OldSchoolLion

Thank you for all the replies. I never said they were disrespected ( Pipe dreams ), just wondered about lack of respect..... media and talk on the board. I fully understand that there is not much talk on the board about Osceola. I guess I need to become more active and encourage more KOWBOY fans. Thank you guys.

Wow, Wharton was recruiting in the Northeast.  And they talk about private schools!

Ik they went undefeated both years but I'm guessing there was one more recent 
 
2016-2017 AHP

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.

Florida
Ohio St.
Northwestern
Notre Dame 
USC
Oregon
Texas A&M
Miami
Alabama
Iowa
Big Ten -> 3
SEC ->3
ACC -> 1
Indy -> 1
Pac-10 -> 2

You are correct on #1, #2, #4, and #8.
1. Bolles and Lakeland have each completed 6 undefeated seasons.  Who's next on the list?  St Thomas Aquinas with 4
2. Lakeland had undefeated seasons in 96, 99, 04, 05, 06, 18.
4. Lakeland is the only team to do it 3 years in a row.  Glades Central came very close, with only one loss from 1998-2000.
8. Coral Gables went 12-0 in 1964.

Great questions!
1) Lakeland, Bolles
2) Lakeland
3) 
4) Lakeland
5) 
6)
7)
8) Coral Gables
9) Frostproof

2006 was an incredible year.  The following state champions all finished the year undefeated.  There could have been 7, but dem boyz from Belle Glade was slackin.  
6A Northwestern
5A Lakeland
4A Plant
2A Bolles
2B Pahokee
 

Hint for the second question...all of those undefeated state champions were different teams than those listed above.

2006 - 4 Teams
Lakeland
Plant
Bolles
Pahokee
 

Damn!  MNW

Hopefully the Braves will make a game of it and lead Polk to another title appearance.  If you wanna see a sad trend, look at the oldest school in Polk to have never...  That's all I'll say.

Loved your post, Coach Macho, especially the bolded words above.  That is SO true.  Great job giving that kid a shot.  
To clarify my point above, some kids don't have a place on certain teams today not because they are not deserving..it's because of the narrow-mindedness of certain coach's. 
Years ago, Kathleen gave Lakeland fits for a number of years.  They had D's in the early 2000's which folks today would look at and go "no way" in terms of their size.  But they were straight nasty and really knew how to play as a unit.  Ask Chris Rainey.
Coach Guandolo, who coached at a number of S FL high schools, was a master of getting the most out of kids.  I remember watching a state title game with a central FL coach and seeing one of his teams play.  A number of people thought that team was one of the best teams all classifications in the state.  I can only remember one kid from that team who ended up starting on a D1 team.  But as a team, they were fantastic.  
We were focused on this one O-lineman on that team.  Have no idea what his name name was...he certainly wasn't a heavily recruited kid.  Very lean and am guessing he weighed about 240.  That coach and I were having spasms watching this kid play.  His technique was great and he was dominating play.
 
 

Wow, Wharton was recruiting in the Northeast.  And they talk about private schools!

...if Gainesville's really bad...
2010-2019
Playoff wins-Gainesville-14, Columbia 10
Region titles-Gainesville-2, Columbia-1
State title game appearances-Gainesville-1, Columbia-0

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.       

I just 'pray' you can come up with a better name for this elite group of schools than The 700 Club. 

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.       

Not as many as Columbia.  That is all you need to know.  

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.

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. 

It did not used to be that way.  I think there has just been so much emphasis on skill players as the years have past. 
It's interesting.  Go to certain other certain states and there is SO much more emphasis on hs O-line play than FL.  Even right up the road in GA there is a substantial difference.  If any doesn't believe me, do your homework and see how much more broadly GA linemen are recruited than in FL.   

Hmmmm was it the Lincoln Trojans in 2001 at doak Campbell stadium ???
that was a crazy good game 

Loved your post, Coach Macho, especially the bolded words above.  That is SO true.  Great job giving that kid a shot.  
To clarify my point above, some kids don't have a place on certain teams today not because they are not deserving..it's because of the narrow-mindedness of certain coach's. 
Years ago, Kathleen gave Lakeland fits for a number of years.  They had D's in the early 2000's which folks today would look at and go "no way" in terms of their size.  But they were straight nasty and really knew how to play as a unit.  Ask Chris Rainey.
Coach Guandolo, who coached at a number of S FL high schools, was a master of getting the most out of kids.  I remember watching a state title game with a central FL coach and seeing one of his teams play.  A number of people thought that team was one of the best teams all classifications in the state.  I can only remember one kid from that team who ended up starting on a D1 team.  But as a team, they were fantastic.  
We were focused on this one O-lineman on that team.  Have no idea what his name name was...he certainly wasn't a heavily recruited kid.  Very lean and am guessing he weighed about 240.  That coach and I were having spasms watching this kid play.  His technique was great and he was dominating play.
 
 

Wow, Wharton was recruiting in the Northeast.  And they talk about private schools!