Flip wrote:When it says coaches will vote. What coaches are they talking about?
Thundersnow wrote:Thank you for the response. I'm old school, so I like region records determining who gets in. But with our ridiculously unbalanced regions, it doesn't really make sense anymore. If we use QRF for seeding, why isn't QRF used for determining who qualifies?
If I understand correctly, in 11AA there's a good chance that a 6-win team from the East could be left out of the playoffs and a 2-win team from the West would qualify? Our new divisions make no sense. I don't understand why St. Mary's got forced up a division while no one else got moved down. The only teams who benefit from our new divisions are Fargo North, Fargo South, the Grand Forks schools along with a handful of Big B teams like Beulah, Central Cass and Kindred. It's much harder and more confusing to be a fan than it used to be.
Thundersnow wrote:Last year, a 6-3 Fargo Davies was left out of the 11AA Playoffs while a 2-7 Minot and a 3-6 Bismarck got in. The way I understood WalkingStick's explanation is that there is the possibility of this happening again this year.
NDPREP, are you saying that region/conference records are NOT used to determine playoff teams, but rather QRF? If a loss to Davies is worth more than a win against Williston, why would any 11AA team schedule a game against Williston?
NDPREP wrote:There is no region concept this year:
2022 NDHSAA Football Regulations
New Regulations:
Division 11AA and 11A
-QRF will determine the eight playoff qualifiers and seed them #1-8
The entire AA and A playoffs will be filled and seeded by QRF, so a loss to a #1 could be better than a bottom barrel team. There are no regions this year in A or AA.
Thundersnow wrote:If "the Region concept does not exist in AA or A this year" why is it included everywhere that I see standings? Shouldn't we get rid of regions and just have statewide standings like we did a few years back when the old AA had 10 teams?
NDPREP wrote:Thundersnow wrote:If "the Region concept does not exist in AA or A this year" why is it included everywhere that I see standings? Shouldn't we get rid of regions and just have statewide standings like we did a few years back when the old AA had 10 teams?
It’s included because people can’t let it go, they still want to “win the EDC” when that isn’t a thing. State championship is all that matters. Plus with the rules Changing every year people can’t keep up
Thundersnow wrote:I don't get it. Nothing makes sense anymore.
Thundersnow wrote:Thanks for the conversation and info, guys. I would just like consistency. Either have conference records mean something or get rid of them if all we're using is QRF. While we're at it, can anyone describe the reasoning and procedure that forced Bismarck St. Mary's up to 11AA while no team went from 11AA down to 11A?
Flip wrote:Thundersnow wrote:Thanks for the conversation and info, guys. I would just like consistency. Either have conference records mean something or get rid of them if all we're using is QRF. While we're at it, can anyone describe the reasoning and procedure that forced Bismarck St. Mary's up to 11AA while no team went from 11AA down to 11A?
St. Mary's was forced to move up because of their success in the lower division.
Thundersnow wrote:Thanks for the conversation and info, guys. I would just like consistency. Either have conference records mean something or get rid of them if all we're using is QRF. While we're at it, can anyone describe the reasoning and procedure that forced Bismarck St. Mary's up to 11AA while no team went from 11AA down to 11A?
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