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Ah the circle of life.

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What if the conference “leader” is the one cancelling games two weeks out and may only play 9 games while the second place team will play all 18 games? And the “leading” team is issuing statements like this?
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According to several articles by CBS sports and Big 12 commissioner Bill Bowsby, Baylor may not be required to make up all their games, but at least play each team at least once. That means the only team they haven’t played yet is West Virginia and maybe the only game they will have to make up. Baylor AD Mack Rhoades said that Baylor does not intend to skip the Big 12 tourney but would if it will jeopardize their NCAA tourney participation. So basically Kansas may be the only team playing a full slate and Baylor could, if they choose, skip the Big 12 post season tourney. At this time, Baylor plans to participate in the Big 12 tourney.
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Oh, and guess who is the “leader” . . .

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Sprint to the front

quit and rest.
 
everything about Baylor is disgusting. Their slimy athletic department. Their fake “Christian” culture. Even Waco is the armpit of Texas. I feel sorry for the people I see wearing Baylor stuff.
On a side note- I can’t stand that Magnolia Home couple. At the height of the Art Briles scandal they were in TV wearing their Rape U gear.
 
There's bragging rights for both. I always thought of it as "body of work" (most regular season wins) vs who's hot now (tourney champ).

Yes I'm being elusive on purpose cuz I don't think it matters except for banners in the arena. I think teams get them for both accomplishments.

Sweet Sixteens and Final Fours matter more IMO.

Football is the winner of the CCG if you have one - or most wins and tiebreakers if not. Matters a lot because of bowl tie-ins at a minimum, CFBP implications ultimately.

Trying not to talk down to you - I know you know this stuff.
You aren’t talking down to me because you aren’t seeming to get my point.
 
I now understand your question. That's BS on Baylor. if you can play, play. That simple. Baylor's seeding in the NCAA would not be put in jeopardy by an early loss in the tourney IMO.

Having horrible flashbacks to the day VT football chose to end their own longest active bowl streak and not play in one.
There ya go! What if Clemson went 5-0 in conference then just shut it down, and VT went 8-2? Then Clemson said they get to skip the conference championship game and still get into the 4-team playoff?
 

Just a thought to build on this. A virus such as this would be so virulent that it needs to be stored in a BL 3/4 laboratory under negative pressure and requiring scientists to be in suits to prevent becoming exposed/infected. Given this, how in the ever loving fuck is exposure going to be prevented by anything short of these measures? A cotton mask stitched by your grandma? Don't think so.
 
There ya go! What if Clemson went 5-0 in conference then just shut it down, and VT went 8-2? Then Clemson said they get to skip the conference championship game and still get into the 4-team playoff?
That would be total BS. If they tried to skip the conference championship game in football, I'm not certain the Conference leadership would allow that - forfeit if so IMO, Hokies rule, win ACC.

From there, I have advocated even on here that the use of computers from there would have to be more heavily weighted. Even though one can argue with their algorithms, most do a good job of objectively taking into account schedule strength, point differential, home/away, etc. I actually never understood why they went explicitly away from those tools as it was. That said, I'm certain the committee members still use them to help with close calls.

What they could not do, though is mathematically "penalize" a team for skipping a game to duck the chance to fall out of the Top 4 whether it be CFP or NCAA 1-seed.

Is there a way to take into account the "chickenshit" factor ? Not sure.

About the only way I could think of would be to have the computer see the forfeit - by rule - as a 35-0 beatdown and factor that in.
 
Just find a store open (has to have power) that sells clay pots, tea candles, and cinder blocks and I guess you are good to go!

To think we had all of those materials at our disposal for our 40+ hour run with no heat is a little painful. I even considered tea lights as a heat source for a bit and scratched the idea. Never considered creating a brick oven of sorts with an amplifier like a clay pot on top. Now I know. Good stuff. This thread is still the GOAT.
 
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