on both sides of the ball was junior Lamarcus Joyner, who earned prep All-American honors in 2009, All-American honors at FSU, and now plays for the Raiders.
In the 5A final, STA stomped a 14-0 Lakeland team 56-7. The Dreadnaught defense had not given up more than 22 points all season. The Raiders were up 35-0 at the half and never looked back. 8 different Raiders scored TD's that day.
And who are the runners-up...
2000 Venice
2007 Northwestern
2004 Armwood
2009 Dwyer
2001 Apopka
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OldSchoolLion got a reaction from Perspective in The Best FL HS Offense of Each Decade
Great question, and thanks for asking. I am doing the latter. I am not just considering a single performance. I am also giving some consideration to offensive firepower, ie personnel, that the teams had.
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OldSchoolLion reacted to DarterBlue2 in The Best FL HS Offense of Each Decade
IT was not just the offense. That St. Thomas team was and is the best high school football team I have ever seen either live or on tape. It basically had no weaknesses and in the finals stomped a very good Lakeland team as if they were some cellar dweller like Goleman or Cypress Creek.
I sat there in awe, the whole game.
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OldSchoolLion reacted to AmstaffNole in The Best FL HS Offense of Each Decade
Look at all that panhandle love!!!
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OldSchoolLion reacted to Legion37 in The Best FL HS Offense of Each Decade
I wouldn't trade the 2004 or 2005 Lakeland Offenses for anyone during the 2000's QB's who could both run and pass, top notch running backs, and an O-line that was unmovable. 30-0 during that period with 2 different QB's - and while we "might" recruit we don't give free (or amazingly reduced) scholarships like STA. Now 2006 the QB was blah but still got the job done. 45-0!
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OldSchoolLion got a reaction from DarterBlue2 in The Best FL HS Offense of Each Decade
And the best offense of the 80's goes to....the 1988 Pine Forest squad. This team was recognized by USA Today as the #1 team in the country that year. On their way to the 5A state final, they scored 40+ points in each of their playoff games and won those games by a combined total of of 138-19. That included a 47-6 thrashing of Columbia on the Tigers' home field. In the 5A final, the Eagles become only the second large school to score 50 points in a FHSAA state final, beating up on a talented Sarasota Riverview team 50-27. Eagles rb Anthony Toler scored 3 TD's in the game. The Eagles also won the 1987 state title, both titles coming under coaching legend Carl Madison.
And who are the runners-up...
1985 Escambia-4A champion
1985 and 1989 Manatee-5A champions each year; the 1985 team was the first big school to ever score 50 points in an FSHAA title game
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OldSchoolLion got a reaction from KeemD321 in The Best FL HS Offense of Each Decade
Best offense of the 90's goes to....the 1993 Miami Southridge squad.
In the 1993 5A state semi, Southridge hung 41 points on a 13-0 Vero Beach team. Undefeated Southridge then blasted defending state champion Manatee 69-36 in the 1993 5A finals. To say that folks in Daytona Beach were shocked by what they witnessed that day would probably not be an overstatement. Never before had a team put up anywhere near that number of points in an FHSAA final(and only 3 have done it since).
Troy Davis returned a kickoff for 97 yards in the first half and his brother, Darren went for 99 in the second half. Warren ended up scoring 4 TD's that day and Troy scored 3. As if dealing with the Davis brothers was not enough, a sophomore rb on that team was future hs All-American Sedrick Irvin. Southridge's defense featured junior Lamont Green, one of the most highly recruited players ever out of Miami-Dade and believed by many to be the #1 overall hs recruit in 1994.
Southridge ended up #5 in USA Today's end-of-season poll.
