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QB Felipe Franks - Wakulla RB Mark Walton - Booker T WR Calvin Ridley - Monarch WR George Campbell - East Lake WR Sam Bruce STA TE Jacob Mathis - Berkeley Prep UT Nate Craig - Tampa Catholic

What's the update on this tournament? Who's in it?

I used to drive thru Perry a lot going back and forth from Tampa to Tallahasse. Would stop at this gas station that had a Chicken joint in it. It was a must stop!

It makes a ton of sense. You gotta get the right people on board

Doesn't Broward County make their teams do it? I know in Hillsborough, the county AD makes the majority of the schedules, and has it set up to have zero incentive to bring big time teams here with revenue sharing

Hey Jay, why Tech at Plant of all games? Others look good

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So are you going to talk specifically to the people who make the decisions?

It's a quadruple header with Godby playing Marist. 4 games in 1 day is some bang for your buck!

I know a lot of you guys attend mainly just the game a of your teams, but does anyone have plans to go to games away from their home? List some games you want to go, or intend on going to around the state . Week 1 I would love to drive up to Valdosta, and watch the doubleheader with Plant and Manatee squaring off with 2 Georgia teams. American Heritage vs Apopka is a must see. I normally wouldn't drive that far to Valdosta, but I'm getting 2 games and their oos,so it's definitely interesting. Other than that I would have to look some games up. I probably won't travel further than 2 hours besides the Valdosta games

Also, some out of state facts: New Smyrna Beach will be the first Florida team in history to play an Arkansas team in high school football September 12th. Melbourne Central Catholic will be the first Florida team to play a high school football game on International soil when they play in The Bahamas week 1

If you,guys have any different matchups as your opinion let us know!

The preseason awards for the out of state games this year...... Best Match up: Miami Central vs Hoover Biggest Advantage for Florida: Escambia over Vidor,TX Biggest disadvantage for Florida: Oakleaf vs Wayne County,GA Farthest Traveling Florida team: IMG Academy (1,148 miles to Plano,TX) Farthest out of state team coming to Florida: Fountain Valley,CA (2,511 miles to play South Plantation) Shortest trip for Florida team traveling oos: Hilliard (17 miles to Charlton County)

Too tough to predict the North. There are so many good teams it's tough to decide. Injuries play a big part. People are saying Apopka and Manatee will be down, but I don't think so. I will go with my homer pick and say Plant makes it out. South Dade got a bunch of transfers, and Miramar is always at the top, so I would like to see a rematch of Plant/Miramar

First Coast will not be battle tested. If you look back on the last decade, the best season in history was a 40-0 loss to a 2 loss team. Manatee was in a dog fight with FPC that year, escaping alive 13-10 First Coast is that team you never bet to win it all because they never have, and the safe bet would be to go with the field, until 1 year they prove you wrong. Same thing with Apopka until 2 years ago.

im not sure beating down a really bad Baker County team in a spring game could help you see that, but they should always be in the running. First Coast is a Jacksonville area all star team, and hold the title of "Best team with the most pathetic schedule" i think 8A North is too tough for them with Apopka, Dr Phillips, Plant, Manatee, and Fort Pierce Central lurking. and Apopka took them to the woodshed last year. I dont think they get there. same round, same result in my opinion for 1st choice Coast.

I tried to help FPC find some promoters or TV marketers to help make this game happen. Ultimately, I don't know how they did it, but I hope they have some serious horses to go. This will be the best team these kids ever played in their history. Better than Manatee and Plant last year. I hope they can pull the monumental upset.

Honestly, I would not hire former college players as head coaches. They seem to be a revolving door. These college players turned coach are so up in the air. They are doing it just to kill time to something better. Teams need to hire guys that really want to be there.

This is a lot better matchup than the debacle with University Christian. That was pathetic that an average school of 200 went and embarassed themselves vs Highlands. Hopefully Columbus can represent well for the state.

1. Aquinas 2. Bolles 3. Plant 4. Lakeland 5. Booker T Washington 6. Armwood 7. Miami Central 8. Cocoa 9. Miami Northwestern 10. Dwyer 11. Madison County 12. Glades Central 13. Lincoln 14. Manatee 15. Miramar 16. Naples 17. Apopka 18. Dr Phillips 19. Mainland 20. St Augustine 21. Niceville 22. Godby 23. Jefferson 24. AH Delray 25. Trinity Catholic

Just do it in Tampa on a date nowhere near the Big County one, and make sure it's after, so your not competing with them. Unless u want to

Why don't you post on the FHSAA classifieds and football scoop.com? I'm not sure if the FHSAA site will accept it, but it worth a shot. The footballscoop site will, and you,will get some good traffic with that one, can make it huge!

I'm gonna try and help get teams. You should have one in Tampa

And you can't please everyone. If some bad 3A teams with enrollments of 400-500 are unhappy who cares? It can't be perfect, and some teams will be at a disadvantage, but it's for the overall greater good.

And if you have the bottom feeders enrollment wise crying about playing teams with 1100, give them an option to move down to 2A if it is logistical.