Dillard needing a miracle to win is a bit of a stretch bro lol. Needing a miracle is like a Hail Mary attempt or something. We did what great teams do which is adjust and handle business in the second half. We can’t use computer rankings for some and not for others. Miramar record is 1-4 but the talent on their team is way better than that. They just so happen to play a solid ass schedule to start the season. McArthur and Mater both have revamped rosters from last year full of transfers. That’s not gonna show on maxpreps rankings because maxpreps is computer generated with no real knowledge on teams year to year.
Thats like Dillard going toe to toe with heritage in the 2nd round last year AT heritage, leading nationally ranked heritage 14-0 at halftime being the ONLY TEAM to hold them scoreless in the first half all year , giving heritage their toughest playoff game of all of last year.
Hell Dillard didn’t get no credit for that. Why because in a lot of minds yea yall played it close but u didn’t win. So if that’s the case if you play 3 good teams and u lose all 3 to the masses standards that mean you’re not a good team because a good team would find a way to win atleast one of them.
down here in broward if you a played a tough schedule and you’re (1-3) after 5 weeks they’ll tell you str8 up “YOU NOT LIKE DAT” meaning you NOT for real. So let that be the standard for everyone lol
Spruce Creek will drop for being in a dog fight with Titusville. It wasnt some big lead and they scored in garbage time against backups. Titusville was with them every step of the way. All the way to the end. Good teams dismantle teams like Titusville.
Titusville is scary bad. And it was a 4 quarter war. That’s unacceptable.
Close wins against really bad opponents are worse than losing against elite teams. Not in the W/L category obviously, but when you are analyzing teams they are.
So I don’t go off computer projections.
And AHP beat SJP who would be top 5 in FL. And they played one score games with Chaminade and Karr. Chaminade is top 5 in FL and Karr would probably be top 10. And they had Central on the ropes before Central showed why they are top 2 in state.
So AHP played 4 games with top 2-7 type state ranked teams and were competitive and played on even terms with all of them.
So understanding the human element and what my eyes tell me, I can confidently say AHP is a top 7 team.
And if you want to go with computers, Miramar isn’t even top 100 in Florida. And that sounds about right. And Dillard played a virtual draw and needed a miracle to win. So it tells me that Dillard is close in strength to Miramar. These are similar teams. Dillard is getting the benefit of playing a bad schedule. So their record is what makes everything look good, but the result against a bad team like Miramar is too glaring to ignore.
And I don’t take stock into that rivalry stuff only because plenty of times teams blow their rival out. Dillard lost 50-0 one year to Ely.