Fab 50: Halfway home

  No surprises in the top 10 (since, well, it ran Sunday).
   But what's the deal with the next 10? Of the teams that were ranked 11-20 last week, guess how many won?
    No. Nope. No siree.
    TWO! Alonso (which is now in the top 10) and St. Petersburg.
   Otherwise, the teams ranked 11, 13, 16, 17 and 19 all lost.
    The teams ranked 14, 18 and 20 did not play.
    The teams ranked 21, 22, 23, 24, 25 and 26 all won.
    This is a swap meet, not a poll!

1. (1) Armwood (5-0)
   Friday: beat Jefferson 41-0.
   This week: vs. Tampa Bay Tech.
   The lowdown: Last three opponents have gone down by a combined 124-0.
2. (2) Chamberlain (5-0)
   Friday: beat East Bay 21-6.
   This week: vs. Sickles.
   The lowdown: Put the Chiefs on list of teams that wrap up a playoff spot with win this week.
3. (3) Plant (3-1)
   Friday: DNP.
   This week: vs. Blake.
   The lowdown: Plant looks better and better every week Armwood destroys someone.
4. (4) Largo (4-0)
   Friday: beat Dunedin 19-7.
    This week: vs. Pinellas Park.
   The lowdown: 85 points scored is by far lowest among Tampa Bay's unbeatens. Thank goodness for defense.
5. Hillsborough (4-1)
   Friday: beat Riverview 61-14.
   This week: vs. Freedom.
   The lowdown: Put recent offensive struggles in Riverview mirror....errr, I mean, rear view mirror.

(Photo: Largo kicker Charles Howe puts up a field goal in the second quarter of against Dunedin on Friday. MICHAEL C. WEIMAR | Times)

There's more...

