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I'm not suggesting that this will happen anytime soon.. but I'm sure at one time LaMarque thought that their reign wouldn't end. Just throwing that out there.

I was wondering the same thing..until I looked at their schedule on maxpreps. They aren't doing so hot. [Hidden Content]-(kountze,tx)/basketball/schedule.htm

Confidence is more important than preparation. Having said that..it is good to throw in a game or couple that will likely be close contests. It looks to me that this West Hardin game was good for Hardin. Have to learn to play from behind, play with a close lead, play in "no shot" scenarios, play in "no foul" scenarios, play when you're getting fouled because you have the lead, play when you're forced to foul, etc.. A coach knows their team, though. Getting involved in games where you will get blown out or even beat by 25+ will NEVER prepare you for anything. Maybe the coach scheduled wins because they would be few and far between later.. maybe it was either play them or teams that they had no chance to beat. Nobody knows. Err.. none of us does anyway.

I'm pretty disappointed that I didn't catch the whole game of NMSt vs KU on Saturday night. I watched the 2nd half and was happy I did. That ^ is what makes college basketball great.

The kind that doesn't win state titles. At least not in this classification.

When it comes to 3AD2.. Newton is just on another level.

They will soon enough.

I knew it was Carthage and another team from their district. Thanks.

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I think Carthage and Gilmer did it one year.

And this is where indoor turf practice facilities make a difference.

I will concede to agree to this.. mainly because I think that the winning of each Power 5 conference will more than likely have an end result of finishing in the top 8. I will probably not ever agree that it doesn't need expansion, though. Every single year there is a real, very legitimate argument for at least one team that was left out of the top 4 that could/should have been. I'm not talking about being mad. I'm talking about a decision with pretty severe implications concerning who is truly the National Champion. There is a much bigger difference in the picking of teams ranked 2-5 (which could usually be switched around justifiably) and 8-10 (which would play the best team in the country Round 1 anyway..but still much easier to determine). I just want to see it more of a true playoff format. One in which you don't get as much time to prepare for several different opponents. One in which you don't get an entire month to rest, heal, and prepare. One in which you have to stay sharp and focused..and play beat up for consecutive weeks (not 2). I just want to see it done like every other sport. Right now I don't get as excited about the FBS playoff as I do the NCAA BB bracket.. and that shouldn't be the case. December Madness needs to be a thing the way that March Madness is.

Hope you're not a Texans fan. Who is consistently winning the worst division in all of pro football. And..most likely..those will be the top teams to end up there in the end. Just like with everything else. But it doesn't take away the fact that all of the other teams that met the criteria to get in deserve a shot at potentially upsetting someone. That's what it's about. I know I keep coming back to it but I'll say again.. I have a championship ring that I barely wear because of winning three straight games in an 8 team conference tournament that we probably had no business being in. Then went on to upset a team in the first round of a national tournament that we had no business playing in according to pretty much everybody. Maybe that's why I'm a little biased on the issue. I love underdogs. By that knowledge, let's go ahead and take out all of the other district winners that have never made any real runs in football. How many state championships are won out of Region 4? Let's go ahead and not even let them in the playoff bracket.

I would imagine that there are a lot of people that think the 4th seed of a district has no business being in the state playoffs in Texas High School football. Maybe they don't. But 4 seeds win their 1st round game against 1 seeds every single year.

Fine. Imagine if every other division in football decided champions like FBS football does. Pro, FCS, NCAA D2 and D3, NJCAA D1 D2, NAIA, all levels of high school. And I'm sorry but I don't agree. A team that runs the table in the Big10 and wins the Big10 championship most definitely deserves a shot.. even if it's a long shot. In 2007 Boise State beat OU in the Fiesta Bowl. Does that mean I think Boise State needed a shot at it? No. I think that only Power 5 conference champions should have an automatic bid to compete for the FBS National Title. If a team like Northwestern were to beat Ohio St for their conference title then they would still likely be the lowest ranked team in the tournament. Call it a bye week for Bama... unless... anything can happen in FBS football. Bama has been in there with a loss to worse teams. So..

