Joshua Wilson

Two schools that I have counted so far are public that dropped and bring the total up to six. Those six are Key West Lecanto Coral Glades West Broward Marathon Coral Shores

One school has already cited that they could not compete.

Just had a talk with Madison County's head coach about regarding the Charter School that is in Madison. First because the Charter School does not offer sports they are required to count the Charter School numbers in for the enrollment numbers by the FHSAA. Second, the Charter School does not have 200 kids. That number is only in the high 30's and out of those 30 plus kids only two are playing football for the school. Glad to have some facts and the FHSAA does have rules to help account for charter schools without sports. So even if Madison went to Class 1A in the next cycle (its a borderline situation) I really don't think Class 1A would have much to worry about and I myself would welcome to see some new teams add to the current fold.

It is tough looking at this and seeing what is happening. A solution is needed, but what kind of solution. I am really looking for several solutions that can be used..

I also have to ask if the success of Class 1A is sabotaging the rest of the lowest four classes. Just five years ago when we had eight classes and no rural class there was only 39 teams independent.

They had a streak from 1994 until 2012 of making the playoffs every year. They had not made the playoffs since Madison County opened in 1980 when they merged all the schools together in the county.

Madison County would be the only school and Taylor County would be likely to join 1A if their numbers fall in line. Trinity Catholic would not be eligible at all for 1A Rural. I have to ask though how seriously Madison County would damage 1A though considering if you look at it they went 5-5 and miss the playoffs. The numbers would have be studied to see what the impact is here.

TigerFan...you are on to something here, but the issue is much more complicated in terms of the charter schools. There are areas where there is one charter school pulling from four or five different zones of a traditional high school. To combine the enrollments would not make sound sense. I can see what you saying in the sense of Madison County, but what you do to one you have to do for all and a solution as combing would not work.

Tigerfan...very interesting take. You are right about 1A and what it has done. Any privates over 1,000 I think should have a multiplier of like 1.25 or 1.5 and boot them up a class or two. But taking any privates under 1k and having two classes may not be a bad idea.

This is very true...however, should I make a proposal with any of the independent teams possibly returning to district play or work with what I have based upon research knowing who is coming and who is going?

This is how Texas looks as for the 2014 alignment...tell me can't do this here (this minus the fact they split everything down from 4A and below, but if they were combined this would be the results) 6A - 2,100 and above 5A - 1,060 - 2,099 4A - 465 - 1,059 3A - 220 - 464 2A - 105 -219 1A - under 105 So a Class 3A here with a huge cap shouldn't be impossible although I know at lower classes you will have thinner rosters leading to disparity.

Right and that is where I am looking at....a Class 3A may have to be teams with 400-1100 enrollment.

You know I like the idea of district champs getting the automatic berths then wildcard everyone else. 6 classifications would sound great or maybe 7, but the FHSAA says 1A is working as intended to for the rural schools and I believe it is working based upon the fact we have had 5 different teams compete in the last three years in that class with three different winners. Shows that anyone can win in that Class. Now we need to show for it in the rest of them.

What if we gave private schools a multiplier like 1.5? I know some states do that.

D.J. Mayo has been hired as the next head coach at Warner Christian in South Daytona Mayo might be a name some of you all recognize as he coached at Chamberlain High in Tampa in 2012. You can read more about Mayo's hiring here and you can share your thoughts on here.

In the last month, I have noticed quite a few teams move out of district play into independent status. This is leaving many issues to concern including the number of teams in a classification falling below minimum amount. So here is a couple of questions to answer: 1. Do you agree with the current eight (8) classification model used by the FHSAA? 2. If you don't what, would be the best way to improve things? I have a few thoughts, but I have decided to take this to the masses. - Josh

NoleBull...can we get dates for these games?

Marcus Paschal has been announced as the new head coach for the Largo Packers in Pinellas County. He played for the school from 2000-2001 and went on to play at the college and professional level. Read more here

Would you use our forums if we had regional message boards that more focused on and specific to your area, while also maintaining a statewide board? Let us know your thoughts!

Per John Lembo of the Bradenton Herald, the Manatee-Venice game is officially back on. Lembo mentioned in his tweet on Twitter that the game will be played on Week 11.

A couple of those schools have said they will not be welcomed back. This is the worst thing you can do to a kid, especially if it was the only school he wanted to go to.

FAMU has pulled four offers within the last 24 hours from kids that were going to sign with them. I don't know what the issue, but I find this pretty dirty considering one of the kids from Hialeah was faithful all the way to the very moment they called to pull the offer. This is not a nice way to treat prospects. I understand offers get pulled, but 24 hours or on Signing Day itself and these kids didn't entertain any other offers out there. This is what stings and it hurts in a public relations sense when it comes to the football program itself. Feel free to comment. This is open for constructive debate.

Holy Trinity is seeking a new head coach after Mark Ainsley accepted the same position at Heritage High in Palm Bay Heritage had its best season this past year, while Ainsley took Holy Trinity to the playoffs for the first time in years. Ainsley takes over for Ajay Ulmer who stepped down after the season ARTICLE: Mark Ainsley leaving Holy Trinity for Heritage

Thanks 181pl and welcome aboard! Fun times are ahead!

Also can add Trinity Catholic vs. Calvert Hall (MD)...they are making the return trip to Florida this year.