Observations from playoffs, (2nd round in TN, 1st round of ARK & MS)

1) Obviously, home field is important all the time but it wasn't as important in the 2nd round of the TN playoffs. In the first round 80% of the teams with HFA won and in the 2nd round, that number fell to 65%. Arkansas first round games in 6A were a wash with home teams only winning 50% of the time. Teams in both classifications (5A & 6A) in Mississippi dominated with HFA by going a combined 14-2 in the first round.

2) After a first round that saw teams with losing records go 7-42 in TN, 3 of those teams won again and have advanced to the next round.

3) There weren't a lot of competitive games once again regardless of which state was involved.

Tennessee		1A	2A	3A	4A	5A	6A	D2A	D2AA	D2AAA
Games		8	8	8	8	8	8	4	4	4
Shutouts		2	2	1	1	0	3	0	0	0
# of teams 1 TD or less		4	6	2	5	3	3	1	0	2
# of teams 40+ pts		4	1	3	2	2	2	3	2	0
# of teams 50+ pts		4	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0
# of teams 60+ pts		0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Home Team		6-2	5-3	5-3	4-4	5-3	6-2	3-1	3-1	2-2
#1 Seeds still left		5/8	5/8	4/8	4/8	3/8	6/8	2/2	2/3	2/2
Average Score		40-9	33-7	31-12	37-12	33-11	30-9	45-16	33-18	27-18
Decided by 7 pts or less		0	1	4	1	1	1	0	0	3
Arkansas		6A
Games		4
Shutouts		0
# of teams 1 TD or less		2
# of teams 40+ pts		1
# of teams 50+ pts		0
# of teams 60+ pts		0
Home Team		2-2
#1 Seeds still left		2/2
Average Score		30-19
Decided by 7 pts or less		1
Mississippi		5A	6A
Games		8	8
Shutouts		0	1
# of teams 1 TD or less		0	3
# of teams 40+ pts		4	1
# of teams 50+ pts		1	0
# of teams 60+ pts		1	0
Home Team		7-1	7-1
#1 Seeds still left		4/4	4/4
Average Score		41-19	32-13
Decided by 7 pts or less		2	1