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Post by Coach Klemme on Oct 26, 2008 18:51:46 GMT -6
I was looking at the Iowa High School football playoff brackets and noticed that those boys will be playing 4 games in a 2 week time span. Thats a lot of football with not much recoup time. Minnesota is not much better. Any other states have anything like that.
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Post by td4tc on Oct 26, 2008 21:30:42 GMT -6
we have three games in eight days which is a joke.i was wondering if anyone has an study info on how many days are required before a game.there are so many studies these days,maybe someone has looked at that. we get very banged up every time we have one of these stretches.the playoffs should be the most NB games of the year and often are bunched together in our league because of poor planning.
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Post by hwkfn1 on Oct 27, 2008 8:27:32 GMT -6
As a coach in Iowa, it is very difficult, but also exciting. We practiced Saturday and Sunday (regular Monday and Tuesday practices). We have a normal Wednesday practice tonight and Thursday tomorrow. Wednesday is game day. If we win, we turn around and play on Monday. The thing that sucks, though, is when the IHSAA sticks a team with a late game (8:45 pm) on a school night. It usually after 2:00 am before most of us get to bed, and then the kids are supposed to function at school the next day? I do wish from that standpoint, the IHSAA would reconsider that.
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Post by struceri on Oct 27, 2008 11:53:38 GMT -6
I'm in South Dakota and our last regular season game was Thursday(23rd) 1st round of playoffs arer on Tuesday(28th) 2nd round the following Monday(3rd) Semis on the 8th and championship game the 15th. I think that is 5 games in 3 weeks.
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Post by midlineqb on Oct 27, 2008 12:09:38 GMT -6
In Kansas in Class 3A and below (totoal of 6 Classes) they play last reg. game on Thursday, 1st playoff game on Tue. and 2nd playoff game on Sat. and 3rd Playoff game on Fri. 4th game on Friday and the next week the Semis and Finals the following.
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Post by Yash on Oct 27, 2008 12:16:45 GMT -6
Wisconsin plays their last regular season game on a thursday, the following tuesday is the first round of playoff games and then that saturday is round 2 of playoffs so 3 games in nine days.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 29, 2008 0:10:39 GMT -6
damn, out here in CA, our last game is a friday, think we got thursday the next week, the following is a wednesday (thanksgiving week, i think they have a thursday for round 1 to even things out even), and then its back to friday for round 3, and friday for the section title game. 4 games, 4 weeks. i believe the state championship games are played the week after, halfway through december
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Post by coachnorm on Oct 29, 2008 8:49:30 GMT -6
Kansas small school schedule is brutal with the Thursday, Tuesday, Saturday schedule it often comes down to who can stay the healthiest.
Hopefully after next year they will shuffle the classifications and get rid of the Tuesday game!
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Post by realdawg on Oct 29, 2008 9:23:15 GMT -6
Why do they not just play one game a week in the playoffs like in the regular season?
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Post by wingtol on Oct 29, 2008 10:41:39 GMT -6
What is the reason for these schedules? We go week by week here in PA, Fri/Sat for the games and play till early Dec. for the state title. Just currious as to why the wacked out schedule? is it weather related? Lack of facilities at the time of year? Or just some weird thing that has always been done?
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Post by rideanddecide on Oct 29, 2008 12:51:19 GMT -6
In wisconsin I believe it has to do with finishing before Thanksgiving weekend.
We play the final reg season game on Wed or Thursday, they announce pairings on Friday and you play on Tuesday. The second round is that Saturday and rounds 3 and 4 are the following saturdays.
You could start the season earlier, but we already get out of school in nearly mid-June.
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Post by coachnorm on Oct 29, 2008 13:04:21 GMT -6
In Kansas it's because the KSHSAA made the decision long ago that Kansas is a basketball state and nothing can interfere with the beginning of basketball season. We've got to get all those pesky football games out of the way before we start playing basketball in December. (kidding, but just barely)
The activities association in Kansas doesn't allow any seasons to overlap.
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Post by midlineqb on Oct 29, 2008 16:34:28 GMT -6
The thing about all of these are that the both teams are in the same boat. They each have the same amount of time to prepare. Make the best of the situation you're in.
