THE SUNSHINE STATE. ANOTHER BRILLIANT SEASON IS AHEAD. TALENT ABOUNDS ACROSS CENTRAL FLORIDA. WITH STATEWIDE RECLASSIFICATION, WHO IS IN LINE TO COMPETE FOR A STATE TITLE? EACH TEAM IS STARTING OVER. EVERYBODY IS UNDEFEATED. WE HAVE THE STORIES, THE HITS AND THE HIGHLIGHTS BEFORE THE SEASON STARTS. IT IS TIME TO HUDDLE UP WITH WESH 2. DAREN: WELCOME, WELCOME. ALONGSIDE KENDRA DOUGLAS I’M DAREN STOLTZFUS. HERE ARE THE BEST WORDS EVER, FOOTBALL IS BACK. KENDRA: HIGH SKULL FOOTBALL GETS UNDERWAY TOMORROW NIGHT WITH BIG-TIME KICKOFF SHOWDOWNS. TONIGHT WE GET SET FOR THE SEASON AHEAD. DAREN: LAST YEAR THREE CENTRAL FLORIDA TEAMS PLAYED FOR A CENTRAL FLORIDA CHAMPIONSHIP. APOPKA. KENDRA: WE WERE IN FORT LAUDERDALE TO SEE THE RESULTS OF ALL THREE TEAMS. THEY FELL IN THE STATE FINAL. WHO WILL PLAY FOR THE TROPHY THIS TIME? WE WILL SEE. DAREN: FORT LAUDERDALE OR TALLAHASSEE ARE HOSTING AGAIN. WHO PLAYS WHERE IT STILL TO BE DETERMINED. THE ROAD TO A CHAMPIONSHIP IS CLEAR. TONIGHT WE LOOK ACROSS CENTRAL FLORIDA. PROGRAMS NINE TO STAY AT THE TOP, PROGRAMS BUILDING FROM THE BOTTOM. AND WE WILL HIGHLIGHT STARTS READY TO SHINE THIS SEASON AND BEYOND AND WE WILL BE JOINED BY A LOCAL EXPERT TO BREAK DOWN THE BIG-TIME CHANGES IN 2022. KENDRA: AT APOPKA, THE THE BLUE DARTERS COMING UP ANOTHER RUNNER-UP FINISH. IT WAS ANOTHER CRUSHING INTO THE SEASON FOR THE THE BLUE DARTERS, SO CLOSE TO ANOTHER STATE TITLE BUT HEARTBREAK AGAIN. THE LAST THREE YEARS APOPKA HAS SEEN THEIR SEASON ENDED TWICE IN THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME, ONCE IN THE FINAL FOUR. CLOSE IS GREAT FOR ENOUGH THAT FOR MOST -- CLOSE IS GREAT FOR ENOU -- FOR MOST BUT NOT ENOUGH FOR APOPKA. >> IT ALWAYS HURTS TO NOT GET IT DONE BUT ONLY TWO TEAMS GET THERE. YOU CANNOT BEAT YOURSELF UP ABOUT IT FOR TOO LONG. TO GET THERE YOU HAVE TO HAVE A SPECIAL UNIT. THEY HAVE TO LOVE EACH OTHER AND PLAY HARD. YOU HAVE TO HAVE TALENT. WE WILL SEE WHAT HAPPENS. DAREN: ONE COUNTY OVER, SEMINOLE, THE MOST RECENT CHAMPION IS GEARING UP FOR WHAT THEY HOPE IS ANOTHER TITLE RUN. THE DAY I STOPPED BY WAS THE INDOOR GYM DAY. LIGHTNING, EVERYBODY GOES THROUGH IT. THEY WON AGAINST APOPKA LAST YEAR IN A SINGLE TOP -- POINT DURING OVERTIME. THIS TEAM IS THREE AND TWO. THEIR TWO LOSSES CAME LAST SEASON BY A COMBINED FOUR POINTS. THIS TIME AGAIN SANFORT SEMINOLE IS READY TO SHINE. >> WE HAVE LOST A LOT OF EXPERIENCE. SOME OF OUR LEADERSHIP, ESPECIALLY ON THE DEFENSIVE SIDE OF THE BALL. WE ARE LOOKING FOR GUYS TO STEP UP. WE HAVE TALENT. THOSE GUYS JUST HAVE TO EMERGE. DAREN: THE SEMINOLES ARE CHASING A CHAMPIONSHIP AT LIKE ONE OF A STEP. THE VIPERS ARE TRYING TO SHED THE SKIN OF THE ZERO AND 10 RECORD IN THEIR INAUGURAL SEASON. OUT OF THE MORE THAN 60 PLAYERS ON THEIR TEAM THIS WEEKEND MORE THAN 40 HAD NO EXPERIENCE