2022 Iowa High School Football Playoffs
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At least for 5A, it was 99% straight RPI seeding for the pods, with the only switch being Valley and Sioux City East for travel reasons (didn't want Sioux City East going to Pleasant Valley).
RPI:
Football: RPI & Qualifiers - After Week 9 | IHSAA
Fourth edition Published: October 21, 2022 Team records and their related playoff qualifying status are available now for Class 5A, Class 4A, and Class 3A following Week 9 of the 2022 regular season. For first round playoff scores (2A, 1A, A, 8P), please visit STATE PLAYOFF CENTRAL. First...
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Actual Pairings:
State Playoffs Central | IHSAA
Iowa State Football Playoffs 2024 IHSAA STATE FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS The IHSAA State Football Playoffs are presented by title sponsor, the Iowa Farm Bureau. IN-GAME STATS TICKETS: FINALS WATCH: IHSSN STATE FOOTBALL CENTRAL The Iowa high school state football semifinals and finals are played at the...
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All four games tonight appear to have a free video stream:
KidSilverhair
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Yeah, 5A going (almost) straight to seeds was a bit of a talking point, given it created an immediate rematch between Linn-Mar and Prairie, who just played in Week 9. The somewhat-regional pods are in the other classes, where seeds aren’t exactly by RPI due to district winners playing at home and whatnot, but I tell ya … I’m not sure how a bracket organizer can come up with a game between the 8 seed and the 15 seed and think that’s a balanced bracket (that’s what happened in 4A).At least for 5A, it was 99% straight RPI seeding for the pods, with the only switch being Valley and Sioux City East for travel reasons (didn't want Sioux City East going to Pleasant Valley).
RPI:
Football: RPI & Qualifiers - After Week 9 | IHSAA
Fourth edition Published: October 21, 2022 Team records and their related playoff qualifying status are available now for Class 5A, Class 4A, and Class 3A following Week 9 of the 2022 regular season. For first round playoff scores (2A, 1A, A, 8P), please visit STATE PLAYOFF CENTRAL. First...
Actual Pairings:
State Playoffs Central | IHSAA
Iowa State Football Playoffs 2024 IHSAA STATE FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS The IHSAA State Football Playoffs are presented by title sponsor, the Iowa Farm Bureau. IN-GAME STATS TICKETS: FINALS WATCH: IHSSN STATE FOOTBALL CENTRAL The Iowa high school state football semifinals and finals are played at the...
I know I am old school but I roll my eyes as I go on the internet and have to go thru BS to fill out a form with name, email, phone and credit card info just to buy a ticket to go to an 8 man game tonight. If done like regular season it would be done by the local school at no charge but the Iahsaa probably bid it out (hopefully) and it is more "efficient"(doubtful).
Where else could Glenwood have gone? They had to play on the road.
#1 Xavier is too far. #2 Waverly is too far. #3 Lewis Central is in their district (no rematches). #4 Liberty is too far.
So, you've already eliminated the possibility of them playing a Quad 1 (#1-4). Move to the Quad 2s (#5-8). #6 North Scott is out. That leaves Carlisle, Bondurant, and Spencer.
If you put them with Carlisle or Bondurant, you also have to look ahead at the next possible matchup in case of an upset (Xavier or Liberty, again too far). That means either (a) rejiggering the whole bracket and having bunch of weirdly-seeded pods, or (b) just having 1 game that's out of whack.
you're not as old school as my Mother trying to purchase a ticket on her flip phone...I honestly think both associations are hurting attendance by doing this. I've written to both on this point, I'm hearing less gate people are needed, no cash transactions, and colleges and concerts have been this way for years. My reply was I usually am buying a seat not only admission. Somebody wanted to make an executive decision for a change just to make a change...
It happened because schools were skimming. Had they been reporting the actual number of tickets sold, the state wouldn't have taken over. Lots of guilty schools at all levels.
I suspect it had more to do with some schools letting too many people into the game without paying. Which may fall into your skimming definition. I take your statement to indicate that the schools were not sending all the gate receipts to Boone but holding some back on their own.
Schools are still allowing staff/family into home playoffs, etc without tickets in some cases. Forcing fans to purchase tickets online didn't deter this practice.
Surprisingly, the 8 man games have had pretty low scoring first halves tonight.
KidSilverhair
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Honestly my point was the state uses different criteria to set up brackets in 5A as opposed to the other classes. In 4A they couldn’t put Glenwood with Lewis Central because it was a rematch, but in 5A the 10-7 game had to be a repeat of a LinnMar-Prairie game from 7 days before. I just think a lot of people would have felt better with some consistency - LinnMar (10) could’ve played Kennedy (8),City High (11) at Prairie (7), and Waukee Northwest (9) at Johnston (6), just like how they rearranged things in 4A/3A etc.
Not that any of it matters, since the semifinalists look to be Dowling, Ankeny, Southeast Polk, and Valley, and that wouldn’t have changed by rearranging the first round.
I'll be officiating the Independence @ Humboldt game tonight, looking like we might luck out and stay dry (still cold and breezy, though).
This is a rematch of last year's quarterfinal between these two, Humboldt won that 42-21. I would consider them to be favored in this one, too, but Independence hasn't lost since week 0 so who knows.
This is a rematch of last year's quarterfinal between these two, Humboldt won that 42-21. I would consider them to be favored in this one, too, but Independence hasn't lost since week 0 so who knows.
Umm, you should check to see where he said the game was at.
