Perspective

My apologies in advance for returning this thread to its original titled theme. 
Class 4M, Region 2 has some interesting dynamics.   The top seed in the region, with one week to go, is Sumner.  Sumner did not win its district.  They lost to Durant, who is currently the 6-seed.  One other team from the district (Riverview) is in the top 8.  So, it would appear District 8 is the toughest district in the region, but assuming no changes between this week and next, the winner of that district -- Durant -- will not get to host a first round playoff game because they are seeded sixth and will face 3rd-seeded Olympia, the district 5 winner. 
Sumner, on the other hand, will host a first round game because they'll play Plant City (district 7 runner-up and 8 seed).  Again, assuming no more changes, 2nd-seeded Plant will host Riverview and 5th-seeded Palm Harbor University (district champ by virtue of having the highest power ranking in the district) will host 4th-seeded Dr. Phillips (district 5 runner-up). 
Again, the take-away:  the top seed in the region did not win its district and will host a first-round game, whereas the district winner will have to travel to Orlando to play its first round game because it's matched up against another district winner that has a higher Power Ranking.  
Things that make you go hmmmmm. 

What?   You don't think 1R Williston is better than both 4M Lake Mary and 4M Seminole?  

There is a slight chance that Durant will get to stay home. If DP can find a way to beat Jones and Olympia finds a way to lose to South Lake, DP would leap over Olympia and would travel to Durant. Very unlikely, but in week 11 strange things happen from time to time. 

What, they don't have the Internet in Tennessee?   That would be crazy since the inventor of the Internet is from Tennessee. 

The FHSAA Power Rankings respectfully disagrees.  

Clearly, my lack of knowledge of 1S teams and/or teams from Zephyrhills cost me this past week. 
 

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Why would we be mad at your wife?  
#dadjokes

Why would we be mad at your wife?  
#dadjokes

I wear that as a badge of honor 

Clearly, my lack of knowledge of 1S teams and/or teams from Zephyrhills cost me this past week. 
 

What, they don't have the Internet in Tennessee?   That would be crazy since the inventor of the Internet is from Tennessee. 

The FHSAA Power Rankings respectfully disagrees.  

i am on it as we speak.

He's an empty suit. I sure would not want him to be part of the crew officiating any game Apopka played. He may know the rules well. However, I seriously think he would lack fairness and objectivity. 

Josh, this low comprehension level fool has now brought politics into this thread for the 3nd and 4th time. Please set the gentleman straight before I figuratively blast him with both barrels.  

You are a vacuous person who makes statements and allegations but can provide no proof of them.
You can't even provide a decent secondary source. 
The truth is, if Apopka recruited heavily, and modified its offense to accommodate potential recruits, it would dominate the greater Orlando area in similar fashion to how the Miami Central's and St. Thomas's dominate South Florida.
But of course, if we did that, it would bring a multitude of unintended consequences with it. These would probably negate any benefit to the performance of the football program.  

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.   

You are an autocrat both in word and deed. I thank God you are not in a position of power and authority outside the high school gridiron. 

Ray, I think you're right.   If things stay the way they are and University is a 1 seed but not the district champ and Osceola is an 8 seed, but a district champ, the Kowboys should host the 1-round game.  

Were disqualifications/ejections announced?  I'm pretty sure that fighting results in disqualification.  I guess it's up to the officials to determine at what point a situation escalates from 'post-play pushing and shoving' to fighting.  But if a player gets ejected for fighting, absent relief from the FHSAA Exec. Dir., that player is looking at a 5-game suspension.   And I think the same thing applies to any players who leave the bench to participate in an altercation.  There were several Lakeland players who did this.  They may have been subs or, by that point of the game, they may have been starters who already had been pulled from the game and given the rest of the night off.  Well, they may get the rest of the season off now.  No question that several players left the bench area.  And no question that multiple Lakeland players can be seen throwing punches.  All of those players could be done for the season.  With all that in mind, I'll return to the question I have raised multiple times:  why do guys on a football field throw punches at the heads/faces of guys wearing hard plastic helmets with face-masks? 

it would go along way to solving this. It may not be perfect but it’s a hell of a lot better than a bunch of pinheads at the FHSAA sitting around, deciding who’s better

@Ray Icaza, @Perspective is spot on as things stand today. It's actually a very good draw for you as an 8th seed. Not a guaranteed win, but I don't think you will be playing the real # 1 team in the region. 

Were disqualifications/ejections announced?  I'm pretty sure that fighting results in disqualification.  I guess it's up to the officials to determine at what point a situation escalates from 'post-play pushing and shoving' to fighting.  But if a player gets ejected for fighting, absent relief from the FHSAA Exec. Dir., that player is looking at a 5-game suspension.   And I think the same thing applies to any players who leave the bench to participate in an altercation.  There were several Lakeland players who did this.  They may have been subs or, by that point of the game, they may have been starters who already had been pulled from the game and given the rest of the night off.  Well, they may get the rest of the season off now.  No question that several players left the bench area.  And no question that multiple Lakeland players can be seen throwing punches.  All of those players could be done for the season.  With all that in mind, I'll return to the question I have raised multiple times:  why do guys on a football field throw punches at the heads/faces of guys wearing hard plastic helmets with face-masks? 

Exactly.  I was replying to 181's suggestion that enlarging the size of the districts automatically solves the problems created by the Power Rankings.   While I agree that larger districts are needed, you'll still have problems if you use a Power Ranking to break ties instead of some sort of on-the-field tie-breaker.