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abox03

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Just some idle thoughts here...but when all is said and done...I think this is most likely how the dominoes will fall. I feel there are some shaky pics and I have bolded those. Give me yours thoughts!

Big Ten

East

Syracuse

Rutgers

Penn State

Ohio State

Michigan State

Notre Dame

Purdue

Northwestern

West

Michigan

Indiana

Iowa

Wisconsin

Minnesota

Nebraska

Illinois

Missouri

Pac Ten

West

Washington

Wash St

Oregon

Oregon St

USC

UCLA

Stanford

California

East

Arizona

Arizona State

Colorado

Oklahoma

Texas

Texas Tech

Oklahoma St

Baylor

SEC

East

Florida

Georgia

Tennessee

Kentucky

South Carolina

Vanderbilt

West Virginia

Louisville

West

Alabama

LSU

Mississippi

Arkansas

Auburn

Mississippi St

Texas A &M

Pittsburgh

ACC

Atlantic

Clemson

Boston College

Florida St

Wake Forest

NC State

Maryland

Cincinnati

East Carolina

Coastal

Georgia Tech

Virginia Tech

Miami

North Carolina

Duke

Virginia

South Florida

Connecticut

Mountain West

North

Air Force

Wyoming

Boise State

Colorado St

Iowa State

Kansas St

Nevada

Kansas

South

TCU

UNLV

BYU

Utah

SD State

New Mexico

Hawaii

Fresno State

 
Splitting up Ohio State and Michigan? Also, I thought it has pretty much been said that the Big 10 doesn't want Missouri...

 
I pretty much agree but I would like to see Kansas added to the Big 10 or possibly the ACC. Kansas has a ton of BB cred and deserves to be recognized for that. I would also like to see Turner Gill get a better shake.

T_O_B

:)

 
Ah and the rest....

5 major conferences....

There would be a National tournament of 8 teams that would be decided as follows:

1. Each of the 5 league champions automatically get a bid.

2. A formula like or similar to the BCS will be used for seeding those teams 1-5 in order of their ranking in the formula.

3. The next three highest teams in the formula that are not champions of their conference are then invited and seeded 6-8.

First round. A two day event at the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans, LA

1 vs 8 Game 1

2 vs 7 Game 3

3 vs 6 Game 2

4 vs 5 Game 4

Final Four. Next weekend in Tempe, Arizona @ Fiesta Bowl.

1/8 vs 4/5 Game 1

2/7 vs 3/6 Game 2

Championship.

Rose Bowl Game, Pasadena, California.

 
In regards to splitting OSU and UM...

I think the B10's problems is that as it stands the weight of the conference is the east. If we add ND...it more so puts pressure on the east....you cant have PSU, OSU, UM, ND, MSU in one division...ouch...i think if you split OSU and UM and still have them play each year (you have to play at least 2 teams in the other division) it would be ok.

 
M I K E said:
Splitting up Ohio State and Michigan? Also, I thought it has pretty much been said that the Big 10 doesn't want Missouri...
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There was some talk that way they would meet every year in the conference championship game.

 
Or move OSU to the west division....but putting PSU and OSU and UM in the same division doesn't help the conference IMO.

 
abox03 said:
Ah and the rest....

5 major conferences....

There would be a National tournament of 8 teams that would be decided as follows:

1. Each of the 5 league champions automatically get a bid.

2. A formula like or similar to the BCS will be used for seeding those teams 1-5 in order of their ranking in the formula.

3. The next three highest teams in the formula that are not champions of their conference are then invited and seeded 6-8.

First round. A two day event at the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans, LA

1 vs 8 Game 1

2 vs 7 Game 3

3 vs 6 Game 2

4 vs 5 Game 4

Final Four. Next weekend in Tempe, Arizona @ Fiesta Bowl.

1/8 vs 4/5 Game 1

2/7 vs 3/6 Game 2

Championship.

Rose Bowl Game, Pasadena, California.
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Sounds feasible but I can't beleve than the Bowls will go for ir and right now thats where the money is. There are some things that are bese, BEST left alone and the end of the college football season was one of them.

T_O_B

 
Highly doubt Pac-10 takes Baylor. For the same reasons they've declined to take BYU in the past. They're religious-based institutions.

 
abox03 said:
In regards to splitting OSU and UM...

I think the B10's problems is that as it stands the weight of the conference is the east. If we add ND...it more so puts pressure on the east....you cant have PSU, OSU, UM, ND, MSU in one division...ouch...i think if you split OSU and UM and still have them play each year (you have to play at least 2 teams in the other division) it would be ok.
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When they formed the Big 12 this is what happened to Neb/Ok, how did that turn out.

T_O_B

 
no chance OSU and Michigan are split up. also unlikely Michigan and Michigan State are split up. Northwestern is further west than Indiana, so that wouldn't make much sense either. anyways i like the idea of 4 groups of 4 teams in the Big Ten. then there is a 4 team 'miniature playoff' for the conference title.

 
Possibly....but look at what MOST LIKELY would have been the result of this format this year..

1. Alabama (SEC Champ)

2. Texas (Going to give them the nod over Oregon in the "New" Pac 10)

3. Boise State (the new Mtn West Champs over TCU)

4. Ohio State (Big Ten Champ)

5. Georgia Tech (the new ACC champ over Cincinnati)

6. Cincinnati

7. TCU

8. Florida

So on Saturday in NOLA you would have:

Alabama v Florida remach

Boise State v Cincinnati

On Sunday you would have:

Texas v TCU

Ohio State v GA Tech

...hard to imagine because the teams would ahve different conf affiliations than last season, but that might draw some good crowds.

At Tempe, you would have two games:

Alabama v Ohio State

Boise State v Texas

and in Pasadena,

Bama v Texas....

I think the TV ratings would be huge...my opinion.

 
blackshirts5115 said:
no chance OSU and Michigan are split up. also unlikely Michigan and Michigan State are split up. Northwestern is further west than Indiana, so that wouldn't make much sense either. anyways i like the idea of 4 groups of 4 teams in the Big Ten. then there is a 4 team 'miniature playoff' for the conference title.
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From the Big Ten Blog write on ESPN.

"Division alignment: The Big Ten also must figure out divisions in the coming months. Delany listed three main criteria for sorting them out: competitive fairness, maintenance of rivalries and geography. He stressed that competitive fairness is the No. 1 priority, which I believe to be the correct approach. Geography shouldn't determine divisions. You don't want another Big 12 South scenario. "

Not saying they will split OSU/UM but what other options? Sending PSU to the "west" doesn't make sense but perhaps that is the only option. Personally I don't see why they can't be in separate divisions and still play yearly. If its 12 or 16 teams you still only play 5 or 7 division games which leaves at least 2 (as many as 5) out of division conference games where UM and OSU can still play.

 
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