Too many teams making the playoffs:

[Rebel-Fan-74]

As of this moment:

11 of the 32 games tonight in the 4A & 5A pick 'em have a team getting no votes from our pickers as the winner tonight and another 8 games have only one person thinking the team will win.

Only 6 of the visiting teams are favorites in 4A&5A pick 'em with two tied, with Clover and Greer being the biggest home underdogs out of this group of pickers at 19-1 against them.

I think it just shows the obvious unbalance among the playoff teams when this many make the Playoffs.

Tomorrow, we will see if this theory holds true when we have all the scores from the games.

Looking at Doodles projections for 1A is way heavy when you see how many points some of the teams are favored. In 29 of 32 games, his favored team is favored by double digits!

CLASS 1-A UPPER BRACKET
CHRIST CHURCH 282.6 MCBEE 187.9 ….. 47
SOUTHSIDE CHRISTIAN 265.9 BLACKVILLE-HILDA 176.1 ….. 45
ST. JOSEPH 254.6 WHITMIRE 170.9 ….. 42
LEWISVILLE 228.1 HUNTER-KINARD-TYLER 187.2 ….. 20
WAGENER-SALLEY 201.2 WARE SHOALS 164.1 ….. 19
MCCORMICK 222.2 DENMARK-OLAR 198.4 ….. 12
C A JOHNSON 200.7 RIDGE SPRING-MONETTA 184.8 ….. 8
CALHOUN COUNTY 197.6 DIXIE 184.1 ….. 7
CLASS 1-A LOWER BRACKET …..
JOHNSONVILLE 231.1 MILITARY MAGNET 133.6 ….. 49
CROSS 237.8 EAST CLARENDEN 154.6 ….. 42
CARVERS BAY 219.3 ST. JOHNS 162.7 ….. 28
LAMAR 213.3 ALLENDALE-FAIRFAX 165.7 ….. 24
BAPTIST HILL 215.7 SCOTTS BRANCH 171.1 ….. 23
ESTILL 241.1 HANNAH-PAMPLICO 197.7 ….. 22
BAMBERG-EHRHARDT 233.6 LATTA 201.5 ….. 16
WHALE BRANCH 216.1 LAKE VIEW 213.4 ….. 2

[AngryMax]

Someone call Jerome and the rest of the SCHSL! A bunch of old farts have picked the higher seeds!!! The playoffs have too many teams. Giving kids the opportunity to play another game(extra game for winners and losers) is too much for these guys to endure!

Do the right thing, Jerry Singleton! These men have suffered enough with less traffic at the message boards than past years. Not an extra game for a bunch of kids!

[Rebel-Fan-74]

Teams in Bold did not finish 1st or 2nd in their Region

Blythewood #1
Dutch Fork #1
Gaffney #1
TL Hanna #1
Spartanburg #2
Dorman #3
JL Mann #3
Byrnes #4

Fort Dorchester #1
Goose Creek #1
Sumter #1
Cane Bay #2
Carolina Forest #2
Lexington #2
Summerville #2
Berkeley #4


1- Greenville
2- Northwestern
4- North Augusta
5- Catawba Ridge
6- Westside
9- South Pointe
10- Greenwood
14- Indian Land

1- AC Flora
2- South Florence
3- James Island
5- West Florence
6- Irmo
8- Hartsville
10- Bluffton
13- Myrtle Beach

#1 Chapman
#1 Clinton
#1 Daniel
#1 Powdersville
#2 BHP
#2 Chester
#2 Seneca
#3 Woodruff

#1 Beaufort
#1 Camden
#1 Dilon
#1 Gilbert
#2 Brookland Cayce
#2 Crestwood
#2 Manning
#3 Lower Richland



Note
Region II 5A............. (4-1)
Gaffney #1............... WON
Spartanburg #2........ WON
Dorman #3.............. WON
Byrnes #4................ WON
Boiling Springs A/L.... LOST

Region VI 4A............. (4-2)
SOUTH FLORENCE.... WON
WEST FLORENCE...... WON
HARTSVILLE............. WON
WILSON................... LOST
N MYRTLE BEACH..... LOST
MYRTLE BEACH........ WON

[Rebel-Fan-74]

Looking at Doodles projections for 1A is way heavy when you see how many points some of the teams are favored. In 29 of 32 games, his favored team is favored by double digits!

How did that play out? The favored team won 15 out of 16 games, the only exception, the team favored by only 2 points lost:

[Tigerific]

Last week was a glorified week 11. Technical the playoffs start this week like it used too.

[RedDevilFan36]

Using the too many teams logic would have kept the 2009 Clinton State championship team out of the playoffs. The region that year ended in a 4 way tie for first. Due to the tie breaker, Clinton was a 4 seed. Clinton went on to beat 4 number 1 seeds and a number 2 seed to win the State title.

[bigdog2003]

I know a lot of people hate it, but I'm a big fan of some kind of points system for who makes the playoffs. Maybe the region champs are automatic, then the best 12 teams in the state regardless of region finish get it. Seed it 1-16.

[Rebel-Fan-74]

I know a lot of people hate it, but I'm a big fan of some kind of points system for who makes the playoffs. Maybe the region champs are automatic, then the best 12 teams in the state regardless of region finish get it. Seed it 1-16.

I agree

[Penguin]

I know a lot of people hate it, but I'm a big fan of some kind of points system for who makes the playoffs. Maybe the region champs are automatic, then the best 12 teams in the state regardless of region finish get it. Seed it 1-16.

Any "point" system has to fair and equal across the board and not reward schedules that are made far ahead of the playoffs. That is why the "point" system was done away with. A team can only play the teams that are on their schedules. Some Districts mandate games to be played that are a direct detriment to any "point" system. If you win the games that are on your schedule, you should be rewarded. If not, then some subjective system will always be unfair to all. There is no perfect solution other than as Al Davis famously said, "Just win baby!"

Maybe cutting the playoffs from 32 per class to 16 is too drastic. Maybe 24 is better, but with that number, there is the same number of weeks involved. Going to 16 saves a week, allowing for 11 games a year for everyone.

[AngryMax]

Why are people so eager to take a game away from HS kids? There are limited opportunities in a kids life to play football and once it’s over it can never really be recreated. Why do we want to do that?

You can play basketball, golf, tennis, baseball, etc in rec leagues/intramural leagues, but not tackle football.