Dynasties - Power Rating

pied said:
Here is the point that I got out of it, and I think most readers did as well.

Texas public HS teams do not have to face private schools who play at the same level as they do. Schools in other states have to play good programs that Texas simply does not have.

Lakeland has played them and beaten them regularly to win the 5A title. I really did not think it was that difficult of a point.
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Of course, but the implication is wrong. In fact, dead wrong IMO.

Do you really think that Texas teams have an easier SOS than other states because the private teams in Texas are poor? I interpreted Naughty to be saying that.

If he wasn't implying that what was his point?
 
SLCDad said:
Of course, but the implication is wrong. In fact, dead wrong IMO.

Do you really think that Texas teams have an easier SOS than other states because the private teams in Texas are poor? I interpreted Naughty to be saying that.

If he wasn't implying that what was his point?
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Tricky question. If all of a sudden, Argyle Liberty/Plano Prestonwood/Clay Academy/John Paul II became like ECA and were top notch 5A programs would it be more difficult to win?

Don't know that it would be harder, but it would be different.
 
From TMQ on espn.com:

Grade Inflation Comes to High School Football (Part Two): Last week, TMQ noted that Texas awards 12 high school football state championships, six divisions with two winners each. Many readers -- including Lydia Olsen of Morris Hills, N.J. -- countered that the Garden State awards an incredible 20 high school football championships. For instance, Hunterdon Central won this year's North 2 Group IV state championship. Galen Whipple of Klamath Falls, Ore., adds that on a per capita basis, New Jersey hands out five times as many high school football state championships as Texas.

Obviously, I've been wasting my stuff on you people, when I could have been sending it to espn.com like Galen Whipple of Klamath Falls, Oregon does.
 
Chicago said:
From TMQ on espn.com:

Grade Inflation Comes to High School Football (Part Two): Last week, TMQ noted that Texas awards 12 high school football state championships, six divisions with two winners each.
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The 12 Texas titles mentioned by Galen Whipple of Klamath Falls, Oregon only include the publics. If you include the privates there are 22 state titles.

2007
5A Division I - Euless Trinity 13, Converse Judson 10
5A Division II - Katy 28, Pflugerville 7
4A Division I - Lamar Consolidated 20, Copperas Cove 14
4A Division II - Austin Lake Travis 36, Dallas Highland Park 34
3A Division I - Liberty Hill 38, Gilmer 13
3A Division II - Celina 21, China Spring 14
2A Division I - Farmersville 27, Tatum 24
2A Division II - Canadian 40, Elysian Fields 25
1A Division I - Munday 26, Bremond 6
1A Division II - Alto 22, Seymor 0
6-Man Div. I - Richland Springs 98, Rule 54
6-Man Div. II - Motley County 44, Woodson 38
TAPPS Div. I - Houston St. Pius X 38, FW Nolan 14
TAPPS Div. II - Argyle Liberty Christian 28, Mesquite Dallas Christian 7
TAPPS Div. III - Waco Reicher 41, Grapevine Faith Christian 7
TAPPS Div. IV - Hallettsville Sacred Heart 39, FW Calvary 8
TAPPS 6-Man Div. I - Greenville Christian 70, Denton Calvary 22
TAPPS 6-Man Div. II - Fredericksburg Heritage 26, Fort Worth Glenview Christian 20 (OT)
SPC Division I - Dallas St. Mark's 56, Tulsa Holland Hall 20
SPC Division II - Episcopal School of Dallas 27 FW Trinity Valley 19
TCAF Division I - Midland Trinity Christian 44, El Paso Faith Christian 22
TCAF Division II - Tyler Kings Academy 36, San Angelo TLC 14
 
Chicago said:
I used the 16 listed on CalPreps.

No six-man, and no TCAF, whatever that is.
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To add some perspective, the two schools that played in the TAPPS Division I final, the largest division for the privates, have about 700 and 1,100 students respectively (boys and girls 9-12).

There are two bigger privates and both play in 5A. Both lost in the first round of the playoffs. Dallas Jesuit has about 1,000 students (boys 9-12) and Houston Strake Jesuit as about 900 students (boys 9-12).

The vast majority of privates in Texas are very small schools.
 
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