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AggiesAreWe

AggiesAreWe

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Looking at scores from across the state but even just our coverage area, there were way too many blowouts in these first rounds. 

Of our 9 coverage area games last night, only one was competitive. (#3 seed Palestine Westwood beat #2 Anahuac 41-27).

All the other games were complete blowouts. (well maybe not SA/UG as it was 33-7 but SA led the whole game and UG only scored with a minute left in game)

6 of the 9 games teams scored 60+. 4 scored 70+. The average margin of victory in the 9 games was 50 points. Take out the Anahuac/WW game and it's 54 points.

Six of the nine games last night were #1 vs. #4. (technically the DP/NS game wasn't but NS is the #1 DI seed). All of those games were not competitive. Those scores: 62-14, 70-0, 70-0, 33-7, 75-14, 68-19. 

My point (and one that I have had all along) is the playoffs are too watered down. I never liked a 4th team being added to playoffs. Particularly when that 4th team comes from a district with just 4, 5, or 6 teams. I just don't think as a whole, you get a quality team going that far down in a district. 

Yes I know there are outliers. (have been some 4 seeds make it deep in playoffs) But the vast majority get their butt whipped (like last night) in the 1st round.

Call me old school, but I liked it when it was just 2 teams.

Rant over.

AHUDDLESTON

AHUDDLESTON

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I was just thinking the same thing.  Brock won 77 - 7.  This was not a run up the score game.  Brock had 8 possessions on offense. 6 of the 8 were one play drives for TD. One 5 play drive td  in first half and 7 play drive for td in second half.  Returned two punts and one interception for TDs. Clock only stopped in second half for the change of quarter. 63 points on 10 offensive plays in the first half.  

Mr. Buddy Garrity

Mr. Buddy Garrity

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1 minute ago, AHUDDLESTON said:

I was just thinking the same thing.  Brock won 77 - 7.  This was not a run up the score game.  Brock had 8 possessions on offense. 6 of the 8 were one play drives for TD. One 5 play drive td  in first half and 7 play drive for td in second half.  Returned two punts and one interception for TDs. Clock only stopped in second half for the change of quarter. 63 points on 10 offensive plays in the first half.  

That game got comical, I stopped watching after the 4th TD in the 1st quarter. 

1970

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43 minutes ago, AggiesAreWe said:

Looking at scores from across the state but even just our coverage area, there were way too many blowouts in these first rounds. 

Of our 9 coverage area games last night, only one was competitive. (#3 seed Palestine Westwood beat #2 Anahuac 41-27).

All the other games were complete blowouts. (well maybe not SA/UG as it was 33-7 but SA led the whole game and UG only scored with a minute left in game)

6 of the 9 games teams scored 60+. 4 scored 70+. The average margin of victory in the 9 games was 50 points. Take out the Anahuac/WW game and it's 54 points.

Six of the nine games last night were #1 vs. #4. (technically the DP/NS game wasn't but NS is the #1 DI seed). All of those games were not competitive. Those scores: 62-14, 70-0, 70-0, 33-7, 75-14, 68-19. 

My point (and one that I have had all along) is the playoffs are too watered down. I never liked a 4th team being added to playoffs. Particularly when that 4th team comes from a district with just 4, 5, or 6 teams. I just don't think as a whole, you get a quality team going that far down in a district. 

Yes I know there are outliers. (have been some 4 seeds make it deep in playoffs) But the vast majority get their butt whipped (like last night) in the 1st round.

Call me old school, but I liked it when it was just 2 teams.

Rant over.

I was thinking the same thing last night while looking at the scores.  The top-4 teams making playoffs is too much.  Maybe 3 is too many as well.  I was trying to stream six man games last night, fortunately the effort was mostly unsuccessful, based on what I saw.  

BBfan061

BBfan061

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Just now, AggiesAreWe said:

I'm ok with 3 teams. It gives the district champion a well deserved bye.

Unfortunately I don’t see a world where they go back to that… Trust me I’m all for more football but I honestly didn’t even watch the second half of Bellville vs Worthing because the writing was on the wall…

Eazy

Eazy

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About 3/4 of the 1st round games have double digit point spreads.  There are more 40+ point spreads than 0-5 point spreads.  That’s the 1st round for you.  

Big Daddy Cool

Big Daddy Cool

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If they insist on having two divisions. Why not all district champions go into the D1 bracket and play for the state championship. The second and third place team go into D2 bracket and play for a consolation trophy. It would be just like college basketball. 

bullets13

bullets13

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I'm glad there's at least 3 teams this year considering how our district turned out. Missing the playoffs completely because of a 1-point away loss in a game with some really bad officiating would be brutal. It's rough enough we got Athens first round.  I definitely get not having a 4th team make it. At the same time, there are some good things that come out of it. Every now and then we'll see a deep run from a 4th seed, and that 4th spot gives a lot of teams a chance to make the playoffs who'd never have a chance otherwise. Most of those teams get blown out several times throughout a normal year anyway, so it's not like it puts much of a damper on their playoff excitement. 

kirkwood29

kirkwood29

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The part that I like most about the 4-team system is it gives hope to a team that has a sub-par year, but is awarded a chance to play in the post-season.

They get a taste of what its like and for some communities, it's the best thing that's ever happened to them and gives them a hunger for more.

Yes, it does kind of fall in line with the everyone gets a trophy mindset, but in some of these cases, we've seen some programs make a huge turn-around recently. 

But, as the poster mentioned, it seems like the vast majority of the first round games are completely one-sided so I get the argument for sure.

Darth Texas

Darth Texas

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I like having four. Yes, it’s watered down. But we sometimes also get really good games, and chances for teams that would otherwise NEVER make the playoffs to get to be part of it.

Also, having four teams doesn’t in any way diminish the best high school playoff in the world. It’s just one more week of football, and there are always upsets. 

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