E G L I N A F B I N T E R O F F I C E M E M O R A N D U M Date: 18-Jan-1991 13:48 CDT From: 1LT RICO E. VITALE VITALE Dept: ASD/WL/MNAA Tel No: 904 882 4085 TO: _MAILER! ( _DDN[[log in to unmask]] ) Subject: Playoff Questions A couple of questions regarding the play-off systems employed by conferences and NCAA: 1. Who came up with the two game, total goals concept for a play-off series? This has always struck me as possibly the most poorly devised of all the alternatives. Either make it a best of three or a single game. The ECAC play-off system (two games with a ten-minute mini-game if it's a split) seems a somewhat happy compromise. 2. I can understand how each conference could have different systems, coming to different solutions to the same problem, but why, once the NCAA tournament has begun, do they change the format? Thanks in advance for your responses. Lt Rico Vitale Clarkson '88 Let's Go TECH! PS I agree with the Red Barber comments.