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Since 2010, 10 FHSAA football playoff games have been decided by a point differential of 65 or more points.  One team was responsible for 4 of those 10 blowouts.  Which of these teams is it?

Armwood

Bolles

Booker T Washington

Cocoa

Columbia

Lakeland

Madison County

Miami Central

Plant 

St Thomas Aquinas 


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28 minutes ago, OldSchoolLion said:

Since 2010, 10 FHSAA football playoff games have been decided by a point differential of 65 or more points.  One team was responsible for 4 of those 10 blowouts.  Which of these teams is it?

Armwood

Bolles

Booker T Washington

Cocoa

Columbia

Lakeland

Madison County

Miami Central

Plant 

St Thomas Aquinas 

Cocoa?

Posted
46 minutes ago, OldSchoolLion said:

Since 2010, 10 FHSAA football playoff games have been decided by a point differential of 65 or more points.  One team was responsible for 4 of those 10 blowouts.  Which of these teams is it?

Armwood

Bolles

Booker T Washington

Cocoa

Columbia

Lakeland

Madison County

Miami Central

Plant 

St Thomas Aquinas 

Madison county duh

Posted
1 hour ago, OldSchoolLion said:

Since 2010, 10 FHSAA football playoff games have been decided by a point differential of 65 or more points.  One team was responsible for 4 of those 10 blowouts.  Which of these teams is it?

Armwood

Bolles

Booker T Washington

Cocoa

Columbia

Lakeland

Madison County

Miami Central

Plant 

St Thomas Aquinas 

I'm gonna say BTW

 

They blew out a few teams in the playoffs pretty bad In 2012-2013 years 

Posted

Old School, this one has me stumped.  Cocoa is the only team I can find that has as many as 3 playoffs wins by 65 or more points since 2010 (65-0 over Clewiston in 2011, 70-0 over Labelle in 2013 and 67-0 over Avon Park in 2014).  Since then, they've also racked up big wins over Bishop Verot (64-0 in 2016), Lake Placid (63-8 in 2017), Avon Park (62-7, also in 2017) and Hudson (62-0 this year).   But I can't find another playoff win for Cocoa of 65 or more points. 

I'm waiving the white flag. 

Posted
16 minutes ago, Perspective said:

Old School, this one has me stumped.  Cocoa is the only team I can find that has as many as 3 playoffs wins by 65 or more points since 2010 (65-0 over Clewiston in 2011, 70-0 over Labelle in 2013 and 67-0 over Avon Park in 2014).  Since then, they've also racked up big wins over Bishop Verot (64-0 in 2016), Lake Placid (63-8 in 2017), Avon Park (62-7, also in 2017) and Hudson (62-0 this year).   But I can't find another playoff win for Cocoa of 65 or more points. 

I'm waiving the white flag. 

You're "waiving" the white flag, so that means you cannot give up:P

Posted
26 minutes ago, Perspective said:

Old School, this one has me stumped.  Cocoa is the only team I can find that has as many as 3 playoffs wins by 65 or more points since 2010 (65-0 over Clewiston in 2011, 70-0 over Labelle in 2013 and 67-0 over Avon Park in 2014).  Since then, they've also racked up big wins over Bishop Verot (64-0 in 2016), Lake Placid (63-8 in 2017), Avon Park (62-7, also in 2017) and Hudson (62-0 this year).   But I can't find another playoff win for Cocoa of 65 or more points. 

I'm waiving the white flag. 

I totally botched this question by wording it wrongly, so apologies to all.  Cocoa has blown people out way more than any other team in the playoffs.   

Posted
10 minutes ago, OldSchoolLion said:

You're "waiving" the white flag, so that means you cannot give up:P

You got me.   I guess I've been drafting too many contracts.   :P   And because you quoted me, I can't even go back and edit my original comment!  

Posted
1 minute ago, OldSchoolLion said:

I totally botched this question by wording it wrongly, so apologies to all.  Cocoa has blown people out way more than any other team in the playoffs.   

So does this make us even?    B)

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35 FHSAA playoff games have been decided by 60 or more points.  Bolded below are games from this year. And in italics are Cocoa's 5 victories.  

