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Week Zero of the national high school football season is now in the books and the results created immediate change in the HSFB100.
The move making the greatest impact was the drop of Hoover (AL) from No. 4 to No. 19 as the Bucs suffered a defeat at the hands of Miami Central, 24-21.
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Hoover led the game 7-6 into the fourth quarter before the Rockets broke free for two scores and a 21-7 lead. Hoover fought back to tie the game before allowing a winning drive in the final minutes.
A greater concern for Hoover is the offensive production.
After watching the game multiple times the play calling was exceedingly conservative — even for a program that keeps lesser opponents in the game with a normally conservative offensive gameplan.
There are several option for why this happened — and only the coaches know for sure — but the three most viable are as follows:
First the team was leading and playing solid, bend-don’t-break defense, and winning the game 7-6 was deemed plausible and as such it didn’t want to tip its hand for future opponents.
In that mindset, keeping everything close to the vest would be strategic as the Bucs are set to go on the road to take on No. 29 Colquitt County and even though Rush Propst has not been the coach at Hoover for seven years his shadow reaches across state lines. It could have been a reason for the team to be happy with punting and playing defense on a regular basis.
Our second option is the sporadic play at the quarterback position.
Hoover pro-style quarterback Jack Hutcheson was streaky during the game and that makes it difficult for any offense to get in the groove. He missed a pass down the seam by four yards which would have resulted in a touchdown but followed it with a well placed pass on a wheel route for a score two plays later. He missed open targets and took sacks when throwing the ball away was available to him but then made great passes in the fourth quarter to bring his team back. If the coaches didn’t know which version of Hutcheson was going to be on the field for each drive it could have impacted playcalling.
The final option is simple, Miami Central was just too good.
It was known that the front seven for Miami Central was going to be the best that the Bucs would face all year and it lived up to the billing. While it is easy to question what the Hoover offense was trying to do it may be more accurate to credit the Rockets for making it tough on them to do anything. If the players do not have the time to make the plays it could make the play calls look questionable.
With it just being the first week of the season there are still three months questions but after one week the answer to which team will win a HSFB100 National Title has eliminated one possibility with a preseason Top 5 team falling.
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| RK (L) | TEAM | CITY (ST) | RECORD | LAST WEEK |
| 1 (1) | St. Thomas Aquinas | Ft. Lauderdale (FL) | 0-0 | Idle |
| The Raiders were idle during Week Zero but got a great look at its Week One opponent, No. 7 American Heritage. | ||||
| 2 (2) | Allen | Allen (TX) | 0-0 | Idle |
| Allen starts right were it left off in 2013 as the No. 2-ranked team in the nation. It will open with No. 55 Denton Guyer in Week One. | ||||
| 3 (3) | St. John Bosco | Bellflower (CA) | 1-0 | def. St. Louis, 63-14 |
| St. John Bosco took a trip to Hawaii and cruised to an easy victory. The team was not test as much as we had anticipated as St. Louis opened the season with two losses and is likely to go 0-3, which could devalue the W for St. John Bosco. | ||||
| 4 (5) | St. Edward | Lakewood (OH) | 0-0 | Idle |
| St. Edward has plenty of offensive firepower of its own and has one of the better defenses in the state of Ohio. The Eagles will open with No. 98 Gilman on Sunday of Week One. | ||||
| 5 (8) | Bishop Gorman | Las Vegas (NV) | 1-0 | def. Brophy, 44-0. |
