ok, here are the rules to this game. you need to realign the P5 conference schools + ND + BYU into 6 conferences and no state can have more than 1 school in the same conference. so for example the 4 California P5 schools need to be split up between 4 different conferences. here is my first draft

PAC
Cal, Ore., Wash, Ariz, Utah, Col, Texas, Ok, Neb, Iowa, Kan

West
UCLA, Ore. St., Wash St., Ariz St, BYU, TT, Ok St, , Kan. St, Mizzou, Iowa st, Arky

privates (or close enough)
USC, TCU, ND, NW, Vandy, Wake, BC, Cuse, Pitt, Miami, Lou

north
Minn, Wisc, ILL, Mich, Oh St, Pur, Penn St, Rut, MD, Duke, Va,

south
Tex A&M, LSU, Miss, Tenn, Ky, Bama, Ga, Fl, S. Car, UNC, VT

coastal
Stan, Baylor, Miss St., Auburn, FL St, GT, Clem, NCSU, WV, Mich St, Indy

(04-24-2015 03:06 PM)goofus Wrote:  ok, here are the rules to this game. you need to realign the P5 conference schools + ND + BYU into 6 conferences and no state can have more than 1 school in the same conference. so for example the 4 California P5 schools need to be split up between 4 different conferences. here is my first draft

PAC
Cal, Ore., Wash, Ariz, Utah, Col, Texas, Ok, Neb, Iowa, Kan

West
UCLA, Ore. St., Wash St., Ariz St, BYU, TT, Ok St, , Kan. St, Mizzou, Iowa st, Arky

privates (or close enough)
USC, TCU, ND, NW, Vandy, Wake, BC, Cuse, Pitt, Miami, Lou

north
Minn, Wisc, ILL, Mich, Oh St, Pur, Penn St, Rut, MD, Duke, Va,

south
Tex A&M, LSU, Miss, Tenn, Ky, Bama, Ga, Fl, S. Car, UNC, VT

coastal
Stan, Baylor, Miss St., Auburn, FL St, GT, Clem, NCSU, WV, Mich St, Indy

It would be simpler to just divide California into 4 different states.

(04-24-2015 03:08 PM)ken d Wrote:  

(04-24-2015 03:06 PM)goofus Wrote:  ok, here are the rules to this game. you need to realign the P5 conference schools + ND + BYU into 6 conferences and no state can have more than 1 school in the same conference. so for example the 4 California P5 schools need to be split up between 4 different conferences. here is my first draft

PAC
Cal, Ore., Wash, Ariz, Utah, Col, Texas, Ok, Neb, Iowa, Kan

West
UCLA, Ore. St., Wash St., Ariz St, BYU, TT, Ok St, , Kan. St, Mizzou, Iowa st, Arky

privates (or close enough)
USC, TCU, ND, NW, Vandy, Wake, BC, Cuse, Pitt, Miami, Lou

north
Minn, Wisc, ILL, Mich, Oh St, Pur, Penn St, Rut, MD, Duke, Va,

south
Tex A&M, LSU, Miss, Tenn, Ky, Bama, Ga, Fl, S. Car, UNC, VT

coastal
Stan, Baylor, Miss St., Auburn, FL St, GT, Clem, NCSU, WV, Mich St, Indy

It would be simpler to just divide California into 4 different states.

I think the 3 service academies, Boise State, Fresno State, Hawaii, Houston, UCF, Cincinnati, East Carolina, Northern Illinois and some others could help spread the schools from the same state around.

(04-24-2015 03:31 PM)DavidSt Wrote:  

(04-24-2015 03:08 PM)ken d Wrote:  

(04-24-2015 03:06 PM)goofus Wrote:  ok, here are the rules to this game. you need to realign the P5 conference schools + ND + BYU into 6 conferences and no state can have more than 1 school in the same conference. so for example the 4 California P5 schools need to be split up between 4 different conferences. here is my first draft

PAC
Cal, Ore., Wash, Ariz, Utah, Col, Texas, Ok, Neb, Iowa, Kan

West
UCLA, Ore. St., Wash St., Ariz St, BYU, TT, Ok St, , Kan. St, Mizzou, Iowa st, Arky

privates (or close enough)
USC, TCU, ND, NW, Vandy, Wake, BC, Cuse, Pitt, Miami, Lou

north
Minn, Wisc, ILL, Mich, Oh St, Pur, Penn St, Rut, MD, Duke, Va,

south
Tex A&M, LSU, Miss, Tenn, Ky, Bama, Ga, Fl, S. Car, UNC, VT

coastal
Stan, Baylor, Miss St., Auburn, FL St, GT, Clem, NCSU, WV, Mich St, Indy

It would be simpler to just divide California into 4 different states.