PLAYING FOOTBALL. NOW THE TEAM IS HOPING TO GROW AND BUILD A FOUNDATION HEADING INTO THE NEW YEAR. >> ANYTIME YOU GET TO TAKE REPS AT THE VARSITY LEVEL THAT’S HUGE FOR YOUR DEVELOPMENT. I THINK THOSE KIDS USED THE RECORD FROM LAST SEASON IS MOTIVATION THIS YEAR. THE KIDS COULD HAVE SHIED AWAY FROM THE CHALLENGE, OPTED TO TRANSFER, THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT OUR NUMBERS HAVE GROWN AND THAT IS A TESTAMENT TO NOT ONLY TO NOT ONLY THE KIDS WE HAVE IN THE PROGRAM, BUT THE COACHES WE BROUGHT ON TO MAKE THOSE KIDS WANT TO BE AROUND. KENDRA: THE BOONE BRAVES FINISHED EIGHT AND FOUR LAST SEASON AND THIS SEASON THEY ARE EAGER TO FINISH BETTER THAN LAST YEAR AND REMAIN CONSISTENT. ONE PLAYER PROVEN TO REMAIN IS SENIOR KICKER GRANT REDDICK. HE CARES TO KICKOFF THE SEASON WITH A BANG. THERE IS A SCIENCE TO WHAT GRANT REDDICK DOES. >> THIS WEEK SPOT MAKES IT FLY. KENDRA: FOR THE KICK TO BE JUST RIGHT. HE DID NOT START OFF AS A FOOTBALL KICKER. HE GOT HIS START PLAYING SOCCER. >> I WAS A GOALKEEPER. I KNEW I COULD KICK A SOCCER BALL FAR. I WANTED TO SEE IF I COULD KICK A FOOTBALL FAR. IT TURNED OUT I COULD. MY FRESHMAN YEAR I DECIDED TO TRY KICKING AND IT PROGRESSED SINCE THEN. KENDRA: THE REST IS HISTORY. SINCE PRACTICE, GRANT HAS GAINED RECOGNITION FROM ORGANIZATIONS LIKE CALLS KICKING THAT NAMED HIM ONE OF THE TOP KICKERS IN THE COUNTRY FOR HIS CLASS. >> EVERYONE START SOMEWHERE. I WAS NOT GOOD WHEN I STARTED. IT’S JUST TRAINING, DAY IN AND DAY OUT. KENDRA: HIS ACCURACY AND EXECUTION LAID HIM A POSITION TO BE RECRUITED FROM DIVISION I SCHOOLS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. IN JULY THE SPECIALIST COMMITTED TO A SCHOOL DOWN THE ROAD, UCF. >> IT’S IN MY BACKYARD. MY WHOLE FAMILY ARE ALUMNI AND MY BROTHER IS THERE NOW. TO FOLLOW THE TRADITION IS EXCITING. KENDRA: WHEN HE SAYS HIS WHOLE FAMILY, HE MEANS IT. >> MOM, DAD, BROTHER, GRANDPARENTS, AND UNCLE, YOU. KENDRA: IT IS TRICKY FOR COLLEGES TO REALLY COMMIT TO, YES, WE ARE GOING TO SCHOLARSHIP A KICKER. GRANT IS THE BEST KICKER IN THE NATION. MOST PROGRAMS WERE LIKE IN A WAIT AND SEE MODE WITH THAT POSITION. THE FACT UCF SAW WHAT GRANT IS, I THINK HE APPRECIATED THAT. KENDRA: BOONE HEAD ANDY JOHNSON RELIES HEAVILY ON SPECIAL TEAMS. HIS EYE FOR TALENT HAS MOVED MULTIPLE KICKERS FROM BOONE TO PLAY AT THE NEXT LEVEL. >> IT IS SOMETHING IN THE WATER IN CONWAY. WE HAVE BEEN BLESSED. KENDRA: THIS KICKER ALREADY KNOWS WHERE HE WILL BE GOING TO SCHOOL SO HE HAS ANOTHER BIG GOAL THIS SEASON. >> DON’T MISS A FIELD GOAL. YOU KNOW, WHEN PUT IN PRESSURE ENVIRONMENTS LIKE THAT, DO MY JOB. THAT IS WHAT I AM HERE FOR. KENDRA:KENDRA: YOU’VE DEFENSE THE BEST FIELD POSITION POSSIBLE. JUST DO ALL THE LITTLE THINGS I CAN’T HELP THE TEAM WIN. GRANT REDDICK IS PART OF SEVERAL HOMETOWN KIDS STAYING