| The Gaels made it look easy in blanking Brophy this week. Gorman has a team and a schedule that could keep pushing it up the national rankings. Both sides of the ball will be tested more in a showdown with No. 14 Servite this week. . | ||||
| 6 (9) | Cedar Hill | Cedar Hill (TX) | 0-0 | Idle |
| The Longhorns have been ranked as high as No. 1 in the nation by one media outlet and as low as No. 4 in the state by another. It will open against an intriguing South Oak Cliff team in Week One. South Oak Cliff is a fringe HSFB100 team entering the year and could be a challenge. | ||||
| 7 (10) | American Heritage | Plantation (FL) | 0-0 | Idle |
| American Heritage showed well in a nationally televised game against Dwyer, ‘winning’ the game 49-23. It does not count in the win-loss column but it changed the ranking of both teams. | ||||
| 8 (6) | De La Salle | Concord (CA) | 0-0 | Idle |
| De La Salle takes a little slide but has a lot of held breath as its quarterback was injured during practice this weekend. If the team loses him — combined with the other injuries and transfers — the Spartans may slide further. | ||||
| 9 (7) | Katy | Katy (TX) | 0-0 | Idle |
| The Tigers lost in the state finals last year after making some uncharacteristic errors. Katy returns the majority of its defense — which was led by a group of talented sophomores and bolstered bu juniors last year — and has one of the top running backs in the country. | ||||
| 10 (12) | Bellevue | Bellevue (WA) | 0-0 | Idle |
| Bellevue will buoy in the rankings the next two weeks as it is idle again in Week One before a showdown with No. 11 Serra in Week Two. | ||||
| 11 (13) | Serra | Gardena (CA) | 0-0 | Idle |
| Coming off of a disappointing end to 2013, the Cavaliers start near the top of the national rankings with redemption on their mind. It will open with Lakwood in Week One before playing Bellevue. | ||||
| 12 (14) | Booker T. Washington | Miami (FL) | 1-0 | def. Oscar Smith, 57-21 |
| The defending HSFB100 National Champion looked like a similar product as last year in defeated one of the best in Virginia. The speed of the Tornadoes is simply impressive at every level. | ||||
| 13 (15) | Chandler | Chandler (AZ) | 0-0 | Idle |
| A mental block was lifted last year as the Wolves downed crosstown rivals, Hamilton. The Wolves return the most of any team in Arizona and the improving state lands a preseason Top 25 team for the second consecutive year when Mountain Pointe (Phoenix, AZ) was listed as the team to beat and ran the table. | ||||
| 14 (16) | Servite | Anaheim (CA) | 0-0 | Idle |
| Moving a team that went 6-6 last season into the Top 15 without playing a game is a pretty risky bet but one that is worth taking. The Friars will take on No. 5 Bishop Gorman to open the season in Week One. | ||||
| 15 (18) | Miami Central | Miami (FL) | 1-0L | def. No. 19 Hoover, 24-21 |
| The Rockets adjusted in the second half and wore down Hoover to claim a victory. It was not pretty but winning ugly is better than losing. The team gained 317 rushing yards and found a few new stars to replace what it lost. | ||||
| 16 (17) | Miramar | Miramar (FL) | 0-0 | Idle |
| Failure is a major motivator and the Patriot senior class has to be feeling plenty of fuel after one of the most stunning upsets of the year ended its season in 2013. Talent is high and despite a coaching change, expectations are amazingly high. | ||||
| 17 (19) | St. Peter’s Prep | Jersey City (NJ) | 0-0 | Idle |
| New Jersey has been a state that has dramatically improved its national reputation over the last decade and that helps push the Marauders into the Top 25 entering the year. It will have another week to watch before getting started in September. | ||||
| 18 (20) | St. Joseph’s Prep | Philadelphia (PA) | 0-0 | Idle |
| Prep was the wire-to-wire top team in Pennsylvania but did not earn a HSFB100 ranking after a state championship season. The Hawks will open with perennial Illinois power, Mt. Carmel on Aug. 31. | ||||
| 19 (4) | Hoover | Hoover (AL) | 0-1 | lost to No. 15 Miami Central, 24-21 |
