swamprat

I understand why the franchise wants to put any new stadium in Tampa. The Bucs do OK and the Lightning rank in the top 5 NHL franchises in regard to attendance annually. The vast majority of the population of Tampa Bay with disposable income reside north of the bay. They live in Tampa, it's suburbs, and unincorporated communities in Hillsborough and Pasco Counties. Most of those people live 30 to 50 miles away from the Trop. Westly Chapel, New Tampa, Brandon, ... everything is so spread out down here. Take a look at the concentration of population of within 20 miles of GABP. As an example, my Aunt's home in Indian Hills is only 20 miles from there and that's considered a haul to go to a game. When I lived in Citrus Park, I was 30 miles from Tropicana Field and considered relatively close because I was in South Hillsborough.

My problem is not with the Rays wanting a new field. They need to be in Tampa. Most of the fans are there. I just want no part of paying for any portion of it.

It is to be in Tampa, right across from Raymond James Stadium and actually adjacent to Steinbrenner Field to the south. You can see Steinbrenner to the north of the thing in the fake drone pick. It Is the Yankee's spring training home and where the Rays played last year. Neither of which has ever been affected by any hurricane that has hit the Bay Area. It's location is almost 40 miles from the coast. Even though it is only 6 miles from the closest shore line of Tampa Bay, it would take a Cat 5 type storm surge to get any water near it.

$2.3 Billion. Charlotte wants a team.

Hurricanes spawn tornados. That could be a water spout. ?

Ryan Day was calling plays last night after Brian Heartline left for USF after the Big Ten Championship game. Not sure if that played any part in the outcome, but with the CFP in place now, the NCAA or the way coaching contracts are written going forward needs to hold coaching changes until after the CFP has completed. One has to wonder how the loss of the much of the coaching staff at Ole Miss with affect the game tonight.

The coaching staff is gone to Auburn and other places. Byron Brown was a coach instead of a playing for God's sake. Most of the other starters opted out as well. This outcome did not surprise me. I have a feeling a lot of the bowl outcomes will be disappointing. Theses worthless bowl games need to be gone and the playoffs expanded.

Florida Championships 1A Cardinal Newman 17 (West Palm Beach) Chaminade-Madonna (Hollywood) 14 (Ends Chaminade-Madonna's streak of championships at 4.) 2A Cardinal Mooney (Sarasota) 52 Boles (Jacksonville) 28 3A Raines (Jacksonville) 23 Northwestern (Miami) 22 4A American Heritage (Plantation) 33 Jones (Orlando) 28 5A St. Thomas Aquinas (Ft. Lauderdale) 29 Lakeland 0 (STA's 7th consecutive championship) 6A West Boca Raton 31 West Broward 0 7A Lake Mary 28 Vero Beach 27 (See ending above.) By County: Broward (St. Thomas Aquinas, American Heritage) Palm Beach (Cardinal Newman, West Boca Raton) Sarasota (Cardinal Moody) Duval (Raines) Seminole (Lake Mary)

Lake Mary with a Hail Mary. Kind of works.

They had to act fast and Rob Higgin's pulled off a stunner. They had to get at least someone notable to keep the players that they have. Alex Golesh was the OC at Tennessee when he was hired. It will be interesting to see if Byron Brown follows Golesh to Auburn. While it makes sense, given he has been successful in Golesh's offense, what happens with Aston Daniels, Deuce Knight, and Jackson Arnold? Fun times in the portal coming.

Brian Hartline Named Seventh Head Coach of USF Football

Alex Golesh to Auburn... https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/47151282/sources-auburn-hiring-usf-alex-golesh-new-football-coach

Florida Playoffs Region Semifinals 1A Region 2 Clearwater Central Catholic 54 Victory Christian 35 (Next week @ (1) Carrollwood Day) 5A Quadrant 2 Lakeland 15 Gaither 8 (Lakeland is at (1) Edgewater next week) 4A Quadrant 3 Port Charlotte 23 Clearwater 18 (Port Charlotte is a (1) Jesuit next week) 6A Quadrant 3 West Boca Raton 48 East Lake 7 (West Boca Raton hosts (5) Mitchell next week)

Could not agree more. I didn't watch the game, so I don't know how they messed this one up, though it looks like they tried to make a comeback in the 4th. I was watching Kalamazoo at Trine. Trine scored with 19 seconds left to win it 25-24. ?