I'm not. Just like I'm not ok with a team having a chance to win it simply because they're undefeated. ie Clemson and Notre Dame. Both of whom had relatively weak schedules but because they happened to run the table are dubbed as playoff teams. I think that schools should be rewarded for tough schedules and then prevailing through tough conferences. Hence the whole reason for my argument. Imagine for one second if all sports picked champions the way that FBS football picks champions. On that.. I choose the side of all other sports.

But you understand my point.. I'll never say that 1 play is the sole reason for the overall outcome of a game but at that particular point in the game, it was a huge deal. Momentum swings are enormous. Since we're speculating anyway.. they had led the entire game up to that point. You telling me it isn't plausible for them to have punted, gone to OT, and won in OT? A 20 point loss to the #11 team in the country shouldn't cost a team a playoff spot if they're truly one of the best and had a stellar season other than that. I know this is this year and that's all that matters but Alabama has been in the 4 team playoff before with a loss to an unranked team. Unranked.

By the way.. if Clemson would’ve lost their conference championship game just look at their resume. They would have only beaten two ranked teams. A two point win over #19 and a 4 point win over #20. Yeah that’s not very impressive. The only thing they have going for them is the fact they haven’t lost and they won their conference.

Of course! You should be entitled to one bad game. And at the end of the season if you take the 5 champs plus 3 at large bids the chances are high that you’ll get to redeem the loss (cough cough Georgia). According to my suggestion ^ Clemson could still lose just their title game and likely be ok. According to the current playoff system Georgia was punished for one bad decision..not even game. Them trying a fake punt at midfield after an absolutely stellar season cost them a chance at the National Championship.

If Clemson and Ohio St lose their championship games to the likes of Pitt and Northwestern.. do they deserve to be in the playoff? When underdogs get in and make deep runs in basketball and baseball they’re heroes.

UCF didn't beat any ranked teams this year... and beat Memphis by 1 point. I understand what you're saying but that's also just more proof that the field needs to be expanded. Any team in the top 25 is capable of beating or losing to any other on any given night. Bama has also been in the field of 4 before when having their only loss to an unranked team. Is that fair? You could argue that they were still one of the best in the country and maybe they were...but again...that proves that it can be done. The current playoff system has no requirement of getting in other than finishing in the top 4 by the end of the season. I would hope that every FBS school in the country has the goal of winning the national championship. That's basically saying to a school that you're not allowed to have a single off game or have any key injuries. That very thing happened to Penn St a couple seasons ago. Had some injuries and lost big to Michigan...then came back, beat OhSt, beat top 10 Wisconsin, and won the Big10...but because of the current system was left out. That's crap.

Fixing some.. but I still think that expanding to 8 teams will eliminate the possibility of someone getting left out that shouldn't have. Every single year you could easily make the argument someone got hosed. To be honest.. that's true. You could've slid Georgia or Ohio St in this year and either would've been fine. Me personally.. I think that Notre Dame could've been left out. It's all debatable but the fact remains that by expanding one more round there is no more "well they are one of the best but got left out". Should it just be top 8? Possibly. I happen to like the Power 5 champs plus 3 more because it makes it like every other sport. I have a conference championship ring that I barely wear that I wouldn't have if only the "top 2/4" got to compete for everything.

What I used was an example. That may be the case with Bama but you know good and well that a majority of games for the first few weeks are blowouts. Zero fun to watch. For me anyway..

Every year that the playoff has happened if you took the 5 Power 5 champs and added the next 3 best ranked "non champs" it would've been a fair indicator. I believe that that would be the case every year. But that way it would be a lot more exciting, interesting, and make for better preseason games. I, for one, am tired of seeing Bama vs Appalachian St or whatever for the first 3 weeks of college football. Let the conference champs in so we can see some top 10 matchups early in the year.