I think the 3 service academies, Boise State, Fresno State, Hawaii, Houston, UCF, Cincinnati, East Carolina, Northern Illinois and some others could help spread the schools from the same state around.

well, sure, if you want to make it easier , that would help.... or would it?

(04-24-2015 03:39 PM)goofus Wrote:  

(04-24-2015 03:31 PM)DavidSt Wrote:  

(04-24-2015 03:08 PM)ken d Wrote:  

(04-24-2015 03:06 PM)goofus Wrote:  ok, here are the rules to this game. you need to realign the P5 conference schools + ND + BYU into 6 conferences and no state can have more than 1 school in the same conference. so for example the 4 California P5 schools need to be split up between 4 different conferences. here is my first draft

PAC
Cal, Ore., Wash, Ariz, Utah, Col, Texas, Ok, Neb, Iowa, Kan

West
UCLA, Ore. St., Wash St., Ariz St, BYU, TT, Ok St, , Kan. St, Mizzou, Iowa st, Arky

privates (or close enough)
USC, TCU, ND, NW, Vandy, Wake, BC, Cuse, Pitt, Miami, Lou

north
Minn, Wisc, ILL, Mich, Oh St, Pur, Penn St, Rut, MD, Duke, Va,

south
Tex A&M, LSU, Miss, Tenn, Ky, Bama, Ga, Fl, S. Car, UNC, VT

coastal
Stan, Baylor, Miss St., Auburn, FL St, GT, Clem, NCSU, WV, Mich St, Indy

It would be simpler to just divide California into 4 different states.

I think the 3 service academies, Boise State, Fresno State, Hawaii, Houston, UCF, Cincinnati, East Carolina, Northern Illinois and some others could help spread the schools from the same state around.

well, sure, if you want to make it easier , that would help.... or would it?

You have 5 Texas schools in the P5 conferences and you said split all the schools from the same states into separate conferences. That would mean you need 5 conferences instead of 4 to have all Texas schools in separate conferences.

(04-24-2015 04:24 PM)DavidSt Wrote:  

(04-24-2015 03:39 PM)goofus Wrote:  

(04-24-2015 03:31 PM)DavidSt Wrote:  

(04-24-2015 03:08 PM)ken d Wrote:  

(04-24-2015 03:06 PM)goofus Wrote:  ok, here are the rules to this game. you need to realign the P5 conference schools + ND + BYU into 6 conferences and no state can have more than 1 school in the same conference. so for example the 4 California P5 schools need to be split up between 4 different conferences. here is my first draft

PAC
Cal, Ore., Wash, Ariz, Utah, Col, Texas, Ok, Neb, Iowa, Kan

West
UCLA, Ore. St., Wash St., Ariz St, BYU, TT, Ok St, , Kan. St, Mizzou, Iowa st, Arky

privates (or close enough)
USC, TCU, ND, NW, Vandy, Wake, BC, Cuse, Pitt, Miami, Lou

north
Minn, Wisc, ILL, Mich, Oh St, Pur, Penn St, Rut, MD, Duke, Va,

south
Tex A&M, LSU, Miss, Tenn, Ky, Bama, Ga, Fl, S. Car, UNC, VT

coastal
Stan, Baylor, Miss St., Auburn, FL St, GT, Clem, NCSU, WV, Mich St, Indy

It would be simpler to just divide California into 4 different states.

I think the 3 service academies, Boise State, Fresno State, Hawaii, Houston, UCF, Cincinnati, East Carolina, Northern Illinois and some others could help spread the schools from the same state around.

well, sure, if you want to make it easier , that would help.... or would it?