| STOCK DOWN: Hoover had the lead against Miami Central but looked like it was trying to win 7-6 and not put more points on the board. Ultimately the conservative calls became its undoing. The defense was not without blame as it allowed 317 yards on the ground which we would guess hasn’t happened to the Bucs in 20-plus years. | ||||
| 20 (21) | Warren Easton | New Orleans (LA) | 0-0 | Idle |
| Likely the most talented team not given a Top 10 ranking entering the season the Eagles have a lot to prove to finish in the Top 25. The team will again be idle this week and then open the year during national Week Two. | ||||
| 21 (22) | Folsom | Folsom (CA) | 0-0 | Idle |
| Folsom is a team that generates most discussion in the early Top 25. The Bulldogs have improved depth and schedule and will prove where they belong. It opens with No. 79 Cathedral Catholic in Week One. | ||||
| 22 (23) | Centreville | Clifton (VA) | 0-0 | Idle |
| The Wing-T offense returns both of its top rushers and the majority of its offensive line. It will have another week of rest as the season doesn’t start for Centreville until September. | ||||
| 23 (24) | Bingham | South Jordan (UT) | 1-0 | def. Davis, 33-14 |
| The Miners opened the year with an Endowment Game win over Davis. The biggest test for the team is coming up against Bishop Gorman in a few weeks. | ||||
| 24 (25) | Buford | Buford (GA) | 1-0 | def. No. 84 Trinity Christian, 17-0 |
| Buford is now staked its claim to the No. 1 spot in Georiga. It will take on No. 41 McEachern in a few weeks to secure the position but the Wolves looked solid on defense against Trinity Christian. | ||||
| 25 (27) | Mainland | Daytona Beach (FL) | 0-0 | Idle |
| Mainland moved into the Top 25 taking the spot vacated by McEachern dropping from No. 11. The defense will be the calling card for this team in 2014. | ||||
| 26 (26) | Acadiana | Lafayette (LA) | 0-0 | Idle |
| 27 (28) | Mater Dei | Santa Ana (CA) | 0-0 | Idle |
| 28 (29) | West Monroe | West Monroe (LA) | 0-0 | Idle |
| 29 (83) | Colquitt County | Moultrie (GA) | 1-0 | def. 74 Mill Creek, 31-14 |
| STOCK UP: The Packers got off to an unusually hot start by beating then-No. 74 Mill Creek. Colquitt moves into the No. 1 spot in the highest class for Georiga but has plenty of competition. It will play No. 19 Hoover this week in what will be a very telling game for both programs. | ||||
| 30 (71) | Dutch Fork | Irmo (SC) | 1-0 | def. Greenwood, 45-19 |
| STOCK UP: It was hard not to be impressed with the improvements made by the Dutch Fork offense in besting then-No. 85 Greenwood. The Silver Foxes are on a bye before heading to Texas for a game with No. 2 Allen. | ||||
| 31 (36) | DeSoto | DeSoto (TX) | 0-0 | Idle |
| 32 (30) | Bentonville | Bentonville (AR) | 0-0 | Idle |
| 33 (32) | First Coast | Jacksonville (FL) | 0-0 | Idle |
| 34 (42) | Mountain Pointe | Phoenix (AZ) | 1-0 | def. Reed, 66-13 |
| 35 (62) | Clay Chalkville | Pinson (AL) | 0-0 | def. Niceville, 44-23 |
| 36 (41) | Don Bosco | Ramsey (NJ) | 0-0 | Idle |
| 37 (34) | Calvary Baptist | Shreveport (LA) | 0-0 | Idle |
| 38 (35) | Cocoa | Cocoa (FL) | 0-0 | Idle |
| 39 (49) | Poly | Long Beach (CA) | 0-0 | Idle |
| 40 (NR) | North Gwinnett | Suwanee (GA) | 1-0 | def. No. 41 McEachern, 52-49 |
| 41 (11) | McEachern | Powder Springs (GA) | 0-1 | lost to No. 40 North Gwinnett, 52-49 |
| STOCK DOWN: The defense and untimely injuries held back McEachern in its Week Zero loss to North Gwinnett. This could also have been a classic case of reading too many headlines. The team will look to rebound against No. 24 Buford in two weeks. | ||||
| 42 (33) | Creekside | Fairburn (GA) | 1-0 | def. South Cobb, 55-41 |
| 43 (39) | Spanish Fort | Spanish Fort (AL) | 1-0 | def. Stannhope Elmore, 42-14 |
| 44 (46) | Manvel | Manvel (TX) | 0-0 | Idle |
| 45 (37) | Trinity | Euless (TX) | 0-0 | Idle |
| 46 (40) | Centennial | Corona (CA) | 0-0 | Idle |
| 47 (86) | Blackman | Murfreesboro (TN) | 1-0 | def. No. 48 Oakland, 28-21 |
| 48 (47) | Oakland | Murfreesboro (TN) | 0-1 | lost to No. 47 Blackman, 28-21 |
