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"Back To The Future". Cue up the Huey Lewis and News right now, baby.
If someone had the power to do what is suggested here, why not go all the way?
I'd dial it back to the days of small conference round robin play. Go back to the days when the SWC was intact, and build from there. I think the SEC and B1G would love to go back to 10 members. Have every conference have 11 teams (10 games. 5 home, 5 away, 3 OOC games)
SWC
Texas
Texas A&M
Texas Tech
Arkansas
Baylor
TCU
(add 5 to get to 11, possible adds: Utah, BYU, SMU, Houston, Rice, New Mexico, Memphis, Southern Miss, Tulane, et al)
Big 8
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Oklahoma State
Colorado
Kansas
Kansas State
Missouri
Iowa State
(add 3 to get to 11, possible adds: BYU, Utah, Boise State, Colorado State, Wyoming, North Dakota State, Montana, et al)
Big Ten
Ohio State
Michigan
Michigan State
Purdue
Indiana
Illinois
Northwestern
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Purdue
(add 1: Buffalo, Stony Brook, Toronto, McGill if you buy into the AAU thing)
Pac10
USC
UCLA
Stanford
Cal
Oregon
Oregon State
Washington
Washington State
Arizona
Arizona State
(add 1: Fresno State, SDSU, UNLV, Utah, Boise?)
SEC
Florida
Georgia
Tennessee
Vanderbilt
Kentucky
Alabama
Auburn
Ole Miss
Mississippi State
LSU
(add 1: Louisville or East Carolina?)
ACC
Clemson
Georgia Tech
North Carolina
NC State
Duke
Wake Forest
Virginia
Maryland
Florida State
(add 2 to get to 11, possible adds: Louisville, Cincinnati, Memphis, Tulane, Southern Miss et al)
Old Eastern Independents/Big East
Penn State
Pitt
Boston College
West Virginia
Syracuse
Rutgers
Miami
Virginia Tech
South Carolina
(add 2 to get to 11, possible adds: UConn, East Carolina, et al)
All champs get an auto bid to CFP.
Save another slot for G5 (best of the rest).
4 at-large for independents or conference runner-ups or an additional kick-ass G5.
Tournament would be better.
Regular season would be better.
Drop the conference title game and just give everyone an extra OOC game.
** Edited by Maroon Baboon at 7/19/2023, 4:50:46 PM
Thread Replies (7)
Do you take this and run? Athletic article...
-- tcc_dc
Jul 19, 2023 at 03:46 PM ET
tcc_dc
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07/19/23 03:46 PM ET
Sooners, sOu might have their feelings a little hurt w/ that layout; VT
-- HtownHokie
Jul 20, 2023 at 03:36 PM ET
HtownHokie
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07/20/23 03:36 PM ET
It’s fantasy, but Rutgers would be in the Big East and Virginia Tech in ACC**
-- Stech
Jul 20, 2023 at 09:17 AM ET
Stech
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07/20/23 09:17 AM ET
No. I'm not a commie **
-- SpeakToDamien
Jul 19, 2023 at 09:21 PM ET
SpeakToDamien
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07/19/23 09:21 PM ET
"Back To The Future". Cue up the Huey Lewis and News right now, baby.
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-- Maroon Baboon
Jul 19, 2023 at 04:45 PM ET
Maroon Baboon
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07/19/23 04:45 PM ET
Ahh - to go back to the days where conferences made sense and SEC schools
-- VPI_1998
Jul 20, 2023 at 08:29 AM ET
VPI_1998
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07/20/23 08:29 AM ET
It's a great idea - pool the media money, and let schools keep their post
-- Big12 guy
Jul 19, 2023 at 04:26 PM ET
Big12 guy
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07/19/23 04:26 PM ET