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Just wanted to give everyone a quick reminder to double-check your brackets to make sure they're complete! I'm noticed several folks who have "Not selected" a champion. Please note that you must click on a champion in the bracket, AND enter a tie-breaker, in order for your championship pick to save.

As soon as the deadline hits the brackets will be viewable by everyone.

Well it took a lot longer than I'd expected, but here are all the brackets for the bracket challenge. Please note that each division may have a different deadline for finishing up the brackets and they're all subject to change...

If I understand correctly, the two invitations, that will be sent to the coaches, to the national combine can be for all kids currently in grades 9-12. I'll try to get clarification on that today and, if that's not correct, I'll let you know here. If anyone has any other questions about this...

So I'm down to needing two games in each of TAPPS DII and DIII. If anyone has any information about who Alpha Omega will play in DII, or who Houston Second Baptist UM will play in DIII, that should finish up the TAPPS brackets so I can open those up for the bracket challenge as well. Here are...

No, we're not doing the playoff pick 'em anymore. That's been replaced by the bracket challenge.

If any of y'all are needing some professional help with your playoff challenge brackets, @TheWesp offers up his expertise in this week's edition of the Back Roads Podcast, hosted by Bobbie Brown and Craig Sperry.

Times may be off, but both games will be played there that night. Edit: Whiteface/Garden City game changed to 6pm. Hopefully this clears up any confusion.

Just as an FYI, the TAPPS DI bracket challenge is open. Still working on confirming info for DII and DIII.

I am always amazed at how well The Toy does in this, considering it's picking some of the tougher games as the pick 'em games each week. Well, at least what it thinks will be the toughest games.

The UIL six-man playoff bracket challenges are live y'all! I'm hoping to have the TAPPS brackets finalized today but I'm still struggling to find information about who goes where and I sure don't want to open up the challenge before everything is right. Good luck y'all!

Oh, by the way, I just confirmed it and @rwpag was also last year's overall pick 'em winner! Someone else better step up their game next year!

Congratulations to @rwpag on being the week 11 pick 'em winner! He is also the overall pick 'em winner for the entire 2025 season, so fitting that he wins the final week! Congrats, again, @rwpag!

I know it's not immediately noticeable but that arrow is mainly just there so folks will even know the content scrolls. Also, the "trigger" for that arrow spans the entire height of the bracket block. The best way, at least for me, to navigate is to just use my mouse and "drag" that screen over...

Great, thank you! I'll start to get those plugged in here shortly. I'm really hoping to get all the TAPPS brackets complete by tonight, or early tomorrow morning, so that I can open those brackets up for the playoff bracket challenge. Really looking forward to that thing! Hopefully next year...