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I kinda of like the idea of teams needing to earn a playoff spot. I think for some programs it can be a goal to make the playoffs if they traditionally are a bottom of the section team. So it would give those types of programs a step to build towards too.

Yeah, I remember our High School wrestling team used to play "entrance" music , turn the lights out except the one directly over the mat and the whole team would run out and circle the the mat a few times (Including the other team) before we lined up for intros. So maybe they might play...

Back in my day nobody would bat an eye at this but these days everyone is offended about everything so I'm surprised it hasn't been squashed by the refs. In the old days chanting something like that probably just made the other team want to stick it too you more. 🤷‍♂️

No idea about any of that or exactly what happened in this weekend's game other than the score but could be karma for sure if all of that is true.

Gophers don't stink, they stunk VS Iowa and are fairly mediocre as far as power conference schools go.

Hard to say for sure. Not really much crossover between 1AAAA and 2AAAA. Byron and Rocori both played TG amd Rocori dominated TG fairly easily and Byron barely got by TG. Marshall dominated Rocori the first time, we will see about this time. IMO, 2AAAA is stronger than 1AAAA. Byron...

Man, I don't even know anymore after the Iowa game. I thought it would be hard to get a win on their home field but thought it would at least be competitive. On paper the Gophers should win but I'm kinda doubting everything with them right now. I'm going to say they squeak out a 24-20 win.

Yeah, with small schools particularly seeding is hard. A lot of the teams don't play each other during the season and don't have many common opponents in some cases. And some of the teams play up or down classes a lot more than others...ect. Unless they've played each other before many times...

Some notes from this weekend from smaller schools: Section 2A: A rarity! 3 vs 4 seeds make it the section Championship game Lester Prairie vs GFW Section 1AA: Again 3 vs 4 Championship game. Chatfield and Triton go down in the semis. Section 4AA: 6 seed Randolph makes it to the Championship...

Well turns out Hutch vs Marshall went mostly the same way as the first game. However, I feel like Hutch played better. Really should have been 7-7 going into the half. Marshall punted and Hutch kid was not paying attention and ball bounced off his back giving Marshal the ball on like the 10...

Ah...OK. I guess I hadn't paid any attention to that and haven't been out there for a game in a while.

I think QB Rating in college is a useless stat. You can play two cupcake games and it will boost an otherwise pretty meh rating the rest of the season. I think TD/INT ratio and how many sacks they take that they shouldn't and yards, to a degree, are most important. Completion % is important...

He is doing very well for a Freshman. I think there are only two other freshman starting QBs in the Big Ten and I would say he's at least as good as they are.

Of the ones I'm old enough to remember the Darkins game would be it for sure.

IDK about other cases but for Hutch vs Marshall us at SWMN State but it's in Marshall so not really a neutral site.

Yeah, a friend of mine has a son that's really in to baseball and sounds like they start to practice in March and wasn't long ago the "season" ended.

I guess I was not aware of large numbers of NDSU haters. 🤷‍♂️ But agreed on the second point, but doesn't make it any less frustrating.

Yeah, but if your 4th seed isn't competitive vs the 1, in most sections the 3rd isn't going to be either. So now you're down to maybe the 2nd, might be competitive in some sections. The point is that usually there might be 1-2 competitive games in a lot of sections. Not saying the idea of is...

I know when I played that's how I would have wanted it but also if I'm the coach I might rather have a game the younger kids would gain something from for next year. But I'm sure the seniors would want a chance to go after the higher seed and try to get one more game. The old go out in a blaze...

I guess the counter argument is a lot of playoff games involving higher seed teams aren't competitive either. Like Triton beating JWP by 59, Chatfield beating DE by like 40, Upsala beating Benson by 43, BBE over BEV by 54....ect