VeniceIndianFan

This is a rivalry game now. Hope Venice and MNW play each other every year for a while. @cribboy305 Your Bulls played very well offensively, but neither defense came to play.  Think they were outside the stadium waiting for the game to be over! LOL. 

How about those Venice Indians! 

Major win. Congrats. 

How about those Venice Indians! 

How about those Venice Indians! 

I'm sorry to hear that. When Taevion returns, Osceola's offense is going to be flying high. Sometimes, all you need is one spark to start a fire and I think his return will be invaluable to your chase for the 4S trophy. Osceola's rushing attack was fierce with Swint last year, so his return will only boost the Kowboys.

Some observations from last night.
Kissimmee Osceola is improving and, in a few weeks, will look like contenders in 4S. They will get their rb crew back from injury and be just fine. But with that said...
Treasure Coast is the absolute clear favorite in 4S right now. Their defense is just unbelievable. They held Sanford Seminole to 9 points and 2 of them came from a safety off of a bad snap. 
Manatee could be right behind them. They have yet to play an extremely tough opponent yet, though. We will see what they are made of when they play Venice week 7.
Lakeland is 1-2 but has no reason to press the panic button yet. Their losses have come to extremely tough opponents in SJP and Miami Norland. 
Cocoa is going to slaughter 2S and it will be infuriating to finish 14-1 when 15-0 was right there. 
Dillard is heading in the wrong direction and will not challenge STA this year.
Daytona Mainland is the clear favorite in 3S after containing Bartram Trail's offense.
Venice needs to find whatever spark they had against TBT and reignite it fast. 
Sarasota Riverview's offense looks potent. This could be the year they finally challenge Venice for the district. 
Miami Central is Miami Central.
Chaminade and TCA are heading for a rematch in 1M.
Poinciana is heading in the right direction.
CCC looks good, but will they challenge TCA in 1M? The jury is still out.
 
 

Bolles is 0-3 and lost to 3 very good teams too. There are 3-0 teams right now Osceola and Bolles would put a running clock on 

Another tough loss and again, no moral victories with Kowboys again giving their all.  Offense did run the ball better despite missing several key RB's from the injury bug and props to the coaches utilizing a couple of the WR in spots to help the running game.  Unfortunately, early in the game we had a couple of opportunities to score and miscues of our own had us come up empty; even a short field goal attempt went haywire.  This seemed to ignite Jones as they had struggled early to move the ball well against us, but eventually got a TD before halftime for a 7-0 lead.   The 3rd quarter opened up with a Kick-off return for a TD giving them a 14-0 lead which forced us to start throwing the ball more and the quarter ended with them scoring on a short run for a commanding 21-0 lead going into the 4th quarter.  We also played the game with only the 1 QB as the other was out sick which may have turned out to be a blessing in disguise.  The more this young man threw and the more reps he was getting seemed to boost his confidence which led to him start making plays with the WR group.  At one point in the 4th it looked like they may score again which would have increased the lead to 28-0 but our defense (Jalen Bell) got a pick to give us a momentum boost.  From that point on our little QB was on fire making plays all over the place getting chunk play after chunk play to get a quick score (21-6).  They did get another long TD run to push the lead to 28-6 to seemingly get the momentum back.  However, on the ensuing kickoff we got an electric return from the electric Alijah (Flash) Jenkins for about 90 yards down to their 4 yard line before punching it in for another TD; the 2 pt. conversion was good for a 28-14 score.  With the clock against us everyone knew an onside kick was coming and despite that we executed it perfectly and got the recovery.  Now strictly in passing mode we shredded their defense and got another quick score but failed the 2 pt. conversion (28-20).  Again, we tried another onside kick and almost came up with it a second time but they got possession about midfield.  With time running out we got a stop, the ball back and started moving the ball again before time simply ran out.  As I said previously, despite being 0-3 kids showed no quit fighting the injury bug that has plagued our early season success. Think we may have strong case on who should be the starter at the QB position. GO KOWBOYS. 

Then it is what it is.......I understand the hate for STA tho 

Crazy part is that it's Cocoa's QB 3rd ever start/game on varsity and he threw for 500 yards and 5tds against a nationally ranked team. Putting him at over 1000 yards passing and 10tds in just 3 games.
All around incredible game and performances by both teams ultimately being overshadowed by the last minute and a half of the game.

After STA having no timeouts and Cocoa having no time taken off the clock after taking a knee? And you see nothing wrong with that… Come on Flotech you’re better than this. If Vero lost a game this way, how would you feel? 

This is a complete misrepresentation of the facts. The issue isn't that I, "don't like STA," it's that the game clock operator did not faithfully execute their job when Cocoa kneeled in the victory formation. But whatever helps you sleep at night. 

After STA having no timeouts and Cocoa having no time taken off the clock after taking a knee? And you see nothing wrong with that… Come on Flotech you’re better than this. If Vero lost a game this way, how would you feel? 

He definitely grew into his own after the Jones game and has been cleaning up his mistakes each game. Played lights out against Venice and did the same against STA. Also his top receiver is just a junior this season as well. Put up 200+ yards receiving and 3 tds matched up against 5 star Charles Lester and did the same against STA but with a few more yards and 4 TD catches

This Brady Heart QB kid that Cocoa has is the real. I'm calling it right now, 2 years from now, he will be a top 10 recruit in the class of 2026! Bookmark this comment @KeemD321 @LetsGo @Cat_Scratch2 @Cocoafanone

I honestly don't think anyone will. But with as much noise this is getting.....it would hard to believe that something isn't brought up about it.

For anyone who hasn't seen any reports of the game. Here ya go @Jambun82 what you wanted explained is here. Basically everything that was already specified in this thread by multiple people here and all over reports by multiple sports writers in attendance. 
 

I'm in the Twitter Space with you and I think that Coach Franco made some very good points. I wish they would approve my request to speak as I feel that I have a lot to say, but Coach Franco really is covering all the bases so far. 

No, not alright. 

The game clock operator who managed this game needs to be thoroughly investigated and terminated. There was no mathematical way for STA to win if they had no timeouts and Cocoa was in victory formation with under 1:30 to go. Very little time comes off, and then they get a penalty to stop the clock?  No conflict of interest there, right? What a sick joke. Forces beyond their control ripped one of Cocoa’s biggest wins in school history right out of their hands and handed it to crybaby STA. 

Didn’t Coach Schneider or anyone on Cocoa’s sideline try to stop this from happening? The FHSAA needs to investigate this game and if (when,) cheating is found, declare Cocoa the rightful winner and make STA forfeit the game due to a conflict of interest with the GC operator. 

The game clock operator who managed this game needs to be thoroughly investigated and terminated. There was no mathematical way for STA to win if they had no timeouts and Cocoa was in victory formation with under 1:30 to go. Very little time comes off, and then they get a penalty to stop the clock?  No conflict of interest there, right? What a sick joke. Forces beyond their control ripped one of Cocoa’s biggest wins in school history right out of their hands and handed it to crybaby STA. 

Why is Skyway reviving a dead thread to prove that Darter was wrong about a game that was played almost 5 years ago? And reacting to one of my oldest comments since I’ve been on this board? Seems kind of petty and far-reaching but whatever floats the boat, I suppose. 

I have found what was missing, a great compliment from the esteemed DarterBlue2! You don't have to stop talking with me, I enjoy our interactions!