Tonight we have Tampa Plant out in Abilene, Texas taking on the Ahigh Eagles at Shotwell stadium. I don't think there has ever been near as many great interstate high school football match ups. The TV coverage has been increasing each year as well. Again, a team winning from one state does not correlate to that state having better football, but lets face it, braggin rights are fun. Florida has had a very good performance against out of state competition, especially against Texas, and I personally think Texas prep football is the best in all the land. The logo at the top of this post is for FlVarsity, a subset or Rivals and they do a great job of covering Florida high school football. A lot of the top coaches in the state frequent their forums. Good stuff.
NC State is hosting the Cincinnati Bearcats so we do have the college weekend kicking off. The Wolfpack were fortunate to escape UCF last Saturday night.
Another week of college football news and as usual the lead stories are not pretty. Reggie Bush gave his Heisman Trophy up. I wonder how many would be returned if we really knew how many of the winners took money while they were in college...AND Gator speedster Chris Rainy was arrested for stalking his girlfriend. The Slantinel is making a big deal about the # of arrests under Urban Meyer. The problem is that if you want to have the most talented football players on your team, you recruit ...well...thugs, not choirboys. WE cheer them on to unadulterated violence on the field. We expect them to pump their bodies up to monster size and to be testosterone filled gladiators ON THE FIELD. So, it should not shock us when the top college football teams have trouble not breaking the law.
Rainy's Gators go to Knoxville to play the Rocky Tops without him. I think Florida continues to work out the kinks and improve incrementally on offense. Their Defense is the real deal already.
FSU hosts the BYU Cougars and hope to put the CRUSHING that Oklahoma put on them, in the rear view. If you can't play defense, you cannot win championships in football. We had planned to got to Tally for this one, but are waiting a week and will catch the Wake Forest game instead.
Iowa at Arizona is a good non conference battle this weekend. Georgia tries to bounce back from the L at South Carolina, against Arkansas and Ryan Mallet. Notre Dame and Michigan State should be good.
Derrick Jeter is a CHEATER! Go Rays!
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