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Subject: Re: The Ivy League will participate to FCS Playoffs from now on! Author: RedWin [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 14:47:05 12/18/24 Wed In reply to: LeCowboySolitaire 's message, "The Ivy League will participate to FCS Playoffs from now on!" on 10:03:28 12/18/24 Wed Leave it to a woman president to bring change, when the old guard of the Ivy League couldn't see beyond their shoes. Thank you president Sian Beilock for your vision and leadership. Go Ivy League! [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

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[> Subject: Obvious which team should have gone this year!!! Author: Lurker [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 14:56:51 12/18/24 Wed The Columbia Lions with the #2 defense in FCS of course! No disrespect to the other 2 but the league must be sure to send their best!! [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> Subject: Re: Obvious which team should have gone this year!!! Author: bulldog10jw [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 16:29:50 12/18/24 Wed But Harvard would have gone since they beat both Dartmouth and Columbia. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> Subject: Yep Author: Go Green [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 16:59:49 12/18/24 Wed Most tie-breaker rules have head-to-head records as the first determination. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> Subject: Another scenario re: three way tie Author: bulldog10jw [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 17:27:34 12/18/24 Wed The problem will be how to break a three way tie if each of the three teams had a win and a loss against the other two. It may have happened since, but I only remember 1969 when Yale, Dartmouth, and Princeton were all 6-1 in the league. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> [> Subject: Re: Another scenario re: three way tie Author: Son of Eli [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 17:39:54 12/18/24 Wed My guess is the best scoring differential in league play [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: I hate point differentials Author: Go Green [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 18:47:25 12/18/24 Wed They create bad incentives to run up scores. I'd much prefer the league look to which of the tri-champs beat the fourth place team. And if two of the tri-champions have beaten the fourth place team, then the winner of the head-to-head game between them should get the bid. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: Re: I hate point differentials Author: Son of Eli [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 09:54:56 12/19/24 Thu I wish Yale had run up the score more on Dartmouth this year when they had the chance. ;) [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> Subject: Re: Obvious which team should have gone this year!!! Author: Lurker [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 18:38:29 12/18/24 Wed Nope - best defense goes. Defense wins championships. Also League will use the NBC Olympic coverage rule: best story wins. RLR!! [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> Subject: Re: Obvious which team should have gone this year!!! Author: L et V [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 19:50:43 12/18/24 Wed Stick to tradition. Break ties by jousting. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> Subject: 'Best' defense is determined by what set of objective standards? Author: Valmas (Stoic) [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 23:32:14 12/18/24 Wed You're just not serious. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> [> Subject: Re: 'Best' defense is determined by what set of objective standards? Author: Lurker [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 00:30:38 12/19/24 Thu My dude - objectively the purpose of a defense is to limit points scored by opposing offenses. Not yards gained, not first downs but points. Our Lions were head and shoulders better than anyone else in IL. By definition, objectively the best defense. See that wasnt hard and clearly serious Please be nice, it is the holiday season. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: Re: 'Best' defense is determined by what set of objective standards? Author: Lurker [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 09:46:20 12/19/24 Thu Taking my cues from you GG. Happy you’ve noticed Now I have to start coming up with reasons why my Big Red are truly #1 as well. Probably something to do with thrashing Dart - no disrespect intended [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: Points allowed is but one data point. Author: Valmas (Stoic) [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 11:19:59 12/20/24 Fri But in successive posts - snd news to me - you've referenced 'our Lions' and 'your Big Red'; so perhaps you've taken ownership of the IL and are thus entitled to calling the shots as you see them on postseason participation. Mazel tov! [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: Re: Points allowed is but one data point. Author: Lurker [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 12:14:37 12/20/24 Fri Or is there a simpler explanation? … [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> [> Subject: I'm sure that... Author: Go Green [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 07:04:04 12/19/24 Thu ... if Columbia led the league in third-down conversions, our Lurker friend would find a way to insist that should be the standard to determine the champion. :) [ Post a Reply to This Message ]