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Interesting match-up between unlikely opponents. Who you all got? I am going to go out on a limb and pick Bishop Moore to pull a big upset in this one. Last year, four points separated them from a win over American Heritage in the state semifinal at AHP. This year they get Hallandale at home the day after Thanksgiving with multiple alumni home for the holidays. The have the majority of last year's contributors on the roster; most of whom are seniors. This is their best chance to win a state title since their unlikely success back in the 1970s, as next year they will be young. 

 

Fans wanting to see this game need to get there by six to have a chance of getting a seat. BM will have overwhelming crowd support, and Hallandale will be coming in overconfident after the big win against American Heritage. Bishop Moore's one blemish was its loss to Lake Brantley. In that game, after a close first half, Brantley's triple option had its way with a tired Bishop Moore defense. That loss looks bad in light of Lake Brantley's exit from the playoffs last week when they laid a goose egg against Mandarin. To the casual observer, Brantley's departure against one of the more questionable unbeaten teams still standing makes Bishop Moore look weak as Hallandale has gone up against what appears to be much tougher competition. But I would like to suggest that there is much more to this than meets the eye. Lake Brantley was much depleted against Mandarin due to a combination of illness and injury (half the team came down with a severe case of the flu and the three year starting quarterback was on the sidelines with a leg injury). 

 

In addition to the Lake Brantley game, I saw Bishop Moore twice this year: Against Edgewater, they dominated up front, beating a very decent Eagles team in the trenches. Against Dr. Phillips, in the spring game they more than held their own in the two quarters of varsity (it was a three team round robin) holding DP 14-14 and actually looking crisper despite DP visually looking the much better team. 

 

In a relatively high scoring game, I am going to pick Bishop Moore: 38-33.

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Interesting match-up between unlikely opponents. Who you all got? I am going to go out on a limb and pick Bishop Moore to pull a big upset in this one. Last year, four points separated them from a win over American Heritage in the state semifinal at AHP. This year they get Hallandale at home the day after Thanksgiving with multiple alumni home for the holidays. The have the majority of last year's contributors on the roster; most of whom are seniors. This is their best chance to win a state title since their unlikely success back in the 1970s, as next year they will be young. 

 

Fans wanting to see this game need to get there by six to have a chance of getting a seat. BM will have overwhelming crowd support, and Hallandale will be coming in overconfident after the big win against American Heritage. Bishop Moore's one blemish was its loss to Lake Brantley. In that game, after a close first half, Brantley's triple option had its way with a tired Bishop Moore defense. That loss looks bad in light of Lake Brantley's exit from the playoffs last week when they laid a goose egg against Mandarin. To the casual observer, Brantley's departure against one of the more questionable unbeaten teams still standing makes Bishop Moore look weak as Hallandale has gone up against what appears to be much tougher competition. But I would like to suggest that there is much more to this than meets the eye. Lake Brantley was much depleted against Mandarin due to a combination of illness and injury (half the team came down with a severe case of the flu and the three year starting quarterback was on the sidelines with a leg injury). 

 

In addition to the Lake Brantley game, I saw Bishop Moore twice this year: Against Edgewater, they dominated up front, beating a very decent Eagles team in the trenches. Against Dr. Phillips, in the spring game they more than held their own in the two quarters of varsity (it was a three team round robin) holding DP 14-14 and actually looking crisper despite DP visually looking the much better team. 

 

In a relatively high scoring game, I am going to pick Bishop Moore: 38-33.

Great insight DarterBlue2.  I agree and think this could go either way, and there could be 70+ points scored combined.  I have never been to Bishop Moore, but heard that it can be a hard place to play.  Could be the most exciting Offensive matchup of the day!

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I am torn between this game and making the trip to Daytona to see Mainland/Central. A good friend of mine is a big time Bucs fan and I could get free beer, especially if they can finally win one against the Rockets. 

 

The Hornet play pretty much in my backyard, around fifteen minutes from home in light traffic. So I am leaning towards the Hallandale game. 

