Copy the league commissioners. This Scenario is a winner.
Only semi-joking. Someone send this to The B1G, ACC, and SEC commissioners and lets make it happen. It will make a lot of people moderately happy, and a select few furious. I'll try and explain the moves as they make sense.
Move #1
kansas and Mizzou to the B1G. B1G gets to the magic 16. Midwestern folks should be relatively happy, and they lock down both KC and St. Louis completely. Both have AAU status, despite being only above Nebraska in most academic rankings. Quite a few value added games with this move. MU-KU, MU-NU, MU-IL, KU-NU....and those are only the established rivalries. MU and Iowa, or maybe kansas and Indiana with basketball. Lots of great games for both football and basketball. Mizzou also brings a solid wrestling program to the monster B1G. Not to mention, it allows Purdue to move to the East. 7 in division games, and 2 cross division games (Play cross division teams once every four years). Delany gets to brag about all this...plus the ego booster of "stealing" a SEC school. 16 teams and set.
Move #2
Oklahoma, Oklahoma St. to the SEC. No academic worries. 2 solid football programs. No more worries about splitting up the schools. All this is assuming that the SEC gets to keep the Missouri TV sets (which is something I'm sure they could accommodate). Alabama and Auburn move to the East as both the OK schools come into the West. I understand this may be a bit troublesome having most of the "Big 6" in one division, but there is also kentucky and vandy (easy wins) as a consolation. I believe most rivalries are now annual, and you can get rid of cross division permanent games. Move to 9 game schedule. 7-2 format (cross division once every 4 years). I realize this only gets you to 15 teams, more on the 16th later.
Move #3
Texas to the ACC with ND style deal. Get all the same bells and whistles about if they join a conference, it must be the ACC. This move ensures the the ACC will survive as a power conference, even if a few teams get picked off. Longhorn Network can morph into ACC network, at little cost to ESPN...instead of launching an entire new network. Puts ACC at 14+2...but more movement is possible.
Move #4
SEC gets their pick of VaTech, NCState (if willing), and the rest of the big12 (baylor, TCU, KState, IA State, WV, Texas Tech).
Move #4a.
Take one of the ACC schools...probably VaTech. SEC gets their extended footprint,, yadayadayada. Get to 16 and the team goes into the East.
Move #4b.
Less preferable, since it COULD mess up my division set up, but take another B12 school. WV would still work just fine in my division set up. Same story with 16.
Move #5
Couple of scenarios, all dependent on who the SEC took as #16.
#5a.
SEC took VaTech or NCState. ACC, looking for a 16th. I would suggest either Ia State, WV, or UConn. IA State you get an extended footprint, good basketball, decent academics (AAU). WV you get national brand, and relatively good proximity, and old rivalries. UConn you get basketball, more of the NYC area. B12 backfills.
#5b.
SEC takes B12 school (Ia State, or WV). B12 backfills.
Move #6
Big 12 backfills. Just my opinion on options. Memphis, Cincy, UCF (or USF), BYU, New Mexico, Colorado St.
Seems to make a lot of sense to me.
(This post was last modified: 08-05-2015 09:02 AM by 5thTiger.)
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