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   Michael Falkner to All   
   OK, let's sort this silliness out in the   
   21 Nov 23 17:46:21   
   
   From: darkstar7646@gmail.com   
      
   If Texas wins, then they go to the Big XII title game and face the first   
   (listed) of Oklahoma State, Oklahoma, and Kansas State to win this weekend.   
      
   If Texas loses to Texas Tech and only one of the other three listed teams   
   wins, then it's Texas vs. that team.   
      
   It's if Texas loses and two or more of the three win -- things get...  messy.   
      
   A head-to-head sweep, the conference has clarified, trumps "all plays all".    
   It's how Oklahoma State has the first in line in the three-team scenario.   
      
   So, if Texas loses:   
      
   Kansas State and Oklahoma State win, Oklahoma loses:  Texas vs. Oklahoma   
   State:  Kansas State swept by the other two teams (I would assume it would   
   also work in this direction).   
      
   Oklahoma State and Oklahoma win, Kansas State loses:  Next-highest (Oklahoma   
   1-1 with the other two, Texas and Oklahoma State did not play), and have fun   
   finding it:   
      
   Kansas State did not play Oklahoma.   
   West Virginia did not play Oklahoma or Texas.   
   Texas Tech did not play Oklahoma or Oklahoma State.   
   Iowa State would be the team, and the game would be Texas vs. Oklahoma -- they   
   both beat Iowa State, Oklahoma State lost.   
      
   Oklahoma and Kansas State win, Oklahoma State loses:  Next-highest (with now   
   Texas being the 1-1 and Oklahoma and Kansas State not playing Oklahoma).   
      
   If Oklahoma State had played Texas, this probably becomes much easier.   
   West Virginia did not play Texas either.   
   In this scenario, all three teams would beat Iowa State.   
   Texas Tech did not play Oklahoma State.   
   Kansas beat Oklahoma, but lost to the other two, so the game would be Oklahoma   
   State vs. Kansas State.   
      
   All three win:  Oklahoma would be first out because Kansas is the highest team   
   (regardless of what Kansas does this week) to face all four other teams.    
   Kansas beat Oklahoma, lost to the other three.  So you now default to the   
   "Oklahoma loses" scenario,    
   Texas vs. Oklahoma State.   
      
   ====================   
      
   ....................   
      
   There is one final scenario.   
      
   What happens if Oklahoma, Kansas State, and Oklahoma State all lose?   
      
   First off, Texas would be in the B12 Championship Game regardless of their   
   result.   
      
   The problem is you'd now have a tiebreaker, for one spot, of Oklahoma, Kansas   
   State, Oklahoma State, and AT LEAST Iowa State, with Texas Tech in the   
   tiebreaker too if they beat Texas.   
      
   You need to find a common opponent outside the tiebreaker of all the teams in   
   it.   
      
   West Virginia did not play Kansas State.   
   Iowa State and Oklahoma would be the first teams eliminated, because Kansas   
   beat them and lost to Kansas State (and Texas Tech).   
   Since Kansas State beat Texas Tech, it doesn't matter if Tech is in the   
   tiebreaker or not:  Texas vs. Kansas State.   
      
   Mike   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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