SK, so you’re saying half your house is not resting in the middle of the Peace River? Here in Auburndale we just received a lot of wind and rain.

Hope you're keeping mileage - be fun to see how many miles you traveled in the pursuit of a great HS Football game.

How did everybody do with the Storm Surge, we got as much in Punta Gorda as down town Ft Myers did from Ian because of the direction. I live right on the river and fortunately this 1979 house was built under newer codes and raised. It was inches from getting in but did get the garage and waves broke into the pool, The neighbors the oldest on the block, was under two feet of water.

Helene was going to be the worst hurricane damage-wise just about before she made landfall with all the flooding.

Happy Birthday old wise one!

gatorman001 said:

I can get you any result you like....what's it worth to ya?
Because there is no wrong, there is no right
And I sleep very well at night
No shame, no solution
No remorse, no retribution
Just people selling t-shirts
Just opportunity to participate in this pathetic little circus
And winning, winning, winning"

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I dislike or don't care about:
Winning, winning, winning.

I like:
Competition! Competition is everything. I love to watch competition more than anything else. I don't care what the score looks like. Without competition you have nothing. This is what it feels like currently, no competition on the O side of the ball. With this many seniors on the team there should be a ton of competition but I am just not seeing it on the O side. Kinda reminds me of the pre- 2002 Tampa Bay Bucs where the defense carried them for years and the O was never held accountable or in check.

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Booker lost to their cross-town rival Sarasota Riverview. Booker played a VERY sloppy game. They had countless penalties, gave up an onside kick, 2 lost fumbles in which one of the lost fumbles was returned for a touchdown. Booker also had a hard time stopping the run. Riverview would not have been able to pass the ball consistently or effectively against the stellar secondary of Booker and had to depend on the run game. On paper, this game should not have been close at all. Unfortunately, Booker was severely outcoached and undisciplined. Riverview lost to Berkley Prep 35-7. Carrollwood Day beat Tampa Berkley, and Booker put 70 points on Carrollwood Day. I hope Booker can get it together before playoffs because they have a stacked team that could really make a deep playoff run.

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You have to wonder how much Head Coach Scottie Littles’ 6 game recruiting violation suspension has affected them. The Tornadoes may have had a senior laden class last year that has caused them to be less experienced this year. Booker putting 70 on Carrollwood Day was very surprising.

Gatorman, I was going to look into this today. Media companies can use their own platforms to negotiate like this. It’s similar to what we see when, for example, Spectrum scrolls a message about losing HBO because of contracts expiring.

Shouldn't have come to that, but it wasn't a catch. Couple thoughts - VT's HC didn't manage the clock very well on that last drive, and he is now 1-10 in one-score games. Horrible call that ball was moving around like a pin ball - and Miami kid came out with it. I'm not going to take the time to rewrite, so using this from a poster on the Canes forum:

1. Third and goal, Miami about to go up 21-7. Markel Bell is matched up against Keyshawn Burgos. Bell has at least 4 inches and 100 pounds on Burgos. There is NO HOLDING. Burgos spins his body until his BACK is against Bell, then he falls down. The ref waits forever to throw the flag, until Cam throws the ball. The replay is clear. Even the announcer questions the call. But the phantom holding stands, taking a touchdown off the board, and the very next play is an interception.

2. Fourth down, VaTech about to go up 24-14. The kicker wears jersey #17. But wait, VaTech only has 10 men on the field. So who runs onto the field but....#17 Cole Nelson. It's so ******* obvious, it's not like they have two #17s buried in the interior of the line. It's...the KICKER...and the GUY RUNNING ONTO THE FIELD LATE. In fact, it is so obvious, that you can see the ambiguously-gendered assistant coach behind Pry's left shoulder (the one wearing the purple shirt and the large necklace) yelling "there's two #17s" to Pry. But the refs don't call a penalty, and the first #17 makes the long field goal.

3. Ongoing game long ignoring of unsportsmanlike conduct. The refs IMMEDIATELY gave Jacolby George a penalty for spinning the ball in the end zone, then ignored FOR FOUR QUARTERS the VaTech players taunting Miami players, particularly with the Cam Ward celebration. Not one unsportsmanlike call on VaTech. NOT ONE. But Jacolby George spinning the ball was flagged.

I did not think it was a catch. He did not have clear possession when he was going down. Once he hit the ground the ball was loose. No catch.

Now the play before is where VA TECH should have won the game but the receiver was clearly out of bounds. The DB was beaten and the receiver clearly caught the ball. If the receiver had not allowed himself to go out of bounds that was probably a TD.

Miami has a great opportunity to win it all this year. They needed a game like this get them ready to win a close game. I think many of their future games will not challenge them enough for the playoffs.

Here’s some of Polk County’s plans.

Here is an article in the News-Press from yesterday. It doesn’t mention every game.

gatorman001 said:

...I only went to last years state weight lifting meet...(didnt look into the regional or district meets), but at the state level most of the kids that qualified (I want to say 5 or 6 kids), are defensive starters on this years Venice defense.....(Landon Masters LB, lifted for Sarasota, Riverview last year). Didnt see anyone on the Venice OL on the state weightlifting spreadsheet?

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In college we were an agility driven team, coaches got it from some clinic. No free weights , all we had was a Universal. Our undersized OL had a saying (albeit rationalization), "That defenders can't use that bulk if they can't get to the point of attack first.

All of that still doesn’t help them play any better defense!!