Knocking on the playoff door
Posted October 25th, 2007 by Nate Ulrich
Week 10 of the 2007 high school football season has arrived and several area teams are still fighting for playoff spots.
CVCA, Northwestern, Hillsdale, Dalton, Stow and Lake must win in Week 10 to earn a playoff berth.
Click here for a story that gives an in-depth look at the playoff chances of the aforementioned teams.
To check out the playoff status of all the teams in Ohio visit this site: www.joeeitel.com. The computer points for each region are broken down in an organized and accurate way. Remember, the top eight teams in each region make the playoffs.
October 26th, 2007 at 10:49 am
I have lived in many states including Ohio (graduate of Ellet). Most states have similiar playoff systems. The best one though that i have seen is (of all places) Iowa. In Iowa they threw all of the historical leagues out the window and went to 8 team districts based on class and proximity (which really kept most leagues in tact). That was 7 games in the district, the first 2 weeks are non-district games and you can use those to schedule old rivalries or out of district or out of state teams (my son played and they would schedule schools from Illinois and Missouri the 1st two weeks). The top two teams from each district then went on to state. No computers etc… it was all decided on the field. Districts were re-drawn every two years due to enrollments shifts but these were minimal, and the schedule of home/away flipped during these two years, so one year it 3 home 4 away games and the next year the opposite. Isn’t it time to take away the computer and let the teams decide who is the best?