sorry about the spelling errors. How cool would it be if their was enough funding and time to actually have a national championship tournEy for the whole nation the winner of each state playing. I know its impoSsible but how cool would that be
RATIONALLY speaking; having a tourney involving all 50 states, would be a VAST WASTE of time! With the possibility of having the state champs from any states other than Arizona, Cali, Nevada, Ohio, Florida, Texas, and Georgia, would be a total waste of sweat. As an aside, I put Arizona, Nevada, and Ohio in the mix, just to keep the natives from getting restless. Nevada is actually BISHOP GORMAN and the Seven Dwarfs. And Arizona is Chandler, Basha, and Sapporo, 99% of the time. And in an oddity, Florida's best teams, generally come from the mid level classifications of 4A and 5A. out of eight classifications. But as far as depth is concerned, NOBODY, and I mean NOBODY beats the Peach State, on a year to year basis. Even Tejas usually has no more than a half dozen really pertinent teams, vying for that big school state title.
I know, I know, my take is just another homer, blah, blah, blah. But I have a homework task for you folks. Ask the COLLEGE and PRO SCOUTS, who is REALLY deepest in quality. I read a passage from several scouts a few seasons ago,. Who said if there was ONE state, that you could recruit, without help from any other, it would be Georgia for ALL your recruiting needs. The only reason why Tejas ranks highly, is because of the sheer numbers of schools and players. FOUR TIMES that of Georgia. BIGGER don't mean better. But when all is said and done, traditionally, the same half dozen schools, remain at the top in Tejas. Conversely, of the top teams in Georgia, five were ranked in the Top Twenty five in the country, until the playoffs started having them cannibalize each other. And when the smoke cleared, the 7A State Champions was MILTON, who was outside of that top twenty five at the beginning of the 7A playoffs. And teams such as Cedar Grove, Grayson, Westlake, Benedictine, Marist, Langston Hughes, Houston Co., and Thomas Co. Central, were formidable as well.
And WHAT does the winner of each state, mean? Because if you mean ALL state champions from a given state having to play each other, before the REAL state tourney. They'd be playing until February.
In closing, I went to Nashville in 1996, to watch the defending State Champions from Volnessea, play the defending State Champions from Chugiak, AK play. And the final score was Brentwood Academy 42 Chugiak ZERO, ZIP, NADA. The Alaska Allstars couldn't have beaten Brentwood Academy. And the Tennessee big school State Champions routinely turn down invites to the Corky Kell Kickoff Classic, in Mercedes Benz Stadium.