Texas High School Football Questions

Posted on 11/16/12 at 11:09 pm

Posted by gringeaux

DFW

Member since Oct 2008

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Posted on 11/16/12 at 11:09 pm

I just move to Texas and I am trying to figure out the playoff groupings. They have 2 divisions for each classifications all the way down to the 6-man leagues. My question is why do they do this and how to they determine the splits? Also, with all the schools having great stadiums why are all the games at neutral sites?

TIA

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Posted by arrakis

Member since Nov 2008

21168 posts

Posted on 11/16/12 at 11:21 pm to gringeaux

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They have 2 divisions for each classifications all the way down to the 6-man leagues. My question is why do they do this and how to they determine the splits?

Div I = larger school in classification
Div II = smaller school in classification

The UIL has the details on their site. There's BS on why, but it boils down to money. The more teams in the playoffs generate more $$$.

Neutral sites, especially as you get deeper in the brackets, make sense for travel. Who wants to travel from El Paso to Marshall or Brownsville to Amarillo to play a game?

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Posted by TejasHorn

High Plains Driftin'

Member since Mar 2007

10981 posts

Posted on 11/17/12 at 12:19 am to gringeaux

It's unstable for a few reasons. One is that there are simply too many titles awarded. 12 not counting private classifications. And you sometimes have 2 or 3 win teams awarded with a playoff birth since so many teams are let in now.

But what really sucks is when you have 2 great teams in 5A, say Southlake and Katy, and they won't even play each other in the playoffs.

It is a money maker though.

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