1A Football 2023-2025

[greenandgoldhawk]

It appears all team will remain in the same region for all sports whether the school participates in football, or any particular sport or not. This is my guess why some teams only have 4 or 5 teams when it comes to regions for football but have 6 included in all other sports. It also seemed like non-football schools were last to be placed in regions in an attempt to balance out regions based on locations once they can assure at least 4 football schools were in a region first. What are your thoughts about the new regions for the next 2 years? What team(s) do you look forward to seeing thriving in their region and make state runs? Do you think football should have 4 regions like now instead of 8 regions? Or should they refer to a power ranking like MAIS to determine playoff seedings (either 1-32 whole 1A,1-16 north & 1-16 south, 1-12 north & south and award the top 4 seeds first round byes, or a 1-24 whole 1A power ranking and give the top 8 teams first round byes) to make it more competitive to make the playoffs and make the playoff games more competitive?  I do believe the goal should be to get the best two teams play for the title regardless of where they may be. Looks like the playoffs will start and end on the same week for all classifications.

 

Pro(s)- Allows for more non-region games. Some teams shouldn’t have an excuse to schedule stronger opponents over a money game.

Con(s)- Some region will have automatic qualifiers regardless of a very bad record unless there will be a 3 team region qualifier and top seeds get first round bye.

 

Departures: Bay Springs, Sebastopol, Richton, Ingomar (non-football), Hamilton

Incoming:  Baldwyn, Pine Grove, Myrtle, Potts Camp, Strayhorn, Leland, Nanih Waiya, Velma Jackson, Stringer, East Marion, Sacred Heart

Non Football Playing School: Tremont, Houlka, Piney Woods, MSMS, Hickory Flat, Pine Grove, West Union, MS Deaf/Blind, Jumpertown, Blue Mountain

 

CLASS 1A

Region 1

Baldwyn

Biggersville

Thrasher

Tupelo Christian

 

Region 2

Ashland

Byers

Falkner

Myrtle

 

Region 3

Coffeeville

Coldwater

Potts Camp

Strayhorn

 

Region 4

Okolona

Smithville

Vardaman

West Lowndes

 

Region 5

Leland

McEvans

Simmons

South Delta

West Bolivar

West Tallahatchie

 

Region 6

Ethel

French Camp

McAdams

Nanih Waiya

Noxapater

Velma Jackson

 

Region 7

Leake County

Mount Olive

Stringer

Taylorsville

 

Region 8

East Marion

Enterprise-Lincoln

Lumberton

Resurrection

Sacred Heart

Salem

Edited November 4, 2022 by greenandgoldhawk

[MSUDawg11]

Yeah, regions 2 & 3 are really, really bad. 

[MSSportsGuy]

Years back when 1A had distircts with 4 or 5 teams, when only 2 would make the playoffs, coaches complained they coudln't find enough willing opponents for home games they had a tough time filling out. a schedule. That was the original reason to go to 4, 8 or 9 team regions. It appears coaches are no longer concerned about this. 

 

I think it's ridiculous to have a region where all the teams make the playoffs by default. I posted in another thread it's conceivable a 0-10 team would travel to a region 1 seed for a playoff game that serves no purpose.

 

Moving 7 classes only waters down the level of competition in each class. This was just a money grab by the association that will serve no purpose.

 

 

[Rebel Bert]

30 minutes ago, MSSportsGuy said:

Years back when 1A had distircts with 4 or 5 teams, when only 2 would make the playoffs, coaches complained they coudln't find enough willing opponents for home games they had a tough time filling out. a schedule. That was the original reason to go to 4, 8 or 9 team regions. It appears coaches are no longer concerned about this. 

 

I think it's ridiculous to have a region where all the teams make the playoffs by default. I posted in another thread it's conceivable a 0-10 team would travel to a region 1 seed for a playoff game that serves no purpose.

 

Moving 7 classes only waters down the level of competition in each class. This was just a money grab by the association that will serve no purpose.

 

 

Should be 8 team regions in every class. I think it's now 24, 24, 24, 40, 40, 40, 46  equals 238÷8=29 regions plus 6 schools. 7 classes by 4 regions plus 2 schools each.