Missouri High School

The MSHAA has a real problem. The Problem is the current Playoff and regular season schedule. You see in our big class on Friday night had a meeting between two undefeated teams that was playing and the winner goes to the playoffs and the looser goes home with no chance of a state title. You see in Missouri, the whole season is a practice for the last three games of the season. You can loose your first 7 ganes and win all three of your last games, and go into the playoffs. What did I say, you heard me, win the last three games and you are in the playoffs. In the Class 3 state title last year, the 3a juggernaut Harrisonville played against a team that finished the season at 4-6. Then got their perspective lunches handed to them in the championship game. Now granted, they beat the teams they needed to beat to get there. But does a team with a regular season record of 4-6 need to represent the east side of the state when there was teams who had lost only one or no games until the semi finals. Yes the system needs to be revamped.

Ok so back to the point I started with. Blue Springs and Rockhurst played their last game of the regular season. They played each other and both teams were undefeated. The game started off one sided and then late, the game became closer. The final score was 27-21, with one undefeated team going home. The game was all Rockhurst in the first half, holding Blue Springs without a score. Then in the second half the roles wa switched. Blue Springs kept Rockhurst from scoring. It was a hell of a game and now it turns out to be a slap in that face to a bunch of kids who have played their asses off all year, only to be sent home. How can we do this. I mean we have a organization to help keep the rules fair and to keep the game safe for these kids and they have screwed it all up for several years. Kind of like the BCS computers. How in the hell does that system work? Never mind we will discuss that later. Look Blue Springs and Rockhurst have been power houses in the state for years, and will continue to be that way, even in spite of the screwed up system. I guess they claim to have a new system for next year, there will be two teams advancing in the future, and people are saying it will help to eliminate this problem we are looking at right now. Ok, that is fine tell the kids, sorry boys go home and watch the rest of the playoffs, and we will fix it for next year. I got an Idea how bout if I tell the government, Hey I know I owe you taxes but I will catch it all up next year. You can wait until then right. No I can not wait, this system has been screwed for a long time and it should have been fixed along time ago.

SO my hats off to Both teams and to Blue Springs my condolences.