6. (6) TAMPA BAY TECH (5-0)
   Friday: beat Spoto 14-6.
   This week: at Armwood.
   The lowdown: At the moment, Titans don't look like a team that can score on Armwood. Then again, who does.
7. (8) NATURE COAST (4-0)
   Friday: beat Pasco 18-17.
   This week: vs. Lecanto.
   The lowdown: Sharks get a bye week before big South Sumter game. And by bye week, I mean Lecanto.
8. (10) TARPON SPRINGS (4-0)
   Friday: beat Countryside 16-15.
   This week: vs. Land O'Lakes.
   The lowdown: If fans are going to show up for first half, shouldn't Spongers start doing so as well?
9. (7) JEFFERSON (2-2)
   Friday: Lost to Armwood 41-0.
   This week: vs. Leto.
   The lowdown: Does a 2-2 team belong in top 10? I'm going to say yes, so fire away.
10. (12) ALONSO (4-1)
   Friday: beat Freedom 27-15.
   This week: at King.
   The lowdown: QB C.J. Bennett has accounted for three touchdowns in all but one of the Ravens' games.
11. (14) TAMPA CATHOLIC (2-2)
   Last week: DNP.
   This week: at St. Petersburg Catholic.
   The lowdown: Plays an 0-5 this week, a 5-0 next week.
12. (15) ST. PETERSBURG (3-2)
   Last week: Beat Boca Ciega 17-2.
   This week: at Gibbs.
   The lowdown: Defense is allowing only 9 ppg.
13. (8) PASCO (4-1)
   Last week: Lost to Nature Coast 18-17.
   This week: vs. Zephyrhills.
   The lowdown: Last three games have been decided by four points.
14. (13) COUNTRYSIDE (3-2)
   Last week: Lost to Tarpon Springs 15-14.
   This week: at Palm Harbor U.
   The lowdown: Downed by the dreaded fake extra-point-to-2-point-conversion.
15. (18) SPRINGSTEAD (3-1)
   Last week: DNP.
   This week: vs. Central.
   The lowdown: Eagles could take a huge step toward first playoff berth since 2005 with win this week.
16. (22) GAITHER (2-3)
   Last week: Beat Jesuit 18-14.
   This week: vs. Mitchell.
   The lowdown: Reports say Kamren Hawkins hasn't taken off Friday Night Rewind game MVP shirt since Friday night. Awwwwww.
17. (11) JESUIT (4-1)
   Last week: Lost to Gaither 18-14.
   This week: at Sarasota Booker.
   The lowdown: Tigers are just two wickedly ugly punt return attempts from a perfect record.
18. (17) EAST BAY (3-2)
   Last week: lost to Chamberlain 21-6.
   This week: at Plant City.
   The lowdown: Bold prediction time: Indians don't lose another game the rest of the season.
19. (20) LAKEWOOD (3-1)
   Last week: DNP.
   This week: at Bradenton Bayshore.
   The lowdown: Spartans have outscored past three opponents 126-6.
20. (21) WHARTON (3-2)
   Last week: Beat Plant City 44-21.
   This week: vs. Wesley Chapel.
   The lowdown: Andrew Clifford + Jairus Jones = 5 x TD.
21. (23) GIBBS (3-2)
   Last week: beat Clearwater 34-20.
   This week: vs. St. Petersburg.
   The lowdown: Yes, Gibbs is winning. But Clearwater scored 14 in first four games combined, and scored 20 against Gladiators. Just saying.
22. (25) EAST LAKE (3-2)
   Last week: Beat Pinellas Park 59-6.
   This week: Bye.
   The lowdown: Scored more points last week than in first four weeks combined.
23. (24) MIDDLETON (2-3)
   Last week: beat Blake 38-8.
   This week: Bye.
   The lowdown: Should spend bye week looking for new place to host yearly rivalry game with Blake.
24. (16) DUNEDIN (3-2)
   Last week: lost to Largo 19-7.
   This week: vs. Pinellas Park.
   The lowdown: Say...didn't you used to be our No. 5 team?
25. (31) BERKELEY PREP (3-1)
  Last week: beat Lake Highland Prep 26-21.
  This week: vs. Clearwater Central Catholic.
  The lowdown: Beat a really good team this week. A team that happened to easily beat CCC. Soooo....
26. (26) GULF (5-0)
   Last week: beat Ridgewood 52-28.
   This week: at Sunlake.
   The lowdown: Only team in Tampa Bay to score 30+ in every game this season.
27. (28) LAND O'LAKES (3-2)
   Last week: beat Sunlake 28-0.
   This week: at Tarpon Springs.
   The lowdown: It's this simple for Gators this week -- lose, and your 11-year playoff string is over. That is all.
28. (27) FREEDOM (1-3)
   Last week: Lost to Alonso 27-15.
   This week: at Hillsborough.
   The lowdown: Win over rival Wharton may have to be enough to keep Pats warm at night.
29. (19) CLEARWATER CENTRAL CATHOLIC (3-2)
   Last week: Lost to Fort Meade 43-7.
   This week: at Berkeley Prep.
   The lowdown: Marauders held Tamorris Grace to 277 yards and three touchdowns and still lost. (Is there a sarcasm font on this thing....?)
30. (32) DURANT (3-2)
   Last week: Beat Brandon 10-0.
   This week: at Sarasota.
   The lowdown: The Cougars' stout defense comes up big against Eagles.
31. (30) NORTHEAST (1-3)
   Last week: DNP.
   This week: at Boca Ciega.
   The lowdown: Vikings against the Pirates this week in Loser Walks Plank.
32. (NR) ZEPHYRHILLS (2-3)
   Last week: beat Wesley Chapel 28-0.
   This week: at Pasco.
   The lowdown: 0-2 when allowing exactly 11 points in a game.
33. (36) INDIAN ROCKS CHRISTIAN (5-0)
   Last week:  beat Victory Christian 21-14.
   This week: vs. Shorecrest.
   The lowdown: Have scored fewer points than previous week, and allowed more points than previous week, for three straight weeks now. Just saying....did I use "just saying" already?
34. (39) MITCHELL (3-1)
   Last week: Beat Hudson 39-36.
   This week: at Gaither.
   The lowdown: Have very quietly won six of past seven regular-season games dating to last year.
35. (41ish) LETO (2-3)
   Last week: beat Lennard 46-27.
   This week: at Jefferson.
   The lowdown: Jeremy Deering (392 all-purpose yards) may be one of best players you've never heard of.
36. (41ish) PALM HARBOR UNIVERSITY (2-2)
   Last week: beat Dixie Hollins 37-19.
   This week: vs. Countryside.
   The lowdown: 2-0 vs. teams not in Fab 50. Three more teams not in Fab 50 still on schedule. Yipee!
37. (41ish) NEWSOME (3-2)
   Last week: beat Robinson 17-0.
   This week: vs. Brandon.
   The lowdown: You know, looking at the Wolves' schedule, 5-0 finish not out of question.
38. (29) BOCA CIEGA (1-3)
   Last week: Lost to St. Petersburg 17-2.
   This week: vs. Northeast.
   The lowdown: The last time the Pirates scored a TD, Bill Clinton was president and Arsenio Hall was on TV....well, it certainly feels that way!
39. (33) DIXIE HOLLINS (2-3)
   Last week: lost to PHU 37-19.
   This week: at Seminole.
   The lowdown: Rebels' once-promising start now buried under three-game losing streak.
40. ADRIAN GOLDEN (435)
   Last week: 435.
   This week: 500?
   The lowdown: With Sunlake and Hudson up next, Golden could be first Tampa Bay runner to 1,000.
41-50, in whatever order suits your tastes:
   Bloomingdale
   Central
   Hudson
   Keswick
   Lennard
   Ridgewood
   Robinson
   Sickles
   Spoto
   Wesley Chapel

