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    Alabama privates going solo. Illinois? Should they?

    Whenever I read about an "involved" playoff system or proposal beyond a straight split, I can not help but be reminded of Ockham's Razor. It is a guiding principle of logic and problem-solving initiated centuries ago that proposed keeping things as simple as possible. Like the US Navy's KISS...
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    Bears

    Netflix broadcast(s) disastrous last Christmas - much to clean up.
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    Winningest active coaches

    This list begs the question (loaded) about how many more seasons these distinguished coaches might be adding to their totals.
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    Football-ish: Running Fast, Throwing Implements Far and Jumping High and Broadly

    Wow ... get that #2 leg the stick as early as possible in the exchange zone and let him keep it as late as possible! He was even, then began leavin' !!
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    N/M

    The Kingsmen of Joliet East hosted an evening relay format track meet in the late 60s that featured a low hurdle shuttle race on the football field grass. Pretty "groovy" I thought at the time.
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    Illinois HS played football before the 2000’s… let’s hear all those draft picks….

    Larry McCarren (center from Rich East under George Egofske, to Illinois) - Green Bay 1973 Mirko Jurkovic (guard from TF North under Jerry Munda, to Notre Dame) - Bears 1992
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    April 14 Competitive Balance Meeting Notes

    So much plain truth, IMO, in your last sentence. Trying to squeeze fairness and equity out of systems that are just so fundamentally different is seemingly too complicated with any combination of present or new methods that are short of separation - the nuclear option.
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    April 14 Competitive Balance Meeting Notes

    Imagine being a transfer (see p. 2, 6th bullet point) being "wait-listed" as a school nearing a "roster threshold of ineligibility" examines its options of whom to accept. "Interesting," for sure, as stated by this thread author.
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    Geneva WR is Fastest in the State

    "There is NO substitute for speed" remains as true as ever.
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    MC QB

    MC is on another level OVERALL with tradition and legacy playing no small parts. I saw them first as a teenage spectator some 60 years ago, then off and on again ever since. Their successes have spanned many, many decades and adapted to the changes within each.
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    IHSA competitive balance committee minutes

    So if 3 classes of non-boundary championships would occur, 48 of the 50 schools qualify and must win 4 games for a title. Will the boundary side of the tournament also face 4 games for the top spot? How many classes of 16 teams must exist for this equity to be achieved? Will the same...
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    Alabama splits Publics and Privates Football State Championships

    A single-class for all non-boundary schools would produce its own inequity, absolutely, for the reason you state. I was only pointing to the frequent sighting of the "6 public, 2 non-boundary" suggestion without necessarily being aware of the inequity in that split that I mentioned.
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    Alabama splits Publics and Privates Football State Championships

    What is the true percentage of non-boundary schools playing football compared to publics competing in the sport? Often reading the "6 public, 2 non-boundary" words, it can be an oversight to favor awarding 1/4 of the state championship trophies to a school segment number that may barely make up...
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    Alabama splits Publics and Privates Football State Championships

    It would be interesting and useful to learn what states that have separated public and private in football have done with the other sports in championship competitions. Beyond that, I wonder how many states actually have split playoffs in FB.
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    Q of the Week: Best High School Stadiums in Illinois

    With the Howard Fellows Stadium initial construction occurring during the mid-1930s FDR mid-Depression "New Deal" years with the whole Works Progress Administration/WPA effort, that site is up in some rare air. I am not aware of the original opening years of the others on the list, but I...
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