(10-26-2015 09:20 PM)murrdcu Wrote: How about a different type of merger. One that would make the conference turn from regional to national. Big Ten and the PAC. 24 teams, four time zones, 57.8M more people for the BTN to charge more to.
Add the SEC, Big 12, ACC, and a little AAC....and you have 68 teams in 5 divisions, from coast-to-coast:
WEST DIVISION
NORTH: Stanford, Cal, Oregon, OSU, Washington, WSU
SOUTH: USC, UCLA, Arizona, ASU, Utah, Colorado
CENTRAL DIVISION
WEST: Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Texas Tech, Iowa St.,
Houston
EAST: TCU, Baylor, Oklahoma St., Kansas St., West Virginia,
Memphis
BIG NORTH DIVISION
WEST: Wisconsin, Minnesota, Nebraska, Iowa, Northwestern, Illinois, Purdue
EAST: Maryland, Rutgers, Penn St., Ohio St., Michigan, Michigan St., Indiana
SOUTHEAST DIVISION
WEST: LSU, Ole Miss, MSU, Texas A&M, Arkansas, Alabama, Auburn
EAST: Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, Missouri, Kentucky, Vanderbilt
ATLANTIC DIVISION
ATLANTIC: FSU, Clemson, Louisville, Boston College, NC State, Wake, Syracuse,
Navy
COASTAL: Georgia Tech, Virginia Tech, UNC, Duke, Virginia, Miami, Pitt,
Notre Dame
10-game conference schedule, including 5-6 v. group and 2-3 cross-division (with some locked rival games), and 2-3 inter-division; play 1-2 other pay-day home games.
The conference championship tournament includes:
-Round 1 Division Championships between Group leaders, the first weekend in December.
-Round 2 is held the second weekend in December and features the 5 Division Champs and 3 Wild Card teams picked and seeded by a Selection Committee.
-Round 3 is held December 31 or January 1 at neutral sites rotating among Pasadena, New Orleans, Miami, Arlington, Atlanta, and Tempe.
-The conference championship game is held the first Monday that is a full week after January 1 at a neutral-site, based on the highest bidder.