Re: High School Football 2015
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Conference 6 fan
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Date: November 23, 2015 10:19AM
I'll both respond to this and post my own
Knighthawk Wrote:
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> 6A Most surprising teams.
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> 1. South Lakes
> 2. Madison
> 3. Robinson
> 4. Annandale
> 5. WT Woodson
My list:
1. South Lakes
2. Marshall
3. Woodson
4. Madison
5. Washington-Lee
South Lakes has to be #1 on any list, as most predictions had them last(!) in Conference 6. I wouldn't put Madison as high as you did, because I expected them to be good this year. In fact, I predicted them to win Conference 6, when most were on the Hayfield bandwagon (some were also predicting Yorktown). I put W-L on this list because of how they turned their season around, as most had them in the bottom half of Conference 6, and they ended up finishing in the top half. Woodson makes the list because they made the playoffs, though that was on the strength of their win v. West Springfield, which springs them into the playoffs. This list doesn't have to be confined to 6A teams, and Marshall, with two consecutive winless seasons to be followed up with a playoff appearance has to qualify. I'm not sure why Annandale, who finished 16th seed made your list. That's about what I expected of them.
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> Most disappointing teams
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> 1. Centreville
> 2. Chantilly
> 3. Hayfield
> 4. West Springfield
> 5. West Potomac
My list:
1. Fairfax
2. Centreville
3. Hayfield
4. Yorktown
5. West Springfield
I don't know how Fairfax isn't at the top of the list of any team that is the most disappointing. A 1-9 record is about as bad as it gets. It's true that McLean was also 1-9, but that's about in line with expectations for them going in to this season. Expectations for this season for Fairfax were higher. To put into perspective exactly how disappointing that 1-9 record was, consider how their JV team did last year. After an 0-3 start, they rattled off four consecutive wins, which included 62-0 over McLean, 54-15 over Marshall, 13-6 over Stone Bridge (yes, Stone Bridge), and 34-0 over South Lakes. That's not to say that this streak of JV wins last year should have translated into a winning season for this year's varsity, but it does show that there is some talent there, which should have yielded more than a 1-9 record. Centreville deserves mention, as does Hayfield, the consensus pick for Conference 6. I'd put Yorktown on the list as they were picked to be second or third in Conference 6. I'll buy WS given how they were shocked by Woodson. Honorable (dishonorable?) mention might go to Langley. I'm not sure I see why West Po was disappointing.
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> Biggest upsets
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> 1. WT Woodson 35 West Springfield 28
> 2. James Madison 35 Stone Bridge 24
> 3. West Springfield 28 West Potomac 9
> 4. Oakton 28 Centreville 24
> 5. Fairfax 22 Herndon 0
Definitely agree with your #1. It's not even close. Hindsight would show that Madison over Stonebridge wasn't much of an upset, but at the time, it was. Not sure about WS over West Po, and I also would not consider Fairfax over Herndon a big upset (at least at the time the game was played). I'd put Oakton over Centreville on that list as you did. I would also include Washington-Lee's 23-20 win over Langley in OT on this list.