OK STATE WAS ROBBED!!!!

Can you account for your whereabouts on 1/6/21?

I don't think your method or the NCAA's method results in a differet winner.

That would only encourage teams with weak 6th/7th men to not run them which doesn't seem like a good idea to me.

I understand that, but what's the downside to running a 6th and 7th runner under the present rules? Seems like there should be some risk factor to it.

In high school, if this were to happen they would score runners 1-4. The idea is to include as many runners in the scoring as possible.

Have each top 5 runner submit a picture of their significant other or person they were last with intimately. Race official rates each person on looks using 1-10 scale. Top score wins. If runner does not have a significant other or has not been with anyone sexually, then they have 5 minutes to try to get with the race official if the race official is willing; otherwise, they just get 1 point. If the score is still tied, then have the coach submit a pic. This may also help crack down on inappropriate coach-athlete relationships.

We could also have the teams list out excuses for why they didn’t run faster for the outright win. The team with the most legitimate excuses wins. For example, one runner was stung by a bee before the race. Another runner is going through mental health issues. A third runner ate too closely before the race, etc.

Isn't the way it was done today essentially a dual meet eliminating all of the other results?

The risk of not running a 6 and 7 is if one of your top 5 bombs, you've got no one there to step up.

Tie break should be average time 1-5

I like the 7-person team concept. What's great about XC to me is that it has created a true team sport almost entirely through the scoring system. The performance of #1 is usually less important than the performance of #5, and 6/7, are sometimes unimportant -- but potentially decisive.

Defaulting to dual meet scoring is a nice idea that preserves spirit of that near-perfect scoring system.

So stupid. That’s the importance of the 6th and 7th man. I wonder why they changed that way of scoring. Does anyone know when that was changed?

OU whipped that ass last night!

Yes, OSU went home devastated in xc and football yesterday.

It was changed because not all teams can enter six runners.

Don't like dimishing the role of the 6th runner.

I love watching you silly Americans quibble over your rules that make absolutely no sense. Everyone knows that only the top 3 score in cross country. So therefore the team called “NAU” properly beat the team called “OSU”.

Runners 1 thru 5 ended in a tie.

Go to the 6th runner

This is a big part of it, but it's important to remember too, that your 6th and 7th runners can also displace your competitions scoring finishers.