Tom wrote:
<<<Head-to-head is
fine. The other three factors, however, are to varying
degrees influenced by moderator quality, which is a
factor that shouldn't be involved in a tie-breaking
procedure. In timed rounds like College Bowl, the speed with
which different moderators read questions effects the
scoring opportunities in a match. Points per game, points
scored, and, to a lesser but still significant extent,
point differential will be effected by how fast the
moderator reads, and how many questions he gets
to.
Here were the tie-breakers in Region 6:
1)
Head-to-head
2) Points per toss-up heard>>>
Tom
took the words right out of my mouth. I was going to
say pretty much what he said. In fact, these two
tiebreakers were the same tiebreakers used in Region 5. They
were not necessary to decide the winner (Centre had no
losses, next closest (Va. Tech) had 2), but may come into
play in ranking the others.
Chris
Sloan
Nashville, TN