-- JOHN C. COTEY
johncotey@gmail.com

Comments

how can u knock an irc team that just beat a team ranked 2nd in the state in 1b? irc is now ranked 3rd in the state in 1a.

[Jack W.]

Maybe because IRC won't beat any of the teams above them?
Pretty good job here Cotey. I'm liking the last 10, as if they are 'other recieving votes.' But I got some questions for you...

LOL -In the playoffs again? Or will pigs finally learn how to fly?

Leto -For real, or just messing with us again?

Dixie -What happened!?

Zhills -Did God change his favorite colors to orange and black? 'Cause I called off any chance the 'Dogs would be above .500, and now they shutout WC. How did they change around their season like this?

Dun Dun -They can't be done done, right?

Gulf -Don't you think it's time to show them some love?

Freedom -Yeah hard schedule, but I didn't expect them to lose 3 straight after they beat Wharton. What's goin' on there?

Wiregrass -Is the the week? Or waiting for SunLake?

Haha, have fun!

[Hazeee]

I agree Jack........

Gulf filled the house, broke a county record on the road, all without their Quarterback or the spell back for Golden.

Still no love......

dixie hollins upset by PHU is PHU here to stay i think so...

oh yeah 37-19 u really merked us.. lol learn to speak english

Who has Gulf beaten???? No love.

why is clearwater not ranked? they be raw

ill admit phs yall did good buh if u aint have tht qb yall would have lost buh to be honest with u wat happend in the second half nothin agianst yall but i swear every game weve played we either came bak or started wining in the second half

no i think IRCS could beat a few of the teams ranked above them. their a solid team.

[dhhs]

we better blow out seminole this week

[huliman88]

Which one of you guys goes to Tampa Catholic. And Durant ahead of Newsome? Until they get some coaches they will remain the most underperforming team in the area.

[Chiefs]

Chiefs go undefeated this season

[dixie player]

yea dixie better beat seminole so we can get right for largo and st.pete if we played the way we have the past 2 weeks good bye districs

[JQP]

When is one of our Pinellas teams going to win state? Largo has to go through STA and Lakeland, so that won't happen. Lakewood would have to go through Armwood, Plant, Booker T., or Dwyer, so that probably won't happen.

We want a title!!!!

[phu]

"is palm harbor crazy dixie hollins gunna merk yall as wit tha runnin game yall offence is all goning to be on stretchers believe tht idk wat yall thought yal was doin playin us as ur homecoming game but w.e we ready n gone bring it"

im pretty sure u guys left on stretchers

there is no way dixie had 256 yrs of offence, they had 2 drives aginst phus 2nd and 3rd strings. looks like usf bound #10 isnt feeling so well and does josh brown still have thoes 10 d1 offers, was he even in the game?

[j]

Gulf is running through everybody they play.how are 2-2 teams up so high. Show gulf some more love. Golden is going against sunlake he might hit 500 this week.

Pinellas has a chance for a state title with #3 ranked Indian Rocks Christian "Together They Will".

The game of the week should be Ft. Meade #1 in the State against Indian Rocks Christian #3 in the State. They are both undefeated and play at Indian Rocks on Holloween.