| 49 (48) | Maryville | Maryville (TN) | 1-0 | def. Webb, 28-7 |
| 50 (58) | Dr. Phillips | Orlando (FL) | 0-0 | Idle |
| 51 (50) | Hart | Newhall (CA) | 0-0 | Idle |
| 52 (43) | Lake Travis | Austin (TX) | 0-0 | Idle |
| 53 (51) | Moeller | Cincinnati (OH) | 0-0 | Idle |
| 54 (52) | Steele | Cibolo (TX) | 0-0 | Idle |
| 55 (NR) | Guyer | Denton (TX) | 0-0 | Idle |
| 56 (53) | Destrehan | Destrehan (LA) | 0-0 | Idle |
| 57 (54) | North Shore | Houston (TX) | 0-0 | Idle |
| 58 (55) | Central Catholic | Portland (OR) | 0-0 | Idle |
| 59 (60) | Bolingbrook | Bolingbrook (IL) | 0-0 | Idle |
| 60 (61) | Rummel | Metairie (LA) | 0-0 | Idle |
| 61 (63) | John Curtis | River Ridge (LA) | 0-0 | Idle |
| 62 (64) | Dallas Skyline | Dallas (TX) | 0-0 | Idle |
| 63 (65) | Landry Walker | New Orleans (LA) | 0-0 | Idle |
| 64 (66) | Westfield | Houston (TX) | 0-0 | Idle |
| 65 (59) | Longview | Longview (TX) | 0-0 | Idle |
| 66 (68) | Alemany | Mission Hills (CA) | 0-0 | Idle |
| 67 (80) | Ben Davis | Indianapolis (IN) | 1-0 | def. Indy Cathedral, 44-19 |
| 68 (75) | Mentor | Mentor (OH) | 0-0 | Idle |
| 69 (76) | Carroll | Southlake (TX) | 0-0 | Idle |
| 70 (79) | Paramus Catholic | Paramus (NJ) | 0-0 | Idle |
| 71 (88) | Flanagan | Pembroke Pines (FL) | 0-0 | Idle |
| 72 (NR) | Byrnes | Duncan (SC) | 1-0 | def. No. 78 Northwestern, 30-22 |
| STOCK UP: After an offseason that wrote off the Rebels the team came out strong and jumped out 30-6 on Northwestern before coasting to victory. | ||||
| 73 (NR) | Naples | Naples (NR) | 0-0 | Idle |
| 74 (73) | McDonogh | Owings Mills (MD) | 0-0 | Idle |
| 75 (77) | Jenks | Jenks (OK) | 0-0 | Idle |
| 76 (NR) | Madison Central | Madison (MS) | 1-0 | def. No. 77 Brandon, 21-14 |
| 77 (69) | Brandon | Brandon (MS) | 0-1 | lost to No. 76 Madison Central, 21-14 |
| 78 (72) | Northwestern | Rock Hill (SC) | 0-1 | lost to NO. 72 Byrnes, 30-22 |
| 79 (81) | Cathedral Catholic | San Diego (CA) | 0-0 | Idle |
| 80 (82) | Pearland | Pearland (TX) | 0-0 | Idle |
| 81 (NR) | Sandy Creek | Tyrone (GA) | 1-0 | def. No. 87 Archer, 21-13 |
| 82 (NR) | Plant | Tampa (FL) | 0-0 | Idle |
| 83 (45) | Armwood | Seffner (FL) | 0-0 | Idle |
| 84 (38) | Trinity Christian | Jacksonville (FL) | 0-1 | lost to No. 24 Buford, 17-0 |
| STOCK DOWN: Top end talent has still not be able to shine through with a major win. The schedule will prove whether this team is a really good small school or a nationally relevant program. Right now it gets the benefit of the doubt. | ||||
| 85 (57) | Dwyer | Palm Beach Gardens (FL) | 0-0 | Idle |
| 86 (78) | Camden County | Kingsland (GA) | 1-0 | def. Tallahassee Lincoln, 49-27 |
| 87 (31) | Archer | Lawrenceville (GA) | 0-1 | lost to No. 81 Sandy Creek, 21-13 |
| 88 (70) | Eastern Christian | Elkton (MD) | 1-0 | def. No. 89 Spartanburg, 58-56 (OT) |
| 89 (87) | Spartanburg | Spartanburg (SC) | 0-1 | lost to No. 88 ECA, 58-56 (OT) |
| 90 (91) | Male | Louisville (KY) | 1-0 | def. Floyd Center, 49-3 |
| 91 (97) | Hamilton | Chandler (AZ) | 1-0 | def. O’Connor, 43-7 |
| 92 (93) | Shades Valley | Birmingham (AL) | 1-0 | def. Florence, 37-35 |
| 93 (98) | Union | Tulsa (OK) | 0-0 | Idle |
| 94 (89) | University Lab | Baton Rouge (LA) | 0-0 | Idle |
| 95 (100) | Archbishop Wood | Warminster (PA) | 0-0 | Idle |
| 96 (NR) | South Panola | Batesville (MS) | 1-0 | def. White Station, 62-27 |
| 97 (NR) | Good Counsel | Olney (MD) | 0-0 | Idle |
| 98 (NR) | Gilman | Baltimore (MD) | 0-0 | Idle |
| 99 (NR) | St. Xavier | Cincinnati (OH) | 0-0 | Idle |
| 100 (84) | Oxford | Oxford (MS) | 1-0 | def. Jackson Prep, 26-21 (OT) |
| Teams eliminated from the HSFB100 with previous rankings shown. | ||||
| No. 44 Niceville (FL); No. 56 Fort Pierce Central (FL); No. 67 Oscar Smith (Chesapeake, VA); No. 74 Mill Creek (Hoschton, GA); No. 85 Greenwood (SC); No. 90 South Pointe (Rock Hill, SC); No. 92 DePaul (Wayne, NJ); DeMatha (Hyattsville, MD); No. 95 Gonzaga (Washington, DC); No. 96 Wayne (Huber Heights, OH), and No. 99 Eastside Catholic (Sammamish, WA). | ||||
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