8-Man Playoff Thread

[you_dont_know_me]

I'm still chomping at the bit for C1 & C2 Hoops to get started, so lets talk 8 man football playoffs. 23 bracketed teams will pursue the title which will be contested on November 24th at Faurot Field in Columbia at 2 PM.

Will Stanberry run the table and return to the top? Will Worth County repeat with a revenge victory in district play against Stanberry? Will upstart Pattonsburg break through after a solid run to end the regular season or will Mound City put the 275 back on the map and go undefeated after being largely untested this season? Or will we see a sleeper from outside of NW Missouri?

Missouri 8 man Power Rankings on Calpreps: http://calpreps.com/2018/ratings/Missouri_all_8man.htm

Calpreps top 10 with power ranking and record
Rank School State League Division W-L League W-L Division W-L Rating Schedule Strength Opponents' W-L
1 Stanberry (MO) trend Missouri Grand River (8 Man) 8 Man 9-0 7-0 (1st) 9-0 50.9

2 Pattonsburg/Gilman City/North Harrison (Pattonsburg, MO) trend Missouri Grand River (8 Man) 8 Man 8-1 6-1 (2nd) 8-1 44.6

3 Worth County/Northeast Nodaway (Grant City, MO) trend Missouri Grand River (8 Man) 8 Man 7-2 5-2 (3rd) 6-2 42.7

4 Mound City/Craig (Mound City, MO) trend Missouri 275 (8 Man) 8 Man 9-0 8-0 (1st) 9-0 41.7

5 King City/Union Star (King City, MO) trend Missouri Grand River (8 Man) 8 Man 6-3 4-3 (4th) 6-3 29.1

Maxpreps top 11 with Record, Power Indicator and Strength of Schedule (looks like they use the same calculations as calpreps, hmm)
(all maxpreps rankings here: http://www.maxpreps.com/list/rankin...355591-6389-466f-9ddd-18bc86822e10&teamsize=8

1 Stanberry 9-0 51.0 12.7
2 Pattonsburg/Gilman City/North Harrison (Pattonsburg) 8-1 44.7 4.7
3 Worth County/Northeast Nodaway (Grant City) 7-2 42.8 9.4
4 Mound City/Craig (Mound City) 9-0 41.9 -15.2
5 King City/Union Star (King City) 6-3 29.2 10.4
6 North Andrew (Rosendale) 5-4 19.2 7.5
7 Southwest/Hale/Tina-Avalon (Ludlow) 8-1 18.8 -13.8
8 East Atchison [Tarkio/Fairfax] (Tarkio) 6-3 10.4 -6.2
9 Albany 3-6 2.1 17.3
10 North Shelby (Shelbyville) 6-3 0.8 -14.1
11 Orrick

8 man Mshsaa Bracket:
https://www.mshsaa.org/Activities/DistrictWinners.aspx?alg=21&class=1

Opine Away! I'll jump in after some posts

 

[anon_utvqikut1knht]

I'm still chomping at the bit for C1 & C2 Hoops to get started, so lets talk 8 man football playoffs. 23 bracketed teams will pursue the title which will be contested on November 24th at Faurot Field in Columbia at 2 PM.

Will Stanberry run the table and return to the top? Will Worth County repeat with a revenge victory in district play against Stanberry? Will upstart Pattonsburg break through after a solid run to end the regular season or will Mound City put the 275 back on the map and go undefeated after being largely untested this season? Or will we see a sleeper from outside of NW Missouri?

Missouri 8 man Power Rankings on Calpreps: http://calpreps.com/2018/ratings/Missouri_all_8man.htm

Calpreps top 10 with power ranking and record
Rank School State League Division W-L League W-L Division W-L Rating Schedule Strength Opponents' W-L
1 Stanberry (MO) trend Missouri Grand River (8 Man) 8 Man 9-0 7-0 (1st) 9-0 50.9

2 Pattonsburg/Gilman City/North Harrison (Pattonsburg, MO) trend Missouri Grand River (8 Man) 8 Man 8-1 6-1 (2nd) 8-1 44.6

3 Worth County/Northeast Nodaway (Grant City, MO) trend Missouri Grand River (8 Man) 8 Man 7-2 5-2 (3rd) 6-2 42.7

4 Mound City/Craig (Mound City, MO) trend Missouri 275 (8 Man) 8 Man 9-0 8-0 (1st) 9-0 41.7

5 King City/Union Star (King City, MO) trend Missouri Grand River (8 Man) 8 Man 6-3 4-3 (4th) 6-3 29.1

Maxpreps top 11 with Record, Power Indicator and Strength of Schedule (looks like they use the same calculations as calpreps, hmm)
(all maxpreps rankings here: http://www.maxpreps.com/list/rankin...355591-6389-466f-9ddd-18bc86822e10&teamsize=8