Your story in the paper is on runnining the score up, yet just as bad is a team that allows their first defense to go back in the game to stop a score..You praise that up, saying their defense only allows so many points. shouldnt be a measuring cup. Better to ask all teams who was the best defense they faced..

Ft. Meade will beat IRC by 60 - 70 points. IRC is not very good they could not beat Wiregrass who has not won a game. They play a JV schedule. That game will finally shut them up. It is like a Division 2 college team saying they would beat Oklahoma every week in the blogs.

FYI IRCS did beat wiregrass in their pre season game. Get your facts straight.

IRCS beat a #2 state Rankings team last week. That is not a JV schedule.

Dixie our QB did very well against you but you still have to be able to move the ball. Which you could not on PHU's defense. Dixie had 45 yards of offense in the first half and didn't score until PHU started to sub in every player on defense. It was homecoming the score was 28-0 Dixie couldn't move the ball and why not play everyone. Dixie quit talking trash you will be lucky to win another game after the spanking you took at the hands of PHU.

Ft. Meade beat lakeland christian by 20 some points and IRCS beat lakeland Christian by 16 points. Ft. Meade and IRCS game will be a lot closer than you think, and IRCS will come out ahead.

Hey PHU is 2-2 and Dixie is 2-3. We will see what the records are in 6 weeks. Remember PHU you have never won more than 4 games in a season - EVER! So I wouldn't get too cocky. Start talking at the end of the season if you have a winning record. Otherwise worry about playing football and let your record do the talking.

TC has played nobody and you have them ranked ahead of Jesuit you all have no shame

yeahh Babe!!

[Hazeee]

j.....

Until Gulf beats Pasco......and they should, Gulf will pretty much be overlooked because they're not a contender every year. I'm more curious to see if they get some love after that game.

I agree, tough to see two teams ahead of them with worse records.

big new of day at c-side is jimbo
isou as qb for good . that is what one of the player tell me yesday befor the team wint out the feel

phu suck ? c-side going ot run all you this you.
the PHU JUST SUCK from the c-side D-fine

phu is slow team said c-side playes a c-side

gulf wont beat pasco

why pet juss your team suck will not win this week yousuck from c-side taem

gulf wont beat pasco you too suck too from c-side

jimbo suck why is still the qb for c-side
he cant play qb he just suck
hey john daves it is time to move on with new qb
jimbo just such is jimbo daady you you off coach daves that is not right

The people who wrote the last 8 comments need to focus more on scholastics than football. Your grammar and spelling is terrible.

hii

Fort Meade will absolutely crush IRC. No less than 40 point spanking. Different level of ball. Ft. Meade, as 1A school, could compete with most squads in the state. They aren't elite but would hang tough with most squads out there.

[ts]

Tarpon looks amazing this year they ARE going 10-0

they're a good team, but they are not amazing. they also play in a horrible district. maybe the worst in the state.

PHU SUCKS! Shelton want do half of what he did against CSIDE, Dixie has D1 are you kidding me,who? they look like jr rebels pop warner league, TERRIBLE!

showing a lil love to central. finally making the top 50... i thinkk they should maybe be in the top 40 after 3 straight victories, and with a win over a ridgewood team that was suppose to kill central.

wat the heck is wrong with palm harbour yall had every starter in wen we drove up in down the field andd it was 13 28 wen u finaly scored in the second half then we had some of our back ups wen we scored agian and then yal scored so i dont wana here tht and i bet by the end of the season our record is better then urs

yea right countryside u SUK ya have aa good quater back and 1 runnin bak we have 2 d1 players if we played yall i bet u wundnt win so hush u bearly beat gibbs thts bad we manhandled gibbs they just have good special teams

[Kibid]

Ft. Meade is the real deal. Your talking about a program with major talent year in and year out. Heck, consider this. Ft. Meade has beaten Frostproof the past 9 seasons, most of those by just as many points as they've beaten P. county teams.

I thought what was telling was the preseason classic against Ocala Trinity Catholic in which Ft. Meade won 31-7.

I'd be very surprised if IRC hangs with the Miners. Of coarse, I happen to also think that IRC would be crushed by Harmony and Tampa Catholic as well. I'd be the first person to admit I'm wrong, but I seriously doubt I am in this case.

