by fb_fan » Wed Oct 25, 2006 6:53 am
I think it was stated best by ndsportsfan. Do you want to let the media have that much power when it comes to playoff football?? I am guessing that you wouldn't. I agree that the so called top team in the state should have home field advantage, but it doesn't work that way. The state set up a system to be fair to each region and with this system it is fair. Teams know going into the season what the playoff picture looks like and what they are going to have to do to be the champs.
Now saying that, I do believe they need to number the regions better then they do in 9 man. The East side of the states regions are 1,2,3,5 and the West is 4,6,7,8. That makes no sense to me. That means this year Hillsboro as long as they win will have home field advantage. That numbering system to me makes no sense and that is an easy one to correct in my eyes.
It was also stated that last year Richland ended the year in the polls as number 2 behind Washburn, and Richland traveled the second and third rounds of the playoffs. One trip would have been three hours and the other would have been 6 hours. So travel isn't really an argument in my eyes. The best team will rise to the top no matter what system you have in place. There is no perfect system, we all just need to realize that and quit over analyzing everything. It is high school football and the best two teams will be in the dome at thte end of the year. If you lose because you have to travel, then you don't deserve to be crowned state champs. Nobody ever said being the state champs comes easily.