Interesting conundrum. Some top 4 seeds would probably want to keep the momentum going, whereas others might want to give their players a bit of rest to prep for the stretch run. Would love to hear some coaches' opinions on this.
What do you do about a D4 or 5 that plays a bunch of state powers in D1 and 2? Basically teams like Mooney and Ursuline who for instance one year went 3-7 and blew out the eventual state champion SV-SM by over 40 points and are legitimate state title contenders.
Im pretty sure the coaches wanted 12. And you do raise a legitmate point but I think in the end the top 4 seeds in the majority would opt to get rest and the HCs getiting to go scout the next weeks opponent in person and put their own eyeballs on who theyll play
They didnt make the playoffs that year either.
Yes but they should have been in the playoffs in my opinion, and they most likely would have won the championship if they made it.
And with a 12-16 team playoff format that's all week 11 is just an extension of the regular season and sometimes week 12. The only rare exception was #16 seed 3-7 team beating #1 seed, undefeated Xenia last year.
We'll never know. They should of went 7-3 they had the chance.
Beat them, it is possible or if their not in your conference don't schedule all of them maybe 1 or 2.
If they would have went 7-3 that would have made them in the top 5 or 10 teams in the state that year irrespective of division. Every other team in their division would have gone 0-10 against their schedule.
They had to schedule them because no one else was willing to play them because they would have got slaughtered if they did. Note the eventual state champion SV-SM got beat by 40+ points, so why would anyone in their right mind want to play them and lose 70-0?
If that no win or 1 win team can blow out the state champion in their division then I don't think the fact they got in would take away from the prestige. If the 0 or 1 win team proceeds would get obliterated in the first round then it definitely takes away some of the luster.
Agree.
They do not do that anymore. Michigan has adopted a points based system much like Ohio's.
Agree that a 16-seed doesn't belong.
I'm expressing for the most part, not all bad teams but those are characteristics of most losing teams especially in high school. My point is essentially that's what you're rewarding.
Bad memories for those 1-9, 16 seeds that get boat raced 63-0
I would say the EXACT same thing about you-- only double--because YOU are not about doing what is best for the student athletes-- you have this delusion that we (the OHSAA, spectators, hangers-on, or whomever) need to somehow "optimize the competition" to make it the most interesting or attractive to spectators and other non-participants not on the field, or (even sillier) to enhance the amount of revenue that schools pull in from the games, never once recognizing that ALL HS sports (including football at the most well-attended HS's) are total money losers, in EVERY instance-- they are put on to provide extraCURRICULAR education to the student-athletes-- NOT to optimize YOUR viewing pleasure, NOR to increase the alleged (but, in fact, non-existent) profits generated by the games, for the participating schools.
Not your call-- and hopefully, the OHSAA ignores people like you, in favor of providing a desired experience (presumably-- but I'll leave it to them to express their views) to the Ashtabula Lakeside players over your irrelevant wishes.
Nope-- every team in is the perfect number/answer.
If they don't want to play football-- don't go out for the football team. There is nothing complicated about that.
Put everybody in-- problem solved.
This is absurd-- there is no "slap in the face" to the team that wins in dominant fashion, in a first-round playoff game-- that team just moves on, happy to have won another game (and probably padded its season stats considerably). Also, NO ONE gets a participation trophy just for appearing in a first-round playoff game-- that is also an unfounded claim.
Kinda doubt it-- but if they DID, so what-- who does it hurt, for those kids to have a silly t-shirt?... and, if the regular season is shortened by a week, then there is no need to add a week to the overall season's duration.
Youre an idiot of unbelievable proportions lmao you keep siiting on your yappi high horse tho. I dont care nearly as much the guy responding to every message ( that would be you). 16 teams is too many and also State championships or participating in the tournament are not the end be all of high school athletics Mr I care about the kids. You can have a good experience playing without having to travel a hour to get killed on a cold night in the "playoffs"
Takes an idiot to start calling someone else with more and better understanding of a topic an "idiot"-- doesn't really help your "brilliance" argument, when you fill your retort with grammatical and spelling errors.