No it wouldn’t. We can finish at worst in a three way tie with 2 loses. WVU means they beat Oklahoma loses three games
Why 98.9% and not 100% to make the ‘ship game now?
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No it wouldn’t. We can finish at worst in a three way tie with 2 loses. WVU means they beat Oklahoma loses three games
CycloneErik
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You're a Cyclone. This is new to us. It's all good.
OSU is dropped from the three-way tie because they have the worst scoring margin in the round-robin games due to the big loss to OU. Then we are #1 because we beat OU h2h, and then OU beat OSU h2h so they get the 2 seed.
It's really convoluted that it takes that many steps, but that's how it's written.
i believe the tie break for a 3 way tie is record against the 4th place team (or group of teams tied for 4th). there is a chance OU,OSU, and ISU are tied and WV is the 4th place team (if TX loses to KU)
i think this is the scenario, i could be wrong
Oklahoma and Oklahoma State would have beaten West Virginia. Iowa State would have lost to West Virginia. That is the tiebreaker in that scenario and the only scenario that keeps ISU out of the Big 12 Championship game.
It’s real simple - beat WV next week and put this **** to rest.
Certainly can win I do worry about a letdown next week though. Hopefully WVU will be rusty.
Except there is a three-way tie for 4th. If there's a 2-way tie, then they break h2h first before doing the "record against #4, record against #5, etc" stuff. But they don't do that if it's a three-way tie. In the above scenario, it's round-robin record vs all three tied teams (Texas, WVU, KSU).
Positive is ISU has a lot to improve on for next week as they really put themselves in position to screw it up today.
The only way we lose a three-way tiebreaker vs OU and OSU is if WVU is alone in 4th or tied with KSU (because WVU holds the h2h win over KSU).
Good grief. This post reminds me of the joke about the perpetual pessimist who gripes about having to buy a new wallet because he won the lottery.
I was thinking that the #1 team was selected and the remaining two are then re-ranked. So if OU has the biggest scoring margin, then they get the #1 spot and then OSU/ISU are re-evaluatwd for the #2. Which would go to OSU with the h2h.
Let's just beat WV next week. That way, we are 100% guaranteed to go to the B12 Championship game.
Why so?
Without penalties and poor execution in the red zone ISU wins going away today. They didn't do that, so there's reason for them to seek improvement going into next week. CMC should have all kinds of film to point out that needs tightening up to make sure no one's satisfied.
That's a good thing.
