Recapping the first weekend of playoffs
Are there too many playoff teams? Plus area standouts, scoring records and more
It’s something that comes around like clockwork.
Death, taxes and complaining about too many teams making the high school football playoffs.
Trust me, I get it. Scores like 84-0 (Abilene over El Paso Parkland) and 85-7 (Holliday against Dublin) seem absurd and can feel like a waste of time.
A couple 0-10 teams made the playoffs. Some terrible teams spent the past week practicing.
But here’s the deal. Every year a few of these fourth-place schools advance to the area round by knocking off a district champ.
The playoff format isn’t changing, and it shouldn’t change. Some districts deserve a fourth playoff team because they’re so deep.
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