jimmy chipwood wrote:jimmy chipwood wrote:To go a little further into this whole strength of schedule debate. Im curious as to what some of you think Portsmouth East's record would be playing Fairfields schedule to this point? Be honest about it and just dont throw out a number, look at each team above and decide. Here is my opinion (and I think East has a nice team with good senior leadership). Wins = Manchester & West Union. Losses = SE, GM, NA, Hills, MT, ZT, EB, Peeb, EC, WCH. Chance = Ripley, Whiteoak (2x), Fay. So East's record playing this schedule would be somewhere between 6-10 to 2-14 - probably right around 3-13. This is why Fairfield/Whiteoak people complain year after year about the sectional draw.
This my post from page 3 of this topic. Nobody answered the question.
I'll answer even though I missed this one the first time around. The SOC 1 has not been as good of a conference in the past several years(top to bottom) as the SHL? or SHAC? has been. Can someone please clarify what you are calling your conference now because it seems like you've changed it this season. Anyway through the past few years you've had more quality teams than in the SOC1. I think 90% of this is becuase you have a smaller overal league as far as numbers of schools. Meaning D3 and D4 teams playing each other more than is the SOC1, and just the same benefit that South Webster reaps, your D4 teams are typically better because of it. So your teams like Manchester and Leesburg Fairfield, play Peebles, North Adams, and Eastern Brown on a yearly basis(please correct me if I'm wrong).
I think the SOC 1 has been just as good as the SHL at the top in the past several years, but top to bottom your league has been better.
Now take the late 90's to early/mid 2000's when you had Whiteoak and Eastern Brown both make state trips. Your league was great at the top but I think during those years the SOC 1 was better top to bottom having more quality teams from the D4 aspect, having several different teams with deep tournament runs(Eastern,Green,SymmesValley). Cause it seems like you guys are considering your league much more as a whole against our SOC 1. Now if you want to throw in the SOC 1 and 2 against your entire conference, that can be a debate for a different day.
