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REvans284

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Hmmm. Sunday's Format.
« on: December 05, 2007, 01:45:15 PM »
It seems as though this sunday will have a different format and will be tape delayed and aired from 8-10PM on Sunday Evening.

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 The final round will feature eight bowlers, the first time a Denny’s PBA Tour championship round has featured as many as eight bowlers – other than Japan Cup competition – since the 2000 season when most events featured eight bowlers.

Bowlers 5-8 will all four bowl in a "bowl-through" elimination match and the highest scorer will advance to take on the #4 seed.  It then reverts back to the normal stepladder format.  But its kind of cool because we get to see 3 more faces, and bowlers 6-8 get an extra chance at making it to the top.  I cant wait until sunday!

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Edited on 12/5/2007 11:52 PM
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Re: Hmmm. Sunday's Format.
« Reply #1 on: December 05, 2007, 09:47:47 PM »
Not the first time in history.  That format was experimented with on CBS in the late 90's.
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DON DRAPER

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Re: Hmmm. Sunday's Format.
« Reply #2 on: December 05, 2007, 09:57:29 PM »
actually, when cbs was covering the pba telecasts in 1998 and 1999 there were four players who made it to the show-----three players bowled against each other in the "shootout round" with the winner advancing to the title match against the tournament leader. there was a time in the early 2000's when there were 8 players on the telecasts that were sponsored by espn.
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REvans284

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Re: Hmmm. Sunday's Format.
« Reply #3 on: December 05, 2007, 10:48:50 PM »
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actually, when cbs was covering the pba telecasts in 1998 and 1999 there were four players who made it to the show-----three players bowled against each other in the "shootout round" with the winner advancing to the title match against the tournament leader. there was a time in the early 2000's when there were 8 players on the telecasts that were sponsored by espn.


I shouldn't have said in history, I mean under the new Owner of the PBA and since it was revamped and responsored.  Anyway, here is where I got the info at.

"The final round will feature eight bowlers, the first time a Denny’s PBA Tour championship round has featured as many as eight bowlers – other than Japan Cup competition – since the 2000 season when most events featured eight bowlers. "

http://www.pba.com/news/feature.asp?ID=595&Type=0

Later,

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shelley

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Re: Hmmm. Sunday's Format.
« Reply #4 on: December 06, 2007, 09:51:41 AM »
The Japan Cup used a larger 8-man stepladder, I think, until this year.  There are a few shows from the very late '90s and early 2000s that had eight people.  6-7-8 bowl, winner advances to meet 4-5.  Those three bowl, winner advances to a regular stepladder.  I think ESPN Classic has run a few of those.

The shows I liked were the Dick Webers from the mid-90s.  Four guys, three games of round-robin match play.  Top two advance to the finals.  Even with two games going on at once (three times), it didn't take too long.  There was a Duke-Kent-WRW-Ozio show in '95 or '96 that was great.  Ozio was on fire.  I'd like to see them bring that format back for the DW now that they have a few tournaments that already feature the 5-man stepladder.

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