Florida Playoffs Opening Round 1A Region 2 Clearwater Central Catholic 45 Indian Rocks Christian 0 (Next week hosts (6) Victory Christian) 5A Quadrant 2 Gaither 56 Winter Springs 0 (Next week @ (2) Lakeland) 4A Quadrant 3 Clearwater 45 Blake 6 (Next week @ (2) Port Charlotte) 6A Quadrant 3 West Boca Raton 35 Largo 7 East Lake 35 Parrish Community 7 (Next week East Lake @ (2) West Boca Raton)

1A Region 2 (7) Indian Rocks Christian @ (2) Clearwater Central Catholic*

I am positive. Positive they will find some way to screw this up like the Memphis game.

USF is at Navy. Sorry, I cannot get excited about this. The Bulls have spent most of the last 20 years getting my hopes up and killing them. I am going to assume Horvath is back for Navy.

The Florida football playoffs start next week. Not all of the brackets have been finalized, but of the teams I follow () Quadrant/Region seed. * District Champion 5A Quadrant 2 (6) Winter Springs @ (3) Gaither* 4A Quadrant 3 (6) Blake @ (3) Clearwater* 6A Quadrant 3 (7) Largo @ (2) West Boca Raton* (3) Parrish Community @ (6) East Lake* The 1A Region 1 bracket has yet to be seeded. Clearwater Central Catholic should be in there on the way to try for their 4th straight runner up to Chaminade-Madonna and 5th overall. They're like the Buffalo Bills of Florida High School Football. Chaminade-Madonna is attempting to make it to the finals for the 10th straight year and their 9th title.

Week ending 11/1 Florida 4A District 10 East Lake 49 Countryside 8 Wiregrass Ranch 34 River Ridge 7 Tarpon Springs 24 Gulf 21 Clearwater (Bye) Others Apopka 35 Wekiva 0 Clearwater Central Catholic 49 Boca Ciega 7 Largo 27 Northeast 0 Gaither 64 Hillsborough 6 Indian Rocks Christian 41 Seminole 6 Apopka at Cocoa scheduled for 11/3 cancelled.

They've done that the last 2 drives. You need 4 you go for 30? How stupid is that. This game should be over.

Week ending 10/25 Florida 4A District 10 Clearwater 40 Countryside 0 (Clearwater District Champs) River Ridge 33 Gulf 20 Others Indian Rock Christian 28 Zephyrhills Christian Academy 13 East Lake 39 Largo 35 (East Bay wins 6A District 10) Gaither 54 Cypress Creek 3 (Gaither wins 5A District 7) Madison County 43 Apopka 6 Clearwater Central Catholic (Bye) (1A District 8 Champs)

The USF/Memphis game is on ESPN2. Adrian College at Kalamazoo is on YouTube and Hudl at 1 pm. I will be watching that one.

Alex Golesh's name is being bantered about. If USF wins this weekend at Memphis, he may get more talk. USF may match any offer, though. They've committed to this sports as a business concept by changing the Athletic Directors position to the CEO of Athletics and giving Rob Higgins a hefty budget to work with. With a new on-campus stadium (2027) and NIL money, CAG may be hard pressed to move with matching funds.

Week ending 10/18 Florida 4A District 10 Clearwater 48 East Lake 10 Seminole Osceola 36 Countryside 7 Gulf 39 Fivay 21 River Ridge (Bye) Others Venice 35 Clearwater Central Catholic 21 Northside Christian 34 Indian Rocks Christian 21 Gaither 48 Wharton 7 Kissimmee Osceola 50 Apopka 7 Largo (Bye) Last week's Apopka at Cocoa game was rescheduled for Monday 11/3.