Multiple Choice Quiz - Worst Record in State Finals

[OldSchoolLion]

Which of the following teams has the worst record in state championship finals appearances(the lowest percentage of wins/ties vs losses)?

Atlantic/Delray

Clewiston

Fort Meade

Madison County

Miami Southridge

Osceola/Kissimmee

Hint: the correct answer is NOT Columbia

[badbird]

I didn't think Atlantic won one.

[DisabledAccount]

21 minutes ago, OldSchoolLion said:

Which of the following teams has the worst record in state championship finals appearances(the lowest percentage of wins/ties vs losses)?

Atlantic/Delray

Clewiston

Fort Meade

Madison County

Miami Southridge

Osceola/Kissimmee

Hint: the correct answer is NOT Columbia

Shut up

[DisabledAccount]

14 minutes ago, badbird said:

I didn't think Atlantic won one.

Well if so they would be 0-2 (i think) 

 

Atlantic might be the answer

[FloTech]

Columbus is like 0-3 in the finals right or am I'm wrong 

[561_Fan]

Atlantic won once as Carver, but they haven’t won since merging to become Atlantic 

[OldSchoolLion]

2 minutes ago, FloTech said:

Columbus is like 0-3 in the finals right or am I'm wrong 

Columbus, Edgewater, Hardee, Lake Gibson and Warner Christian are all 0-3 in state finals.  

The teams in the list above are all teams who have appeared in at least 5 state finals.  Just pick from amongst the teams in the list, if you would like.

[FloTech]

17 minutes ago, OldSchoolLion said:

Columbus, Edgewater, Hardee, Lake Gibson and Warner Christian are all 0-3 in state finals.  

The teams in the list above are all teams who have appeared in at least 5 state finals.  Just pick from amongst the teams in the list, if you would like.

Oooo Ok I see now 

[FloTech]

Clewiston or Atlantic 

[DarterBlue2]

Clewiston is my final answer.

[BrowardHandicapper]

1 hour ago, FloTech said:

Columbus is like 0-3 in the finals right or am I'm wrong 

You must be thinking of Columbia.

[BrowardHandicapper]

Atlantic has never won (since being "Atlantic") and is at least 0-3 at States .  I'm going to go with Atlantic.

[FloTech]

9 hours ago, BrowardHandicapper said:

You must be thinking of Columbia.

Columbia does have a state title just not in the fhsaa era

[DisabledAccount]

20 minutes ago, FloTech said:

Columbia does have a state title just not in the fhsaa era

Fhsaa been around since 1920 so our only "offical" championship was 47 years afterwards

 

We should have 5 state titles during our undefeated seasons but we only were given the one we got during playoffs 

 

But if Manatee can claim a championship from the 1920s I'm gonna find out if Columbia can claim our rightful championships 

[OldSchoolLion]

1 hour ago, ColumbiaHighFan2017class said:

Fhsaa been around since 1920 so our only "offical" championship was 47 years afterwards

 

We should have 5 state titles during our undefeated seasons but we only were given the one we got during playoffs 

 

But if Manatee can claim a championship from the 1920s I'm gonna find out if Columbia can claim our rightful championships 

Why stop there Columbia?  I heard some folks in Lake City beat a band of Seminole Indians in a state title game back in the 1800's.  Heck, legend has it that the Columbia Tigers beat the Spanish explorers in a title game in the 1500's  You may want to research all this and make sure you get all of the credit due.  Lord knows ya'll haven't won anything lately.

 

 

[BrowardHandicapper]

This is supposedly a couple photos from Columbia's first (or last)  State Championship:

 

 

[BrowardHandicapper]

I will add to that an authentic photo of ColumbiaHighFan2017class as a child the first time he saw the State Championship game ball in the trophy case at Columbia High School (Notice the purple and yellow background at Columbia High as proof that this is authentic):

[FloTech]

1 hour ago, OldSchoolLion said:

Why stop there Columbia?  I heard some folks in Lake City beat a band of Seminole Indians in a state title game back in the 1800's.  Heck, legend has it that the Columbia Tigers beat the Spanish explorers in a title game in the 1500's  You may want to research all this and make sure you get all of the credit due.  Lord knows ya'll haven't won anything lately.

 

 

Stop it Skip lol

[OldSchoolLion]

2 hours ago, BrowardHandicapper said:

This is supposedly a couple photos from Columbia's first (or last)  State Championship:

 

 

My great great grandpappy, Peepaw, was at this legendary, but very controversial title game, played in Lake City's Wynn Less Memorial Stadium back in 1899.   It is believed that this was an early case of home cookin'.  Lake City referee Homer "Happy Flags" Johnson, in the foreground, penalized the opposing team for a facemask penalty on the last play of the game, giving the home team one more chance.  The Tigers then scored the winning TD on their famous double redneck reverse play.  But their title was later stripped when it was determined they were using an ineligible player, who lived in Live Oak, but commuted via horseback every day to Lake City. 

Interestingly, Peepaw used to speak of a Lake City guy on the forums back then who used to debate everyone that his team had won many championships in the past, even though everyone on the forum knew otherwise.  Peepaw said one day the guy just disappeared off the forum.  He believes the fella "went nuts waiting for the Tigers to finally win a state championship."  Peepaw always wondered if anyone in the family would take up the tradition of defending Lake City's honor in the future.  Guess not      

 

 

[BrowardHandicapper]

2 minutes ago, OldSchoolLion said:

My great great grandpappy, Peepaw, was at this legendary, but very controversial title game, played in Lake City's Wynn Less Memorial Stadium back in 1899.   It is believed that this was an early case of home cookin'.  Lake City referee Homer "Happy Flags" Johnson, in the foreground, penalized the opposing team for a facemask penalty on the last play of the game, giving the home team one more chance.  The Tigers then scored the winning TD on their famous double redneck reverse play.  But their title was later stripped when it was determined they were using an ineligible player, who lived in Live Oak, but commuted via horseback every day to Lake City. 

Interestingly, Peepaw used to speak of a Lake City guy on the forums back then who used to debate everyone that his team had won many championships in the past, even though everyone on the forum knew otherwise.  Peepaw said one day the guy just disappeared off the forum.  He believes the fella "went nuts waiting for the Tigers to finally win a state championship."  Peepaw always wondered if anyone in the family would take up the tradition of defending Lake City's honor in the future.  Guess not      

 

 

LMAO!  The Folklore of Lake City!

[OldSchoolLion]

...and the correct answer is....Atlantic/Delray.

They are the only team in history to play in 5 state title games under the FHSAA without ever winning a title.  The first 4 games were all low-scoring affairs back in the 1970's decided by 7 points or less.  In fact, the combined score of those games was 40-21.  This past season Atlantic lost to Dr Phillips in the 8A title game.

All of the other teams on the list have had bad luck in state title games as well, but have won at least one state title

 

 

[Proseteye]

On 2/9/2018 at 10:24 PM, OldSchoolLion said:

...and the correct answer is....Atlantic/Delray.

They are the only team in history to play in 5 state title games under the FHSAA without ever winning a title.  The first 4 games were all low-scoring affairs back in the 1970's decided by 7 points or less.  In fact, the combined score of those games was 40-21.  This past season Atlantic lost to Dr Phillips in the 8A title game.

All of the other teams on the list have had bad luck in state title games as well, but have won at least one state title

 

 

5 state title games. That's probably more than 98% of all the teams in Florida ever had. We can kid about Columbia but, down through the years, they may have done more than most teams.