Coletrain06 Posted November 6, 2017 Report Share Posted November 6, 2017 Just curious, how do most states handle playoff locations? In Ohio.... in the First Round, the top 4 seeds in each region get a home game. After the First Round, every game is at a neutral location.....except the rare occasion, like in 2004 when the D1 Finals were scheduled to be at McKinley's Fawcett stadium, and then McKinley made the Finals....so Colerain had to beat McKinley on their home field for the State Title. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hardhit1 Posted November 6, 2017 Report Share Posted November 6, 2017 Geez I see some States flip after round one for home field ad lame there😆 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORabidOne Posted November 6, 2017 Report Share Posted November 6, 2017 21 minutes ago, Coletrain06 said: Just curious, how do most states handle playoff locations? In Ohio.... in the First Round, the top 4 seeds in each region get a home game. After the First Round, every game is at a neutral location.....except the rare occasion, like in 2004 when the D1 Finals were scheduled to be at McKinley's Fawcett stadium, and then McKinley made the Finals....so Colerain had to beat McKinley on their home field for the State Title. In Georgia, it's a TRAIN WRECK in 7A! FEW 7A schools in North Georgia, have adequate facilities for 4A, much less 7A! Yet they are permitted to host potential, big time match ups! In 2015, the future #1 team in America, had to trek 230 miles North, and play in a stadium with 600 visitor's seats! And when the coaches' wives and a few fans going incognito() went to sit in the corner of the HOMEstands! The BLUE was summoned to clear the area! BITCHES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Four seeds from each region in each class, with the top two hosting the three and four seed from another region! Eight regions are involved, with thirty two teams total! If the second, third, and fourth rounds are between like seeds. There is a coin flip to determine home field! And the eight finals are played in the Mercedes Benz Stadium starting in 2017, on Friday and Saturday!(three Friday and five Saturday) One caveat to this is, SINGLE A Private only has four rounds, and the teams are ranked on a power rating scale! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
On2whls Posted November 6, 2017 Report Share Posted November 6, 2017 50 minutes ago, Coletrain06 said: Just curious, how do most states handle playoff locations? In Ohio.... in the First Round, the top 4 seeds in each region get a home game. After the First Round, every game is at a neutral location.....except the rare occasion, like in 2004 when the D1 Finals were scheduled to be at McKinley's Fawcett stadium, and then McKinley made the Finals....so Colerain had to beat McKinley on their home field for the State Title. In CA higher seeded team in round 1 gets home cooking. There are coin tosses for the second round. The third round is supposed to be neutral field but since it usually involves SJB and Mater Dei, opponents travel to Santa Ana Bowl, or Cerritos college (this year El Camino) in what amounts to home games for those two teams. SS Championship is at Angels Stadium and the State Championship alternates between northern and southern locations (neutral field). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dntn31 Posted November 6, 2017 Report Share Posted November 6, 2017 4 minutes ago, On2whls said: SS Championship is at Angels Stadium Football Handbook says Finals are at Cerritos College this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
On2whls Posted November 6, 2017 Report Share Posted November 6, 2017 10 minutes ago, dntn31 said: Football Handbook says Finals are at Cerritos College this year. I was unaware of that and stand corrected. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old_e Posted November 6, 2017 Report Share Posted November 6, 2017 20 minutes ago, dntn31 said: Football Handbook says Finals are at Cerritos College this year. Yessss! I hate watching football games at Angel stadium. Also, I think the 5 more recognized bowl games will be played at Sacramento. No sign of alternating with the south, yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dntn31 Posted November 6, 2017 Report Share Posted November 6, 2017 13 minutes ago, old_e said: Yessss! I hate watching football games at Angel stadium. Also, I think the 5 more recognized bowl games will be played at Sacramento. No sign of alternating with the south, yet. That's my understanding as well. Gotta give the Spartans some home cooking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hardhit1 Posted November 6, 2017 Report Share Posted November 6, 2017 Lame Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORabidOne Posted November 6, 2017 Report Share Posted November 6, 2017 5 hours ago, On2whls said: In CA higher seeded team in round 1 gets home cooking. There are coin tosses for the second round. The third round is supposed to be neutral field but since it usually involves SJB and Mater Dei, opponents travel to Santa Ana Bowl, or Cerritos college (this year El Camino) in what amounts to home games for those two teams. SS Championship is at Angels Stadium and the State Championship alternates between northern and southern locations (neutral field). WHY don't these clown ass teams have their OWN stadiums, and not hafta rely upon community college stadiums? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CCBlackhatter Posted November 6, 2017 Report Share Posted November 6, 2017 11 hours ago, ORabidOne said: WHY don't these clown ass teams have their OWN stadiums, and not hafta rely upon community college stadiums? Because they have to pay tuition for their transfers on the backs of the tuition paying students. Because they are private, community funding (taxes) for stadiums is not an option. 😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cossacks Posted November 6, 2017 Report Share Posted November 6, 2017 17 hours ago, old_e said: Yessss! I hate watching football games at Angel stadium. Also, I think the 5 more recognized bowl games will be played at Sacramento. No sign of alternating with the south, yet. It alternated how many towns from Carson between 06’-14’? The contract is through this year. I agree it should rotate, but it was down south for a long time without any rotation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMaximumHornetSting Posted November 6, 2017 Report Share Posted November 6, 2017 18 hours ago, Coletrain06 said: Just curious, how do most states handle playoff locations? In Ohio.... in the First Round, the top 4 seeds in each region get a home game. After the First Round, every game is at a neutral location.....except the rare occasion, like in 2004 when the D1 Finals were scheduled to be at McKinley's Fawcett stadium, and then McKinley made the Finals....so Colerain had to beat McKinley on their home field for the State Title. In Georgia the higher seed always host.... If the 2 #1 seeds meet then they have a coin toss... It happens anytime teams of the same seeding meet... until the finals... the finals are hosted at the NFL stadiums. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMaximumHornetSting Posted November 6, 2017 Report Share Posted November 6, 2017 The Atlanta Falcons are a proud Supporter of Georgia HS Football... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORabidOne Posted November 6, 2017 Report Share Posted November 6, 2017 2 hours ago, CCBlackhatter said: Because they have to pay tuition for their transfers on the backs of the tuition paying students. Because they are private, community funding (taxes) for stadiums is not an option. 😂 WELL, AAAA MARIST in North Atlanta, has IT'S own stadium of about 6,000! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CCBlackhatter Posted November 6, 2017 Report Share Posted November 6, 2017 32 minutes ago, ORabidOne said: WELL, AAAA MARIST in North Atlanta, has IT'S own stadium of about 6,000! Marist is probably one of the richest in the nation, and they are not paying kids tuition to build a super team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old_e Posted November 7, 2017 Report Share Posted November 7, 2017 4 hours ago, Cossacks said: It alternated how many towns from Carson between 06’-14’? The contract is through this year. I agree it should rotate, but it was down south for a long time without any rotation. I don't think the initial agreement in '06 had a rotation clause. From '07 to '14 I did not miss a single game played in Carson. I don't mind alternating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coletrain06 Posted November 7, 2017 Author Report Share Posted November 7, 2017 That is quite an advantage to host throughout the playoffs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMaximumHornetSting Posted November 7, 2017 Report Share Posted November 7, 2017 1 hour ago, Coletrain06 said: That is quite an advantage to host throughout the playoffs. It was different a long time ago... they used to play at college stadiums... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cossacks Posted November 7, 2017 Report Share Posted November 7, 2017 It varies in California. Higher seeds host until the finals in some sections. Others do a coin flip after the first round. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shady12 Posted November 7, 2017 Report Share Posted November 7, 2017 In Texas in 6A the last few years in the first round (bi-district round) the team that finished higher in their district standings (district one plays district two in the first round, three plays district four, etc.) gets the game at home. So there's 6A D1 and 6A D2 playoff brackets. Two teams per district in each division. Among playoff qualifiers in each district, the two with highest enrollment go D1 and two lower enrollment playoff qualifiers go D2. So the two higher seeds in these first round match ups usually get the game at home. An outright district champion will get a home game in the first round for sure since the 2 seed from the district they play in round one obviously can't also be an outright district champ. IF both teams playing each other finish at the same spot in district, like third, which won't usually happen, then there won't be an automatic home game. It's even possible that a higher seed could end up LOWER in their district standings than their lower seeded opponent who finished higher in their district standings. For example: District one D1 seed one finished 3rd in district D1 seed two finished 4th in district District two D1 seed one finished 1st in district D1 seed two finished 2nd in district In the above scenario, the district two top seed would host the district one second seed. District one seed one will play district two seed two in the first round, but the second seed from district two actually finished higher in their district standings than the first seed from district one did in their standings. So the district one higher seeded team would not get an automatic home game. Same scenario if both had finished in the same spot in district (like both 3rd). So it goes to the usual way of picking the location of a game, which is what happens in every other round and level- If both coaches and/or ADs agree initially on a location, whether it be home/away or a particular neutral site, then it's settled. Anything not agreed on is decided by a "coin flip" which nowadays is actually guessing whether the last digit of a school's zip code is odd or even (like 3 would be odd, 4 even) over the phone. Both have a big book with each high school in Texas and their zip codes. One side will say the name of any high school they choose and the other side has to immediately guess. Then both sides verify in the book. If they guess right, they win the "coin toss," if not, the other side wins it. These are all of the things that can be decided by toss: - Whether the game will be home/away or neutral. - If a toss determines it will be a home or away game, there's a second toss to decide which school gets the game at home. - If the first toss determines it will be a neutral site game and both sides don't agree on the neutral site, then each chooses a neutral site and there's a second flip to determine at which neutral site the game will be played. - If both sides initially agree that they want to either have a home/away game site or neutral, but don't agree on the location for either (of course neither would ever agree to play on the road in a home/away scenario so there'd always be a flip), then they'll flip for that as described above. This can be pretty interesting. For example, if a team wants a home game and the other wants the game at a neutral site, the team wanting a home game will have to win two straight flips. You see less of this the deeper you get into the playoffs and you really don't see it that much at all. Most are content with neutral sites unless there's that automatic first round home game. Last year when the Allen-San Angelo Central match up was set in the third round, the first thing the Allen side said was, "Good news we already reserved McLane (Baylor) Stadium in Waco!" Shockingly, San Angelo's coach said something like, "Nah, I don't think we're going to do that. We want to play you here." *stunned silence* He also didn't want to play in Waco so if he'd lost the first flip he would have gone for another neutral site in a second flip. BUT, he won the first flip... Then actually won the second, and the game was at San Angelo Stadium in front of 24,000. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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