CCC will be fine, although I'd question the use of the phrase "easily." but, it'll be a good game come Friday between BP and CCC.

Of coarse, the big game is being played at Farris- Brennan between Frostproof and Cardinal Mooney. IMHO, the first real game Frostproof has played this year.

[tbt]

tampa bay tech will beat armwood and shock the world

Do the teachers at Dixie and Countryside teach English? It is embarassing to read the terrible gammar and spelling.

grammar. lol

did the paper report the correct stats
for the ft. meade vs ccc, it was stated that meade had 700 yards is that right? also the ledger said meade had 3 td called back is that right? if so what happened are they that good or did ccc have a off night.

[Kibid]

Posted by: | October 07, 2008 at 01:18 PM

It was 1 TD called back, it was the 2nd play of the game, it was also a clear holding call on Ft. Meade. No way Ft. Meade had 700 yards of offense, CCC turned the ball over inside their own 10 a few times.

Ft. Meade was the better team that night, and after speaking with the Ft. Meade faithful, they even admitted as much that Ft. Meade caught CCC at a good time, because of the suspended players on CCC's team.

Heck, even an official told me, "CCC, youre better than this."

yeah i'm pretty sure gibbs got dominated by countryside i don't know though, on tv they said they only had 38 total yards so get your facts straight dixie boy... plus you just lost to PHU hahahaha

gibbs beat CSide if the refs make better calls? same as dunedin game. let's see if refs this week call a better game or a CS game.....wink,,,wink ?? CS may make dist. playoff game ,,but that will be it so shut up losers you got nothing going on over there but dumdumb...haha

IRC was losing to Wiregrass when the varsity came out. Fort Meade is the first non JV game that you play. Plus Wiregrass in the worst team in Pasco county by a ton. You will lose by 50 and hopefully you will come back on the board to say your program is at a JV level compared to any good public school in PINELLAS OR Hillsbrough Or Even PASCO.

IRCS was never losing it that game obviously you were not there, and Victory Christian has been to the state championship three years in a row. They are obviously not a JV team. Before you blog be sure you know what you are talking about.

[Armwood fan]

IRC has not played against one legitamate team yet Period.

[dixie]

im goin to luagh wen palm harbour beats country side dont blame it on the refs every one has bad refs

KESWICK????? are you serious? not a good team at all, beaten badly by shorecrest and they are on there?

IRCS should not even be mentioned in the same sentence as Ft Meade. Ft Meade is a regular state contender with numerous athletes. IRCS just jumped on the scene with a lucky win against Northside last yr that got them into the playoffs and a very weak schedule. Where was this team the last few years against Keswick and Northside. Dont get me wrong they're a good team, but should not be talked about on the same level as Ft Meade

Enough with this stuff. Ft. Meade is better than IRC. We get it. Who cares. Move on. They play each other on Oct. 31st. Talk about it then. Then everyone can say I told you so. ENOUGH!

[hudson receiver]

i just love TRYING to read some of the comments on here. it's like walking into an inner city party and trying to carry on a conversation.

just ain't happenin'.

Mike Holmes be the best in da county

Even if Indian Rocks does win state, who cares other then the 7 kids on the team their parents.

i farted

it smells

like bacon

i accidently tasted it

ooops!!

i kinda liked it

Yeah, IRC beat a #2 rated team, but that team won't even be in the playoffs come Nov. Victory was rated that high based on the team they had 3 years ago, not even the team they had last year. Bradenton Prep would be a better measure for IRC if they wanna measure themselves against smaller schools (1-B). If IRC played a tougher schedule, they would be easier to judge before they play Ft Meade.

are the players who did not play vs meade playing this week vs BP. and is that the reason why they lost to meade because of the people who did not play?
also is ccc in a dogfight to make the playoffs or what? who is the front runner FROSTPROOF OR CM.

big new of the day at c-side there will be new office line for with week game c-side at phu game
the waht one of there player how play for c-side tell today

PROOF READ YOUR COMMENTS YOU DUMB SON OF A BIT*HES!!!!!!!!!!!!!

looks like a lot of parents trying to act like kids on this site....arent you all suppose to be in school right now???