HERE TO PLAY FOR THE HOMETOWN TEAM. GUS MALZAHN WANTED TO WIN THE STATE OF ORLANDO. HE IS RECRUITING CENTRAL FLORIDA HARD AND IT SHOWS. LOOK AT THE PLAYMAKERS HEADING TO UCF IN THE CLASS OF 2023. DAREN: OSCEOLA’S JOHN WALKER A KOWBOY WITH A KOWBOY WITH A K. >> I AM TRYING TO NOT LET IT GO TO MY HEAD. IT IS COOL TO BE THE HIGHEST RECRUIT EVER. I AM BLESSED TO GET THIS POSITION NOW. >STAY FOCUSED. YOU HAVE TO BE LOCKED IN. DAREN: IT IS HARD TO FIND A MORE CONSISTENTLY COMPETITIVE TEAM IN THE COUNTRY THAN COCOA. THE TIGERS ONCE AGAIN EXPECT TO HAVE THE JUNGLE ROCKING AFTER A STATE RUNNER-UP FINISH LAST YEAR. AFTER REACHING THE STATE FINAL 415 STRAIGHT TIMES, THEY HOPE THIS SEASON FEELS MORE LIKE 2016, THE LAST TIME THEY WANTED ALL. >> WE HAVE HAD A GREAT CAMP. WE ARE IN A GOOD POSITION NOW. WE ARE FEELING REALLY CONFIDENT ABOUT WHERE WE ARE AS A TEAM. THE COACHING STAFF HAS DONE A WONDERFUL JOB GETTING GUYS READY TO GO. THE SENIORS STEPPED UP AND WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO FRIDAY AT 7:00. KEEPING IN THE GAME GOING AND SHOWING PEOPLE WHAT COCOA FOOTBALL IS ALL ABOUT. DAREN: THE TEAMS ARE SHOWING OUT THIS FRIDAY. MERRITT ISLAND PLAY FOR A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE THE MAYBES LAST YEAR. THEY ALWAYS HAD AN ANSWER UNTIL THEY RAN INTO A BUZZ SAW IN MIAMI CENTRAL. HEAD COACH HURLIE BROWN LEFT THE TEAM IN JANUARY TO TAKE A JOB AT TEXAS A&M. HE IS NOW BACKED BY A HEAD COACH, THE NEW HEAD COACH AT HOLY TRINITY THIS COUPLE. -- EPISCOPAL. >> EVERY COACHES DREAM IS TO COME BACK TO THEIR ALMA MATER. I WANT TO CONTINUE WHAT WE DID LAST YEAR. THE COACH DID A LOT OF GOOD THINGS. WE ARE KEEPING THOSE TRADITIONS ROLLING. WE WANT TO KEEP IT ROLLING AND TAKE THE NEXT STEP. DAREN: KEEPING IT ROLLING IS WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO. THERE IS MORE TO COME TONIGHT AS WE GET YOU READY FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL SEASON, INCLUDING MORE OF THE FOOTBALL PLAYER WHO LEFT IMG ACADEMY TO COME HOME AND PLAY FOR THE JONES TIGERS. KENDRA: WE WILL GIVE YOU WHERE HE IS COMMITTED TO PLAY NEXT YEAR ALONG WITH WHERE OTHER BIG NAME PLAYERS IN THE CENTRAL FLORIDA AREA WILL BE GOING AFTER E BREAK. DAREN: AS WE SET SAIL IN 2022 THERE IS NO LACK OF TALENT ON THE FOOTBALL FIELDS OF CENTRAL FLORIDA. KENDRA: THERE IS SO MUCH TALENT IN THE AREA. THE GUYS HAVE ALREADY COMMITTED TO. FLORIDA, FLORIDA STATE, MIAMI, UCF, OHIO STATE, TEXAS, OKLAHOMA, ILLINOIS, MARYLAND, NORTHWESTERN JUST TO NAME A FEW. DAREN: THAT’S PRETTY GOOD SO FAR. HERE ARE THE TOP RECRUITS IN OUR AREA AND WHERE THEY ARE HEADED IN THE CLASS OF 2023. LOOK AT THE DIVERSITY AND IMPOSITIONS. RUNNING BACK, LINEBACKER, WIDE RECEIVER. GOOD LUCK TO EVERY QUARTERBACK FACING US THE OTHER THIS YEAR. KENDRA: THERE ARE MANY MORE. THIS YEAR WILL BE