Like I said. All of these schools are all too good to associate with each other.

Makes too much sense from a cost and rivalry perspective. Drop Idaho for Texas St.

CUSA would rather continue to raid the Belt and lead to more FCS move ups than get out a map and use common sense.

We do fairly well vs Rice in baseball (in recent hostory). Usually a split. Last year we lost both games by 1 run each

(12-04-2013 09:03 PM)CatMom Wrote:  We do fairly well vs Rice in baseball (in recent hostory). Usually a split. Last year we lost both games by 1 run each

Yes, but they're prestigious.....like Lolly Polly.

(12-04-2013 07:51 PM)CajunFanatico Wrote:  Based on the reaction to the same thread posted at the C-USA forum, it appears one needs to ram their head up their ass before they can join that conference.

Is anyone here really sure they want that?

Or maybe no one cares about YOUR little fantasy?

(12-04-2013 07:20 PM)CajunFanatico Wrote:  Don't know squat about NCAA rules and regs, and frankly, for this exercise, I don't care. In bidness, when the going gets really tough, the tough merge.

Here's the idea:

Create a conference with a footprint that covers a significant portion of the United States from the mid-Atlantic southward to Florida and westward to Texas

Create four distinct divisions within the super conference each promoting traditional in-state and regional rivalries with the added goal of reducing team and fan travel expenses while increasing fan interest and participation

All conference members are encouraged to schedule as many OOC games as possible against regional P-5 teams

Each year each division member is required to play at least 7 conference games, with at least 5 of those being against fellow division members

Each division crowns a champion based on total conference won-loss record with a structured tie-breaking system in place

A total of 3 playoff games (two rounds) decide the overall conference champion

Inter-division opponents for the playoffs are selected by drawing as are host sites

The championship game site is also selected by drawing once the two finalists have advanced

Mid-Atlantic Division
Marshall
Old Dominion
UNC-Charlotte
Middle Tennessee State University
Western Kentucky University
Appalachian State University

Southeast Division
Georgia State University
Georgia Southern
Florida Atlantic University
Florida International University
Troy State University
UA-Birmingham

Deep South Division
Arkansas State University
Louisiana Tech
University of Louisiana-Monroe
University of Louisiana-Lafayette
University of Southern Mississippi
University of South Alabama

Southwest Division
University of Texas-San Antonio
Texas State University
Rice University
University of North Texas
University of Idaho
New Mexico State University

That's the craziest proposed conference I've ever seen. I give you an A+ for creativity but an F for reality.

(12-04-2013 09:12 PM)Louisianafanrcajun90 Wrote:  That's the craziest proposed conference I've ever seen. I give you an A+ for creativity but an F for reality.

I'll take the A+ and ignore the F.

The thread got moved next door but before it did the responses were hilarious.

"we don't need you or your silly stinkin' conference"....."if we wanted to play you guys, we'd have invited you"....etc etc etc

The same conference who regularly robs the Belt and now looks more like the Belt than the Belt doesn't need the stinkin' Belt.

(12-04-2013 09:12 PM)mathenis89 Wrote:  

(12-04-2013 07:51 PM)CajunFanatico Wrote:  Based on the reaction to the same thread posted at the C-USA forum, it appears one needs to ram their head up their ass before they can join that conference.

Is anyone here really sure they want that?

Or maybe no one cares about YOUR little fantasy?

Actually methanus, one poster said that a super conference might just be the future. He laid it all out in his comments but since your mind has been closed since she you squeezed through the tunnel of love, I won't expect anything other than the usual insipid responses you author.

Not trying to be a jerk but this post is pointless....

(12-04-2013 07:44 PM)MG61 Wrote:  Please keep this thread over here. You posted it on the CUSA board and it's really of no interest there. Really no need to play your little stir the pot game.

Every school has one....some have more

(12-04-2013 09:25 PM)AceEagle Wrote:  Not trying to be a jerk but this post is pointless....

No, your post is not pointless.

(12-04-2013 09:12 PM)mathenis89 Wrote:  

(12-04-2013 07:51 PM)CajunFanatico Wrote:  Based on the reaction to the same thread posted at the C-USA forum, it appears one needs to ram their head up their ass before they can join that conference.

Is anyone here really sure they want that?

Or maybe no one cares about YOUR little fantasy?

Dang we are gonna miss you.

(12-04-2013 09:24 PM)CajunFanatico Wrote:  

(12-04-2013 09:12 PM)mathenis89 Wrote:  

(12-04-2013 07:51 PM)CajunFanatico Wrote:  Based on the reaction to the same thread posted at the C-USA forum, it appears one needs to ram their head up their ass before they can join that conference.

Is anyone here really sure they want that?

Or maybe no one cares about YOUR little fantasy?

Actually methanus, one poster said that a super conference might just be the future. He laid it all out in his comments but since your mind has been closed since she you squeezed through the tunnel of love, I won't expect anything other than the usual insipid responses you author.

