We'll never find out. Madison County is satisfied being the big fish in the little pond. They clearly don't want any part of being tested by equivalent competition.
Coe - Yes - good coach.
"Jessie" - Yes - less than admirable qualities in posting.
Any other 1A schools doing what Madison is doing in order to skew their numbers to gain a competitive advantage?
No.
There's the reason Madison County manipulates their enrollment #'s in order to play in 1A - they can't match-up with the good teams in 4A and take the coward's way to (*) championships.
Teams are allowed to play an independent schedule and not attempt district play... or be part of the state series. The way these teams should approach rebuilding is to do just that. Continuing to play in the series for years and years when completely outgunned is a failure of leadership.
That isn't the point.
The point is that a winless team, regardless how they achieved playoffs, should not host. In the same way the best team in NW Florida should not have to make the playoffs through a play in game.
Some counties are beginning to restrict travel out of state and out of county. It appears there may be non-existent champions in spring sports this year.