I can't believe you didn't TIE against me. You would have beaten me anyway.
I wanted to TIE. But I know my schedule in the back half of the season is unpleasant and I don't think I can catch back up as easily as I did last season when the schedule broke perfectly. I doubt I'd have won with a TIE if you went with the normal, so given where we're at in the season I felt like I had to go with the normal to try to steal a road win.
Of course, I'm usually almost always open to an mTIE if you decide that's preferable.