The BigXII shot itself in the foot yesterday with the round-robin setup. 4 of the 5 P5 conferences have a championship game. The higher seed in each of those games got into the playoffs...whether those are the 4 top teams or not. I don't think FSU or OSU are a top 4 team...but that's for another thread.
The Big12 is going to be relying on the lower seed to win one of these championship games from her on out if they choose not to have a B12 CCG. IMO, that isn't a good way to get your conference represented in the playoffs...
The round-robin is cute...but until they expand to 8 teams. The B12 could find themselves in this situation more often than Not.
The Baylor vs KSU was the championship argument is flawed as is the B12 could have had 2 teams in the playoffs...
So....to get the B12 back to....12 teams, what two teams would you add?
Originally Posted by Saul Good:
Bowlsby went on record saying that head to head would determine the champion. Then, when he thought he could sneak two teams in, he flipped and said there would be co-champions. He tried to have it both ways. Smallest conference, twice as many "champions", duck a CCG, and get an extra off week... The committee isn't going to give you the benefit of the doubt. Why should they?
Originally Posted by BWillie:
Why should the committee take into account if they have a little crown or star next to their name? Like I said, IT SHOULD NOT MATTER to the committee. THey should look at it as two 11-1 teams, look at the resume, that is it. The committee shouldn't give any shits about who is TECHNICALLY crowned conference champion.
The committee said months ago it DIDN'T matter. Then it did. [Reply]
Originally Posted by mikeyis4dcats.:
how did the Big 12 get an extra week off?
Really? Your season started at the same time as every other conference, but it ended a week later. You didn't play any more games than the other conferences, so there must have been an extra week off in there somewhere, right? [Reply]
Originally Posted by Saul Good:
Really? Your season started at the same time as every other conference, but it ended a week later. You didn't play any more games than the other conferences, so there must have been an extra week off in there somewhere, right?
how many bye weeks did Mizzou have this year?
how many bye weeks did KSU have this year? [Reply]
Originally Posted by mikeyis4dcats.:
ah, maybe I ****ed up. I guess KU started a week later than everyone else. didn't notice that when I started my argument. LOL
ll these Thursday games fuck everything up.
Thank God. I didn't think you were dumb. Glad I was right. [Reply]
I don't see why the Big12 would get that waiver when the B1G never could(if they even tried I guess?)
But you would think the other conferences would want us to stay at 10 and continue to beat on each other instead of having a few more free wins like all the other conferences. [Reply]
Originally Posted by RustShack:
I don't see why the Big12 would get that waiver when the B1G never could(if they even tried I guess?)
But you would think the other conferences would want us to stay at 10 and continue to beat on each other instead of having a few more free wins like all the other conferences.
They aren't really free wins for the Big 12 considering the fact that you have the worst OOC winning percentage of any major conference, but I understand your point. Wouldn't want Baylor to play SMU, The Incarnate Word, Lamar, and La Petite in the OOC and still get Memphis, Cincy, Kansas, Texas Tech, and Kansas in conference. Nine free wins would be a pretty nice head start. [Reply]