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Mountaineers need help to reach BCS  - Sports - The Charleston Gazette - West Virginia News and Sports -

A great breakdown of the scenarios for the Big East Championship and the BCS Bowl berth.

Basically this is what needs to happen:

  • Louisville must lose its only remaining game, Friday at South Florida, OR
  • If Louisville wins, then Cincinnati must also win out at Syracuse this week and at home against Connecticut Dec. 3.

    • The reason is that Louisville holds the head-to-head tie-breaker over WVU. If Cincinnati loses, it would create either a two-way tie between WVU and Louisville or a three-way tie between WVU, Louisville and Rutgers. The Mountaineers lose either of those (head-to-head against Louisville and in a mini-conference with Louisville and Rutgers because the Cardinals are 2-0).

    However, if Cincinnati is involved in the tie, it would be either a three-way tie among WVU, Louisville and Cincinnati or a four-way tie among those three and Rutgers. In the former, all three teams would be 1-1 in a mini-conference. In the latter, WVU and Louisville would be 2-1 and the other two 1-2.

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