Essentially, these types of realignment scenario share a common thing: Look what was happening in 1975 and build a lineup based on it. That or centering your school around an ideal conference of heavyweights.
This is garbage. Marshall in the ACC? A 19-member CUSA? Idaho in a P5 conference? Nebraska and Oklahoma wanting to share a conference with the likes of UNT and UTEP?
I'm new here, so I'm not David. Charger: that's essentially what I did. As far as having big time teams in with doormats: wouldn't they WANT doormats? As a way to fatten up their record.
8993: I agree 19 is absurd. How would you split it into probably a CUSA and Sun Belt?
(This post was last modified: 01-31-2016 02:29 PM by Erictelevision.)
(01-31-2016 11:38 AM)chargeradio Wrote: If you're going to do that, you might as well just go to strictly geographic divisions and remove the conference names.
I'd be all for this actually. Regional pods with multiple cross over games. And the top 16 meet at the end for the playoffs. If FCS, D2, D3 and even the NAIA can have a 16 team playoff, then the dang FBS surely can.
I could see some FCS schools in the mix in the future.
With the cost of sports going up? I could see a tier 1 and tier 2 schools in FBS. Tier one could break down by regions for cost savings. Tier 1 would be P5, and the top G5 schools like BYU, Boise State and so forth. Tier 2 could be the G5 conferences as the same, but based by region. C-USA could be central that could bring up some Southland, MVFC and maybe a couple top notch D2 programs with the stadium size. MWC could bring in the top Big Sky schools to replace schools, plus maybe some Big West schools who might add football, and in a few years down the road, Azusa Pacific who could get their stadium upgraded quicker.
Sun Belt will take in OVC, North Alabama, Southern, Big South football schools like Kennesaw State, Alabama State, Jackson State and MEAC.
AAC could take in some C-USA, CAA and so forth.
MAC could take in MVFC, OVC, CAA and Big South schools.
Michigan
Michigan St
Ohio St
Penn St
Syracuse
Pittsburgh
West Virginia
Virginia Tech
With 5 non-conference games, schools have plenty of opportunities to protect existing or renew old rivalries. Scheduling rules - no games against FCS opponents, and no more than 2 games against teams outside of the 9 conferences. The 9 conference champions get auto-bids to a 16-team playoff. The playoff bracket is organized geographically and the higher ranked teams host rounds 1 and 2. Rounds 3 and 4 will be like the existing 4-team playoff.
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My idea for FBS realignment (READABLE). :)
