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Big XII is run by gerrymandering fools (https://www.chiefsplanet.com/BB/showthread.php?t=288866)

Big XII is run by unscrupulous fools

Baylor and TCU might be co-champs, despite Baylor winning head-to-head

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But as it currently sits, if No. 7 Baylor beats Kansas State Saturday, they would be conference's champions because Baylor beat TCU earlier this season. Because as everyone knows, in absence of a championship game, league winners are always decided first by conference record and second by head-to-head outcomes should teams have the same record. But since Baylor is rated lower than TCU, and therefore less likely to make the final four to get into the playoff, the conference will award "co-champions" so that the committee can choose which Big 12 team they think is better.

Only if TCU and Baylor are both left out of the top four would the league acknowledge Baylor's head-to-head win over TCU.

In other words the conference is saying: If TCU is rated in the top four, we'll forget Baylor beat them. But if TCU and Baylor fail to make the top four, we'll remember Baylor beat them.

Read full article: http://deadspin.com/big-12-announces...ons-1665741360

Edited to appease KC native because it's a huge deal and will improve the direction of discourse henceforth.

Who cares about that shit conference

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Originally Posted by Chocolate Hog (Post 11162604)

Who cares about that shit conference

People with surviving head coaches

:facepalm:

Terrible deadspin article is terrible.

Mods, please move this to DC. Thanks in advance.

And your title is incorrect. Gerrymandering doesn't mean what you think it means.

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Originally Posted by KC native (Post 11162610)

And your title is incorrect. Gerrymandering doesn't mean what you think it means.

I thought gerrymandering was when a girl sits on a coffee table and shits while you lay under and beat off.

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Originally Posted by Bufkin (Post 11162617)

I thought gerrymandering was when a girl sits on a coffee table and shits while you lay under and beat off.

ger·ry·man·der
ˈjerēˌmandər

verb

gerund or present participle: gerrymandering

manipulate the boundaries of (an electoral constituency) so as to favor one party or class.

achieve (a result) by manipulating the boundaries of an electoral constituency.
"a total freedom to gerrymander the results they want"

Checks out... clearly

BTW this is nothing new, they did the same with KSU/OU.

"One true champion". Unless it benefits us monetarily to have co-champions, in which case we will have co-champions, even if one of them beat the other head to head.

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Originally Posted by Cochise (Post 11162634)

"One true champion". Unless it benefits us monetarily to have co-champions, in which case we will have co-champions, even if one of them beat the other head to head.

Exactly. It's like the 2011 season where LSU went 13-0 and beat Alabama (in their house no less). SEC champ. But Alabama was National champ.

They can't win their league but they are best in the nation. Stupid.

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Originally Posted by KC native (Post 11162608)

:facepalm:

Terrible deadspin article is terrible.

Why is it terrible? Seems pretty straightforward to me.

gerrymander
/ˈdʒɛrɪˌmændə/
verb
1.
to divide the constituencies of (a voting area) so as to give one party an unfair advantage
2.
to manipulate or adapt to one's advantage

But please, tell us why this is a terrible article. The Big XII is altering its rules in order to benefit its schools. Why not just crown Baylor as the champion?

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Originally Posted by Cunning Linguist (Post 11162667)

there's nothing being altered here....they've done this before.

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Originally Posted by mikeyis4dcats. (Post 11162606)

flip flop
http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsports...cfp-committee/

That article from November 9 does not help the Big XII. I think you get it, but your subsequent posts seem to be defending the idea.

Nov 9 article: Big XII would submit Baylor as the champion
Dec 1 article: Big XII will submit co-champions