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    Wayyyyyy to early 2024 programs to lookout for!

    My view is based largely on the new head coach. It is more likely that they would win a state championship in 2025 or 2026, but a deep run in 2024 should not be ruled out. He had York in the semifinals each of the last two seasons and it doesn't seem to me that York's level of talent was much...
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    Wayyyyyy to early 2024 programs to lookout for!

    It depends on how you define a dark horse. Marist is coming off a 4-5 regular season and should be much improved in the 2024 season. I'm not sure you would define them as a dark horse since they have had a fair amount of success the last ten years. However, I think they will reach new levels of...
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    Bears

    The Seahawks scored 364 points for the season last year. The Bears scored 360. I am not seeing that they have improved anything.
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    A Proposal for High School Football Playoffs

    Last but not least, the proposed 1A bracket for 2023 is provided below. The private high schools are in bold type to draw attention to the fact that plenty of private schools are not multiplied and do not have the success factor applied to them under the newly proposed standards. Those schools...
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    A Proposal for High School Football Playoffs

    Here is the proposed 2A bracket for 2023: Seed 1 - Maroa-Forsyth (9-0) 32 - McLeansboro Hamilton County (4-5) 16 - Carmi White County (7-2) 17 - Lawrenceville (7-2) 8 - Johnston City (8-1) 25 - Breese Mater Dei (6-3) 9 - Sterling Newman Catholic (7-2) 24 - Mendon Unity (6-3) 4 -...
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    A Proposal for High School Football Playoffs

    The proposed 3A bracket follows: Seed 1 - Byron (9-0) 32 - New Berlin (4-5) 16 - Carlinville (6-3) 17 - Stanford Olympia (7-2) 8 - Williamsville (7-2) 25 - Oregon (5-4) 9 - Sullivan (8-1) 24 - Fairfield (5-4) 4 - Wilmington (8-1) 29 - Paxton (5-4) 13 - Durand-Pecatonica (7-2) 20 -...
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    In the current 1A-8A class system, where does the largest jump in team ability occur?

    It may depend on whether you are talking about all high schools in a given class (approximately 64 teams), or the entire playoff field in a given class (32 teams), or the top teams in a given class (semifinalists = 4 teams). You mention "from watching the state title games", so I suppose you are...
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    A Proposal for High School Football Playoffs

    The remaining brackets for the smaller schools will be submitted intermittently over the next few weeks. The 4A bracket is listed below. Seed 1 - Rochester (9-0) 32 - Manteno (4-5) 16 - Lindblom (7-2) 17 - Normal University (7-2) 8 - Dixon (8-1) 25 - Prairie Central (5-4) 9 - Coal City (7-2)...
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    A Proposal for High School Football Playoffs

    Thank you for the comment. The justification for having a 4-5 team in the playoffs, such as Marist, but not a 6-3 team, such as Lane, is twofold. The first justification is strength of schedule, the second is football playing ability. If a person wants to reduce the number of blowouts in the...
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    A Proposal for High School Football Playoffs

    Thanks for the question. There currently is no success factor for public schools so I thought to move in that direction I should take the smallest step possible. Ideally I would be comfortable applying the same success factor to public schools that I have proposed for the private schools...
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    A Proposal for High School Football Playoffs

    If one wants the Illinois high school football playoffs to be more competitive, better teams need to be included. That is, add some teams that are better than some of the teams currently included in the playoffs. If it is undesirable to expand the number of teams, this necessarily means some...
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    A Proposal for High School Football Playoffs

    Here is the 5A bracket: Seed 1 - Morris (9-0) 32 - DePaul (4-5) 16 - Joliet Catholic (6-3) 17 - Wauconda (7-2) 8 - St. Francis (7-2) 25 - St. Laurence (6-3) 9 - Carmel (8-1) 24 - Highland Park (6-3) 4 - Rockford Boylan (8-1) 29 - LaSalle-Peru (4-5) 13 - Hillcrest (6-3) 20 - Evergreen Park...
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    A Proposal for High School Football Playoffs

    Here is the proposed 6A bracket for 2023: Seed 1 - Prairie Ridge (9-0) 32 - Rockford East (4-5) 16 - Geneva (7-2) 17 - Thornton Fractional North (7-2) 8 - IC Catholic (7-2) 25 - Bloomington (5-4) 9 - Lincoln Park (8-1) 24 - Centennial (6-3) 4 - Maine West (9-0) 29 - Bremen (5-4) 13 -...
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    A Proposal for High School Football Playoffs

    Here is the proposed 7A bracket for 2023: Seed 1 - Batavia (8-1) 32 - Reavis (4-5) 16 - St. Rita (5-4) 17 - Neuqua Valley (6-3) 8 - Joliet West (8-1) 25 - Nazareth (4-5) 9 - Willowbrook (7-2) 24 - Addison Trail (6-3) 4 - Quincy (9-0) 29 - Rockford Auburn (5-4) 13 - Naperville Central...
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    A Proposal for High School Football Playoffs

    It has previously been suggested there should be three primary objectives of any playoff system. They are: 1) Provide a reasonable opportunity for IHSA member schools to participate in the playoffs. 2) Create a process that is transparent and relatively simple to understand and administer. 3)...
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    92 People played all 8 brackets, here are the totals for the top 10

    We tied for second. I use my actual name for the bracket challenge so I can occasionally brag to my son and brothers. Somehow my wife is never impressed.
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    Playoff Bracket Challenge update: Finals results added

    87th place out of 113 contestants in 4A 100th place out of 103 contestants in 3A 94th place out of 101 contestants in 2A 96th place out of 102 contestants in 1A ...doesn't seem so dominant.
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    A Unique Proposal To End The Publics vs. Privates Debate...Who Says No And Why?

    In principle it seems reasonable. However, I'm not sure I understand how you are seeding the CCL/ESCC teams. For example, when you list the four Blue Division teams you show St. Ignatius as being either a 17 seed or an 18 seed; but when you then display the 8A bracket you show St. Ignatius as...
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    2023 Preseason Top Twenty

    greatgig13: Having Cary-Grove ranked 8th in my Preseason Top 20 list doesn't seem too far off the mark at this point in time.
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    Clown Cup week 14 games

    12 - Mt. Carmel 10 - East St. Louis 8 - Joliet Catholic 6 - Loyola
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