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RE: Road to Detroit
(11-13-2019 05:16 PM)Rabid Squirrel Wrote: (11-13-2019 03:54 PM)HuskieTap22 Wrote: (11-13-2019 02:49 PM)DiehardHuskie Wrote: MAC championship will be Western vs Miami.
WMU’s best win this year is Georgia State and Miami’s is Buffalo. If CMU gets in their best win is against Eastern Michigan. Yeah, the MAC is really bad this year.
Also really just accentuates how bad NIU is this year. All of these subpar teams out in front and NIU is not even in the race.
It's a shame Hammock couldn't get this team on track this year because they're almost giving away the championship in 2019. Timing can mean everything and Carey got very lucky with his.
If we get shallacked by Toledo it won't matter. But if the team somehow finds its grove and runs the table.......conflicted. I know its good but It will feel a little bad.
If we get "shellacked" by Toledo it will matter unless it is not a rivalry.
If that is the case then nobody should ever again say it is a rivalry.
GO HUSKIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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RE: Road to Detroit
The very very slight chance road to Detroit still looks extremely unlikely but not impossible! The result that scares me of all the remaining things NIU needs to happen is probably Ball State beating CMU, not sure that is possible right now.
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11-14-2019 05:01 AM |
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RE: Road to Detroit
Huskies haven't won 2 games in a row all year, let alone 3....
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11-14-2019 08:57 AM |
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RE: Road to Detroit
(11-13-2019 03:54 PM)HuskieTap22 Wrote: WMU’s best win this year is Georgia State and Miami’s is Buffalo. If CMU gets in their best win is against Eastern Michigan. Yeah, the MAC is really bad this year.
But have also beaten CMU, Ball St., Miami, and Ohio...given the current state of the MAC, that is a solid resume and the Georgia State game was a beatdown...
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11-14-2019 09:08 AM |
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RE: Road to Detroit
So———IF we end up 6-6——-and everything falls our way——AND we get to Detroit...then LOSE the championship game......at 6-7 do we get a bowl game? Pure speculation, but.....
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11-14-2019 09:20 AM |
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RE: Road to Detroit
(11-14-2019 09:20 AM)Milwaukee Pilot Wrote: So———IF we end up 6-6——-and everything falls our way——AND we get to Detroit...then LOSE the championship game......at 6-7 do we get a bowl game? Pure speculation, but.....
From what I've read, the projection is a shortage of eligible teams, so 6-7 should go.
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11-14-2019 09:57 AM |
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RE: Road to Detroit
(11-14-2019 05:01 AM)MaddDawgz02 Wrote: The very very slight chance road to Detroit still looks extremely unlikely but not impossible! The result that scares me of all the remaining things NIU needs to happen is probably Ball State beating CMU, not sure that is possible right now.
Wait, shouldn’t we want CMU to win that game? CMU wins and “all” it takes is Ball State losing one more and Toledo beating CMU.
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11-14-2019 10:19 AM |
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RE: Road to Detroit
If someone wants to figure it out here’s the MAC tie breaker rules:
1.Head-to-head record among tied teams
2.Record of tied teams within the division (versus rank order, highest to lowest, of division teams)
3.Comparison of conference winning percentage of cross-over opponents of tied teams
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11-14-2019 10:24 AM |
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Road to Detroit
I’m calling the ticket office this morning to get my name on the list for the MACC and bowl game (even if it’s in the Bahamas)!
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11-14-2019 11:24 AM |
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Rabid Squirrel
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RE: Road to Detroit
I have coffee and day off sooooo...
here is the best case scenario according to those rules:
(This is assuming NIU wins out and Toledo beats CMU)
1. CMU HAS to beat Ball St. With head2head between all tied teams being 1st tie breaker. BSU is 2-1 and CMU is 1-2. WMU,NIU,Toledo will be 2-2. CMU wins and 5 way tie at 2-2 h2h.
2. Then in overall west division play 4 teams will be 3-2. WMU will be 2-3 and eliminated.
3. Then conference opponent winning %. We’d be second in that. Having Akron on our schedule absolutely killed that percentage for us. We have the same opponents as BSU except 1 game. NIU played Akron and they played kent. Akron has 0 wins. Best case is 2. Kent has 3 wins.
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11-14-2019 11:26 AM |
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RE: Road to Detroit
(11-14-2019 11:26 AM)Rabid Squirrel Wrote: I have coffee and day off sooooo...
here is the best case scenario according to those rules:
(This is assuming NIU wins out and Toledo beats CMU)
1. CMU HAS to beat Ball St. head2head between all tied teams being 1st tie breaker. BSU is 2-1 and CMU is 1-2. WMU,NIU,Toledo will be 2-2. CMU wins and 5 way tie at 2-2 h2h.
2. Then in overall west division play 4 teams will be 3-2. WMU will be 2-3 and eliminated.
3. Then conference opponent winning %. We’d be second in that. Having Akron on our schedule absolutely killed that percentage for us. We have the same opponents as BSU except 1 game. NIU played Akron and they played kent. Akron has 0 wins. Best case is 2. Kent has 3 wins.
*but if ball state loses to kent they’d be eliminated at number 2. So there is hope. Kind of
Well....
If Ball State beats CMU then loses out, and then Toledo beats CMU.
Ball State and CMU both would have 4 conference losses. Toledo, NIU, and WMU all have 3 and NIU has head to head wins over both so NIU goes to Detroit.
That may be the most realistic scenario if what you’re saying is true.
