Columbia Central

[Guest catsvoice]

Columbia had some very competitive teams when they were part of Region 5-4A a few years back, including one undefeated regular season.

 

Actually the gold ball in the new Class 5A won't go through Williamson or Rutherford Co. unless it goes through Centennial, since they are the only team from either county in Class 5A.

 

Columbia isn't competing for playoff spots with Lincoln Co. With four Class 5A team in the new District 8-AAA, Columbia is competing with Tullahoma, Shelbyville, and Lawrence Co. to finish among the top two of those four teams. The top two will get automatic playoff bids.

 

The top team between Lincoln Co. and Franklin Co. will also get an automatic bid. With only six teams in the new district there is a good chance that tiebreakers will be put in effect almost if not every season. Overall record will be the second, after head-to-head, so the teams that play the toughest schedules will be at a disadvantage.

[ksgovols]

So Columbia's not 6A after realignment. I didn't realize that. They're back down with the old 4A schools. That helps too. You'd rather be one of the largest teams in 5A than one of the smallest ones in 6A given the choice.

[FBCOACH]

Columbia had some very competitive teams when they were part of Region 5-4A a few years back, including one undefeated regular season.

 

Actually the gold ball in the new Class 5A won't go through Williamson or Rutherford Co. unless it goes through Centennial, since they are the only team from either county in Class 5A.

 

Columbia isn't competing for playoff spots with Lincoln Co. With four Class 5A team in the new District 8-AAA, Columbia is competing with Tullahoma, Shelbyville, and Lawrence Co. to finish among the top two of those four teams. The top two will get automatic playoff bids.

 

The top team between Lincoln Co. and Franklin Co. will also get an automatic bid. With only six teams in the new district there is a good chance that tiebreakers will be put in effect almost if not every season. Overall record will be the second, after head-to-head, so the teams that play the toughest schedules will be at a disadvantage.

 

 

 

You almost have it right:

 

The TOP TWO TEAMS in the REGION will go to the playoffs. Remember they don't split into 5A and 6A until AFTER the district records are complete! Then the TSSAA will look at the remaining teams and split them into 5A and 6A.

 

For instance:

 

1. Let's say for argument sake that LC finishes #1 and Columbia finishes #2, then all the rest of the teams will have to earn a playoff slot through the wildcard system.

 

2. Let's say that Tullahoma and Lawrence Co finish 1 and 2, then your scenario comes into play with the two larger schools. Either FC or LC will earn a bid to the playoffs as a 6A team because neither of them finished in the top two in district.

 

3. Now let's say that LC and FC finish 1 and 2, and Columbia finished 3rd, then Columbia would earn an automatic bid into the playoffs because at least one team from each classification must go.

 

It's confusing but that is the way it is setup.

[66in74]

You almost have it right:

 

The TOP TWO TEAMS in the REGION will go to the playoffs. Remember they don't split into 5A and 6A until AFTER the district records are complete! Then the TSSAA will look at the remaining teams and split them into 5A and 6A.

 

For instance:

 

1. Let's say for argument sake that LC finishes #1 and Columbia finishes #2, then all the rest of the teams will have to earn a playoff slot through the wildcard system.

 

2. Let's say that Tullahoma and Lawrence Co finish 1 and 2, then your scenario comes into play with the two larger schools. Either FC or LC will earn a bid to the playoffs as a 6A team because neither of them finished in the top two in district.

 

3. Now let's say that LC and FC finish 1 and 2, and Columbia finished 3rd, then Columbia would earn an automatic bid into the playoffs because at least one team from each classification must go.

 

It's confusing but that is the way it is setup.

 

 

It's really not that confusing, and I don't think your scenarios are right if you mean LC=Lincoln Co.

 

1 Scenario:

Lincoln is 6A team and since they finished 1st, they get auto bid.

Col finishes #2=auto bid. Then the next best total district record from a 5A school gets auto bid as well. (*Because there are (4) 5A teams in this district)

 

2. Scenario:

Since Tullahoma and Law Co are both 5A, that is the only auto bids.

Any 6A school under this scenario would have to get in via wild card. (*Because there are only 2-6A teams, they have to finish 1 or 2 for an automatic berth)

 

3. Scenario 3:

If Lincoln and Franklin Co. finish 1 and 2, then they are in. (1st and 2nd auto bids)

If Columbia finishes 3rd, then the next best record of the 5A schools would be in as well.

 

Here it is from the TSSAA Board of Control:

 

4. Teams would qualify for the playoffs in the following manner:

 

a. One half of the teams in each group (6A, 5A) in each district are

automatic qualifiers (Example: 4 teams - 2 automatic qualifiers; 6 teams -3

automatic qualifiers; 3 teams 1 automatic qualifier; 1 team 0 automatic qualifiers)

 

b. Teams finishing 1st or 2nd in the district are automatic qualifiers

 

c. Wild cards based on TSSAA tiebreakers

 

*Having only 6 teams in this district (4-5A) and (2-6A) is not the ideal situation from a District standpoint. Each team only plays 5 District games, so you had better make each count!

