Back to the old playoff system?

[getarealclue]

BurroBall you are right on top of it. If you aren't good enough to be in the top two then you stay at home and get ready for basketball. If we kept it like it is with only the two top teams it would weed out a lot.

 

It's not going to be that way, it allows the TSSAA to have more control of who goes after the 1st 2 teams. You will notice they didn't say they were going to reduce the nimber of teams or games due to money$$$$$$$$$$

[BurroBall]

BurroBall you are right on top of it. If you aren't good enough to be in the top two then you stay at home and get ready for basketball. If we kept it like it is with only the two top teams it would weed out a lot.

 

It's not going to be that way, it allows the TSSAA to have more control of who goes after the 1st 2 teams. You will notice they didn't say they were going to reduce the number of teams or games due to money$$$$$$$$$$

 

Of course it's not going to be that way again. That way would make too much sense from a competitive standpoint, and ignore the financial standpoint. The TSSAA needs to make money and they wouldn't get the kind of revenue they need from only 3 Division 1 state championships. Ergo, they have a system now that is terribly watered down, in order to have the revenue of 6 Division 1 state championship games.

 

However, that would be the very best way, I think, and it would actually return significant value to making the state playoffs, because a team would have to be one of the top 32 teams of 114 teams in class AAA, 32 of 106 in class AA, 24 of 80 in class A.

[devilsden]

Better yet, why not divide the teams equally and have 32 of 100 teams in the A, AA, AAA playoffs. Or increase it to 48 of 100 make the playoffs.

[BurroBall]

Better yet, why not divide the teams equally and have 32 of 100 teams in the A, AA, AAA playoffs. Or increase it to 48 of 100 make the playoffs.

 

 

Well, 48 of 100 would require first round byes for 16 teams. Also, I think 48 out of 100 is a bit too much, as the problem of teams with losing records making the state playoffs would resurface.

 

It would be ideal to have an equal number of schools in each class of Division 1. I'm not sure if anything outside of student enrollment determines classification, as that would likely be the obstacle to that.

[warriorsman]

Here's a way T$$AA can keep their money with a lot of teams in the playoffs, and make it a little simpler to those involved. Keep the 16 districts in A, AA, and AAA as they are. Take the top four teams from each district at the end of the season. Once those teams have been determined, then split them into 1A, 2A, 3A, 4A, 5A, and 6A based on enrollment numbers. For instance, in a class AAA district the two larger schools by enrollment, regardless of finish, would go to the 6A playoffs, and the two smaller schools go to the 5A playoffs that. Yes, I know you might be in the 6A playoffs one year, and the 5A playoffs the next, but typically you would be playing against schools your own size in the end. You could seat based on location for the first round. It's not perfect, but you could elimiate the 1-9 teams, the long road trips formfirst-round matchups, and teams from the same district would not have to meet until the second or third round. You have six 32-team brackets with the best records in each district. Now everybody is happy.

[devilsden]

warriorsman,

 

You bring up some interesting points but I don't see how you would posibly be 6a one year and 5a the next. Wouldnt you just keep them in the same bracket each year for 2 -4 years? Dont you still have the same problem with bigger school beating up on the smaller schools?

[warriorsman]

Maybe I didn't explain it very well. You have three classifications A, AA, AAA during the regular season. You go to six divisions in the playoffs because everyone seems so bent on having six different state champions, presumably for the $$$$$$$$. For example, take District 1 with Daniel Boone, David Crockett, Sullivan South, Tennessee High, Dobyns Bennett, Science Hill, Sullivan Central and Volunteer. If Boone, Tenn. High, D-B, and Science Hill finished in the top four. D-B and Science Hill would play in the 6A playoffs because they are bigger schools, and Boone and Tenn. High would play in the 5A bracket. It eliminates the bigger schools beating up on the smaller schools in the playoffs. If you are that good, and you were put in the bigger bracket, it shouldn't make any difference because you've beaten those teams all year long anyway, and you are one of the bigger schools. I hope I cleared things up. Maybe I muddied them a little. Who knows?

[getarealclue]

6. Voted to Change the Football Playoff Regulations as follows:

 

1. Top two teams in every district are in the playoffs.

2. Remaining teams in each bracket are determined based on how they finished in regular season using the set criteria.

3. Quadrants set based on geography.

4. Seeding within quadrants based solely on how teams finished using the set criteria.

 

In order for the system to work, the following must be put into place:

 

1. Teams in the same district may play each other in the 1st round of the playoffs.

2. Teams finishing in the top half of their sub-group will not automatically qualify for the playoffs.

 

All teams not finishing 1st or 2nd in their district must qualify based on how they finished in regular season using the set criteria. Their selection will be based on the number of available slots left in the bracket after the District #1 and #2 finishers are determined.

 

FOOTBALL PLAYOFF CRITERIA

 

1. Total number of victories

2. Number of teams you played that won 50% or more of their games (Takes into consideration strength of schedule).

3. Wins over teams winning 50% or more of their games.

4. Total number of victories by all opponents.

5. Fewest defeats of all opponents.

[silverpie]

 

It would be ideal to have an equal number of schools in each class of Division 1. I'm not sure if anything outside of student enrollment determines classification, as that would likely be the obstacle to that.

 

There is already, as closely as possible, the same number of schools in each class (with slight differences due to move-ups and failure to have a multiple of 3 schools). But since probability of having a football team is positively correlated to size, the classes are not equal in number of football-playing schools.

[silverpie]

For instance, in a class AAA district the two larger schools by enrollment, regardless of finish, would go to the 6A playoffs, and the two smaller schools go to the 5A playoffs that. Yes, I know you might be in the 6A playoffs one year, and the 5A playoffs the next, but typically you would be playing against schools your own size in the end. You could seat based on location for the first round. It's not perfect, but you could elimiate the 1-9 teams, the long road trips formfirst-round matchups, and teams from the same district would not have to meet until the second or third round. You have six 32-team brackets with the best records in each district. Now everybody is happy.

 

Congratulations on reinventing Texas's playoff structure!