--- In quizbowl_at_yahoogroups.com, mcoen_bu <no_reply_at_y...> wrote:
> Your email is bouncing! Steve Case must have it in for you. Can
you
> drop me or Dinan a line using another address so we can get
> TRASHionals info to you?
>
> I've not read all of the discussion around the double elim playoff
> format, but I do think it's an improvement over single elim or best
> two of three. I wish we'd had double elim when I was playing so we
> wouldn't have had to bang our heads against Harvard all the time.
>
> Would a proviso calling the tournament if a team has a 2 game
> advantage on the field help? Perhaps. But I don't know if one
game
> against a given team is an accurate measurement, especially in a
> smaller field of teams.
I was talking about a situation in which one team going into the
finals had both a two-game advantage over the field and two wins
against their prospective opponent.
> Also, Erik, when did you play a third game against Brandeis? They
> weren't even at CBI! Or was this at something else?
Williams. I meant Williams.
Erik
Not entirely sure he's speaking for himself any more