Man, you certainly can't try to match your razor sharp wit.

If you think a conference like this has any possibility of forming in the future, you've deluded yourself.

I have never understood the desire to create hypothetical super conferences. Especially ones that no one would watch.

(12-05-2013 12:30 AM)mathenis89 Wrote:  

(12-04-2013 09:24 PM)CajunFanatico Wrote:  

(12-04-2013 09:12 PM)mathenis89 Wrote:  

(12-04-2013 07:51 PM)CajunFanatico Wrote:  Based on the reaction to the same thread posted at the C-USA forum, it appears one needs to ram their head up their ass before they can join that conference.

Is anyone here really sure they want that?

Or maybe no one cares about YOUR little fantasy?

Actually methanus, one poster said that a super conference might just be the future. He laid it all out in his comments but since your mind has been closed since she you squeezed through the tunnel of love, I won't expect anything other than the usual insipid responses you author.

Man, you certainly can't try to match your razor sharp wit.

If you think a conference like this has any possibility of forming in the future, you've deluded yourself.

Several things to come to mind here mathenis.

First and foremost is that this is a forum for fans who wish to get to together and talk about football and all topics related.

Since there are constant complaints here about the larger conferences boxing out the smaller ones in any number of ways, my thread was merely food for thought. No where did I say this was likely to happen but I will say that in some form, it could happen in the future. Who knows? A few years ago few predicted what the college football landscape looks like today.

When I joined here I read a thread on conference realignment in the SEC forum that was started back in 2004. I recall one poster saying something roughly similar to what you said above.....you're deluding yourself if you think Texas A&M will ever be part of the SEC. Well?

On the C-USA forum, here's what one Houston poster said re my thread:

I don't think all those teams will be involved, but I do think that ultra big super conferences will be the future model for the most successful non-AQ conferences. It may even be what allows them to become AQ in a larger playoff system. Think of the current 5 power conferences along with 2 or 3 G5 super conferences in a 12 team playoff. Say a G5 East, Midwest, and Western conference---each with about 20 members. That could give you a 12 team playoff with every conference being AQ---plus 4 at large slots. I know 4 at-large slots is a little small, but the whole playoff is only 4 slots right now.

Now, that guy was a poster who took a few minutes, thought about the subject, and added something of value to the conversation. I appreciated his comments.

I've seen your comments mathenis in any number of threads here and recall very few that actually added anything of substance. Most were just uncalled-for insults. Now, friendly jabs at opposing fans are not only expected, but welcomed at a site like this. But would it really hurt you to try to say something intelligent or thoughtful every once in a while, or try to participate in a conversation?

(12-04-2013 07:42 PM)Cat79 Wrote:  

(12-04-2013 07:40 PM)ark30inf Wrote:  

(12-04-2013 07:38 PM)Cat79 Wrote:  Where is Texas State?

Somebody had to go. It's just the breaks.

You would rather have NMSU and Idaho over Texas State?

and no utep

(12-04-2013 07:42 PM)Cat79 Wrote:  

(12-04-2013 07:40 PM)ark30inf Wrote:  

(12-04-2013 07:38 PM)Cat79 Wrote:  Where is Texas State?

Somebody had to go. It's just the breaks.

You would rather have NMSU and Idaho over Texas State?

That's what I was thinking. TSU takes the place of Idaho!

Nah, we're good.

Not knocking the creative juices from the super conference, I just don't understand the impetus for most of these schools to agree with it.

Take, for example, the "Southwest division" which is pretty much just Texas and New Mexico. Why would the Texas teams want to do that? It would limit their exposure to both the best recruiting state, and arguably the worst recruiting state.

Then doing a playoff for the league champion... Why do that? Can you even do that? You're adding more games to decide who might get a game in the playoffs. That's a LOT of games.

Plus, the whole television contract... that's a LOT of mouths to feed off of it. The television contract would really need to be up there to make it cost effective.

Finally, the NCAA money. By conglomerating those two conferences, you have REALLY diluted the payout.

In general, I like the geographically compact leagues. But making them that compact (even as "pods") would really kill any national interest.

If you look at how the conference realignment took place over the last 5 years there has been no wholesale mergers....

Teams have been invited individually.

Over on the Realignment board posters have been proposing these Mega Conferences for years.

They will not happen......For the same reason the proposed CUSA and MWC merger never happened.

1. Each Conference has a auto bid to ncaa championships.
When they asked the NCAA if two conferences merged
would they have 2 bids.... NCAA Said NO

2. FBS Football Payout is limited at 12 teams x 1 million...
So each conference is capped at 12 million from the new
college playoff share...

So you can see there is no advantage in going large.

Big disadvantages - Less money per school and less teams that
make the post season in all sports, which results in less money from basketball shares...