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  1. Venice Has no proven RB

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    6 hours ago, Brody Wiseguy said:

    This will be an interesting story to follow.  Venice has no proven RB headed in to spring which will be a first for a long time.  They have produced several Dairy Farmers player of the years in that position.  They also will have a massive offensive line with 2 three year starters who return as well as some stud young kids.  They will probably average around 6'4 295 on the line which is huge for Venice standards.  I just wonder if this will change before the start of the season.  I still fell like someone will show up.

    Coach Wiseman, let me just preface this by saying that you were the best HC Sarasota's program has had in the last 20+ years. You brought them from being a perpetual losing program to the doorstep of competing with Venice for a district title and a deep playoff run. SHS will curse the day they fired you now that they are back in a rut. You are a true class act, and nothing will ever convince me otherwise. 

    Our backfield is certainly sparse right now. We do have Dorian Jones, a rising sophomore runningback whom did considerably well considering his limited playing time last season. Our offense will need an overhaul with the graduation of 3 offensive linemen and almost our entire receiving corps. Our defensive line will be strong with the return of Ke'shawn Vaughn, Elijah Jones, and Asharri Charles. Our linebacking corps graduates virtually everybody but should have at least one bright spot with the return of Ben Zarkawiecz. Our defensive backfield is still a work in progress with the graduation of Lester and Platt.

    At the moment, we have more question marks than exclamation points. And that's not a good feeling with the kind of competition Venice is going to face. 

  2. 2024 football schedules

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    On 3/27/2024 at 5:17 PM, KeemD321 said:

    Think Venice will be gelling by week 5? Was smart to not play NW and Cocoa back to back this season 

    It's possible that they find their stride by week 5, but at the moment we just don't have the on-paper talent to compete with teams like Miami NW, IMG National, Cocoa, or Bishop Verot. If Venice can find a way to go 7-3 with that schedule I would be happy

  3. 2024 football schedules

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    17 hours ago, cribboy305 said:

    & Theirs talks STA, Chaminade, Northwestern & Centrals schedule is even tougher. Norland is also scheduled to head up to Buford this season. 

    The Bulls @ Venice week 2 confirmed. Miami NW figures to field the best team in Dade this upcoming season and maybe one of their best teams ever with Teddy Bridgewater at the helm. Looks like we'll be overwhelmed going into that game with the graduation of 3 starting offensive linemen, nearly our entire receiving corps and the transfer of Jamarice Wilder to Booker. 

  4. Venice believes they will blow Lakeland out...

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    @Nulli Secundus and @DarterBlue2, thank you for the kind words. I attended a community for two years and have completed an AA, whatever that's worth. However, I am taking time to work now before furthering my education. Unfortunately, the cost of continuing is very prohibitive, especially for a 21-year-old college student without a scholarship left to fall back on. I want to major in history, as that topic has always been a fascination of mine. Regardless, excited to see what the future holds (and hopefully, a Venice victory about 6 days from now, which is all I really want for Christmas anyway. :D) 

  8. Venice believes they will blow Lakeland out...

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    3 hours ago, DarterBlue2 said:

    Darn, you are normally very humble. I hope you are not counting chickens while they are still eggs. I do think Venice will win relatively easily, but I expected you to cast doubt on the outcome. 

    It’s just some playful banter and trash talk. We are not overlooking Lakeland at all. We know what they are capable of.   The war of words begins now and continues until Saturday at 7:59 pm. @Nulli Secundus and I have been at it all day on Scorestream! Lmao 

  9. Venice believes they will blow Lakeland out...

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    16 hours ago, Longtime Observer said:

    ...and I'm not here to disagree with the assumption. Peacock said on his coaches show he'd rather play Lakeland anywhere than play Deland. And they beat DeLand 51-21, with 8 of DeLand's points coming in running-clock garbage time. I believe there is a reason Miami Northwestern yielded 63 points to Venice at Traz powell stadium and only 17 to the Central Rockets. And that reason is not that MNW was playing a kickoff classic where Dade teams supposedly don't try to win. The reason is Venice is very dangerous on offense. As Peacock said, Venice was robbed by an abundance of holding calls at Cocoa. 