FUN. DAREN: ONE OF THE GUYS ON THE LIST WAS JOAN LINEBACKER MALIK BRYANT. HE SPENT THE LAST TWO SEASONS AT IMG ACADEMY AND HE IS BACK HOME IN ORLANDO SCHOLARSHIP IN HAND READY TO PLAY HIS SENIOR YEAR WHERE HE BEGAN HIS FOOTBALL CAREER AT JONES HIGH. I CAUGHT UP WITH MALIK BRYANT EARLIER THIS WEEK. FOR MALIK BRYANT COMING HOME TO ORLANDO WAS ALWAYS THE GOAL. >> WORKING THE HARDEST, LEAVING FROM THE JOB. I ALREADY HAD THAT FEELING, THIS IS WHY WANT TO FINISH. BEING ABLE TO CAPITALIZE ON THAT MOMENT, BEING AROUND THE GUYS DOING THIS WITH THEM HAS BEEN AN HONOR. DAREN: THIS SEASON HIS EYES ARE SET UP A STATE TITLE. >> I ACCOMPLISHED EVERYTHING I SET OUT FOR MYSELF AT IMG. FOR MY SENIOR YEAR I FEEL LIKE I SHOULD BRING NOTORIETY BACK TO MY HOMETOWN, BIARRITZ, MY SCHOOL, TO GIVE GUYS WHAT THEY DESERVE TO CHASE THE STATE TITLE. >> BEING BACK HOME WITH THE TIGER POP ON HIS HELMET, WEARING THE ORANGE AND GREEN BEFORE HE WEARS THE SAME COLORS IS SPECIAL. >> TALK ABOUT GOOSEBUMPS. GETTING ON THE FIELD EVERY DAY WITH MY GUYS IS ADRENAL AND I CANNOT GET OVER. DAREN: WHAT DOES ORLANDO MEAN TO YOU? WHAT DOES JONES HIGH SCHOOL MEAN TO YOU? >> A LOT. THIS IS WHERE I WAS BORN AND RAISED. THIS IS HOME. THIS IS WHERE FAMILY IS FOR ME. CHILDHOOD FRIENDS. EVERYBODY. THIS IS THE PLACE I CALL HOME. DAREN: HE IS ONE TO WATCH FOR SURE. KENDRA: WHERE’D YOU GO FROM THERE? CJ BAXTER IS ALSO THE HIGHEST HIGHEST-RATED RECRUIT IN OUR AREA. HE TOO WAS A LITTLE SHOWMANSHIP EARLIER THIS MONTH. ANNOUNCED HIS COLLEGE DESTINATION. DAREN: NO LIVE ANIMALS WHERE HE IS HEADED. ZACH POP CAUGHT UP WITH DEMAND THAT DEFENSES CONTINUE TO CHASE. >> THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS OF CJ BAXTER CAME TO AN END WITH FIVE HATS ON A TABLE IN THE EDGEWATER HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM. IT WAS A SURPRISE PICK FROM A BACH WIND BAXTER TOLD THE WORLD WHERE HE WAS BUYING COLLEGE FOOTBALL. >> IT WAS EXTREMELY HARD. I HAD NIGHTS WHERE I WOULDN’T GO TO SLEEP, JUST THINKING ABOUT IT. I WOULD BREAK DOWN AND CRY, ALL OF THAT. BUT I AM GLAD I MADE THIS DECISION. I AM HAPPY AND AT PEACE WITH IT. >> HE KNEW THERE WAS NOT NECESSARILY A BAD CHOICE. HE FELT COMFORTABLE HEADING TO TEXAS. THERE RUNNING BACK COACH HAS BEEN DOWN HERE AND I THINK THAT WILL BE A GREAT MENTOR FOR HIM AT THE NEXT LEVEL. I THOUGHT IT WAS A GREAT DECISION ONCE HE TOLD ME. >> FOR A WHILE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN WONDERING WHERE CJ BAXTER WOULD PLAY COLLEGE FOOTBALL. IT IS A DECISION HE MADE UP IN HIS MIND QUITE A WHILE AGO BUT DID NOT MAKE IT PUBLIC UNTIL AUGUST 10, A DAY THAT HAS MEANING NEAR AND DEAR TO HIS HEART. >> IT IS HIS BIRTHDAY. I WANTED IT TO HAVE MEANING BEHIND IT. MY CHILDHOOD BEST FRIEND PASSED AWAY WHEN WE WERE EIGHT. HE PASSED AWAY AFTER WE WON THE SUPER BOWL