Jags904

Well if they have talent and administrative support (which they have both of), then it can only be one thing holding them back...

I’m sure you can figure that one out haha

8A Region 1 looks to be stronger than in recent past. Mandarin, Sandalwood, Flagler, Deland, and Spruce Creek is shaping up to be a dog fight in D1. Mandarin’s new QB isn’t quite as good as the offers but he’s still one of the best in the state. Truly don’t know who will win this. Sanford Seminole should run away with D2. They look good this year. Boone vs Winter Park will decide D3. Poor Evans. That’s an absolutely miserable district for them with West Orange, Wekiva, and Apopka. Excited to see Wekiva vs Apopka. I’ll get a look at Apopka tomorrow night against Bartram. Barring anything crazy happening, we will see Wekiva vs Apopka twice. That’ll be two great games with two state champ caliber teams.

You have too many North FL teams high in your rankings. Bolles, Madison County, Godby, Spruce Creek, Buchholz, Mainland, Crestview, Deland, Raines, Lee, Flagler, Trinity, St Aug, and Columbia. I don’t think 14 of the 50 best programs are north of Orlando metro (15 if you include Ocala Vanguard). We have maybe 7 of the 50 best, I’d take out Bolles, Madison County, Spruce Creek, Buchholz, Mainland, Flagler, and Raines. I think Bolles, Madison Co, Spruce Creek, and Raines are just outside that top 50. Mainland looks to be an average at best team this year. Buchholz hasn’t proven a dang thing yet. Flagler at 24? What have they done to deserve that ranking? Godby looks good where they are and should battle Trinity for whose in the final 4. Crestview looks to be solid this year. St Aug graduated dang near their entire team and at 17? That’s way too high for me, I see them as a 30-40 team. Deland looks good with those transfers and some stability. Lee is tough as always. Columbia and Trinity look about right. That will be a great game this year.

Is the coaching in the Panhandle not what it used to be?

Pretty much

Worst public transportation system in the country for a major city. You couldn’t pay me to take the bus, way too slow. But a lot of these kids have family staying around the city so they go and stay with them or catch rides.

Quite a few First Coast guys definitely did end up at Raines but a lot ended up at Lee. It’s super easy to transfer in Duval County

Oh absolutely. Ed White lost their coach and First Coast dropped off and all of sudden their studs are at Trinity and/or Lee. It’s the name of the game in the cities in FL. My big issue with people calling out private schools is there are different kinds of private schools. Some of them allow just about anybody in and don’t even make them attend school there (they just do FLVS and show up at practice) whereas other privates have a strict admission policy, high tuition, and difficult school work. The rural vs urban conversation is a good one certainly. It’s hard though because there are only a few large rural schools.

Maybe not 25 quality but there are more public schools getting guys than private schools.

Oh yeah because there aren’t public schools that are stacked with transfers. Please, there are public schools who gain like 25 kids in a year. The days of it being one town against another are over, especially south of the 904

Yes

In the 904 Apopka vs Bartram Trail Fleming Island vs Sandalwood Oakleaf vs Glades Central

Miami Northwestern Miami Central Cocoa Dwyer Apopka Buford Vanguard Milton Wekiva Baker

It’s a lot easier to police things in the light than it is at night. I’ve been to every stadium in the city from Atlantic Coast to Raines to Sandalwood to Westside. The Raines v Ribault game used to be bad, I had a friends wife get jumped and robbed on Friday night and that was not UNCOMMON. It’s now my favorite football game every year and everyone feels safe there. Saturday morning games need to be the go to from now on. 10am start times.

The Mandarin game is actually tonight at 7 on Channel 4

Give me Lee and First Coast. Columbia by more than 3 for sure. Sandalwood looked awful against TCA in one of the scrimmages, I’m interested to see if they gel as a team or not

Yes. I was going to head Braden River vs Trinity but I’ll be at 3 of their games this year so I figured I’d go see a private school battle

They play Atlantic Coast tomorrow on it

Really good QB, good athletes but not impressed with them as a team overall. I think they’ll make the playoffs but make no run. Do you get Channel 4 WJXT?

I watched the BT vs Mandarin game and BT is still good. They won’t beat Columbia but they are solid. I’ll be at Bolles vs Trinity week 4 but I’ll be at Trinity vs Columbia game week 6

Bartram Buchholz Fleming Creekside In that order

That’s who I was going to say. Lost their QB and RB early in that game, hurt them bad.

FRIDAY No. 1 Miami Carol City at No. 4 American Heritage (Plantation) No. 23 Vero Beach at No. 16 Venice Deerfield Beach at No. 9 Chaminade-Madonna (Hollywood) Robert E. Lee (Jacksonville) at No. 10 Raines (Jacksonville) Palm Bay (Melbourne) at No. 18 Cocoa Tampa Bay Tech at No. 13 Armwood (Seffner) No. 24 Clay (Green Cove Springs) at Fleming Island (Orange Park) SATURDAY No. 8 Dr. Phillips at Lee County, GA DeMatha Catholic, MD at No. 2 St. Thomas Aquinas No. 5 Miami Central at No. 3 Cardinal Gibbons (Fort Lauderdale)

Did Bresee transfer from Damascus? I thought he was still there