Joshua Wilson

It is not even that...

Well hat tip my colleague Adam Lichtenstein at the Sun-Sentinel for getting the scoop on what Miami-Dade is doing. Most of their schools are opting out. Only five schools are in including only two of the four defending champs are opting in. Other schools opting in include Homestead, Edison and Miami Palmetto.

IMG Chaminade-Madonna Lake Gibson Bartram Traiil Bolles Fleming Island Bishop Verot Palmetto Seminole Trinity Catholic

A lot of school's are going to use paid platforms to make up for lost revenue with tickets. This is just the way it is going to be this year.

@nolebull813 The game is at Boot Hill... trust me I know, because I got the schedule straight from them. My picks Bolles Chaminade-Madonna Jesuit Tampa Catholic Gaither Largo Venice Madison County Steinbrenner Fletcher

Laz - They are going to play a hybrid schedule this year. They are going to transition back to 11-man football so some games are going to be 8-man, some are going to be 11-man. It is going to vary. This is what it was explained to me by the SSAC.

Baker County Florida High IMG Academy Bishop Verot Hawthorne Port Charlotte Foundation Academy Trenton West Nassau Wewahitchka

A big game between former district foes. Read more here:

Read more about this heated rivalry here:

Welp... that ended the season before we got started... just kidding... time to play ball kids!

We can do one, sure... I might need some help to keep up with it... @ColumbiaHighFan2017class

Here are the top games for Week 1 as selected by yours truly: https://floridahsfootball.com/2020/09/01/top-games-for-week-1-announcement/#.X074CchKiUk

You all can check out Joe Pinkos' Week 1 Forecast by checking it out here: https://floridahsfootball.com/2020/09/01/joe-pinkos-statewide-week-1-game-forecast/#.X071WMhKiUl

Full Statewide Week 1 Schedule available right here: https://floridahsfootball.com/2020/09/01/statewide-week-1-football-schedule/#.X05yDMhKiUk

I put together a long form article articulating how we are getting to Friday's big decision by the FHSAA Board of Directors and weaved things including #WeWantToPlay to political influence. Have a read for yourself here:

No changes to RPI... same as last year.

Story from today's FHSAA Fall Sports Task Force meeting:

I am working on that, but I am also seeing a of schedules still incomplete on MaxPreps which is odd. Usually most will have schedules out. I guess a lot are in wait and see mode to see what the FHSAA decides to do.

Also very possible they have started this program from scratch having built up a middle school program first and then going to a high school program as they rise up through the grades. This seems to be the typical approach in a lot of areas now.

You are going to see a lot of this... traveling allowed in certain zones, no travel outside to other areas. That means a ton of schedules could be up ended. That leads me to this... should I even continue to collect schedules up until something becomes clearer?

I can tell you all this: 1. Tallahassee will not absorb the 4A-8A games (at least not at Gene Cox). 2. That means IMG is not going to happen... FHSAA won't let that happen. 3. No high school school site is going to be used (Gene Cox is not an on-site school site) 4. Best options I see is Orlando City's Exploria Stadium (if they can agree), UCF, FAU or FIU... I don't see them going back to Camping World Stadium. Weekends wouldn't work given bowl games follow that very next weekend (if schedules hold up with COVID), but remember this will be a two-year deal. 5. Don't ever expect the FHSAA to entertain Daytona Beach again until they really improve things and come up with a better plan to handle it. They really thought they could do things like they did on a typical Friday night and it was very evident from what I saw first hand being there. I thought the crowds and games were great, but the scoreboard malfunctions, the lack of cell service and lack of wifi outside of the press box was a major buzz kill. The low quality of food that was served to the press by the host (this is not the FHSAA's call), was horrible. Very bad hot dogs from the concession stand and chips at most and most times they didn't even have enough for the press. FHSAA thought they had a nice site for 4A-8A and it just simply was too much for them to return because the issue weren't going to get fixed.

Sounds like Spruce Creek is going to East Ridge to replace that game... so I like that. That will be a nice matchup for both programs.

As far as I understand some of the games vs. Georgia teams are going to happen no matter what. As I have said it comes down to what each county does... also depends what the FHSAA Fall Sports Task Force recommends to the board of directors and what FLDOE and the Governor ultimately decides.

Yeah I don't see it happening either... if it does, then I will be totally shocked. Will have to message them and ask them about it.