[NU Sports] What if.............. (fwd)

[SjT (Stephen J. Truog)]

> > I know its very improbable, but does anyone know
> what would the tie-breaker  
> > be if Penn State, Ohio State, Wisconsin and NU
> tied for first place with 6-2  
> > records?
> 
> I think the tie-breaks for the BCS slot are based on
> the BCS standings.

I think the Big Ten still goes by the old rules ...

1) Head to head
2) Overall mark

In this case, head to head wouldn't work equally, so
by #2, OSU and NU would be eliminated (Texas and ASU
losses) and we'd go back to head to head PSU-UW. Ditto
for if Michigan beats OSU and gets in the tiebreak.

Pretty much, PSU has all the tiebreaks here unless
they somehow wind up in a tie with only Michigan ...
plus Lloyd Carr's :02. :)

> If past experience is any indication, the bowls will
> ignore any tiebreaks
> in the conference standings and take who they want. 
> That tends to favor 

I believe there is a clause in there somewhere about
being no more than 2 conference losses apart to jump
order (i.e. you can't take a 4-4 OSU over a 7-1 NU for
the Citrus), but yeah - pretty much it's up to the
bowls after that.

GO CATS!!!
-SjT

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