Is 3a football the best class pound for pound?

[eers]

4 hours ago, 32hammer said:

Just my thoughts.

I think there is a significant difference between 5A and 6A. 5A has been pretty watered down with the new classification system.  Its not a coincidence that Knox Central, Farragut and Knox West all won ( I believe) their only state championship in the long history of their schools in 5A in the last 5 years.

In 2014 and Alcoa,  and CPA would have won 5A. As would have Fulton or Knox Catholic in 4A.  2015 Alcoa, CPA, CAK in 3A and Knox Catholic and Fulton in 4A. 2016 Alcoa and Elizabethan would have won 5A. 2017 Alcoa or Covington would have had a shot. 2018 Alcoa and Covington would have won.

As far as "pound for Pound" , if you put in a multiplier to the final score based on student enrollment, 3A especially in the top 10 , could make that argument.

for example if your enrollment is 1800 and the other school is 600, then you would need win by more than a 3 to 1 margin to take the pound for pound trophy. If you don't then the smaller school wins. I know that's a very simple example, but a multiplier could be used.

Another example is in some weightlifting events they subtract your body weight from your lift. If you weigh 300 pounds and bench 350, your score is 50. The other guy weighs 200 and benches 300. His total score is 100. He wins.

My point was you can’t say the best in a year vs the best in the year, at the end of the year, for one game. There’s a lot of beating up that goes on throughout the season because they are playing other “big” schools. 

As for the p4p part, it’s all speculation and Vegas handicappers couldn’t even accurately put that together. Would 3 Alcoa’s be better than Oakland? Most years. But because they have 3x the students doesn’t mean 3 of the same studs they have. Ex. Yukari Blanchard, the top 3A prospect (as listed by 247Sports) is at East Nashville. Tripling their size doesn’t mean 3 of him. There’s truly no way to equate that. 

[BCsportsfan]

22 minutes ago, eers said:

My point was you can’t say the best in a year vs the best in the year, at the end of the year, for one game. There’s a lot of beating up that goes on throughout the season because they are playing other “big” schools. 

As for the p4p part, it’s all speculation and Vegas handicappers couldn’t even accurately put that together. Would 3 Alcoa’s be better than Oakland? Most years. But because they have 3x the students doesn’t mean 3 of the same studs they have. Ex. Yukari Blanchard, the top 3A prospect (as listed by 247Sports) is at East Nashville. Tripling their size doesn’t mean 3 of him. There’s truly no way to equate that. 

Alcoa built a new High School. This allowed the enrollment to increase from 450 to 650. This enrollment increased 200 over the last three years. That small change has allowed Alcoa to stand toe-to-toe with 6A powerhouse Maryville. (check the scores). If Alcoa had even 1000 students, they could dominate 6A football. 

[eers]

7 minutes ago, BCsportsfan said:

Alcoa built a new High School. This allowed the enrollment to increase from 450 to 650. This enrollment increased 200 over the last three years. That small change has allowed Alcoa to stand toe-to-toe with 6A powerhouse Maryville. (check the scores). If Alcoa had even 1000 students, they could dominate 6A football. 

Possibly. 

Theres ZERO way to prove it. I’m not taking anything away from Alcoa in saying that, it’s just factual. 

[32hammer]

1 hour ago, crow6424 said:

Agree with everything you said

 

Thank you sir!

[Swarm]

26 minutes ago, BCsportsfan said:

Alcoa built a new High School. This allowed the enrollment to increase from 450 to 650. This enrollment increased 200 over the last three years. That small change has allowed Alcoa to stand toe-to-toe with 6A powerhouse Maryville. (check the scores). If Alcoa had even 1000 students, they could dominate 6A football. 

[32hammer]

13 minutes ago, eers said:

Possibly. 

Theres ZERO way to prove it. I’m not taking anything away from Alcoa in saying that,

You make a lot of good points.

 However I think Alcoa proved what it could do against 6A teams last year.

[32hammer]

2 minutes ago, Swarm said:

I hope not. I like small community schools.

[Swarm]

3 minutes ago, 32hammer said:

I hope not. I like small community schools.

I hear ya me too. Love 1a, 2a, and 3a. After that it starts changing. 

Case in point. Look how active the 1a/2a boards are!