     
     
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    Ultimately, for Lakeland to win or even avoid a blowout, they'll have to be able to largely replicate Armwood's approach. That means selling out to stop the run and having the corners hold up for the most part. And it means running the ball down Venice's throat. The problem for Lakeland is the Lake Minneola game was an anomaly. Though substantial injuries and suspensions contributed, this has mostly been a passing offense for Lakeland. The running game has underwhelmed, save for the aforementioned Lake Minneola game. 

     

    If Lakeland manages to avoid major mistakes, they can be in the ball game. If not, Venice will do what they expect to do, which is blow them out.

    I'll take Venice 48, Lakeland 27.

    I don’t think it will be a blowout, though Venice will absolutely be favored. It’s going to take everything Lakeland has to deny one of Venice’s best teams ever from winning the 4S state championship. 

    This is the matchup we wanted. We owe you guys a beatdown for what happened last year. One fluke touchdown before the half and it’s another trophy on our shelf. We will never forget that, least of all the kids whom were on this team last year. 
     

    Nobody since Cocoa in week 2 has had an answer for Venice’s offense. The continuity between our offensive line and running backs has really paved the way for where we are now. Defensive line is starting to gel at the right time, as evidenced by the way they dominated DeLand’s offense after the first drive (which really surprised me.) The experience in the secondary has paid dividends in a huge way. 
     

    This is going to be Lakeland’s toughest test of the year. Do you have answers for Venice’s phenomenal rushing attack? Can you stop our receiving corps, where we have 4 guys that can take it the distance at a moment’s notice? Can you contain Glasser when he takes off, or defend the numerous trick plays?  
     

    And on defense, can you crack Venice’s secondary? Will you be able to run and try to slow the game down to keep our offense off the field? These are all questions that need to be answered before Saturday. Tick Tock Lakeland, you’re on the clock! GO INDIANS!!! 
     

     

  10. Who picked TC over DeLand?

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    On 11/25/2023 at 11:24 AM, DarterBlue2 said:

    Deland's best chance to beat Venice would be to run the ball effectively and try and eat up the clock, keeping Venice's high powered offense off the field as much as possible. If Deland has to depend on its passing game, they are in deep trouble. Darlington is an offensive genius. So, I would not discount him. But if Venice vs Deland is in our tournament, my chips are on Venice this time.

    Sorry SexyBeast, my heart's with Deland, but cold logic says Venice. 

    On paper, DeLand is actually built perfectly to beat Venice because they run the single wing-t offense. If Venice makes one mistake (a fumble, interception, etc,) they could easily take 6 minutes or more off of the clock. If DeLand wins the coin toss I fully expect them to receive first and try to take the first quarter off of the clock. 

    Venice hasn't seen much of the single wing-t offense. They played Naples in the Spring Game and in the 2022 regular season, who runs slip halfback veer offense (not the same as DeLand, but similar,) and it gave us trouble both times. Also, keep in mind that Naples *didn't* have a legend on the sideline running their offense, DeLand does. Venice's defensive line this year has been their weakness and isn't really set up to stop an offense that will carry the ball 50 times a game. Just food for thought. 

     

     

     

  11. Bay Area in Semis

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    2 hours ago, 181pl said:

    4M- Plant @ Columbus- Plant first time back in the semis in several years. Columbus defending state champs. Plant's best offensive player re-injured his nagging ankle injury Friday night but they still found a way. 11 in a row. Only two losses were close to BP who is still alive (see below) and Tech, who just lost a close one to Jones. Plant will need to find at least 24 points next week to have a shot and the defense has to continue to swarm. Columbus the favorite.Saw Columbus beat Jesuit pretty handily this year but the Tigers got better as the year went. Columbus will have a big size advantage on the lines. Pulling for Plant but Columbus likely wins by at least 10 at home. If the game was at Plant I'd think they'd find some Dad's Stadium magic, but it will tough on the road.

    3M- Gaither @ St. Thomas Aquinas- HUGE win for Cowboys in OT over Jesuit. They go 5-5 in the regular season and then step up playing out of their minds. Of course when you play 14 time state champion Aquinas, you will likely be outclassed. But much respect to the Cowboys for pulling a stunner over Jesuit. Probably Aquinas by 21.

    2M- Berkeley @ Am. Heritage Plantation- Again, going on road to play National Power. Berekely has the horses to hang with AHP, but AHP is the favorite. Winner likely gets Norland, who only beat 10-time state champ Central twice this year. Go Bucs! Very close game but Tampa team going on road to play national power probably means a close AHP win. 