You have 5 Texas schools in the P5 conferences and you said split all the schools from the same states into separate conferences. That would mean you need 5 conferences instead of 4 to have all Texas schools in separate conferences.

yes, you have 6 total conferences to choose from. So if say we added Houston to this fun exercise, that would make it even harder, cause then you would have to split 6 schools into 6 different conferences

Conference 1:
West - USC, Oregon, Washington, Arizona, Utah, Colorado
East - Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa State, Missouri

Conference 2:
West - UCLA, Arizona State, BYU, Texas A&M, Kansas State, Oklahoma State
East - Illinois, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Arkansas, Vanderbilt, LSU

Conference 3:
Washington State, Stanford, TCU, Mississippi, Auburn, Purdue, Louisville, Georgia Tech, North Carolina State, Florida State

Conference 4:
Oregon State, California, Texas Tech, Mississippi State, Iowa, Northwestern, Michigan State, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest, West Virginia

Conference 5:
North - Syracuse, Boston College, Penn State, Notre Dame, Michigan, Rutgers
South - Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, North Carolina

Conference 6:
Alabama, Miami (FL), Clemson, Duke, Pittsburgh, Indiana, Baylor, Kansas State, Ohio State, Maryland

(04-24-2015 10:13 PM)chargeradio Wrote:  Conference 1:
West - USC, Oregon, Washington, Arizona, Utah, Colorado
East - Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa State, Missouri

Conference 2:
West - UCLA, Arizona State, BYU, Texas A&M, Kansas State, Oklahoma State
East - Illinois, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Arkansas, Vanderbilt, LSU

Conference 3:
Washington State, Stanford, TCU, Mississippi, Auburn, Purdue, Louisville, Georgia Tech, North Carolina State, Florida State

Conference 4:
Oregon State, California, Texas Tech, Mississippi State, Iowa, Northwestern, Michigan State, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest, West Virginia

Conference 5:
North - Syracuse, Boston College, Penn State, Notre Dame, Michigan, Rutgers
South - Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, North Carolina

Conference 6:
Alabama, Miami (FL), Clemson, Duke, Pittsburgh, Indiana, Baylor, Kansas State, Ohio State, Maryland

Much better than my lineup, I believe

If I were to take my example to 72:
Conference 3 adds Colorado State and Boise State
Conference 4 adds Temple and Cincinnati
Conference 6 adds Tulane and Memphis

(04-25-2015 10:34 AM)goofus Wrote:  

(04-24-2015 10:13 PM)chargeradio Wrote:  Conference 1:
West - USC, Oregon, Washington, Arizona, Utah, Colorado
East - Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa State, Missouri

Conference 2:
West - UCLA, Arizona State, BYU, Texas A&M, Kansas State, Oklahoma State
East - Illinois, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Arkansas, Vanderbilt, LSU

Conference 3:
Washington State, Stanford, TCU, Mississippi, Auburn, Purdue, Louisville, Georgia Tech, North Carolina State, Florida State

Conference 4:
Oregon State, California, Texas Tech, Mississippi State, Iowa, Northwestern, Michigan State, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest, West Virginia

Conference 5:
North - Syracuse, Boston College, Penn State, Notre Dame, Michigan, Rutgers
South - Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, North Carolina

Conference 6:
Alabama, Miami (FL), Clemson, Duke, Pittsburgh, Indiana, Baylor, Kansas State, Ohio State, Maryland

Much better than my lineup, I believe

Oh god no...make it stop! Are people teleporting to games in conference 2 and 3...?

(04-24-2015 03:08 PM)ken d Wrote:  

(04-24-2015 03:06 PM)goofus Wrote:  ok, here are the rules to this game. you need to realign the P5 conference schools + ND + BYU into 6 conferences and no state can have more than 1 school in the same conference. so for example the 4 California P5 schools need to be split up between 4 different conferences. here is my first draft

PAC
Cal, Ore., Wash, Ariz, Utah, Col, Texas, Ok, Neb, Iowa, Kan

West
UCLA, Ore. St., Wash St., Ariz St, BYU, TT, Ok St, , Kan. St, Mizzou, Iowa st, Arky

privates (or close enough)
USC, TCU, ND, NW, Vandy, Wake, BC, Cuse, Pitt, Miami, Lou

north
Minn, Wisc, ILL, Mich, Oh St, Pur, Penn St, Rut, MD, Duke, Va,

south
Tex A&M, LSU, Miss, Tenn, Ky, Bama, Ga, Fl, S. Car, UNC, VT

coastal
Stan, Baylor, Miss St., Auburn, FL St, GT, Clem, NCSU, WV, Mich St, Indy

It would be simpler to just divide California into 4 different states.

That's reserved for Texas, which has the right to do that (five actually). That said, create that proposed state of Jefferson in the north, make the Bay Area and Modesto/Stockton its own state called Golden Gate, make a dividing line somewhere north of Bakersfield for SoCal and let the rest be called California. As it currently stands, it's a bunch of states in one anyways.