Hogan I wish the T$$AA would trash the Z plan, but your point about A, AAA, and AAAAA is so true. I am a follower of the bigger schools, but your point about Columbia is sooooooooooooooooo true. The same could be said about a bunch of schools in those divisions. (Yes, Alcoa is a different animal they could win in any division). A state championship should be something that is difficult to get to. No way the T$$AA will ever drop the six class though.
I agree with what someone on here said about seeding the district winners first because they are made to play those games, but I still have a HUGE problem with teams that win a district and win one or zero 6A games and are seeded above teams that play in a all 6A district. ( I just used 6A as an example so don't get on here and bash me and say that Alcoa or Signal Mountain would win in 6A also)
The bottom line is go back to 3 or 5 classes at most and have districts with 3 classes or regions with 5 classes. Atleast a team would be seeded by winning a district or region that they are actually classified to do!!!!!!