Turkey Day football 2012
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Michael_ Gee
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Depends on if my kids get up in time to go down to the center and check out Burlington at Lexington.
Football_Bat
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The legendary Texas high school coach, G.A. Moore, used to ask for playoff games on Thanksgiving Day when his teams got that far, and for a while they usually did. The coaches would flip a coin to decide what day they'd play, and if he won the flip, the game would be on Turkey Day. It was one of his mind games, and he had a bag full of them.
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Not that I'm anywhere close to Montgomery, but Alabama State opens its on-campus stadium today in the annual grudge match with Tuskegee.
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Brooklyn Bridge
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In Connecticut and its the first time in a long time I'm not going to be involved or watching any Turkey Day football. It is a nice tradition, but it was a total pain in the neck.
There was a merflufe a few years back when the playoff system was being discussed because the Thanksgiving games were going to be eliminated. They just decided to cram more games at the end (First round will be played on TuesdAy and the next on SaturdY)
There was a merflufe a few years back when the playoff system was being discussed because the Thanksgiving games were going to be eliminated. They just decided to cram more games at the end (First round will be played on TuesdAy and the next on SaturdY)
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Roughly 26k I think.
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The two oldest high schools in San Jose, San Jose High and Lincoln, continue to play their Big Bone game on Thanksgiving Day, even though the Central Coast Section instituted playoffs in the late 60s. Both are usually way out of contention anyway, but if they're close, they skip the playoffs to keep tradition alive.
The San Francisco public schools city championship is also played on Thanksgiving Day at Kezar Stadium, which has been downsized since it last hosted an NFL game into a high school-sized venue.
The San Francisco public schools city championship is also played on Thanksgiving Day at Kezar Stadium, which has been downsized since it last hosted an NFL game into a high school-sized venue.
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The game I covered went to overtime. A French exchange student kicked the extra point that decided the game.
Gator said:
They're still going to play the games, but as I understand it, if the teams are in the same league, they'll meet once during the 7-week regular season, then again at Thanksgiving, and could meet in the playoffs, too. The idea of Thanksgiving deciding a playoff berth is out the window.
They could play an extra week into December here, like they do in many other states, and there are enough facilities with turf where field conditions shouldn't be an issue. But basketball/hockey coaches need to protect their little fiefdoms.
sgreenwell
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I'm in Rhode Island, which is all over the map with Turkey Day. Basically, three types of games going on:
1) For some traditional rivals, they're in the same division, so the Thanksgiving Day game serves as the season ending regular season game every single year. As a result...
2) ... In many cases, playoff seedings are already determined, so it's clear the coaches don't want to show off the whole playback. You'll also have kids with nagging injuries who sit, and although it's a "rivalry" for the folks in the stands, the coaches basically just treat the game like the Colts used to treat Week 17.
3) Some rivals are now in different divisions, which can be good and bad. Some of the "all-time series" records are getting pretty lopsided as a result of fluctuating populations. The two schools I've covered who are next to each other, they finally switched their rivalry to other teams around 2000, I believe, because one school was in Division I (avg. graduating class of about 300 to 400) and the other was in Division III (avg. class of 80 to 100).
1) For some traditional rivals, they're in the same division, so the Thanksgiving Day game serves as the season ending regular season game every single year. As a result...
2) ... In many cases, playoff seedings are already determined, so it's clear the coaches don't want to show off the whole playback. You'll also have kids with nagging injuries who sit, and although it's a "rivalry" for the folks in the stands, the coaches basically just treat the game like the Colts used to treat Week 17.
3) Some rivals are now in different divisions, which can be good and bad. Some of the "all-time series" records are getting pretty lopsided as a result of fluctuating populations. The two schools I've covered who are next to each other, they finally switched their rivalry to other teams around 2000, I believe, because one school was in Division I (avg. graduating class of about 300 to 400) and the other was in Division III (avg. class of 80 to 100).
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HanSenSE said:
Hmmmm. Many if not most coaches I know bring up the whole JV team to the varsity for the playoffs, giving them a 60-80 man roster. (Or, at some places, a luxuriant 35-40).
Of course most of the JV kids will never see the field but the coaches want the security blanket of a packed sideline and a 4-deep depth chart at every position
