1996 4A Title Game Video - Bolles vs Bartow

[OldSchoolLion]

..one of the biggest upsets in FHSAA title game history.

 

[Jambun82]

I remember attending this game on a bitterly cold Saturday Afternoon in December. This was the last year that the state title games were in Daytona Beach until this year. What an upset. I could be mistaken, but I believe that the Bolles FB was injured very early in this game, and didn't play anymore. I remember going home from this game and watching the VCR tape of the Bill Parcells Patriots coming back to beat the Dan Reeves Giants 23-22, which was being played the same time as this game.

[OldSchoolLion]

Bartow's coach, Danny Rea Smith, had coached previously at St Cloud and was one of only 4 coaches to beat Corky Rogers in a state title game(Ice Harris/BTW, Joe Zaccheo/Miami Pace, John Wilkinson/Cocoa are the others). 

Bolles had won titles in 1990, 1993 and 1995.  Coming into that game, they had a 27-game winning streak, were ranked #1 by USA Today, and had 9 D1 commits, including Chris Reier at qb(who later played for Alabama).

[OldSchoolLion]

34 minutes ago, Jambun82 said:

I remember attending this game on a bitterly cold Saturday Afternoon in December. This was the last year that the state title games were in Daytona Beach until this year. What an upset. I could be mistaken, but I believe that the Bolles FB was injured very early in this game, and didn't play anymore. I remember going home from this game and watching the VCR tape of the Bill Parcells Patriots coming back to beat the Dan Reeves Giants 23-22, which was being played the same time as this game.

C'mon Jam.  According to Dayton's Chamber of Commerce, it never gets cold in Daytona.

[skyway]

Haha yep that was a VERY cold weekend! The game the night before this (Lakeland 40, STA 6) was bitterly cold as well as you can imagine. I was sitting next to Haines City's old coach and he said to someone he thought Bartow would take out Lakeland if they played. Which is what everyone in Polk wanted after this game. Didn't happen until the opener of the next season though. 

[Dan in Daytona]

Jam, Bolles QB broke ankle at Bartow goal line early in the 1st quarter. And it was COLD, but beautiful clear blue skies (Daytona Chamber of Commerce).

[LakelandGator]

14 hours ago, Jambun82 said:

I remember attending this game on a bitterly cold Saturday Afternoon in December. This was the last year that the state title games were in Daytona Beach until this year. What an upset. I could be mistaken, but I believe that the Bolles FB was injured very early in this game, and didn't play anymore. I remember going home from this game and watching the VCR tape of the Bill Parcells Patriots coming back to beat the Dan Reeves Giants 23-22, which was being played the same time as this game.

It was Bolles QB, and that injury was the kiss of death.

Bartow saw that Bolles offense couldn't move the ball without him.

https://twitter.com/CountyPolk

[Dan in Daytona]

As a side note, the son of my wife's cousin and his new girlfriend came with me to the game. Both were young FSU students from inner city Miami. Fast forward 23 yrs and their happily married, with two children, she's a doctor and he's an Army colonel now serving oversea's. I'm now old and retired, sitting on the couch, shirtless, shoeless, and watching TV (Wimbledon semi-finals)......life moves on in unexpected ways folks. Make the best of it.

[skyway]

12 hours ago, Dan in Daytona said:

Jam, Bolles QB broke ankle at Bartow goal line early in the 1st quarter. And it was COLD, but beautiful clear blue skies (Daytona Chamber of Commerce).

I don't recall (or see in the videos) it being clear blue skies for this game 

[OldSchoolLion]

5 hours ago, Dan in Daytona said:

As a side note, the son of my wife's cousin and his new girlfriend came with me to the game. Both were young FSU students from inner city Miami. Fast forward 23 yrs and their happily married, with two children, she's a doctor and he's an Army colonel now serving oversea's. I'm now old and retired, sitting on the couch, shirtless, shoeless, and watching TV (Wimbledon semi-finals)......life moves on in unexpected ways folks. Make the best of it.

..thank God you stopped there, Dan.  I was starting to get a very disturbing visual.

[Jambun82]

23 hours ago, OldSchoolLion said:

C'mon Jam.  According to Dayton's Chamber of Commerce, it never gets cold in Daytona.

OldSchoolLion, you should know better then to listen to anything that the Daytona Beach Chamber of Commerce, or anyone from Volusia County, tells you!  

[Jambun82]

Thank you Dan in Daytona, and LakelandGator. I knew that it was a very important offensive player that Bolles lost, and that their game plan was really hampered because of it.

[Dan in Daytona]

4 hours ago, skyway said:

I don't recall (or see in the videos) it being clear blue skies for this game 

Well, I had my Mainland Royal Blue sunglasses on.....what else can I say.    Never let facts get in the way of a good story.

 

[Dan in Daytona]

1 hour ago, OldSchoolLion said:

..thank God you stopped there, Dan.  I was starting to get a very disturbing visual.

yeah, the scratching and itching was left out on the final cut. Josh does have a "G" Rated website.