[Kibid]

Posted by: | October 08, 2008 at 10:10 AM

If CCC was 100% healthy and no suspended players, the score would of been a lot closer, but I have a feeling Ft. Meade would of still won by 10 points or so. CCC just made to many unforced mistakes to win, snaps over the head, untimely fumbles etc.

thanks kibid for this info, maybe10:54
needs a kick in his A-- to your knowledge is everybody playing this week vs BP.

[nct alum]

showin love to nct number 7 now and after we beat south sumpter people will know

10-0 this year

[Kibid]

To the best of my knowledge, everybody is back this week vs BP.

Last week, the problem wasn't the talent or who did or didn't play, it wasn't even Ft. Meade's speed, it was simply mistakes.

Ft. Meade's speed didn't cause an errant snap to go over Coia's head, having a key player suspended didn't cause a blown coverage on 3rd and 12 only to give up a 55 yard TD to a guy standing in the endzone with the closest defender 40 yards away.

CCC just has to play better, they will this week, I'm 110% confident. Expect a full house for CCC this week as well, lots of Marauder fans will be at BP this week.

c sides o line?

[speazy]

Heard that the transfer student from Ga. is healthy at PHU, first week since summer. looking fast in practices may make it a contest fri night? Go Cougars!

lol this is retarted, i cant even read the blogs. Learn to speak english!

To 9:33

Victory beat last years district champ, Pine Castle Christian, 42-7 and Pine castle beat santa fe catholic, who was #5 in 1b, 47-14. So I think they will definitely be in the playoffs come november....

PHU does not have a transfer student from Georgia.

Naturecoast wooooooooo 10-0

kid from Georga?

irc lucky against northside last year the only scored seven looks like they got shut down

seminole 3-2 gonna upset dixie and gibbs. true stuff

[jane wendt]

hey whats with all the bashing against IRCS, my kids go to that school and you all have no idea what you are talking about. Back Off......... My son plays on this team and he has worked his tail off this year. they are kids leave them alone. its not the superbowl. its people like you that take all the fun out of sports.

dont read it then

[Bill]

I agree with 1038.. It looks like there are sides that are for Indian Rocks and against them. I can see IRC beating Shorecrest and Upperroom Christian next week for their homecoming game and that sets up a epic game verses Ft. Meade at the Eagles nest because knowing Ft. Meade they will be undefeated also

Hey Jane, no one says your kid isn't working hard-everyone is saying they just can't play with the "big boys" like SPH or Largo. Or, in this case, Ft Meade. The problem is that some kids from your school think they can.

listen here seminole u bearly beat ocseola if u didnt have a kicker u wuld of lost we beat ocseola 28-7 so good luck tomorow :)

[true blue and gold]

since boga ciega's jv is so good, maybe they can move some of those guys up to help the varsity out. Their scheme isn't that hard on defense, just blitz everybody and on offense just go deep, toss, sweep, iso and maybe a half back pass here and there!!! come on, ya'll gotta do better than that. Maybe teach football for a change instead of depending on talent.

is the mage Matt Sammel for c-side football phu you suck

Countryside Touchdown Club President John Schroeder you get what comming to you ?
you suck

no reason to be handing da refs anyting schroeder, especialy yo brother? let da kids play game.......

You son's team mates or thier parents come on here and say that the are all that and a bag of chip. That they should be ranked higher than bigger division schools with one loss. IRC does not have the size, speed, or toughness to compete with allmost any class 4A school or above in Pinellas or Hillsbrough. They come on talking trash so people point out reality to them. Don't talk such stupid mindless thrash and people will leave you alone.

any private skool shudint say nothin they make an avg players look like adriand peterson come the team like largo amrmwood plant chamberlian jvs wuld have winnig record agianst most of yall so put a plug in it like the last person siad

Hey Dixie, PHU exposed you for who you really are.... Terrible! Seminole you can beat them!

yea rite seminole is deffinetley not going to beat dixie and well beat them without having 4 starters and it will be by 2or3 tds and palm harbor beat us on a bad nite they jus flat out played better but we can play our worst and beat seminole

Hey 7:01.. Only people I have seen IRC trash talk is Ft. Meade and CCC.. Your right about the 4A thing but you never know what can happen. I can see a IRC vs. CCC sometime and I think IRC has a chance. But who knows, im not a student in any of these 3 but im a huge high school football fan and I see IRC very good this year. I agree with Bill in 1013, if IRC and Ft. Meade stay undefeated till oct. 31, that will be a BIG game. I am going to that one

[Homer J Simpson]

smelling and tasting his own bacon farts. MMMM...Bacon Farts..

