[EricH]

Originally Posted by Qbot2640

I've read this whole thread, and may have missed someone else suggesting this - but wouldn't a better way to include everyone have just been to use six alliances of three, rather than four of four. Give alliance one and two a quarterfinal bye, then proceed like a full elimination.

I believe someone called an audible on that one. Normal conditions would have been to do just that (especially looking at the posted rules).

Of course, normal methodology at Fall Classic is that the QFs are single-elimination, so it's 3/6 and 4/5, then 1 and 2 face the winners in typical fashion.