| Show Backseat Driving Lets Let's Change System j q 8 jr IT Six Games Not Enough t i FRANK K It BAKER Y M By J JI f fIT I Telegram Sports Editor f I 1 I C Conference Will Do Well to Provide j Definite Setup for Determining Title As expected my comment Friday that Utah really was entitled to an u uncontested title instead of ot being being- tied with Denver and Colorado b brought rought a storm of protest from the Colorado side of at the conference Pr Press Press' s' s wires are warm with varied response from the eastern divi divi- s sion ion Lou Mahoney manager of ot athletics at Denver was quick to rally t to o D. D Us U.'s claim of a 1 tie tIC He Ho told the Associated Press that the conference confer confer- e ence nce has a ruling which disregards tie games in the percentage column C. C Henry Smith conference adjuster from his office in Boulder de declined declined de- de d ined to comment personally but he remarked that in uin view of ot the triple t tie between Utah Denver and Colorado for the crown the s system may be revised at the December session Utah officials will be magnanimous and not make an official request requestor f for tor or an undisputed title but they will go to the annual session lon at Denver i t this his month in favor of a change in the system of determining the championship cham chain One need but study the tangled outcome this year to realize that thai an improvement can be made on the titular setup Here Utah finIshes fin fin- finIshes the season with a far tar better record than any other team in the conference but bat it must share the championship with nith two other schools because it ii lost one game to a team it completely in yardage and antI first downs What happened to Utah could easily e. happen to another school in the conference Now is the time to change chance the system before belore another team is so victimized I I System Used in Soccer League V V I Could Be Used Effectively Tho simplest remedy would set up a system whereby the team rankIngs rankings rank- rank Ings would be determined on points Instead of percentages A team would get two points for a victory and one point for a tie tic game A defeat of course would merit nothing ng but a goose egg This arrangement is successfully used in the Utah soccer league V but it has one drawback in that all teams must play the same number o of games If it it Is to be a fair Judgment Percentages Percentages' would have nothing to do with winning the title then A standings table would look something like Wee this Team Games Won Lost Tied Score Opp Callies 12 12 10 1 1 21 43 14 11 Vikings 11 11 8 2 1 17 47 12 Hollandia 11 11 7 2 2 16 32 14 The present percentage basis is unfair because all the teams dont don't play the same ame number of ot ga games es Play Flay at least five games gamest figure percentages and tie tiel games That is the policy on which a tie has been declared Nothing ls is said about who whom you must play in those five games Just play five games Utah for instance has played its six games this year yei w with th th the thc toughest the conference has to offer meeting the ot other er five o of the so-called so Big Six While U Utah ah was battling it out with Denver Colorado university Colorado Utah B Brigham Young and Montana State the State the latter being Ut Utah's hs h's only setup setup- both Denver and Colorado Aggles were fattening their percentage percentage percentage per per- on easier opposition v The Aggles were were particularly fond of the easy v victories meeting three easy victims in Colorado Mines lines Wyoming and the deteriorated Colorado college Denver Denv r had two of the sure fire victory ga games s on its schedule including one with Mines lines and another with the Ithe toothless Tigers from C. C C. C And Mines if you please won only o one e game in six this year and won that from Western Vesten State 19 And there is 15 another great fallacy in the present arrangement of determining champions In the conference Colorado college could schedule schedule sched sched- ule Wyoming Montana State Western State Colorado Mines and COlorado Colorado Colo Cob rado ado Teachers Teachers beat beat all five Jive of these smaller schools and win a a. championship cham chain should mould the larger schools manage to cut one another's throats at least once each I Now Is Time to Change Rule Before It Hurts Somebody Somebody Ot of H course the thc conference doesn't want this to happen V not likely to happen a a. friend of mine told me me rae Friday Perhaps not V but the conference wasn't anticipating anything like a a. triple tie for tor the championship this year There are two exits Either divide the conference so that all six of ot the larger schools schools' would have to meet each other or require each team to have at least two games with Big Six teams before they can figure In the championship race Finally we must conclude that if something isn't done to remedy the matter Its It's risky business t to bank your championship hopes on a six game schedule as Utah did this year The he Utes were looking to a couple of important V games outside the conference These games meant a chance chanco for or prestige and good finan finati financial cial guarantees Eastern division schools can go from one campus to another in an afternoons afternoon's time at little expense Utah faces laces a long and costly trip the moment It goes outside the state to play so naturally the more lucrative receipts of a coast coat game mean maan a lot more than the bare guarantee a game at nt Greeley Colorado Sp Springs gs or Fort Collins would draw V I V Still If the conference doesn't acquiesce in the matter Utah win will ill be smart to book a home game here with one of the smaller schools like C. C C. C Western State or Teachers on a Saturday that would normally be an open date Even such a setup would draw enough taxis tans to pay the freight and the comparatively easy victory would protect the Utes against possible upset somewhere along the I line V V And nd believe me the Colorado schools hoo would s see e my ray point then |
