DRC Monday column: UNT is set up for a run at C-USA's West Division. Can they take advantage?

[Brett Vito]

DRC: Win over UTEP, loss by Louisiana Tech has UNT in a good spot. Can the Mean Green get back to playing in top form and capitalize?

https://www.dentonrc.com/sports/brett-vito-unt-s-outlook-improved-dramatically-saturday-can-they/article_40afd16c-f6ef-5428-be76-9575fb8869b5.html

[greeneagle1]

14 hours ago, Brett Vito said:

The only scenario that would lock the Mean Green out is if the Bulldogs win out, which doesn’t seem likely.

False. UNT/UAB/LaTech could all 3 way tie if La Tech wins out and UAB wins all games except against UNT

False 2: LaTech can lose to Mississippi State with no conference implications...

[VideoEagle]

Here's a link I found to the CUSA tie breaker system. I haven't checked if it is current! 

http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/c-usa/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/tiebraker.pdf

I tried to paste but the formatting doesn't work!

If there is a three way tie - La Tech and NT win out and UAB only loses to us - then the tie breakers kick in. We'd go down to comparing records against common cross division opponents, then cross division opponents in order of finish, then BCS ranking. I think beating Arkansas will likely help our BCS ranking! Certainly a win over any SEC team counts more than a loss to one. 

Bottom line, it appears we again can control our own fate by winning out. 

[meangreanmick]

1 hour ago, greeneagle1 said:

False. UNT/UAB/LaTech could all 3 way tie if La Tech wins out and UAB wins all games except against UNT

False 2: LaTech can lose to Mississippi State with no conference implications...

I think he is correct.  He said the only thing that would “LOCk” the Mean Green out is LA Tech winning out (assuming we win out).  A 3 way tie wouldn’t “lock” us out, it would go to tie breaker which is fairly hard to predict at this point, but we would at least have a chance ( which is what I assume he would mean by not locked out).

[wardly]

Assuming we beat UAB, FAU at home is most difficult game left on our schedule.UAB still must play MTSU on the road, and La. Tech is at FAU. UAB could loose to both us and MTSU. If La. Tech and UNT win out then we are 2nd in West. I am becoming a Blazer fan assuming we beat them on the road.

[pollock]

What does this mean:

"If still tied, compare records against divisional opponents in descending order of finish."

[meangreanmick]

15 minutes ago, pollock said:

What does this mean:

"If still tied, compare records against divisional opponents in descending order of finish."

Take the highest finishing opponent that all tied teams played, and see the records.  If 1 team beat them and the others lost, the 1 team is champion.

[PlummMeanGreen]

We just gotta’ get our mojo back!

MOJO, BABE’EEEE!

[Cooke County Kid]

WIN GAMES

BEAT smiss

GO MEAN GREEN!!

[Marty]

“…one game at a time.”

– “We need to play 60 minutes of good football.”

– “There are no easy games in this league.”

– “We can’t afford to look past this team.”