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Post by radiodavel on Oct 31, 2018 16:31:43 GMT -5
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Post by galion on Oct 31, 2018 17:44:20 GMT -5
The problem isn't the distance. The problem is that the OHSAA has watered down the playoff to such an extent with the addition on new divisions, in addition to expanding the playoffs to 8 teams per region, that it's impossible to create regions that make geographic sense and still have roughly the same number of teams in them. There are too many teams playing in the 1st round now to even attempt to have neutral sites.
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Post by fossywriter8 on Nov 1, 2018 21:03:07 GMT -5
I can see your point about too many divisions, at least to the point of discussing it. I think seven is fine, but they need six for 11-man football and one for 8-man.
It's a different case when it comes to eight teams per region in the current set up. This is the 20th season of eight qualifiers in each division. The OHSAA is not going to trim that back down to four, or two or even one — yes, I've seen people actually try to argue for going back to one team per region.
While higher seeds do win more state titles, teams seeded fifth through eighth have won 12 championships from 1999-2017. The information below is from this year's OHSAA's playoff release.
State Champions by Regional Seed Since the OHSAA Expansion to Eight Qualifiers Per Region in 1999
Entering 2018 Playoffs
No. 1 Seeds: 49
No. 2 Seeds: 24
No. 3 Seeds: 15
No. 4 Seeds: 5
No. 5 Seeds: 6
No. 6 Seeds: 2
No. 7 Seeds: 2 (Cle. St. Ignatius in 2001 & Piqua in 2006)
No. 8 Seeds: 2 (St. Henry in 2004 & Pickerington Central in 2017)
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Post by maplecityjake on Nov 2, 2018 5:08:53 GMT -5
Pick Central was a 3 seed in 17
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