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- From: ashley@oasis.gtefsd.com (Bob Ashley)
- Subject: Pack/Skins/Eagles Tiebreakers ...
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- References: <1992Dec21.215515.20598@cbnewsk.cb.att.com>
- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 22:29:07 GMT
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- I think we've got our answer here ... *sigh* ... and I vaguely recall this one,
- although it's really strange ...
-
- In article 20598@cbnewsk.cb.att.com, lor@cbnewsk.cb.att.com (edward.lor) writes:
- >In article <1992Dec21.131444.5636@walter.cray.com> dpp@cray.com writes:
- >>>>Where did I go wrong? Or is it them?
- >I checked out the Sporting News Football Guide. To my suprise,
- >head-to-head is NOT the #1 tiebreaker in a 3-way tie. I bet none
- >of the newspaper even lists this tiebreaker:
- >
- > Basically, when there is a three way tie, when two of the teams are
- > from the same division, the teams from the same division have to
- > be sorted out first. The higher ranked team will be two-way
- > tie-broken with the team from the other division.
- >
- >In that scenario, Green Bay will never face Washington in a
- >a tie-breaking situation, because from the NFC East, Philly has to
- >be tie-broken with Green Bay first.
- >
- >>Here is what the St. Paul Pioneer Press has to say about the three-way
- >>tiebreaker between the Eagles, Packers, and Redskins:
- >>
- >>"Green Bay clinches with a victory Sunday and a Philadephia loss based on
- >>tiebreaker advantage over Philadelphia. In a three-way tie, the Eagles'
- >>better division record would eliminate the Redskins, and the Packers'
- >>victory over the Eagles would give them a seeding edge."
- >>
- >>Don't ask me why division record enters the picture here. I always
- >>thought for a three-way tie among teams in different divisions, it was
- >>head-to-head, then conference record, then common opponents. Using
- >>division record for a three-way tie between non-divisional teams
- >>doesn't make sense to me.
- >
- >Let's say all three teams finish 10-6, the tie-breaking procedure
- >would be:
- >
- > Philly vs Washington, Philly ranked ahead of Washington in NFC East
- > Green Bay vs Philly, Green Bay clinches #5 seed
- > Philly vs Washington, Philly clinches #6 seed
- >
- >In other words, the three way comparison procedure doesn't apply
- >at all. I bet three way tie-breaking is only applicable when all
- >three teams are from different divisions.
- >
- >Does this tie-breaking procedure make sense? In a sense, yes.
- >A team with a superior division tie-breaker cannot lose out in
- >an inferior conference tie-breaker. For example, teams A & B
- >are in the same division, team C in a different division.
- >Say, these are the record:
- >
- > overall division conference
- > A 10-6 7-1 7-5
- > B 10-6 4-4 8-4
- > C 10-6 irrelevant 6-6
- >
- >Without first the sorting out the ranking within the division, B
- >would have won the tie-breaker, just because the intrusion of C
- >force them to bypass a higher-priority tie-breaker (division record).
- >
- >A more logical way is to make sure any conference rankings wouldn't
- >violate the division ranking.
- >
- >--
- > Edward Lor
- > lor@cbnewsk.att.com
- >
-
-
- Bob - well, that should take care of that ... *sigh*
-
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