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Game Thread Ohio State vs Illinois, 11/18/17 @ 3:30 (ABC)

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MililaniBuckeye said:
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Step 1 eliminates PSU and scUM because they both are 1-2 against the other three of the four (PSU lost to both us and Sparty, while scUM lost to both PSU and Sparty), leaving us and Sparty with 2-1 records (Sparty losing to us and us losing to scUM). Since the second sentence of (a) above states, "If only two teams remain tied after any step (or sub-step), the winner of the game between the two tied teams shall be the representative", we would win because of our head-to-head win over Sparty.

So, a win over Illinois guarantees us the B1G CCG spot even if we finish in a four-way tie.
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MililaniBuckeye said:
Read the tiebreakers again, Sparky. If we beat Illinois, we're in, even if we lose to Michigan.

EDIT: My post clearly involved the scenario of us, Sparty, the Pedsters, and scUM all being tied at 7-2 in conference, with our losing to scUM. Now, if both Sparty and the Pedsters were to lose one of their two last games AND we lose to scUM, then scUM would indeed win the lead-to-head tiebreaker in the two-way (not four-way) tie. Both the Pedsters and Sparty play Maryland, and the Pedsters play Nebraska at home with Sparty playing at Rutgers. So, if you think that both Sparty and the Pedsters are going to lose one of those games and we're going to lose at scUM, then you may want to cut back on the crack...
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This just in, Mili thinks there's a greater chance we get upset by Illinois than the Pedsters and Sparty get upset in their remaining games.
 
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