Connecticut
Syracuse
Pittsburgh
West Virginia
Cincinnati
Louisville
Virginia Tech
North Carolina
Clemson
Florida State

Remember when geography mattered?

The 2004 Big East football lineup plus Penn State, Army and Navy. Perfect.

(07-09-2014 02:27 PM)Wilkie01 Wrote:  Connecticut
Syracuse
Pittsburgh
West Virginia
Cincinnati
Louisville
Virginia Tech
North Carolina
Clemson
Florida State

SU
BC
PSU
Pitt
ND
UMD
WVU
VT
Miami

Free Shrimp U
Florida
Miami
Clemson
uSC
Georgia
WVU
VT

(07-09-2014 02:34 PM)Hokie4Skins Wrote:  The 2004 Big East football lineup plus Penn State, Army and Navy. Perfect.

Really?

Army
Boston College
Connecticut
Navy
Penn State
Pittsburgh
Rutgers
Syracuse
Temple
West Virginia

So where did you put VPI?

UMass
UConn
Rutgers
Penn St
Maryland
UVa
UNC
USC
Georgia
Florida

(07-09-2014 02:45 PM)Wilkie01 Wrote:  

(07-09-2014 02:34 PM)Hokie4Skins Wrote:  The 2004 Big East football lineup plus Penn State, Army and Navy. Perfect.

Really?

Army
Boston College
Connecticut
Navy
Penn State
Pittsburgh
Rutgers
Syracuse
Temple
West Virginia

So where did you put VPI?

That's about as close as you can get to a true Eastern all sports conference.

I'd put Virginia Tech in their natural home, the ACC.

Florida
Florida State
Georgia
Georgia Tech
South Carolina
Clemson
UNC
Duke
UVA
VT
Tennessee
West Virginia
Louisville
Kentucky
Alabama
Auburn

The best 12-school all-sports eastern (located in states that border the Atlantic Ocean) conference I could come up with:
UConn
Syracuse
PennSt
Maryland
VaTech
UNC
Duke
Clemson
Georgia
Florida
FloridaSt
Miami

if 14, I'd add BC and Pitt
if 16, I'd add Virginia and Ga-Tech

(07-09-2014 02:58 PM)4x4hokies Wrote:  Florida
Florida State
Georgia
Georgia Tech
South Carolina
Clemson
UNC
Duke
UVA
VT
Tennessee
West Virginia
Louisville
Kentucky
Alabama
Auburn

I like very much!!!!

I liked the old Metro Conferences proposal for a super conference that almost was....

(07-09-2014 03:48 PM)Bearcats#1 Wrote:  I liked the old Metro Conferences proposal for a super conference that almost was....

Your teams for this?

(07-09-2014 03:53 PM)Wilkie01 Wrote:  

(07-09-2014 03:48 PM)Bearcats#1 Wrote:  I liked the old Metro Conferences proposal for a super conference that almost was....

Your teams for this?

I thought your OP was about that or what it would have looked like if it happened.

North Division South Division
Boston College East Carolina
Cincinnati Florida State
Pittsburgh Louisville
Rutgers Memphis State
Syracuse Miami
Temple South Carolina
Virginia Tech Southern Mississippi
West Virginia Tulane

The Metro Conference also had studies into a new "Super conference" in 1990. The study was conducted by Raycom Sports. The conference would have included members of the Metro, Atlantic 10, and Big East conferences, but it was not clear if the conference would become a football-sponsoring conference as many of its members did in fact sponsor football but were either independents or belonged to other conferences. The original study plan also included Penn State.[1]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metro_Conference

Current/future projections:

UConn
Syracuse
Duke
North Carolina
Virginia
Kentucky

Georgia
Virginia Tech
Tennessee (soon)
Penn st

Florida State
Florida
Louisville



Last one...hmm...ahh, what the heck, ECU, NC State and Miami add some quality baseball (to a conference already full of it). Okay, okay...just Miami. Need FL on lock. State and Wake can hang with us in whatever conference we're in.

Ultimate Big East:

Boston College
Syracuse
Connecticut
Rutgers
Penn State
Pittsburgh

West Virginia
Navy
Maryland
Louisville
Cincinnati
Virginia Tech

(07-09-2014 05:20 PM)10thMountain Wrote:  Ultimate Big East:

Boston College
Syracuse
Connecticut
Rutgers
Penn State
Pittsburgh

West Virginia
Navy
Maryland
Louisville
Cincinnati
Virginia Tech

In the older conference models, that is about perfect 10th Mountain

(07-09-2014 04:01 PM)SuperFlyBCat Wrote:  

(07-09-2014 03:53 PM)Wilkie01 Wrote:  

(07-09-2014 03:48 PM)Bearcats#1 Wrote:  I liked the old Metro Conferences proposal for a super conference that almost was....

Your teams for this?

I thought your OP was about that or what it would have looked like if it happened.

North Division South Division
Boston College East Carolina
Cincinnati Florida State
Pittsburgh Louisville
Rutgers Memphis State
Syracuse Miami
Temple South Carolina
Virginia Tech Southern Mississippi
West Virginia Tulane

The Metro Conference also had studies into a new "Super conference" in 1990. The study was conducted by Raycom Sports. The conference would have included members of the Metro, Atlantic 10, and Big East conferences, but it was not clear if the conference would become a football-sponsoring conference as many of its members did in fact sponsor football but were either independents or belonged to other conferences. The original study plan also included Penn State.[1]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metro_Conference

this

Why do so many of these include Clemson for an all-sports conference? Clemson is a football-only school. Their basketball has never been to a Final Four and hasn't won their conference since 1939. Heck, they only have 3 Sweet 16's.

Same with South Carolina & Georgia.

If you're going to leave Duke out of your conference because of weak football, you have to leave Clemson, Georgia, and South Carolina out because of weak basketball.

My picks:

Penn State
Syracuse
Pitt
Virginia Tech
Maryland
Virginia Tech
UNC

That's your core of 7 solid, geographically contiguous programs. From there, you choose additions based on your priorities.

If you want to consolidate your hold on that region, add:
8) Duke
9) UConn
10) NC State
11) UVA
12) Rutgers

If you want to cover more geography, add:
8) & 9) Ohio State & Michigan (both schools have more alums in NYC than in Chicago)
10) Florida
11) Tennessee
12) If you're willing to sacrifice basketball, then add Georgia. Otherwise add either Louisville or Georgia Tech.

But if we assume that core SEC & Big 10 schools aren't available & you want to expand the geography, then add:
8) Florida State
9) & 10) Cincinnati / Louisville
11) Georgia Tech
12) UConn
13) Miami
14) BC