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  1. 17 minutes ago, DarterBlue2 said:

    The Apopka Blue Darter has never buttered its bread on transfers. If you believe otherwise, please provide evidence. We are fortunate that the school has a lot of talent within its boundaries. The trick has always been to keep the talent at home. For the most part we have, due to the program having stable coaching and a winning tradition. 

    The blue, black, and white team gets plenty of transfers, man who provides me many nice compliments. 

  2. 22 minutes ago, PinellasFB said:

    Super teams are the worst thing to happen to FL football.  

    In my view armchair officials, and the way that the brave men and women of honor who wear the black and white shirts on Friday Nights are sometimes treated negatively are the worst thing to happen to Florida High School Football. 

  3. 12 minutes ago, Ray Icaza said:

    Wow, maybe something we don't agree on.  School Choice as well as it's earlier iterations by not only the current legislature but those from a decade ago did this for ACADEMIC reasons which I wholeheartedly support, not ATHLETICS. Therein lie the rub. 

    I support the FREE STATE of FLORIDA, and the ability to attend any school for any reason. School Choice as an idea is a very beautiful lady to my eyes, Ray. 

  4. 7 minutes ago, DarterBlue2 said:

    The Big Bend and for that matter many small town in obscure places used to do just fine against the powers of Miami Dade and the Fort Lauderdale area. What has turned things on their heads is the modern day reality of the "super teams", whether Private or Public. Once it became open season for kids to transfer to wherever they wished to go solely for athletics or anything else, it guaranteed that the larger metro areas were going to have a significant advantage as it was always going to be a whole lot easier for a Miami Central or for that matter an Orlando Edgewater to load up with transfers from a 15 mile radius than it would be for a Lake City Columbia or even a Deland to do the same. 

    If sanity were restored as to who would be immediately eligible to play for a given school, then parity within the state of Florida.   

    The blue, black, and white team gets plenty of transfers. man who provides me many nice compliments. 

  5. 1 minute ago, Ray Icaza said:

    I have previously described the extent of transfers into our program over the past few years in pretty good detail and don't want to rehash it as we have about the same number transfer out, all for varying reasons.  Will state that it is mostly driven by parents and not the player himself at least from what I see in our program.  Rather go back to the policy of sitting a year if it isn't accompanied by a move into the zoned district with the exception of incoming freshmen, but that has been deemed out of the question citing potential legal challenges??  But thanks again for the kind words. 

    There will be NO sitting out a year because people can stand up for their rights in the Free State of Florida, and not let untouchable Government Bureaucrats determine where a student is "zoned" to go. How the transfer is "driven" doesn't make any difference, because the leadership of the state of Florida understands true freedom and rights. You're welcome for the kind words, Ray.  

  6. 8 hours ago, Perspective said:

    For anyone who was there:

    1.  Did the officials end the game after the altercation?  The video seems to end with both teams being told to head to opposite end zones. 

    2.  If the officials chose to simply end the game, would there have been any need to eject players?   (Like when a MLB manager comes out to argue the final out of a game and then gets ejected from a game that already is over).  If the officials decided that ejections would be a moot point, can/will the FHSAA still review the video?

    3.  Were any ejections announced?  If so, how many?

    4.  If memory serves me correct, the schools involved have an obligation to report to the FHSAA any players who were involved in unsportsmanlike acts (or maybe just the ones that resulted in disqualification, I'm not sure) and they have to do it very soon thereafter (like by the following day).   I wonder if Lakeland did this?

    Anyone?

    The situation will be handled the way that the FHSAA sees fit. You won't be consulted, so there is no need for you to concern yourself Pinstripes.

  7. 5 hours ago, DarterBlue2 said:

    I will give you this; you have one of the most exaggerated opinions of one's self that I have ever encountered. And I have been around the block a few times. 

    I will acknowledge, that you have clarified a few football rules for the benefit of the message board. 

    Thank you for all of the great compliments, DarterBlue2! 

  8. 2 hours ago, DarterBlue2 said:

    My only grandchild lives on the other side of the planet. He's being brought up in a bilingual family setting. 

    Oh, all right. Well, you could look at it this way: one of the great positives to staying involved with high school football and posting on this message board is that you get to interact with me! That is some great incentive for you right there! 

  9. 11 hours ago, VeniceIndianFan said:

    Don't dip your toe in the forbidden waters, Jambun! Sharks everywhere... Sharks everywhere you turn. :o

    The so -called "sharks" of this message board have no effect on me at all. I am known for my knowledge and wisdom, for making great sense, for satisfying women, and for being the most knowledgeable poster on this message board on the subject of officiating by far. I know what an honor and privilege that it truly is for the other posters to the message board to hear from and speak to me!    

  10. 12 hours ago, PinellasFB said:

    Bruh getting close to crossing the political line.  Please keep your personal politics on the sideline.  Obviously he doesn't like unlimited transfers because it becomes a free-for-all where students are no longer students but rent-a-players where funny business runs unabated.  It's now not uncommon where a kid transfers in the fall semester for football and then transfers elsewhere in the spring for a different sport.  School choice has always been about academics, not athletics.  These "school choices" are clearly for athletics, not academics.

    I personally also don't like unlimited transfers but maybe a compromise is unlimited transfers to an equal or higher rated school so that it is still about academics?  Poorly rated schools who want transfers will then have to put all of their money into improving the academics of their school.