[Cal A. Han]

ARMWOOD IS GOING TO DESTROY TBT. PROBABLY BY 50 OR MORE. GIVE ME A BREAK TBT.

[yumyum]

did you say bacon tarts or bacon farts? i eats one with a fork da other with a spoon........umummmm..go cside....

Dixie lost four starters against PHU because PHU's defense was hitting the stuffing out of the Rebels!!!!

WHERE IS CLEARWATER?

[the bear]

Mark my words the central bears will beat the springstead eagles this week and they better be at 15 next week on the fab 50

[Dopamine]

Largo has been stomping Plant since before 98. So they should be ranked higher that Plant. Largo is the best school in Pinellas County. Largo has current starters in the NFL. Last year the St. Petersburg Times did not want to give Largo their props. I am beginning to beleive their reporters are biased.

Go Packers...

IRC-37
Shorecrest-21
IRC now 6/0
HA!!!!!!!!!!!!!

wow shorecrest played irc with 4 of their starters hurt. they had 2 wide recievers move to o line to play and still out ran irc, not to mention one of the receivers was 5-4 and had a new center have his first start and STILL stuck with them. irc is going to get spanked by meade without a doubt. there is absolutely no question about it.

[Ken Stark]

Football is alive and well at PHU! Coaches are finally helping the boys and not just going through the motions. Congratulations on a well deserved win against cside.

WOW IRC is not the football team everyone thinks they are! Along with the guy that mentioned sps had 4 starters out they also had many scoring opportunities from the redzone that were poor snaps by the new center and lost two or three fumbles. IRC will get worked by meade and then the bloggers will stop all their rediculous claims, TOO SMALL, TOO SLOW, and TOO WEAK ON D for MEADE. I'm calling it now Miners:56 eagles:7

[da stampede]

to clear some things up, irc was down a little bit on wiregrass, but irc still won. wiregrass is not the worst team in pasco county, sunlake is. wiregrass NEVER put their jv in becuase this was their first game EVER with seniors and they wanted all the experience they could get.
that is the truth, so lets get it right everyone!

[Dave]

C-side made a lot of mistakes but congrats to PHU for hanging tough in OT after giving up tying touchdown with :04 left. Hey c side ballboy #12, you may want to wait for the end of the game before making a fool of yourself to the PHU fans...real class

[Pete]

Wow, IRC won! They are 6-0. Give them a break. Just for your information, IRC also has two starting linemen out, moved their starting TE to center, and had one of the top running backs in the county (Sitton) out for that game. They did what they had to do to win the game. Coach Hayfor is a great coach and always has his team up for big games. It was a good game, IRC did struggle, but they won. Sometimes you get the ugly wins along with the rest.

Good job IRC! But the fantasy run is will end as district runner-up. No shame in that but there is no chance of you beating Ft. Meade.

[Jerry]

hey dave/10:26, both teams made mistakes in the cside v phu game. the difference was that the Canes kept their composure and fought for every play. Plus the fact that phu's o-line owned cside's d-line. cudos to Just & co. for great preparation!

"Mark my words the central bears will beat the springstead eagles this week and they better be at 15 next week on the fab 50."

Where'd ya go?

"Mark my words the central bears will beat the springstead eagles this week and they better be at 15 next week on the fab 50"

Hahahahaha 49-0 mean anything???

Hey Kibid-

No smack talk, I hate CCC- but- what has to happen for them to make the playoffs now? I don't know enough about your district to take a guess.

Are you guys finally going to miss them. Just wanting to get a serious breakdown instead of the normal "CCC sucks" or "CCC blows" comments.

[Kibid]

October 11, 2008 at 11:22 AM

That's a tough question to respond to because there is so much football left to be played. So I'm going to give you the opinion of what people have told me this morning.