 

And, yes, Hallandale has to be the favorite. I have looked at their QB on film and he is a very impressive prospect. BM will have its hands full stopping him. We will see if Rashard Lewis, Ray's son can cover the Hallandale receivers.

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I am torn between this game and making the trip to Daytona to see Mainland/Central. A good friend of mine is a big time Bucs fan and I could get free beer, especially if they can finally win one against the Rockets. 

 

The Hornet play pretty much in my backyard, around fifteen minutes from home in light traffic. So I am leaning towards the Hallandale game. 

 

And, yes, Hallandale has to be the favorite. I have looked at their QB on film and he is a very impressive prospect. BM will have its hands full stopping him. We will see if Rashard Lewis, Ray's son can cover the Hallandale receivers.

Tough call DarterBlue2..... I will say this , there will definitely be more Mainland and Central matchups in the future.  I can't say that about Hallandale and Bishop Moore.  This Hallandale team should be decent in the future, but I don't see them getting by American Heritage again anytime soon.  This Hallandale team (particularly the Offense) is special (relative to Hallandale football).  Bishop Moore and Hallandale should be electric!

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i don't know anything about bishop moore to give my picks on who I believe would win what I can say is that Hallandale offense is one of the best if not the best in broward county and their quarter back is a flat out stud.the only downfall I see with Hallandale is there defense.

 

I don't know who will win this game the favor should be leaning towards Hallandale but if bishop moores crowd support is like @darter described it then I believe if bishop moore can slow this game down and force Hallandale into 3rd and long then they have a wonderful chance of winning this game. Playing up tempo flying up an down the field is what Hallandale like to do....slow them down make them earn every yard. win the turnover battle and those will be the keys to a bishop moore victory.

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Tough call DarterBlue2..... I will say this , there will definitely be more Mainland and Central matchups in the future.  I can't say that about Hallandale and Bishop Moore.  This Hallandale team should be decent in the future, but I don't see them getting by American Heritage again anytime soon.  This Hallandale team (particularly the Offense) is special (relative to Hallandale football).  Bishop Moore and Hallandale should be electric!

 

This was an electric offensive game. The most offense I have seen live since Apopka/Cypress Bay 2012. At the end, Bishop Moore won primarily because Hallandale got intercepted on its first drive after taking the kickoff to the BM 45. On BM's first play after the interception, one of their backs took the ball 93 yards for a touchdown. From that point on, Hallandale was playing from behind. To their credit, they never gave up and with less than two minutes in the game had a great chance when BM was flagged for a penalty which gave Hallandale great field position to make their on-side kick (from the BM 30). BM recovered at their 9 and rattled off a first down, cutting the remaining time to under a minute. They took a knee as Hallandale then used its final time out and after that took another knee to end the game. The final score: Bishop Moore 51, Hallandale 46. Neither team deserved to lose this one. 

 

This was a great football game and is what high school football is all about. Bishop Moore was able to overcome about 150 yards of penalties which is very uncharacteristic as they are usually a very disciplined team. Hallandale's quarterback is special and should be a great addition to Utah. Hope he adjusts well to that environment which is very different from Florida. Still, credit must be given to Bishop Moore's defensive backs for picking him off twice and to the defensive front for tipping his passes on two other plays. Clearly, BM's coaching staff did its homework.

 

Having overcome Hallandale, the 5a State title is, in my opinion, Bishop Moore's to lose. I always felt they had a great chance this year as they returned a lot from a team that gave American Heritage Plantation all they could handle last year. Hopefully they keep their heads on straight as they travel to Tampa to play a very good, but not as athletic, Jesuit team. 

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congrats to bishop moore as I stated earlier this week what I believed would be hallandales weakness end up being their downfall (there defense) obviously other things took place that secured there victory but all in all a very impressive win by bishop moore as for Hallandale I believe this was there best chance to win a title after getting by heritage. but who knows what the future may bring. A VERY EXCITING run for them but ultimately the goal is to bring home the trophy.

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