--- In quizbowl_at_y..., tgallows <no_reply_at_y...> wrote:
> --- In quizbowl_at_y..., cooterchekov <no_reply_at_y...> wrote:
> > That doesn't make any sense, though...we already had our match
> > against Georgia.
> >
> > Edmund
>
>
> R. announced the policy in the opening meeting, so at the very
least
> the handling of the issue was consistent with what was announced.
It was consistent with the announcement, although not with what was
printed on the schedules in each team's packet. Also, it seems
somewhat inconsistent with itself: We don't want to use head-to-head
as a tie-breaker, so instead we'll play a head-to-head tiebreaker,
only in many cases it consisted of only a half-game, therefore
lacking even whatever validity that the h-t-h in the round robin had.
The format used this year had one major advantage over ladder play,
in that on the second day teams could play other teams at about
their skill level without having to face the same team 2 or more
times. I think this was particularly important in D2, where many of
the schools didn't realize that juggernauts like Yale and Michigan
are not the norm.
Trey