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It definitely allows more schools in the playoffs, but it certainly doesn't make schools more competitive.

I have a perfect solution. Haha. We can have a PowerPoint system and have a losers bracket champion and have 14 championship games.

The “top tier” (largest classification of schools) will always feature a huge disparity. The schools at the bottom of that heap (currently 7A) will statistically fit better and compete more strongly with the classification under them. But, I don’t know that there is a good solution. MS is not large enough for 7 classifications.

I think as the season wore on I wasn't right about any the finalists in 7,6 or 5A and how it would play out. These new classes have really blurred the lines. In person I thought WC and Laurel matched up with Brookhaven size wise. Tonight they looked much bigger than WP and basically just pushed WP around as the game wore on. Brookhaven coach had them ready. Good job . They left no doubt.

oh lort

Arnett and Lebby are two different universes as far as State is concerned. Leaving emotions aside after getting beat by your rival, this is my take on this year. The 4-0 start including the big win over Arizona State gave the team confidence and we were clearly better than last year (albeit with some weaknesses). The Tennessee game let us know that we could compete with the better SEC teams even though we lost it in OT. But it was small chip in the armor. The Florida game was a big crack in the armor of our confidence though I put that more on the HC for a poor play call at the end. The Texas game finished us off. Here we play our best three quarters of the season only to see it unravel in the fourth quarter. One costly penalty (late hit on Arch) cost us that game and the season for all practical purposes. Our mental confidence was gone. All the good vibes from September had evaporated. Yes we beat Arkansas but that was more about them self destructing than anything else. Then these last three games, we got whipped across the board. In summation I give this season a C. Three more wins than last year. A big win over Arizona State. Three very competitive losses against quality SEC teams. But there is a lot of work ahead to move the needle upward. OL & DL need serious overhauls. With Taylor at QB, we have a chance to build a great offense around him. The defense had some bright spots this year but in these recent games our run defense has been porous. I don’t think the coaching has necessarily been bad but you have to have quality players to execute any defense. One last word on yesterday. Ole Miss was the team that had the perfect balance between confidence and execution. They made the big plays at the right time. We played hard but our confidence was not in sync with our execution. They were the better team. KT did some good things and the future is bright there. But we have got to build around him to make it happen. And if Kiffin leaves, karma is going to bite him in the butt. He has a good thing and he is going to leave to go to a cess pool?

Texas about to upset A&M…. Meaning Ole Miss is one Iron Bowl upset away from playing Georgia in Atlanta.

You’re absolutely correct in your second statement. It’s definitely not the same Picayune team. Marinate on that line of thought for a bit.

This has ripoff and danger written all over it. Typical AAU and 7 on 7 All star nonsense.

Sounds to me like something these travel ball influencers would be involved with. Sounds like a terrible idea to me and I hope it flops.

Money grab for sure.

sounds like dangerous street ball.

It's always a crapshoot when it comes to Sims.

very dumb decision. Every team should have at least 7 district games, meaning 8 team districts. Have 4 districts in 6A and 5A, then divide the remainder among class 4 to 1. Georgia is way bigger than Mississippi and they only have 6 districts.

It did not have the effect they stated.It was about more gate money for the MHSAA under the guise of "competition".

I understood the argument about the gap between the top and bottom of 6A with 32 teams being very significant. The better solution would have been to make 6A the top 24 with 5A being the next 24 while pushing the others down the line. Those gaps aren't really significant once you move past the top layers. However we all know it was just revenue generation sold under the guise of being more equitable. It's created small regions and classes where teams struggle to get 10 game schedules, multiple winless teams in the "playoffs" which leads to more games, travel, practice, and time away from school. It's not just in football this is happening but could be seen to some degree across other sports as well. 6 classes is plenty and honestly 5 wouldn't be so bad in a state like ours with a shrinking school enrollment as well as consolidations of smaller, rural schools into larger ones. I know the MHSAA has always been about money but it wasn't always so blatantly obvious.

It’s not been a good change. We should have kept 6 classes, but if we changed anything it should have been to drop to 5 classes instead of move up to 7.

