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Wood has to be near the bottom for their first 3 non-league games: Gratz, Prep Charter and Allentown (NJ)? Not exactly murderer's row.
Does it really matter? Every team in the PCL makes the playoffs. The schedules means nothing in terms of the post season. I doubt that Wood's schedule will have any bearing on how far they go in the playoffs. If they get by Imhotep they will be in Hershey again.
I was only pointing out the weakness of Wood's NL schedule as a comparison to the original post. We can all agree that NL schedules for the PCL are irrelevant in terms of their playoff seeding but there it's hard to argue that playing a difficult NL schedule doesn't provide some benefits. If not, LaSalle and SJP would follow the same path as Wood and schedule cupcakes.
Delaware Valley Charter out of league schedule is:
1. Haverford School
2. Aquinas Institute in Rochester NY
3. Friendship Academy, DC
4. West York High
5. Archbishop Spaulding from Md
I still think it should be the same as every other catholic sport everyone competed against each other and then at the end the top team in each class goes to districts or the tip 2 teams compete in a class championshipDoes it really matter? Every team in the PCL makes the playoffs. The schedules means nothing in terms of the post season. I doubt that Wood's schedule will have any bearing on how far they go in the playoffs. If they get by Imhotep they will be in Hershey again.
I still think it should be the same as every other catholic sport everyone competed against each other and then at the end the top team in each class goes to districts or the tip 2 teams compete in a class championship
Great point speed and jumpBut if Goretti beats another PCL team 85-45 in basketball, thats ok?
But if Goretti beats another PCL team 85-45 in basketball, thats ok?
Socalfan - In the Lehigh Valley, William Allen and Dieruff left the LVC for the MVC for this very reason. In an effort to save the football program and get more kids to play, they softened the schedule. The early results, particularly at Dieruff, are really promising. So I totally get why Neumann and McDevitt are playing Lasalle and SJP.
I still find it bizarre that the 4A schools don't play the 3A schools. What's the reason not to play Wood, Ryan, O'Hara every year if you're ostensibly in the same conference? And instead you're going out and trying to fill 6 weeks of non conference games? It clearly works for SJP and LaSalle, their football programs are great and they get to go out and measure themselves again the Bergen Catholics and St Ignatius of the world. But as an outside observer, I'd think something is lost by all these schools that have played each other for decades falling off of their schedules.
I think there's a difference between football and basketball, partly owing to the fact that football is a much more of a contact sport than basketball. I understand basketball also involves contact, but the scale and the nature of the contact are different. So a football team that is much weaker than its opponent is very likely much more physically vulnerable and more likely to sustain injuries.Great point speed and jump
I'm not sure why the PCL does not mandate that all the AAA and AAAA teams play one another but LaSalle has regularly played against non-AAAA PCL teams in recent years (e.g. they're playing Wood for the second straight season and regularly played O'Hara and West Catholic a few years ago). I think it's likely that this trend will continue, at least for LaSalle - i.e. they will play 1 or 2 non-AAAA PCL teams every season for the foreseeable future.
But if Goretti beats another PCL team 85-45 in basketball, thats ok?
Ovbisouly the risk of injury is greater in football then basketball. But im not sure there is any data that says the risk of injury is greater for a Goretti running back getting hit by a 215 LB linebacke rfrom Lasalle than a 215 LB linebacker from West Catholic.
My poinjt is that there are blowouts/bad match ups in every league/every sport. But for some reason, whenthey happen in football, everyone is looking ot change things.