    1M- Jax TCA v. CCC- Two perenniel winners. TCA has hardware and CCC wants a title. Game at CCC helps. I think they can win a pretty close game. Winner gets the unenviable task of likely taking on CM. 

    Congrats 181! It's great to see Plant back in the mix! Get the upset next week!

  12. Who picked TC over DeLand?

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    5 hours ago, DarterBlue2 said:

    Yes, but that game will be far more difficult for DeLand to win. If anything, they are at a natural disadvantage against the current Venice team. 

    My best bet is you get: Venice vs the winner of Buchholtz/Lakeland in the 4S final. 

    DeLand could very well win that game if Venice doesn't take them as seriously as they should. Beating Treasure Coast by 31 points at their place is just incredible. If you asked me before the season if Venice was 31 points better than Treasure Coast, I would have laughed, and I still don't think they are. Coach Darlington has DeLand peaking at exactly the right time.  This will be the toughest game of the year for both teams. I think DeLand's offensive line matches up particularly well with Venice's defensive line. If they give TJ Moore time, they will find ways to get Justin Brown, Vic Satler, and Javon Moore open against Venice's powerful secondary and score.

  20. TREASURE COAST TITANS 28 - OSCEOLA KOWBOYS 0

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    9 hours ago, Longtime Observer said:

    I don't disagree with you here. I just think the "gauntlet" schedules with a bunch of teams likely to beat you, or the schedule with a couple of mega-powers (Norland and SJP may well have their best ever teams this year) doesn't actually help. Lakeland could still win 4S, but losing to Norland and SJP wouldn't be why they might win. I think Venice scheduling Armwood and Cocoa might have helped them, as neither is such world beaters that they would've been out of the question. Osceola, losing that great senior class, would've been better off with a couple of easy wins. Maybe they felt they needed to schedule those games in order to compete for the best players in the area. But, they lost all of those games and so I'm not sure they'll fare all that well in recruiting as a result. Same goes for Lakeland, by the way. Their losses might hurt them in recruiting this off-season.

    Again, the psyche of your team matters. Losing hurts it; winning helps. And, many times, the weaknesses exposed are weaknesses you can't fix. But now teams are more assured in what to attack. You can be sure Venice is going to be more confident in trying to pound the ball on Lakeland than they may have been if there wasn't film of Norland and SJP doing it.

    Lakeland was competitive until the end in the Norland game and kept themselves respectable against SJP for 2.5 quarters before the wheels fell off. Don't sell your Dreadnaughts short. They didn't schedule those games with getting their butts kicked in mind and it showed. Venice matches up poorly with Armwood. Cocoa is a top 15 team nationally. But, playing those games helped to expose our weakness this year: our defensive line. Does losing to a better team hurt, yes. But a good coaching staff will find a way to maintain cohesion in their locker room, address the issues that appear on film, and correct them moving forward.

  21. TREASURE COAST TITANS 28 - OSCEOLA KOWBOYS 0

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    6 hours ago, Longtime Observer said:

    Sheesh. Tough crowd here!

    I'm stating that coaches are mistaken for thinking they get an extra, special boost in improvement from playing a bunch of games they're likely to lose. The data-the truth-does not reflect that any such boost is real. It is imagined, the same way it is imagined that "the hot hand" is who should shoot the next shot in basketball. Accepting myths as fact does not necessarily make one 'stupid'. It's just a foolish belief. Foolish beliefs are not rare or unique. You're surely old enough to remember when it was believed that passing the ball was a bad idea, because "when you pass three things can happen and two of them are bad". Or the NFL's long-held belief that athletic QBs couldn't be successful in the NFL, because "the defenses are just too good". Or that playing from the shotgun is something that should be used sparingly, if at all. There are plenty of examples of beliefs and practices that were long held as unquestionable...that are now obsolete.

    When you have a team with state championship aspirations, you need to play at least one game in which you won't be favored to expose some weaknesses and try to improve. Doesn't have to be a national powerhouse, though your Dreadnaughts did just that and could very well win 4S again. This idea isn't obsolete by any means.

  23. 4S Region 2

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    4 hours ago, DarterBlue2 said:

    I thought the Indians were going to lose to Charlotte.

    Jokes aside, Charlotte were actually ahead of LWR in the playoff hunt by a third of a percentage point the night before the FHSAA released their playoff pairings, and they somehow jumped ahead into the 8 seed seemingly overnight. Charlotte should have gotten in. 

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