Article: New invitees hope to shake up format Additional 16 teams in playoffs ecstatic to vie for 5A crown.(Rocky Preps)

Byline: Scott Stocker, Rocky Mountain News

For 16 additional teams in the Class 5A state football playoffs, an opportunity has presented itself.

The question being raised by many, though, on the eve of the big-school postseason: Are more teams necessarily better?

Seemingly, it depends on one's perspective. According to Range-view coach Dave Gonzales and Tom McCartney of Fairview, the answer is a resounding yes.

Of the 39 teams in 5A this season, 32 are playoff bound. For those keeping score, that's double the number of teams in the playoffs from last season.

For Gonzales and McCartney, the math is simple. Under the old playoff format, their teams already ...

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