6A Playoff Reform Bill

[Super B]

and we have a winner for the absolute dumbest way to split 6A into divisions for the playoffs. So the 6A schools in small counties would basically ALL make the POs to fill a 64 team bracket

I doubt there are 64 teams in counties under 500K. No way!

[PaulReedSmith]

I doubt there are 64 teams in counties under 500K. No way!

I saw this on another board-

Taking a quick look, without deep-diving in to what schools are in which counties, I think the number would have to be counties with 1MM population and above, which would be

Harris
Dallas
Tarrant
Bexar
Travis
Collin

That would come closer to equalizing the number of schools between the so-called big county and small county divisions.

Looks like that would at least send El Paso and the Valley schools to the "small county divison" as well as whoever is in Fort Bend, Williamson, and Montgomery County.

Still kind of goofy.

[Super B]

https://www.cbs7.com/2023/03/06/land...l-post-season/

"HB 3349 would direct the UIL to better balance the two playoff divisions in Class 6A by basing those divisions on county population, rather than enrollment data. Under Landgraf’s proposal, 6A teams from counties with a population exceeding 500,000 would be in one division, and 6A teams from counties with a population under 500,000 would be in a separate division."

Representative Landgraf is a PROUD Permian alumn. He’s also an Aggie, which explains a lot. The last time the Panthers won a state championship, Brooks was 10 years old.

That’s the motivation. 100% wants to bring the glory days back to Permian and to a lesser extent, West Texas.

MOJO Gig’em

lol

[AusMOJO]

Representative Landgraf is a PROUD Permian alumn. He’s also an Aggie, which explains a lot. The last time the Panthers won a state championship, Brooks was 10 years old.

That’s the motivation. 100% wants to bring the glory days back to Permian and to a lesser extent, West Texas.

MOJO Gig’em

lol

Yeah, that's never going to happen even in that Division 2, lol. Glory days are in the rear view mirror my friend and fading quickly.

[hook em 22]

Why not. Rockwall County is the smallest county in Texas (flashing evil grin)

First, my 🐂 S*** comment was at his boorish attempt to make this forum into The Yard.

Second, as dragonfan will attest. I've very openly and plainly stated that just because this would immensely benefit Rockwall and my team doesn't mean it's the right thing to do. Same goes for NIL.

[Grainraiser]

First, my 🐂 S*** comment was at his boorish attempt to make this forum into The Yard.

Second, as dragonfan will attest. I've very openly and plainly stated that just because this would immensely benefit Rockwall and my team doesn't mean it's the right thing to do. Same goes for NIL.

Just messing with you. How them Yellow Jackets looking this year. We have the bullseye on you guys.

[hook em 22]

Just messing with you. How them Yellow Jackets looking this year. We have the bullseye on you guys.

I know you are. 😉

We're pretty loaded still. Especially on O. Both QBs had PT last yr, including Little Locke. Both RBs return. Three WRs with quite a bit of experience including one starter. And the O line will be alot bigger. Including a 360 pounder that is a pretty good athlete. Defense loses alot but had two safties and several D linemen returning. Should be really really good on the LOS. Replacing all the LBs. More speed at CB but alittle more inexperienced.

We will (or defintely should) be the dist favorites. Especially with the Heath situation. I think Horn is a solid #2 pick and RC and Heath a tossup for the last two spots either way.

[Grainraiser]

I know you are. 😉

We're pretty loaded still. Especially on O. Both QBs had PT last yr, including Little Locke. Both RBs return. Three WRs with quite a bit of experience including one starter. And the O line will be alot bigger. Including a 360 pounder that is a pretty good athlete. Defense loses alot but had two safties and several D linemen returning. Should be really really good on the LOS. Replacing all the LBs. More speed at CB but alittle more inexperienced.

We will (or defintely should) be the dist favorites. Especially with the Heath situation. I think Horn is a solid #2 pick and RC and Heath a tossup for the last two spots either way.

