There were 120 first round games played in the 8 FHSAA classifications this weekend. The median (50% higher/50% lower) margin of victory was 28 points. 52 games (43%) were decided by 35+ points (running clock). Only 31 games (26%) were decided by 14 points or less. Other than a handful of competitive games, it was another round of lopsided games and blowouts. Yes, sign me up for more of the same in the next reclassification cycle. Sheesh!
Home field should always be earned and in that system you would have sub .500 teams hosting undefeated and 1 loss teams
The seeding has never been an issue, what has been the issue is the lack of a transparent and GOOD formula to use
Regarding home field advantage, I always like the old system of alternating that benefit every other year. Top of the bracket gets it on odd numbered years while bottom of the bracket has it on even numbered years. Removes all conspiracy speculation as that protocol is laid out up front.
Most who use 3 districts in a region typically seed 1-3 as district champions and the rest of the field would be wild cards so theoretically in that scenario you would have 1-3 be district champions and 4-8 would be wild cards