Last night's games. SMH

[ndn2016]

Four teams in a 5 and 6 member district is too much. IMO should only be two teams. Also, some teams are having to travel way too far when a 1 seed gets a home game and the 4 seed has to travel to their stadium. It's not cheap for teams to travel with band, drill team, etc. 

[navydawg31]

They are played on Thursday for a reason… 

[Matthew328]

2 minutes ago, ndn2016 said:

Four teams in a 5 and 6 member district is too much. IMO should only be two teams. Also, some teams are having to travel way too far when a 1 seed gets a home game and the 4 seed has to travel to their stadium. It's not cheap for teams to travel with band, drill team, etc. 

I know the UIL tries to avoid 4 and 5 team districts when possible but in some areas its just hard to avoid 

[navydawg31]

10 minutes ago, ndn2016 said:

Four teams in a 5 and 6 member district is too much. IMO should only be two teams. Also, some teams are having to travel way too far when a 1 seed gets a home game and the 4 seed has to travel to their stadium. It's not cheap for teams to travel with band, drill team, etc. 

no one in SETX should ever be in Reg 2… 

[Eazy]

In Tapps, they generally take 50% of the teams and round up for odd team district.  So, 3 playoff teams for a 6 team district.  Much smaller scale of course than UIL. You also don’t know exactly what the bracket is going to look like until they release it every year. 

[AggiesAreWe]

1 hour ago, Matthew328 said:

We have this same convo every year...Thur Rd 1 is always a bunch of blowouts because all the huge mismatches are played Thur to get it over with...we over-react because its the first day of the playoffs...then Fri happens we get some great games, a few more blowouts and we all forget about it

Well, I'll argue this until UIL gets rid of 4 teams advancing out of 4 and 5 team districts.

I don't consider my thoughts as an overreaction. I think it's pretty logical. Overall numbers prove it.

I have made this point many years. I think there are too many teams in the playoffs. My two cents.

[NHSBulldogFan]

7 minutes ago, AggiesAreWe said:

Well, I'll argue this until UIL gets rid of 4 teams advancing out of 4 and 5 team districts.

I don't consider my thoughts as an overreaction. I think it's pretty logical. Overall numbers prove it.

I have made this point many years. I think there are too many teams in the playoffs. My two cents.

And then we have the North Shore Atascocita Summer Creek CE King district which is the exception rather than the rule

[AggiesAreWe]

Just now, NHSBulldogFan said:

And then we have the North Shore Atascocita Summer Creek CE King district which is the exception rather than the rule

But at least those 4 teams come out of an 8 team district. You have to win as many district games or more than you lose to advance. That is not the case in districts with just 4, 5 and 6 teams.

[Eazy]

1 hour ago, Just an old Coach said:

There was one 4 seed upset last night as Ozona beat a regional favorite in Post.

That was a 5-5 team beating a state ranked team.  Just never know.  Post apparently didn’t bring their “A” game. 

[baddog]

I think 4 teams going in a 5 team district takes away from the strive for excellence during district play. When you know you can be terrible and make the playoffs, there’s a letdown in play. That’s truly not fair to the fans. On the flip side, this adds one extra week to football, the bad teams get eliminated, and the UIL makes more money. Let’s face it, that’s what it all boils down to is money. Fairness never enters the equation. I agree with 3 teams and a bye being enough.

[spidersal]

I agree with it being watered down. I think there should only be 2 teams from each district In college, way too many bowl games. IMO you should not be eligible unless you win 8 or more games, this 6-6 or 5-7 is ridiculous I know it is not going to change, but that’s my opinion 

[NHSBulldogFan]

29 minutes ago, AggiesAreWe said:

But at least those 4 teams come out of an 8 team district. You have to win as many district games or more than you lose to advance. That is not the case in districts with just 4, 5 and 6 teams.

I agree if the uil wants to stick with the 4 team playoff format make it 8 team minimum districts 

[Mr. Buddy Garrity]

Just now, NHSBulldogFan said:

I agree if the uil wants to stick with the 4 team playoff format make it 8 team minimum districts 

Not enough travel money for that 🤷🏾‍♂️

[NHSBulldogFan]

25 minutes ago, Mr. Buddy Garrity said:

Not enough travel money for that 🤷🏾‍♂️

Thats the UIL for ya

[lionpride08]

Multiple times a district has had all 4 teams advance to the 3rd round to play each other again. Didn't a team make it to state as the 4 seed recently?

[Eazy]

Joaquin, wasn’t it? 

[Matthew328]

1 hour ago, AggiesAreWe said:

Well, I'll argue this until UIL gets rid of 4 teams advancing out of 4 and 5 team districts.

I don't consider my thoughts as an overreaction. I think it's pretty logical. Overall numbers prove it.

I have made this point many years. I think there are too many teams in the playoffs. My two cents.

I'd prefer all districts be at at least six teams and I think the UIL can do it....but 4 teams making it balances the brackets out.....2 is probably perfect but 4 is much better than 3 and we will never go back to 2...so I think are are "stuck" with 4..I'd rather 15-20 deserving 4 seeds make it past Rd 1 and deal with one week of blowouts than those very good 4 seeds be playing basketball..but thats just me lol 

[TigerPride2008]

3 is perfect, gives the DC a bye. It rewards you for winning district. Then the 2 & 3 play each other winner gets the 1 seed. Thats a good post season IMO

[prepballfan]

4 hours ago, AggiesAreWe said:

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

I was about to say the same thing when we had 3 playoff teams the #1 seed got a bye week. 

[prepballfan]

Its probably about Money for the UIL. Just a guess 

[WOSdrummer99]

Money talks and they wont go back. Ive seen WOS destroy 1 rd teams for years. Once we played Scarborough who hadn't won a game in 4 years. They were going to forfiet but Coach paid their travel and rental fees. Apparently he didnt want a week off. Gotta keep the momentum

[prepballfan]

5 minutes ago, WOSdrummer99 said:

Money talks and they wont go back. Ive seen WOS destroy 1 rd teams for years. Once we played Scarborough who hadn't won a game in 4 years. They were going to forfiet but Coach paid their travel and rental fees. Apparently he didnt want a week off. Gotta keep the momentum

Was that the 0-10 team?

[Mr. Buddy Garrity]

8 minutes ago, WOSdrummer99 said:

Money talks and they wont go back. Ive seen WOS destroy 1 rd teams for years. Once we played Scarborough who hadn't won a game in 4 years. They were going to forfiet but Coach paid their travel and rental fees. Apparently he didnt want a week off. Gotta keep the momentum

Paid for the food too. I remember seeing that on Facebook. 

[AggiesAreWe]

1 hour ago, lionpride08 said:

Multiple times a district has had all 4 teams advance to the 3rd round to play each other again. Didn't a team make it to state as the 4 seed recently?

Because it has happened multiple times doesn't really validate anything.

That's like saying making 10 out of 100 free throws validates one a good free throw shooter just because the shooter provided proof of making a free throw.

To me it's about the overall numbers and not the outliers when it comes to a valid playoff system. Percentages say 2-3 team playoffs make for less blow outs and much more competitive games overall.

 

[WOSdrummer99]

17 minutes ago, prepballfan said:

Was that the 0-10 team?

Yes and now that i think about it more. Might have been closer to 50+ game losing streak