If both teams are tied then the tie breaker is winning percentage

General — June 19, 2010 at 19:09

If both teams are tied, then the tie breaker is winning percentage. If two teams are tied, which Bama and Florida may be, it becomes a shared title.The next question falls into where they are seeded in the SEC tournament, scheduled to be played in Baton Rouge in May. I bring that up because it’s Florida that holds the best SEC record right now, and they still have one of their toughest series on the horizon.Barring an Alabama loss, which I don’t see happening, Alabama fans might find themselves in an unusual position rooting for Tennessee when the Vols face the Gators in a three-game series to conclude the season.One loss for the Gators would put Alabama and Florida sitting together on top of the SEC.Breaking that down a little further…Regular season champions in SEC Softball are determined by the win/loss record. The ladies have lost two SEC games this season, one of them to Florida. After Sunday’s game, the Alabama ladies have shut out five consecutive SEC teams dating back to last week’s two-game series against Arkansas.The team sits comfortably as the crowned SEC West Champions. Something any sports fan can appreciate, something those that follow these particular teams closely will remember for ages.“To have four straight shutouts versus SEC teams is unheard of.”That was a quote from Patrick Murphy following Saturday’s action, when the Tide not only shut out the South Carolina Gamecocks softball team, but both games were called under the mercy rule.Now, I have to wonder what he’s thinking. It was a weekend of firsts.

For a graphic on Taiwan’s recent export order trend, click here LINKS: For table of orders……………[ID:nTP352752] For analyst comments on export orders…………[ID:nTP253877] For stories on global crisis affects Asia……..[ID:nSP457970] For a graphic on Taiwan export orders and exports from China andSouth Korea, see: here (Editing by Kim Coghill) Stocks Global Markets China South Korea. “You can be optimistic that the first quarter figures give ussome idea as to how bad the downturn is going to be, but if we’retalking about any possible recovery, that’s possibly a story for2010 or even 2011,” said economist Joseph Lau at Credit Suisse. The island’s orders typically offer some hints to whereAsia’s exports are headed in coming weeks, although its heavyreliance on the cyclical tech sector has made Taiwan even morevulnerable to the global downturn than its neighbours such asSouth Korea, which has a more diversified economy. Taiwan’s export orders have been slumping since October asrecession-hit consumers and companies in key export markets likethe United States and Europe cut back on their discretionaryspending. March industrial output fell 26.03 percent from a yearearlier, its seventh straight month of declines, but the rate ofdecline was not as severe as the 31.9 percent analysts hadexpected, and was an improvement from the 27.23 percent drop inFebruary.

AU supplies top brands such as Dell Inc (DELL.O),Hewlett-Packard Co (HPQ.N) and Sony Corp (6758.T), Industrial output data, which was released at the same timeas the export orders report, also provided some encouragingsigns, though the road to recovery is likely to be a long one. Taiwan’s AU Optronics (2409.TW), the world’s No.3 maker ofLCD panels used in flat-screen TVs, on Thursday raised itscapital expenditure forecast by up to 20 percent, igniting hopesthat the worst of the tech downturn could be over. Electronics orders fell 16.6 percent, moderating fromFebruary. We recently raised our forecast for Taiwan’s Q2 GDP to a6 percent fall from the previous 8 percent slide.” March export orders from China and Hong Kong, Taiwan’s biggestmarket, fell 29.38 percent from year-ago levels, while ordersfrom the United States, the island’s No.2 market, fell 23.43percent Orders from the EU fell 22.9 percent.

buyers re-stock theirinventories ahead of the peak (shopping) season in the fourthquarter. “We are expecting the slide of export orders to continue tonarrow in the second quarter, as U.S. and European markets,” said analyst Anita Hsuat Masterlink Securities. Soliddemand from China helped, but it was mainly due to strongerdemand in the U.S. But the drop was not as bad as the 27.5 percent decline thatanalysts polled by Reuters had expected “The order figure far exceeded market expectations.

Taiwan’s March export orders, seen as a key barometer ofglobal demand for tech products, fell to $23.94 billion from$31.62 billion a year ago, government data showed on Thursday. A global recovery hinges largely on when the world’sconsumers will begin spending again. The decline was also less than a 33 percent drop in the firsttwo months of the year, in another tentative sign that the ailingworld economy may be slowly turning around. (Adds details on orders from key markets, analyst quotes) Stocks  |  Global Markets  |  China  |  South Korea By Jeanny Kao TAIPEI, April 23 (Reuters) – Taiwan’s export orders fell24.29 percent in March, their sixth straight month of declines,but the drop was not as severe as analysts expected, suggesting adeep slump in global consumer demand may be moderating. Andre Smith and Antoine Caldwell were among the first added for the award celebrating the lineman of the year: Outland Trophy.Caldwell garnered even more attention when it was named to the Rimington watch list which is awarded to the top center.Now, Rashad Johnson joins those two with his nomination to the Bronko Nagurski Trophy Watch List which is awarded to the top defensive player in college football.The College Football Writers Association selects these names and votes on who wins the award at the conclusion of the regular season.. If you guys recall, we?ve had 3 players so far added to the early season watch list for national player of the year.