Perspective

I just went back & look & shout out to @Nulli Secundus for being the ONLY 1 who wasn’t prisoner of the moment & picked Dillard to win last week vs Miramar. 
 
to the rest of yall @Perspective @muckboy561 & etc ….. I ain’t even gonna say it lol lmao. 

That could be a problem for Venice . . . I don't think they're allowed to play road games.  

That could be a problem for Venice . . . I don't think they're allowed to play road games.  

That could be a problem for Venice . . . I don't think they're allowed to play road games.  

That could be a problem for Venice . . . I don't think they're allowed to play road games.  

Here we go lol 

The best way to describe Lake Mary that would make sense to someone in south Florida, would be like one of the following schools: Parkland Douglas, Boca Raton, Wellington, or Miami Palmetto 20 years ago. 
Lake Mary is an upper middle income/affluent public school northeast of Orlando. Demographics would be probably more than 70% white with other ethnic/racial groups evenly making up the rest. With that said, they have a stable football program and generally has more talent than the schools I referenced except for modern day Palmetto. In the last five or so years, they have made the playoffs each year and have gotten to the Regional finals twice. They have also placed several kids in Power 5 programs. In the past, they have benefitted from Seminole High transfers. However, as the Seminole program has been consistently good, recently that pipeline has gone to a trickle. In fact, this year Seminole has a junior on their team (QB/RB/WR/Punter-he does everything) who transferred in from Lake Mary after his freshman year.  
This year, Lake Mary probably has its best team ever, as the QB Noah Grubbs, though a sophomore, started after game 1 last year and has a lot of experience at the position. He has 12 DI offers the majority of which are power 5 and include: Penn State, Miami, Norte Dame, Duke, Texas A&M, Virginia Tech, West Virginia and UCF. He has solid receivers to throw to, not Power 5 types, but at least 3 of them will likely play somewhere in college. They also have an experienced, solid Offensive Line. 
Their weakness is on defense. Front 7 are average to average + and the secondary is about the same. But they do have a solid kicking/punting game. There is a possibility they could go all the way to the title game if they remain healthy and manage to outscore the better teams they play. This would be a first in the school's 40+ year history.

NoleBull,
I'm catching up on my posts and had a thought:  it would be interesting to have a "new" contestant join the Pick Ems for the rest of the season.  That contestant would be . . . (drum roll, please), the FHSAA Power Ranking.  Pick each game solely based on which team has the higher power ranking as of that week.  So, if Hawthorne is playing Miami Central and Hawthorne has the higher power ranking, Hawthorne would get the nod to win.  
Just a thought. 
Oh, and no Thursday games this week, right?  So all picks due Friday?  By when?  5:00 or kickoff of first game?

NoleBull,
I'm catching up on my posts and had a thought:  it would be interesting to have a "new" contestant join the Pick Ems for the rest of the season.  That contestant would be . . . (drum roll, please), the FHSAA Power Ranking.  Pick each game solely based on which team has the higher power ranking as of that week.  So, if Hawthorne is playing Miami Central and Hawthorne has the higher power ranking, Hawthorne would get the nod to win.  
Just a thought. 
Oh, and no Thursday games this week, right?  So all picks due Friday?  By when?  5:00 or kickoff of first game?

You keep talking like that and I’ll add a Wednesday game!!!!

NoleBull,
I'm catching up on my posts and had a thought:  it would be interesting to have a "new" contestant join the Pick Ems for the rest of the season.  That contestant would be . . . (drum roll, please), the FHSAA Power Ranking.  Pick each game solely based on which team has the higher power ranking as of that week.  So, if Hawthorne is playing Miami Central and Hawthorne has the higher power ranking, Hawthorne would get the nod to win.  
Just a thought. 
Oh, and no Thursday games this week, right?  So all picks due Friday?  By when?  5:00 or kickoff of first game?

