With 2 wins now becoming losses.
I'll go:
North Canton Hoover beats Toledo St Francis in the D-I State Championship instead of losing 17-14 they win 21-17 with a late TD instead of missed FG.
Hoover now loses:
2000 game to Jackson in the regular season in week 10 in which they won 14-7. Hoover now doesn't get the week 11 rematch which they won so there becomes two wins wiped away for the price of one. Hoover now loses this game and finishes 7-3. With this Hoover would have fallen to 8th in R2 (Toledo Whitmer moves to 7th). Jackson now jumps to the 3 seed and hosts Marion Harding who is the #6 seed. GlenOak is now the #5 seed but still draws #4 Mansfield Senior who #3Jackson passed by beating Hoover. #8 Hoover now travels to #1 seed Perry in a rematch of week 5 in which Perry won 20-7 (Hoover led 7-0 two minutes before half but fumbled giving Perry momentum) and beat Hoover in an OT Thriller in week 12. Massillon no longer has to face the Marion Harding massacre as Toledo Whitmer is now #7 seed. However Whitmer has owned Massillon with a trio of wins in the playoffs in 2006, 2010 and 2012. Whitmer did play Perry tough before falling 25-12 if I recall.
Crazy to think with this alteration Jackson gets Marion Harding who I think they beat and face off with the winner of Whitmer/Massillon who I feel the Tigers win this game. Bears/Tigers winner goes to Regional Championship and I feel like which ever kicker has the ball last Abdul or Hirshman (sp?) wins this one. Jackson's option offense could hurt the Tiger's D but Rohr was more power as opposed to Perry's Heinzer's speed. Game becomes Jackson's pass rush which was very good this year (and even better in 01) vs Massillon's pass protection. Meanwhile Hoover gets a second chance at Perry in round one instead of round two. These to me were the best two teams in the region this year (Hoover had true balanced offense with RB Quincy and QB Reifsnyder and solid targets like Gulling and Coach Hertler really broke out the tricks not just in this game but throughout the season). Can't go against the reality of Perry who won the game a week later. Perry then faces Manfield/GlenOak winner which Mansfield won 21-13. This poses Perry vs Jackson/Massillon two teams the Panthers handled in the regular season and I think it ends the same way. That Massillon team got shredded on that Saturday night at Fawcett and can't see it going much better. Jackson meanwhile improved throughout the season but their offense didn't have enough against a Perry team that simply didn't give up many points.
I'll go:
North Canton Hoover beats Toledo St Francis in the D-I State Championship instead of losing 17-14 they win 21-17 with a late TD instead of missed FG.
Hoover now loses:
2000 game to Jackson in the regular season in week 10 in which they won 14-7. Hoover now doesn't get the week 11 rematch which they won so there becomes two wins wiped away for the price of one. Hoover now loses this game and finishes 7-3. With this Hoover would have fallen to 8th in R2 (Toledo Whitmer moves to 7th). Jackson now jumps to the 3 seed and hosts Marion Harding who is the #6 seed. GlenOak is now the #5 seed but still draws #4 Mansfield Senior who #3Jackson passed by beating Hoover. #8 Hoover now travels to #1 seed Perry in a rematch of week 5 in which Perry won 20-7 (Hoover led 7-0 two minutes before half but fumbled giving Perry momentum) and beat Hoover in an OT Thriller in week 12. Massillon no longer has to face the Marion Harding massacre as Toledo Whitmer is now #7 seed. However Whitmer has owned Massillon with a trio of wins in the playoffs in 2006, 2010 and 2012. Whitmer did play Perry tough before falling 25-12 if I recall.
Crazy to think with this alteration Jackson gets Marion Harding who I think they beat and face off with the winner of Whitmer/Massillon who I feel the Tigers win this game. Bears/Tigers winner goes to Regional Championship and I feel like which ever kicker has the ball last Abdul or Hirshman (sp?) wins this one. Jackson's option offense could hurt the Tiger's D but Rohr was more power as opposed to Perry's Heinzer's speed. Game becomes Jackson's pass rush which was very good this year (and even better in 01) vs Massillon's pass protection. Meanwhile Hoover gets a second chance at Perry in round one instead of round two. These to me were the best two teams in the region this year (Hoover had true balanced offense with RB Quincy and QB Reifsnyder and solid targets like Gulling and Coach Hertler really broke out the tricks not just in this game but throughout the season). Can't go against the reality of Perry who won the game a week later. Perry then faces Manfield/GlenOak winner which Mansfield won 21-13. This poses Perry vs Jackson/Massillon two teams the Panthers handled in the regular season and I think it ends the same way. That Massillon team got shredded on that Saturday night at Fawcett and can't see it going much better. Jackson meanwhile improved throughout the season but their offense didn't have enough against a Perry team that simply didn't give up many points.