Week 2 upsets

Week 2 is pretty much in the books and we're already starting to see some shifting in the Beef 'O' Brady's Top 25.

While the top 8 or 9 teams show no signs for weakness - the 10-25 spots are pretty much up for grabs.

Perhaps the biggest surprise is Dr. Phillips. How no one ranked them in their Top 25 (Florida Varsity, Friday Night Football) is beyond me now. I have to admit that Austin Lyon from the Orlando Sentinel tipped me off on the Panthers.

They went to Kissimmee and downed the Kowboys in a monsoon 9-0.

Other early surprises include Plant starting 0-1 and Hillsborough starting 0-1. Those two play at 4 PM on Saturday and the scary thing is - one of them will be 0-2.

Naples took it on the chin - again - AT Immokalee. Bill Kramer's boys lost 25-24. Also losing (shockingly so) is First Coast. This is a very talented team that's off to an 0-2 start after losing to Camden County (GA) in the last seconds.

Speaking of Camden County - the 'Cats are off to a 1-2 start and were two plays away from being 0-3... wow.

St. Thomas, Pahokee, Northwestern, Miami Central and Glades Central continue to shine and the good thing is - four of the five will meet each other somewhere down the road in the season. St. Thomas will be tested October 2 against Byrnes (SC) on national TV. Kudos to the Raiders for moving the game to Lockhart - which seats 20,000 as opposed to Piccolo Stadium - which is a great facility - but can't handle the crowd that might be expected.

Mainland, Lincoln and Godby bounced back from season-opening losses - and wow did Godby bounce back - blasting by Pace 48-28.

Niceville showed us that they are the team to reckon with in the panhandle, blowing by rival Choctawhatchee 49-0.

Friday night I got the chance to see three very good football players - Tyler Krider from Lake Brantley put on a one-man show and led the Patriots by Oviedo 34-29 - despite the dynamic duo attack of QB Blake Bortles and RB Stu Butler. Bortles and Butler were quite the tandem - and led Oviedo to a 29-21 lead late - but the Patriots rallied and pulled it out to keep from going 0-2.

And I have to give props to my Sandalwood Saints - off to a 2-0 start after a thrilling 14-13 win over rival Fletcher.