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Clarkdale and SE Lauderdale has to look at it this way who do you want to play Noxabee or Raleigh in a 5 team region when it could be Noxabee, Raleigh, SE, Clarkdale, and Quitman. That makes easy to say 3rd or 4th place on the road vs 1 or 2 seed at home.

Union and St Andrew's were further north. When they decided to go with: 5 schools each region vs 6/5/4/4 with Union only that changed things. They could have simply sent Union and Pisgah to region 4. They obviously decided to send 3 north and leave Pisgah and St Andrew's South. If ever coaches with seniority won out it was i believe the Pisgah coach having more seniority vs the other coaches. Not by many years but they also prefer to have a Jackson area region in each class if possible. That's what they got.

Two did have to go. I was commenting on you saying “they should have sent St Andrew and Pisgah north”. Quitman, CDale, and SE are right beside each other and now in separate divisions.

According to the directors podcast this morning schools have until Thursday to appeal classes and regions. Those appeals will be heard beginning Monday November 16th.

St Andrew's i can see protesting to be put in region 3. McLaurin was in region 5 with Noxabee a few years back. When the classes came out the South had a 22-18 advantage. 2 schools had to go north.

Hattiesburg and Picayune probably.

they played about 80% of the starters for first q. The issue is that many still aren’t healed from earlier injuries. Starting rb still hobbled. Backup hobbled. The freshman that moved up vs terry is out with half fractured leg. Wr been hobbled by ankle since Forrest hill game did not play last week.

who do yall think ends up in the 6A south final?

One injured early last week. May be able to go this week.

Thats why i asked. I would have played my JV vs Jim Hill.

That is always an unfortunate situation at this point in the season. Did you guys have more go out last week?

Seems like they have lots of injuries every year. Did WJ rest a lot of players against Jim Hill?

West jones very heavily injured could be in for rough week.

And they both scored 23 points this weekend. Of course one team won and one team lost.

This may be one of those years where the division winner has a losing record and hosts a playoff game. Similar to that year when the Saints were like 13-3 and had to travel to Seattle who had 7-9 record but won their division.

NFC East has entered the chat. I’m not sure which division is crazier (and worse) this year. The Giants on their third starting QB somehow lead the division. I’d wager Dallas wins the division, no idea how they aren’t running away with it already.

I see a lot of lower seeds are being picked to win

Excuse me sir, that’s the first place New Orleans Saints you are talking about with their impressive 3-5 record! Gosh I love how stupid the NFC South is.

I have a feeling St Andrew’s and Pisgah refused to go north. Probably have more pull than Southeast and Clarkdale. Quitman also got screwed in the process.

I’m going with south delta. I think the other two games in the south are a toss up

Again it was a rivalry game. It was probably the best thing that could have happened to Georgia, they have been on another level since that game. Changing the subject. Not sure who has the ugliest offense, State or the Saints? Both are worse than putrid.

I grew up next to Tippah County and have relatives/friends and such who have attended all of the schools at some point in their lives. I will try and break down a little of the "weirdness" of the place to educate/inform. It doesn't exactly make sense but this is how they operate. The county currently has two districts: North and South Tippah. South Tippah School District Blue Mountain and Pine Grove (K12) Ripley Elementary, Middle, and High schools Ripley is the county seat and has always been by far the largest in the county. It offers football and band. The district allows students to attend any school in the district they wish no matter their address. There are zones in name only but are not enforced or even well known. Blue Mountain demographics have generally been small majority African American/Hispanic and lower income white kids frequently without the means to fund transporation to another school. The school has long been the smallest in terms of enrollment and the chorus of close them has been around for 40 years. The problems are 1. The county's desegregation suit supervision would require federal approval and 2. Ripley, where many of them would go, didn't want them because it would alter their own demographics. Pine Grove is only white students and now picks up students who live closer to Ripley or in the city limits but would rather go to a small school (code words for no minority kids). Ripley's demographics are now almost evenly split between white/black/Hispanic which is a huge shift from the late 80s and early 90s when I was young. Bottom line is there won't be any consolidation there unless forced to because of the social and demographic implications. Pine Grove would start an academy about five minutes after any consolidation vote or talk. North Tippah School District (as of today) Falkner Elementary and High Walnut Attendance Center (K12) Chalybeate Elementary (K8) Chalybeate students attended Walnut starting in 9th grade. LIke South Tippah there are no real zones or enforced lines. The district is much smaller than South Tippah and has almost no tax base or industry. The board voted 3 years ago to merge Walnut and Falkner's upper grades to be housed on Walnut's campus and called North Tippah High. It will only house grades 6-12. Chalybeate will now be K-5 and get former WAC students in those grades as well as their current ones. Falkner Elementary is untouched for now. This has almost caused a civil war as the Falkner families, understandably disappointed, are furious their students will now attend "Walnut" despite a different name, mascot, colors, and the district has renovated both Walnut and Chalybeate campuses to house the new students and changes. Many Falkner families have opted to leave for South Tippah (Ripley or PG), Alcorn County, or homeschooling. Academically and demographically the schools are very similar but North Tippah High will likely be little more than a handful of the FHS families who join the former Walnut students due to the outrage. All the schools in the county are decent academically and socially. Still, ideally there would be two high schools for the county, South and North, and they would be a single school district rather than two.

It sucks to be sitting at 3 losses now, but it’s better now rather than getting the third the last two weeks of the season. At least OM has a chance to move back up in the polls by winning out. There are several 2 loss teams and some will pick up their 3rd and drop at the wrong time. Of the current 3 loss teams, OM has the more favorable schedule left. LSU has Texas and Tennessee left. Missouri and SC still have Georgia left. OM just needs to get the offense back on track against Oklahoma.

As we head into the 2nd round of playoffs for 1A, it seems pretty clear to me on who will advance to round 3 from the North. However, the South has several intriguing matchups that I think could go either way. Here are the matchups with my picks in bold. Share your thoughts on these as well. South Delta at Bogue Chitto Stringer at Ethel (toss-up) Nanih Waiya at Lumberton

Yep McComb, Poplarville, and Pass Christian will score alot on their opponents!