Perspective

Muckboy, if you're going to submit multiple entries, you might want to change them up a little.

I don't believe so. It wasn't on your reply to my post. Are you writing your initial post somewhere else and then 'copying and pasting it' into this forum? Just a thought.

Coach, I'm not sure how you see this before you post it (or even how you and/or the others see it after you post it), but I see white type on a lot of black background. I don't know about the others, but it sure makes it harder to read.

True to the spirit of Helen Keller, Julian simply didn't see it.

Dillard with the 'rub your f'ing nose in the dirt because we're kicking your ass' onside kick up by 44 lol @Jullian There, fixed that for you.

So, you're saying that Jack Daniels screwed up the lives of many young men?

Nolebull, are any of these games being played today? If not, does that mean picks must be in by 6:00 tomorrow?

What, exactly, is Venice doing? If they're substituting players, then I agree, the defense ought to have a reasonable period of time to make substitutions of their own. But, if the offense is not substituting players, but just going straight up to the line of scrimmage (after the ball has been spotted and whistled ready for play, of course) and checking to one of a half-dozen or so designed plays (including the 8-yard hitch, of course), I don't have a problem with that. Isn't that precisely what is done in every two-minute drill? And if the Venice QB can use his voice inflections to draw off the defense, well, sorry, that's on the defense (eyes on the ball, guys, eyes on the ball). If, however, the QB is using his body to simulate a snapped ball, well, isn't that illegal procedure? If I'm the head coach of a team playing against Venice, it's my obligation to have that conversation with the white hat before the game starts. Turn a couple of 3rd and 3's into 3rd and 8's and perhaps the offense stops trying to draw the defense offsides. But just to be safe, perhaps if I'm the defensive coordinator of a team playing Venice, I just might tell my D-line that if Venice comes right up to the ball, no huddle, to back up a yard off the line to give them a little cushion if they do jump forward just a little. So, again, I ask the question because I think I can see both sides of this one: what, exactly, is Venice doing that you don't think they should be able to do?

I think the key will be Cocoa making sure that IMG doesn't get the names of the officials who called the Cocoa/STA game last year.

Niceville Booker T Washington Bolles Buchholz Edgewater Lake Mary in a blowout! (Just kidding, Ray. I suspect this will be a close game and whoever wins the turnover battle likely will be the winner. For me, the proverbial coin just happened to come up 'heads' and I gave the nod to the home team.) Pensacola Catholic Eau Gallie CCC Venice (Nolebull, I beg you, I plead with you, implore you . . . please stop including Venice in the Pick 'Ems (same with Lakeland). I know they're going to lose a game every now and then, but I can never pick the right one for them to lose. Having just now picked Venice this week, I can pretty much guaranty you that Northwestern will win. That said, Venice is tough to beat and even tougher to beat at home. Everything about the experience of playing at Venice is calculated to give the Indians an advantage . . . and sometimes that's all it takes.)

It must have hurt for you to drop Dillard all the way down to 15 in your Top 15 list . . . but we know you weren't going to drop them out altogether with just one loss.

No score prediction for the Western/American Heritage game?

Pencil it in now: Lakeland vs. STA for the 5A championship. Heck, no need to use a pencil; go ahead and write that one in with a Sharpie!

To a certain extent, you saw the same thing happen on the collegiate level. From what I have read, there is a general consensus that FSU has done an average job at recruiting high school players, but has done an exceptional job at getting kids from the transfer portal. I'm not sure if that's true or not, but I've seen/heard it in a couple of places and it tends to support my hypothesis, so I'm going to accept it as true. Here's my point: teams that build through the transfer/portal/free agency process, be they high school, college or pro, take a little longer to gel. Georgia Tech returned 4 of 5 OL and their QB. That made a difference. On a high school level, you have a limited amount of time to practice before the first game (that's why, in my opinion, the pre-season/kickoff classic game that "doesn't count" is so important for assessing your team's strengths and weaknesses and for developing team chemistry). Playing top-tier national teams -- that may or may not have the same restrictions as Florida teams have -- is an uphill challenge for Florida teams. At the end of the season, however, it won't surprise me if all of the teams that lost to national powerhouse teams this past weekend end up holding high a state championship trophy . . . they just won't end up holding a national championship trophy because one or two of those national teams will end their season undefeated.

Northwestern Clearwater Central Catholic American Heritage Miami Central Bishop Verot Deland Bishop Gorman St John Bosco Lake Mary Tampa Bay Tech Two more questions for you Nolebull: (1) will the prize money be as much as last year? I was thinking you might want to double or triple it this year. (2) Does Josh still get to turn in his picks on Sunday?