And who are the runners-up... 1999 Lakeland 1991 Fort Walton Beach 1992 Manatee 1999 Glades Central -
OldSchoolLion got a reaction from Perspective in The Best FL HS Offense of Each Decade
And the best offense of the 80's goes to....the 1988 Pine Forest squad. This team was recognized by USA Today as the #1 team in the country that year. On their way to the 5A state final, they scored 40+ points in each of their playoff games and won those games by a combined total of of 138-19. That included a 47-6 thrashing of Columbia on the Tigers' home field. In the 5A final, the Eagles become only the second large school to score 50 points in a FHSAA state final, beating up on a talented Sarasota Riverview team 50-27. Eagles rb Anthony Toler scored 3 TD's in the game. The Eagles also won the 1987 state title, both titles coming under coaching legend Carl Madison.
And who are the runners-up...
1985 Escambia-4A champion
1985 and 1989 Manatee-5A champions each year; the 1985 team was the first big school to ever score 50 points in an FSHAA title game
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OldSchoolLion reacted to CoachMcG1 in 2/3 of all Private School State Titles Won By 6 Schools
https://fhsaa.com/documents/2020/11/9//Totals_for_Website.pdf?id=830
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OldSchoolLion reacted to Tisfreefl in Who Is This Central FL Team? Wharton
One of the best high school teams I remember was 1994-1995 Bradenton Southeast. So much talent. Their only loss in 1994 was 15-10 to Sarasota Rigerview while Peter Warrick, their star QB, was out after having hernia surgery. They were USAToday #1. They could have won a national championship of not for the hernia. They beat Dante Culpepper and Ocala Vanguard 19-17 in the state final. Someone actually put the game tape up on YouTube. It’s not hard to find.
Santa Ana Mater Dei ended up finishing #1 in USAToday that year for Bruce Rollin son’s first natty.
George Smith was the athletic director but not coach at STA when Southeast beat STA 28-14 in the playoffs that year (1994) and he commented that Southeast was the most talented team he had ever seen up to that point. I mean, they were HUGE. Hazelle Stoudemire (Amare’s brother) was on the State Championship basketball team (34-0). Imagine that he could have played O-like or D-line if he played football. They were so big, so fast, so powerful, so nasty, and so talented. They just dominated when they were on. Manatee also had some great teams and #1 nationally ranked teams but IMG owns Bradenton now.
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OldSchoolLion got a reaction from Dan in Daytona in Problems in Brevard County?
Cocoa destroyed Satellite and Rockledge likely would have as well. So Brevard has Cocoa and Rockledge and then there is a huge gap. In another thread, Keem mentioned the disadvantage of Cocoa playing local teams. This data makes it obvious why. There really is no "local" competition for Rockledge and Cocoa, at least not within the county.
The thread I just did on Hillsborough shows a similar phenomenon. To some extent, all of the more populous counties seem to experiencing the same ...a relative few "rich" schools and everyone else.
We talk about a disappearing middle class and a growing lower class in the US. I see the same happening in hs football. It is causing certain schools to have to travel to find competition. The fan is enduring more blowouts. And possibly some potential players don't come out because their school has a losing program. As more schools come on line, I see the situation only getting worse.
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OldSchoolLion got a reaction from KeemD321 in Which Are the Best Counties in the State Finals?
That is correct! So, it's Miami-Dade, Brevard and Escambia
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OldSchoolLion reacted to CoachMcG1 in 2/3 of all Private School State Titles Won By 6 Schools
They are at 1511 for 2020.
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OldSchoolLion reacted to AmstaffNole in Who Is This North FL Team? Niceville
Niceville vs Dwyer 2009... Matt Elam
Shoot you can list Elam, Jacoby Brissett, Nick O'Leary, Gerald Christian, and Curt Maggit as all world Hs players too lol.
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OldSchoolLion reacted to DarterBlue2 in 2/3 of all Private School State Titles Won By 6 Schools
Two small, picky corrections. First Bishop Moore's second title was in 2015 and not 2005. Second, I am pretty sure the enrollment numbers for American Heritage Plantation are not in the 2,700 range but probably about a thousand less. Otherwise, they would be in class 8A, which would be horrible for the Orlando metro area!