I'll admit I fell for it last yearI thoroughly enjoy it lol
I'll admit I fell for it last yearI thoroughly enjoy it lol
Yes according to Maxpreps Asheville, Smoky Mountain, Hayesville, Murphy. I think I remembered all. Guys correct me if I missed any team pleaseOutside of Andrews did Robbinsville play anyone with a winning record?
Thank God you got that correct.Yes according to Maxpreps Asheville, Smoky Mountain, Hayesville, Murphy. I think I remembered all. Guys correct me if I missed any team please
Are you trying to start WW3???Outside of Andrews has Robbinsville played anyone with a winning record?
Yes it is…That's a strong schedule for 1@ team
Thanks…Thank God you got that correct.
Wife says this a lot now…Are you trying to start WW3???
ER definitely had tougher scheduleYes it is…
Have you checked ER schedule out?
Not that shabby either…
Definitely?ER definitely had tougher schedule
Ok BK…Definitely?
Not according to Massy and MaxPreps.
OWP isn't SOS.
I understand the point you are making here but I’ve also seen Maxpreps mess before and totally disagree with it. SOS, as I have said before, is so subjective it’s just ludicrous. No one knows until after the year is over and all results are in who played the “best” teams. Seems like NCHSAA system has got it fairly close to correct most of the time. But I could be wrong I guessWhen you play charters and homeschool teams that play other charters and homeschool teams this system will rank you high. OWP has nothing to do with SOS. It's not rocket science guys.
Who decides strength of opponents? That’s what makes it subjective. Not saying current system is perfect, as you outlined in an extreme example it does have its flaws. It is however based in math rather than how someone feels about it. Problem, to me, with other organization’s rankings are no one knows what goes into their criteria for determining SOS. At least the one we are using is transparent.I define it as strength of opponents.
Not record.
Frankly I care. But everyone is different.Who cares if it's transparent.
So you would rather it be off as s long as it's transparent. The others may not be transparent but I've never seen either of them have a team like Hayesville as high as this system did when we could see that Hayesville had played one of the softest schedules at that time.
happy wife happy life!Wife says this a lot now…![]()
See I was going to mention the Uwharrie Mountains but…Actually, Eastern Randolph and North Moore are bastard children, being neither East or West, but both being thrown to to East or West in any given season. Neither are mountaineers or flatlanders, but both are more like gray clay, hilly area schools that reside in the heart of American pottery country. Remember, one of the oldest mountain ranges in the country ends in monadnocks in Randolph county (The Uwharrie Mountain Range). Northern Moore County is anything but flat, just hills and an endless forest of pine trees (and no cell reception). I recall back in the 90s when I had to cover a North Moore playoff game for the Western Region. They went three and a half hours EAST to play Tabor City, who was also playing in the west. Now that was a head scratcher. So, against ALL odds, were the two schools to miraculoulsy pull off an act of God and make the title game, it would really be a match-up of central regions teams, neither east or west.
I watched a little bit of MA on YouTube and I’m just not seeing what you are seeing. Very good team for sure and they will very likely beat Hayesville, but I don’t see a team that’s on “another level” than the best the SMC has to offer in any given year. This year Andrews is the best the SMC has to offer. If Robbinsville was healthy, they would be right there as well. I see a very close game that could go either way if MA and Andrews end up playing.Count them out purple.."Down Goes Frazier!!" Mt.Airy will be the best team Hayesville has played all year.
Don't really know what pudding you're looking at. If you look at the whole RPI not just the owp but the oowp as well MaxPreps and RPI as far as Hayesville and MIC is pretty much on par plus if you combine the East & West RPI final rankings like MaxPreps they're not that far off infact MaxPreps ranks them higher in RPI Hayesville would be #17 & MIC #26 MaxPreps has them #12 & # 22.All the others are very close to one another.
On SOS.
They are sometimes different on rankings.
I've never seen any SOS with Hayesville so high after an obvious weak non schedule except the current one. It also had MIC high. None of the others did. Proof is in the pudding as they say.
Both I said if you take in consideration the opw & oowp in the RPI Hayesville & MIC sos would be pretty much on par with MaxPreps but the reason you do sos is help come up with rankings. Also if you are taking out opinion and just doing a mathematical formula you can not do any sos without including owp & oowp they are the only two variables it's just a matter of what other digits and arithmetics you plug in to the formula.Your looking at the ranking not the sos
the SMC is not built around passing its around grinding the clock out and beating down on the other team instead throwing the ball around there offense scoring 35 is like MA scoring 50 and numbers do not matter tell that to the Mitchell last year when they lost to Andrews and then they got beat by starmount and Mitchell beat MA but MA destroyed starmountI stick by it bro. Mt.Airy's A game will be the best that Hayesville has likely played against....I look at it this way..its tough comparing scores....but EW and Murphy were pretty much a stalemate..both teams have personnel that weren't a 100%. Mt.Airy could have put 80 on EW...well they almost did 62-7. Murphy destroyed Robbinsville...so for what it's worth..tough to use..but real numbers..Andrews beat Robinsville and Murphy..All 3 would likely beat EW..but not by 60...Styles do make fights however.
Well for seeding purposes you kinda have to have a ranking system do ether you do like the NCAA and do an opinion pole or you do some kinda mathematical formula which usually has to involve sos.How much does SOS matter? In my opinion you’re either good or you’re not. It doesn’t matter who you’ve played.