--- In quizbowl_at_yahoogroups.com, "bucktowntiger <jdh22_at_c...>"
> Personally, I agree with Matt Weiner (definitely not to be confused
with Mike Wehrman) on one point: about the fact that if preliminary
round robins are to be used, then the brackets must be equal in
strength. Region 12, IMHO, had that problem, in that I believe Rice
and maybe SMU were both stronger teams than UH-D.
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On bracketing:
Sometimes it seems to me that we preordain what's supposed to happen.
(logistics aside) Wouldn't that something if we randomly drew
schedule spots at Penn Bowl? Probably at least one of the six
brackets would end up "harder" than some others. And the team who
finished fourth and missed the cut would probably be the loudest
complainer in here.
Some other team that nobody expected might have made it to the round
of 18. But of course, that team didn't "deserve" to.
So why do we bother to play the game if we know who supposed to be in
the top bracket playoffs?
Bill
Yes I know equal brackets are dogma and considered fair.