One easy and surprisingly pretty accurate way to predict scores is to ignore seed. Just allow 15 pts per A finalist and 5 pts per B finalist. That gives CAL 130 and TX 105. This estimated 25 pts is really close to your 27 and requires a lot less thought. Before the meet I had personally estimated that CAL could make up about a 30 point d…
One easy and surprisingly pretty accurate way to predict scores is to ignore seed. Just allow 15 pts per A finalist and 5 pts per B finalist. That gives CAL 130 and TX 105. This estimated 25 pts is really close to your 27 and requires a lot less thought. Before the meet I had personally estimated that CAL could make up about a 30 point difference on the last day. Those two quick and easy guesses exactly bracket the 27. In any case, since CAL is ahead, I figure that's going to translate into a win... assuming no DQ's.
As a former track student athlete, I can say that winning matters and the score really doesn't. I happened to have an odd specialty, the 4x400 relay, which is traditionally the last event. Of course everyone wants to win their event, but if the team just squeeks out a victory thanks to the last event then that's just as good as a romp.
One easy and surprisingly pretty accurate way to predict scores is to ignore seed. Just allow 15 pts per A finalist and 5 pts per B finalist. That gives CAL 130 and TX 105. This estimated 25 pts is really close to your 27 and requires a lot less thought. Before the meet I had personally estimated that CAL could make up about a 30 point difference on the last day. Those two quick and easy guesses exactly bracket the 27. In any case, since CAL is ahead, I figure that's going to translate into a win... assuming no DQ's.
As a former track student athlete, I can say that winning matters and the score really doesn't. I happened to have an odd specialty, the 4x400 relay, which is traditionally the last event. Of course everyone wants to win their event, but if the team just squeeks out a victory thanks to the last event then that's just as good as a romp.