{"id":12705,"date":"2010-11-17T02:10:36","date_gmt":"2010-11-17T09:10:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=12705"},"modified":"2010-11-17T08:46:22","modified_gmt":"2010-11-17T15:46:22","slug":"the-peterson-principle-111510","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=12705","title":{"rendered":"The Peterson Principle 11\/15\/10"},"content":{"rendered":"
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TC Coach Mike McFarland must feel like he just won the lottery <\/p><\/div>\n

It\u2019s the best time of the year. But then again it\u2019s the worst. While the next four weeks of the CIF High School football playoffs are special, \u00a0it\u2019s also a reminder of how little time we have left in the season.<\/p>\n

I was out at Covina High School Sunday for the release of the Mid-Valley Division playoff pairings. It\u2019s always funny to me how quick the proceedings are.<\/p>\n

One minute, 16 coaching staffs are sitting at round tables anxiously waiting to see who their first round opponent will be. The next, the host, Covina Coach Darryl Thomas, walks out and says here\u2019s the brackets and passes out the sheets.<\/p>\n

A couple minutes later the coin flips determining the home teams for the second rounds take place. The coaches shake hands, exchange tapes and go home. The whole process takes maybe ten minutes. I guess that\u2019s all the time that\u2019s needed, but it\u2019s just ironic that after four months of speculation about who gets in, who\u2019s out and who gets shafted, we know everything in a matter of moments.<\/p>\n

After perusing over the Mid-Valley Division brackets, some of them make sense and some of them as usual make none. For the second consecutive year, it looks like Arroyo got the short end of the stick. While the Knights are hosting San Dimas, a team that beat Monrovia, Rosemead and Temple City are squaring off at the corner of Lower Azusa and Rosemead Blvd.<\/p>\n

Does it matter that Arroyo handily beat Rosemead and routed Temple City? Apparently not according to CIF. While it\u2019s possible that Arroyo could fall to the Saints, Rosemead or TC is advancing to the second round.<\/p>\n

Arroyo lost to Whittier Christian in the first round after going undefeated in the MVL last year and now the Knights get San Dimas. Did Jim Singiser do something to tick off the CIF powers that be?<\/p>\n

Winning league doesn\u2019t mean as much as it used to.<\/p>\n

Speaking of Whittier Christian, doesn\u2019t Maranatha, the second place team in the Olympic, look a lot like the Heralds of 2009? The Minutemen get La Puente at home in the first round.<\/p>\n

With the exception of Monrovia- Gladstone and possibly La Canada- Covina, every game in the Mid-Valley Division is a toss up.<\/p>\n

Speaking of Temple City, Mike McFarland and the Rams are walking on sunshine right now. Not only do the Rams get in on a con flip but they get a team that they had on the ropes earlier this year.<\/p>\n

\u201cOh yeah, the kids are going to be pumped,\u201d McFarland said.<\/p>\n

The next time a coach in the playoffs says he got hosed he should look at South Pasadena\u2019s fate this year. The Tigers beat Temple City 27-17 last Thursday night and finished in a three way tie for second in the Rio Hondo at 3-2. But due to a flip of a coin, they\u2019re at home watching Oprah while the Rams and La Canada get ready for the first round.<\/p>\n

Sure, TC and LC would both have argument as well if they were left out, but it just emphasizes the point that it should be settled on the field. Would a Saturday afternoon playoff really be that difficult to put together?<\/p>\n

Village Christian is not a true 16 seed. Azusa has its hands full.<\/p>\n

Schurr has the home field advantage against Baldwin Park, but didn\u2019t the Spartans also have that same advantage last week vs. San Gabriel? Right now, the Braves are playing better football.<\/p>\n

Arroyo one more time: If the Knights survive San Dimas who would they get next? Probably Maranatha. Ok and if they get past the Minutemen? How about Monrovia? Coach? Again, what did you do to deserve this?<\/p>\n

I agree with Freddy Robledo and Stevie R over at the Trib. Monrovia will win the whole thing. That\u2019s the one thing I\u2019m sure of. Of course I was also sure of it last year.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s my principle.<\/p>\n

Tim can be reached at tspeterson32@yahoo.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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