The Eastern Conference
Rutgers
Syracuse
Boston College
Pitt
WVU
Penn State
Maryland
UConn
Louisville
Cincinnati

Would be a terrific conference.

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http://www.suathletics.com/sports/2001/8/8/history.aspx
http://www.suathletics.com/sports/2001/8...tory2.aspx

Why let facts get in the way of your own personal fiction...

SEC:
North: Kentucky, Louisville, N.C. State, Virginia Tech, W. Virginia

East: Auburn, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Vanderbilt

South: Alabama, Clemson, F.S.U., Mississippi State, Tennessee

West: Arkansas, L.S.U., Mississippi, Missouri, Texas A&M


Big 10:
Coastal: Georgia Tech, North Carolina, Maryland, Miami, Virginia

East Lakes: Indiana, Ohio State, Penn State, Purdue, Rutgers

West Lakes: Illinois, Michigan, Michigan St., Northwestern, Wisconsin

Plains: Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Nebraska, Oklahoma


PAC:
South: Arizona, Arizona State, Colorado, New Mexico, Texas Tech

Coastal: Cal, U.C.L.A., U.S.C. Stanford, Nevada

North: Oregon, Oregon State, Utah, Washington, Washington St.

Plains: Cincinnati, Iowa State, Kansas State, Oklahoma St, Texas


American Scheduling Association of Independent Private Schools:

Northeast: Boston College, Pittsburgh, Notre Dame, Syracuse

Southeast: Army, Duke, Navy, Wake Forest

Southwest: Rice, Southern Methodist, Texas Christian, Tulane

West: Air Force, Baylor, Brigham Young, Tulsa

Champions of each have an automatic bid to the Playoffs.

4 at large playoff spots will be given on merit for a total of 8 teams in the National Championship Series.

My ideal conference:

Virginia Tech
Virginia
North Carolina
North Carolina State
West Virginia
Maryland
Pittsburgh
Penn State
Rutgers

This is a geographically compact conference of nine Mid-Atlantic schools all within reasonable driving distance of one another. A good mix of "basketball-centric" and "football-centric" schools with some potentially super rivalries. All are major state universities with either a tradition of great football or the potential for great FB. Nine schools ONLY allows four home FB games and four away. In basketball, all play each other twice with the BB tournament in Philadelphia. That's my idea of the PERFECT conference.

(03-11-2013 07:37 PM)brista21 Wrote:  The Eastern Conference
Rutgers
Syracuse
Boston College
Pitt
WVU
Penn State
Maryland
UConn
Louisville
Cincinnati

Would be a terrific conference.

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How about a mix of a bunch of former Eastern Indys, Original Big East, and Lousiville (who seems to have earned a spot at the table):

Rutgers
Syracuse
Boston College
Pitt
Penn State
WVU
Louisville
Virginia Tech
East Carolina
USC (Gamecocks)
Florida State
Miami

My ideal Big West:

San Diego State
UC Santa Barbara
UNLV
UC Davis
UC Irvine
Utah State
Cal Poly
Long Beach State
Hawaii
Cal State Fullerton
Pacific
Denver


Probably a three bid league at least.

(03-11-2013 02:32 PM)TerryD Wrote:  

(03-11-2013 01:14 PM)domer1978 Wrote:  My ideal is no conferences.

Lol, agreed. But you won't find anyone but ND fans like us that think that way.

I wish that all schools were independent in all sports.

I say that knowing that ND's basketball fortunes were waning under the later Digger Phelps and the John McCleod years as an independent and that the Big East helped reverse that trend.

I still liked ND basketball better in the Seventies when it was independent.

Nope I agree with you. I miss ECU's independent days. I wish it was a viable option for ECU to be independent again.

(03-11-2013 07:52 PM)JRsec Wrote:  SEC:
North: Kentucky, Louisville, N.C. State, Virginia Tech, W. Virginia

East: Auburn, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Vanderbilt

South: Alabama, Clemson, F.S.U., Mississippi State, Tennessee

West: Arkansas, L.S.U., Mississippi, Missouri, Texas A&M


Big 10:
Coastal: Georgia Tech, North Carolina, Maryland, Miami, Virginia

East Lakes: Indiana, Ohio State, Penn State, Purdue, Rutgers

West Lakes: Illinois, Michigan, Michigan St., Northwestern, Wisconsin

Plains: Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Nebraska, Oklahoma


PAC:
South: Arizona, Arizona State, Colorado, New Mexico, Texas Tech

Coastal: Cal, U.C.L.A., U.S.C. Stanford, Nevada

North: Oregon, Oregon State, Utah, Washington, Washington St.

