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therealmiket86
IlliniUnited said:
They could win it again this year with a losing record. St. Francis might win with a 4-5 record. Before the playoffs expanded to 8 classes, a team with a losing record never would have qualified. There will be 2-7 teams that win the opening round game. Prairie Ridge is going to be Comer. Would I be shocked if Andrew beat Buffalo Grove, Lake Park beat Hinsdale Central, Benet beat Moline, Rolling Meadows beat Addison Trail? They are all going to get blown out in the first round just like how almost all first round/second round and most quarterfinals have been blowouts under the old format. Carmel is 3-6 and they are going to win. If they played in a lot of other conferences then they would be 6-3.
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Naz and St Francis both got great draws. Both have an easy path to the semi’s. I’m not saying they aren’t good teams but it takes away from the regular season if basically everyone gets in
 
#202      
Curbelo Fanboy
ChiefGritty said:
My memory of my time as a player was that you had to get to 5-4 to make it in, but perhaps that was just the informal assumed line for qualification.

PR was a new school and nobody really cared about the football team at that time, it's amazing what has happened since.
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5-4 was basically a requirement for a while. I think pre expansion 6-3 was the minimum & some 6 win teams could get left at the altar. That moved to 5-4 after the 2001 expansion. Over time (as fuddrules mentioned) 5 slid a bit & I know there were some 4 win teams that would make it in in recent years. Just last year Chatham Glenwood at 8-1 played a 4 win JCA in the first round. 4 was the exception rather than the rule tho.
 
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