Cameron Toomey-Stout wants to know how to make the computers love Coupeville a tad bit more. (John Fisken photos)
Joel Walstad has the answer. “Just win, baby!”
Rankings, what are they good for?
Well, starting arguments. That’s a given.
Coming off a 48-24 drubbing of Chimacum (in which they led 41-0 at the half), the Coupeville High School football squad jumped back up 13 slots when “Debbie,” the sometimes-evil, sometimes-friendly computer at ScoreCzar.org, issued her latest rankings.
The Wolves (2-1 overall, 1-0 in Olympic League play) are now ranked #26 in 1A, with this Friday’s foe, Port Townsend, coming in at #10.
Defending state champ Freeman is locked in at #1.
Coupeville’s fellow league mates, Klahowya and Chimacum, come in at #34 and #46. Island rival South Whidbey is at #39.
The only point of contention (and it’s a small one) is that four teams with losing records (#19 Kings, #21 Medical Lake, #22 Stevenson and #24 Deer Park) are ranked ahead of CHS.
“Debbie” generally feels losing to a “good” team is better than beating a “bad” one when she spits out rankings.
I would argue that winning, over whatever teams you play, trumps all, since that’s sort of the point of organized sports.
But, again, not that big of a deal. Even at 1-2, King’s is surely dangerous, as always.
What’s slightly more ridiculous are the rankings at MaxPreps.com.
Not where Coupeville is placed, as they are at #31, but that two teams that are 0-3 are AHEAD of the Wolves.
I give you #19 Connell (outscored 124-17 this season) and #24 La Center (blasted 113-3), ladies and gentlemen. And I say, give me a freakin’ break.
Any time where losing big to “quality” teams is more highly valued than WINNING — La Salle (Union) Gap is merely 3-0 but ranked four slots BEHIND Connell — gets my dander up.
But I’m an idiot, not a computer, so what do I know?
To see the complete rankings, hop over to:
http://www.scoreczar.org/classifications/4-high-school-football-wa1a
http://www.maxpreps.com/rankings/football/1/division/wa/T0IxtCu7S06CMuq9iEkSZA/division-1a.htm
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