Football In MS

Jefferson Co down 8-33 to PCS Halftime

Playoff scores like this perfectly demonstrate why MS doesn’t need 7 classifications

Gotta agree. If I were Gport, that’s not who I’d wanna see in round 1. NWR has looked really good down the stretch. A last second field goal away from being the 1 seed.

So the MHSAA as an entity doesn’t govern itself? A county court can mandate how the MHSAA operates & how rules are interpreted & implemented?

The way this all played out is indicative of how these teams seasons are going. OG on the rise, Petal struggled down the stretch. Pretty consistent with recent history. Would be fun to see another OG-Petal matchup with everyone healthy. Could definitely happen. 7A South feels more wide open this year than in the past. North is Tupelo all day - unless G’town works some magic.

It’s been talked about extensively in the MAIS power point thread. And the bigwigs in the MAIS who didn’t see this coming must be blind as some of these refs this year. Come on.

That’s actually a gift to Petal with how things shake out. As I see it, their side of the bracket provides a much easier path to South State than having to go back through OS, + beat OG or/Brandon again.

So the head-to-head between NWR and Petal means nothing??

Interesting.

If Petal had just scored like 2-3 more points vs NWR, it would’ve been enough to secure the top spot and push OG to 2nd. But instead Petal comes in at 3rd after looking like they’d easily take the region (undefeated in region play) 2 weeks ago. That’s just crazy business

Seriously. i thought this would be the year we’d finally see a different round 1 paring. Bless Biloxi. You know they are so tired of this.

Do you know which region has the advantage this year in 7A for South State if both 1 seeds win out?

So 7A Round 1 will feature: 1 Gulfport hosting 4 Brandon (this could be a good one!) and 2 NWR hosting 3 Diberville Paired with 1 OG hosting 4 Biloxi and 2 Ocean Springs hosting 3 Petal 7A was wild this year. Anything could still happen. Will definitely be watching down the stretch and hoping that these schools with livestreams during the season have the budget to pay for playoff livestream events. Good luck to all!

It looks like: 1 - Gulfport 2 - Ocean Springs 3 - DIberville 4 - Biloxi

7A South FINALS Brandon over Meridian 40-13 OG over Pearl 28-7 NWR over Petal 34 -28 This puts the following Region 3 teams into playoffs: 1 Seed - Oak Grove 2 Seed - NWR 3 Seed - Petal 4 Seed - Brandon

That’s a much better system, as long as only 1 title per classification is awarded.

2012 Pascagoula played Starkville in the championship game, but not in the largest class. They were 5A at the time and MHSAA had 6 classifications in 2012. The 6A game that year was South Panola vs Brandon. And yes, Ocean Springs (2004) and George County (2007) have each made one trip to the ship in the last 22 years. The other 20 appearances have come from Brandon, Petal, OG and Pearl.

Look, the data is there. Tell yourself whatever you want. We’re all about to find out which region is most prepared to run the gauntlet in playoffs. I’ll stand by my predictions until proven wrong

Yes, 2004 I think. And that’s more than 20 years. Back when there were only 5 classifications.

If 7A for MHSAA can include schools with this much variance in student populations: Desoto 1553 Lewisburg 960 then MAIS doesn’t need a “big 4” title either. MAIS tries too hard to make the $$ people happy - which just dilutes the meaning of competition. I’m sick of systems that coddle. You’re not the best if you don’t beat the best. And MS is not big enough for all that. We’re not Texas.

Officially, you’re right. No - it doesn’t count. But let’s not forget history. For the largest MHSAA classification, R4 is almost always weaker than R3 when it all comes down in playoffs. Now, there are some limited round 1 or 2 exceptions. HOWEVER... on the overall, history suggests that the R3 schedules better prepare those teams for playoff wins. This is evidenced by which regions are represented in the state championship game. I cannot find a coast team that has played in the largest classification of the MHSAA state championship game for 2 decades - be it 5A, 6A or 7A (I only searched back 20 years, but I feel like a generation’s worth of evidence is enough to lend credibility to the statement.) But if I’m betting on a OG/Gulfport matchup (i don’t bet), I’m taking OG. Gulfport has not beat OG in over 20 years. Records I’m looking at go back to 2003 and there is no Gulfport win recorded. Again, anything is possible. But I’ll go with R3 in the largest classification just about every time. Nobody from R4 has even made an appearance in the championship game from South State in almost 2 decades.

Playoffs are a new season

Until the R4 teams beat R3 teams in 7A, I just can’t buy that Gulfport and Ocean Springs are better than Petal and OG. Especially when OG already beat Gulfport pre-season

Yeah. If anything it exposes the lunacy in the MAIS & their 11 championship titles

Yes, it is. And the implications of MHSAA taking on private schools is an issue that extends far past football. Just pointing that out for anyone who hasn’t stopped to consider that fact.