2021 NOVA Playoff Pick'em

[falcettik]

I know I originally said we would do this contest for 6C & 6D and 5C & 5D. Well, I was not thinking at the time. NOVA is better encompassed by 6B, 6C, 6D and 5D so that is where these games are taken from.


CORRECTED: Colonial Forge @ Battlefield (-24)
Forest Park @ Freedom (PW) (-30)
Unity Reed @ Patriot (-21)
Garfield @ Osbourn (-6)

Alexandria City @ Robinson (-24)
Justice @ Lake Braddock (-28)
West Potomac @ Fairfax (-10)
West Springfield @ South County (-20)

Marshall @ Madison (-27)
Chantilly @ Centreville (-14)
Wakefield @ Westfield (-14)
South Lakes (-6) @ Yorktown

Independence @ Stone Bridge (-33)
Patrick Henry @ Massaponax (-10)
Woodgrove @ Mountain View (-14)
Albemarle @ Riverbend (-10)

 

[Virginiahssports]

Battlefield over Colonial Forge**
Freedom
Patriot
Osbourn

Robinson
Lake Braddock
Fairfax
South County

Madison
Centreville
Westfield
Yorktown

Stone Bridge
Massaponax
Mountain View
Riverbend

 

[tylerrossfc10]

Battlefield (-21)
Freedom (PW) (-30)
Patriot (-21)
Garfield

Robinson (-24)
Lake Braddock (-28)
Fairfax (-10)
South County (-20)

Madison (-27)
Chantilly
Westfield (-14)
South Lakes (-6)

Independence
Massaponax (-10)
Mountain View (-14)
Albemarle

 

[falcettik]

Apologies on the CF vs BF mistake. I saw it as POT vs BF somewhere. It is corrected above (and the spread changed also).

 

[Bounty13]

High seed favored by average of 17.25 points. Too many teams making the playoffs or just not a lot of parity this year?

 

[falcettik]

High seed favored by average of 17.25 points. Too many teams making the playoffs or just not a lot of parity this year?

Well, the four #8 seeds (in my contest) are 4-6, 5-5, 5-5, and 7-3. Independence is the 7-3, who played a much weaker schedule and is going against one of the top 2-3 teams in the state, regardless of classification, Stone Bridge.

Despite that high average, IMO there are no great teams in D6 in the Northern Region. The best 2-3 D6 teams in the state are probably all in Regions A & B but I have not seen any of them play so maybe I am wrong. There are maybe 4-5 teams in Regions C & D that are very good, but even then they almost all have flaws that are probably going to cost them at some point. Let's face it, overall the top tier teams are just not as good as they were 10-20 years ago, not even as good as 5 years ago. Then when you add in that some of the lower tier teams are just awful, and mid tier teams are struggling to win big, huge first round playoff spreads are what you get. I guess that long winded answer means yes-not a lot of parity. The best suffered some, but the lower tier teams are just getting decimated for a host of reasons, some discussed on here before.

 

[ConcordeGuru]

Battlefield (-21)
Freedom (PW) (-30)
Unity Reed
Garfield

Robinson (-24)
Lake Braddock (-28)
West Potomac
West Springfield

Madison (-27)
Chantilly
Wakefield
South Lakes (-6)

Stone Bridge (-33)
Patrick Henry
Woodgrove
Riverbend (-10)

 

[ReaperXV]

Battlefield (-21)
Freedom (PW) (-30)
Patriot (-21)
Garfield

Robinson (-24)
Lake Braddock (-28)
West Potomac
South County (-20)

Madison (-27)
Centreville (-14)
Westfield (-14)
Yorktown

Stone Bridge (-33)
Massaponax (-10)
Mountain View (-14)
Riverbend (-10)

 

[SCGamecock4]

Battlefield
Freedom
Patriot
Osbourn

Robinson
Lake Braddock
Fairfax
West Springfield

Madison
Centreville
Westfield
South Lakes

Stone Bridge
Massaponax
Mountain View
Riverbend

 

[falcettik]

Battlefield
Freedom (PW)
Patriot
Garfield

Robinson
Lake Braddock
Fairfax
West Springfield

Madison
Centreville
Westfield
South Lakes

Stone Bridge
Massaponax
Mountain View
Riverbend

 

[otnorot]

Colonial Forge
Freedom (PW)
Patriot
Osbourn

Robinson
Lake Braddock
Fairfax
West Springfield

Madison
Centreville
Westfield
Yorktown

Stone Bridge
Massaponax
Mountain View
Riverbend

 

[Red Neck]

Battlefield (-24)
Forest Park
Unity Reed
Osbourn (-6)

Robinson (-24)
Lake Braddock (-28)
West Potomac
West Springfield

Madison (-27)
Centreville (-14)
Wakefield
South Lakes (-6)

Stone Bridge (-33)
Massaponax (-10)
Mountain View (-14)
Riverbend (-10)