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Grundy's credentials are enough especially with signal notre dame marion s.pitt sequatchie silverdale all .500 or better. Schedule strength is big, it was ignored in straight 1-4 2-3 matchups.

If you didnt have the brackets filled some teams might get byes just due to their location. I think Grundy got a late start in middle schoo due to numbers and that set them back.

What a letdown for Hixson. Signal was just too much but at least their main backs got to play 48 minutes. A more effective passing team will light them up in the postseason, not sour grapes, just an observation since many times their only defense was to just tackle the receivers.

Doesn't matter to me at all I just thought BB had the weakest D I'd seen all year. That doesn't say a lot for SA.

Signal mt 41-9 over sequatchie

21-2 SM half

Was that Geno and Ambassador on the front page of the TFP?

It is week 10 and everyone has gained a season of experience, isn't it time to stop blaming losses on youth.

28-26 Marion due to special teams play.

There have been high school coaches dismissed for losing on purpose to get a better postseason draw. The one I remember around here, a basketball coach in Chattanooga played backups in the district tournament against a team they'd beaten badly in the season. It may have not even been noticed by too many people but he couldn't help but tell the newspaper he was able to get the younger guys playing time or something similar to that. Too much ego to let people think his main guys could have lost. And if I remember right, the draw didn't help either as they were upset in the region tournament.

I'd like five classes, eight regions more if things weren't so spread out for some of them, hurting the gate. Some fans will travel regardless, some simply can't due to finances or can't leave early enough due to work. This four class plan is not as complicated as the length of the breakdown might make it seem. It keeps nearby teams close together in classes with 12 districts. You also have a good idea of who your playoff opponent will be, another thing the coaches currently do not like. And it switches each year with Districts 1, 4, 7, and 10 at the top to start, then 2, 5, etc the next year. That switches up the post season matchups so things wouldn't get stale with the same 1-4 playing the same 1-4 nearly each postseason. It might be useless but I will put together districts 1-12 in each of four classes and send it to them. It won't take long as I have all of the enrollments handy. I think it could work. As of now I'll include the Division I private schools though things could be changing pretty soon. The reason non-district games shouldn't count on the playoffs is how some teams can load up with wins, and some may be unable to load up if they wanted to (due to being isolated from teams that would play them, etc).

#6, turn against the coaching staff

One post was deleted, let's take it easy with the innuendo please.

One more effort, and I will try and be brief as I can really get rolling on these types of topics- Four classes, and 12 districts in each. That keeps the districts/regions from being too spread out like 8 could do, and gives an average of six teams in each district. Non-district games don't count on playoffs so having 5 non-district games is easier to manage. If need be, a couple of non-district games pitting teams in the same area could be assigned by the TSSAA as mentioned in another post. 1-4 in each district make the playoffs, four quads. No formula needed, the reason non-district games do not matter. Three district winners at the top, runners-up are 4-6, third place teams are 7-9, and #4's are 10-12. District winners get a bye, and are seeded 1-2-3 in a predetermined order. Start District 1 then 2 then 3 the first year, then 2-3-1 the second year, 3-1-2 in year three. That seems complicated but it's similar to a team from Districts 1-4 traveling to Districts 5-8 in the semifinals one year, then swapping the next year, as in the old system. The one relatively small hold-up, determining which runner-up gets the #4 spot and gets a first round bye as 5-12 play in the first round. Go by fewest district losses, and if each has just 1 district loss, go back to whichever district is scheduled to be placed higher that particular year. Here is an example in what Districts 5-7 in AA could look like, with 1-4 finishes then playoff seedings: District 5: Polk County Tyner McMinn Central Sweetwater District 6: Signal Mountain Notre Dame Marion County Sequatchie District 7: Upperman Westmoreland Smith County York Institute 1-Polk County 2-Signal Mountain 3-Upperman 4-Tyner 5-Notre Dame 6-Westmoreland 7-McMinn Central 8-Marion County 9-Smith County 10-Sweetwater 11-Sequatchie County 12-York Institute York would play at Notre Dame in the first round, and so on. In the next round, barring upsets, Polk would play Marion County, etc.

Usually it's no more than one that can compete, if that many. Sequatchie a few years ago, Grundy a couple of years ago. It will be another uphill battle in the region but you never know what kind of improvement some teams will see by February.

Times might be-a changin' (that does not have anything to do with Grundy).

I still believe 4 classes would work. The point made about the districts being too small on the average, only about 5 teams each, is valid. One very quick fix, have up to three non-district games assigned by the state. This would be no different than being assigned to a district except the non-district games would not count toward the playoffs. Proximity would be a main factor. Class A teams would play nearby Class AA teams, AA could play A or AAA, and AAA could play AA or AAAA. It wouldn't be just random so a team wouldn't draw Fulton, Maryville, and Greeneville non-district by chance. If the district has 5 teams, 3 games are assigned, giving three chances for rivalries/payday games. Six team district, two games assigned. The reason I don't have teams in the same classes assigned is because some would not want likely or possible playoff matches. Teams would play home and away then move on to different assigned opponents after two years. If the assigned opponent is already a yearly rival, they would be one of the non-assigned matchups after two years. That's a very quick rundown on a thought I just had so I am sure it could use some work. Some teams might get a bad opponent as far as bringing a crowd but most districts have teams like that already. There would be non-assigned, non-district slots open to help make up for it.

What did you think of SP up until the time they played Polk?

Better win now before heading to Division II.

Each game is different. But if you think I should only use Seq's games against Marion and SP and consider nothing else then fine, SP by 17.

Marion 28-26

31 13 SA

Favoritism ^^

Naw, just a guru.

I say in the middle of a game, as long as parents or guardians provide transportation to the new stadium.