FHSAA Playoff Games with Margins of Victory of 60 or More Points:

  • 2020 Lake Gibson 77 Spoto 0
  • 2006 Pahokee 72 Florida Christian 0
  • 2012 Booker T Washington 71 North Broward Prep 0
  • 2011 Miami Central 71 Pembroke Pines Charter 0 (forfeited)
  • 2013 Cocoa 70 Labelle 0
  • 2014 Booker T Washington 70 Somerset Academy 0
  • 2004 Nease 76 Citrus 6
  • 2011 NFC 69 Admiral Farragut 0
  • 2001 Madison County 69 Nassau County 0
  • 2018 Port St Joe 69 Liberty County 0
  • 2019 Miami Palmetto 68 Taravella 0
  • 2014 Cocoa 67 Avon Park 0 
  • 2011 Cocoa 65 Clewiston 0
  • 2001 Glades Day 72 Admiral Farragut 7
  • 2006 St Thomas Aquinas 64 Atlantic(Delray) 0
  • 2016 Cocoa 64 Bishop Verot 0
  • 2020 Godby 64 Paxon 0
  • 2008 Bolles 70 Jones 6
  • 2007 South Sumter 63 Fernandina Beach 0
  • 2014 Bolles 63 Umatilla 0 
  • 2010 Warner Christian 63 Trinity Christian(Deltona) 0
  • 2019 Northwestern 63 Stranahan 0
  • 2000 Venice 77 Dwyer 14 (state final)
  • 2018 Chaminade-Madonna 62 Palmer Trinity 0
  • 2007 Pahokee 62 University 0
  • 2020 Zephyrhills 62 Anclote 0
  • 2020 Rockledge 62 Estero 0
  • 2020 Cocoa 62 Hudson 0
  • 2012 Warner Christian 62 Foundation 0
  • 2001 PK Yonge 61 Master's Academy 0
  • 1988 Suwanee 61 Walton 0
  • 2006 North Marion 68 Citrus 7
  • 2009 Plant 77 Alonso 16
  • 1985 Wildwood 60 Pahokee 0
  • 2008 Plant 67 Lakewood 7
Posted
Some observations concerning the list of games above:
  • 29/35 games took place since 2003, when football went to 7 classes.  
  • Only 2/35 games took place when there were less than 6 classes. 
  • Many of these games took place in the lower classes.
  • Cocoa is on the list 5 times.  No other team comes close. 
  • Many of these were first round playoff games.
  • Pahokee was responsible for one and victim of one. 
  • The number of 60-point margins of victory we have been seeing in recent years is unprecedented.
Posted

Some people want more teams to make the playoffs and more teams to have a chance to win a state title, but it comes at the cost of more blowouts.  If you are one of those people, stop bitching about blowouts in the playoffs:).   

Posted
36 minutes ago, OldSchoolLion said:

3 60+ point victories in the 5A playoffs so far this year...

5A Godby 64 Paxon 0

5A Zephyrhills 62 Anclote 0

5A Rockledge 62 Estero 0

Not a single one of those is a surprise but at least this year I understand why they did it like they did 

 

Can you imagine the amount of heat the FHSAA would have taken if they used the RPI this year when a pandemic snatched games off the list weekly left and right?

Posted
29 minutes ago, HornetFan said:

With the virus and the FHSAA allowing all teams to go in the playoffs, it shouldn't be surprising when we see a major blowout here and there.

That said, it emphasizes the huge differential in talent that exists today.  In the dinosaur days, we rarely saw 60-point blowouts, regardless of who was playing.  The rich seem to get richer.

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20 hours ago, OldSchoolLion said:

That said, it emphasizes the huge differential in talent that exists today.  In the dinosaur days, we rarely saw 60-point blowouts, regardless of who was playing.  The rich seem to get richer.

High school football is different now as compared to the dinosaur days. In the old days, we played multiple sports throughout the year. Today's best HS athletes tend to specialize with one sport and train in that sport year round; the multi-sport athlete is a rare commodity these days. The kids today are much more athletic and talented than when I was in high school; they dominate the playing field and get the vast majority of playing time. The kids that take the less seriously are normally standing on the sideline watching the game with those of us in the stands. The best gravitate to the best; they play 7v7 in the winter and spring together and they recruit their teammates from less dominant HS teams to join them in the Fall. They build strong HS teams and dominate their districts. It's nice to be the best player on your team, but you're not going to beat a team filled with all-start talent. 

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