***2023 Iowa High School Football Playoffs***

[cyfanatic13]

Spending the day at the dome for the 8 man, A, and 1A games. Beautiful 72 degrees watching some (hopefully) good games is a great way to spend a day off

 

[theshadow]

Live stats link for all games.

 

[ISU22CY]

Garrigan just gifted a TD

 

[CoachHines3]

thats a brutal miss by those refs.. i don't understand how they did not see that.

 

[cyclonespiker33]

Garrigan just gifted a TD

The ref behind the play was definitely blocked from seeing that ball hit the ground but one of the others should have seen that.

 

[cyfanatic13]

Couldn’t really tell live from where we were sitting but the kids reaction was definitely that he did not catch it lol

 

[ISU22CY]

Couldn’t really tell live from where we were sitting but the kids reaction was definitely that he did not catch it lol

Lol the look of yeah I didn’t catch that **** but thanks touchdown Jesus

 

[Gonzo]

Absolutely ridiculous these championship games aren't on IPTV. Incompetence at IHSAA strikes again.

 

[ISUTex]

Both of these 8 man teams have over 40 players on their roster.

Maybe they should make a 6A. Move A to 1A and so on and put 8 man at class A. Make them put three more players on the field. Seems like a lot of 8 man teams have over or close to 30 players on their roster. There are a lot of class A rosters with fewer kids. They seem to find a way to get 11 on the field.

 

[CoachHines3]

Both of these 8 man teams have over 40 players on their roster.

Maybe they should make a 6A. Move A to 1A and so on and put 8 man at class A. Make them put three more players on the field. Seems like a lot of 8 man teams have over or close to 30 players on their roster. There are a lot of class A rosters with fewer kids. They seem to find a way to get 11 on the field.

ive officiated plenty of 8-man games and i can safely say this is not the case.

i've seen 12 people on the sideline before.

I think these two teams are outliers.

 

[theshadow]

Both of these 8 man teams have over 40 players on their roster.

Maybe they should make a 6A. Move A to 1A and so on and put 8 man at class A. Make them put three more players on the field. Seems like a lot of 8 man teams have over or close to 30 players on their roster. There are a lot of class A rosters with fewer kids. They seem to find a way to get 11 on the field.

It's also more than likely that almost every boy in the school is out for football.

 

[Cy Guy69]

Both of these 8 man teams have over 40 players on their roster.

Maybe they should make a 6A. Move A to 1A and so on and put 8 man at class A. Make them put three more players on the field. Seems like a lot of 8 man teams have over or close to 30 players on their roster. There are a lot of class A rosters with fewer kids. They seem to find a way to get 11 on the field.

I remember watching Don Bosco play and they had like 50 guys a few years ago

 

[ISUTex]

ive officiated plenty of 8-man games and i can safely say this is not the case.

i've seen 12 people on the sideline before.

I think these two teams are outliers.

12 people on the sideline means 23 players. 40 is an outlier, but mid 20's is not. That's enough to put 11 on the field. Belle Plaine played 9 games in class A last year with 15 or 16 kids dressing. They've dropped to 8 man, but maybe schools like that should think about consolidating.

 

[IASTATE07]

There should be two classes of 8 man.

 

[1UNI2ISU]

12 people on the sideline means 23 players. 40 is an outlier, but mid 20's is not. That's enough to put 11 on the field. Belle Plaine played 9 games in class A last year with 15 or 16 kids dressing. They've dropped to 8 man, but maybe schools like that should think about consolidating.

He means 12 kids total and that is pretty common in 8 man schools.

I'm 100% in the camp of give more kids opportunities and taking away 8 man takes away a ton of opportunities.

 

[IASTATE07]

12 people on the sideline means 23 players. 40 is an outlier, but mid 20's is not. That's enough to put 11 on the field. Belle Plaine played 9 games in class A last year with 15 or 16 kids dressing. They've dropped to 8 man, but maybe schools like that should think about consolidating.

He meant 12 kids total which is not that uncommon for 8 man.

 

[Clone83]

12 people on the sideline means 23 players. 40 is an outlier, but mid 20's is not. That's enough to put 11 on the field. Belle Plaine played 9 games in class A last year with 15 or 16 kids dressing. They've dropped to 8 man, but maybe schools like that should think about consolidating.

Here are the actual enrollment numbers for the current class sizes (click 2023-24 BEDS):

IHSAA: Classifications

IHSAA CLASSIFICATIONS The IHSAA bases its classifications on school enrollment numbers from one year to inform the following school year's assignments. Enrollment numbers are provided by the Basic Educational Data Survey (BEDS) from the Iowa Department of Education. The current athletic year's...

www.iahsaa.org

Bedford ranks high academically and is a county seat, so that might help their enrollment, make it higher than it would otherwise be.

 

[cyfanatic13]

Bedford fans are livid but I had no problem with the targeting call on the kickoff. Kid clearly launched himself head first

 

[ISUTex]

He meant 12 kids total which is not that uncommon for 8 man.

He meant 12 kids total which is not that uncommon for 8 man.

If you have 12 kids out for football grades 9-12 maybe your school should consolidate. Mormon Trail, I'm looking at you. Chariton, SEW, Clarke and Wayne aren't that far away.

 

[CoachHines3]

12 people on the sideline means 23 players. 40 is an outlier, but mid 20's is not. That's enough to put 11 on the field. Belle Plaine played 9 games in class A last year with 15 or 16 kids dressing. They've dropped to 8 man, but maybe schools like that should think about consolidating.

let me rephrase.

12 kids.. total. including the 8 on the field.

i also think there is more that goes into consolidation than just "welp, we have 12 guys on the football field, better consolidate"