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SEC announces official Tie-Breaker rules for the SEC Championship
Posted on 8/21/24 at 3:25 pm
Posted on 8/21/24 at 3:25 pm
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Posted on 8/21/24 at 3:26 pm to Tuscaloosa
F gonna have everyone ready to burn Birmingham to the ground!
Posted on 8/21/24 at 3:27 pm to Tuscaloosa
I remember digging up the tiebreaker rules in 2003 once it looked like a possibiliyt that UGA/UF/UT would all finish tied and the very last tiebreak at the bottom of the list was a league vote among the other ADs lol.
Posted on 8/21/24 at 3:30 pm to Tuscaloosa
A through D make sense but I'm surprised that once you get to E it doesn't go to overall W-L record of the non-conference opponents. Seems like that would reward a team for playing a more difficult schedule. As it is, using scoring margin only rewards a-hole coaches that run up the score and punishes coaches that run 3 times and punt starting in the 3rd quarter once the game is clearly well in hand.
Posted on 8/21/24 at 3:43 pm to WG_Dawg
when or if you ever would get to F should be tied in to the playoff committee rankings or some sort of national rankings - it's gonne be very hard to get all the way down to F
This post was edited on 8/21/24 at 3:44 pm
Posted on 8/21/24 at 4:02 pm to WG_Dawg
Yeah. I’m sure a coach will run up the score week one for the sole purpose of tiebreak E 
Posted on 8/21/24 at 4:10 pm to lefty08
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Yeah. I’m sure a coach will run up the score week one for the sole purpose of tiebreak E
You might see it on the last weekend of the year if you the situation was a possibility, say Arkansas might not mercy knee Mizzou, if a Alabama win on Saturday results in a 3-way tie with Ole Miss for 2nd and margin of victory could be deciding factor.
Posted on 8/21/24 at 4:11 pm to WG_Dawg
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A through D make sense but I'm surprised that once you get to E it doesn't go to overall W-L record of the non-conference opponents. Seems like that would reward a team for playing a more difficult schedule. As it is, using scoring margin only rewards a-hole coaches that run up the score and punishes coaches that run 3 times and punt starting in the 3rd quarter once the game is clearly well in hand.
I agree there needs to be an extra layer there, but we’d go off in the weeds with the non-conference stuff & would need to put in place a set of criteria for which games qualify to be considered. That juice might not be worth the squeeze.
Posted on 8/21/24 at 4:13 pm to Tuscaloosa
Tiebreaker 1
Proximity to downtown Birmingham
Proximity to downtown Birmingham
Posted on 8/21/24 at 4:30 pm to Tuscaloosa
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using scoring margin only
It actually calls it a "capped relative scoring margin", sounds like something they cooked up that can be translated as whichever way it takes to get us Bama/UGA in the championship game.
Posted on 8/21/24 at 4:45 pm to ukraine_rebel
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You might see it on the last weekend of the year if you the situation was a possibility, say Arkansas might not mercy knee Mizzou,
I very much doubt a driving Arky would take a knee against Mizzou just to help MU in the three way tie in your example. Typically losing teams play to the whistle to reduce the margin of loss.
Posted on 8/21/24 at 4:47 pm to WG_Dawg
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overall W-L record of the non-conference opponents.
Non-conference W-L could be a problem if it comes down to a team who played an 8-4 Sun Belt team getting the nod over a team who played a 7-5 Big Ten team.
Posted on 8/21/24 at 5:12 pm to Tuscaloosa
"random drawing"
sounds like Texas...
sounds like Texas...
Posted on 8/21/24 at 5:25 pm to Tuscaloosa
So in the event of 3 undefeated teams (say, LSU, Tennessee, Texas):
A: head to head is 0-0 for all three
B: common opponents Arkansas, Oklahoma, Florida, Vanderbilt, record would be 4-0 vs
C: best common opponent probably Oklahoma, record vs would be 1-0
D: cumulative record of common opponents. That's where it would be broken, which would get very interesting. "We played the toughest schedule"... LSU also has Alabama which should be good, as does Tennessee. LSU also has Ole Miss which should be good, Texas and Tennessee also have UGA.
A: head to head is 0-0 for all three
B: common opponents Arkansas, Oklahoma, Florida, Vanderbilt, record would be 4-0 vs
C: best common opponent probably Oklahoma, record vs would be 1-0
D: cumulative record of common opponents. That's where it would be broken, which would get very interesting. "We played the toughest schedule"... LSU also has Alabama which should be good, as does Tennessee. LSU also has Ole Miss which should be good, Texas and Tennessee also have UGA.
Posted on 8/22/24 at 9:23 am to TeddyWestside
Yea no way you can allow non-conference schedule to impact the conference standings. Drawing straws is better than that.
This post was edited on 8/22/24 at 9:24 am
Posted on 8/22/24 at 9:28 am to Tuscaloosa
Given that it could very well be an advantage to skip the CCG and get ready for the playoffs, I'm more than good. SEC teams need to worry about coming across the home stretch at 10-2.
Posted on 8/22/24 at 9:33 am to Tuscaloosa
Won't tie breaker E. cause a scenario where every conference game has a team trying to run up the score if possible? Is that good for the league?
Posted on 8/22/24 at 10:56 am to lefty08
Rule E does say "capped" margin of victory, so there is probably a cut off as to how much margin you get credit for.
Posted on 8/22/24 at 11:30 am to IvIerlot
No shite.
This is a way of saying favoritism.
I would ask that they film the drawing live.
This is a way of saying favoritism.
I would ask that they film the drawing live.
Posted on 8/22/24 at 11:33 am to Tuscaloosa
I cannot wait for the day Alabama and LSU end up in a three way tie together. This board is going to create a black hole
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