Why all the fretting? ESPN already did this

Nov 2, 2024
9:36:54am

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John Kurtz updates his tie-breaker scenarios — this is a good walkthru and good

inertiaman

8:04am

IOW, if BYU loses, it had better not be to KU or Houston when it comes to

thewaterboy

8:09am

Those are the ones I’m least afraid of.

YOHONOMOTO

8:13am

I have some concern with Kansas

Projectoor

8:42am

They won't have anything left to play for if ISU beats them next week. Could

BackPacker

10:10am

Or utah. If we lose it needs to be vs ASU

RGGeemer

8:16am

Losing to Utah is bad for other reasons, but it doesn't sound like it really

thewaterboy

8:22am

We lose the tiebreaker to ISU if tied 11-1 and our L is to utah, Kansas, or UH.

RGGeemer

8:24am

Ok. He only mentioned those 2.

thewaterboy

8:48am

It's all 3. Now if we are in a 3-way tie with Colorado and ISU, then the Houston

RGGeemer

8:53am

UNLESS the interpretation of the tiebreaker rules is that our W vs K St counts

RGGeemer

8:56am

Didn’t the article say no matter who we lose to

CycloneCoug

8:31am

This is true IF the interpretation of tiebreaker rule c) means that our W vs KSt

RGGeemer

8:33am

Why all the fretting? ESPN already did this

Brandoblueblood

9:36am

IF that interpretation of the tiebreaker rules is correct.

RGGeemer

9:39am

You think ESPN may have misinterpreted them?

Brandoblueblood

9:45am

It's possible.

RGGeemer

9:46am

Well hopefully we win out and it's not even a question

Brandoblueblood

9:50am

I'll breathe easier when it's clarified that the procedures do indeed determine

LeftOfNormal

8:30am

It for sure is done that way. The question is just if the K St W then counts or

RGGeemer

8:34am

Just win and not worry

cypresstx

8:31am

I don’t understand why the head to head W against K St doesn’t count here

T_johns4

9:14am

I agree it should. It's a little ambiguous in the tiebreaker rules.

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