XLance
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RE: The Last Train to Clarksville
(11-26-2021 01:12 PM)clpp01 Wrote: (11-26-2021 06:33 AM)XLance Wrote: (11-24-2021 03:48 PM)JRsec Wrote: (11-24-2021 10:36 AM)Fighting Muskie Wrote: (11-24-2021 06:28 AM)XLance Wrote: Geography Plan
(15, 18, 18, 18)
SEC
Oklahoma State, Oklahoma, Texas, Texas A&M, Arkansas
LSU, Ole Miss, Mississippi State, Alabama, Vanderbilt
Kentucky, Tennessee, Auburn, Georgia, Florida
PAC
Washington, WSU, Oregon, OSU, BYU, Utah
Cal, Stanford, UCLA, USC, Arizona, ASU
Colorado, Houston, Baylor, TCU, TT, KSU
B1G
Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, Minnesota, Iowa, Iowa State
Illinois, Northwestern, Wisconsin, Purdue, Notre Dame, Michigan
Michigan State, Ohio State, Indiana, Penn State, Maryland, Rutgers
ACC
BC, Syracuse, Pitt, West Virginia, Cincinnati, Louisville
UVa, Carolina, Duke, Georgia Tech, Virginia Tech, UCF
Wake Forest, NC State, Clemson, South Carolina, FSU, Miami
Not bad. The ACC and PAC 12 could probably get away with just 15 though.
This is not how the money works in reality. The B1G and SEC would expand differently and the ACC is financially the weakest on the East Coast.
Here are the pre-conditions:
1. There is a breakaway and hoops are monetized more profitably.
2. We move into 4 conferences with a 4 team champs only playoff for the CFP.
3. Conferences hold semis with 3 divisional champs and the best at large. So the PAC's motivation to expand is a larger market and semifinal money.
B1G:
Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Nebraska, Northwestern, Wisconsin
Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Michigan State, Ohio State, Purdue
Maryland, Notre Dame, Penn State, Pittsburgh, Rutgers, Virginia
SEC:
Arkansas, Louisiana State, Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas, Texas A&M
Alabama, Auburn, Mississippi, Mississippi State, Tennessee, Vanderbilt
Duke, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina
PAC 12:
California, Oregon, Oregon State, Stanford, Washington, Washington State
Arizona, Arizona State, Cal Los Angeles, Colorado, Southern Cal, Utah
Brigham Young, Iowa State, Kansas State, Oklahoma State, T.C.U., Texas Tech
ACC:
Boston College, Cincinnati, Louisville, Syracuse, Virginia Tech, West Virginia
Clemson, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Memphis, N.C. State, Wake Forest
Baylor, Central Florida, Houston, Miami, South Florida, Tulane
So, if I read you correctly:
*There are 72 teams at the P level
*16 teams would make the playoffs
*within the conference playoff structure there would be an opening round (two games, played by the three division champs in each conference plus the highest rated/best record non-champion).
*the winners would then play for the "conference championship"
*the conference champions then advance to the 4 team playoff
Would all other sports championships be handled in the same way?
I think we would have to go more "regional" with less movement.
I appreciate the compliment of wanting Duke and Carolina in the SEC, JR, but I just don't ever see that happening.
ACC adds 4 to get to 18: Cincinnati, West Virginia, UCF, USF
SEC adds 2 to get to 18: Tulane and Oklahoma State
B1G adds 4 to get to 18: Notre Dame, Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State
PAC adds 6 to get to 18: Boise State, BYU, Texas Tech, TCU, Baylor, Houston
PAC
Houston, Baylor, Texas Tech, TCU, Colorado, BYU
Utah, Boise, Washington, WSU, Oregon, OSU
Cal, Stanford, UCLA, USC, Arizona, Arizona State
The P12 would reach down and pull up other UC schools before they would add Baylor, Boise or BYU.
The PAC could easily substitute SMU for Baylor (Baylor could replace Tulane in the SEC) and replace Boise State with San Diego State, but since BYU is already "in" and geography demands that they be placed in the PAC. Like it or not, your stuck with BYU.
The PAC could then become:
Houston, SMU, Texas Tech, TCU, Colorado, Arizona State
Washington, Washington State, Oregon, Oregon State, Utah, BYU
Cal, Stanford, UCLA, USC, San Diego State, Arizona
SEC
Baylor, Arkansas, Oklahoma, OSU, Texas, Texas A&M
LSU, Mizzou, Ole Miss, MSU, Alabama, Vanderbilt
Ky, Tenn, Georgia, little Carolina, Auburn, Florida
ACC
BC, Syracuse, Pitt, West Virginia, Cincinnati, Louisville
UVa, Carolina, Duke, GT, UCF, Miami
VT, NC State, Wake Forest, Clemson, FSU, USF
B1G
Kansas, KSU, Iowa, ISU, Nebraska, Minnesota
Wisconsin, Northwestern, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio State
Notre Dame, Purdue, Michigan State, PSU, Maryland, Rutgers
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