Plains: Cincinnati, Iowa State, Kansas State, Oklahoma St, Texas


American Scheduling Association of Independent Private Schools:

Northeast: Boston College, Pittsburgh, Notre Dame, Syracuse

Southeast: Army, Duke, Navy, Wake Forest

Southwest: Rice, Southern Methodist, Texas Christian, Tulane

West: Air Force, Baylor, Brigham Young, Tulsa

Champions of each have an automatic bid to the Playoffs.

4 at large playoff spots will be given on merit for a total of 8 teams in the National Championship Series.

I will let Pitt slide since they used to be private but how are Army, Navy, and Air Force private? Unless it is a rank joke but then it does not work with Navy for instance so...

(03-12-2013 01:24 AM)Sultan of Euphonistan Wrote:  

(03-11-2013 07:52 PM)JRsec Wrote:  SEC:
North: Kentucky, Louisville, N.C. State, Virginia Tech, W. Virginia

East: Auburn, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Vanderbilt

South: Alabama, Clemson, F.S.U., Mississippi State, Tennessee

West: Arkansas, L.S.U., Mississippi, Missouri, Texas A&M


Big 10:
Coastal: Georgia Tech, North Carolina, Maryland, Miami, Virginia

East Lakes: Indiana, Ohio State, Penn State, Purdue, Rutgers

West Lakes: Illinois, Michigan, Michigan St., Northwestern, Wisconsin

Plains: Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Nebraska, Oklahoma


PAC:
South: Arizona, Arizona State, Colorado, New Mexico, Texas Tech

Coastal: Cal, U.C.L.A., U.S.C. Stanford, Nevada

North: Oregon, Oregon State, Utah, Washington, Washington St.

Plains: Cincinnati, Iowa State, Kansas State, Oklahoma St, Texas


American Scheduling Association of Independent Private Schools:

Northeast: Boston College, Pittsburgh, Notre Dame, Syracuse

Southeast: Army, Duke, Navy, Wake Forest

Southwest: Rice, Southern Methodist, Texas Christian, Tulane

West: Air Force, Baylor, Brigham Young, Tulsa

Champions of each have an automatic bid to the Playoffs.

4 at large playoff spots will be given on merit for a total of 8 teams in the National Championship Series.

I will let Pitt slide since they used to be private but how are Army, Navy, and Air Force private? Unless it is a rank joke but then it does not work with Navy for instance so...

While military academies are government backed schools, they are hardly open to the public. They have always essentially functioned as a small private liberal arts and sciences (martial arts too) schools. Besides the idea here was to demonstrate how even if the Big 10, SEC, and PAC exclude these schools that with the right mix (Notre Dame, Baylor, Duke, Syracuse, etc.) a functioning scheduling alliance can be created among the smaller private schools that are excluded from the discussion among the large conferences who are looking for numbers in viewers more than at academics, tradition, history in the sport, and contributions to the arts. Obviously Northwestern, Vanderbilt, and Stanford among a few others could have been included, but then they are grandfathered in. Miami is private as well.

Besides this was a fantasy exercise.

My Ideal conference:
Michigan State
Michigan
Ohio State
Indiana
Illinois
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Purdue
Iowa

If 12 add,
Nebraska
Penn State

If 14 add,
Kansas
Mizzou

If 16 add,
Pitt
Cincy

Alternates,
Rutgers
Maryland
Virginia
Syracuse.

East Central Conference

Miami
Cincinnati
Louisville
Memphis
Akron
Ohio
Marshall
Pitt
Temple

(03-12-2013 08:47 AM)Love and Honor Wrote:  East Central Conference

Miami
Cincinnati
Louisville
Memphis
Akron
Ohio
Marshall
Pitt
Temple

Why Akron instead of, say Toledo?

(03-12-2013 09:09 AM)DexterDevil Wrote:  

(03-12-2013 08:47 AM)Love and Honor Wrote:  East Central Conference

Miami
Cincinnati
Louisville
Memphis
Akron
Ohio
Marshall
Pitt
Temple

Why Akron instead of, say Toledo?

They're pretty interchangeable, I just chose Akron mostly because of the basketball, partially because of their new stadium and successful soccer program. Buffalo or UMass could also be down the list as potential members, though in a perfect world, we could have Penn State, WVU, and Kentucky join.

(03-12-2013 12:28 PM)Love and Honor Wrote:  

(03-12-2013 09:09 AM)DexterDevil Wrote:  Why Akron instead of, say Toledo?

They're pretty interchangeable, I just chose Akron mostly because of the basketball, partially because of their new stadium and successful soccer program. Buffalo or UMass could also be down the list as potential members, though in a perfect world, we could have Penn State, WVU, and Kentucky join.

Interesting that you mention Akron's soccer success among the reasons why you would choose them, especially since Miami doesn't have a men's team.