1 Stanberry 9-0 51.0 12.7
2 Pattonsburg/Gilman City/North Harrison (Pattonsburg) 8-1 44.7 4.7
3 Worth County/Northeast Nodaway (Grant City) 7-2 42.8 9.4
4 Mound City/Craig (Mound City) 9-0 41.9 -15.2
5 King City/Union Star (King City) 6-3 29.2 10.4
6 North Andrew (Rosendale) 5-4 19.2 7.5
7 Southwest/Hale/Tina-Avalon (Ludlow) 8-1 18.8 -13.8
8 East Atchison [Tarkio/Fairfax] (Tarkio) 6-3 10.4 -6.2
9 Albany 3-6 2.1 17.3
10 North Shelby (Shelbyville) 6-3 0.8 -14.1
11 Orrick

8 man Mshsaa Bracket:
https://www.mshsaa.org/Activities/DistrictWinners.aspx?alg=21&class=1

Opine Away! I'll jump in after some posts

I went with a newbie (Pattonsburg). This class is about as wide open as the other (11-man) Class 1.

 

[Peter Quill]

Being from SWMO I haven’t the foggiest idea but a good 8 man game is like a fun physical track meet to watch.

 

[BoosterBosko]

8 man!? YAWN!!!!

 

[HoopsTournament]

I pick Stanberry. But you can almost guarantee a GRC team will be in the championship. Last time the 8-man championship featured a team not currently in the GRC was 1992.

http://www.grandriverconference.com/football_champ.html

 

[PCole]

I pick Stanberry. But you can almost guarantee a GRC team will be in the championship. Last time the 8-man championship featured a team not currently in the GRC was 1992.

http://www.grandriverconference.com/football_champ.html

Hoops, MSHSAA (and thus, you) have that 1976 Princeton/Midway score wrong. Midway won 21-14 on a touchdown with 38 seconds left. I was there (I was young then) to cover the game. 18 degrees at kickoff on the Tuesday after the Saturday when the game was supposed to have been played. Princeton got 10" of snow the afternoon and night before the game (Cass County got almost none), and at least half of Princeton's team couldn't get to town to meet the bus.

Don't any of y'all make any snarky age comments, now.

 

[HoopsTournament]

Hoops, MSHSAA (and thus, you) have that 1976 Princeton/Midway score wrong. Midway won 21-14 on a touchdown with 38 seconds left. I was there (I was young then) to cover the game. 18 degrees at kickoff on the Tuesday after the Saturday when the game was supposed to have been played. Princeton got 10" of snow the afternoon and night before the game (Cass County got almost none), and at least half of Princeton's team couldn't get to town to meet the bus.

Don't any of y'all make any snarky age comments, now.

I changed. Why does MSHSAA have it wrong, I wonder.

 

[PCole]

Don't know. I am going to send Jason an email today or Sunday.

 

[you_dont_know_me]

I voted Mound City, but it could be any of the top 4 teams. MC has some great skill players and they will have the easiest path to the title game, so may be healthier than the other teams. They also have very good skill players and very few common opponents.

As far as strength of schedule and head to head, Stanberry is definitely the favorite overall, or should be. They have a super solid backfield that's very experienced. Worth County has great size, but struggled against the pass offense of Pattonsburg. Could Pattonsburg make the appropriate adjustments to get past stanberry in a matchup, or would worth county be able to counter the first matchup? Should be fun.

 

[touchdownsilly]

This is a football message board! Go to the 8 man football-Soccer-Field Hockey-Lacrosse-Bass Fishing Message Boards

 

[you_dont_know_me]

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always a good way to make friends...

 

[you_dont_know_me]

I see 4 people voted for Orrick...was there a fluke week where St. Joseph Christian beat them?

 

[HoopsTournament]

I see 4 people voted for Orrick...was there a fluke week where St. Joseph Christian beat them?

They are one dimensional. If you can stop the run, you can beat them. Of course, it is easier said than done. Both their losses were by two points. However, they haven’t faced Mound City. And if they do happen to get past them, they will have Stanberry or Pattonsburg who have the two most explosive offenses. I think those two are at a level above everyone else.

 

[HoopsTournament]

According to Cal Prep rankings, there were only two upsets the entire season.

SJC over Orrick
NHC over North Shelby

 

[Cards1968]

I like North Shelby's running game. They made the right move to regain traction with the football program moving down, despite a brutal travel schedule.