The Perfect Conference
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Army_Allen
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How are people NOT having Miami on their lists? Same with the people who don't have Oklahoma. For shame....
RockyMountainOySker
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Old Big 8 + some good new regional foes like Wisco, Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota, MSU and Michigan.
Whistlebritches
Special Teams Player
This is a solid idea, I like it.
My first instinct was 12 but I really like the idea of a 10 team conference where you get to play every team, every season.
Abdullah the Butcher
Banned
Why are people voting Iowa??? Screw those guys.
knapplc
International Man of Mystery
I went with 16 teams. It's kludgy but I like the teams I chose, so there.
Ohio State - The Horseshoe is cool, and I really like their fans.
Michigan - spending the rest of college football's lifetime showing them who won in 1997 sounds good to me (3-1 since 1997, bitches)
Michigan State - Sparty is good people. Last year was their aberration win.
Wisconsin - This has the makings of a good rivalry. Plus Barry Alvarez.
Penn State - One of the all-time great teams. Lots of history, legendary players, great teams.
Texas A&M - The Aggies are good people. The only non- Big-8 team I miss from the Big XII.
Oklahoma - Obvious. So much history.
Oklahoma State - Great memories from Barry Sanders & Thurman Thomas.
Missouri - The weakest of my picks, but nostalgia got the better of me. Plus Grant Wistrom is from Missouri.
LSU - The guaranteed win (look it up)
Georgia - Playing between the legendary hedges. Plus, if we had to have a repeat bowl opponent, these guys were pretty damned cool.
Tennessee - I've always liked the Vols. And Peyton Manning. Especially about eight minutes into the 3rd quarter of the 1997 National Championship Game.
Florida State - We'll beat the hell out of them until they give us our 1993 National Championship back.
Arizona State - The scenery.
Notre Dame - Legendary football always has a place in my heart. Plus we haven't lost to them in like 60 years.
Ohio State - The Horseshoe is cool, and I really like their fans.
Michigan - spending the rest of college football's lifetime showing them who won in 1997 sounds good to me (3-1 since 1997, bitches)
Michigan State - Sparty is good people. Last year was their aberration win.
Wisconsin - This has the makings of a good rivalry. Plus Barry Alvarez.
Penn State - One of the all-time great teams. Lots of history, legendary players, great teams.
Texas A&M - The Aggies are good people. The only non- Big-8 team I miss from the Big XII.
Oklahoma - Obvious. So much history.
Oklahoma State - Great memories from Barry Sanders & Thurman Thomas.
Missouri - The weakest of my picks, but nostalgia got the better of me. Plus Grant Wistrom is from Missouri.
LSU - The guaranteed win (look it up)
Georgia - Playing between the legendary hedges. Plus, if we had to have a repeat bowl opponent, these guys were pretty damned cool.
Tennessee - I've always liked the Vols. And Peyton Manning. Especially about eight minutes into the 3rd quarter of the 1997 National Championship Game.
Florida State - We'll beat the hell out of them until they give us our 1993 National Championship back.
Arizona State - The scenery.
Notre Dame - Legendary football always has a place in my heart. Plus we haven't lost to them in like 60 years.
HuskerNationNick
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The perfect conference... I guess I would take the best teams out of the Big 12 (old and new) and the Big 10
I would have it
Oklahoma St
Oklahoma
Texas
Nebraska
Baylor
Michigan
Ohio St
Michigan St
Wisconsin
Texas A&M
Mizzery
Penn St
All schools with rich tradition, great recruiting and I believe we would out beat any conference you could put out there. IMO, this would be an ultimate conference, but the only issue, you would most likely have each team at 2 losses by seasons end, which wouldn't be beneficial for the Final 4 playoff system.
Ultimate Conference to help NU go undefeated...