All we really think we know about Hillsborough public teams is that they fit in 3 general categories. Decent to good, average, and awful. 
Category 1: 
Tech
Armwood
Sumner
Plant
Wharton
Hillsborough 
Durant
Plant City
 
Category 2
Robinson
East Bay
Alonso
Steinbrenner
Blake 
Riverview
Newsome
Lennard
Strawberry Crest
Gaither
Sickles
 
Category 3
Freedom
King 
Brandon
Leto
Middleton
Jefferson
Chamberlain
Spoto
Bloomingdale
 
 
 
 

Josh, I understand what you're saying.   But, there's a flip-side.   If no one complains, the FHSAA may think that their decisions are good ones.  They're not.  I'm not saying that there are easy answers, but this is the biggest decision that the FHSAA has to make year in and year out:  where to play the championship games for the most popular and most-attended sport that they oversee.  And when you look back over the last several years and see how many teams from South Florida play in those championship games, it just doesn't make good sense to ask all of those teams and their cheerleaders and their bands and their fans to travel 8-9 hours. 
If the FHSAA wants to authorize me to negotiate this issue on their behalf in the future, and I can't do any better, then I'll shut up.  Until then, and respectfully, I'll keep complaining.  
(By the way, where were the complaints about the split weekend coming from?)

Heh I thought he was just trolling.  I guess not?  

Josh, I understand what you're saying.   But, there's a flip-side.   If no one complains, the FHSAA may think that their decisions are good ones.  They're not.  I'm not saying that there are easy answers, but this is the biggest decision that the FHSAA has to make year in and year out:  where to play the championship games for the most popular and most-attended sport that they oversee.  And when you look back over the last several years and see how many teams from South Florida play in those championship games, it just doesn't make good sense to ask all of those teams and their cheerleaders and their bands and their fans to travel 8-9 hours. 
If the FHSAA wants to authorize me to negotiate this issue on their behalf in the future, and I can't do any better, then I'll shut up.  Until then, and respectfully, I'll keep complaining.  
(By the way, where were the complaints about the split weekend coming from?)

NO SHADE AT ALL, but the whole (truthful) thread throwing trash.

The "NO SHADE ALL AT ALL" comment got me crying laughing.

Not for me.  It was an absolute deadline.   Although I noticed it was more of a guideline for others (not mentioning any names . . . especially the names of those who might run this site). 

Not for me.  It was an absolute deadline.   Although I noticed it was more of a guideline for others (not mentioning any names . . . especially the names of those who might run this site). 

It would be interesting to see if the FHSAA raised that "defense" in response to a public records request.  

Thanks for the reminder, will definitely record it while I will be attending our game at home tonight.  You are correct about the national implications, but mainly it should be very entertaining. 

I'm setting this up as a separate thread, instead of responding in the Week 5 Pick 'Ems Thread, just in case someone wants to continue the conversation after that thread gets locked. 
If I've got it right, Chaminade and Central square off tonight in what is arguably the Game of the Week for the entire nation.  Two teams ranked nationally in the Top 5.   The game will be broadcast on ESPN2.  Kickoff (or, more likely, coverage is scheduled to begin) at 7:00.  Tough game to pick; arguments can be made for both teams.  Should be a good one.

I'm setting this up as a separate thread, instead of responding in the Week 5 Pick 'Ems Thread, just in case someone wants to continue the conversation after that thread gets locked. 
If I've got it right, Chaminade and Central square off tonight in what is arguably the Game of the Week for the entire nation.  Two teams ranked nationally in the Top 5.   The game will be broadcast on ESPN2.  Kickoff (or, more likely, coverage is scheduled to begin) at 7:00.  Tough game to pick; arguments can be made for both teams.  Should be a good one.

The RPI system used by the FHSAA prior to the current system offered transparency and reproducibility.  One could even calculate "what if" scenarios to see the potential impact of future outcomes.  When the FHSAA tweaked the percentage weighting of the 3 variables (team's record, opponents' records, opponents' opponents' records), it was openly publicized.  I would suspect that the FHSAA's financial/legal relationship with MaxPreps precludes the public release of their algorithm.    

Miami Central
STA
Cardinal Newman
Apopka
Niceville
Miramar 
Seminole
Osceola 
St Augustine
Ely

On a related note, is MaxPreps formula disclosed?  I noticed that in the MaxPreps national rankings, they have Miami Central ranked 4th and Chaminade-Madonna ranked 5th.  Yet in the MaxPreps state rankings, they've got C-M 2nd and Central 3rd.   Can anyone explain this?