TOGETHER. WE WERE ALWAYS WITH EACH OTHER. >> BAXTER NOW JOINS A LOADED RECRUITMENT CLASS TO COMMIT TO STEVE SARKISIAN INCLUDING THE NUMBER ONE RANKED PLAYER IN THE COUNTRY QUARTERBACK ARCHIE MANNING. THAT IS THE TALENT THAT WILL HEAD TO AUSTIN WITH BAXTER. IT DID NOT HURT HIS DECISION. >> I WOULD HAVE STARTED THE CLASS OF MY OWN IF I WOULD HAVE COMMITTED. BUT ALL OF THEM HAD A HUGE INFLUENCE ON ME. IN MAKING THE DECISIONS. JUST TALKING TO ARCH, JOHNSON FACETIMED ME AS SOON AS I GOT HERE. GREAT DUDES. >DAREN: CAN YOU IMAGINE IF HE HA BROUGHT OUT A LONGHORN? KENDRA: THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN WILD. DAREN: JOINING ME IN STUDIO IS DAN LAFOREST FROM VARSITY SPORTS NETWORK TALKING THE MAJOR -- FIRST MAJOR RECLASSIFICATION SINCE 2005 AND HOW IT IMPACTS TEAMS AROUND HERE. STICK AROUND. >> WELCOME BACK TO THE HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL HUDDLE. JOINING ME IS OUR GOOD FRIEND OF DAN LAFOREST FROM VARSITY SPORTS NETWORK. IT IS THE FIRST TIME IN A LONG TIME THE STATE HAS SEEN THIS MUCH OF A SHAKEUP FOR HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL CLASSIFICATIONS AT THE PLAYOFFS. WHAT DO WE EXPECT FOR THE UPCOMING SEASON? >> THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF DISCUSSION OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS. IF YOU REALLY LOOK AT IT THERE HAVE NOT BEEN ANY CHANGES IN CLASSIFICATION SINCE 2005. SOMETHING HAD TO GIVE. ISN’T THIS THE PERFECT SOLUTION? ABSOLUTELY NOT. BUT, IT DOESN’T SHAKE IT UP AND WHENEVER YOU HAVE DISCUSSION THERE IS GOOD FOR HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS. DAREN: WHAT DOES THIS AFFECT THE MOST? WHAT GOAL WHERE THEY TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH BY DOING THIS? >> THE BIGGEST THING IS GETTING HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL COMPETITIVE AGAIN. YOU ARE SEEING A LOT OF OVERLOAD AS FAR AS PROGRAMS GETTING BIGGER AND STRONGER. EVEN WITH STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS WE WERE FINDING OUT THAT WE WERE SEEING A LOT MORE OF THOSE BEING WIDE OUT OF SOUTH FLORIDA BECAUSE OF THE GENERAL LOCATION. DAREN: WHO IS YOUR COMPETITOR YOU ARE WATCHING? MAYBE A COUPLE TEAMS THAT WILL BE THE BEST? >> I THINK YOU START WITH COCOA. COCOA. COCO WILL BE THE SUBURBAN. BUT I SAY EDGEWATER. I THINK SEMINOLE WILL BE A STRONG CONTENDER. APOPKA HAS ALWAYS GOT TO BE IN THE DISCUSSION. I THINK YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT THE LAND NOW POSSIBLE WITH RICK GARLAND COMING BACK TO CENTRAL FLORIDA I THINK THAT WILL BE VERY INTERESTING TO WATCH. >> FOR DISCLOSURE, A FORMER THE BLUE DARTERS QUARTERBACK THERE. WHEN WE COME BACK, WE PREVIEW TOMORROW NIGHT’S KICKOFF CLASSICS, THE BIGST MATCHUPS IN THE AREA. DON’T GO ANYWHERE. DAREN: WE STILL HAVE TO CHECK OUT SOME OF THE