HS Football Podcast Season 7 Episode 6

·1 hr 8 min·5 clips

Torrey Pines upset Mission Hills 10-6, shaking up the Division I rankings and setting up a showdown with Carlsbad.

The episode begins with hosts Brayden Sopranit and Jeff King returning after a week off, noting the season is in Week 9 and playoffs are approaching. They recap notable scores from the previous week, focusing on Torrey Pines' 10-6 upset of Mission Hills, which boosted the Falcons in the Division I rankings. The hosts discuss other results, including El Camino beating LCC and Ramona defeating Rancho Bernardo. They examine the CalPreps.com rankings, noting Lincoln, Carlsbad, and Helix are all in the national top 100, a point of pride for San Diego. The conversation shifts to playoff formatting, with the hosts explaining the current system where divisions are based on multi-year power ratings and many teams qualify. Brayden criticizes this, arguing too many teams make the playoffs, including those with losing records like Cathedral Catholic at 2-6. He proposes reducing playoffs to eight teams per division, eliminating the Open Division, and resetting divisions annually based on end-of-year rankings. Jeff generally agrees, emphasizing the need to reward winning and quality competition. They debate the weight of strength of schedule in rankings, with Brayden explaining that top schools often must schedule out-of-town powerhouses because local teams refuse to play them. The hosts then preview upcoming weekend games, offering predictions for matchups like Carlsbad vs. Torrey Pines and Mira Mesa vs. Point Loma. They analyze the four projected Open Division teams—Lincoln, Carlsbad, Helix, and Granite Hills—detailing each team's strengths and potential vulnerabilities. The episode concludes with brief college football talk, including the crazy Houston-West Virginia finish, before signing off.

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A week-nine San Diego football debate weighs what the open division should reward and who gets left outside.

Week nine centers this San Diego high school football review on a clean question: what is the open division meant to reward? The conversation treats the open division and Division 1 as the pressure point, asking why a separate top bracket is needed when teams are already sorted…

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You want San Diego high school football playoff debate, eight-team brackets, and a twelve-second college-football swing.

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