Don't know if this had been posted before.....

 

Everyone has seen by now that the postseason format was shaken up in 2A & 4A with the regional final matchups being shuffled. For instance in 4A, District 3 plays District 6 in a third round game/region final, and District 4 plays District 5. But there has been some question as to what exactly was to happen in the state semifinal rounds. The brackets have been posted at:

 

http://www.khsaa.org/football/2006/fb2a2006.htm

http://www.khsaa.org/football/2006/fb4a2006.htm

 

(1A & 3A are also available, but are identical to every other year)

 

-District 1, 2, 3, 7, and 8, will all stay on their usual sides. 4, 5, and 6 depend on who they are matched against. For instance, the District 3/District 6 winner will stay on District 3's usual side, facing the winner of District 1 & District 2. Since all four slots on the top side are filled, 4 and 5 are matched on the bottom half to face the winner of 7 and 8. A little confusing in wording, so I'd just look at the brackets.

 

-Of note in 4A is that district 1, 2, 3, and 6 will enjoy the fruits of the 4/5 matchup. No school in those districts will have to face more than one Louisville school, and possibly none on the way to a state championship. District 3 and 6 never had this possibility under the previous setup; District 1 & 2 realistically could never expect this either.

Now they get their chance to hope for that miracle upset somewhere along the way with only 1 school to face.

 

I hope every game after there is 1 Louisville school left is nothing but blowouts so they can see how pointless this really was.