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Teams that just missed the cut that were heavily considered. In no order Lake Mary Booker T Norland CCC Jesuit FSU High

It was super tough because there was so much parity. Teams beating other teams but having more losses. Teams with better records but weaker schedules. There was a lot of splitting hairs. But here is how I see it. 1. Miami Central 2. STA 3. Chaminade 4. Lakeland 5. Columbus 6. AHP 7. Homestead 8. Jones 9. Osceola 10. Edgewater 11. Venice 12. Apopka 13. Seminole 14. Cocoa 15. MNW 16. Cardinal Gibbons 17. Bartram Trail 18. Buchholz 19. Lake Wales 20. Tampa Bay Tech 21. Ocoee 22. Ely 23. Cardinal Newman 24. Mainland 25. Bolles

Updated 1R Alachua 1S Collier 1M Broward 2S Brevard 2M Dade vs Broward 3S Polk vs Volusia 3M Dade vs Broward 4S Polk vs Sarasota 4M Dade vs Orange

Polk County crushed the myth that “suburban” teams have a built in disadvantage when Pinellas County has ZERO titles in football history but Polk has been cranking them out for decades. All that population hasn’t helped Pinellas County win any titles. So why do metro areas that have success get penalized?

I might have missed it in another thread but what is the reasoning for having half the games this week, and the other half next week? Is it media access? Why are we always the embarrassment of the country? The schedules don’t get released until the kickoff classic week, Way Too many classifications, our association punting responsibility to one of the most inaccurate and incompetent websites imaginable, 2 different locations for the finals, and two different weekend. It’s such a damn shame that with the best athletes in the country, we have the worst oversight and leadership at the top

Lakewood has less chance to win than CCC does. Pinellas County will be gracefully bowing out this weekend

Why didn’t the suburban and rural teams play in north Florida and the metro teams play in south Florida? Chaminade has to drive 9 hours to play a game when half the title games are minutes up the road. And if Columbia qualifies they will have to head 7 hours South instead of up the street to Tally. what kind of incompetence is having metro championships in a suburban county?

Ocalla Trinity Catholic is another team that hit the class lotto. TC won’t win a game by less than 21 points

Was the 3 star a transfer? Or was that the 4 star? I can’t keep up with the recruited up North Florida all star team from Lake City!

Imagine if Columbo won the title. And they lost to a 1A Rural. Kind of blows up the myth that 1A rural teams are so bad they need their own special little classification

Agree

The fact that 24 counties are still alive is actually a negative, not a positive. It goes back to the participation trophy mindset. Half these teams would have been long gone in a real bracket

Cocoa is just showing the FHSAA what a stupid decision they made. This watered down junk is an embarrassment

Counties with TWO - Alachua, Duval, Pinellas, Lee, Polk Counties with THREE - Orange, Broward Counties with FOUR - Dade

Heading into the state semi finals there are 36 teams left competing for a title. These are the counties representing still. Counties with ONE team left - Escambia, Calhoun, Union, Gadsden, Collier, St Lucie, Marion, Brevard, Bradford, Leon, Volusia, Columbia, Hillsborough, Palm Beach, Osceola, Sarasota

No. I think when classifications were released the Cocoa staff jumped up and down for the free title they were given.

Pennsylvania has more teams than Florida and only has 6 classifications. They have power privates from big cities too who get transfers. But they make shit happen. There is no justification to have more than 6 classes. Other than the FHSAA making playoff gate money.

The issue is, and always will be the amount of classes you have. I don’t have a problem with metro and suburban as long as it’s not water down. But it is. Realistically there should only be five classes in the state. There is only about 500 teams playing varsity football not including any independent or SSAC teams. 100 teams per class can go back to 16 districts per class with an average of 6 to 8 teams per district. What’s wrong with that?

Suburban Venice destroyed 3 straight Metro teams last year to win the title. Can someone tell me how that happened with the metro teams being in a huge populated areas able to stockpile talent. How did it happen?

So you are admitting it. The state just watered down the playoff brackets even more than it already has been because some teams in metropolitan areas have had too much success so they have to keep making participation trophies for others that haven’t earned it to feel better

Varela High has 3,200 kids Ferguson has 4300 kids Coral Park has 2300 kids Reagan High has 2000 kids These are some of the worst teams in the country. There are Deaf and Blind schools ranked higher than them. These schools are in the most fertile recruiting spot in America. Explain to me how they have a built-in advantage over Lakeland, Venice, Vero Beach, Osceola etc etc?

2500 is no different than 4000 some of the worst teams in the state have 2500-4000 in enrollment. There are teams with 400 that would put a running clock on teams with 4000. Some not all

Cording to maxpreps he is tied with a guy from Wharton FL with 30 and behind the nations leader from Ft Lauderdale High who has 32.5 this year

I guess when you retire that sparkly looking record won’t have any context and people can pat you on the back. No one is gonna remember the coach who went 75-50 against tough teams. They will remember the 100-25 record though against nobodies. No context will be provided. Just like he likes it. Lol

30 sacks is a great CAREER number. One season is outrageous. Does he have offers?