Football In MS Posted Friday at 07:50 PM Share Posted Friday at 07:50 PM (edited) On 11/5/2026 at 11:19 PM, Vott said: Interesting playoff matchups next week. Except for the Biloxi at Oak Grove first round invitational. It will be the 5th consecutive year they meet in round 1. 6th time in 7yrs. All played at oak Grove OG definitely appears to have the easiest road to South State given that Gulfport, Meridian & Brandon are all on the other side of the bracket & they’ll have home field advantage. D’ville and Petal will duke it out while OG should sail though round 1. The other side of that 7A South bracket is much more interesting to me Edited 11 hours ago by Football In MS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vott Posted Friday at 07:56 PM Author Share Posted Friday at 07:56 PM 4 minutes ago, Football In MS said: OG definitely appears to have the easiest road to South State given that Gulfport, Meridian & Brandon are all on the other side of the bracket & they’ll have home field advantage. D’ville and Petal will duke it out while OG should sale though round 1. The other side of that 7A South bracket is much more interesting to me Gport has homefield thru south state. If OG and Gport make it there og will travel to gport. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccbulldog Posted Saturday at 01:23 AM Share Posted Saturday at 01:23 AM 5 hours ago, Vott said: Gport has homefield thru south state. If OG and Gport make it there og will travel to gport. so if Brandon wins will they go back to Meridian in 2 weeks? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vott Posted Saturday at 01:53 AM Author Share Posted Saturday at 01:53 AM 27 minutes ago, ccbulldog said: so if Brandon wins will they go back to Meridian in 2 weeks? Yep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dubaction Posted Sunday at 03:49 PM Share Posted Sunday at 03:49 PM On 11/6/2026 at 2:56 PM, Vott said: Gport has homefield thru south state. If OG and Gport make it there og will travel to gport. I’m personally praying this happens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vott Posted Sunday at 03:59 PM Author Share Posted Sunday at 03:59 PM 8 minutes ago, Dubaction said: I’m personally praying this happens. You would rather play at gport than play a home game in south state? Please explain that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dubaction Posted Sunday at 05:02 PM Share Posted Sunday at 05:02 PM I’d rather play Gulfport than Brandon or Meridian. They’re both tougher matchups than Gulfport. In my opinion. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Football In MS Posted 11 hours ago Share Posted 11 hours ago (edited) On 11/6/2026 at 1:56 PM, Vott said: Gport has homefield thru south state. If OG and Gport make it there og will travel to gport. Ok. Haven’t seen MHSAA publish that Edited 11 hours ago by Football In MS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vott Posted 10 hours ago Author Share Posted 10 hours ago 18 minutes ago, Football In MS said: Ok. Haven’t seen MHSAA publish that In 5a 6a 7a Regions 2 and 4 have homefield advantage all the way thru south state this season. Its been that way for about five yrs now. Maybe longer. Next season regions 1 and 3 will have homefield advantage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Football In MS Posted 10 hours ago Share Posted 10 hours ago 1 minute ago, Vott said: In 5a 6a 7a Regions 2 and 4 have homefield advantage all the way thru south state this season. Its been that way for about five yrs now. Maybe longer. Next season regions 1 and 3 will have homefield advantage. Interesting that it wouldn’t be a “head to head” type comparison situation for common opponents to determine who has earned the right to play at home. I get that’s not possible in years & all situations. But where it is possible, it’s interesting that the common opponents head-to-head metric is not used. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maroontide06 Posted 10 hours ago Share Posted 10 hours ago 5 minutes ago, Football In MS said: Interesting that it wouldn’t be a “head to head” type comparison situation for common opponents to determine who has earned the right to play at home. I get that’s not possible in years & all situations. But where it is possible, it’s interesting that the common opponents head-to-head metric is not used. You can't do that because this is referring to two 1 seeds from different regions. MHSAA takes turns with it just like how they take turns with the home and away teams at the state championships. This year it's the North's turn to be the home team. Next year it will be the South's turn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vott Posted 10 hours ago Author Share Posted 10 hours ago 32 minutes ago, Football In MS said: Interesting that it wouldn’t be a “head to head” type comparison situation for common opponents to determine who has earned the right to play at home. I get that’s not possible in years & all situations. But where it is possible, it’s interesting that the common opponents head-to-head metric is not used. Also, if you are not familiar of how homefield advantage goes, If the no.1 seeds in region 2 and 4 gets put out before south state the no. 1 seeds from regions 1 and 3 would have homefield advantage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Football In MS Posted 2 hours ago Share Posted 2 hours ago 7 hours ago, Vott said: Also, if you are not familiar of how homefield advantage goes, If the no.1 seeds in region 2 and 4 gets put out before south state the no. 1 seeds from regions 1 and 3 would have homefield advantage. Yes, I am familiar with how home field advantage and seeding works. The point is that since Gport and OG haven’t met head-to-head this season yet, if they were to meet in South State, you could look an ac actual football metric to break a tie between #1 seeds. You can use common opponents. The only differential there is Petal. One school beat them & the other did not. Given that factual basis there would be an actual metric used to grant one team an advantage based on actual football instead of just giving one team a leg up that’s not based in competition. I know that might not always be possible - if they were no common opponents - and then you could use strength of schedule. I’m advocating for teams to be rewarded based on actual football performance. Shocked anyone would try to make an argument against that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vott Posted 1 hour ago Author Share Posted 1 hour ago 1 hour ago, Football In MS said: Yes, I am familiar with how home field advantage and seeding works. The point is that since Gport and OG haven’t met head-to-head this season yet, if they were to meet in South State, you could look an ac actual football metric to break a tie between #1 seeds. You can use common opponents. The only differential there is Petal. One school beat them & the other did not. Given that factual basis there would be an actual metric used to grant one team an advantage based on actual football instead of just giving one team a leg up that’s not based in competition. I know that might not always be possible - if they were no common opponents - and then you could use strength of schedule. I’m advocating for teams to be rewarded based on actual football performance. Shocked anyone would try to make an argument against that. Nah. I like the rotation better. If you used strength of schedule would you use the entire schedule or region schedule only? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebel Bert Posted 1 hour ago Share Posted 1 hour ago 9 hours ago, Football In MS said: Ok. Haven’t seen MHSAA publish that Lower numbered region hosts if both 1 seeds meet by rule this year which is region 2 and 4. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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