Since 4 Teams Are Going In 4A, Name Your Top 4 Playoff Teams Next Season?

[bullets13]

[quote name="KFDM COOP" post="315786" timestamp="1200383818"]
Yes 2 4th place 5A Teams made it to the State Championship.
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i have 3 comments about this...

1) this was a fluke

2) how many 4th place teams lost by 50 in the first round?

3) why is a team that couldn't even finish in the top 3 in their own district even allowed a chance to play in the playoffs.  if you can't be competitive in your district, you haven't earned a chance to play in the playoffs, even if you get lucky and peak at the right time and win a few games once you get there. 

[Bigdog]

[quote name="bullets13" post="315844" timestamp="1200392214"]
[quote author=KFDM COOP link=topic=31807.msg315786#msg315786 date=1200383818]
Yes 2 4th place 5A Teams made it to the State Championship.
[/quote]

i have 3 comments about this...

1) this was a fluke

2) how many 4th place teams lost by 50 in the first round?

3) why is a team that couldn't even finish in the top 3 in their own district even allowed a chance to play in the playoffs.  if you can't be competitive in your district, you haven't earned a chance to play in the playoffs, even if you get lucky and peak at the right time and win a few games once you get there. 
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To answer #3, some districts are much more competitive than others.  This district (22-4A) has had second and third place teams go as deep or deeper than the district champ.

[bullets13]

[quote name="bigdog" post="315850" timestamp="1200392864"]
[quote author=bullets13 link=topic=31807.msg315844#msg315844 date=1200392214]
[quote author=KFDM COOP link=topic=31807.msg315786#msg315786 date=1200383818]
Yes 2 4th place 5A Teams made it to the State Championship.
[/quote]

i have 3 comments about this...

1) this was a fluke

2) how many 4th place teams lost by 50 in the first round?

3) why is a team that couldn't even finish in the top 3 in their own district even allowed a chance to play in the playoffs.  if you can't be competitive in your district, you haven't earned a chance to play in the playoffs, even if you get lucky and peak at the right time and win a few games once you get there. 
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To answer #3, some districts are much more competitive than others.  This district (22-4A) has had second and third place teams go as deep or deeper than the district champ.
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well, this district really had 3 first place teams.  it wasn't like 2nd and 3rd place were way back in the standings.  but, you do bring up a legitimate point.  some districts are far more competitive than others... but there are very few in the state that can field four teams that deserve to make the playoffs.

[MikeEast]

[quote name="bullets13" post="315844" timestamp="1200392214"]
[quote author=KFDM COOP link=topic=31807.msg315786#msg315786 date=1200383818]
Yes 2 4th place 5A Teams made it to the State Championship.
[/quote]

i have 3 comments about this...

1) this was a fluke

2) how many 4th place teams lost by 50 in the first round?

3) why is a team that couldn't even finish in the top 3 in their own district even allowed a chance to play in the playoffs.  if you can't be competitive in your district, you haven't earned a chance to play in the playoffs, even if you get lucky and peak at the right time and win a few games once you get there. 
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Fluke, maybe but so what?

Its not the 50 that matter, its the 2 that got into the championship that count. Unless you are new to this you cannot really think that ANY team getting to the State Championship in Texas 5A is a fluke? Although I would have voted against the addition of the 4th team, the fact that 2 of 4 teams that made it to the Finals in 5A were the 4th place teams in their district totally and completely validates adding the 4th team. It just goes to show you that there are districts out there that have a LOT of quality football going on and teams are getting left out that totally deserve to be in the playoffs. Granted in most cases you are adding a team that blows but there is no way to ignore the outcome.

Yeah sure, in the first 2 weeks all the bottom dwellers will be weeded out. So what? It extends the season by a week in division 1 and it gives those 2 teams that DESERVED a playoff spot a shot to go all the way.

I guess time will tell if it was more than a 1 year fluke, but if you consistantly have 4th place teams going 3-4 games deep then it was a good decision as far as I am concerened because they are having to beat GOOD teams to get that far.

[JS]

Any way that I slice it I still come up with garbage. The district games should count for something. Teams that blow it or just plain suck during district should stay home.

[Bigdog]

[quote name="bullets13" post="315903" timestamp="1200401195"]
[quote author=bigdog link=topic=31807.msg315850#msg315850 date=1200392864]
[quote author=bullets13 link=topic=31807.msg315844#msg315844 date=1200392214]
[quote author=KFDM COOP link=topic=31807.msg315786#msg315786 date=1200383818]
Yes 2 4th place 5A Teams made it to the State Championship.
[/quote]

i have 3 comments about this...

1) this was a fluke

2) how many 4th place teams lost by 50 in the first round?

3) why is a team that couldn't even finish in the top 3 in their own district even allowed a chance to play in the playoffs.  if you can't be competitive in your district, you haven't earned a chance to play in the playoffs, even if you get lucky and peak at the right time and win a few games once you get there. 
[/quote]

To answer #3, some districts are much more competitive than others.  This district (22-4A) has had second and third place teams go as deep or deeper than the district champ.
[/quote]

well, this district really had 3 first place teams.  it wasn't like 2nd and 3rd place were way back in the standings.  but, you do bring up a legitimate point.  some districts are far more competitive than others... but there are very few in the state that can field four teams that deserve to make the playoffs.
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True, but this district is one.  There have been several times when the fourth place team missed out by a coin flip or a field goal.