(12-07-2013 03:11 PM)westmc9th Wrote: A move back to 9 games may also be back in the cards. Pods that are differently numbered is also a possibility, I don't understand how that would work.
I proposed this once before, but here is how it would work:
You have fours groups, 2 of 4 teams, 2 of three teams. The groups of 4 are always in opposite divisions, as are the groups of 3. The groups of 3 switch every other year so that the divisions aren't static. Every crossover game in a year is against the teams in the group you are never with for a division.
Pods
Coast____ Mid-Atlantic
Wake____ Pittsburgh
Duke_____Syracuse
UNC_____ UVA
NC St____ Virginia Tech
The below switch spots every year or two years, whichever works
West_____ East
Louisville__ Boston College
Ga Tech___ Clemson
Miami_____ Florida St
If playing with 8 conference games
- *Coast and Mid-Atlantic
Play each team in your pod every year, and play the three teams assigned that year from the rotating pod. Play two teams cross division one year, then play the other two teams the next year. The exception being UNC and UVA, who will play each other every season.
* East and West
Play each team in your pod every year, and the four teams from the pod (coast/MidAtl) you play in rotation. Play two games cross division each year. Can either be play the three teams two out of every three years, or play one selected team every year and the other two teams every other year.
To use an example from each set of pods, in this scenario, North Carolina would play NC State, Duke, Wake and Virginia every year, Syracuse, Pitt, and Virginia Tech one out of every three years, and every other school in the conference every other year. Florida State, as a rotating team, would play Clemson, Boston College, and Miami every year, and every other school every other year, or Clemson and BC every year, Louisville, Miami, and Ga Tech two out of every three years, and every other school every other year.
If playing with 9 conference games
- *Coast and Mid-Atlantic
Play each team in your pod every year, and play the three teams assigned that year from the rotating pod. Play three games cross division each year, playing one pre-selected team each every season, and playing the other two teams two out of every three years.
* East and West
Play each team in your pod every year, and the four teams from the pod (coast/MidAtl) you play in rotation Play all three cross division teams each year.
To use an example from each set of pods, in this scenario, North Carolina would play NC State, Duke, Wake, and Virginia every year, , Virginia Tech, Syracuse, and Pitt two out of every three years, and the other schools every other year. Florida State would play Clemson, Boston College, Miami, Georgia Tech, and Louisville every year, and every other school every other year.
To me, these options work the best. It was written up initially for a nine game conference schedule, so if made into an 8 game schedule, I'd probably switch Louisville and Boston College - with a 9 game schedule, the makeup of the east and west is irrelevant since all six will play each other every season, so I went for balance. with an 8 game schedule it does matter for rivalry reasons and I think Boston, Atlanta, and Miami seem to fit together better - but otherwise it preserves all rivalries, has everyone play everyone at least every other season, and pits many teams against their closest rivals every season..
If the goal is to separate Clemson and FSU then switch Clemson and Ga Tech or FSU and Miami.
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Divisional realignment coming? Don't shoot the messenger !!
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