Leopard Legends of the Fall, 16 team playoff bracket

   Before we begin our analysis of Leopard Legends 1970 (as it's extremely long), we thought it would be a good idea to explain what we intend to do with these analyses of Lindsay Leopard football teams. We will construct a 16 team playoff bracket for Leopard teams from 1955 through 1980. The Lindsay football teams will be seeded one through 16, as the top four seeds will be the championship teams from 1955, 1958, 1962 or 1963. The next four seeds will be the Leopard teams which were ranked No. 1 in the state at the end of the regular season, or made the state finals. The remaining eight teams will be seeded according to their final season record and according to the strength of schedule. For instance, a team which finished the regular season, 9-1, but did not make the playoffs due to being defeated by a district opponent, would be seeded in the top sixteen somewhere. It would naturally be seeded higher than another team which finished the regular season with an identical record (9-1), if it had a higher "strength of schedule" rating. The "strength of schedule" rating would be determined by the final season record of the team which handed the Leopards the "one loss". The author of these blog articles will seed the Lindsay Leopard teams, but Lindsay readers will be able to determine the winners of each game by voting each virtual game, anonymously of course.
   For instance, the first game considered by Leopard fans and readers (even if not a Leopard fan), will be the top seed vs. the 16 seed. The second game considered will be the second seed vs. the 15 seed, and so on. Eight first round games will be played virtually, so please consider all previous articles detailing the strengths of each team, before voting. Four second round games will be considered virtually, two third round games and one final game for the Lindsay Leopard championship. This will be fun for all former Leopards, especially if you've read all previous posts. You may even consider facts not provided in the articles, in voting for the winner of each game. This will truly be the readers' opinion of which Leopard team was the greatest ever, so please "vote" when you have the opportunity.