Here are the number of privates schools in the 32-team playoff brackets (16 teams in Rural):
7A - 1
6A - 0
5A - 1
4A - 4
3A - 3
Rural - 0
So the mathematical odds favor public schools winning 6 classifications at a minimum. Public schools are underperforming if they only win 5 championships, all things being equal between public and private schools. And if all things were equal, the odds of STA winning 7 straight championships is roughly 1 in 2.8 trillion. Shocker... all things are not equal. Private schools may not be stealing titles, but they are continually defying the odds, either by random luck or some systemic advantage.
They should take @LAZ rankings and @Joshua Wilson rankings and combine them for one super epic ranking. Instead of a room full of zoo animals throwing shit at the wall.
Sounds great but what would end up happening is that good but not elite program gets punished for winning and likewise, as soon as a larger school gets moved down and wins, the others will cry foul.
The officiating is what really stood out to me with this game, it wasnt that there was a bang/bang type play that everyone can debate forever about, the deal with the clock was significant in as far as deciding the eventual outcome. Then last night as I watched the Raines/Northwestern game, the 1st thought that came to me was "hmmmm, I know the boyz in Miami like putting money down on these High School games, Im kinda wondering to myself......what player(s) had money bags left at their lockers before the game??????" just sayin