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11-14-2019 11:33 AM |
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RE: Road to Detroit
(11-14-2019 11:33 AM)7 Wrote: (11-14-2019 11:26 AM)Rabid Squirrel Wrote: I have coffee and day off sooooo...
here is the best case scenario according to those rules:
(This is assuming NIU wins out and Toledo beats CMU)
1. CMU HAS to beat Ball St. head2head between all tied teams being 1st tie breaker. BSU is 2-1 and CMU is 1-2. WMU,NIU,Toledo will be 2-2. CMU wins and 5 way tie at 2-2 h2h.
2. Then in overall west division play 4 teams will be 3-2. WMU will be 2-3 and eliminated.
3. Then conference opponent winning %. We’d be second in that. Having Akron on our schedule absolutely killed that percentage for us. We have the same opponents as BSU except 1 game. NIU played Akron and they played kent. Akron has 0 wins. Best case is 2. Kent has 3 wins.
*but if ball state loses to kent they’d be eliminated at number 2. So there is hope. Kind of
Well....
If Ball State beats CMU then loses out, and then Toledo beats CMU.
Ball State and CMU both would have 4 conference losses. Toledo, NIU, and WMU all have 3 and NIU has head to head wins over both so NIU goes to Detroit.
That may be the most realistic scenario if what you’re saying is true.
It’s weird. Those rules were per SBnation but there’s no mention of conference record? Only division record and opponents conference winning percentage. But maybe I read it wrong and it means winning percentage of the team’s you beat after overall record? Idk. I think they paraphrased the rules.
https://www.sbnation.com/college-footbal...untainwest
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11-14-2019 11:39 AM |
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RE: Road to Detroit
(This post was last modified: 11-14-2019 11:45 AM by 7.)
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Rabid Squirrel
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RE: Road to Detroit
Found the official Mac rule(2007)
1. Head-to-head competition
a. In the event of a multiple-team (two or more teams) tie, the team with the best head-to-head record amongst the tied teams wins the tie-breaker;
b. In a two-team tie, head-to-head competition will be the first criteria;
c. If two teams did not play, the second criteria is used to break the tie;
2. Record of tied teams within the division [versus rank order, highest to lowest, of division teams]
a. The above tie-breaker procedure is used to determine rank order in the division;
b. Team(s) eliminated in the second tie-breaker criterion are not included in further consideration in the tie- breaking formula;
c. Head-to-head competition is again used to break the tie between the remaining tied teams.
3. Comparison of conference winning percentage of cross-over opponents of tied teams;
a. Tie-breaker is awarded to the team whose cross-division opponents had the best cumulative conference winning
b. Head-to-head competition is used to break the tie between the two tied teams.
4. If multiple teams remain tied, the final tie-breaker is as follows:
a. Record of tied teams versus cross-division opponents in rank order;
b. Head-to-head competition is used to break the tie between the two tied teams.
If this is correct and I understand it, we’d get eliminated in 2-C. WMU would be eliminated at 2-A and that would then make our h2h record only 1-2. While other teams go to 2-1.
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11-14-2019 11:54 AM |
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RE: Road to Detroit
Someone might have to copy/paste the OP. The OP is on a lot of people's ignore lists and thus hidden, which may be the source of confusion.
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11-14-2019 12:02 PM |
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RE: Road to Detroit
(11-07-2019 10:34 AM)IWokeUpLikeThis Wrote: Wed 11/13 - NIU beats Toledo
Sat 11/16 - Ball beats CMU
Tue 11/19 - NIU beats EMU
Sat 11/23 - Kent beats Ball
Tue 11/26 - NIU beats WMU
Black Friday - Miami beats Ball
Black Friday - Toledo beats CMU
NIU 5-3 (2-0 H2H)
Toledo 4-4/5-3 (1-1 H2H)
WMU 4-4/5-3 (0-2 H2H)
CMU 4-4
Ball 4-4
This scenario is true. But just for extra hope if Saturday goes another way and CMU wins:
11/16 CMU beats ball
11/20 Toledo beats buffalo
11/29 Miami beats ball(or kent does the week before)
11/29 Toledo beats CMU
NIU 5-3(2-1 H2H) NIU over Toledo 1-0 H2H
Tol 5-3(2-1 H2H)
Eliminated-
CMU 5-3(1-2 H2H)
WMU 5-3(1-2 H2H)
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RE: Road to Detroit
So you're saying there's a chance?
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11-14-2019 02:38 PM |
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RE: Road to Detroit
(11-14-2019 02:35 PM)Rabid Squirrel Wrote: (11-07-2019 10:34 AM)IWokeUpLikeThis Wrote: Wed 11/13 - NIU beats Toledo
Sat 11/16 - Ball beats CMU
Tue 11/19 - NIU beats EMU
Sat 11/23 - Kent beats Ball
Tue 11/26 - NIU beats WMU
Black Friday - Miami beats Ball
Black Friday - Toledo beats CMU
NIU 5-3 (2-0 H2H)
Toledo 4-4/5-3 (1-1 H2H)
WMU 4-4/5-3 (0-2 H2H)
CMU 4-4
Ball 4-4
This scenario is true. But just for extra hope if Saturday goes another way and CMU wins:
11/16 CMU beats ball
11/20 Toledo beats buffalo
11/29 Miami beats ball(or kent does the week before)
11/29 Toledo beats CMU
NIU 5-3(2-1 H2H) NIU over Toledo 1-0 H2H
Tol 5-3(2-1 H2H)
Eliminated-
CMU 5-3(1-2 H2H)
WMU 5-3(1-2 H2H)
Oooooo I like this
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RE: Road to Detroit
We need to beat Eastern Michigan.
Then Western Michigan in both scenarios.
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11-14-2019 03:33 PM |
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RE: Road to Detroit
My head hurts....
So who do we root for Saturday: CMU or BSU?????
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