Anyone getting beat by 50 in the quarters is weak, and maybe if they were in another section they go 3-5... look at section 5A, they went 1-5 vs section 6A including their champion taking a loss... USA in section 6 might have been 4-4 and not 7-1. You are most certainly getting weak teams from weak sections at the state tournament... it would also get proven if you went 1-16 and got best 8 to quarters...
Why are you so in favor of not getting the best 8 teams to quarters?
Again I dont understand the stance of not trying to get the best 8 to quater finals?
Once you get to the top 16 in the lower clases there is a lot of crossover things to look at. Several of these teams only play a couple section games and then when you are looking at top 2 from each section there is definitely enough to say this section is very tough, this one looks pretty weak and there would obviously be some things maybe not perfect, but in the long run a weighted coaches vote and a qrf input the 16 team tournament would be way more fun to watch than what Barnum and Lester Praire went thorough last night. Much less probability for error than current system
How is it not.
My conclusion is BOLD should have played better against Minneota to advance to the State Tournament.
My conclusion is they were better than 7 of the other teams that you claimed to deserve a shot to be state champions last year and your reasoning to keep them out is they are in the wrong area of the state
You can’t compare 6A. The top 24 teams all are respectable programs. It’s really just the bottom 8 that have no shot.
Minnesota defines state for 5A and below as 8 sections distributed across the state with one team advancing from each section.
I think that the need was shown in the post you quoted Maxy... no reason to have a team who is the second best team in the state by a large margin be eliminated in the section championship.
Most of the schools agree with you and believe it is also best for high school football. Having Grand Rapids in the Semi’s is good in a part of the state that struggles to prioritize football.
Maple Grove was not advanced to the championship becasue in 6A at the quarter finals you are getting probably the best 8 teams.
South did exactly what MG defense was susceptible too. Not only big and physical, but with the deception to make it unstoppable. I thought Tonka would do the same thing but MG slowed them down I believe because Tonka was so easy to read. Never would have expected this game to wind up that out of hand, but the defense MG had last year was even better than their offense. This year, the opposite.
You're all over the place. Ope is correct here.
I think you guys are all missing the point. I want to see GREAT games in the state tournament. I think we get the correct state champs, but the state isn't awarded with the games we should or could get at the highest level. But I guess we can continue to hand out participation trophies to all corners of the state just to appease people's feelings.
Nobody is equipped to stop the passing game the way Moorhead runs it. And if it’s 3rd and 5, they just hit Mack on a slant or hitch and it’s money.
Minnetonka and Maple Grove both did well against Moorhead the first time they played them but definitely seems like they don't have much trouble putting up points....also don't seem all that good at stopping their opponent from scoring in a lot of games.
I think Moorhead QB was out for both of those games