BIG UPCOMING GAMES THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS. KENDRA: LET’S LOOK AT BIG KICKOFF CLASSIC SHOWDOWNS THIS WEEKEND. ARE A LOT OF THINGS TO LOOK OUT FOR THEM. DAREN: SATURDAY NIGHT MIAMI NORTHWESTERN TAKES ON THE JONES FIGHTIN’ TIGERS A REMATCH OF THE 2019 STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME IN DAYTONA BEACH. THIS TIME THEY WILL TANGLE AT CAMPING WORLD STADIUM LIVE ON VARSITY SPORTS NETWORK. HOW ABOUT COCO AT MERRITT ISLAND. THAT’S TWO STATE RUNNER-UP FINISHERS SEPARATED AS THE CROW FLIES BY ABOUT TWO MILES, ONE BRIDGE. THAT WILL BE A LOT OF FUN. KENDRA: THAT WILL BE A GOOD ONE. HOW ABOUT SIMONEAU AT EDGEWATER? TWO POWER PROGRAMS THERE. HOW ABOUT OSCEOLA AT APOPKA. AGAIN, TWO OF THE AREA TOP POWERS GOING AT IT. WE HAVE GREAT MATCHUPS FOR THE 2022 SEASON. DAREN: WHEN I TALK TO COACH ERIC LODGE EARLIER THIS WEEK AT SEMINOLE HE SAID HE PLANS ON PLAYING HIS STARTERS. THIS WILL BE AN ACTUAL GAME FOR SEMINOLE. YOU CAN WATCH THAT ON VARSITY SPORTS NETWORK TOMORROW NIGHT. WE WILL BE THERE LIVE AT 10:00 PREVIEWED THE BIG SHOWDOWN. KENDRA: IT IS INTERESTING TO SEE THOSE MATCHUPS BECAUSE YOU DON’T ALWAYS KNOW IF YOU WILL HAVE THE STARTERS COMING OUT THERE. TO HAVE THIS SO EARLY ON GETS ME PUMPED FOR THE SEASON. I TOLD YOU SATURDAY NIGHT LOOKING AT THE GAMES, THIS WILL BE A GOOD YEAR. I AM EXCITED FOR THE SEASON. DAREN: WHAT HAS YOU MOST EXCITED WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE UPCOMING SEASON? KENDRA: THE TEAMS THAT DID NOT WIN STATES AND ARE GOING BACK AT IT. APOPKA IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE SCHOOLS READ I HAVE ALWAYS KIND OF HOPED. DAREN: HAS DAN BEEN TALKING TO YOU? KENDRA: THAT IS ONE SCHOOL WE COVERED A LOT LAST SEASON. TO SEE THEM MAKE IT OR GET THAT FAR, I AM LOOKING TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS FOR THEM THIS YEAR. DAREN: I AM LOOKING FOR THE LEVEL OF TALENT THAT HAS COME UP. POWER FIVE TALENT. THIS YEAR NUMBERS OF PLAYERS ALREADY COMMITTED, ESPECIALLY TO UCF. WE HAVE NOT SEEN A LOT OF KNIGHTS LOCALLY IN RECENT HISTORY IN GUS MALZAHN’S CHANGING THAT. I WANT TO SEE WHO COMES OUT ON TOP WITH THE DISTRICT SO CLOSELY WITH THE RECLASSIFICATION, GEOGRAPHICALLY, WITH SEMINOLE AND LAKE MARY IN THE SAME LITTLE POD IN THERE, IT WILL BE REALLY COMPETITIVE. KENDRA: KENDRA: DAN WAS TALKING ABOUT DARK HORSES, BAYLON, ROCKLEDGE. THOSE TWO TEAMS WE COVERED A LOT LAST YEAR. I’M EXCITED TO SEE WHAT THEY DID THIS YEAR. YOU TALKED ABOUT ACF. ONE THING THAT ANDY JOHNSON FROM BOONE TALKED ABOUT IS IT HAS BEEN HARD TO GET PLAYERS FROM LOCAL AREAS GO TO UCF. TO SEE THAT THIS YEAR, WE HAVE GREAT TALENT IN THIS AREA. DAREN: TOMORROW NIGHT, FRIDAY NIGHT HITS BEGIN AT 11:15. JOIN US EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT FOR THE REST OF THE SEASON.