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Score more points than the other team. That's usually the offensive game plan.

It's speculation at best right now. I just think it'd be hilarious if several of the schools opted up. Not just Liberty/HJ.

It's obviously allowed because districts have been and are doing it. This is what I'd call a legitimate reason. "Extreme" distances could have an impact on stretched budgets or class time for students.. I would think that UIL could come up with a list of qualifying situations for playing in a different district than UIL assigned. What would be the reason for Liberty or HJ to opt up? They're certainly not "100+ miles away from every school that would be in the District".. so what's the reason? And then, hypothetically, should a school or more from the previous district decide to opt up to avoid a 5 team district.. is that not as good of a reason? See what I'm saying? A fraction of the public school in Texas that live in the middle of nowhere are saving money and school time, but it's applying statewide. I don't agree. Not that it matters.. the UIL has never done several opinions of mine so why would they start now? They wouldn't.

I didn't say it was a real issue.. I implied that it's potentially an issue. Then I gave an opinion of which I'm allowed. You don't have to like or agree with it.

Who decides the “right reasons”? Like I said.. just NO across the board. If you think your school district can’t cover travel expenses, just forfeit your playoff spot and schedule schools within a whatever mile radius.

This is why I say that none of them should be allowed to do it. It opens up the potential for all kinds of crazy stuff.

What if El Paso five 6A schools, and one more 3A team.

I’m not a huge fan of any school opting up. I personally believe that whatever UIL determines is the cutoff, your enrollment places you. I do understand wanting to for financial reasons.. but.. wouldn’t that also be true about just being in district with the 6 closest schools? If travel is truly the issue, just go independent and stay in a 30 mile radius. Disclaimer: I wholeheartedly disagree with several things UIL does.

I’m sure it’s relatively low.. what difference does it make how often it happens?

Every year.

I’ve said before and will continue saying.. anytime a 4 beats a 1, sending 4 teams to the playoffs is justified.

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101 high school enrollment.. imagine having 4% of the entire high school being horsemen. That's pretty significant.

Livingston?

The hypothetical here is that IF Newton drops another classification.. which is what I thought I saw earlier. At that point, Newton could play any of the 3ad2 schools or wide variety of 3ad1 schools and would still be playing up in the preseason. If Newton were to drop then it would probably more likely that a 4A teams stops scheduling them.

What I'm saying is that there is so much time between Week 2 and Round 4 that it doesn't matter. That's literally 12 straight weeks of probably blowing somebody out.. 12 weeks of starters not going in past halftime.. 12 weeks of playing zero situations that are gonna be seen deep into the playoffs. Does it matter that a close game was played several months before? In my opinion, no. So who cares if WOS drops the game going forward..

You have zero proof that it wouldn't have still worked with a different preseason schedule.

I'm not sure you're understanding what I'm saying. I'm saying that by the time they're deep into the playoffs, it's been several weeks/months since they've had a "preparation game". You have no idea whether or not the season would have turned out exactly the same or not by playing different schools in the preseason. When you win by 50/60/70 points for 6 weeks in a row.. then keep doing so until round 3, does it really make a difference that you had a close game in week 2? I don't think it does.. the starters haven't played more than 2 quarters since then. If anything, they've forgotten what it's like to have to play a whole game. There's no way that you can convince me that 2 weeks of "prep games" has an effect but 10 weeks of blowouts doesn't. Wanna play bigger schools preseason? Fine.. go ahead. I'm just saying that it doesn't make as much difference as people think. Newton would've won those state titles no matter if they played WOS before district or not. And.. can't be mad at WOS for not wanting to play a school multiple classifications lower... in football. That's a no-win situation for them.

My opinion: Playing "bigger" schools in the preseason doesn't really prepare you for anything.. if you play every district game after and even the first couple/few playoff games as a blowout win. What was accomplished? After winning 8 games in a row by 60 points I mean.. The preseason "preparation" is wiped away at that point.

Players + Coaching + Competition level = Success Any 2 of the 3 can lead to a great year. Maybe not a state championship year, but good year. Just having 1 of the 3 isn't enough. It takes good players.. and it takes preparation/strategy. But that wouldn't be enough in a juggernaut district/region/classification. It happens every two years... Same relative coaching staff, a lot of the same players, but reclassification may turn zeros into heroes or vice versa. Just like I've seen good coaches have mediocre years because of lost talent or even graduation. Or injuries... And not that great of coaches can have pretty good years if they have a lot of talent or are in a weaker level of competition. It's crazy to think that there aren't a lot of variables. But I will never be convinced that all it takes is great coaching. MOST coaches are practicing stuff that is designed to be successful. And MOST coaches are taking stuff from coaches/teams that are successful.

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I can’t believe it’s close either. Especially for that long.

I mean.. clinic starting after halftime?