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    CCL/ESCC Week 14*

    Will take the over in 4A
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    Championship Breakdown: “____” wins if they “____”

    Break it down. Pick your class. Pick a team. What do they have to do to win?
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    Success Factor

    Folks it's effectively the same schools, private and public, every year, this entire century. Don't expect different results from a playoff system that's not designed nor intended to drive competitive balance. New board; still the same old facts. Since 2001, 184 total champions have been...
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    Q of the Week: So what's the fix?

    Would have to first agree on what's trying to be solved for...opportunities or outcomes? better representation across the state? equal representation between publics and privates? closer championship game scores? reduce the 'dynasties' within a class? reduce 'dynasties' all-together? Hard for...
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    The old private/public debate! jeez. still. EASY FIX.

    If you’re generous, and consider the IHSA to be testing and learning on how to better classify privates, then the next set of changes should better center the pendulum. Original multiplier and success factors went little too far one way, the current waiver changes went a little too far the...
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    Safe to say…

    No doubt! And no discredit to any of them, they played and beat who showed up. The IHSA got the statewide representation they want too, just makes for lesser championship bouts (not champions).
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    Safe to say…

    Classification? Broken. Seeding? Broken. Althoff, Montini, and DePaul would have been interesting match ups against each other.
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    Football Enrollment

    @IHSAfan207 - I would still contend that the answers you seek can be found here: Thread 'Make the Playoffs Great Again' https://edgytim.forums.rivals.com/threads/make-the-playoffs-great-again.12046/ (Yes, somewhat shameless plug. Also can’t believe that’s 8 years old)
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    Football Enrollment

    That was a great analysis and these are great observations. Plenty of unconscious bias gets introduced into this conversation, but the reality has been pretty consistent and clear for years now. There's a clear upper tier of elite programs and a second tier of consistent strong programs that...
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    Football Enrollment

    This is stupid. There are three independent areas that need to come together cohesively in a multi-class playoff system. Eligibility - who qualifies? Classification - how do you group the qualifiers? Seeding - how do you sort within the group? You can use elements of the same concept in each...
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    Football Enrollment

    This all largely depends on how you define the objective of the playoffs, especially in a multi-class playoff system. I'd love to see a single playoff. In the absence of that, I believe the objective should be to produce playoff classes of teams with ~equivalent competitive equity. I don't...
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    Football Enrollment

    Great stuff @Snetsrak61!
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    Football Enrollment

    Pretty good indicator of?
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    Loyola (Hollywood) vs LW East (Beast)

    Says the dude behind an online nickname that is itself a nickname of a guy with an existing name
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    Higher seeds should get the home game.

    Humbled and appreciative of the recognition that this has already been solved ;)…now if only it could be implemented
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