The 2012 Tampa Bay football season was one of the best in a while. There was a balance of power, a ton of good players and lots of motivated coaching. Below is Tampa Bay 2012 football from A-Z.
| A | ABSOLUTELY UNPREDICTABLE | The area was not top heavy as it has been in years past. No dominant teams. Lots of good teams. Anyone could win on any Friday. |
| B | BARELY | Barely a seat available at any Robinson home games starting game 10 of the season. |
| C | COUGARS | The Durant Cougars finished the regular season 10-0. First time in school history. |
| D | DEPUE | Robinson former head football coach, Mike DePue ended his colorful career on top. 12-2 for his going away party. |
| E | EAST COUNTY | East Hillsborough County may have been stronger than West Hillsborough County this season. Durant, TBT, Armwood, Newsome make a strong argument |
| F | FORFEIT | Countryside missed the playoffs this year due to district games forced to forfeit. 20-0 and district champs the previous two seasons. |
| G | GAME SPEECHES | Heard some pre-game and post game speaches that moved us, inspired us and motivated us. They came from the heart. |
| H | HILLSBOROUGH | Hillsborough Terriers finally defeated Armwood. Hawks won last 10 meetings since 2005. |
| I | IRISH | #1 Kansas State loses 52-24 against Baylor; #2 Oregon loses 17-14 to Stanford. Puts the Irish of Notre Dame at #1 and Alabama at #2 which blew up the message board. |
| J | JESUIT | Football fans waited on Jesuit’s offensive roller-coaster to stop. It never did and Tigers were a big question mark all season long. How good are they? How good could they be if they could throw the ball effectively? |
| K | KABOOM | We saw plenty of players get “kaboomed”. Better keep your head on a swivel! |
| L | L3 | Still very curious what school Leon McQuay will commit to. |
| M | MADE US BELEIVERS | Pasco DT, Joey Ivie was a baller and made us believers that he could be an impact player as a true freshman next year at Florida. |
| N | NO ONE PLAYING 4 TITLE | For the first time in 11 seasons, Hillsbrough County did not have a team playing for a state title. |
| O | OVERTIME | Plant vs. Armwood sparked again! The game went to overtime and the Panthers pulled out the win. |
| P | PETE | East Lake QB, Pete Dinovo ended his junior year warming up, spent the summer heating up and spent the 2013 season on FIRE! |
| Q | QUAD | Once push overs on many teams’ schedule, the quad of Gaither, Sickles, Alonso and Steinbrenner have all emerged to respectable programs. |
| R | ROBERT DAVIS | Carrollwood Day RB, Robert Davis broke the single season rushing record of 2150 yards held by Lydell Ross since 2000. Davis rushed for 2221 yards. |
| S | Six A – Eight (6A-8) | The madness that almost turned district 6A-8 upside down. If Jefferson would have been forced to give up their win vs. Sickles, Monday night 3-way tie breaker would have been ordered. |
| T | THE FINISH | The finish with Tampa Bay Tech at Gaither, Plant at Robinson and Newsome at Durant was priceless! |
| U | UNDEFEATED | When the season started, 72 teams started the year undefeated. 3 teams finished the regular season the same way (Durant, Largo, Pasco). |
| V | VERNON | Vernon Hargreaves III excited football fans all season. Lived up to all the hype and some. |
| W | WORTH | Will Worth did the same thing he had been doing for the past few years; Ballin! Rushed and passed for over 1K yards each and led his team to the third round of the playoffs. |
| X | XXXL | The big boys played big this year. Guys wearing XXL-XXXL game pants, were some of the best players each Friday night. |
| Y | YARD | Robinson missed a last chance by one yard. One yard would have given the Knights once more chance to score and advance to the state finals. |
| Z | ZAIN | Zain Gilmore went from just another name, to THEE name in Hillsborough County. Took his game to another level in 2012. |