Last night's games. SMH

[89Falcon]

Keep an eye on 2AD1-12 #4 seed Joaquin

[Matthew328]

I think the amount of money the UIL makes off a bi-district football game is vastly overrated especially with attendance at games VASTLY dropping...a lot of schools lose money on playoff games now because there's not enough gate to even cover stadium rental....4 teams in the playoffs was about evening the size of the brackets out so eventually the UIL could move to the single site state championship model...

Coaches also dont want the bye week in the playoffs for the most part...

[Austin1985]

Wanna limit the number of sorry teams qualifying for the playoffs?  Introduced relegation which will kill football programs during re-alignment.  We all know there are hundreds of programs scattered in each region that shouldn't be playing football but no one is ready to have that conversation......

Side note:  I'm surprised diesel prices haven't cancelled a season or 2......

[AggiesAreWe]

1 minute ago, Austin1985 said:

Wanna limit the number of sorry teams qualifying for the playoffs?  Introduced relegation which will kill football programs during re-alignment.  We all know there are hundreds of programs scattered in each region that shouldn't be playing football but no one is ready to have that conversation......

Side note:  I'm surprised diesel prices haven't cancelled a season or 2......

Participation in playing the game is very different than qualifying for a playoff system.

[Eazy]

1 hour ago, prepballfan said:

Was that the 0-10 team?

The 0-57 team.  But they got playoff shirts.  

[tvc184]

Certainly there are some ridiculous games in the first round. 

In some districts the 4th place team might be almost as good as the first place team or certain competitive. In others, usually because of a limited number of teams, the 4th place team is an embarrassment as far as any real shot at moving on. 

Should the playoff rules reflect the majority of situations or the anomaly?

Let’s take the 3 team suggestion. I assume that the first place team gets a bye and the second and third place team play each other in bi-district. That however doesn’t reduce the number of weeks of the playoffs. It is the exact same weeks to the championship but with number one team getting the bye week. There is certainly some merit to that but it doesn’t shorten the playoffs. 

In the current situation, with number one playing number four, if the fourth place team is unworthy of the playoffs, they will quickly be dispatched as we found out last night. So instead of a bye and sitting at home, the number one team gets a patsy and they get to play it at home. That after all, is all we are talking about.  

So between a 3 or 4 team playoff system, at week 2 of the playoffs, the exact same number of teams will be left. In effect, nothing changes as far as the number of weeks until the championship game.  For 2/3 of the teams, it will be the same number of games regardless.

It seems like a tempest in a teacup. LET’S KEEP THAT FOURTH PLACE TEAM OUT!!

So the only real significant change in the playoffs would be to reduce the number of playoff teams to two and be done with it.

If the goal is a reward for being number one, it makes sense to change the current system. Merely eliminating a fourth place team for the sake of eliminating the fourth place team however, changes almost nothing except for a bye week perk for the number one team.

[navydawg31]

1 hour ago, tvc184 said:

Certainly there are some ridiculous games in the first round. 

In some districts the 4th place team might be almost as good as the first place team or certain competitive. In others, usually because of a limited number of teams, the 4th place team is an embarrassment as far as any real shot at moving on. 

Should the playoff rules reflect the majority of situations or the anomaly?

Let’s take the 3 team suggestion. I assume that the first place team gets a bye and the second and third place team play each other in bi-district. That however doesn’t reduce the number of weeks of the playoffs. It is the exact same weeks to the championship but with number one team getting the bye week. There is certainly some merit to that but it doesn’t shorten the playoffs. 

In the current situation, with number one playing number four, if the fourth place team is unworthy of the playoffs, they will quickly be dispatched as we found out last night. So instead of a bye and sitting at home, the number one team gets a patsy and they get to play it at home. That after all, is all we are talking about.  

So between a 3 or 4 team playoff system, at week 2 of the playoffs, the exact same number of teams will be left. In effect, nothing changes as far as the number of weeks until the championship game.  For 2/3 of the teams, it will be the same number of games regardless.

It seems like a tempest in a teacup. LET’S KEEP THAT FOURTH PLACE TEAM OUT!!

So the only real significant change in the playoffs would be to reduce the number of playoff teams to two and be done with it.

If the goal is a reward for being number one, it makes sense to change the current system. Merely eliminating a fourth place team for the sake of eliminating the fourth place team however, changes almost nothing except for a bye week perk for the number one team.

Well said.