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(disclaimer - could not find the HS FB thread)
The MSHSL held an executive board meeting on Thurs, Feb 2. There was a proposal to seed the State FB playoffs from 1 to 8 in Classes 9-Man to 5A. The proposal was voted down.
Under the existing policy, 9-Man to 5A have brackets set by pre-determined matchups based on Section # - i.e. Sect 2 vs Sect 3 and so forth. The proposal would have seeded each class 1 to 8. but again, it was voted down.
In other sports, the State Tournaments are seeded 1 through 5, with the remaining teams assigned by random drawing. This in theory helps the chances of the 'best' teams making it to the state finals and avoids a situation where the best two teams might meet in the quarter-finals.
The HS league has always resisted seeding tournaments 1 through 8 - because (apparently) they don't want the #8 team to feel bad because "they were the worst team" or something like that. We'll see if there is a proposal next year to at least do the 1-5 seeding in Football.
(but they did approve changing HS WR from 14 weight classes to 13......)
The MSHSL held an executive board meeting on Thurs, Feb 2. There was a proposal to seed the State FB playoffs from 1 to 8 in Classes 9-Man to 5A. The proposal was voted down.
Under the existing policy, 9-Man to 5A have brackets set by pre-determined matchups based on Section # - i.e. Sect 2 vs Sect 3 and so forth. The proposal would have seeded each class 1 to 8. but again, it was voted down.
In other sports, the State Tournaments are seeded 1 through 5, with the remaining teams assigned by random drawing. This in theory helps the chances of the 'best' teams making it to the state finals and avoids a situation where the best two teams might meet in the quarter-finals.
The HS league has always resisted seeding tournaments 1 through 8 - because (apparently) they don't want the #8 team to feel bad because "they were the worst team" or something like that. We'll see if there is a proposal next year to at least do the 1-5 seeding in Football.
(but they did approve changing HS WR from 14 weight classes to 13......)