[plantmanky]

I wouldnt change the playoff system at all.  What I would do is allow an independent division.  Teams that play regular season, but not in post season playoffs.  They can still play district teams in regular season like they do now. 

Come post season the independent teams get to play in 1 additional game, bowl game, at a said few sites across the state.

In a sense, this would probably remove most of the 4 seeds everyone talks about.

If you keep the teams in a district for regular season, this allows for teams to make a 2 year decision to be independent if they choose.