Ahh, the flood has already begun. People like to complain about All-Region selections but usually they don’t stop to consider the process.

For example:

I am infuriated on your all region picks on the running backs Xxx Xxxxxxxxxxxx from xxxxx has an average of 5.5 per carry 12 touchdowns a total of 1,285 yards. How can your pick Xxxxxx and these other running backs over Xxxxxxxxxxxx this is disgusting and so unfair is this done for political reasons. This is my son I’m his mother … I’m disgusted and upset you people are horrible and to top it off he’s a senior. He helped xxxxxx get to the playoffs I didn’t see Xxxxxx do that or the others. This is obviously fixed. I will make an issue of this you people are awful and phonies

Her son wasn’t actually nominated. Hard to get on the team that way. He also wasn’t first team All-Conference and often that weighs into the decision whether to nominate a player.

I also had a situation this year where a player that had gotten accolades in the past was not nominated. I went back to the school and they said the coaching staff felt he had not played at an All-Region level this season.

I had to respect that — but also in looking at the other players nominated in that region at that spot, I had to put that person on the ballot.

The process starts shortly after the season ends. In this instance, schools had an eight-day window in which to nominate their players. On that eighth day, I looked through the nominees and specifically targeted 30 schools that hadn’t nominated players. Anyone who responded to the e-mail and needed an extension got an extra 24 hours.

In the end, sure, there are even worthy players who were nominated and just didn’t get enough votes. I understand that. We try to be perfect but I doubt we ever will be.

For that I apologize. We’ll continue to try to get better.