A big upset weekend...Edgewater, STA, Venice...

[Legion37 77]

Looked like this was a rough weekend for some big names. 

American Heritage 41 Venice 26 

Cardinal Gibbons 17 STA 10 (these guys need to play more often)

Jones 31  Edgewater 13

Did I miss any? A weekend that makes High School Football great!

 

And just for full disclosure Lakeland got it's butt kicked again Bloomingdale 39 LHS 14

[nolebull813 692]

 Literally not one of these games is considered an upset.

An upset would imply that an inferior team beat a superior team. There is no evidence to support this at the moment. 

[gatormike20 19]

Gibbons didn't look inferior Friday night. But I don't think anyone outside of Gibbons players or family members thought Gibbons would win. Most college coaches will tell you there is more talent on STA's squad than Gibbon's squad. I think the Gibbons / STA game was an upset !!!!  

[Perspective 603]

17 hours ago, nolebull813 said:

 Literally not one of these games is considered an upset.

An upset would imply that an inferior team beat a superior team. There is no evidence to support this at the moment. 

I tend to think of an "upset" as when the underdog team (especially a double-digit points underdog) beats the favored team.  To my knowledge, there are no odds-makers for Florida high school sports.   The closest thing would be Joe Pinko's.  For what it's worth, Pinko's had STA "favored" by 3 and Edgewater favored by 6.  Those spreads are close enough that I would not really call either the win by Cardinal Gibbons or the win by Jones an upset.  Venice, on the other hand, was favored by 17.   So, I think you could safely call that one an upset -- assuming your willing to accept the Pinko's "line." 

Pinko's is still running a little higher than 80% correct in terms of predicting the winner.   Power ranking differential (which, I believe, translates to the projected point difference -- or what we think of as a point spread) is going to be particularly difficult this year because of Covid.    Depending on quarantine rules, the players that take the field one week for a particular team may be quite different than the players who take the field for the same team a week or two later. 

[nolebull813 692]

Venice 17 over AHP is absurd. Might want to work the bugs outta that one. 

Pinkos is not the Bible so I wouldn’t take it seriously. 

[roygod 32]

On 10/24/2020 at 5:45 AM, Legion37 said:

Looked like this was a rough weekend for some big names. 

American Heritage 41 Venice 26 

Cardinal Gibbons 17 STA 10 (these guys need to play more often)

Jones 31  Edgewater 13

Did I miss any? A weekend that makes High School Football great!

 

And just for full disclosure Lakeland got it's butt kicked again Bloomingdale 39 LHS 14

You can add Vero Beach 34 Osceola Kissemee 7 to your list

[DarterBlue2 1,903]

44 minutes ago, roygod said:

You can add Vero Beach 34 Osceola Kissemee 7 to your list

That is a good win, but I would not call it an upset. 

[nolebull813 692]

6 hours ago, DarterBlue2 said:

That is a good win, but I would not call it an upset. 

Not an upset but the score is pretty surprising 

[DarterBlue2 1,903]

2 minutes ago, nolebull813 said:

Not an upset but the score is pretty surprising 

I agree. Impressive win, no doubt. 

[Ric Flair 68]

We just wanted to line up correctly.  

[Just A Coach 326]

2 hours ago, Ric Flair said:

We just wanted to line up correctly.  

You definitely did that!

[Just A Coach 326]

2 minutes ago, Just A Coach said:

And a lot more as well...LOL