In this District, you will always have the guarantee of 2 5A teams going and no guarantee for the 6A teams unless they finish 1 or 2. /thumb[1].gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":thumb:" border="0" alt="thumb[1].gif" />

[Guest catsvoice]

This is a good exercise in attempting to clearly define these playoff rules.

 

66in74 I only see one thing that doesn't quite add up. If half of each classification in each district get an automatic qualifier, and there are two 6A teams in District 8-AAA, then doesn't the 6A team that finishes highest in the standings get an automatic bid, even if it finishes third in the overall standings?

 

For you folks interested in the new District 8-AAA, I want to alert you to a new website that will cover the district beginning in Summer 09. district8aaa.com will feature standings, stats, weekly predictions, links to stories about the six programs, all-district preseason and postseason teams, etc. Spread the word and hope you enjoy.

[66in74]

This is a good exercise in attempting to clearly define these playoff rules.

 

66in74 I only see one thing that doesn't quite add up. If half of each classification in each district get an automatic qualifier, and there are two 6A teams in District 8-AAA, then doesn't the 6A team that finishes highest in the standings get an automatic bid, even if it finishes third in the overall standings?

 

For you folks interested in the new District 8-AAA, I want to alert you to a new website that will cover the district beginning in Summer 09. district8aaa.com will feature standings, stats, weekly predictions, links to stories about the six programs, all-district preseason and postseason teams, etc. Spread the word and hope you enjoy.

 

 

Yeah I thought that too, but if you read the TSSAA playoff info, it takes a minimum of 3 teams to get an automatic 1?

When this first came out alot of people asked the same thing, but were told that if only 2 teams then they have to finish 1 or 2.

Maybe someone with the TSSAA could clarify.

[ksgovols]

I thought one of the 6A teams would get in automatically regardless of record if there were 2 6A teams in the region.

[Guest catsvoice]

That would be pretty weak if that is the case. A team could go 1-9, winning the one game against the other team in its region in the same playoff class, and get an automatic bid.

[ezt51]

Here is the information that will get you into the playoffs.

 

4. Teams would qualify for the playoffs in the following manner:

a. One half of the teams in each group (6A, 5A) in each district are

automatic qualifiers (Example: 4 teams - 2 automatic qualifiers; 6 teams -3

automatic qualifiers; 3 teams 1 automatic qualifier; 1 team 0 automatic qualifiers)

b. Teams finishing 1st or 2nd in the district are automatic qualifiers

c. Wild cards based on TSSAA tiebreakers

5. In 6A, there is the rare possibility that you have 25 automatic qualifiers.

Districts 1, 2, 3, 6, 8, 9, 10, and 16 where there is 1 qualifier and another 6A

team could finish 2nd. If this occurred in all 8 districts, you would have 33

qualifiers. In the unlikely event that this would happen, you would apply the

tiebreaker criteria to those 8 teams to determine the 7 qualifiers to complete the

32-team bracket.

6. The 32 teams are then placed geographically in 4 quadrants with 8

teams in each quadrant in 6A, 5A, 4A, and 3A. In 2A and 1A there are 6 in each

quadrant with the top 2 seeds drawing a bye in the first round.

7. The eight teams (6 in 2A and 1A) are placed in the bracket so that no

teams from the same district play each other in the first round except when there

are 5 or more teams from the same district. Placements are then done with

priorities given to automatic qualifiers based on their district finish followed by

Wild Cards. There may be times where teams have to be placed other than their

order of district finish to avoid teams from the same district meeting in the first

round.

8. The team with the higher seed will host throughout the first three rounds.

In the semifinals, the top team in the bracket will host in odd years and the team

in the bottom bracket will host in even years. (Exceptions: If the two teams are

from the same district, the higher finishing team in district standings shall host.)

H. Directed state office to bring back plan on how the tournament format would

look if you use the same plan for football for other sports (basketball, baseball,

softball, and volleyball).

[ksgovols]

That would be pretty weak if that is the case. A team could go 1-9, winning the one game against the other team in its region in the same playoff class, and get an automatic bid.

 

 

I know, but that's the case with 3 teams as well. Theoretically 1 or 2 win teams would get you in. All they have to do is have the tie breaker over the 2 other teams in their classification within the district.

 

Let's face it, if you're taking 192 teams in 6 classifications, there's going to be some pretty weak records in there.

[66in74]

I know, but that's the case with 3 teams as well. Theoretically 1 or 2 win teams would get you in. All they have to do is have the tie breaker over the 2 other teams in their classification within the district.

 

Let's face it, if you're taking 192 teams in 6 classifications, there's going to be some pretty weak records in there.

 

 

I agree with you ksgovols.

This format may be worse than the previous one, as far as weak teams getting in.

Too many divisions.

Now i'll date myself, but when i played you had to win your district to make the playoffs. Only 1 from each district went.

I'd like to see (it won't ever happen because of T$$AA) a reduced playoff schedule and more Bowl games come back. /cool.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="B)" border="0" alt="cool.gif" />

[norespect]

i think columbia will have a good chance to go undefeated in district play. lincoln county and tullahoma are well coached but don't have the talent that columbia has. columbia has some solid talent. they have been playing some tough teams from williamson county which has made them better. belew is a real speciman. the qb has a strong arm. goff is a beast. columbia is my pick.