Assigning playoff umpires in Texas

[nopachunts]

Originally Posted by MD Longhorn

The options are 3-game or 1. Generally, the preference is for 3, but some poorer or smaller town schools can't afford to take a team and stay somewhere for 2 nights, so they just want to play 1. Occasionally, you'll have a school with 1 superstar pitcher and nothing else - and they want to play 1... and occasionally they'll be up against a school that feels the same way.

Check out Hughes Springs. They have a stud pitcher. They opt for a one gamer as much a possible.

[Steven Tyler]

Originally Posted by nopachunts

Check out Hughes Springs. They have a stud pitcher. They opt for a one gamer as much a possible.

That can happen in baseball or softball...........anyhow the state semis and finals are just a one and done. I remember when I played football only one team made the playoffs from a district. A lot of 9-1 teams stayed home.

[nopachunts]

Originally Posted by Steven Tyler

That can happen in baseball or softball...........anyhow the state semis and finals are just a one and done. I remember when I played football only one team made the playoffs from a district. A lot of 9-1 teams stayed home.

I know and they are talking about taking the top four now.

[MD Longhorn]

They have been taking 4 for a while in both the 5A and 4A classifications.

[nopachunts]

Originally Posted by MD Longhorn

They have been taking 4 for a while in both the 5A and 4A classifications.

Isn't the UIL planning on expanding the top four to 3A and 2A next year. I may be wrong on this one. When does the new 6A classification start?

[MD Longhorn]

Originally Posted by nopachunts

Isn't the UIL planning on expanding the top four to 3A and 2A next year. I may be wrong on this one. When does the new 6A classification start?

Playoffs expand next season.

The new 6A isn't really what that sounds like - slicing the biggest schools off into a group. It's actually the opposite. They are splitting A into two groups, calling the bigger of the two groups AA. All the rest simply get another A - if you were 5A before, you're 6A after.

Last I heard, that was for the 2014-2016 alignment, but I find no confirmation on that.

[nopachunts]

Originally Posted by MD Longhorn

Playoffs expand next season.

The new 6A isn't really what that sounds like - slicing the biggest schools off into a group. It's actually the opposite. They are splitting A into two groups, calling the bigger of the two groups AA. All the rest simply get another A - if you were 5A before, you're 6A after.

Last I heard, that was for the 2014-2016 alignment, but I find no confirmation on that.

Gotcha, One more playoff series and championship to generate more money. Gotta love UIL.