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Nulli Secundus, how did you feel about the offensive performance of the Lakeland Dreadnaughts in two straight State Championship Games against STA?  

Does STA stand for Steals Teams Athletes???

2007 was the year and Osceola defeated Lakeland twice enroute to a runner-up finish against the machine AKA STA.

Who spells Kowboys with a 'K'?  Osceola !  Bring it!  All fun, no disrespect.  Having the neighboring Kowboys on the schedule is never a bad thing especially as of late.  Can't go wrong when these programs line up.  Until further notice, this district is wide open with Lakeland, Osceola and potentially A-dale being the front runners.  2026 will tell the tale.

Hey Laz,Man, first off—much respect for putting that 63-year breakdown together. That's the kind of deep dive that makes an old head like me sit back and really think about how this game down here in the Sunshine State has changed since we were running wing-T and smashing mouths in the mud. You laid out them margins and scoring trends clean as a whistle, and it got me reminiscing about them tight 14-10 rockfights back in the day versus these modern shootouts where 50 burgers get dropped like it's nothing. But here's what got my wheels turning even more: that widening margin in the multi-class era, especially the last 20-25 years. We all see it—South Florida powers rolling into Miami with buses full of blue-chippers and turning title games into track meets with running clocks. I'm talking STA stacking rings like they're infinity stones, Chaminade-Madonna on that repeat grind, American Heritage, Bolles, Cardinal Newman... all them privates (or heavy-transfer publics that might as well be) grabbing hardware left and right while the average blowout gets uglier. You got the data right there in your index, brother—the finals scores, the winners year by year. Nobody tracks Florida ball tighter than you. So I'm coming straight to the source: if you got the breakdown on private school champs versus public over these 63 years (or even just since the classes exploded to 8-9), lay it on us. How many of them 357 rings went private? And more telling—when a private (or one of them talent-loaded programs) wins it, what's the average margin look like compared to public-vs-public finals? Cause from where I'm sitting in the cheap seats, nursing a sweet tea and watching the highlights, it feels like that's the elephant in the room pulling them recent averages up. Them old 1970s classics you ranked high? Mostly publics slugging it out even. These 2010s-2020s lopsided ones? Heavy on the private dominance and 40+ point romps.No shade—just an old observer trying to connect the dots you already drew. If you got them numbers handy, drop 'em. Bet it'll spark some real talk on the boards about Open divisions or whatever fix comes next.Appreciate you, Laz.   Keep doing what you do—Florida football needs voices like yours keeping it real.