Undefeated Palmetto falls to Lincoln

[DisabledAccount]

Palmetto is elite they said

 

Having palmetto at 39th in state in your poll shows you don't know football they said

 

 

 

Well I guess my mistake for drinking their koolaid too soon 

 

Guess this week ranking I will have to correct a few teams who I clearly had way too high

[DisabledAccount]

And game wasn't even close

 

Undefeated Palmetto lost by 19! To Lincoln!

 

Not only upset this week but this one was biggest eye opening one i saw

[badbird]

6A is wide open and weak.  Same can probably be said for 8A

[DisabledAccount]

29 minutes ago, badbird said:

6A is wide open and weak.  Same can probably be said for 8A

You say weak I say balanced

[badbird]

Just now, ColumbiaHighFan2017class said:

You say weak I say balanced

only because you are in 6A.  It is weak.  Every large class has lots of decent teams.  6A and 8A have no elite teams 

[DisabledAccount]

Just now, badbird said:

only because you are in 6A.  It is weak.  Every large class has lots of decent teams.  6A and 8A have no elite teams 

I thought the only elite teams in FL was Lakeland and STA

 

Who does 5a have that is elite this year?

[badbird]

Just now, ColumbiaHighFan2017class said:

I thought the only elite teams in FL was Lakeland and STA

 

Who does 5a have that is elite this year?

I haven't looked at 5A lol

[badbird]

6A and 8A probably don't even have a top 10 team in Florida

[MC Rockets]

54 minutes ago, badbird said:

6A is wide open and weak.  Same can probably be said for 8A

6A has no clear favorite. MC is very beatable. Dillard could be a dark horse. Naples can make a nice run if they get home games. Palmetto and Lake Gibson, the verdict is still out on them. And it's a crapshoot for the top half of the draw. 

[badbird]

1 minute ago, MC Rockets said:

6A has no clear favorite. MC is very beatable. Dillard could be a dark horse. Naples can make a nice run if they get home games. Palmetto and Lake Gibson, the verdict is still out on them. And it's a crapshoot for the top have of the draw. 

going to be tough to predict who comes out of it.

[DisabledAccount]

7 minutes ago, badbird said:

I haven't looked at 5A lol

My point being you single 6a and 8a out as if the classes suck

[badbird]

1 minute ago, ColumbiaHighFan2017class said:

My point being you single 6a and 8a out as if the classes suck

so they do suck. Name a top 10 team in either class?  These are the largest classes in Florida and should have top teams.

[DisabledAccount]

1 minute ago, badbird said:

so they do suck. Name a top 10 team in either class?  These are the largest classes in Florida and should have top teams.

Idk yet but I feel both will have a top 10 team at the end of the season once the dust settles

[badbird]

Maxpreps has Apopka ranked #4 in 8A.  Ask Darterblue.  This Apopka team is not very good however they do have a shot in a watered down weak 8A.  

[badbird]

1 minute ago, ColumbiaHighFan2017class said:

Idk yet but I feel both will have a top 10 team at the end of the season once the dust settles

yeah because someone will win it and be ranked higher than they should.  Other classes will knock each other out.  

[DisabledAccount]

Just now, badbird said:

Maxpreps has Apopka ranked #4 in 8A.  Ask Darterblue.  This Apopka team is not very good however they do have a shot in a watered down weak 8A.  

With all due respect to the blue darters they will face solid competition in 8a region 1

 

Doubt they make it out of regional play

[badbird]

1 minute ago, ColumbiaHighFan2017class said:

With all due respect to the blue darters they will face solid competition in 8a region 1

 

Doubt they make it out of regional play

I don't think they will either.  Two of the three teams ahead of them are in Region 1.   However they are one of the better 8A tams and very average this year.

[THIS_IS_DILLARD]

35 minutes ago, MC Rockets said:

6A has no clear favorite. MC is very beatable. Dillard could be a dark horse. Naples can make a nice run if they get home games. Palmetto and Lake Gibson, the verdict is still out on them. And it's a crapshoot for the top half of the draw. 

I was just saying yesterday how 6A is wide open this year there is no CLEAR and undeniable but there is a lot of balance and a few potentials.

coming into this year Dillard was ranked behind MC SOUTH RIDGE Belen & norland in 6A south. But I honestly believe other then Miami central ..Dillard has the next best chance to represent 6A in the championship. Or ATLEAST the state semis.

still a long way to go before that tho right now our goal is to try and get to (10-0) next Saturday.

[fishspinners]

This one was a big surprise to me. This is the best Palmetto defense I've ever seen and I'm kinda shocked by the score. The local papers only showed the score and didn't offer much of a story line as to what was going on with Palmetto Fri night. Were players out? Did they decide to play the young guys because they've already locked up a playoff spot? Maybe Lincoln just had one of those nights were the ball just bounced their way? I'll have to take a ride to the barbershop tomorrow and see if someone knows the scoop. I do know this Palmetto team is legit and should make a deep run in the playoffs. 

[Perspective]

Why was Palmetto playing Lincoln to begin with?  Am I correct that Palmetto is in the Bradenton area and Lincoln is in Tallahassee?  That's like a 4-5 hour bus ride for a regular-season, non-district game, right?  

Maybe the Palmetto coach is crazy like a fox and trying to get his team ready for the prospect of a long bus ride in a playoff game. 

[DisabledAccount]

1 minute ago, Perspective said:

Why was Palmetto playing Lincoln to begin with?  Am I correct that Palmetto is in the Bradenton area and Lincoln is in Tallahassee?  That's like a 4-5 hour bus ride for a regular-season, non-district game, right?  

Maybe the Palmetto coach is crazy like a fox and trying to get his team ready for the prospect of a long bus ride in a playoff game. 

sometimes it's better to play teams outside of your area to see how you stack up to other areas in the state, if you only play teams in your area you may end up being unprepared when facing a team from a different area of the state as teams in other areas are built different

 

Like for Columbia if we did nothing but play teams in North Central Florida when we get in playoffs and have to face teams from other areas of the state who are completely different matchups we may not truly be prepared for what weaknesses might be exploited by someone in a different area 

[Perspective]

10 minutes ago, ColumbiaHighFan2017class said:

sometimes it's better to play teams outside of your area to see how you stack up to other areas in the state, if you only play teams in your area you may end up being unprepared when facing a team from a different area of the state as teams in other areas are built different

 

Like for Columbia if we did nothing but play teams in North Central Florida when we get in playoffs and have to face teams from other areas of the state who are completely different matchups we may not truly be prepared for what weaknesses might be exploited by someone in a different area 

I agree 100%.  But Tallahassee is an awfully long way to travel from Palmetto.  Plenty of other  teams "outside of [their] area" 2-3 hours away.