Damage U Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 Looks like they're going to try to put State champs from across the country into a championship tournament called the State Champions Bowl Series. My alma mater has accepted an invite to the inaugural series. Anyone else know much about this or have their team in it? http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865616186/High-school-football-Bingham-accepts-invite-to-inaugural-State-Champions-Bowl-Series.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PAC MAN Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 Colorado's 5A division has its state championship game this weekend at Sports Authority Field. Cherry Creek takes on Valor Christian and those two schools easily has the $ to send their team to that tourney in Florida. The question is will they go? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
All Hail Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 Colorado's 5A division has its state championship game this weekend at Sports Authority Field. Cherry Creek takes on Valor Christian and those two schools easily has the $ to send their team to that tourney in Florida. The question is will they go? The real question is, why would this tournament want a Colorado team? No Colorado team is ranked in the national top 25 so it looks like they're gonna have to watch the game on TV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glduck Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 everything below 6A is hot garbage in oregon, and 6A just wrapped the quarterfinals. central catholic, last year's state champion and this year's #1 overall seed was one of the rare oregon schools to crack the usa today top 25. not sure if they're ranked this season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
utenation Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 The real question is, why would this tournament want a Colorado team? No Colorado team is ranked in the national top 25 so it looks like they're gonna have to watch the game on TV. Yeah, great question.. Another chance to pimp anything Colorado even if they aren't in the discussion maybe? Here's the rankings according to MAXprep/CBS: http://www.maxpreps.com/polls/football/xcellent25.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
All Hail Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 Yeah, great question.. Another chance to pimp anything Colorado even if they aren't in the discussion maybe? Here's the rankings according to MAXprep/CBS: http://www.maxpreps.com/polls/football/xcellent25.htm De La Salle and Folsom in the top 5, finally a Nor Cal program worthy of challenging De La Salle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBug708 Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 To be fair, Valor Christian churns out some talent. Cali schools won't be done for a few weeks anyhow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
utenation Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 I think Bingham has a great shot in this tourney.. They already played Bishop Gorman this year and lost by 3 in OT. http://www.maxpreps.com/games/football-fall-14/bingham-vs-bishop-gorman/9-5-2014-88Vvd62-WkmdNB0VjQck2A.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PAC MAN Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 To be fair, Valor Christian churns out some talent. Cali schools won't be done for a few weeks anyhow Valor Christian is the Bishop Gorman of CO. If there was a public school version of Bishop Gorman in CO, Cherry Creek would be that school. It wouldn't shock me if this is the most watched 5A football championship in CO history. Given that I have followed CO HS football for 25 years, there aren't very many other games that would get the state's attention. The real question is, why would this tournament want a Colorado team? No Colorado team is ranked in the national top 25 so it looks like they're gonna have to watch the game on TV. Who knows what will happen? Both schools are very well funded and could buy their way in if given the opportunity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
All Hail Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 Valor Christian is the Bishop Gorman of CO. If there was a public school version of Bishop Gorman in CO, Cherry Creek would be that school. It wouldn't shock me if this is the most watched 5A football championship in CO history. Given that I have followed CO HS football for 25 years, there aren't very many other games that would get the state's attention. Who knows what will happen? Both schools are very well funded and could buy their way in if given the opportunity. What? Any money these schools could pay is easily trumped by the money the tournament will receive from ESPN. The goal for any new tournament is for it to be accepted and gain prestige, particularly a tournament whose stated goal is to pit the best against one another. It wouldn't make much sense to choose a Colorado school given that none of the pundits that closely follow HS football think they are among the top 25 teams in the nation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
utenation Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 I don't think Jalapeno is understanding why no teams from Colorado(even if Valor Christian is the Bishop Gorman of CO according to him) are in this conversation. As much as he wants them to be, they're not.. Some good High school teams(including Bishop Gorman) aren't going to this because of politics.. Apparently they aren't interested in CO schools even after fallout... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
All Hail Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 I don't think Jalapeno is understanding why no teams from Colorado(even if Valor Christian is the Bishop Gorman of CO according to him) are in this conversation. As much as he wants them to be, they're not.. Some good High school teams(including Bishop Gorman) aren't going to this because of politics.. Apparently they aren't interested in CO schools even after fallout... Why wouldn't Gorman get an invite? I feel like Gorman and De La Salle (assuming they don't lose) are the two schools you just have to have for this type of a tournament. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
utenation Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 Why wouldn't Gorman get an invite? I feel like Gorman and De La Salle (assuming they don't lose) are the two schools you just have to have for this type of a tournament. http://usatodayhss.com/2014/you-can-rule-nevada-schools-bishop-gorman-out-of-national-bowl-games-too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBug708 Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 Gorman probably already won the unofficial national title Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
All Hail Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 Wow, no California or Gormon. According to that article, only 1 team from the top 9 is eligible. Some national title that will be. Good luck with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
All Hail Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 Gorman probably already won the unofficial national title If De La Salle gets revenge on Bosco then I doubt it. DLS would have to beat #5 Folsom and then #6 Bosco to be the open bowl champs of California. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quack 12 Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 Just for the record, this isn't a "tournament" per se, it's an exhibition. It's six teams playing three games in one day, and I think all three games will include a team from Florida. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glduck Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 I've always wanted to see a four games in four days tournament featuring the top 32 prep hoops teams in the country. that would be insane. I know there are a lot of tourneys featuring a couple, but 32 state champions and/or just the top 32 teams based on an rpi ranking? ridiculous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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