Just a FYI for future reference. Lots of subdivisions going up off I-20. Those homes will have a Mesquite address but attend Forney schools. I'm talking 3500 homes to be built within the next 3 years. Horn is getting about the same due to be completed within the next 3 years. It should look alot like the Firewheel portion of Garland. They just expanded Horn last year and they just broke ground on a 9th grade center. We will get a bump next realignment but should get a huge lift with the 2026 realignment. Forney is going to move up and surpass North Forney.

[hook em 22]

Just a FYI for future reference. Lots of subdivisions going up off I-20. Those homes will have a Mesquite address but attend Forney schools. I'm talking 3500 homes to be built within the next 3 years. Horn is getting about the same due to be completed within the next 3 years. It should look alot like the Firewheel portion of Garland. They just expanded Horn last year and they just broke ground on a 9th grade center. We will get a bump next realignment but should get a huge lift with the 2026 realignment. Forney is going to move up and surpass North Forney.

Awesome. Now we can move to D2. Lol We've been playing in D1 for 7 straight seasons. Heath passed us this yr in enrollment and will be D1 next alignment instead of us. 😂

Rockwall is building two freshman centers, one for us and one for Heath. With RC, alot of growth for sure in this district.

[Bass]

I swear I saw someone suggest having the cutoff be counties with 1 million residents but I can't find it now. If you limited D2 to counties of less than one million people these notable schools would move down:

Guyer
The Woodlands
Katy

There would still be fewer than 100 schools in D2.

[great_day_to_be_a_CHAP]

I think I'll run for the state house next cycle. I'd file a new bill. 6AD2 should be JUST schools with *lake* in their name. After all, a "lake" takes up area and doesn't have population so it's obviously hurting the school's chances with all that water taking up valuable space. Companion bill would make it a felony to rename a school to have "lake" in their name unless there actually was a lake inside or touching the attendance boundaries.

[CooterBrown]

If this were to pass, what’s the over/under on how long it takes Allen to secede from Collin county and form their single-city Kyler county?

[bwgophers]

If this were to pass, what’s the over/under on how long it takes Allen to secede from Collin county and form their single-city Kyler county?

Yes, Lord Vader, the Allen hate is still strong with this one...

I'll take the over on "never"... one of the nice things about being Allen is that you never have to waste any time or energy on trying to figure out if we'll be D1 or D2...

[hook em 22]

If this were to pass, what’s the over/under on how long it takes Allen to secede from Collin county and form their single-city Kyler county?

I mean, they have won five big boy titles. 🤷

I propose that any team that has won a D1 title is excluded from being D2. Lol

[SAC17]

Based on the current alignment, 202 6A schools are located in Harris, Dallas, Tarrant, Bexar, Travis, Collin, Denton, Hidalgo, El Paso, Fort Bend, Montgomery, and Williamson Counties. That would leave 47 schools in counties of less than 500k residents.

The 47 schools competing for a D2 title...

Alvin
Beaumont United
Brazoswood
Brownsville Hanna
Brownsville Rivera
Bryan
Clear Creek
Clear Falls
Clear Springs
Schertz Clemens
Cleveland
Copperas Cove
Del Rio
Dickinson
Dripping Springs
Eagle Pass
Frenship
Harker Heights
Harlingen
Hays
Laredo Alexander
Laredo Johnson
Laredo United
Laredo United South
Los Fresnos
Midland
Midland Legacy
New Braunfels
North Forney
Odessa
Pearland
Pearland Dawson
Permian
Rockwall
Rockwall Heath
Royse City
San Angelo Central
San Benito
San Marcos
Shadow Creek
Steele
Temple
Tyler Legacy
Waco Midway
Waxahachie
Weatherford
West Brook

As a San Ang/ West Texas fan, this list looks a lot more favorable. And when you think about it, most of the time a team’s success has more to do with area population than school population. The surrounding area of West Texas for example is so much smaller than the big cities. We don’t have the same pool size to choose from. Especially in good old Tom green county (San Angelo area) population 119,000, San Angelo alone accounts for 100,000 of that. Lol