There is no way for this format makes sense. It is the most absurd attempt and I am challenged to call this an honest attempt to bracket teams based on what most of us know is legitimate. It's incomprehensible that this is the best product the NCHSAA could come up with to sort who is the best teams and how do you bracket them equitably. I use SP as the bases for my argument but I speak for the many schools and players effected negatively by the 2018 playoff system controlled by our very own NCHSAA.
* South Point beats East Rutherfordton at ER by 2 touchdowns
* South Point finished 2nd to Shelby while ER finished 3rd in the conference
* ER (2A) gets a 7 seed and plays the first round at home. SP(2AA) gets a 10 seed with no home games.
*Strength of schedule.....If a 2A or 2AA conference had 3 teams as good as Shelby, SP and ER I am not aware of it
Yes I am bias relative to my relationship to SP but this scenario encompasses all brackets across 1A, 2A, 3A and 4A because the NCHSAA failed to do their job and the 2018 season is marred because of their inept decision to format the teams in this concoction.