The best team Wesson has played this season is Franklin County. Their opponents have a combined record of 33-64. Everybody Mize has played is still playing in the 2nd round of the playoffs except for Enterprise Clarke. Mize will be the best team Wesson has played all season. That doesn’t mean Wesson still won’t win. But it won’t be a blowout.

Most of us are waiting to see if coach survives this since he has go before the board to be reinstated as a coach for any and all sports. He is also not allowed to have contact with students. I wonder how that works in the hall way, class room, and lunch table. Has to be weird at school.

I agree. They should. To do anything different would be an insult

Congrats on the new Wammie.

East Webster should win

Can't forget hhs is doing all of this without Keys

He will need an ice bath lol

5 pm forecast. Less than 1 inch of rain, hit and miss. Will come thru Magee,Mize about 4 pm and out by 5 pm2. Will pass to the north of Taylorsville, and miss Union all together.

We’re talking about the MAIS here. Does that really surprise you?

I would not play in this at all. If a player goes down with injury, school insurance will not cover this whatsoever. This medical bill would come out of the pocket of the parents of the player.

I 'm going to go with Mize. They surprised me last week.

Goula's got a real good team this year and I wouldn't be surprised one bit if they went up to Hattiesburg and win this game. Best of luck to both teams.

George County just ran into a perfect storm Friday night. Picayune needed to lock in, focus, and play better. I'm glad they were able to do that.

I had one like that. FSU commit as a JR. Took his Senior season off. Half-butting every play. FSU rescinded his offer. Skaters usually get what they earn.

Cleveland always keep a speedster or few.

ACCS vs. Pajama boys

Mize over Wesson

Good point and something to watch out for I mean why would you want to get into physical contests when you only have four must win games following them. Matter of fact building up your depth would probably be the way to go and using your varsity sparingly.

Taylor will be a star. He is definitely the better runner and has the escape ability, although when 77 whiffs as he did on the play Shapen got hurt Taylor doesn't get out of that one. But he probably is only comfortable with 25-30 percent of the offense. A healthy Shapen gives State the best chance to win, but if he's not 100 percent Saturday I think I would go with Taylor.

I know everybody thinks Wesson will win in a blowout. And I get it, they are undefeated. This is where I hope our scheduling works in our favor. Like you said though, if Mize continues to turn the ball over this week it will be the end of our season.

It’s not a secret for mize. When we limit the turnovers, we do well. There has only been two games where our varsity didn’t have a single turnover, and those games were clarkdale and lake. Clarkdale was 45-0 and Lake was 49-0 when the starters were taken out. If we turn the ball over multiple times again this week against Wesson, we will get our tails whipped. We could lose even without any turnovers, but if we have turnovers it will be even worse. And we did get a couple of starters back last week against enterprise who had missed a few games with injuries, and that’s helped. Especially with depth.

Mize healthy they should win they been up and down do much it hard to know what they is. I think Raleigh gone have they hand full this week but should win to

MHSAA playoffs are almost as bad as MAIS playoffs. Both associations are all about the $$$$$.

That's correct other than created the 3 way tie.

It will be the yearly OG Biloxi matchup. Lol

Nice. I actually think Petal will beat Ocean springs next week. Can never count out Boyles.

Don't know, but it appears they knew what the rules were based off of that letter.

Yes. Or, and hear me out, join the MHSAA and then they can be in districts of similar size and compete for legitimate championships instead of these daddy ball hatchet jobs they piece together every few years.

1) south 2)south 3)north 4)south 5)north 6)south 7)north

I guess the one good thing about having conference games during weeks 2 and 3 is you get to have a game like this late in the season. Only thing I can say about the Citadel game is it should be good for having us with a 1,000 rusher and 3 receivers over 500 yards and possibly 4 if Stribling can get him 130 yards. I would say I expect a heavy dose of Lacy in this game but I hope his carries are actually limited to rest him up.

Never thought I would see the day football games got moved because of rain. Back in my days we would always hope to get at least one sloppy wet muddy field game.

If your definition of "FUN" is anxiety to the max, then I'll probably need the anesthetic administered by Moe, Larry, & Curly. LOL

Memphis TV probably picked it up.