Tally Trip

Sunshine Trip Report November 7th Well, it was wonderful to go back to Tallahassee to watch the Noles play. Flew into to Panama City and drove over to Cairo and was up early for the short drive to the Capital city. Went by Tyler and Beth’s house, hoping to see 9 month old, baby Cullen. My timing was poor as the little fella had just been tucked away for a nap! Before the day was over, I had almost 6 miles of steps in, as parking anywhere near the stadium these days, requires a parking pass. So, I parked over near where Josh lived his freshman year. The moss in the majestic Live Oak trees was sweet nostalgia. Tally is a beautiful place. Some big plays propelled FSU to a close victory over Syracuse. I was sunny and 85 and fairly low humidity, so it was pleasant in the shade and warm hoofing it to and fro. Tyler had us hooked up with Champion Club seats, so the full buffet and all the amenities that it afforded. Far cry from my early Seminole games in my little white Ford Courier truck! I left the game just before the end, to meet the in-laws and pick up Sharon. We wanted to get to the Chipley area before dark and look at a few parcels of land that we are pondering…then on to Crestview to check on dad and mom.

Back to football. Crestview had a game scheduled against International School of Broward. It got cancelled by FHSAA for some reason. That is now THREE scheduled games that Crestview did not get to play. Two were nixed by the hurricane and now this. So, the extra “bye” week saw them rise to #17 in the state and 140 in the country. The playoff brackets were released on Sunday, and Crestview hosts the Gulf Breeze Dolphins this coming Friday night. I remember some good games against Gulf Breeze in years past! The Florida Gators went to Mizzou and I guess, decided not to get off the bus. The Tigers destroyed the UF. I guess they are just quitting now. Hope they get Scott Frost, but with UCF contending for one of the BIG bowls, doubt they will get him any time soon, if at all. Oklahoma won Bedlam and the MIGHTY big10 fell apart, as Iowa routed Ohio State and Penn State fell to Mich State. All big10 teams have at least 2 losses except Wisconsin, who is the their version of the SEC East…no real tough opponents yet. Georgia vs Auburn, Oklahoma vs TCU and Notre Dame visits Miami this coming weekend, so it will be fun. Laz Index gripe: RANK SCHOOL NICKNAME REGION CLASS RATE W L SCHED S-RNK DISTRICT POWER 1 IMG Academy (Bradenton) Ascenders na Ind 2.030 7 0 1.837 1 0 159.41 2 Armwood (Seffner) Fightin' Hawks 2 6A 1.938 10 0 1.414 43 7 146.71 3 Venice Indians 3 7A 1.920 9 1 1.511 11 11 146.90 4 American Heritage (Plantation) Patriots 4 5A 1.880 8 0 1.462 23 16 148.80 5 St. Augustine Yellowjackets 1 6A 1.856 9 0 1.371 80 4 148.04 6 Cocoa Tigers 3 4A 1.845 8 1 1.452 26 0 148.37 7 Winter Park Wildcats 1 8A 1.831 10 0 1.367 86 3 140.08 8 Bartram Trail (St. Johns) Bears 1 7A 1.813 7 3 1.541 4 3 148.13 9 Raines (Jacksonville) Vikings 1 4A 1.809 9 1 1.317 130 0 146.58 10 Miami Central Rockets 4 6A 1.803 8 2 1.483 15 16 140.64 11 Tampa Bay Tech Titans 3 7A 1.799 9 1 1.358 96 9 140.53 12 West Florida (Pensacola) Jaguars 1 5A 1.798 9 1 1.399 56 1 141.90 13 Crestview Bulldogs 1 6A 1.795 7 0 1.433 35 3 148.47 14 Madison County (Madison) Cowboys 3 1A 1.789 9 0 1.389 67 0 141.25 15 Miami Northwestern Bulls 4 6A 1.787 7 2 1.511 10 16 142.98 While I’m proud that my Bulldogs are recognized by LAZ as the 13th best team in Florida (out of ~500) the #12 team is West Florida, a team that Crestview ROUTED 38-20 in September. The Jags may be the best team in Pensacola and cross classification rankings are not easy, but come on! I failed to mention that Mt Juliet lost to Riverdale. They were undefeated, but in the playoffs, every week is elimination week…hate it for young coach Perry.