10/28/23- Football Update 10/28/23

Football Blog Updates

INFORMATION UPDATE

• Apologies in advance for the delay in getting this information to you. Everything was ready just after midnight but there was one single non-submitted score that delayed finalizing everything, including tiebreakers, etc. That score wasn’t received until early this morning. But all should be accurate now.

OFFICIALS AVAILABILITY AND GAME SCHEDULING

• THANK YOU to those schools that cooperated and either voluntarily scheduled on Thursday or Saturday. We could not manage this week without cooperation.
• From this point, ANY Friday night game will only have five officials. If you desire 7, select Thursday or Saturday.
• Most of the matchups were determined more than a week ago, and thanks to the nearly 65% of you who got your information submitted this week.

PLAYOFF INSTRUCTIONS

• Though the instructions have been on the KHSAA website for several weeks, some are just now realizing they need them. 
• See the complete fall instructions link […]

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10/24/23- Football Playoffs Update

Football Blog Updates

The following is to update schools regarding the 2023 Football Playoffs, with particular emphasis on Rounds 1-4.   

OFFICIALS AVAILABILITY AND GAME SCHEDULING

Last week, we held a conference call with our assigners, with the following data gleaned from that call. 

• Clearly, they feel comfortable with assigning, at most, between 85 and 88 crews for the first round if all contests had five officials. We have 95 games currently scheduled. 
• Simply put, we will need to have some schools play on Thursday night or Saturday night if we are going to be able to ensure that full crews of officials are assigned. 
• And be mindful that last year, we had 20 schools desire a full crew of seven officials for the first round. 
• Simply put, the supply/demand equation is not balanced right now. 
• We have around 80 first-year officials and for the most part, the assigners are not as comfortable with those officials in […]

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10/06/23- Football Playoff Schedule Request and Football RPI Clarification and Clean-up

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FOOTBALL PLAYOFF SCHEDULING REQUEST

As teams start qualifying for the playoffs, we are asking for schools’ help in scheduling, especially in the first round. As all are aware, our supply of officials is not at the levels we were during the early 2000s when we had abundant numbers. Many of our associations, including some of our larger groups, have struggled to return to even their pre-COVID legals in terms of numbers. As such, staffing that first round which is always difficult, is likely very problematic, especially if all teams insist on trying to play on the same Friday night. Our assigners are very conscious of the need to only use those that feel are “playoff ready”, and really need your help on these dates.

There are distinct advantages to playing on Thursday or Saturday that negate the usual concerns about different preparation weeks, etc. Teams seem to be very adept at moving games during fall […]

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10/02/23- Football Nominations Sought For Midway Student Athlete-of-the-Year Awards

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The KHSAA is excited to open the nomination process for the Midway University/KHSAA Male and Female Student-Athlete of the Year among Football participants for 2023-2024 Midway University previously expanded its partnership to include both male and female nominations.

This award is based on athletic and academic achievement as well as community service and leadership. The link to the application contains additional criteria and a form to nominate one participant from each 2023-2024 team. Nominations must come from a member school, but can be submitted by an administrator, guidance counselor, or coach. Nominations may only be submitted online at https://khsaa.org/ge35-midway-university-khsaa-student-athlete-of-the-year-nomination-form/

The winner will be announced early in the postseason and current plans call for the winners to be recognized at an awards banquet at Midway University in early summer 2024. From the winners selected for each KHSAA championship, one student-athlete will be selected as the 2023-2024 Midway University/KHSAA Student-Athlete-of-the-Year and announced at the banquet. All […]

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08/15/23 – Reminder about Shortened and Interrupted Football Games

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As a new season begins and with the vast amount of turnover in athletic administrators and coaches, a reminder about the Competition Rules is in order for Football. Interrupted games are not new and have a defined procedure for football.

Within the football playing rules, in an emergency (such as inclement weather where advisories are placed against travel or to seek shelter), teams can mutually agree to shorten any remaining period or terminate the game at any point. If such termination is mutually agreed to, the game shall be recorded as the current score and the game cannot be replaced on the schedule.

Just a couple of reminders and probably the last sentence in the tournament rules is the main point to keep in mind, “All involved shall remember that this situation is caused by elements such as weather that are uncontrollable by anyone, and keep the discussions in that perspective.”

• Per the playing rules, there is […]

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