FBGUY1989

Until Dillard does something you have no room to talk. Central has 8 state titles, been to states three years in a row, beat some of the best in Florida and has a 8-7 out of state record. Central doesn't have a national title but compared to Dillard and anyone else in the state of Florida Central has done well for themselves. I'm not taking anything from Dillard and shoot Dillard might surprise everyone this upcoming season but I feel as if you're bashing Central and it's not right.

Just a question so nobody chew me out but who was better during those days and into the 2000's. Was it Glades Central or Pahokee.

Good point that your making. The area of Nassau County could potentially expand meaning gain a bigger population. What you don't want is for more and more people to move in and now you have one school that's now overcrowded. So now you'll have to reopen the school you shut down or build an entirely new school which costs and does Nassau County have the funds to spend.

Isn't Hillard a 6-12 school

I was going to mention what you just said but couldn't remember when. Not Carol City but either Booker T. Washington or Northwestern won it in the 50's or 60's but like you said back then it was segregated.

Here's the thing about Booker T. Washington. This is an historically black high school since its inception in 1927. When integration started in 1967 the school shut down into a middle school, thus changing boundaries. All of the Overtown kids were zoned depending on where they stayed to Jackson, Miami Beach and Miami High. Overtown has always had talent, a few transfers here and there but mostly homegrown talent. Now that Booker T. Washington is back open as a high school its not surprising that they're good and as you all can see their previous feeder schools aren't great. Northwestern and Central have always been great but I think for Central they've finally gotten over a hump in my opinion. As for talent they both get transfers in and I'd be lying if I said they didn't. However to say the whole team is stupid considering the area and talent that flows through. You go to a park on a Saturday morning you would think it's a college game.

You right about the 90's. Southridge, Carol City and Northwestern all had two titles a piece.

I was at that game and sitting on Central side and again they were acting the same from the previous year against Miramar. I was saying to myself Central don't know Cypress Bay and they are as good as advertised. Central ended up winning win 30-27.

The thing is people feel like the road to state goes through South Florida and if you beat one of the schools down here it's yours. However Miami doesn't feel like that. Miami schools see it as you got to get through us to make it but after 2009 Central took off and hasn't looked back.

Oh yeah that's true but even so Central thought they'd still beat them.

I agree with you on this. In 2009 Miramar came to Traz Powell stadium and beat Central 21-14. I was sitting on Central side and all you could hear were people saying who taking the bus up, who's riding with who, what hotel we staying in, tailgating, after party, planning a parade and so on. Central looked at Miramar in my opinion as a Broward school and they can't hang with us. Point is don't overlook anyone because on any given day it can go one way or the other.

Oh so when Pahokee and Glades Central were good what were we all saying then. Both schools don't have have a big area to pull in transfers from and what about Madison County. Madison County with 500 students

I'm not saying it's right or wrong but what can we do. Talent alone in Miami without those few key transfers coming in can still beat the breaks off most of the schools in any classification in FL.

Exactly my point. I'm not saying all schools but a school like Northwestern will get you at any means possible. When Northwestern was really good from 2005-2009 you couldn't tell them nothing with a 65-7 record and a national title. At times you would have thought football was more important than academics. Then again Northwestern is in an improvised neighborhood so football brought positive light to the area and school. Now these inner-city schools have talent within their neighborhood with it being majority of the team however you do get transfers in.

Got it and he should have never went there from the beginning

You don't know Miami football at all. If a kid wants to go to Booker T. Washington, Central or Northwestern he's going no matter what. You'll end up using someone else's address and if that doesn't work the coaches and administration gone fine a way to make it happen. Not gone say Booker T. Washington because there alumni isn't strong but now Northwestern alumni don't play about football especially when they winning and if they need a kid to come he's coming.

Why did he leave Boyd Anderson is there something going on over there

Your missing the point. Miami schools aren't scared to play anyone it's just that now they have to beat up on each other. In 2019 Booker T. Washington, Columbus, Central and Northwestern all brought a state title back and you might now see that again.

Your right. Miami schools don't even have their own football field compared to other parts of the state including their counterparts in Broward County

Do you rather see them all beat up on each other then having them all have a chance winning a state title because this is exactly what it sounds like. Look we all know when it comes to the playoffs except those few years but the road to state goes through Miami/Broward If you're a school in Central or North Florida and hear Booker T. Washington, Central, Northwestern or St. Thomas which the chances of all four in the first round getting knocked out isn't happening but you'd be jumping up and down because you now know it's up in the air and it's anyone's game.

You right about Down South people forget them. Coconut Grove/Coral Gables Perrine Richmond Heights Goulds Naranja Homestead Florida City

I don't agree because if your a private school you should be able to complete and beat the best of the best. Look at St. Thomas and you see Jesuit best Northwestern in 2021 which I wasn't expecting that. Yes Dade schools are on another level but I feel like they are being penalized in this new system.

Lil Haiti has talent but Edison isn't on the level of Central and Northwestern. Edison beat Carol City and Booker T. Washington 2021 season. This marked the first time besting both I believe so with Luke being there head coach makes the future great. Allapattah has talent but not much. That area used to be predominantly black, then mixed now predominantly Hispanic. Jackson is now 70% Hispanic and boundaries changed. Those that remember the old days of Soul Bowl between Jackson and Northwestern easily 10,000 in attendance or more a game every year. St. Thomas is located in Fort. Lauderdale but it's a private school. St. Thomas grabs its talent from Dillard, Boyd Anderson, Stranahan, Fort Lauderdale, Blanche Ely, and Deerfield Beach. Probably others but in proximity to St. Thomas these are who I'm guessing on. Also St. Thomas is like Columbus in terms of its location. Columbus is down south so they can't grab the kids at the so so to powerhouse schools. Columbus grabs its talent from Coral Gables, Killian, Palmetto, Southridge, Homestead and South Dade.

Most definitely but I was listing the areas with the schools it feeds into. Hialeah-Miami Lakes and North Miami aren't good.

Booker T. Washington (Overtown) Miami Edison (Lil Haiti) Miami Northwestern (Liberty City) Miami Central (Liberty City) Miami Carol City (Miami Gardens) Miami talent is more than just Overtown its Lil Haiti and Liberty City. Miami Gardens is a city so you wouldn't count it with the city of Miami and some might even say Allapattah has talent. The school in that area has fell off long long time ago. Miami Jackson