    The only person who is going to tell me what to post or not post is Josh Wilson. Also, it is not your, nor anyone else who posts to this message board's, business where a high school student chooses to attend school. There will be no compromises on school choice, not in the FREE STATE OF FLORIDA! 

  11. 11 minutes ago, h8r said:

    not anyone in particular, but that it is in every normal state.  someone let the flood gates open with "choice" program.  dumbest idea since letting maxpreps figure out who is in the playoffs and as dumb as suburban and metro....

    If you don't like living in the Free State of Florida, you should consider residing in some other states that are more in-line with your "point-of-view". 

  12. 4 hours ago, DarterBlue2 said:

    I believe some of them occasionally read but no longer post. Other posters move on when their kids graduate or when their team has multiple down years. I have been fortunate in that Apopka has remained consistently competitive over the years. 

    If the team started to really suck, it would test whether or not I am just a Fairweather fan. So far, I have not had to deal with that. 

    Yes, but don't you have some Grandchildren going through school? You probably will stay interested in High School Football for many years to come. 

  13. 1 hour ago, h8r said:

    wow, really?  you live by school A but travel past 4 schools to get to where you want to go.

    you can want in 1 hand and take a dump in the other, which one fills up quicker?

    you are part of the problem, 

    go where your zoned. period.

    wanna go past those 4 schools, move.

    Who are you to tell a high school player what school he/she has to attend? 

  14. 13 minutes ago, VeniceIndianFan said:

    Dillard could not possibly have a worse scenario in front of them. They just played 2 games in 4 days and it's about to be 3 in 8. We talked about it on Scorestream. With the district championship on the line, playing STA @ Brian Piccolo on a short week of rest is just a recipe for disaster. And beyond that, it's clear from what happened in the Cocoa game that you won't get a fair shake with STA's officiating crew anyhow. STA by 17 or more. Just focus on trying to get healthy for the playoffs and seeing these guys again in a potential rematch with (hopefully) more rest. 

    That officiating crew was suspended, and the Supervisor of the Officials Association issued an apology and admittance of wrongdoing by the crew to the Cocoa Athletic Director. 

  15. 7 hours ago, PinellasFB said:

    FYI the Suncoast area teams you will frequently see in the playoffs are Nature Coast Tech, Zephyrhills, Hudson, Springstead, Mitchell, Land o Lakes and Pasco HS.  Mitchell HS is went on a run a couple years ago and had a 4th quarter lead on Edgewater in the regional final until Edgewater scored late to win.

    That is good to know. 

  16. 14 hours ago, DarterBlue2 said:

    On this board, Tampa and to a lesser extent, the Miami/Ft. Lauderdale area are well represented. Then there are a few posters from the extended Orlando area including Volusia and Broward, and then a smattering of posters from the rest of the entire state. On the old Florida Varsity board, most of the remaining posters are from SW Florida beginning in Tampa Bay and working itself down to the Ft. Myers area.  

    I always wondered what happened to OU112, and a few others from Southeast Florida/Dade County. 

  17. 9 hours ago, DarterBlue2 said:

    It is just north of Tampa. 

    Yes, thank you. It seems like certain areas of the state are well-represented by message board posters on this and the Fla Varsity Football Central message board in the past. The Tampa-metro area seems to be one of those areas. 

  18. 9 hours ago, Perspective said:

    Trying to drag a player over to the ball and punching a guy are two different things.  One should result in a garden-variety penalty (holding), while the other should be cause for ejection.  Neither should result in a brawl. 

    Any chance Dillard could lose any players or coaches to suspension for their slightly-more important game this Friday night?

    That is not holding. It is a personal foul, know-it-all. 

  19. 7 hours ago, Perspective said:

    Josh, I have not commented on this subject yet, in large part because I simply don't know much about the Sunshine State Athletic Association.   As best I can tell from the article you posted, however,the SSAA basically is set up so that every team in the SSAA gets to play in an "end-of-the-year" tournament, with a ranking system being used to 'group' teams together based on their performance over the course of the season.   But yet the SSAA refers to this arrangement as their "playoffs."  Candidly, the SSAA State Championship Bracket looks legit.  There are teams in this bracket that likely could compete in their respective divisions within the FHSAA if they chose to do so.  But the other brackets . . .  not so much so. 

     
     
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    I think the focus of this thread has been on the 'other' teams in the other nine brackets.  One of the two teams playing in the "SSAA Atlantic 1A Championship" Game - their term, not mine - will enter the game with an 0-8 record.   The SSAA Cup Bracket features four teams with a combined record of 1-28.  Yes, one win and 28 losses.   One of these four teams will get to call themselves 'champions.'  

     
     
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    I have no problem with schools participating in an association other than the FHSAA.  But when you release "playoff brackets" right before the FHSAA schools are about to head into post-season play (well, not all of the FHSAA schools, but only the ones who qualify for the playoffs), I think it's reasonable to expect a little criticism from the anti-participation trophy crowd.  Perhaps the arrangement would be better received if the SSAA dropped the "championship" and "playoff" terms from all the brackets other than the State Championship Bracket. 

    Just my two cents.

    Is there anything that you don't have an opinion on, and would be willing to leave your "two cents" out of? 

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