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Post by airman on Oct 29, 2008 17:18:53 GMT -6
In wisconsin I believe it has to do with finishing before Thanksgiving weekend. We play the final reg season game on Wed or Thursday, they announce pairings on Friday and you play on Tuesday. The second round is that Saturday and rounds 3 and 4 are the following saturdays. You could start the season earlier, but we already get out of school in nearly mid-June. In wisconsin they want to get done because of deer hunting season.. now I know some of you are laughing right now but you have to understand how big white tail deer hunting season is. annually about 600,000 hunters go hunting trying to bag one of 1.5 million deer. If you want to hunt white tail deer wisconsin in the premier place. |
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Post by phantom on Oct 29, 2008 17:24:28 GMT -6
In wisconsin I believe it has to do with finishing before Thanksgiving weekend. We play the final reg season game on Wed or Thursday, they announce pairings on Friday and you play on Tuesday. The second round is that Saturday and rounds 3 and 4 are the following saturdays. You could start the season earlier, but we already get out of school in nearly mid-June. In wisconsin they want to get done because of deer hunting season.. now I know some of you are laughing right now but you have to understand how big white tail deer hunting season is. annually about 600,000 hunters go hunting trying to bag one of 1.5 million deer. If you want to hunt white tail deer wisconsin in the premier place. I'm from Pennsylvania where deer season's also pretty big but not so big that it changes football season. |
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Post by wingtol on Oct 30, 2008 10:40:37 GMT -6
In wisconsin they want to get done because of deer hunting season.. now I know some of you are laughing right now but you have to understand how big white tail deer hunting season is. annually about 600,000 hunters go hunting trying to bag one of 1.5 million deer. If you want to hunt white tail deer wisconsin in the premier place. I'm from Pennsylvania where deer season's also pretty big but not so big that it changes football season. No doubt about that, it is a nice problem to worry about though if you are worried about kids missing to go hunting since that means you are pretty far into the playoffs. Also I love the possibility of playing Thanksgiving weekend, nothing like a nice practice on Thanksgiving morning then eating your a$$ off later that day. |
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Post by groundchuck on Nov 5, 2008 21:08:29 GMT -6
Here in Minnesota we finish the regular season on a Wednesday. There is no school the Thursday and Friday b/c of Minnesota Education Association convention. So we practice those days. Then the playoffs open Tuesday. If you win you turn around and play Saturday. After that it's a week in between the rest of the rounds.
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Post by buck42 on Nov 5, 2008 21:37:55 GMT -6
wow...guess North Carolina is not that bad...we finish the regular season on Friday and start the playoffs next week...we play a game a week until the December title games...
We had a situation this year when a rain out had to be rescheduled for a Monday...so teams played Friday, Monday, Friday...that was a mess...many concerns here for health concerns...but apparently it is a fairly common practice in other states...
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Post by knighter on Nov 6, 2008 8:50:39 GMT -6
In Iowa:
Final Regular Season Game: Friday
Substate Game: Wednesday
1st Round: Monday
Quarters: Friday
Semis: Friday/Saturday/Monday
Finals: Friday/Saturday
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Post by midlineqb on Nov 6, 2008 20:58:59 GMT -6
Here in Kansas the smaller schools (4A-1A/2A and 8-man) finished regular season last Thursday (week ago today) and played first round this past Tuesday and play second round Saturday. The bigger schools (6A & 5A) finished last Friday and play a game each week on Friday except for state game which is on Saturday. The Activities Association wants to get football over by Thanksgiving weekend.
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Post by buck42 on Nov 6, 2008 21:27:03 GMT -6
we do not finish until about December 9th or so...championship games are held at North Carolina, State and Wake on a Saturday...I love that day...best day of the year, one day I hope to coach in one of them...
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Post by ex-centralcoach on Nov 6, 2008 21:55:48 GMT -6
Midline is right, we are in survival mode here in Kansas 4A, thursday, tuesday, saturday. Im not even sure what today is.... I call this stretch 'major class project week'
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Post by coachpoe on Nov 6, 2008 23:25:49 GMT -6
Missouri Small schools (classes 1-4) is very similar to what I see in Iowa. To make a long story short, they want to finish all the games so they can have the championship games on Thanksgiving weekend
Final Reg Season Game: Thur/Fri/Sat (Oct 30-Nov 1)
Regional Game: Wed (Nov 5)
Sectional Game: Mon (Nov 10)
Quarterfinal Game: Sat (Nov 15)
Semifinal Game: Fri (Nov 21)
Championship Games: Fri (Nov 28) or Sat (Nov 29)
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Post by knighter on Nov 7, 2008 8:59:57 GMT -6
Our finals are the week before Thanksgiving in Iowa. Last regular season game was October 24. In other words last regular season game to semifinals would give them 4 games in 15 days basically. OUCH. Survival of the fittest for sure, and now factor in snow and cold for tonight. At least the semifinals and the finals are held in the UNI Dome. Even that has it's drawback as they still play on the same turf I played on there in college which was back in the early 90's. The old style turf is very hard on the body (just ask my knees, ankles, and hips every morning.) LOL.
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Post by bigdog2003 on Nov 7, 2008 10:47:18 GMT -6
In SC the season ended on 10/31 for 1A-3A, and the first round starts today 11/7. 4A starts po next week. Most if not all games are on Fridays, with a week break between each game. The semifinals are the day after thanksgiving (2A and up) (1A championship), with the finals at Clemson this year on 12/5 and 6. The move to Clemson has angered many in the state just because of the location in the NW corner of the state. Has been at Williams-Brice in Columbia for years, but Clemson said that it made an unfair recruiting edge for the gamecocks. I thought that the location was perfect, central location, with easy access for everyone in the state.
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