If you go by the popular opinion, Frostproof runs the district table and is 3-0 in district. Right now the standings are

FP 1-0
BP 1-0
CCC 0-1
CM 0-1

CM and BP play in Sarasota the same night CCC/FP plays. BP is very solid this year, but will be underdogs against CM in 2 weeks.. if you go by popular opinion that frostproof beats CCC district standings would be..

FP 2-0
CM 1-1
BP 1-1
CCC 0-2

Then in the last week of the district play, FP travels to BP and CCC travels to CM. Again, popular opinon that FP beats BP..and CCC fights for their playoff life and finds a way to beat CM..district standings finish..

FP 3-0
BP 1-2
CCC 1-2
CM 1-2

Frostproof wins district, and a district shootout occurs for the runner-up spot.

Again, that's popular opinion and anything can happen.

[d]

Hey jerry 10:49. I'm on your side. +3 in the turnover department certainly helped though. The hurricanes certainly proved they belong.

Hey PHU has a 3 game winning streak. C-side was the team to beat for the District. Now it is wide open. The PHU defense is much better this year which is the reason they are winning. They are scoring about the same number of points per game but the PHU defense has held opponents to 19, 20 and 21 pts the last 3 games. Not great but good enough to win. Plus C-side was 14th in the Fab 50. Nice job but there are 5 more games to go so celebrate at the end of the season.

thats 6, 19 and 21

PHU defense causes turnovers every game so nothing new when PHU was stripping the ball out of countryside's arms! I believe PHU is +13 or 14 for the year.

[Sick]

We lost friday, in preparation for this week's game our coaches changed everything and the results were a disaster? Anybody else have the same experience?

stop the excuses cside you physicaly got beat down friday

I was at that PHU/Countryside game and that was a physical game by both teams. They were hitting each other hard on every play, and I bet those kids are sore on both sides this weekend. I've seen PHU play now a few times this year and that defense will hit the stuffing out of people. Heck their offense looked physical as well Friday! That was an excellent football game, good job by both teams.

Why is PHU suddenly good this year?

Talk about c-side refs. Friends of Shroeder!! Look at c-side photos and see players holding!! It's sick and not one holding call against them. Gibbs ripped off bad!! Inadvertant whistle blown by rookie women ref?
Money helps but in the end losing will end your season! 3-3 hahahahahahahahha
Bogie next! Good luck stopping that pass rush.

Its actually 0, 12, 21 against PHU the last three games. If you watched those games you would know why.

Bogie is not good this year.

PHU is better this year because of their defense. On offense they are scoring about the same as last year. On defense they have a new Defensive coordinator - the old one is coaching Dunedin JV this year. The sad thing is most of the people playing defense this year were there last year but were not used by the old Defensive coordinator.

why is it the refs make such an impact in pinellas county? Why are they routinely worse than the surrounding counties. who is in charge of them and why do they suck?

How is Tampa Catholic rate 11th? They play weak competition. Yes they were runner-up in State 2A last year but they were spanked by Madison in that game. The tough competitors they have played this year TC has lost. Their 3 wins this year wouldn't show up on the FAB 50. They are about a top 35 team. Without their QB Green they are nothing.

I agree with 11:45 that the players are the same the difference is the new D-coordinator puts the kids in the correct positions and uses their strengths in his schemes. I have been told by the PHU players that the new D-Coordinator puts in a crazy amount of hours each week preparing himself and the team. Plus, his attitude is positive and intense and it is rubbing off on the players.

Thanks Kibid- from what I had heard it was a 110% done deal they weren't making the playoffs.

I don't have a dog in this fight, but figured I'd get the opinion of somebody pro-CCC to counterbalance the anti-CCC.

I don't know a lot about Cardinal Mooney, but it looks like CCC's playoff life is in their hands, and then CCC will control their own destiny again? (based on what you said).

JOHN DAVIS IS OUT AT C-SIDE
JOHN DAVIES WILL OUT COACH AT
C-SIDE AT THE END YR. WHAT
Principal Gary Schlereth
FROM AP for Athletics Elizabeth Collinslereth

RE: Tarpon looks amazing this year they ARE going 10-0

NOT!

ccc vs spc was a good game, but it is clear that both teams are lacking in the defense dept. it looks like spc has some talent for next year i am not sure about ccc. to see the ccc coach complaining after the game about some of the calls was sad but from what i hear he does that alot.