Kansas
Colorado
Kansas St
Illinois
Indiana
Purdue
Iowa St
Nebraska
Northwestern
Iowa
I would have it
Oklahoma St
Oklahoma
Texas
Nebraska
Baylor
Michigan
Ohio St
Michigan St
Wisconsin
Texas A&M
Mizzery
Penn St
All schools with rich tradition, great recruiting and I believe we would out beat any conference you could put out there. IMO, this would be an ultimate conference, but the only issue, you would most likely have each team at 2 losses by seasons end, which wouldn't be beneficial for the Final 4 playoff system.
Ultimate Conference to help NU go undefeated...
Kansas
Colorado
Kansas St
Illinois
Indiana
Purdue
Iowa St
Nebraska
Northwestern
Iowa
Something Clever
Special Teams Player
I'd pick 12 teams based around culture and geography, two things that seem to be becoming dinosaurs when it comes to conference realignment:
Nebraska
Iowa-I love having them as the "little brother" team
Iowa State-I miss trips to Ames
Wisconsin-Emerging rivalry, Madison's fun as hell
Minnesota-Culture & Geography
Missouri-I miss rooting against them
Kansas-If only for the basketball
Kansas State-Such an easy road trip
Oklahoma-One of the few things I miss from the Big 12
Oklahoma State-Why not?
Notre Dame-Fun to hate, tons of history
Ohio State-Even more fun to hate than ND
Nebraska
Iowa-I love having them as the "little brother" team
Iowa State-I miss trips to Ames
Wisconsin-Emerging rivalry, Madison's fun as hell
Minnesota-Culture & Geography
Missouri-I miss rooting against them
Kansas-If only for the basketball
Kansas State-Such an easy road trip
Oklahoma-One of the few things I miss from the Big 12
Oklahoma State-Why not?
Notre Dame-Fun to hate, tons of history
Ohio State-Even more fun to hate than ND
Ulty
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I'm surprised no one voted for 8 team conferences (I would have voted for that but didn't want to take the time to consider which teams would all be involved together, probably some sort of regional affiliation).
I'd like to see all of the D-1 teams sorted into 8 or 9 team conferences (maybe 10-12 conferences, we'd have to jettison the North Texas/South Alabama/UMass/Western Kentucky jokers back to FCS or whatever), so the conferences can all play round-robin and therefore have a true champion, but still have enough weeks on the schedule to play some interesting non-con games (and even establish some non-regional rivalries). And then seed the champions and a few wild cards into a 12-16 team playoff from there.
I'd like to see all of the D-1 teams sorted into 8 or 9 team conferences (maybe 10-12 conferences, we'd have to jettison the North Texas/South Alabama/UMass/Western Kentucky jokers back to FCS or whatever), so the conferences can all play round-robin and therefore have a true champion, but still have enough weeks on the schedule to play some interesting non-con games (and even establish some non-regional rivalries). And then seed the champions and a few wild cards into a 12-16 team playoff from there.
I think eventually we will see super conferences, 4 to be exact, 16 in each conference. Truly that is where the real competition shuts off at. 16 set up regionally, center is in St Louis, and have Northwest, Northeast, south east and south west. I know it will not end up like that but, keep regional traditions alive. Meaning Penn State is not in conference with USC. I think the Big is already headed in that direction and the SEC is to. 16 gives you a conference championship game, 4 Conference champions, 4 team play off.
I have no solid idea of who the conferences would be made up with, but close to existing now. ACC would be absorbed by Big an SEC and the Big 12 would merge with the Pac 12 in some aspects, hell Texas wants that now.
I see the 64 select teams breaking away from the NCAA for their own upper division level. Not in my lifetime, but truly think they the big conferences are already moving towards it.
I have no solid idea of who the conferences would be made up with, but close to existing now. ACC would be absorbed by Big an SEC and the Big 12 would merge with the Pac 12 in some aspects, hell Texas wants that now.
I see the 64 select teams breaking away from the NCAA for their own upper division level. Not in my lifetime, but truly think they the big conferences are already moving towards it.
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